Chimpion
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That's what I'm thinking - I'd like to build it with an extendible ladder, but I certainly won't have room to extend it once it's in the cabinet. I reckon it must extend to three feet or more, it's huge and got four sections. Also if I accept I'm never going to extend it I can "cheat" and glue the top rails together - the inner one is slightly warped and bends inwards at the back leaving a slight gap.
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Further progress, if still rather slow. There'll be a big sprint over Christmas and the New Year.
The engine is now in the chassis
The ladder is complete, but still unpainted. I have to decide whether to paint it as it is, or try to paint the whole length of each section so that it can be extended. The problem with the latter approach is that it's already an incredibly tight fit - I'm not sure I'll be able to get it back together with a layer of paint on the rails.
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I recommend thinning it with their own Aqua Mix - it mixes better than with water, but water works as well. One of their kits has a paint call out which is a mix of a matt colour with clear gloss, so I would also assume it's ok with all the standard colours.
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The argument about relative interest in STGBs and GBs also applies to regular GBs because of the bunfight. Making the GB so broad that it's no longer really a single topic can result in more participation and more votes. Sometimes this makes sense, as in for example classic Heller/Frog/Airfix etc. At other times it makes much
less sense, e.g. a Swedish GB might include a mixture of genuine Swedish items (Saab Viggen, Volvo 240, Scania truck) which is already very broad, but might then have a Tyrell driven by Ronnie Petersen etc. It becomes so broad as to potentially lose the communal spirit. The problem at the moment is that tightly defined GBs will only get through the vote if they cover very mainstream and popular topics. I confess I don't know how to solve this, or even whether others see this as a problem at all.
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A warm full-lockdown welcome from Carinthia!
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You've achieved a really nice effect with the letters - a great idea!
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I would like to see a single post with a very brief description of all of the GBs in the vote with a link to the discussion thread. This year some of the titles are anything but self-explanatory and trying to find the threads for them all would take ages. In the end I just voted for a few that I could see myself taking part in.
As for the number of votes, it shouldn't affect the end result that much. If we all only had two or three votes, many of the GBs might not get any at all, and some might get chosen on a handful of votes. I think the current approach is fine.
I also think it's ok to vote in the bunfight for GBs you don't intend to take part in. I'd vote for a 1/12 scale vehicle GB to enjoy the show, but would personally never get one of those built in 4 months.
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Time for an update. I've been short of modelling time recently, but have made some progress. I always planned to do the bulk of the build over the Christmas break, so I'm still on (my admittedly slow) schedule.
Here's a summary of where I'm at :
The chassis is half-painted (airbrushed with Revell Aqua gloss black) but also needs at least one more coat on the part that's already done.
I've added the pedals, levers and seats to the body section. I was forced into starting this when I accidentally knocked one of the pedals off the sprue and was worried I'd lose it if I didn't put it somewhere safe. Where could be safer than in its final resting place?
I've built and half-primed (Humbrol 01 acrylic airbrushed) the start of the turntable assembly, and tonight I started the ladder. It has some incredibly thin sections, and I had to repair a couple of them. The first part has gone together OK though :
There are two or three more sections like this. I hope they'll fit together OK once painted - I may have to be careful to make sure I get only thin coverage.
The eagle-eyed among you will also spot the firewall with two horns attached.
I'm back in more or less 100% working from home and we have a curfew here from 8pm every evening so I'm starting to find a bit more time for modelling, although this is one of (too) many kits I've got started.
Andy
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My Dad bought the 2600 version in 1982 when I was seventeen. We'd never known such luxury. Once I passed my test I was allowed to drive it.
I have two enduring memories. The first was getting third gear instead of first at a junction. It didn't seem to care until I put it in fourth at 15 mph!
The second was more serious. I'd been to visit a school friend at his farm in North Buckinghamshire and was driving back on roads just about wide enough for two cars at a speed which just about got me around the corners. I came around one such blind corner to encounter a tractor occupying almost the whole road just in front of me. Ti this day I don't know how I avoided it and kept the car free from visible damage. I hit the nearside grass bank quite hard with the wheels and recall my Dad having to get the tracking adjusted shortly afterwards. I kept quiet.
I was at University at the time. I was gutted when he came to pick me up a few months later in his brand new car....an Austin Maestro!!!!! Apparently the Rover was too big for my Mum to drive. Mind you, I don't think she ever drove the Maestro either - a couple of years later he traded it in for a Vauxhall Carlton, which was a much nicer car.
Sorry to hijack the thread with reminiscences. I'm looking forward to seeing this built.
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The headlights look too Scottish to me!
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Looking really good and puts me to shame. I've had one in work for over a year. I've also struggled with dust from Humbrol 14 (wondered if it was in the brushes) and also missed the number 14 part mark.
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Forget anything based on dehydrated chemical crystals - they remove virtually no moisture from the air. The electric condensor based units can remove surprising quantities of water from the air (several litres in a few hours).
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Wow - it's huge. Not only have you turned the old Airfix plastic into a truly stunning model, I really love the way you posted it as a build sequence.
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They don't look a day older in the 1960s photos with the cars!
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14 hours ago, Simon Cornes said:
Good advice. I’m afraid that I’m rather naive about these things but we live and learn. I don’t know why people waste their lives with such pointless games!
They do it because they can make money ftom it. They contact tens of thousands and only need a few to fall for it to make it worthwhile. For them it isn't a pointless game at all.
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Revell aqua thins ok with their own acrylic thinner. The stuff is incredibly thick to start with though. The matt and semigloss colours can spray pretty well. I've been struggling with the gloss white as well - in order to make it sprayable you seem to have to compromise on its opacity - it therefore needs lots of thin coats and it's hard to get the mix right on all of them given that it can be too thick to suck into the pipette for mixing. Cleaning the pipettes is also a nightmare.
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1 hour ago, thorfinn said:
There's a regular poster on another forum who observes that no matter how large and elaborate the bench/storage area available to a modeler...the actual work area will be the same 2' x 2' sliver. Seems pretty much to hold true.
....ahem, like this :
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I've made good progress on the engine. The start of the ladder frame is visible in the background.
I've also been plagued here with the carburettor and air filter regularly falling off. I still need to touch up the paint in places. I added the spark plug cables - these are not part of the kit. The decal was surprisingly well-behaved - I've had trouble with old Heller decals in the past.
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Here's the front axle.
It's a tricky assembly with very flimsy parts (probably nicely to scale, but being made of plastic they lack rigidity and strength. The steering joints are all made by melting the plastic - for the last joint I had trouble getting the pin through the hole and broke the pin off. I've rescued it using a similar approach with a thin metal pin as above - this time I couldn't use a small bit of plastic as it would then be too big to allow the bodywork to fit (glad I thought to check!). I've bodged it by supergluing a few bits of flash around the end of the pin (fortunately I had a fair bit available on one of the red sprues!). I'm not looking for a strong movable mechanism, but I would like to be able to position the angle of the wheels at the end of the build. It'll all be hidde under the bodywork, so it just has to stop the link falling off.
I also found the fit of the axle to the chassis wasn't great - I've had trouble getting it to bond and have had to re-cement one side more than once. I pushed down a bit hard trying to get a good bond the last time, pushed in the wrong place, and snapped the steering cross bar off at one end (see above about it being flimsy). It's all back together now, but I'm going to try to avoid touching this assembly except where absolutely necessary. I'm dreading trying to get the wheels on.
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Surely the same exemption for small traders would apply whether they are in the UK or overseas. There is a turnover limit below which traders don't need to be VAT registered, isn't there?
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As a job lot it'll be out of the price range of most modellers - you'll end up selling to dealers whose limit has to be well below the market value so they have room to make a profit. For a job lot of ten old 1:72nd aircraft kits it might make sense to sell as one item as plenty of hobbyists might be prepared to bid £50 or so, but how many of us would feel comfortable with a single outlay of £500 or more?
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@jean
Many thanks for the photos!I now have the wheels built and ready for painting and the front axle assembled. I managed to snap the pin off the bottom of the steering column and am struggling to replace it. More build photos soon.
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Probably the first time anyone has ever made a display of aircraft on the toilet!
Great collection though.
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I find this happens all the time with Revell - Humbrol has usually been much better behaved, although these eventually go as well. Maybe Humbrol have changed the formula to be more like the Revell one?
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I'm speechless- that's truly outstanding.