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  1. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    Finished the dash and interior but considering adding lap belts which were an option as apparently. Note the position of the handbrake lever and tiny decal for the gear positions on the gear know.
  2. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    After several hours of flatting and polishing I managed to achieve a decent finish. Some small sinkage marks are present around the ejector seat roof panel and bullet proof shield but will live with them. Now to mask and apply chrome in the relevant places. When completed I will wax and ceramic...
  3. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    Got some more of the DB5 done. Adding piping to the seats and door panels and completed the floor pan and running gear. Just dry fitted the unpolished body to check the stance - wheels just loosely fitted. Being a snap together kit means if you paint the parts you have to open up all the holes...
  4. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    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...
  5. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    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.
  6. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    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...
  7. Stefee

    Revell 1/24 Selby Cora 289

    Well it's finally finished after a fashion, very nearly ended up in the bin several times. This is generally a very mediocre kit (originally tooled in 1963?) which has driven me to heights of frustration I didn't know existed. Tons of flash and mould lines on the majority of sprues but worst of...
  8. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    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...
  9. Stefee

    Italeri 1/24 Porsche 944S.

    A decent kit despite its age and it being Italeri which have caused me serious problems in the past. Reasonable amount of detail for a kit with no stand alone engine. I added AM 3D printed "cookie cutter" wheels to match my 1:1 car, cut out sunroof opening and made the lift out panel and storage...
  10. Stefee

    Stefees Italieri 1/24 Porsche 944S

    Well I am calling this one done and am fairly pleased with the overall look. More pickiest in the completed section for anyone interested. Thanks for following and all the kind comments.
  11. Stefee

    Stefees Italieri 1/24 Porsche 944S

    Flocking eventually arrived and applied, not too bad. Interior cemented in place and window glue now drying awaiting completion hopefully tomorrow.
  12. Stefee

    Dragon 1/72 SH-3D "Helo 66" retrieving Apollo CM.

    Interior received a very light dirtying up and everything in position although both pilots feet are nowhere near the pedals. Ballast hot glued into tail just in case. Now to join the 3 part fuselage - not looking forward to this.
  13. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    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...
  14. Stefee

    Dragon 1/72 SH-3D "Helo 66" retrieving Apollo CM.

    As a first for me I have found that painting the seats , instrument panels and figures in 1/72 very difficult. Having only one fully functioning eye means my depth perception is totally out of whack so always put paint in the wrong place hence the somewhat amateurish attempts. All colours etc...
  15. Stefee

    What's on the Bench 2025

    Whilst waiting for the flocking to arrive for the Porsche build and letting paint dry on the Apollo recovery chopper interior I decided to look at the seats from the Magnifier/Trumpeter Ford GT40 kit. To be charitable they looked like seats but were wrong. This car had a tubular frame with the...
  16. Stefee

    Dragon 1/72 SH-3D "Helo 66" retrieving Apollo CM.

    A little more progress. Drilled hole and epoxyed a support tube (end of a biro) in the rear of the fuselage conveniently hidden by a bulkhead and placed support rod in seascape, looks OK and strong enough however would you wingy thing experts out there advise me putting some liquid gravity in...
  17. Stefee

    Stefees Italieri 1/24 Porsche 944S

    Some more done to my baby. 3D printed "cookie cutter" alloys painted, decalled and fitted along with tiny valves and the brake discs and calipers. Virtually finished the interior by detail painting, satin clear coating and adding seat belt buckles to the front seats (no belts fitted in the rear...
  18. Stefee

    Stefees Italieri 1/24 Porsche 944S

    Engine bay done, no extras here just the kit parts plus some generic decals. The milk chocolate and caramel ripple interior eventually masked and painted. Still lots of fettling to do and satin clearcoat. Will be flocking the carpeted areas and adding seat belts but they are both Fathers Day...
  19. Stefee

    Stefees Italieri 1/24 Porsche 944S

    Some progress. Undercarriage completed and black around window frames done. Was not happy with my attempted striped seat decals so experimented with masking and painting and am much happier. Thanks for looking.
  20. Stefee

    Steve's 1:48 Revell Apollo 11 "Eagle" lunar lander

    Really looking forward to your build but strangely I built the Revell 1/48 50th Anniversary kit (03701) which has the deflectors and mountings but no base or figures - hope you don't mind me posting a picture of it in your thread so you can see. I also have the documents showing the different...
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