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Neddy

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  1. Still waiting for an airbrush compressor (long and boring story) so I started on creating a rollbar/lightbar setup for the truckbed, something I planned a while back but have never tried before. I acquired some 3.9mm dia. aluminium tubing from my local r/c model shop, a tube bender and a tube-cutter from another one oop north and set to. After a couple of trial runs to ascertain the curve radius of the tube bender, some careful measurement (useless) and a LOT of trial and error (much more useful!) I was able to produce a rollbar to stand just behind the cab and eventually carry a couple of spotlights... ...and feeling I was on a roll here (sorry!) I attempted a couple of sidebars. Offering the lot up as a loose trial-fit the end result was better than I expected... The end result is slightly over-scale but I think I can get away with it. The next size down would have been too thin by a long way. Still longing to spray the 'shell but that's in the hands of suppliers at the moment. 🙄
  2. An absolutely exquisite model of proably the most beautiful looking of all 1960s F1 cars. I'm not a fan of F1 cars later than the '70s and prefer the look of '60s F1 - Lotus, BRM, shark-nosed Ferraris et al. It just looks real, which is the best compliment I can think of. Another amazing achievement Tomasz.
  3. My commiserations! That is a truly awful kit and I admire your perseverance with it. I tend to regard deficiencies as a challenge but there is a limit and I think I would have cut my losses and 💩-canned it long before now. Your workarounds are ingenious but this narrative should serve as a warning to others tempted to buy it. I ain't touchin' that brand in the future!
  4. Having carefully considered all options I came to the conclusion that fitting them was better than leaving rather deep grooves all down the bodywork. I'll spray the 'shell first before deciding whether to colour them or leave them body-coloured. Thanks for your thoughts people. EDIT: fitting them was easier than I thought, entirely down to first use of Tamiya Extra Thin. Never tried it before but I can see now why so many of you recommend it.
  5. I'm in a bit of a quandry and am looking for opinions please. There are impossibly thin and fragile plastic trim lines running along the tops of the wings and quarter panels. IMHO they have a very '60s look about them, rather like the Ford Corsair did until they did away with them when the 2000E was introduced. I have three options:- 1) Attempt an OOB build, chroming them first and running the risk of damaging the paintwork trying to fit them, 2) Fit them unpainted, spray the bodyshell and attempt to mask them afterwards and chrome them, or 3) Leave them off completely, fill in the tiny locating holes and go for a cleaner look. At present I'm leaning towards Option 3 but would really appreciate your input.
  6. It's to cover up their bald patches mate - something I'd never dream of doing! I use a fisherman's cap instead.
  7. from the bottom righthand corner of Olde Englande!
  8. Hello from just across the channel, welcome to the club! I know it's slightly out of your zone of interest but drop into the Vehicles Non-military section some time - the coffee's better there and sometimes we even have cake! ☕
  9. Hello, That sounds like an admirable and interesting project, I wish you luck with it. If you feel like setting up a WIP thread I'm sure it will be interesting to other military and diorama builders.
  10. I'm sure he must have @Bengalensis - rebore, outsize pistons, nitrided crank, enlarged valves, gasflowed head and ports, the lot. It's still going to be gutless but not quite so embarrassing!
  11. Nearing the end for the interior now, just the door cards to complete and the seat belts added... ...ready for fitting to the interior tub. Which is now complete (the dash fits onto the lower edge of the 'screen). Back to the bodyshell while I waited for paint and adhesives to dry. I first dealt with the sunken spots on the extremities before reshaping the rear wheelarches to try to recover the profile lost when enlarging them. Thanks to @Spiny and @Bengalensis for their advice on these points. ...not perfect but the best I can do and they look OK from a distance! Now almost ready to spray the bodyshell but currently waiting for a replacement airbrush compressor. Again...
  12. Yup, spotted them this afternoon and filled 'em while I was working on restoring the rear wheel-arches. They weren't immediately noticeable but If I'd missed them I'd have been kicking myself regularly. Thanks again for the tip-off.
  13. Thanks. I'm certainly planning to if my filling and shaping skills are good enough. I'll give it a go anyway!
  14. Cheers @Spiny, I'll find and deal with them before priming. Appreciated.
  15. Simply drop dead gorgeous! The paint finish is well worth the trouble you went to to get it right. Interior beautifully detailed as always. Another top quality build from one of the master builders here.
  16. A bit more progress this week. Having earlier solved the problem of fitting the wheel hubs the custom wheels were next on the list... ...and once the cement had cured I was finally able to try the bodyshell over them to see what reworking would be needed. Surprisingly not as much as I feared, I marked it up... and set to work with the mini-drill using a Dremel drum sanding attachment... ...finishing off with fine-grit W&D until a neat even look was achieved. Happy with the result I set it aside to be prepped for spraying and started on the interior. Now, if the humble Trabbie is getting blingy Western wheels, a posh truckbed and a lairy paint job there's no reason why it shouldn't get carpets either. As luck would have it I had some embossing powder of the correct shade left over from a previous build, so now it has carpets. Seats, handbrake, pedals and lower dash are the final additions for today... Next stage is to detail the dash. More when my hand steadies up a bit! Thanks for staying with me so far.
  17. This is the sort of thing I use a 12v mini-drill for. Smaller and lighter than a Dremel, takes Dremel accessories and is considerably less powerful. I can't recommend mine as it's over 50 years old and driven by a model railway transformer but there are up to date equivalents around on Amazon or Aliexpress for pretty small sums, often USB powered.
  18. Slightly late to the party here (sorry, missed the bus) but I have to say that is a beautiful model built to a very high standard. The paint and trim finish is top notch and well worth the time and effort put into completing it. I'd like to think I could build to that standard but I'm not there yet!
  19. You wait 'til playtime, I'll get you for that... .I..
  20. Ditto! Ingenious and well executed.
  21. What. A. Car. Mrs N and I both drive Audis and I'd give my eye-teeth and several other appendages for an original Quattro.
  22. You may remember when I bought the Trabant I was looking for an FX4 Taxi do do evil things with? Well, I found this on Fleabay last week being offered as a box-damaged item and the seller was open to offers. I bunged a slightly cheeky one in and not only was it accepted with alacrity, the seller sent it free postage. On arrival today I found the box damage minimal, the kit still factory-sealed and the contents perfect. Needless to say, this will NOT be an OOB build, I have plans for it...
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