discussion Tamiya Wespe 1/35 scale.

[Guest]

Wow is all I can say Dude 2!!! I can see you are feeling better, but I have to ask you a question. The flashing is fantastic and important to a roof, now does it really rain in the cave??? Don't you think the gutters will do their job??? I think they will...Great scratchy Brother!!!

Prost
Allen

Dude 1, absolutely no rain in the cave . Very snug . Sunny tomorrow, so in the garden as Friday and most of next week we have RAIN . Don't blame if you get it as well .:upside:

Looking better with every new iteration - lovely work John!
Steve

:thumb2:Thanks Steve.

Oh my word John, that looks fantastic!

Andy appreciated.

You know John, for a retired chippie you're pretty good at roofing and bricking!
Pete

:smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

My god it looks real!

 

[rtfoe]

That shot with the flash attached looks damn real John. The Simon T award should be coming your way soon I reckon. Your brick laying/scribing is paying dividends.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Mini Me]

Looks the "Nuts" JR..I concur with Richard (Wabble) 100 % :thumb2:

 

[Neil Merryweather]

That shot with the flash attached looks damn real John. The Simon T award should be coming your way soon I reckon. Your brick laying/scribing is paying dividends.

Cheers,
Wabble

Seconded :thumb2:

 

[Tim Marlow]

Lovely lead work John. Looks fantastic.

 

[Guest]

My god it looks real!

Many thanks Neil.

That shot with the flash attached looks damn real John. The Simon T award should be coming your way soon I reckon. Your brick laying/scribing is paying dividends.

Cheers,
Wabble

Wabble very kind of you to say . I realised flashing would be needed, but suddenly finding a way to mark using the tape over the pewter was the" thing "for me .

Looks the "Nuts" JR..I concur with Richard (Wabble) 100 % :thumb2:

Thanks my friend :thumb2:

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Lovely lead work John. Looks fantastic.

Cheers Tim .

 

[Jim R]

It's all been said. Stunning. Looks real.

 

[spanner570]

Doesn't get much better, that's for sure!

Nice one 453. :thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Doesn't get much better, that's for sure!

Nice one 453. :thumb2:

It's all been said. Stunning. Looks real.

Thanks both .Been an experience using the foam esp seeing the details and thickness you can achieve .

 

[Guest]

The roof is done, photos later .
Now going to get up !!!! and even more of a shock have a tidy up !!!!!!!
Mrs R is going to supervise.
Hopefully more later:smiling3:.

 

[scottie3158]

John,

That is superb mate keep it going.

 

[Guest]

John,

That is superb mate keep it going.

Thanks Paul .

 

[Guest]

Right having had the minor tide up of the bench I carried on with the flashing .
The second batch has been cut , and all the flashing has been treated with MR Hobby metal primer. As a side I was looking for a suitable cleaner for a brush when using this primer, but found out the brush when put back into the primer returns to a soft state from the solid one it dries as. So don't bother with any cleaner !:nerd:

Over all view of the base and building .

The roof, took a lot longer after finding two rows of tiles with PVA was enough at one time . Normally I would get 4 rows done in a day then the chest infection put paid to that !


The flashing , now drying . Will paint before fixing as want to keep the brick work clean .



Tomorrow brings the PVA and primer coat ready for the tile work later .

Thanks for following.

J

 

[outrunner]

Nice work John.

Andy.

 

[Guest]

Nice work John.

Andy.

Thanks mate .

 

[adt70hk]

Finished the gutting, down pipe went in ok , but the middle join came apart, any way a dap of CA seems to have done the trick.

Next was the flashing for the roof to brick. Covering a piece of Pewter with some Tamiya Tape and finding the angle of the roof I penciled in the brick spacings. Then still leaving the tape in place cut the marked parts out.
Going to have to do it in short sections, starting at the bottom and overlapping where needed. Really pleased with how it worked out using the tape on top.


Flashing not fixed, but it shows the method.

Thanks for following.

John.

Simply stunning John..... So realistic.

 

[adt70hk]

My god it looks real!

I know that's what I thought!

 

[Guest]

I know that's what I thought!

Thanks Andrew .:thumb2:

 

[Jim R]

Looks superb, we have come to expect this level of work from you.