So after a couple of months or virtually no activity and with me laid up with various ailments, I decided to get on with the Attacker...
First up I gave it another once over for filler and clean up.
Then I gave the whole plane an undercoat of Nato Black & then painted up the cockpit & ejector seat.
With the ejector seat in place the canopy was fitted and it was masked up for paint.
With th
In an interesting diversion from the Trains, Planes and Armour - I've discovered a liking for ships..
Building HMCS Snowberry for a client, I got quite interested in the Flower Class and purchased the 2018 tooling of HMS Buttercup by Revell...
The Kit...
Certainly not as many sprues and a lot less flash.
The hull went together ve
It's another superb kit from the often overlooked 1/48th Scale Military Miniature Series by Tamiya and being Tamiya it makes for quite a quick build.
The Kit is fairly new - this version is from 2018 according to Scalemates.
Yep I started it on Saturday too
The only niggle with the kit is there are a couple of visible ejector pin marks on the side frames of the lower
After nearly a month and half in the works Airfix's RAF Air Sea Rescue Launch is complete..
Here's the story of her build (told mostly in pictures)..
The kit dates back to 1978, the boxing I'm using is from 2013.
Building her up - some swearing and a lot of sanding was needed!
On with the build - I've been busy..
Up next I busied myself with clean up on various parts of the rear main gun - I also had to modify one part as it was a short-shot.
I also painted and added a couple of the life buoys..
The rear gun was added next..
At this point I decided to add some of the rigging - lots of pennies in the swear jar!
Then I got on with a job I'd put of
Another shake and bake kit from Tamiya, this version of the kit is from 2014.
The kit (some of the photo's are a bit naff in this part and I haven't included them, so apologies)
The build, as before I build up the lower hull and paint and add the tracks. However this one has an interior..
With the lower hull built, I turned to the upper hull - t
So in part 3, I'm building, painting and adding lot's of bits!
Lot's of sanding was involved too lol
First up was adding the boiler room structure. I opted to build this up on the ship, rather than a separate structure to ensure a better fit.
Once I got it to fit right, it was painted and then glued in place.
With this allowed to dry for a bit, I busied myself making up the various parts that go on to these bits of structu
Yes it's another Timber Track's kit, but with a Severn Models Photo-etch interior, some bits from Scale Model Scenery and a Modelu Signalman.
Considering it's size this was quite a lengthy build:
First up building the basic structure, this follows the general layers approach of a Timber Tracks kit.
There's also a nifty jig to help build the staircase.
I also had the challenge of building a photo-etch interior from Severn M
Yet another Timber Tracks Kit, this one was far from straight-forward and could be said a bit of a Mojo killer.
Build was hampered slightly by vague instructions, but as usual it went together very well.
And yes I had the soldering Iron out again
At this point I though I'd better work out the lighting..
Then
So two build's for the price of one here..
First up the Sand House, this was a straight-forward build apart from the curving the roof and also had lighting to install.
Completely built
Part way painting
Installing the lighting
Painting almost done.
I also painted the interior
Fresh from Weathering
T
Another Timber Track building, but this time a conversion from a two to a four track Engine Shed.
I started this when I was finishing off the Coaling Stage and then it went on a bit of a back-burner while my client finalised his track plans..
Basically I built the first shed as per the instructions, to get it to a certain point. Again construction was very straight-forward and quick - aided by a quick drying pva wood glue (Javis Velo-set).
After about a 3 month break, I returned to HMCS Snowberry, my plan of action was simple, get the hull cleaned up, add some details to the forecastle and get the hull into painted..
Hull cleaned up, more wooden decking removed and detailing added.
Looking fine in Halfords Grey Primer
While the primer was curing, I made a start on the main gun.
I thought it was about time that I caught up with a few builds that I haven't done blog entries on...
This is the first and possibly the biggest, namely the ex-Matchbox tooled Revell 1/72nd Scale Flower Class Corvette..
Early on in the year, a client (who I do Railway Commissions for), asked me if I'd entertain building him HMCS Snowberry and I said yes..
So back in May I started on the hull..
One huge box of bits
Better late than never, I get on with finishing the Churchill Build:
Completed turret dry fitted to the hull, trailer assembled (wheels not glued) and some minor filling:
With the tracks masked up, it was time to get on the under coats
The tank and trailer were then sprayed Dark Green, while various other detailing parts where painted. Once everything was dry the Churchill re-assembl
Yes it's another Tank and I'm not going bore anyone with a blow by detail build - it's a Shake and bake kit.
The kit was introduced in 2018 as part of Tamiya's 1/48th Scale Military Miniature Series (No.94). It's gives the option to build either the Crocodile Variant or a standard Mk.VII Churchill.
The box-art, instructions, frames, etc.
Part One of the build.
On with Part 2 of the build and to be honest there was much left to do..
Decals were applied, some of which needed an awful lot of Microsol to sit down properly - was going to do Option B on the decal scheme, but opted scheme A instead. I also fitted the towing cable after the decals had gone off and started off the weathering with some dry brushing using Vallejo Model Air Rust & Dark Umber.
I then put on a clear coat of Tamiya Flat Clear and Vallejo Wash
So in a brief interlude from the Attacker build (waiting for the filler to cure properly), I decided on a quick build. This kit arrived Thursday morning:
The parts removed very cleanly from the sprue and only need a minimum of clean up.
Though an older tooling (2006) the fit was very good.
Obviously I've diverged slightly from the instructions because of pai
Hot on the heels of the Tempest and defying my normal convention of posting a cameo of my next build - as I have three unfinished (and I'm unmotivated to finish them yet), I opted for a quick and simple build instead.
I've had the Attacker in my stash for nearly a year, so I thought what the hell let's build it.
Up first here's what's in the box...
The sprues a clean a crisp, no sho
Time for Part 4...
So where I'd left it, there were bits painted & part painted and a Tempest waiting for them...
With the silver parts retrieved from the loft and the wheel centres masked so the tyres could be repainted - these were sent back to the spray-booth. The undercarriage doors were fitted to the main legs and the dry fitted to the plane - along with various other undercarriage & underside parts (saves glue & paint going everywhere), before gluing int
On with part 3...
Progressed slowed to numerous railway commissions anyhow fresh from paint and after some touching up, I painted and fitted the engine exhausts..
I then masked up to do the partial invasion stripes..
Once everything was dry, I gave the Tempest a gloss coat of Tamiya Clear in prep for the decals..
Once this had cured I decaled the underside
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Better late than never, here's part 2 of the Tempest V build:
With some light fettling the wings were assembled and fitted to the fuselage.
Rudder, tail-planes & ailerons were added next:
The fuselage base for the canopy was also dry fitted at this point.
A cameo from her troublesome elder sister
I had some aftermarket arrive..
This will be an very image heavy post, with very few words - as I've gone over the build in my thread...
Firstly the kit...
Then the first steps of the build...
Late last year, I brought the elderly Revell (ex Frog) Shackleton MR.3 kit with all intention to build it..
Then early this year I saw photo's of a new MR.3 version, but couldn't find any info on it..
Then last week I saw it in one of Phil Flory's live shows on Flory Models, a brief visit to Amazon and she was ordered and the Shack 3 arrived a day early on Tuesday.
I've decided to a mini sprue review, before I eventually can get started on the kit
Final part of the Coaling Stage build, in this it focus on final assembly, painting, detailing, weathering and even some soldering
Adding the coaling drop to the front - the instructions were very vague on how it went together!
The time consuming part, hand painting the exterior, I applied a coat of light concrete and then dry brushed the exterior with light brick acrylics..
I then painted the interior walls white and th
On with part 2.
With first floor inner walls in place (and dry), they were trimmed to height.
End wall veneers were added next.
Test fit of tank.
Adding the exterior detail..
And finally for this part, fitting the tank (roof will be fitted at a later stage).
Till next time..
TBG
