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  1. Nytram
    While looking for some very thin, but insulated wire I hit on some Scart cable. Most people are chucking Scarts so they are in dusty boxes in charity shops. Shame to waste all that resource. I'm saving pics on Flickr, now so may be able to upload. How did I ever find time to work?
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    Hi, Chrisrope. I had a lot of disappointment with paint sprays, not having an airbrush. Rather than splash out on an airbrush, booth, extraction etc. I decided to buy some small pots of spray paint from Amazon. Timbertech do little pots of acrylic, ready thinned, and I tried applying it with a small sable brush. Magic. OK it took several thin coats but the finish was way superior to that I had achieved so far on previous models. Glossy and yet still reveals all the little details on the moulding. The 12 colours are endlessly mixable to achieve the shade you want. I paid Amazon £12.59 - just over £1 per pot - not bad to solve this thorny problem. The Routemaster 'bus I sprayed from a rattle can looked OK because old London buses don't shine! Saloon cars need subtlety. Good luck. Nytram.
  3. Nytram
    Thanks for this detailed commentary, which helps me do my 1965+ 2cv. Yes the bonnet hinge retainer does foul the scuttle on assembly, and I discarded it. Making both front doors open, (lots of scribing) and trying to model 2cv hinges for them. Had to cut a bit to make room. The steering lock is impeded by the track bar, so I inverted it, which works. The motor is a delight, and it depends how much patience and scratch building you want to do, really. Fun, yes. Pity to put the hood/bonnet down. I want to have a real cloth roof, from an old, (clean!) hanky in brown. Now, can you open the boot? Working lights? Can I get to grips with posting images? Nothing wrong with trying for detail, just need one of those magnifier headsets to view it.
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    Hi, Kevin. I am in the thick of constructing a 1/24 Routemaster with some scratch mods and lighting. Would have been interested to see your pics and how you approached some of the inevitable challenges. It is a level 5 kit out of the box, after all, and trying to improve it with lights, a reworked front chassis and a sliding door which opens for a driver gave me few headaches.

    I, too had problems putting photos on this site, but I wonder if you can now?

    Kind  regards Martyn.

    1. ukmodeller

      ukmodeller

      Hi Martyn

      Sorry about the pictures but Flickr have been taken over and changed all of their sign in details and I cannot now access my pics. I am in the process of uploading them to a new Flickr account and this kit was the first one I did. The links to both albums can be found below (the second one is how I built the bus).
      I have built the kit twice now, once out of the box and the second with the lighting, but I am seriously considering getting another one as I have new idea's and ways to do the lighting better. 
      I will say that it is one of Revell's best kits as it fits together so well and there are so many possible modding opportunities for it and I know some of it was hard work and very fiddly but the end result is worth it but I'm glad to hear that you are pushing the boundaries to add more realism and hope to see the pics posted. Good luck with your build

       

      https://flic.kr/s/aHsmX5th6b (finished)

      https://flic.kr/s/aHsmX4mYfk (Build)

       

      Kind regards

       

      Kevin

    2. Nytram

      Nytram

      Hey, thanks for the links, which work perfectly. Your bus sets a very high standard, but I have reached the stage when most of the lights are working and powered through a mini jack and adapter via the battery compartment. No brake light or indicators yet, and only a driver - no passengers!

      I'll post picture links later.

      Kind regards, Martyn.

  5. Nytram
    Found the marks on the inside. Need glasses, I guess. The cab was a bit distorted, though, which is disappointing. Will definitely go for root and branch rearrangement of the A frame and radiator area in front, plus a sliding drivers door.
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    Having read so many pieces about this build, I decided to make a tiny addition to the cab where it joins the upper level and drill holes for the advert panel edging. My kit had completely plain body sides with no marks to show where to drill! Why me? Just have to use the tiny strip fixings as a guide, I guess.
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    Hey, thanks Spiny, I'm onto it. The Revell 'bus is different for almost each modeller, because it evolved over years. The '38' is special to me, having once left my briefcase on one and had to retrieve it from Leyton Garage 'lost & found'. Phew, relief!! One tired student to and fro Clapton Pond via the Balls Pond Road, in 1965....
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    Oh, well done! I admit that the video on Youtube shows XXII and not XXI, but they must be very similar.
  9. Nytram
    Ah, thanks for your kind remarks. I was a little disappointed with the soldered tinplate hull in the end, but it was hours of fun. Lots of little details on a tugboat to hide the bad workmanship! https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=8866CDF35CEDAA09&id=8866CDF35CEDAA09!2239&parId=root&o=OneUp https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=8866CDF35CEDAA09&id=8866CDF35CEDAA09!7497&parId=root&o=OneUp https://youtu.be/wDRUtjYPOsw shows Thames tug activity and some detail on Sun XXI especially for 'fightersweep' while he rummages!
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    I have just bought a 750ml bottle of Pledge furniture wax (Klear, Future, etc gloss) on Amazon for £6.25 delivered!
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    Looks like Revells Routemaster is a bit more challenging than the KeilKraft Gloster Javelin for 'Jetex' solid fuel motor I built a few years ago....
  12. Nytram
    Thanks to all those who have made suggestions which are immensely useful to someone just starting out on the Routemaster! I am content to build an RML, but there is a shortage of detail about how to add 'warm white' lighting, despite some excellent finished builds on this blog. I would like to use diffuse 1.8mm LEDs for the 'saloons' and platform to look like the originals light bulbs. Anyone tried to add a driver and make the cab door slide? I will have a go later!
  13. Nytram
    https://1drv.ms/u/s!Agmq7VzzzWaIkT0rokttpcqKzu35 https://1drv.ms/u/s!Agmq7VzzzWaIkTtpQSf2N1Oqjgnm Just a right click and let Google find the pics! Insert from URL DIY!
  14. Nytram
    So, following a lifetime love of buses, I imagined building a London Transport 'RT' model to 1/24 scale from scrap. When I came to my senses I realised that after a long break doing other things this might be a 'bridge too far'. The wheels and springs done, this idea became an order for the Revell 1/24 plastic kit for the RML. As a student in 60s London I recall travelling a lot on public transport, and even tried to leave a briefcase on the bus en route for Clapton E5 from Chelsea via Piccadilly Circus. It turned up at the 'lost and found' at the end of the route! (Norwood garage?) Still trying to upload a couple of pics....
  15. Nytram
    I recently spent most of lock-down #1 in 2020 making a scratch model of Thames tug 'Sun XXI' using anything I could find in the workshop. It followed the Model Maker plan for a 35" hull. I'll try and post a picture of the final result, built from scrap remember!
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