BrianI Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I was visiting my usual deparment store today (Mackinnon Mills, Glasgow), looking at the tropical fish section. Anyway, this store has a small airfix kit store, so I had a browse and I spied a 1:12 Airfix Bentley kit on the shelf, without a price sticker! Asked the store assistant to price it up, it came up as £27 on the computer! (RRP £99) Needless to say too good a bargain to miss at that price! So this will be my WIP thread for this build, looks like an interesting build due to the scale of the kit! Some pics: Box shot! £27 price sticker!!!! ] Huge bag of bits! ] Obligatory sprue shot: ] Thats one big pair of chassis rails! ] Big engine block! Wire wheels! I don't expect the kit quality to be good as a Pocher kit, but for £27 it should be a good build! Might need a few jars of Tamiya Green acrylic though..... (or a tin of Halfords Racing Green spray paint?) :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Great project. Love big scale classics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The colour you want is Halfords - Brooklands green. I'll find the actual code and post it. It's SERIOUSLY dark green - nothing like the usual BRG. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 very nice, here is my build http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17757-airfix-112-blower-bentley-wip/?hl=%2Bairfix+%2Bbentley http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234907985-112-airfix-bentley/?hl=%2Bairfix+%2Bbentley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Have fun with this one, but be warned there's a LOT of work to come! The parts are covered with sink holes and ejector pin marks! (at least they are on my early one). I have a build log running at the moment, hopefully that will provide some useful pointers.... Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms111s Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 £27!!!! That a serious bargain. Did they have any left? If they did would you be willing to grab me one if I send you the money? I really want one but can't stretch to the usual RRP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I have a large PDF file that I wrote on how to detail this kit, and how to make a real fabric body. PM me if you want a copy. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I don't expect the kit quality to be good as a Pocher kit, but for £27.......... That's a joke right? Some train wrecks are better than a Pocher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 At long last, I've made a small start by dry fitting the engine parts together: Looks like careful assembly will be required due to lack of locating lugs on the parts! Also, looking at the innards of the engine, it looks like there was at one point parts for internal gearing / pistons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 The early versions of this kit had gears to work from an internal electric motor....... Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I would recommend at least opening up the gap between the cylinder block and forward valve drive train, it's very visual! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 The early versions of this kit had gears to work from an internal electric motor....... Roy. That's pretty neat! I've sent you a PM re: pdf file, it sounds like it will be very useful for my build! Cheers! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 classic Bentley ...wow . I am excited to see more. engine looks great so far. Go for it..good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Looking forward to seeing this one come to life. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Well, day off today, so I've started hacking the Bentley Engine to open up the gap between the engine block and the long cylinder at the front. Google searching 1930 Bentley 4.5L engines shows that there is a gap here.Will need to build up inside the gap with plasticard, but it should be worth it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 That's a good mod to make. I believe the front "cylinder" is the oil pump housing, but not 100%... For some excellent detail pics (no 4.5 Blowers, but some 3 litres with very similar chassis and engine detail) check out McKenzie Guppy's Flickr site... https://www.flickr.com/photos/44888572@N05/ Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Cheers for the link Ian, I've bookmarked that site. Not much done today, a 5:30am start in the morning at work isn't conducive to modelling in the evening. However I've got all the plasticard fitted to open the gap between the oil pump housing? and the engine block. Hopefully get the engine glued together tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 A bit of paint sprayed on, using my shiny new compressor & airbrush (Sparmax TC-610H & Harder & Steenbeck Ultra): The engine block does look better for having the gap opened up! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumphfan Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Good to see you are still on the old woofer. Looking forward to seeing this progress. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Visited Halfords today. Bought spray tin of Rover Brooklands Racing Green and a spray tin of grey plastic primer. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hmmm. That Airfix Chrome plating is tough stuff! I'm wanting to remove it so I can redo the chromed parts in Alclad. Bleach hasn't shifted it, and neither has 10 hours in Mr Muscle drain cleaner (sodium hydroxide). Going to leave it in the tub of drain cleaner till after work today, which will be a 24 hour soak! Can't see it shifting though...Any other suggestions? Or is it a case of ye olde worlde sand paper to sand it off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The Airfix chrome actually seems to be some sort of metal I've noticed the only way I've got it off so far is to scrape and sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms111s Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The vertical column at the front of the engine houses a shaft that drives the water pump. magnetos and the cam shaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 As an add-on to the paint colour, it really does need to be quite dark. I saw another build of this somewhere, where the builder gave his body parts a coat of gloss black before top coating with the green. It made a world of difference. Looking good so far. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Hmmm. That Airfix Chrome plating is tough stuff! I'm wanting to remove it so I can redo the chromed parts in Alclad. Bleach hasn't shifted it, and neither has 10 hours in Mr Muscle drain cleaner (sodium hydroxide). Going to leave it in the tub of drain cleaner till after work today, which will be a 24 hour soak! Can't see it shifting though... Any other suggestions? Or is it a case of ye olde worlde sand paper to sand it off? I am not sure about Airfix chrome but I know some people have been successful removing chrome by placing the parts in a cup of Coca Cola over night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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