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Meng 1/35 Whippet WW1 Light Tank
So I was wrong with the tracks upon wrapping them around the running gear links started breaking in the end after several attempts the tracks were superglued to tank hence in the pictures they are not in correct alignment but at least they stay on Next was the towing cables and I had the broken...- Bigfoot57
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Meng 1/35 Whippet WW1 Light Tank
And now to the tracks, yes they clipped together and they should be workable unfortunately they don’t stay clipped together so I’m trying something totally out of the box and that is I attached them to a piece of Sellotape for painting and my understanding is that the Sellotape should hold them...- Bigfoot57
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Meng 1/35 Whippet WW1 Light Tank
Next on the agenda is the wooden blocks as you can see these were stuck to a piece of Sellotape and then painted in various shades of brown and yellow to try and make them look like a bit of wood whether they were successful or not I don’t know they they look Woody to me so that will do after...- Bigfoot57
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Meng 1/35 Whippet WW1 Light Tank
So here’s where we’re at so far. I’ve now given it it’s 1st coat of grey primer followed by the 1 st green paint. of which there be many to give the subtle hues- Bigfoot57
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Meng 1/35 Whippet WW1 Light Tank
So onto the actual construction of this kit and first off after the body was built it was time to fill the gaps as you can see on the unpainted model All the bright white bits which are the filler followed by the first sets of painting again this plastic didn’t want to take paint despite having...- Bigfoot57
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Meng 1/35 Whippet WW1 Light Tank
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Penlee Severn Class Lifeboat 1/72 Airfix
Here is my attempt at a what is well known as one of the worst models that you can attempt to build due to fit , horrible plastic and decal disintegration. This is the Airfix 1/72 scale Severn class lifeboat The one I’ve modelled is the Penn Lee in Cornwall as we don’t have one in the...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Final assembly, adding the aerials spot lamps and some more railings to the flying bridge and that’s it finished all we Gotta do now is leave it to dry for a day and then put the decals on hopefully without snapping everything off Touch up the paint specially on the aerials as seems to have bled...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Starting the construction of the flying bridge first off is the control console according to the instructions you just paint it black well if you look at some of the photographs of the boats they are not black they are orange with black and grey and silver dials and a few LED display panels so I...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Well with this section of railings installations and general paint touchup this section is now complete and what we got left to do is the flying bridge Even though this kit has been a real pain to build and required numerous modifications and filler and scratch building. I have thoroughly...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Latest update, just a couple of photos to show that I progressed a bit with the front railings and several other items on the foredeck My advice to anyone planning on building this is don’t follow the instruction sequence see section 10 and section 14 When you finished section 10 immediately...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Ok I’ve now finished attaching the super structure to the main deck. Let’s just say that it’s fits and that’s it. I would say it’s composed of 80% model and 20% filler. I don’t know if your fit was as bad as that but mine was absolutely awful the two pieces at the rear or the stern which stick...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Well the main deck housing is now installed and let’s say it’s fits where it touches and leave it at that Christ knows what I’m gonna do with the gaps at the end. I might just put some card in there to fill it. I can’t put more filler in there it just melt everything.- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
For my next project as you can see I’ve got a theme with boats at the moment in 1/72 scale. How about something? Totally different at 1/35 scale hovercraft used by the US in Vietnam.- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
So now we come to the main cabin assembly and as predicted by other people and as what I’ve seen on the net it was a right pig to put together the cabin sides and top are welded with superglue over glued with Tamiya extra thin and once that had all dried It was sanded smooth and painted over...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Time for some more painting this time the main cabin sides and the so-called instrument panel which was completely blank and was told just paint it black. Well I’ve added loads of little dials and bits of paint here and there to make it look a bit more interesting whether it is anything like the...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Okay, just a quick pictured. Show the repaired top section now that the connections have been extended using an old coffee. stirrer to fabricate the extended pieces required so that it will actually join up and look like a framework and not a disaster- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Well I have to say something. This is a bloody awful kit. nothing fits and it’s devoid of detail inside so first off the two side panels that formed the inner sections have added to the decking and the roofing part supposed to fit over the top it’s too short, so I have manufactured additional...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
Going back to the filler side of this kit here is a picture showing the amount of filler that had to go into the rear of the deck to get it to actually fit or make it look like it fitted The finish result after the filler have been sanded smooth and all repainted and I extended the diving...- Bigfoot57
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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
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