I haven't been active on the forums for a little while as I lost my oomph a bit and nothing in the stash was really inspiring me, if the desire to build a model well isn't there I don't enjoy and wind up rushing bits just to complete it.
I've also been more focused on my other 2 wheeled toys and enjoying some of this fantastic weather we've had in the highlands, been out working on the bikes and getting out and about for a ride, my stable is now currently complete with the addition of the Ducati and the Enfield Bullet to my ZXR, I think the only thing I haven't had and fancy now is a proper old Harley, something like a Knucklehead would do nicely.
Anyhow, been pottering with bits and completed a bog basic vintage Airfix Bf109G in trop trim as a ceiling sitter for the wee fellas room to accompany his spit, saturn V and Gromit plane, Had the tank on the go for a little while and just now started detailing the bits and bobs bolted to it, then klear, decals, klear, weathering, matt varnish, pigments, rust, mud etc, going to try and go a bit mad on this one, may even attempt to make a base.
Tank is an older Tamiya Panther, apparently not quite so well detailed and accurate as the later moulds but still a nice mould and fits together superbly as you'd expect of Tamiya.
Whilst browsing ebay recently I saw this and this gave me the interest factor back to get on with another model.
It's a real blast from the past for me as it's
1 - the very first Tamiya kit I made,
2 - the very first motorbike kit I made and
3 - the very first time I used an airbrush to paint a model, (Badger cheap single action with propellant can)
The kit gave me a grin too as when I received it it even had a Beatties price label on it with the price £17.50, which, i'm pretty sure is what mine cost way back when.
Anyhow, heres the box and sprue shots:
The bike is a Honda NR750, an interesting bike which was really a production concept vehicle, it has a V4 engine with oval pistons, each cylinder having 2 spark plugs and 8 valves, (effectively increasing each cylinder capacity to the equivalent of 2 cylinders and making a good strong short stroke motor), looks a bit chunky and outdated styling wise nowadays but compared to the bikes in 1992 when it was released, (in limited numbers, somewhere between 200 and 300 and at a phenomenal price of £38,000), it was stunning to behold.
Both left and right fairing panels are moulded in clear sprue and I painted both last time I built this, however, this time i'll be painting the RHS panel as the engine view from that side has little to see of interest but i'll be leaving the LHS panel clear, i'd love to be able to get a look at the one I built all those years ago and see what i'd think of it now, I recall being quite impressed at the time but i'm sure that i'd find lots to fault looking at it having had more build and paint practise.
The sprues in primer:
I've also been more focused on my other 2 wheeled toys and enjoying some of this fantastic weather we've had in the highlands, been out working on the bikes and getting out and about for a ride, my stable is now currently complete with the addition of the Ducati and the Enfield Bullet to my ZXR, I think the only thing I haven't had and fancy now is a proper old Harley, something like a Knucklehead would do nicely.
Anyhow, been pottering with bits and completed a bog basic vintage Airfix Bf109G in trop trim as a ceiling sitter for the wee fellas room to accompany his spit, saturn V and Gromit plane, Had the tank on the go for a little while and just now started detailing the bits and bobs bolted to it, then klear, decals, klear, weathering, matt varnish, pigments, rust, mud etc, going to try and go a bit mad on this one, may even attempt to make a base.
Tank is an older Tamiya Panther, apparently not quite so well detailed and accurate as the later moulds but still a nice mould and fits together superbly as you'd expect of Tamiya.
Whilst browsing ebay recently I saw this and this gave me the interest factor back to get on with another model.
It's a real blast from the past for me as it's
1 - the very first Tamiya kit I made,
2 - the very first motorbike kit I made and
3 - the very first time I used an airbrush to paint a model, (Badger cheap single action with propellant can)
The kit gave me a grin too as when I received it it even had a Beatties price label on it with the price £17.50, which, i'm pretty sure is what mine cost way back when.
Anyhow, heres the box and sprue shots:
The bike is a Honda NR750, an interesting bike which was really a production concept vehicle, it has a V4 engine with oval pistons, each cylinder having 2 spark plugs and 8 valves, (effectively increasing each cylinder capacity to the equivalent of 2 cylinders and making a good strong short stroke motor), looks a bit chunky and outdated styling wise nowadays but compared to the bikes in 1992 when it was released, (in limited numbers, somewhere between 200 and 300 and at a phenomenal price of £38,000), it was stunning to behold.
Both left and right fairing panels are moulded in clear sprue and I painted both last time I built this, however, this time i'll be painting the RHS panel as the engine view from that side has little to see of interest but i'll be leaving the LHS panel clear, i'd love to be able to get a look at the one I built all those years ago and see what i'd think of it now, I recall being quite impressed at the time but i'm sure that i'd find lots to fault looking at it having had more build and paint practise.
The sprues in primer:
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