discussion A couple of unrelated WIPs - a British icon and one giant leap...

[Guest]

Hey all.

I have a habit of doing too many things at once but sometimes that's just the way things work out. I'm currently in the process of top coating a 767, but these two got in on the act aswell...

Since I became the owner of a nice new airbrush I couldn't resist priming my first body shell. Just done the outside so far. This is Tamiya's Morris Cooper in Monty Carlo costume and will be my first 1/24 car. I love Minis and this is the next best thing to driving mine which are driveway-bound due to small children costs This is a great kit, parts are nicely formed and it needed minimal work before I primed it - just a couple of mould lines on the front wings and the tiniest bit of flash on the sills. Can't wait to dive into this one. I'll post some photos in the right section when it finally gets properly underway

The marriage of my Iwata airbrush and Halfords acrylic primer was made in heaven, which is great for a recently born-again modeller, as this in only my 3rd airbrushed kit so I haven't had much practice. If you were considering the Revolution CR then my advice is get one before the price increase!

Revell 1/96 Columbia & Eagle. It was a cheap impulse buy in my local model shop for my space-obsessed 5 year old who, predictably, loves it to bits. He's only young but has got to grips with the side cutters and glue pretty quick and he played no small part in the assembly! That said, this is not great. The polystyrene is soft and a lot of the small parts are very fragile, even by Revell's standards, which is a shame because they do make some great kits. Maybe I have a duff...

Anyway, I think it will look good when it's done, but it's far from finished at the moment. If you're considering a Lunar kit, you might want to go for something bigger...

John

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[Guest]

I love Minis too and the Tamiya one is a cracker

Well done on getting that far with the Eagle kit, I binned mine long before it got to that stage, a horrible collection of plastic parts that fit where they touch

 

[Guest]

Thanks Andy. I might have considered the bin if the kit was mine! The mechanism that's supposed to connect the lunar module and the service module so you can have the vehicles in various configurations is utterly useless, and he wants to hang it from his bedroom ceiling anyway, so we're going to glue them together in orbit formation and be done with it! The Dragon 1/48 LM looks good and Revell do a 1/48 aswell so might give one of those a go at some point.

 

[meggsy]

hi

i bought the revell 1/32 spacecraft and interior didnt realise it was that big god knows where im goin put it when its done

 

[Ian M]

hii bought the revell 1/32 spacecraft and interior didnt realise it was that big god knows where im goin put it when its done

You got to do a thread on that or at least some photos!

Sorry Harry. misusing your thread I know.

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Ian: no worries - glad to have you on board my thread!!

Meggsy: I'd like to see that build too because I want to make that model for my son's birthday

John

 

[meggsy]

ill certainly put some pics up dont no if it will in time for your sons birthday cos its a bit down the pecking order at the moment(really must start finishing these kits)

 

[Guest]

Thanks. No hurry it's not 'till August, I was just thinking (way) ahead! Would like to see it though!