What's on the Bench 2025

[Stefee]

The seat rivets are painted, everything varnished with satin clear and seat belts fitted (kit parts).
Strange rules for 1966 Le Mans race mandated 2 seats to be fitted (passenger never used hence lap belt only), provision for 2 suitcases to be carried! and a spare wheel carried which had to be removed and touch the ground and refitted at every pit stop.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Lovely work Stefan

[scottie3158]

That looks stunning.

[PaulTRose]

Whilst the paint is drying on the Venom i need something to keep me going til the Paint it Black GB starts next week

So another wood kit cos these dont take long to do

How about a drum kit?

[PaulTRose]

Been doing a bit whilst Glasto is on the tellybox

[PaulTRose]

Getting there......slowly but surely.......and dont call me shirley

[PaulTRose]

And finished....that was fun

[Jim R]

That's great. Never seen a model drum kit.

[Stefee]

Whilst the seemingly never ending ritual of filling and sanding on the Sea King build continues I started Revells 1/25 Shelby Cobra 289.
During the 90s I built 5 fibreglass replica kit cars for a customer, 2 x 289s and 3 x 427s, using Jaguar XJ6 suspension front and rear and, sacrilegiously, Chevy 351 engines - the customers always right!?.
The only modifications to the body was to open up the front lower air intake. All paints used were from Proscale, black primer, 4 coats Deep Black, 4 coats of polychromatic Black Soul Green Envy and 2K clearcoat. The "ghost" stripes were the colour coat with 1 drop of silver added.
Very chuffed with end result and love the various green/purple/ black colour shifts as you change viewing position. Looks better in real life.
Thanks for looking and now for photo overload.

[minitnkr]

Amazing finish.

[Nicko]

Seconded. That looks fabulous....

Nick

[Stefee]

The one that got away, Aston Martin DB5 (1/24 by Revell).

Many moons ago a customer commissioned us to completely restore his 1964 DB5 Superleggera. After sending the engine, gearbox and differential back to Newport Pagnell for overhauling and receiving it back in RSA it transpired that he was financially embarrassed and called a halt to proceedings. I offered him a fair deal to purchase the car and thought I had it until the last minute when he sold some property to finish the car. Serendipity took over when his grandson married my niece and I drove it as the wedding car.
This kit is the 2023 tooling to be built as 007s car but I am de- gadgetising it, interestingly it is a snap together kit which is a first for me.
The original film car was finished in Dubbonet Red but painted Silver Birch as the books described JB as driving a grey Bentley.
First jobs were to eradicate the oily smoke ejectotion pipe opening, bullet proof screen ( why that was fitted I don't know as in Goldfinger Q describes the car as having "bullet proof glass all round")and the famous offset ejector seat sunroof opening. The front lower vallance was also attached, vent openings made and blended in. The front bumper needs to be remodelled as there was no rotating no. plates on standard cars.
will be painted Dubbonet Red with Ivory interior as per the original nearly mine car.
Now photo overload.

[pjgtech]

Fantastic, one of my cherished possessions is a 1960's Corgi 007 Aston, with all the toys, revolving no' plate, bullet proof rear screen, ejector seat. etc and still in its original box, with original instructions, etc. Yours looks good..... 8-)

[minitnkr]

Can't wait to see how you finish it.

[PaulTRose]

Proper motor!!

Look forward to seeing this progress

[Stefee]

Base coat of metallic Dubonnet Red applied and pleased with the result so far. Couple of days curing then decals and 2k clearcoat before chrome trim etc.

[minitnkr]

You've brought it back very well.

[Stefee]

Decals and 2k clear applied, some dirt inclusions and minor sinkage around the sunroof and bullet shield inserts to be flatted and polished when fully cured.
The boot handle/ no. plate light housing was provided as all chrome but should be 1/2 painted and badged as per the photo.
Front bumper finally modified and awaiting primer.

[Jim R]

That's looking very good. Nice paint job.

[Stefee]

That's looking very good. Nice paint job.

Thank you.