Finally finsihed a Model!!!

After many months (even years if I am honest!) I have finally finished a model.

I wanted to get started again with modelling but realised how rusty I had become. I didn't want to practice on my half built S-3 Viking so decided to give one of the little 1/48th scale vehicles a go from Tamiya. My thinking being that they wouldn't take too long to complete and it would be a good refresher.

I really enjoyed building this little "Austin Tilly" and I finished it in RAF colours so that I could use it as a diorama accesory with my WW2 aircraft. The kit went together like a dream and if I hadn't messed up with the primer it would have been finished in no time. As it was I re-learned a valuable lesson about paint finishes and clean surfaces. It got me totally hooked again on modelling and past that barrier I seemed to have been stuck at for way too long.

Now I can't wait to get the Viking finished, just hope I can get it completed ready for Telford.

My Citroen 11CV

Here are a few pics of the Tamiya Citroen painted and ready for assembly.
I just could'nt help but paint it black.
More pics soon.
Andy.

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Now I'm getting Somewhere.......................Blinder Progress

Well since i last put a bit on the blog I have manged to silver the beast and put differing shades of metal. It is now looking like a Blinder but alittle still to go.

 

One thing I am pleased with is the use of Alclad II 'Hot Metal' colours for heat staining around the engines. A bit of experimenting here but I got a result better than previous attempts.

 

Might even try putting on a F-100 or Starfighter, which would look good as their jet pipes always discoloured.

 

Back to the Blinder  For any Soviet experts out there, this model is an interpretation of what I think it should look like, and as I haven't been to Russia then its up to my thoughts, so if I'm really wrong sorry!

 

hope you like the Pics

 

Kevin 

 

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puzzled !

Hello chaps .

I've just visited the club web-site and admit to being a little confused .

It would seem that some of us are having problems signing our submissions .

Here's what I do for what it's worth . When I've finished writing my message ,

I sign off as though I was signing a letter , here's an example                

blah blah blah blah ( end of message ) , now for the clever bit :-

Yours sincereley . Tony Beesting .                 

if you want to be a clever dick , you can add bits like so .

Yours sincerely . Tony Beesting . Retired precision engineer ,

ex rock-climber , does a bit of modelling frm time to time .

Hope this helps .

Tony . B .

PS Sorry , no pictures worth looking at to send .

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From Comet to A380

Looking through some of my unmade models recently with my 6-year old son, who is currently working on a Concorde model, he asked about which aircraft was biggest.  Well it must be the A380 I said and we looked at a fuselage half section.  Then we compared that with a Comet 4B model.  Both aircraft in their day are/were at the forefront of technology and at the top of leisurely travel.  But, just look at the staggering difference in size.  The Comet fuselage just about fits into a single A380 engine!

 

The attached picture shows just how far civil aviation has come in 50 years or so.

 

Yellow / green , yuk !

Bit more progress .

The interior colour is supposed to be zinc-chromate primer ,

I used Tamiya yellow/green but it looked a bit sickly to me

so I threw a bit of light green in to make it look a bit

more , well , green . I suppose to the purists it's wrong

but the photo is taken in artificial light so it is a bit more

 yellow than the pics . Still , who cares . not me .

This is supposed to be a bit of light relief , so it's getting

chucked together with gay abandon . 

Tony . B.

Cars, cars, cars

Here are some views of the Airfix 1/32nd Rolls Royce, just finished it.

Not bad considering it's age really.

Dave

Austin Tilly & Acrylic Primer

Hi All

Here is a picture of what happened when I tried to use Humbrol Acrylic Primer on an Austin Tilly for the first time.

I think this is because I didn't wash the model before applying the primer like I usually do (that will teach me to rush).

More pictures to follow after a bit of sanding to sort things out.


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Now for something different .

Thought you might like to take a look at these 'cos when the

fuselage comes together , I dont think you will be able to see

very much .

    It's the Academy kit of the Curtis Helldiver in 1/72 , very

nice kit , easy to put together , not like a boat or a biplane .

Tony . B .

ALL CHANGE IN THE 'BLINDING' COLOUR DEPARTMENT!

HI Everyone

 

Well the Blinder is coming on and is changing colour from Black to Silver. I think I have sprayed 5 or 6 coats of Alclad over the model, most surfaces getting at least two coats.

 

But it has been a 'Blinder' to cover evenly........................!

 

If you look at the model from different angles, some areas seem more silver than others and then from another angle they don't, very strange? A trick of the light?

 

However I do think that whilst Gloss Black does give better reflectivity of the silver, on a large model as this, perhaps a Gloss Medium grey might give a better result.

 

Note to Kevin, on next big silver model!............Gloss Medium Grey

 

Now I need to select panels for differing shades of silver and then to paint up wheel wells, undercarriage components and finally the white heat resistant areas currently under Tamiya tape and paper.

 

Once assembly is done the Di-electric panels can be picked out, nose anti dazzle panel, nav lights etc. 

 

Hope you enjoy the pics

 

Kevin

 

Model Cars in 1/32nd scale

Here are some of my latest efforts.

They are all 1/32nd cars.

The Airfix Triumph Herald and 1926 Morris Cowley.

The green one is an Aston Martin Ulster from Matchbox.

 

THE BEAST IN BLACK!

Hi Everyone,

 

Not one to let the grass grow under my feet, I have reached painting stage at last with (my)? Tu-22 'Blinder' in 1/72nd scale.

 

The model is ex-Esci, but now under Revell label. I did a swop with Tony B for this model which was languishing in his 'room', after he lost interest in it. So I have done a few alterations to the cockpit, tailplanes, undercarraiage etc. but otherwise construction is Tony's.

 

Now it sits resplendant in Gloss Tamiya Black, awaiting its Alclad II finish which I shall start after this article. I think it will need a few coats, its Sooooo...........BiG!

 

My Biffo that appeared on the model blog is healthy and well and coming on nicely and will appear here too in due course.

 

Enjoy the 'Blinder' photo's, it WILL be ready for Telford,!!  Just need a big base and a Fuel Tanker!

 

Kevin