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1/35 Meng WWI MkV Female Heavy Tank
Joining the sections together Unless you are going to display your models interior, which is sparce to say the least most of the paintwork for the interior the road wheels the idlers and the sprockets will be invisible when the two sections are joined together so in reality if you’re not gonna...- Bigfoot57
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1/35 Meng WWI MkV Female Heavy Tank
So for my next build as the title says it’s another 1/35 WWI Tank this time the Meng version of a Mk V Female So first off is the obligatory instructions and a quick look at the sprues before commencing construction this is very similar to the Mk V Male tank and I wouldn’t be surprised if it...- Bigfoot57
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1/35 Meng WW I British Mk V Female Tank
So now we have a time limit of five minutes for editing post after which it comes up with an error as occurred and doesn’t save what you’ve done. I was trying to say in the last part but got timed out and the other piece was deleted that there are three versions to this tank there’s an A B or C... -
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1/35 Meng WW I British Mk V Female Tank
Here are the instructions to the last sequence that I did the only awkward bit and it’s my pet hate photo etch there are loads of little hatch covers and spy holes that use photo etch to cover them why they couldn’t have moulded these in place. I’ve no idea but just to me it seems like parts for... -
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1/35 Meng WW I British Mk V Female Tank
So both side panels are now set dry and have been painted & finally attached to the main hull via the top panel which is also been finished not much to it really it’s just basically two sets of boxes glued on top and then painted in white and red and the last picture shows it all assembled all... -
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1/35 Meng WW I British Mk V Female Tank
One side is nearly done shame but when you add the extra side panel all that detail inside will be hidden never mind as you can see from the last picture where the side is being glued to it and clamped -
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1/35 Meng WW I British Mk V Female Tank
So here we go with the construction of a Mk V Female tank from WW I around 1918 1st off a lot of painting interior and exterior along with some of the wheels and sprockets once all this was done I could actually start building the thing Paint used was Revell Aqueous Acrylic’s for the White ... -
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1/35 Meng WW I British Mk V Female Tank
Well, here we go again this time it’s a British Mk V Female heavy tank from Meng in 1/35 scale as is the norm with these we start with a shot of the box art and then the sprues before the actual build commences After this you can see I’ve already started by painting the main hull sections with... -
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Meng 1/35 Whippet WW1 Light Tank
So after all the trials and tribulations here is the completed model after a yet another subtle coat of khaki green applied and the finishing touch was to go over the rivets and the edges of the plates with an 8B pencil then the decals were added and applied using Microsol Red so they be drawn...- Bigfoot57
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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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