BrianI Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Being on annual leave this week but feeling a little overwhelmed with my Airfix 1:12 Blower Bentley build http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234968416-airfix-112-1930-45-litre-bentley I thought I'd visit a different local ish model shop and see what I could see to tickle my fancy. So I took a trip through to Marionville Models in Edinburgh for a wee browse. Saw an Airfix Shaun the Sheep "Shaun Timmy Bitzer and Tractor" kit sitting in a dark corner of a shelf looking unloved and reduced in price to £19.99 Couldn't resist it, so I snapped it up as it'll be a nice relaxing fun build for my week off. Shame the weather forecast is wet for the rest of the week... Anyway, some obligatory box and sprue shots: Quite a nicely printed glossy instruction booklet, with a good section in the end about weathering: Should be a really fun build, and I'm planning on doing this as a "speed build" over the next few days, rather than at my usual pace of a few months! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) OK, so I've not done as much as I'd have hoped. Anyway, that's all the parts for Shaun, Timmy and Bitzer primed including Bitzers right arm which pinged off the tweezers and is temporarily hidden by the laminate flooring monster.Hopefully I'll find Bitzers arm, if not it should be easy enough to make one out of milliput, then I'll get on with getting the characters painted. Now, I had considered getting flocking powder for the "wool" on Shaun and Timmy. However the craft shop I tried only had embossing powder. In anycase perhaps just painting Shaun and Timmy as they are will give a more "realistic" plasticene look? Baaaah! Edited February 20, 2015 by BrianI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuck Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I am looking forward to seeing your progress with this, I would like to make one for my grandson ( fine excuse for myself ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yay, found Bitzers right arm! Looks like it had bounced off the floor and into the bottom of my set of drawers which was partially open at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostbase Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 A great choice for a 'relaxing fun build' but as you can tell from my avatar I am a tad biased I think this tractor is the same as the one that stars in the epic climax of 'Shaun the Sheep - The Movie' which is in cinemas this week. Will be following your build with much interest. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Hit a bit of a problem when it comes to getting some paint on. Can't seem to get those little pots of Airfix paint to "work". They are like curdled milk in the jar, thinning them with water makes them thin enough to paint, but the paint just doesn't stick well! Tried to thin the paints down a bit more to run them through the air brush, even worse! To get them thin enough to go through the airbrush they are too watery to have any colour :-/ So i'm going to try using my tried and trusted Tamiya paints, although I'll need to experiment to mix up a correct shade of tamiya gloss yellow & orange to give the correct golden lab colour for Bitzer! So out with the fairy power spray this evening! Edited February 21, 2015 by BrianI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Retro Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I built one of these a while back, and of course I wish i'd saved it so I could do a better job using what I've learned since ... I remember being a bit surprised (and more than a bit intimidated by) the information on detailing in the manual, I just went with a basic wash or two & added a bit of OO railway flock to the mix to the bucket. I also remember not getting on at all well with the Humbrol acrylic paints (though I did like the "free" brushes) - brush painting they seemed to separate in use, weren't good at levelling, or at sticking - I'm not sure what the term is (galling?) but the paint would lift up & roll into little balls & leave a gritty finish. I also tried "proper" pots later, and had the same problem with levelling and a new one of inexplicable pockmarks from bubbles bursting. I don't know if it was technique, surface prep, formulation, or possible poor storage, but I think that was the moment I decided to go 100% Tamiya X/XF. Speaking of that, I have a some leftovers from the paint I mixed & a note that it was equal parts XF-18 Medium Blue & XF-8 Flat Blue - TBH it's nothing like that shown in the manual (far too "Wedgewood" for a start) but for me it was about getting somewhere closer to what I was seeing on my TV screen at the time. Like I said, what I've learned since ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.P. Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I like the weathering guide. Can't wait to see your results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Excellent choice of subject! Been looking for either of the Shaun The Sheep kits for ages so will enjoy watching your progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Ahh, I'm getting some progress now! I'd been having airbrush issues with the humbrol paint with the 0.2mm needle on my H&S ultra airbrush. Swapping the needle and nozzle for a 0.4mm one, and the humbrol paint sprays a lot better. So that's Bitzer all nice and Labrador yellow now! Going to paint the rest of the kit using the tried and tested Tamiya paints. Just about to start Shaun and Timmy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Looking forward to this ..made this a while ago. Terry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Well, my supposed speed build is going at a snails pace at the moment! However I have got Bitzer nearly finished, just his eyeballs to paint. I've also got hold of some white flocking powder for the wooly bodies of Shaun and Timmy. Not even started assembling the tractor yet! Hopefully i'll get my finger out and get on with this build! I have found that those little tester pots of humbrol paints brush well if I add a couple of drops of flow improver and a couple of drops of pledge multi surface wax (aka klear) Edited March 3, 2015 by BrianI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hmm, well, so much for this being a speed build! Anyway, I have Bitzer pretty much finished, and Timmy just needing his eyes touched up: Flocking powder used on Timmy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 Speed build? Well, just and update, been busy with work and other stuff, and lost my modelling mojo again. Anyway, the flocking powder didn't really work particularly well, it came off easily when handling Timmy and Shaun. I've gone back to using the trusty embossing powder sprinkled on a coat of pva glue. Looks pretty good once dried and painted white, with matt varnish on top. Pics to follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 As promised, here is the pic of Bitzer, Timmy and Shaun! So much for my rapid speed build, 2 months and all I've done is Bitzer, Timmy and Shaun! Anyway, I've got the tractor chassis and other parts primed. I had planned on keeping them bare blue plastic, but for some reason paint doesn't seem to take to it very well. So should be easier to prime them, the airbrush them with tamiya paints. Although Tamiya Gloss blue looks a little too dark compared to the box art.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aginvicta Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 You've done a good job on Shaun, Timmy and Bitzer, this has put me in the mood to go and see the film, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 At long last, almost finished! Perhaps over egged the weathering? Just a diorama base with flocking railway scenery grass to fettle, then I can safely call this enjoyable kit done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 That is not badly done sir, looks like any farm tractor does, used, very. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S5 modeller Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Weathering looks spot on to me. Never seen a clean workhorse in a field. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 That looks brilliant, I'm most impressed with the painting and weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostbase Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Very nicely done, the tractor looks good and love Timmy perched in the bucket! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 A quickly thrown together diorama base using a tesco value A4 certificate frame.Carefully removed the glass, added an a4 bit of poster board. Wellied on some PVA glue, then some railway summer grass flocking.Sealed it with hairspray, then secured the tractor by tying it to the base using 11lb fishing line,securing it on the rear of the base through small holes either side of the axles.Bitzer secured by drilling small holes on the pads of his feet, glue in off cuts of paperclip then securing him using these glued into drilled holes in the base. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 That looks brilliant, excellent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Well done mate ..nice build..I like the flock idea. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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