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  1. toboldlygo
    Something a bit different a heavy fighter from the early years of WW2 - fantastic concept, let down with crap engines, if only they'd fitted it with Merlin's.

    Over a year in the making (though technically only took a week to build).
     
    Box Art
     

     
    Instructions & Colour Call out.
     

     
    What's in the Box.
     

     

     

     

     

     
    The Build part 1..
     

     

     
    It went together well, just other projects and commissions got in the way.
     
    Roll on a year - the build part two (and different workbenches).
     

     

     

     

     
    White Tac Sausage time..
     

     

     

     
    Now Whirlwinds were quite allergic to their paint, so I've tried to recreate it.
     

     
    The final reveal..
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    TTFN
  2. toboldlygo
    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 shorts or burring and a minimal flash.
     
    I assembled the cockpit and jet pipe, I opted not to paint them as on test fitting within the fuselage the tolerances a very tight - so painting before will cause problems..
     

     
    The ejector seat is dry fitted, as this can be fitted after painting.
     

     
    Something of note - fit the intakes, before gluing the fuselage halves together, as it makes getting decent fit easier.
     

     
    Fuselage glued together, it needs only minor filling.
     

     
    Wings and tail planes assembled - no issues though some minor filling is needed around the cannon.
     

     
    Tail-planes fitted with no issue. However the wing need so fettling to fit and then to remove the anhedral - nothing major.
     

     
    Wings corrected a few lumps and bumps added.
     

     
    Belly auxiliary fuel tank* and arrestor hook fitted. * The tank doesn't have to be fitted, but it covers a lot of joints  
     

     
    Flaps fitted and ready for some Mr Surfacer 1000.
     
    That's all for now
     
    TBG
  3. toboldlygo
    Part two of this epic build, this kit is more like a 1/24th scale kit due to the number of parts..
     
    Aerial torpedo assembled and test fitted.
     

     
    RATOG's (Rocket Assisted Take Off Gear) assembled and test fitted.
     

     
    So many assemblies, so much to paint.
     

     
    Sitting on her wheels (temporarily) .
     

     
    Lots of Sky Type S!!
     

     
    Lots of parts painted.
     

     
    Masking up the fuselage for top coat.
     

     
    Painting done and masking removed, very little touching up needed.
     

     
    More painting and flaps installed.
     

     
    Undercarriage & doors installed.
     

     
    Fitting the Tail-plane(s).
     

     
    Nearly there, but still so much to do..
     

     
    That's all for now
     
    TBG.
  4. toboldlygo
    Something a bit different, the Seafang, the planned replacement for the Seafire - which due to the Jet Age, became an interim (and mostly) forgotten foot note in British Naval aviation history.
     
    Then Trumpeter created a kit of it (along with the Spiteful).
     
    I've had it my stash for a while and I wanted a quick build..
     
    Box Art
     

     
    What's in the box..
     

     

     

     
    The decals came back to haunt me.
     

     

     

     
    The build..
     
    As with most Trumpeter kits, the fit is pretty good, just a few annoying bits (more on that later).
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    First muck up- quoting the wrong shade of Sea Grey - Dark instead of Extra Dark.
     

     
    Soon rectified.
     

     

     
    Second the out of register and under scale roundels..
     

     
    Spares from one of my Eduard kits came to the rescue fortunately..
     

     
    If the wings and undercarriage look familiar - they were used on the Attacker.
     

     

     
    Into weathering,,
     

     
    All finished.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Onwards and upwards to the next build..
     
     
  5. toboldlygo
    Having thoroughly enjoyed build HMS Buttercup, I decided to get something much larger...
     

     
    A few stats.. Length: 1082.5 mm, Beam: 160 mm, Parts: 1260+
     
    As a wise precaution I invested in a reference book. Lot's of nice scale drawings and details
     

     
    What's in the box, well for starters - more boxes!
     

     
    The instruction booklet and colour call out.
     

     

     
    In the white box is the beautifully moulded one piece hull.
     

     

     
    Box A. Contains multiple sprues, the photo-etch and decals.
     

     

     
    8 of this sprue
     

     

     
    Three of this sprue.
     

     
    Prop's parts of structure, anchors etc.
     

     
    Decals
     

     

     
    8 Sheets of Photo-etch  
     
    Box B Contains more armament and parts of the structure.
     

     

     
    2 of this sprue.
     

     
    One of this sprue
     

     
    2 of this one (these are well wrapped up)
     
    Box C. Contains the Superstructure, Masts, Bulkheads, etc.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Box D - thankfully only contains on part...
     

     

     
    The deck, all a metre plus of it!
     
    And for a sense of the sheer size of the hull - here's the hull next to 1/76th scale 40' GWR parcels van...
     

     
    Till I pluck up the courage to start the build
     
    TTFN
     
    James
  6. toboldlygo
    Another update, though progress has slowed due to me having the cold from hell..
     

     
    Most of the underside bits added - the tropical radiator Vokes Air Filter required some serious fettling to fit properly)
     

     

     

     
    A small amount of filler was required to get all the unsightly gaps filled (and the redundant gun positions - kit can make the MK.1A as well)
     

     
    Masked up and ready for the underside to be painted (engine side panels are blu-tacked in place - as they won't be fitted permanently)
     

     
    A study in UK Azure Blue
     

     

     
    Canopy painted and partially installed, radio mast and wheels also fitted. When I feel better I'll get the masking done and venture into the paintshop..
     
    That's all for now.
     
    TBG
  7. toboldlygo
    Several moons ago a certain member (@46444) suggested I should check out Trumpeter's Westland Wyvern..
     
    I did and little does he know, what a can of rivets it opened....
     
    I acquired the kit on a certain auction sight, it arrived just before I finished the Sea Fury. I also ordered the Eduard Photo-Etch set for it...
     

     
    The kit is amazing and the instructions are sometimes baffling. However for someone who built Leaping Heaps for a living - not a problem.
     

     

     
    Due to the gearbox, the prop must be painted prior to assembly - the props rotate in opposite direction once assembled.
     

     
    With the props painted, the fuselage was closed up (F.Y.I the Reccy Camera is 8 parts)
     

     

     
    Center section of the wings were a dream to assemble and fitted beautifully to the fuselage (little or no filling will be required)
     
    I have numerous locos on the go at the moment, so progress will be slow.
     
    That's all for now TBG
  9. toboldlygo
    Finally after a few weeks away from the Wimpy due to Loco commission work (& brief venture venture back to WW1 with the Eindecker) & number of exchanges between myself and Airfix (more on that later) - it's been full steam ahead on the with build...
     
    Test fit of the bomb bay partitions.
     

     
    Making sure all the main assemblies fit together.
     

     
    And so the fun with Airfix Customer care began..
     
    I noticed that a part was malformed (E2 main under carriage support strut), so I reported to Airfix and requested a replacement. It got very long winded, I had a very rude email from one of their customer care team and I ended up putting a formal complaint in, but in the end it got high enough up the food chain at Airfix for them to start investigating the tooling issue and Airfix supplied me with a replacement part (along with parts for the Shackleton that were missing)
     
    The photo below shows the issue E1 & E2 should be identical - Airfix Supplied me with a spare E1 & E2
     

     
    Back on with the build..
     
    ..time for some black paint
     

     

     

     
    After masking up for the initial top coat of Dark Earth and airbrushing that on, I masked up for the camouflage scheme..
     

     

     
    Painting done and masking removed - some touch up painting was needed due to bleed-through, it was time to put those major assemblies together and add a few more parts..
     

     

     

     
    Bombs away (or not)
     

     
    Sat on her undercarriage (main wheels not painted) for the first time...
     

     
    Till next time
     
    TBG
  10. toboldlygo
    So it's been a while (seems like a heart attack and surviving a stroke - was so last year) since I've written a Blog Entry(re-uploading the photo's isn't fun).
     
    Long story short, I got this kit on a whim, as I'd seen a few Positive reviews of it on YouTube and I wanted an Airfix Beer Glass!
     

     
    I noticed, well it was pointed out to me that one of the decal options was Her Majesty the Queen's:
     

     
    And then it sat on the shelf in the workshop for a while, as I had a distinct Lack of Modelling Mojo, then the Queen Passed and I thought what better tribute than to build the Queen's (ok Princess Elizabeth's) Ambulance.
     
    It should be pointed out that Academy tooled this kit for Airfix(as they do with most of 1/35th Scale kits) and it shows in the kit.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    yes that is Photo Etch.
     
    Now the chassis Built up nicely - shame I put things on upside down(yes, having 80% brain damage has messed things up a tad).
     

     
    This was painted with my new favourite paints Tamiya LP-29 Olive Drab2 and LP-65 Rubber Black.
     

     
    The Ambulance side of things was built up straightforwardly and most importantly fitted - it's a dry fit on the chassis btw.
     
     
     
    Now once I'd Primed and painted it the interior was glued in Place and everything else was test fitted.
     

     

     
    So I got on with building it - however trouble loomed ahead, the paint (LP-29) was getting perilously low.
     

     

     

     

     
    Of course I had to wait, Royal Mail were on Strike, so I fitted the roof(s) and some other bits and bobs and did some filling & clean up.
     

     
    Then after what seemed ages - the paint Arrived and I could get on with finishing the Katy off.
     

     

     
    Now after the Gloss Clear had dried - it was time to apply decals.
     

     

     

     
    These went on well, however they are thin - do not use Micro set or warm water to apply them - they'll be tears.
     
    These were left overnight until I decided to give them a Slight Semi Gloss (satin) clear coat and fitted all the remaining pieces.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    It would've been finished there, but I decided to weather it - so out came the oils and the clay washes..
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    So that's it for now.
     
    TBG
  11. toboldlygo
    Be careful what you wish for @gwrrob😉
     
    So after 18 months or so on (& off the bench), the Engine Shed is finished and currently en-route (as I type) to it's final home temporally - as it's got to go to the layout builders in Taunton next week. 
     
    Anyhow on with the final part and where I left off - the roof or tiling nightmare as I like to call it (to be fair Bramley was quite poorly at the time - so I was not quite with it).
     
     


     
     

     
     

     

    Ridge tiles were created using my Infini Cutting Mat & 6mm Tamiya Masking tape.
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Masked up ready for the roof to be painted
     

     
     
     
    Back from paint & unmasked, the roof is done (apart from weathering).
     
     
     

     
    Next up was the the guttering and downpipes - the downpipe brackets are by Modelu, once these were on I added  some of the machinery to the interior that I'd made in part 3.
     
     
     

     
     
     
    Now I was on to the weathering, I used airbrush and powders on the roof and for the soot inside and up the front walls above the entrances (this got toned afterwards) and Flory Dark dirt wash for the walls.
     
     
     

     
     

     
    Got some bits (all Modelu) ready for paint and a loco crew for another project).
     

     
     
     
    With all the various bits for the interior painted they were added to shed.
     
     

     
     
     
    With a few finishing touches, the shed is done - for now, as once it's in situe on my clients layout, there will be staff and few other details added.
     

     
    Time for the big reveal..
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

     

     

     
     

     

     

     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
    And that's all for this build.
     
    Till next time 
     
    James
     
     
     
     
  12. toboldlygo
    Time for another piece of Armour - this time it's Russian (albeit in Polish Markings)...
     
    The Box Art
     

     
    Decals & Colour/Markings Call out (it's green lol)
     

     

     
    The Sprues (or Frames), etc.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    The build - fairly straightforward - it's Tamiya after all  
     

     

     

     

     
    Lower hull and tracks painted (and fitted). Important to follow the instructions at this point as the tracks are different on either side - due to offset road wheels.
     

     
    Upper hull and turret painted and fitted..
     

     
     

     
    Last bits of detail fitted..
     

     
    Decals added (all 4 of them)
     

     
    Tracks initially weathered.
     

     
     
    All weathered and ready for her big reveal...
     

     
     
    In the great outdoors..
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    And the important cameo...
     

     
    TTFN
     
    James
     
     
  13. toboldlygo
    ...Or Should that be Repainted?
     
    A client requested I rename his 4013 Knight of St Patrick to 4012 Knight of the Thistle and repaint/rework to GWR post war unlined green - with a few tweaks (more on those later)
     
    I started tender first and began the tedious task of removing the lining and branding from the tender top. Once this was done the tender top was washed down and allowed to dry. Then masked up and airbrushed a nicer shade of green (Railmatch GWR Post 1928 Locomotive Green), after a few coats of this - the tender top was given a couple of coats of gloss varnish, so the new branding would adhere properly. The masking was removed and the tender was re-assembled.
     

     
    While the tender was in paint, I removed as much lining as I could from the loco body and cleaned it all up in soapy water. I then removed the wings/shelves from the cab sides and replaced them with wire handrails. Also I removed the whistles, as the client had supplied a Modelu set with the whistle shield - this was test fitted and put aside (as it would be painted separately). I then started the lengthy task of masking up everything I didn't want green!
     

     
    While the loco body was in paint, I applied the G coat of arms W branding to the tender.
     

     
    Fresh from paint an unlined green loco.
     

     
    Masking removed, various bits added and loco body reattached to the chassis (correct spoked bogie wheels as well). Also cabside number-plates & various decals added
     

     

     
    Masking partially applied prior to her return trip to the paintshop, I sent the photo's to my client - he'd originally wanted her quite heavily weathered, but we both agreed that I should weather her like a previous loco I'd done for him.
     

     

     
    All done and ready to return to her owner..
     


     


  14. toboldlygo
    Time for an update with a couple of projects that have appeared in various threads, but in very brief form..
     
    Merchant Navy (Rebuilt) 35002 Union Castle
     
    Using a bargain 'United States Lines' as a donor along with a heavily modified Wrenn/Dublo 5,250gl tender top, the renaming side is the usual way... with the usual suspect - Fox Transfers & Jackson Evans. However I'll go through the reworking of the tender.
     
    First off is to make the tender top fit the donor loco's tender chassis, nothing to difficult here, just remove most of the central post of the tender top and trim back the 4 small lugs (used for to locate the tender top) on the tender chassis so that the top will fit. Then I remove the moulded handrails - not completely to begin with to enable the holes to be drilled in the right places for the wire replacements. Also I removed the fallplate moulding completely and trim back the roof by 50 thou.
     

     
    Next is rub the whole tender top down with wet and dry and fill the holes for the original ladder (they are in the wrong place), Once done it's time to fit the new handrails, fall-plate and ladder. I primarily used a ladder off a defunct 5,500gl WC tender and made the hoop up out of a piece of a scrap set of brake rigging.
     

     
    Then the whole thing was sprayed and any imperfections filled and then painted again with Nato Black. I discovered at this point the ladder was out of square and had to reposition it and reworked the hoop side with a part from another WC tender - as I wasn't happy with the original. I then masked up the parts of the tender that would remain black and airbrushed it as I thought Railmatch Brunswick Green - it wasn't it was more a Malachite Green (acrylics for you). So I ended up going old school and used a trusty Aerosol Can of the right colour - different shade from the loco, but the whole loco is going to be weathered so it doesn't matter too much!
     

     
    Once the paint was dry I removed all the masking (for once no bleed through) and gave the whole tender a couple of coats of gloss varnish before lining out could be done. I used Fox Transfers general lining to do this (FRH 4050), I also renumbered the loco at this point as well.
     

     
    Once the transfers had been given 24 hours to dry out, the whole loco was weathered in my usual way and the finished result is below:
     

     
    Beyer-Garratt 47994
     
    I finally gave in to temptation and brought one of these beasts and decide from the outset that it would be keeping it's original identity..
     

     
    I found however that removing the numbers and crests required an awful lot more elbow grease than other loco's!!
     

     
    After carefully taking the loco apart for ease of renumbering, first order of play was to apply the correct size Lion & Wheel Crests (Fox Transfers - FRH4001/3) to the cab.
     

     
    Before applying the numbers to the water tanks, I added the missing top lamp Iron Bracket to the rotating bunker end.
     

     
    After carefully marking a center line on the tanks, I applied the the new number (x4) using Fox Transfer 10 inch numerals.
     

     

     
    While these were drying off, I set to work replacing the couplings, removing the pony truck brakes and adding the sanding pipes to both ends. I used Hornby dummy couplings for the replacements.
     

     
    Before I reassembled the loco I sprayed the boiler and both the bunker and water tank with a coat of varnish to seal the transfers and followed this with a coat of Nato black to tone it down. Once reassembled I made sure she ran, before weathering could commence.
     

     
    The assembled loco just fitted in my spray booth and after various coats of paint were added - I used Vallejo Model Air Acrylics, she ended up looking like this..
     

     
    Then it was time for the hand weathering, a fairly time consuming operation, but satisfying none the less..
     

     
    Finished you may think, then while studying the Book of LM Garratts by Irwell Press, I noticed the coal spill below the rotating bunker, so I had to add it.
     

     
    That's all for now, although it will soon be time for tales of the final two West Countrys....
     
    James
  15. toboldlygo
    ....not the Bionic Woman, but another Bionic Bulleid - more that later
     
    Two more loco's rolled off the renaming/renumbering and weathering production line this weekend.
     
    First up was Rebuilt West Country 34095 Brentor another one I hadn't done
     

     
    And then T9 30337, looking her age I might add (photo's have been redone )
     

     

     
    Currently awaiting varnishing and weathering in the paintshop is another King Arthur 30797 Sir Blamor de Ganis.
     
    Then the rebuild operation that's been nearly 18 months in the making, since Rebuilt 34100 Appledore fell from my paint table and left me with a complete loco and tender chassis and trashed bodies. Tonight the salvage operation began with the removal of the damage bodies, which I stripped of anything that maybe of use and binned the carcasses. Tender chassis was repaired, it just needed a set of steps replacing. The Loco chassis had lost it's front bogie to another Rebuilt, fortunately I found another one in my parts box. Before fitting the new loco body I removed the nameplates, to save me a job later on. Now it just a case of renaming and renumbering the loco to 34031 Torrington and bringing the 5,250 gl tender body upto spec, before painting and lining out. Then the whole thing can be weathered
     
    That's all for now
     
    TBG
  16. toboldlygo
    While I was waiting for Airfix to sort themselves out with some parts for both the Wellington & Shackleton (I will cover those issues in the next blog entries for them), I decided it was high time to start the smallest kit in my model stash - the diminutive Fokker Eindecker E.III.
     
    The kit is very straight forward to build and goes together really well, however for the insane amongst us (namely me) - the kit comes rigging diagrams!
     
    It only took me a few hours in total to build and paint the little plane and there are a great number of decals for such a small kit.
     

     

     
    To give you a sense of scale the Eindecker fuselage fits in the bomb bay of the Wimpy.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    However it took me most a day to do the rigging - after I'd sourced a fine nylon jewelers thread to use (0.1mm to be precise)
     
    I missed a few bits of rigging out due to how fiddly they would be. Overall I pleased with the result and it has been well over 30 years since I've done a full rigged bi-plane.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Till next time
     
    TBG
  17. toboldlygo
    Okay, so I've been busy renaming/renumbering/repainting Bachmann Halls over the last few months (eek) - I'll let the pictures do the talking..
     
    First up 5998 Trevor Hall (Mk. 1)
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    5998 Trevor Hall (Mk.2)
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    4943 Marrington Hall
     
    This loco had been been renumbered & weathered before..
     
    From 4936 Kinlet Hall to 4948 Northwick Hall and now to 4943 Marrington Hall (in Post War GWR unlined Green)
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Till next time TBG
  18. toboldlygo
    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 then dry brushed dark brick randomly to the exterior brick work.
     

     
    After painting the floor weathered black and touching up the brick work, I painted the exterior trim
     

     
    After fitting the glazing, I weathered the interior and put a light wash of black over the exterior. Oh and painted the stairs..
     

     
     
    Next up the roof was fitted.
     

     
    Coal trucks added to the interior..
     

     

     
     
    I masked every thing up and airbrushed the roof of the tank, once dry I added the platform for access to the tank.
     

     
    The bit I was dreading making up and soldering the railings for the tank access platform - it went better than expected!
     

     

     
     
    After paint the railings by hand, it was then a case of making up and fitting & painting the ladder support and trimming the ladder to length (the ladder & stairs will be fitted once the coaling stage installed on the layout..
     

     

     

     
    Then it was back to paintshop for final weathering..
     

     

     

     
    And that is a cameo, by another Timber Tracks building.
     
    Till next time TBG
     
     

  19. toboldlygo
    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 off, because of the clean up - the Hedgehog Anti-Submarine Mortars..
     

     

     
    These were painted and fitted to the ship.
     

     
    I went back in the instructions and cleaned up (there's a lot), assembled, painted and fitted a lot of parts (including the anchors & chains..
     

     

     

     
    Then I concentrated on getting the top deck of the bridge to fit, before painting - again there was a need for some plaster-card..
     

     
    I painted the side frames first and glued them in place using the upper deck to ensure alignment.
     

     
    The top deck was painted and glued in place. Once dry a few more bits were added.
     

     

     
    I would say I'm nearly there, but here's what's left on the sprues..
     

     
     
    That's almost all for now on this build (I'm build the remaining guns atm)
     
    Till next time
     
    TBG
     
     
     
  20. toboldlygo
    Going to keep these update blogs quite short - unlike the Shack which is huge.. (I'd forgotten that).
     
    The Aftermarket arrived from Hannants.
     

     
    With the fuselage fully cured, I gave the joint lines a initial clean up & added some more of the glazing, plus test fitted the tail.
     

     
    I turned my attention to the underside and fitted the bomb bay door's etc.
     

     
    Time to work on the wings and all 6 of the engines..
     

     

     

     

     
    The outboard engine nacelles are very different from my previous Shackleton builds...
     

     
    A slight diversion, but on with the build..
     
    Glazing all fitted and engine nacelles closed up.
     

     
    Disassembled for some filling and clean up..
     

     
    Last reassembly before it's painted, filling complete and a few more bits added.
     

     

     
    A few more minor mods to make and then once the primer arrives she'll be into paint..
     
    TTFN
     
    Toboldlygo
     
    James
     
     
     
  21. toboldlygo
    I think I got carried away photographing this build - this entry is a whopper photo-wise:
     

     

     

     
    A slight c*!" up with the paint needed some remedial action
     

     

     

     
    I don't I've used ever used so much Tamiya Masking tape...
     

     

     

     

     
    With the bomb bay doors in place - the Shack reminds me of a pregnant fish...
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Sitting on her undercarriage for the first time - all the fettling to get a good fit pays off
     

     

     

     
    Edit (08/10/2017) decided to add the photo's here (with a couple of Cameo's )
     
    8 props, 3 blades per prop and three colours takes a while to paint... oh and transfers to add to them!!
     
    Yesterday
     

     
    4 props down, 4 to go...
     
    Today
     
    Last four props done and finally done (oh and the props all rotate independently of each other )
     

     

     
    A subtle cameo and now for a whopper of one
     

  22. toboldlygo
    The build that started on June 6th (2017) is finally at an end.
     
    This set of photo's, show the undercarriage installed, cannon access panels partly painted and the frankly massive prop painted.
     

     

     

     
    In this pair, it's the canopy completely painted and partially installed
     

     

     
    Next few, the cannon access panels all finished painting (these took nearly two days to paint) and everything not glued positioned as it will be after adding the transfers
     

     

     

     
    Transfers added and final assembly..
     

     

     

     
    The finished plane - Pulverizer IV
     

     

     

     

     
    That's all for this build - back to the Loco's
     
    TBG
     
    Edit 07/08/2017...
     
    She's at home with a few Friends now
     

  23. toboldlygo
    Is it Armour, is it Railway or both - all I know is it's big for 1/72nd.
     
    Brief history of the model, it was first released by Hobby Boss in 2007, the Railway Transporter was released in 2008 (without the KARL), this version was released last year, so it's two models in one.
     
    Box-Art
     

     
    Instructions & Colour Call Out.
     

     

     
    The KARL (you have the option of modelling either 040 or 041)
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    No flash to speak of or any ejector pins in the wrong place.
     
    The Railway Transporter.
     

     

     

     

     

     
     
    Again no errant ejector pins and just some minor flash on the wheel hubs.
     
    Overall it looks to be an interesting and slightly challenging build and some alteration to the build sequence will be needed in order to ensure everything lines up.
     
    TTFN
     
    James
     
  24. toboldlygo
    For the first time in ages a new West Country rolls off the TBG workbench (literally of course) 34004 Yeovil in Rebuilt guise. The donor and plates had been sitting around for ages so the time had come to do a renaming from scratch. Like a well oiled machine it rolled off the production line in no time at all.
     

     
    While Yeovil was in the paintshop, I busied myself with a Battle of Britain (Tangmere) donor and created a new version of 34065 Hurricane. This will get the heavy weathered treatment before too long. She's seen here next to Yeovil on my new twin track display board - which itself still has some work to do.
     

     
    That's all for now...
  25. toboldlygo
    Having seen all the recent froth on the subject of what to use in front of Merchant Navies, West Country's etc. I thought I've give my perspective on it.
     
    Original - Fresh out of the Works, as built, later loco's had wedge cabs and other modifications from new so this covers them as well.
     
    Modified - Wedge Cab fitted, changes to deflectors, tenders etc.
     
    Rebuilt - The loco is radically change in appearance, though retains enough of it's original DNA to still be called the same class!
     
    Unrebuilt - used as way of differentaiting between the two sub-classes while they were running alongside each other.
     
    Hornby have yet to do an Original West Country or Merchant Navy for the matter when you take these facts into account.
     
    Rant over..
     
    Merry Christmas
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