Been a funny weekend, spent a lot of time going around car dealerships looking for our new car for November, I have a disabled daughter who actually gets a Motability car which she kindly lends to us to drive her around. So, the upset was that with that and having to go out and find someone who had a new dishwasher in stock and then fitting it and getting rid of the old leaky one, not a lot of modelling was done.
However, there has been some progress. I have got the Desert Gulf War sand pink on the Jaguar. Not many picies of the build as, to be honest, it was not a pleasant build. Lots of fit problems and issues but it is an old kit. With the paint on though, it is starting to look the part and "Katrina Jane" should be finished this week.
The really sad thing though is that on our way home, we called into Hobbycraft to get a big tin of Humbrol gloss Enamel for Alclad work. I have no kit at the moment that has any chrome so I scanned the shelves for something I could use to experiment with. Having never done a car model yet, my eye was drawn to the Revell 1:24 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C which, going by the box art, looks a nice car. Although not all the chrome parts are used on the racing version, there is a full sprue of chrome which I dumped into a tub containing Tesco thick bleach. Literally, within seconds, the chrome was disappearing before my eyes! This has to be the best single modelling tip of 2010. Something so simple that works so well.
Details on the building of the car to follow. I know it isn't a top rated Tamiya car kit but I am looking forward to building it.
Other good news is that my order from John arrived this morning with the Revell 1:48 Mosquito B Mk IV. Not had chance to look at it yet but it reports well in reviews except for two things. One, the spinners are too stumpy according to a couple of reviewers which really is neither here nor there to me. The other is, oddly, that the undercarriage legs are too short! If anyone has a 1:48 Tamiya Mossie, could they measure them so I can determine how much too short they are please?
There was another kit in the box arriving from John but that one, coupled with another, is for later on.
However, there has been some progress. I have got the Desert Gulf War sand pink on the Jaguar. Not many picies of the build as, to be honest, it was not a pleasant build. Lots of fit problems and issues but it is an old kit. With the paint on though, it is starting to look the part and "Katrina Jane" should be finished this week.
The really sad thing though is that on our way home, we called into Hobbycraft to get a big tin of Humbrol gloss Enamel for Alclad work. I have no kit at the moment that has any chrome so I scanned the shelves for something I could use to experiment with. Having never done a car model yet, my eye was drawn to the Revell 1:24 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C which, going by the box art, looks a nice car. Although not all the chrome parts are used on the racing version, there is a full sprue of chrome which I dumped into a tub containing Tesco thick bleach. Literally, within seconds, the chrome was disappearing before my eyes! This has to be the best single modelling tip of 2010. Something so simple that works so well.
Details on the building of the car to follow. I know it isn't a top rated Tamiya car kit but I am looking forward to building it.
Other good news is that my order from John arrived this morning with the Revell 1:48 Mosquito B Mk IV. Not had chance to look at it yet but it reports well in reviews except for two things. One, the spinners are too stumpy according to a couple of reviewers which really is neither here nor there to me. The other is, oddly, that the undercarriage legs are too short! If anyone has a 1:48 Tamiya Mossie, could they measure them so I can determine how much too short they are please?
There was another kit in the box arriving from John but that one, coupled with another, is for later on.
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