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I have already built three 1/32 racers for the collection so I’ve decided to add a few more as part of this GB probably a Caudron and maybe a Supermarine but I thought I’d start with the Vervile Packard R1. It’s quite a natty little biplane about the same size as an me109 as happens. Time to hit the CAD Solidworks for makers is my preferred app. I completed the drawing sometime ago. Although I still need to do some prop blades. Printed. The fuselage split was intended to have it fit on the printer bed. The segmented wings are because I was down to bits and scraps of PLA filament and I let it run out twice (doh) but it’s nothing a bit of brass rod and some filler can’t fix. Next step, cleanup the components. Some assembly and lots (and lots) of filling and sanding😀🤪 But of course I won’t start any of that till Sunday. Now I’m torn as to the next project I think I’ll start modelling the Caudron next but I’m very inclined to knock out a quick model if the nose and tail for the Lancastrian conversion. Although both are moot atm as I’m out of action with a pretty bad dose of flu…

I’ve always wanted to build a TSR2 but I’ve never gotten round to it and seeing as how my default scale for modern jets is 1/144 I decided to make my own. Time to fire up the CAD solid works for makers is my preferred option Fuselage almost done. CAD work almost finished. Printed Assembled Filled

Hi All, Well this is unfamiliar territory! I am normally firmly in the wingy thing section, but this thread is to document my first 'commission' build. The parentheses indicate that nobody is actually paying for this build; rather, it is intended as a gift for my brother-in-law, who turns 50 soon. He spent over a decade working on the Combat Management System for the Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers, so I thought I'd attempt a rather unique gift for this significant anniversary. HMAS Hobart was the lead ship in this class, commissioned in 2017. Here's a photo of the ship: I'm going to be designing and 3D printing the whole lot, so it's sure to be a journey of discovery. I did download a 3D file from Shapeways, hoping for an easy win, but it turned out to be absolute bobbins, so I am going from scratch with a downloaded schematic, which at least looks like it could be accurate. Here's where I am with the blocked out upper hull design: I haven't yet achieved that distinctive swoop on the waist, which suggests that I need to tweak the lower hull profile - all will be good! The finished model will be about 250mm long and mounted in a display case. Detail will be progressively added before I commit to printing. I have until mid-June so time is short, although I shall not compromise on quality to achieve the delivery date. This should be fun! Thanks for looking, Roger

Some images from my Sterling Airliner. Bought a STL file from the net and converted it into 1/72 and printed it in a resinprinter. Took me about 3 month to get everything right but in Januar 25 it was finished. Printed the fuselage in Clear resin, its not perfect but gives a better impression than only black decals. The windows allow light to shine threw, so thats acceptable for me, (ok has to, as I can't do it better😁). Most of the logos are masked and painted, the smaller ones are decals. All of Sterlings 727 looked like a bit individual, but I found some good refference of this so I hope I haven't made too many mistakes. here is an pic before I'd realized I had swapped the intakes of the engines, so after the picture was taken I cut them away and swapped sides...................

This is bust I've been working on for the last couple of months, I've really enjoyed this one and I'm so chuffed with it. I've spent the last year and a bit doing figure painting and I really feel this is my favourite one I've done and the culmination of a lot of learning along the way. I wanted to give him a very punk feel with the colours and also had a go at freehanding a lot of little bits on him, like the gang name and logo on the back of his jacket and the tattoos and the name on his bat (I went with Eloise as a reference to the Damned, I really like their version of that song) This was just the usual way I approach figure painting, with a light direction in mind, then working dark to light from the shadows and building up the highlights. Thanks to everyone who commented in the wip and followed along with the progress, I always appreciate the interest and it makes the build more fun. Speaking of the wip, heres a link to it:- And heres the final pics IMG_20250411_141450 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141459 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141508 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141533 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141525 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141542 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141549 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141603 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141614 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141628 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141649 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141833 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141842 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250411_141912 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Thanks for looking, I'll be back with another one soon

This is my next project, Moe the punk from the Undercity Exiles range of 3D printable figures, I've not done a huge amount with this guy yet but just want to get cracking with the wip topic IMG_20250101_110942 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Got some big plans for him, I want to freehand some punk style icons on to his jacket, add a couple of tattoos, do some zebra print on his lapel panels and I definitely want him to have a black eye. Oh and also I want the metal cybernetics of his right arm to be an nmm chrome effect. First thing I did was sand him down and clean up a few support marks and then had to deal with the big holes in his back. IMG_20250101_110954 by Nick Frost, on Flickr So I rolled some green stuff sausages and stuffed them in the holes IMG_20250101_111446 by Nick Frost, on Flickr After cuttting it off I put just a little ball on the top and rolled it down as flat as I could with the handle of one of my tools IMG_20250101_112117 by Nick Frost, on Flickr I gave him a blast of chaos black primer, but I still need to fill over the top of the greenstuff to feather it in, which is when I found out all my filler has dried up! IMG_20250219_195527 by Nick Frost, on Flickr So going to grab some milliput today and get that sorted so I can then give him a blast of white acrylic ink through the airbrush for my zenithal start point. Thanks for looking, more soon

I am really quite taken with these resin printed kits from Osiris Models - this is my 4th and there are another 2 on the way! Available in a range of scales, this one is 1/72 and the level of detail is superb. This one represents one of the ex-Swedish/Norwegian Archer mobile howitzers recently acquired by the Royal Artillery, as an interim replacement for the AS-90s that were gifted to Ukraine. The kit is an easy build with 11 larger parts and a myriad of smaller detail parts. Fit is superb for everything except the wheels, which needed a little reamng to get them to fit. Decals (number plates, Regimental badge, bridge/weight plate and wide load plates) are home-made inkjet printed, based on the recent deployment to Finland to trial the vehicles in extreme cold and snow.

This is a 3D printed bust I've been working on, it actually is apparently a weregoat in human form, but I think he looks more like an old norse god which is why I called it The Old God. Its painted with acrylics, mainly citadel and vallejo, and with this one I really wanted to try some polished steel for the armour as its something new to try. Had a blast doing this one, thanks to everyone who followed along in the WIP, I'm always grateful of any interest in my work. Heres a link to the WIP And here are the final pics IMG_20250217_195120 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195142 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195152 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195216 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195222 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195259 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195650 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195711 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195736 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195744 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_195757 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_200012 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_200033 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250217_200120 by Nick Frost, on Flickr I've just added a few daylight shots, just thought they help give a better impression of the colours. IMG_20250222_125403~2 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250222_125410~2 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250222_125444~2 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Thanks for looking, all comments and questions welcome

Got a couple of busts for Christmas, so its time to start one of them. This first one is actually apparently supposed to be a weregoat in human form, but to me he looks more like Odin and i like the idea of him being an old God, so that's what I'm calling him. Haven't done a lot with him so far but really wanted to get going with the topic. I gave him a wipe down with some ipa and sanded and cleaned up the support marks which thankfully were all either on the back or out if the way areas. IMG_20241229_201130 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then i did the usual start point, i sprayed him with chaos black primer and then used some thinned down white acrylic ink from my light direction to get a zenithal effect. IMG_20250102_184847 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20250104_171403 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Im trying something different for this project, i want his metal bits to be polished steel nmm so i looked up a new way of doing it which starts with airbrushing a base coat of teradon turquoise contrast paint. From there I'll build up highlights using fenrisian grey and vallejo light flesh. IMG_20250105_152122 by Nick Frost, on Flickr This is all I've done so far, my airbrush set up is in the shed so the weather has slowed this start point but now its all brush from here so i can finally get going with it. Although I've laid down the base for the polished steel nmm, I'm doing the flesh first as im working inside out as always. I'll just have to be more careful though as I'll need to avoid the turquoise base coat which shouldn't be too hard. So next I'll get the skin base colour laid down which will be bugmans glow. Thanks for looking, more soon

This was a figure i had my eye on for a while, straight away he really looked like he's sitting in front of a fire and i liked the idea of doing some object source lighting as if he's sitting in a dark room bathed in the warm light of the fire. I put it off because the idea of an OSL paint job seemed too challenging but after getting a few figures under belt i did some research on object source lighting abd decided to give it a go. So from one angle he has the fire and from the opposite direction i did some moonlight highlights as if its shing on him from a window. The whole thing had a base coat of vallejo dark sea blue and then i airbrushed mephiston red from the direction of the fire to get a start on the osl effect and show what parts are catching the light. From there i built up the highlights with shades of orange saving the yellow firvthe bits closest to the fire or metal which will be very reflective. Had great fun doing this, here's a link to the WIP:- And here are the final pics: IMG_20241115_200935 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_200952 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201001 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201012 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201019 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201027 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201152 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201200 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201226 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_200843 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201410 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241115_201351 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Thanks for everyone who commented/reacted in the WIP I always appreciate the interest. All comments and questions welcome

So I have had a 3D printer for a few months now and I have be going slightly mad on printing and painting figures. This is one will be my first sci-fi robot-type print with lots of flat surfaces, this brings lots of new problems with X Y orientation and supports. The model files or from Thingiverse and by a designer Carlz, its a nice looking print but with room to improve with some added greeblies and the size will be approximately 1/8th scale. I have made a start on the leg manipulators and I'm quite happy with how they have tuned out, still some sanding to do but nothing to bad. Slicer picture of the top part of the droid, lots of nice details.

The story: This is a new 3D project initiated by friend Roland Grard and myself. Roland, who lives in Le Havre, has been in contact over the last few years with Australians who are interested in the sinking of the coaster Blythe Star. The ship sank very quickly without a distress message being sent out, but the ten crew members were able to get to safety in an inflatable raft. One of his Australian correspondents wrote a book about the tragedy, and was able to send them photos and plans of the boat. Other plans were "unearthed" from the Australian archives by another of his Australian correspondents who was also passionate about the Normandie liner. Last month he received a photo from her showing him with the last survivor of the sinking posing in front of a model of the Blythe Star. Roland knew that he had modelled the plans in 3D but was unaware that he had undertaken to make a model, and he was surprised to discover that this model had been partly made by 3D wire printing. Nicolas in front of his model and Mick Doleman on the left, last survivor of the Blythe Star. The model has been on display at the Tasmanian Maritime Museum in Hobart since the end of October 2023. https://www.facebook.com/MaritimeMuseumTasmania/ https://www.maritimetas.org/ He kindly sent her his various print files to produce another copy. That's when he asked me to print the ship. The problem is that the coaster is at 1/50 scale and it would have been complicated to print a ship of this size with a resin printer as I only had the final STL files at my disposal, which would have been difficult to modify in order to split them correctly. What's more, the printing technique is not the same between wire and resin, which is its own constraint. So I suggested to Roland that he redo the 3D drawing from A to Z with more detail, but at 1/100 scale, using the same plans he had available. The ship will be as she was in 1973. An extract from the plans: I've made good progress on the project since 28 November, a good week ago, I'm already at 50 hours of drawing, putting paid to my good resolution to finish the current projects, but at the same time I'm continuing to finish the battleship Bretagne. This project should be completed very quickly, a 'Flash' project. Here is some progress from the first 3 days:

Hi All, I have recently finished this kit, which is intended for use with the newish tool Airfix Lancaster kit (A08013A). The kit is intended to be a minimal fuss conversion with the only minor surgery required to the kit flaps and undercarriage doors (both cut to length). Here's the WIP and RFI if you wish to see the finished result: The kit provides the ability to produce an early Mk.I with the smaller 28' empennage and central dorsal fin, or the later Mk.Ia which used the same empennage as the Lanc (the kit parts can be used for this version). This is an extensive conversion, including the following elements: - Wings at 90' wingspan - Nacelles for the twin RR Vultures along with propellers - Empennage at 28' span, with smaller vertical stabilisers and central fin - Main and tail wheels - Bomb bay doors - Control column and Mk.IX bombsight - Aerial Mast - FN7 dorsal and FN4 rear turrets, with vacuum formed transparencies (also included is the landing light cover) A few CAD images follow. Here's the port wing assembly: Port empennage: Central dorsal fin: Main wheel: Tail wheel: Dorsal FN7 Turret: Rear FN4 Turret: Dorsal Turret Fairing: Flat bomb bay doors: Mk.IX bombsight Dual yoke control column: I think that's everything! You can find this kit via my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561410731459 Thanks for looking, Roger

Greetings! It's a bit late in the day/GB to start one, but given the scale and the size of the subject I'm optimistic that I can get it done in time. Picked up from eBay for a reasonable price, complete with the figures which have been passed on to a collector friend of mine. Not sure the artist had ever drawn people before! The only problem is this... The tracks - Not sure what has happened to them, but they have lost all elasticity, broken into pieces, and are unusable. Fortunately - I've just purchased a 3D printer (Creality Ender 3) so was able to download a 3D model of an M3A1, and extract the track/suspension to then print as completed units. I've just started modifying the hull sides to accommodate the suspension units. More when it happens. IanJ

Finally got a chance to start this, I got this figure before I finished the last one but between the weather and work just haven't had a chance to get going until yesterday. The figure is actually called The Cleric and its from the Flesh of Gods series of printable miniatures, I really loved the animated pose with his cape flapping, maybe its supposed to just be the wind but I liked the idea of it being the power of his spell casting radiating from his staff. IMG_20241114_195327 by Nick Frost, on Flickr So the plan is another bit of OSL type painting except with not such a stark contrast between the light source and the ambient light as in my last one with the knight in a pitch black room in front of a fire. I will basically paint him in the usual way I approach my figures with a light source in mind, its just the main light source will be the top of the staff, and I'm thinking as well the light coming from it will be a bright white light and not a particular colour. At the minute I'm thinking his cape will be purple and his robes will be a bluey green, not decided on his hair yet, tempted to do a bright whacky colour but I'll probably end up going down the reddish brown route. So I got him primed with some chaos black from a rattle can. IMG_20241122_162853 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Then I braved the cold and airbrushed some white acrylic ink from all around the direction of the top of his staff so I can see where my highlights will be focused. I do also give a general light spray all over too just to bring out the details just a little and make them easier to paint. IMG_20241125_155229 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241125_165541 by Nick Frost, on Flickr And I've been itching to use my new wet pallet that I got for my birthday a couple of weeks ago, so finally I could get it out! Its a green stuff world xl wet pallet, I got to a point where my diy one was a bit small so I figured now was a good time to upgrade and slap it on the birthday list. IMG_20241125_194841 by Nick Frost, on Flickr My first bit of paint looks a little lost on it Thats the only other little bit I've done for now with this guy, just got the flesh base colour on which is Bugmans Glow, in 3 thin coats IMG_20241125_200857 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Before I go any further with the skin I'll get his eyes and gritted teeth painted which is what I'll do next. Thanks for looking, more soon

One of my favorite SF movies recently, so I had to do it. Bought a 3D model, printed and painted/weathered it. The model is articulated, but it was some cheap resin that turned out very brittle so I had to glue everything... just in case.

IMG_20241021_161840433 by Nick Frost, on Flickr This was a miniature I had my eye on for a while, I loved the idea of him being bathed in the light from a fireplace but shied away from object source lighting as I didn't feel confident I'd be able to do it. But now I've done a few figures and seeing @rockpopandchips give it a go I figured I'd jump in with both feet and have a crack at new challenge. So the plan is, he's in a pitch black room lit from the front at an angle by the fire, and in the opposite direction from a bit higher by moonlight coming through a window behind him. So the start point for him is after giving him a spray with some chaos black primer, he got 2 coats of vallejo dark sea blue as the base coat. IMG_20241022_195923447 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241024_201032838 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241024_222258866 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20241024_222253808 by Nick Frost, on Flickr The last photo shows the direction I want the fire to be coming from, that will be done with an airbrush as a start point using mephiston red (which is a nice deep red) as that will be the shadow colour for the fire light. But the first step I want to do is get the moonlight highlights sorted, so that's what I will be doing next. Thanks for looking, more soon

Struggling a bit on the Saunders Roe so I decided to go do something a little simpler to get up the surfacing learning curve. I found this on the internet the Junkers KLF 255, it may have been a real failed rocket fighter, some websites purport it to be ann April fools joke. Regardless it fits the bill so I’m going to CAD and print one then get back to the Saunders roe. There are drawings but no details of size. Now the wings look very like an me 163 and it’s not unfeasible that a set were utilised on the prototype so I’m going to take the wingspan to be the 9.3m of the 163. More to follow.

So this is unlikely to make the GB deadline but I’ll start it here and you never know. I am going to build a 1/48 Airacomet ( possibly the worst of the first generation jets) to go with my Caproni Campini and to be joined in the future by my Gloster Whittle and Heinkel kits. CAD well underway. Except for the wing fillets it’s generally very simple shapes, plus I’m finding my CAD skills are noticeably improving with each project.

Hello All, for my (ongoing) TSR.2 build I've drawn and printed some pylons according to various sources. Outer pylon - proposed for literally everything that was due to hang on the outboard hardpoint. Also used for single bombs & missiles on the inner hardpoint. Inner pylon - proposed for MERs on inner hardpoint like multiple 1000lbs etc (so not fuel tanks or Blue Waters) A copy of Lost Tomorrows of an Eagle shows the various configs. There is an alternative inner pylon for single missiles, but it just gets silly then. Also, I'm not offering fuel tanks and their pylons at the moment because I'm aware Freightdog plan to recast theirs. £5 for a set of 4x outer pylons and 2x inners posted within the UK. Will post worldwide but will need to get quotes.

Now I finally have enough parts together to show you my new project. Witchblade by Michel Ballares. As you can see, I printed the base in four parts on a filament printer and then glued the individual parts together with 2-component glue. I'm also quite far with printing the individual parts for the figure. Here's the current status.

Got another 3D print to paint, so I'm happy! Always loved playing the Metroid games, especially the later ones on the gamecube which this version of Samus' Varia Suit is based on. I must admit though this one has had a bit of a stressful journey so far, tried a new 3D printer on ebay and not only did it take nearly 2 months (uk seller by the way!) to get to me the quality wasn't worth the wait. The figure isn't too bad, I know support marks are pretty normal but there was more than I've ever experienced, and some were on the front side which to be fair is probably more to do with how the stl files. Any way when it FINALLY arrived this is what I got IMG_20240826_170454852 by Nick Frost, on Flickr At this point I had already cut the massive location lugs off the shoulder pods as ironically they wouldn't fit without them. Also that base is not going to be used, when I bought it it did say on the listing about bases being printed with PLA filament but didn't realise that was code for 'its going to be awful so prepare yourself' IMG_20240829_194523246 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20240829_194542274 by Nick Frost, on Flickr It has horrendous layer lines and some imperfections, and more annoyingly samus doesn't fit on it! Wasn't prepared to wait for a replacement or even deal with that seller ever again so I got a cheap gaming base that was much better, with some cool alien world looking crystals, just the sort of place a space bounty hunter would be! IMG_20240906_140535018 by Nick Frost, on Flickr Anyway. lets keep it positive moving forward and crack on, after a first round of priming the support marks on the back showed up even worse so I scalpeled and sanded them as best as I could and did another round of priming and did a dry fit with bluetack when dry. IMG_20240901_153642691 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20240904_165024485 by Nick Frost, on Flickr She fits on the new base nicely, so I got the base primed and gave a spray of white ink for my zenithal start point just for a reference for my light direction IMG_20240906_143806706 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20240908_155321994 by Nick Frost, on Flickr IMG_20240908_193333016 by Nick Frost, on Flickr So thats as far as I am, going to start with the hairy sticks later. The suits colours are red, copper and gold with green for the gun arm; all of this will be done with the nmm technique. The visor and some bits on the suit will have a green glow effect, and the cracks and crystals on the base will be done with a blue glow effect. So next up I'll be start on the suit probably with the red. Thanks for looking, more soon

Here is my contribution to the group build, the Nahuel DL 43 was an Argentinean medium tank produced in 1943 and heavily inspired by the American Sherman. Only 12 were built in total, for several years they were used for training and the occasional parade. In 1947 they were given an upgrade with new crew hatches, radios, machine guns and tool storage. Soon after Argentina acquired several hundred Sherman tanks tho making the Nahuel redundant so they were put into storage until 1959 when they were all scraped. Most of the Nahuel's documentation was also destroyed, meaning that some of the details of this tank remain a mystery, even the basic dimensions are unknown and historians have had to take their best guess based on the available photographs. Your choices for building the Nahuel are limited to either a resin kit from Aconcagua Resin Models (out of production and extremely rare) or a 3D printed kit by FC Model. Why buy an expensive 3D printed kit tho when I can just design and print my own one... Thus far I've made the basic shape of the hull and turret, I'll make the running gear next and then add all the smaller detail to the hull and turret later.

Research AP-101C-0601-3A Wasp HAS 1 Illustrated parts manual T. L. Ciastula: The Development of the P.531, The Aeronautical Journal / Volume 68 / Issue 642 / June 1964 D. B. Bathurst: Maritime VSTOL — The Development of Small Ship Helicopter Operations in the Royal Navy, SAE Transactions Vol. 83, Section 3: 740525–740863 (1974) L. B. Bryson, F. E. Heenan, C. A. Johnson: Helicopters in the Royal Navy, The Aeronautical Journal / Volume 76 / Issue 740 / August 1972 J. H. Stevens: Scout and Wasp - Westland's All-British Helicopters, Flight International June 1964 Adrian Balch: Westland Scout & Wasp, Warpaint Series No.110, Guideline Publications. 2017 Larry Jeram-Croft, Terry Martin: The Royal Navy Wasp: An Operational & Retirement History, Pen & Sword Aviation 2018 A placeholder so I can't bottle out of doing this at such a large and (to me) unfamiliar scale once the Sea Vixen builds are completed.... 😁

Forget the dreaded ping! Forget the lap drop. Forget the portal to and from Bill’s @perdu’s desk. Forget even the mighty carpet monster!!! Yes forget that guy!!!! May I bring to your attention this….. Thing!!!! Lock up your models, bolt your man caves and sheds, nothing is safe from the Tibenan Terror!!!!!! Let this cautionary tail begin. As some of you might know the past few months have been rather below par at castle Spadgent for reasons I shall not go into but a few weeks ago after some better news I decided on retail therapy. I’ve always fancied a Tamiya Scrambler. Maybe one of the KTMs that used to dwell in the 80s Tamiya catalogues. How grand they looked with there well painted riders. So I did a bit of online research and WOW!!! I won’t be building one of those any time soon. 😳😳😳💰💰💰 During my search however another kit caught my eye. I’ve always fancied the Tamiya Monkey. ( Sounds weird saying that out loud 🐵 ) and a new kit from Tamiya was being banded about. the “Honda Dax” it looked kinda quirky and I liked that so out went the order and a few days later this arrived in the post. How much more funky do you wanna be? The answer is none, none more funky. 🕺 Any way, looking though the box I was stunned by how detailed this thing was, maybe I’m used to older Tamiya kits but daym this thing is next level, rubber tubing, rubber tyres, real springs and the tiniest nuts and bolts❤️. I lovingly popped it on the coffee table to fawn over while I finished up my other builds. A few days later Gemma pops into my upstairs office with a worried look and this in her hands. 🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣 “It was on the landing” she said. “I think I got most of it back in the box” she said. (This next one ‘ll kill ya) “I told you not to leave it there” she said. 🤬🤯😳🥺😩😤😭🤬 Well I was a little bit upset to say the least and many, MANY words of the nature never to be read on our lovely site were projected towards said hound!!! I quickly examined the torn bags and scattered screw bag. Then my thought went to those lovely soft rubber tyres. 😱😨 One was in the box. No may I add in the greatest shape. The other one was missing. 🤔😥 So we’re quite a few parts. I checked the landing stairs and found parts strewn all over. I even managed to find a bunch of the tiny screws and tape what I did find in here. The other tyre however has never been seen again. We even checked, you know. 💩 on every dog walk but nothing. Who knows it’s probably on Bill’s desk as we speak. 🤔🤣 So any way, after calming down I decided to check the rest of the damage. Missing parts and a few chews. As this was a kit to make me feel better I was a little heart broken. I thought “to hell with it” and went to order another. “SOLD OUT” I saw pretty much everywhere and the £20 price I’d paid had inflated on the sites that did have it in stock. 😩 Right then. What would @hendie do? Well in all honesty I doubt he would have bought this kit in the first place BUT if he had and this had happened to him he’d roll up his sleeves and use that thar 3D printer to make new bits. So to hell with it. That’s what I’ll do. I know I have to make new tyres but whatever is missing along the way I’ll make that too. So will you join me in a build of pure adventure. I have no idea what’s missing and no idea how it’ll go but once again hopefully it’ll be fun. You in? good. Let’s kick off!! ❤️