Bengalensis

Yes! A perfect addition! Wunderbaum...

Wow, that was seriously quick!

Coffee and saffron pancake with cream and salmberry (dewberry?) jam, a recepie from Gotland, very tasty. And so not to fool anyone; I'm not the one doing any cooking here...

Thanks, it's a cosy place.

Assembly continues. There are both traditional decals and stickers supplied, both very well printed. I was suspicious of the stickers but the material and quality feels superb. They may have their use in some places. Some of the hatches want to fall off, so I use a little MEK in certain places. First leg coming together. The gold/brown plastic the few small hoses are moulded in is impossibly brittle. The first broke at once on removal from the sprue despite care. It would break again when I tried to fit it. With drilled out holes and little CA the situation was saved. And we have one completed leg. The second leg is a mirrored repeat. I was extremely cautious when removing the small hoses and drilled out the holes directly. He's up on his legs. Starting work on the head. And the sun has just gone down, again. It just went up. I hate this part of the year; today sunrise 08:51 and sunset 15:00 and what's more it's cold and even a little snow. Winter is not for me! Luckily I'm inside and can put more wood on the fire...

Good to see this started, will be interesting to see how it turns out.

That all looks very tasty! And a nice build coming up too. Merry Christmas!

That is looking excellent! What a difference from those simple yellow plastic parts.

Excellent little cockpits!

I thought I'd start with R2-D2. There are an awful lot of parts... Then, after I had taken that photo and started, I remembered that R5-D4 is also included. But he will not figure in this build, so remove half of the parts. There are still a lot of parts... I need the instructions for this... It's all supposed to be snap fit and the parts seem complex but very well engineered with excellent fit. The instructions are also complex and I have to study every step, and sometimes search for where the next step appear on the sheet... The main body is together with the centre leg moving nicely. Time for a break. Coffee and ham sandwiches with strong mustard. That means company, Chi-Chi wants ham.

Did you actually get any of that sandwich for yourself?

A lot of difference in those 10 minutes I see you also have excellent taste in cars! Merry Christmas!

First the base as it will take a long time to dry. They will have to settle together on the smaller 15 cm plate. I masked off the edge with 3 mm tape then covered up the rest and spread a layer of white wooden glue. Poured sand on and pressed down, then shook off most of the loose. I wetted the surface with heavily diluted glue, poured another round of sand and shook off all the loose. From earlier experience I know how all but impossible it is to remove the masking later, so I did it now. This is now on the warm top shelf in the living room beside the fire place to dry out.

11:00 AM 25th. So I'm starting the work on R2-D2 and C-3PO. I will let the clock run for 12 hours to start with on these two guys and see where that takes me. I may lose some time on some occasional session on the Opel GT, but I'll take that risk. Here we go.

Day light, even sun light. I need to clean up some mess and make a start on R2-D2 & C-3PO.

Indeed as it should be Thanks, the wheels looked crap on the sprue but with a little paint not too bad. Merry Christmas!

White already, that's progress! Merry Christmas!

Ah, the Imperial March, and Darth Vader's Tie Fighter! Excellent intro and such a cool machine! Tasty meals it looks like as well. Merry Christmas!

Looking fine with a little primer on. Merry Christmas!

That is some very nice painting and that colour will suit the car really well!

That makes us two three, at least. Tamiya is great to spray but impossible to brush in my world.

Nice! I built that one as a kid in the mid 70's. Brush painted the red with Humbrol 19. I thought it looked great.

This should be fine with a light polish I hope. The wheels were sprayed with Alclad Aluminium, then I did a little detail painting and dry brushing. The rear bumpers and tyres cleaned up. Time for some breakfast, and catching up. 7:15 hours used.

I'm afraid so, the sad thing is that the stock shelves aren't limited to that...

Not a terribly early morning but still dark. Sanding time. After a bit of effort I have a smooth flat surface ready for a new round. Off to the hopefully last round in the spray boot.