System Light Dark

Theme editor

Page Setup Appearance

  • Page Width

    Toggle Page Width

    Allows you to change page width values

    Color Pickers

    Toggle color picker

    Allows you to change the color of some predefined items

    Typography

    Select the font you want to use

  • Styles

    Select the style you want to use

    Style variation

    Select the style variation you want to use
    System Light Dark
Scale Model Shop

Bandai pendle princess

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Guest
Thread owner
Hi all I built this and the road roller in my 20s(when it was readily available) and have been looking to get it again for years (but not for the silly money it was going for) well I finally got my hands on it for reasonable money.

Look at all those lovely models they did round the side of the box.

View attachment 398717
View attachment 398718

All those models sadly no longer available (probably several others too, I remember building the Rolls Royce balloon car not pictured there) another kit I would love to build again (I've never seen that available even on ebay, so I would imagine if it came up it would be huge amounts of money)

Anyway here are the first parts to be assembled.

View attachment 398719
View attachment 398720

And a bit of priming (after loads of filling and sanding.

View attachment 398721
View attachment 398722
View attachment 398723
View attachment 398724
View attachment 398725

Oh how I wish Bandia would bring those other models back out.
 
Ken

Looking forward to seeing this come together.

My grandmother's family on my mum's side were from villages in the north Hertfordshire countryside and my mum's, cousins husband had a vintage tractor that he used to show, so we spent many a summer afternoon at a rallies of vintage farm equipment.
Good luck.

Andrew
 
Hi Ken
I had a steam engine kit bought for me in my teens by an auntie as a birthday present. This one looks familiar. However it was many years ago so it might not have been this kit. Anyway girls and other teenage interests took priority and it was never built. I don't know what happened to it. No eBay or charity shops back then so I imagine mum and dad binned it when I went off to university.
I shall really enjoy watching you built this.
Jim
 
HI Ken this looks a great build an i shall be followin along an are you goin to fit colured leds in the roof top bulbs workin fron a batt as it will set the model off nicely ?
chris
 
Thread owner
Thread owner
Thread owner
More work done on this (done some weathering on the engine block) started on the water tank, Im glad the 30+ yr old decals seem to be behaving themselves, got some oil staining to do to the engine block im thinking of trying to scratch build the speed regulator (that may be a little ambitious) the kit one just niggles me, we will have to see how difficult that is, I may still end up using the kit supplied one.

I must say I don't remember the kit being so blooming awkward the first time I built it (then again Id never heard of filling or sanding bits for a better fit in those days)

I'm sure the fit was better then as I didn't have the patience I have now with warped parts, I think if I was struggling then as I am now it would have been bin fodder, strangely, though I'm finding that slightly better as I end up thinking "hey I got that looking ok"( despite the effort it took)

View attachment 399486
View attachment 399487

View attachment 399488
View attachment 399489

View attachment 399490
View attachment 399491
View attachment 399492
 
Just seen this one Ken, what a great kit. I’m really liking watching this one. Great work so far.
 
Just spotted this on Facebook marketplace: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/623752588299680
Tempting, but not really for me. I do love traction engines though - had a footplate ride on one last year at a heritage railway where they were having a club meeting in the car park. I was driving my TR4A, and the lady driver of one of the traction engines wanted a ride, so I said OK as long as I can have a ride on yours!
Pete
 
Thread owner
Well my missus looked at me like id grown a second head when I bought these in the cheap shop.

View attachment 399663

I said "what, I can see them being useful in modeling" she said "well if you start wearing my underwear we are getting a divorce"

Heres the first use I've found for them.

This is the regulator the kit supplies

View attachment 399664
View attachment 399665

It needs painting but I'm sure you'll agree a big improvement

View attachment 399666
View attachment 399667
View attachment 399668
View attachment 399669
View attachment 399670
 
Looks good Ken. The boiler and firebox came out well, and that governor is a great improvement on the kit part.
 
Outstanding job on this one........so much going on at once. Can't wait to see more of this fantastic build.
Rick H.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Legal Notice

scalemodelling.co.uk is a privately operated online discussion forum. All content posted by members reflects their own views and opinions and does not necessarily represent those of the forum owners or administrators. While reasonable efforts are made to moderate content, no responsibility is accepted for user-generated material. By using this site, you agree to comply with UK law and the forum rules.

Currently on our website
Members online
Threads 36,170
Messages 695,363
Members 2,506
Latest member CaptainDripp
Back
Top