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Airfix 1/72 Severn Class Lifeboat
So whilst waiting for the missing kit to the U 96 to arrive I built the Airfix 1/72 scale Shannon class lifeboat which was a very good kit letdown by it’s useless decals which seemed to disintegrate as soon as they hit the water if they were Cartograph they must’ve had a bad day when they made...- Bigfoot57
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Original 1960’s Airfix HMS Prince
HMS Prince Nearly There So I’ve finished rigging the ship using a bit of artistic license in places. I cannot guarantee that this is an accurate rig of how it would be in real life and I do know that it’s only half the rigging the actual real ship carried but I just wanted to give it an effect...- Bigfoot57
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Original 1960’s Airfix HMS Prince
Latest update on the rigging we’ve now moved onto the Lanteen spa having completed the main Mast and the Mizzen so were nearly there Apart from all the pieces that fell off whilst I’ve been rigging the ship as you can see in the photograph mostly Cannons and Gunport lids you can also see the...- Bigfoot57
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1/35 Tank display stand made from Shoe rack
This may or may not be of any interest to anyone but I thought it might be something different. I’ve got a collection of tanks so far I’ve built 9 but I’ve got about 80 to build and I thought what can I use to display them which is fairly compact, but Allows for about 40 tanks to be displayed at...- Bigfoot57
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Original 1960’s Airfix HMS Prince
Hello, again when I last left you, I just started doing the running rigging for the formast & Bowsprite that has now been completed and I’ve moved onto the main Mast & did the standing rigging for the mizzen mast where we met a slight accident and I snapped the top of the Mizzen mast off never...- Bigfoot57
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Original 1960’s Airfix HMS Prince
Latest update on HMS Prince Rigging is half done I’ve run out of black thread which I’m waiting for a new delivery of then I’ve gotta add another 30 blocks to the Masts & the Yards that should finish off that part, then I can add the running rigging and I haven’t decided yet whether it put the...- Bigfoot57
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Original 1960’s Airfix HMS Prince
Hello again well I’ve finished the bowsprite and the Formast now moving onto the Main Mast well, I’ve just started adding some blocks on the main yard and three lots of standing rigging lines at the back of the mast not much else to add really you know it’s just plod on bit by bit tomorrow...- Bigfoot57
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Hachette U96
c whilst waiting for the glue to dry on the HMS Prince I have cracked open another one of my kits which I’ve been collecting for the past two years that being U 96 from Das Boot but this time this is not the wooden one that I built previously this is an all singing all dancing electronic one...- Bigfoot57
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- Forum: Submarines Under Construction
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Original 1960’s Airfix HMS Prince
With the completion of the Porsche, I can now get back to this and I’ve started a Preliminary rigging this will not be a full rig as that would be ridiculous on a scale of this size but it will be sufficient to make it look as though it has got some rigging on it. I’ve already started with the...- Bigfoot57
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Pocher 1/8 Porsche 917K Gulf
Just finished building this except for installing windows etc waiting for some 1mm Double sided clear tape to stick then in with- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
Porsche 917K the glory shots- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
The Finishing photos, Porsche 917K- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
Porsche 917K final section so we come to the end at the last the wheels have been fitted on the centre hexagonal nuts covers have been added. There were two gurney flaps on the back to be fitted. Those have been added the windscreen wipers a cut off switch on the left-hand side is just basically...- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
Porsche 917K continuation adding the wheels to the chassis So with the wheels decals done, I can now add the two remaining tires to the rear wheels and glue the tiny valves into place after this they are to simply screwed to the axles on the chassis like Nigel found out they’re not a great fit...- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
Porsche 917K continuation first off dry fit the transparency’s to make sure they fit so in the picture above you can see I’ve added the cockpit windscreen the two side windows and on the front the Headlamp covers next we will be adding decals to the wheels so before the wheels can be fitted onto...- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
next up assembly in the front lamps these are made of several pieces. or main lamp housing then you have the two lamps followed by the two lenses. All very straightforward until you come fit the large lenses and find out they’re too large to fit around the housing, so you have to sand them down...- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
Assembly in the body panels so the first thing was to assemble the two doors these are on a sort of angled hinge which then clips into the bodywork and it secured with a bracket across the top which locks both of the hinge points into place next the front and rear body panels are joined...- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
Porsche 917K continuing build This time we’ve added a Bracing Strut over the top of the engine along with the trumpet ends which you can see sticking up just in front of the spare wheel and the spare wheel tie down shackles. These need to dry overnight before I try threading the belt material...- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
If anyone is interested the stand I’m using to build this kit on is a £20 laptop stand from Amazon it fully adjustable and tilts And his ideal for these large heavy kits- Bigfoot57
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Pocher Porsche 917 1/8 Scale
Porsche 917K continuation of build this time adding the torrison bar which had to be threaded through the lower framework to link up with the rear shock absorbers another PIA Then came the parcel shelves which slot into place at the front of the oil and fuel sub assembly and are then attached to...- Bigfoot57
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