Nice scratchbuilding of that door 
I bet once it’s painted you won’t be able to tell it didn’t come with the kit.
I bet once it’s painted you won’t be able to tell it didn’t come with the kit.
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Tim,
Lovely work and some great scratched repairs. I do the same right notes in my instructions and tick off the bits I have done.Comment
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Well, this thing is really giving me the hump now…….not only is detail painting really hard because there are so many sticking out bits making it really fragile, but this just happened!
Remember me saying why I abandoned this build seven years ago…..I lost a rear hatch door, couldn’t find it, then got angry with it and stuck it on the shelf of doom…... I stripped the then man cave twice but it never appeared. Nothing rattled when I shook the model violently so it hadn’t got inside……so as you can see from the start of the thread when I restarted this build I scratched and fitted a new one.
Well, I’ve been unable to get on it much in the last couple of weeks due to a bad RA flare than made my knuckles swell like a cage fighter…..
Started the detail painting this morning. I was doing the wheel brake hubs, holding it in various orientations to get at everything and guess what….
The missing bloody hatch fell out of the inside……
Here it is……I am absolutely amazed….missing for six years and never moved when I shook the build during the searches…..
Well it’s not going back on after the effort of scratching a replacement, even if I have missed off the closing flange!
Must be some sort of record for a missing part! I think it’s time for a cuppa and a calm down!Comment
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Hi Tim
You found the kit door - I shouldn't laugh but .... The Carpet Monster put it inside when you were sleeping at night.
Scratched door looks fine.
Measuring using dividers is a great idea. Much better than trying to get my ruler into awkward places and then read it. I rather like the sanding board too. Like so many ideas it's obvious when you see it.
JimComment
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Totally missed this one nice work so far and thanks for making this gb happen.Comment
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Worth a laugh Jim, I certainly did (when I stopped swearing) :tongue-out3: The carpet monster is in for a shock when he tries to visit his stash though, I moved two years ago LOL…..
Glad you liked the scratched door. I’ve used the divider trick for years and years, but have never seen it used elsewhere, so passed it on hoping someone would find it useful. Same with the sanding board. I like simple and obvious, suits my view on life LOL………..Comment
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"........it's always something."Comment
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Evening Tim,
That's always the way these things go. I don't worry about the carpet monster as I don't have any carpets. I worry about the other modelling problem that plagues the masses. It's called Marlow's Murphy's Law.............The part flies or falls in the model. You turn it all around and upside down, shake the hell out of it and.........nothing moves or comes out.....Doesn't happen very often, but
oop: happens!!! Your story gave me a really good chuckle too my friend. Been there, done that and never got a T-shirt either....................
Prost
Allen (Ret.)Life's to short to be a sheep...Comment
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Missed the start so apologies Tim .
Glad to see you write all over the instruction with ticks and notes. As for finding the hatch after all the effort and time, well it had to happen. Still shows you can still scratch well .
Must feel odd building something like this these days .Comment
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