discussion Bentley Blower 1:72 scratch build

[Marudek]

Dear colleagues,


Some time ago I started ambitious project. Fascinated with Triumph Tiger 80 I took a closer look on British motorisation of the thirties. I chose to scratch build a Bentley racing car. The particular car belonged to Dorothy Paget and won the Le Mans 24 hours endurance race. I also plan to build Sir Birkin's single seater and a boat tail Gurney Nutting coach. That is why I cast the parts with resin. Plus a couple of friends from polish model forum asked me to cast some more copies so they could have a Braille scale Bentley too.   


But have a look on what I made so far:


Frame masters:

Some turned pieces:

Dry fitted frame parts:

First castings:

Assembly of the test resin parts:

Later used for dry fitting with other parts:

The engine master is ready:

So i the "blower":

Nice tight fit without any glue:

 


The shock absorbers initially were to be etched like on this photo, but then I decided to cast them (even Airfix's 1:12 Bentley has each absorber as one piece)

Some more details:

The fit is constantly tested:

I thermoformed the grill frame and the hood:

The grill master is ready:

Same as petrol tank:

Head light master (I made only one as both lamps are the same):

The battery rack:

I painted some parts to choose proper colour:

Finally it is time to scratch build the coach:

I started working on mudguards:

Meanwhile ordered decals arrived:

As you see this is rather unusual project and it consumes my zeal in huge rate. So I need your encourragement to finish it  9_9

 

[Gwyn]

This looks fantastic and so tiny  (or have you made some very big matches and coins). I look forward to seeing progress on what I am sure will be a great little model. 

 

[dave]

Very nice work.

 

[monica]

looks fantastic and so tiny.and what a great job your doing of it as well,

 

[Marudek]

Thanks a lot! Maybe I will never make models like those by Mr Gerald Wingrove, but I can attempt to be a 'micro Wingrove'   

 

[yak face]

Stunning work peter , your scratchbuilding skills are amazing. Looks superb so far cant wait to see more progress, cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

That is looking fantastic for such a small scratch build Peter. Looking forward to more updates.

 

[Guest]

Well that is tiny, don't know how you do it, I built the 1/12 and that was fiddly enough for me.

 

[Guest]

Truly wonderful and very instructive. I learned a lot just looking at the photos.

 

[The Migrant]

Brilliant work!

 

[flyjoe180]

Absolutely fantastic Peter. Scratch built, goodness me.

 

[Marudek]

Thank you guys! 

I appreciate your kind words. I am happy that I can show something useful to you. I've learned a lot just looking at other modeler's works and never made a secret of "my little tricks". So if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask. Meanwhile you can have a look how I made the grill master. 

Best regards,


Peter

 

[bazers]

Grate work in this scale Peter look foreward to seeing it finished.

 

[Marudek]

Hi, 


I've put the project aside for a while. I will definitely come back as soon as I can, but for the moment I focused on some other micro model which I've started a while ago. Soon I'll post a build thread of my scratchbuilt 1:144 Aichi E13A1 Jake.


Best regards,


Peter

 

[Snowman]

Exquisite! :x