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Mr' Bowcats Racers G.B. 570's Airfix 1/43 WRC Citroen Xsara
Simple, no frills kit. Just right for my project. Yes, I know. I have the bridge the wrong way round...... :upside: ;) To the forest we will go........a watercolour background. ...a Mr. Sun background.... Cheers all. Ron- spanner570
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- Forum: Completed Group builds 2017 onward
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570's Airfix 1/43 W.R.C. 2003 Citroen Xsara
Finished! Nice kit, if lacking in detail, all the parts fitted well. Brush painted using Vallejo 'Air' Then I did me a bit of sculpting with some silicone..... Rather than make a new bridge, I nicked it from my dio. of Ray Hanna's Spitfire stunt.... For these forest water shots, I've...- spanner570
- Post #26
- Forum: Mr Bowcats Racers GB: June - Aug '24
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570's Airfix 1/43 W.R.C. 2003 Citroen Xsara
Job done. Sorry about the abruptness of the build, but there wasn't much to the kit worth showing. All round excellent fit. Especially the all one piece glazing part. You can see it one the instructions. It slotted in first time. As usual, brush painted. Around 24 bits, so as I wrote a very...- spanner570
- Post #19
- Forum: Mr Bowcats Racers GB: June - Aug '24
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570's Airfix 1/43 W.R.C. 2003 Citroen Xsara
Using Vallejo Air, I've brushed on the three main body shell colours and some black for the door posts and internals. As usual complete with some brusherofferable dust! Cheers. Ron- spanner570
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- Forum: Mr Bowcats Racers GB: June - Aug '24
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570's Airfix 1/43 W.R.C. 2003 Citroen Xsara
I've added the wheels to the floorpan and after seeing the price of a couple of 'Pilots' in this scale, I nicked a couple of 1/48 sodjer torso and heads from my spares bin. The figures will hardly be seen, so they will do. "Elementary my dear Watson!" I've started to brush on some paint too...- spanner570
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- Forum: Mr Bowcats Racers GB: June - Aug '24
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570's Airfix 1/43 W.R.C. 2003 Citroen Xsara
A last minute entry to Bob's G.B. Thanks Bob! I finally found the lost sprue shot! This will be a bit of a fun quicky, so don't blink or you'll miss the build..... Here's the original Airfix six kit box. The chosen one. A very old kit with few parts. Decals. There you go. As I wrote...- spanner570
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- Forum: Mr Bowcats Racers GB: June - Aug '24
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Latest Acquisitions (2024)
!/72 Airfix RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat. First impressions (and I haven't even opened the plastic bag yet!) Very basic interior. Once glazed it will be difficult to see inside, but really! The handrails are way too thick. The kit has solid hand rails running along the length of the deck/hull...- spanner570
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- Forum: Chit-Chat
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Spanner 570's Airfix 1/72 Battle of Britain Lancaster B III....With a twist!
Almost there... I've added the pilot's harness (made from paper) and added further 'Bits'. The maps look naff, but hey ho.... I've also stuck on the starboard fuselage side. Now it's buttoned up, I can have a blimp and see where I can add some more things. Cheers. Ron- spanner570
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Spanner 570's Airfix 1/72 Battle of Britain Lancaster B III....With a twist!
Thanks chaps. As can be seen with this B-17 I hacked about, there can be plenty of scope for a 'Cut Away' Not so the Lancaster. Apart from the cockpit area, there is just basically an empty fuselage. The turrets are a bit naff, so pointless exposing them. Lucky me! So I will be...- spanner570
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Spanner 570's Airfix 1/72 Battle of Britain Lancaster B III....With a twist!
The twist.... We all have our different ways of approaching our hobby. Now't wrong with that and I'm certainly not knocking anything or anybody. But I still can't understand why folks take so much time and care over aircraft interiors only to completely hide all the detail, so...... Initial...- spanner570
- Post #20
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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1/35 Siege of Bastogne. December 1944.
One of the few Sherman tanks holding on to the perimeter of the besieged town of Bastogne. Due to poor weather, allied air cover is impossible for most of the time.....The defenders cling on. Just in case any pedants or nitpickers see an opportunity to have a pop at the model regarding the...- spanner570
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- Forum: Completed Dioramas
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Spanner 570's Airfix 1/72 Battle of Britain Lancaster B III....With a twist!
As you might remember, I finally received the missing sprue for this kit. So Lee, away we go.... :thumb2: ;) The twist? What I have in mind should be fun and make me sweat! No box art I'm afraid, just a heap of sprues. I won't bore you with individual shots. Cheers. Ron- spanner570
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Welcome to Geoff’s D-Day 80th Anniversary tribute chat thread.
Here's my entry. Just had a blimp in the box. Excellent kit. I was a bit dubious about the 13 1/72 figures that come with the kit. Just looking through the clear plastic bag, I can see they are superb! The best one's I've come across. I thought Caesar Miniatures were good, they are, but...- spanner570
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- Forum: Geoff's D-Day 80 years GB: 5th June - Sept 2024
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Completed..... 'Huff' Hfuhruhurr's Ju 88 lost in the Libyan Desert in 1941. Found again 1977.
Completed..... 'Huff' Hfuhruhurr's Ju 88 lost in the Libyan Desert in 1941. Found again 1977. In June 1941, whilst bombing the British Garrison of Tobruk in N. Africa, 'Huff's Ju88 was hit by AA fire. His port engine was badly damaged. He managed to get his crippled aircraft back into friendly...- spanner570
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- Forum: Completed Dioramas
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A bad day at the office for Luftwaffe Major 'Huff' Hfuhruhurr - Tobruk, N. Africa. June 24th 1941
I've finished the base. When the above stage was completely dry and rock hard, I soaked the base with more PVA. To this I added two steam rollered Weetabix and a few small pebbles smashed up with a lump hammer to a suitable size. The whole shebang was then sprinkled from a dizzy height and...- spanner570
- Post #36
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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The aircraft photo you took you like most!
Red Arrows. 2019 at the Guernsey B.O.B. Air Display whilst I was on holiday there. They came over us really low! Cheers. Ron- spanner570
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- Forum: General Aircraft Chat
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A bad day at the office for Luftwaffe Major 'Huff' Hfuhruhurr - Tobruk, N. Africa. June 24th 1941
The aircraft is more or less finished, so on to the base. If you take a look at my model of poor Flt. Sgt. Dennis Copping's Crashed P-40, which I posted earlier in this thread, you will see two obvious features. 1. His real aircraft ended up reasonably level on the desert floor. 2. The rudder...- spanner570
- Post #35
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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A bad day at the office for Luftwaffe Major 'Huff' Hfuhruhurr - Tobruk, N. Africa. June 24th 1941
I've started to blend in and weather the various transfers. Cheers. Ron- spanner570
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- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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A bad day at the office for Luftwaffe Major 'Huff' Hfuhruhurr - Tobruk, N. Africa. June 24th 1941
I've stuck on the paper framework. No attempt at dead on accuracy, It serves its purpose and near enough for me. Next the weathering. Cheers. Ron- spanner570
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- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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A bad day at the office for Luftwaffe Major 'Huff' Hfuhruhurr - Tobruk, N. Africa. June 24th 1941
Thanks chaps. I've made a start on the actual cockpit and nose canopies. I first painted some ordinary thin paper and then once dry, I cut it into very thin slivers. These I will stick on to the plastic. I ain't going to be too fussy, as I reckon a fair few perspex bits and the framework would...- spanner570
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- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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