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mbdesignart

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  1. More bits of jewellery to adorn the bling-mobile. When parking halfway on the pavement, true off-roading for many, at night and nudging the Ferrari along so as to park right outside the wine bar door these are must have accessories. Big bull bar, LED light bars and, just for show, a new grille.
  2. Thanks for the clarification. I often post things which seem ok in my mind only to reread it later and think that's not what I meant. I wonder if the eBay speculators will now do what they should be doing with a kit - that's to build it? Now do I get a kit to build the 1972 East African Safari scheme or finish one, or more of the many part built kits I have on the go?
  3. You could always go on strike and refuse to buy it?! It's not like anything else in the shops has gone up recently either 🤔😉
  4. I know it's down to the age of the kit mouldings, and probably reflects on my age too, but to me those seats remind me of blocks of plasticine we got as kids.
  5. Brilliant. I used to live not far from there and know the area and type of vehicle/driver combo well. Maybe I'll add Cubic Zirconia encrusted tyre valve caps?🤣
  6. Oil leaks? Now there's an idea an electric Series Landy? I think Vintage Voltage did one. Anyway back to the build or the paint saga at least. Those keen of eye will notice the white roof is no longer. Well I had initially thought of Pearl White, but considered it a bit too blingy, maybe ok on the school run. Then a rummage around in the paint box had Mica Silver as the next contender. However, what to do with the graphics, if I get decals printed silver has it's supply and matching issues and so, after playing with colourways on the computer, black was voted the best option. Now what to do as varnish? The current trend appears to be matt, the latest favourite of those who've moved out of gloss primer cars. 😉 Maybe gloss black roof and matt green? The headlight surrounds are going to be black and I may add some treadplate sections to the top of the wings, again in black. The wheels and tyres have come out well, more annoyance for the rivet counters, and my choice of finish is staying the same for those.
  7. I was fortunate enough to attend the first FoS. That was it before it ended up being a place for all the 'look at me' clueless people to swan around and the enthusiast got priced out.
  8. I’m leaning towards black gloss with a green outer rim. I was doodling last night and came up with a wheel design. Another set of nice chunky alloys. When I get to my desktop computer tomorrow I’ll post a photo. Once I get the graphics on the body that colour may change. Now do I fit a winch too?
  9. The green is on, TS-20. Although there was almost an explosion in the spary booth. I though I'd decant the paint from the rattle can into a small glass jar, leave to degass then apply by airbrush. As it was freezing after decanting I thought pop it into a small jar of warm water. Turned my back and wondered what the high pitched whine was? Honed in on the glass jar and thought I'd twist the cap a little, big escape of air, just in time to avert an explosion and a kitchen redecorate! I'll let this harden off then mask the grahics and spray the roof the same colour. PS I always do my build as I want, if others don't like them, tough!
  10. Thanks. I use a JLC saw. I think purchased from Modelling Tools. Blades, shaped a bit like old razor blades, have two edges, one course one ultra fine. I use a scalpel to score the lines prior to sawing.
  11. Not much of a sticking bits together update. Now ready for paint after a bit of remedial bodywork. It's going to be green, but a nice vivid colour just to upset the purists.
  12. I like this. Interesting tyre/wheel sandwich idea. Agree with you on plasticy rubber tyres.
  13. Famous last words? 🤣 Having looked at the bodyshell and rattled around in the kit box I found I'd forgotten to add the front windscreen frame. Unfortunately this is slightly warped and I'm hoping the warm water trick will solve the issue. And so onto the chassis. Having looked at what others did by butchering the kit chassis and not being too enamoured with the front steerable hub assembly, after all I won't be intending to run it across the carpet and have need of turning to avoid the skirting boards [bruum, bruum], I decided to find some references for a scratch build. There are some works plans on t'net which helped and along with a workshop manual I came up with something a bit more suitable. Here is the nest of bits off the printer. If only it could print in thin air. And hey presto, after much desupporting and a bit of superglue and primer. I've given the chassis a coat of Halfords bog standard silver rattle can which gives a good galvanised finish. The axles, springs and steering arms need a coat of black and the petrol tank and other bits are yet to be assembled. Photos to follow on the next update. Thanks for following along and chipping in with the comments.
  14. Yesterday a Steam Traction Engine going backwards at around 55mph on the M1 North in Yorkshire. Good job it was chained to a transporter.
  15. No I'll be installing a 2.25 Petrol engine. Shoehorn at the ready.
  16. Time to reassemble the bodyshell with the new resin bits. I opted for the solid van sides, although I was tempted by one I saw on the internet of truth which had a commercial style window on the left and solid on the right side. However, I have a custom paint scheme in mind which would look better without side windows. During research I also saw many options for the rear panel door arrangement, Landy builds appear to be a pick-n-mix affair. Fitting the sides was straightforward with the sides having tabs to locate onto the kit bits, rather than just being a butt joint, I also decided to add the roof ribs, made from 0.25 plasticard and 1x1mm square strip. Happily the rear panel has the ends of these on the top edge for spacing. Here's the state so far with an initial coat of primer. Next up the chassis...
  17. And so onto the interior tub. Fortunately the cut line aligned with two cutouts for the tabs on the kit interior trim parts, more scoring and sawing. Some fingers are still left 😀 For the SWB version spare wheel locations are on the bulkhead backing the front seats or bonnet, or just thrown in the back to rattle around. The two cutouts in the inner arches need filling, plasticard and filler to the rescue. After much filing with two grades of Mr. Surfacer I still wasn't happy with the result so I slapped on some 0.25 plasticard to cover the whole top pieces. The conversion set comes with two triangular blocks to add to the front of the inner arches and a new bulkhead. The fuel filler on this version moves along the side to just aft of the cab door with the filler pipe dinking into the load area before dropping down to the tank below the driver's seat. No health and safety in those days! There's a faceted cover for this. The kit rear door inner panel gets the locating tabs removed to sit flush. The transmission tunnel and seat base front panel have also been attached. A trial fit of the 'plush' seat option highlighted a fitment issue in that the slots needed opening up and I also shaved off the front of the tabs on the seats. The long ribs on the floor were shaved off too, as reference photos do not show these. And with a coat of primer. Can you spot the spare wheel bolt and wing nut fixing? Thanks for the comments. I meant to add that there are plenty of videos on YouTube unboxing the Revell kit.
  18. Here's my current build, hot on the heels of finishing the 109 Wrecker. Kit is the new Revell Commercial version of the Landy. Apart from the obvious body shell differences there are a few other changes and additions in this boxing over the Station Wagon version. This along with a new Trans Kit set from M******z will morph into a SWB 88" Van, if that's the correct term for the enclosed rear body version. Anyway on with the build, or should I say distruction? The cut line for this runs up the rear shut line of the cab door, rearwards along the gutter to a point corresponding with the length of the new side panels. For ease of marking I laid some masking tape over the roof and used the supplied marking/scribing piece supplied before attacking it with a JLC saw. Other saws are available and equally as good at taking chunks out of your fingers. Then the rear panel was cut off in a similar manner, and here is what's left.
  19. My latest finished project, although it's been on the go for a long time. Base kit is the Revell Station Wagon kit, started when it had just been released in the UK, chopped into little bits with the additions of many Motobitz Trans Kits and accessories. No WIP for this, oops. Now on the bench a Land Rover Series 3 SWB 88". I'll try and get some WIP images for the next post. Thanks for looking.
  20. Another interesting build from your bench. Motobitz wheels are only hazardous if you swallow them. Did you using consider the 15x8F + 15x10R Minilite set? If they fit within the arches, as the tyres are slightly lower profile?
  21. Probably, but why don't the crews stop the engines before attempting to extinguish the fire? No mention of Kris Meeke, was he's supposed to be driving?
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