bar side Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 And in true blue peter style I thought I'd make a couple of ladders for the Phantom. Here is one under way and one I made earlier.... Not perfect, and there are some lovely etched ladder kits out there. But once painted I think they will look ok. Think they may need to angle further out from the side of the plane - they look to hang a bit to straight down. So with the land rover, a couple of figures & the phantom with cockpits open & ladders on the scene should start to look ok. Plenty more details I want to add though - ground power leads, fuel pipe, chocks, general HAS clutter (fire extinguishers etc), fuel tank racks, etc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Should the Land Rover go in its own build thread? Not sure & it probably won't take that long to put together. Started with some mods to the body. It started as a station wagon but is now becoming a 2 door long wheel base. I have reduced the window size with plasticard and fillered up the back door frame. The photo makes it look much worse than it is & about 2x the real size. I have blended in the front of the roof, the sides will follow once the roof side windows filler has gone off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Wow! This is superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 Bit more filling & sanding on the land rover and a quick blast of rattle can to see what the finish looks like. The roof & roof windows of the station wagon have gone under filler plus reinforcing bars along the roof are on. The back doors have gone and the windows reduced. Looks more like a standard landy now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 Been toying with an idea for the landy. I have more lights left over from the HAS roof & was wondering if they could be fitted in to the landy. The bulbs are a good size to fit in the headlight sockets. And better still when I tried hooking them up to some of those lithium watch batteries you get in a pack from the supermarket for £1 they worked! So the idea is that the land rover can be positioned to provide more light on night shoots with the HAS. No cables visible as the batteries will be in the back. That means fitting the bulbs, painting up the back part so that the whole bonnet doesn't light up, and cutting a method of opening the back so that the lights can be turned on & off and the batteries can be changed. But I think its got potential 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlack33 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Nice idea, and very confident you'll be able to pull it off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 Cheers Matt. Just ordered some chunky replacement Dinky tyres for the land rover too. Plus I found an old dinky toys trailer that might just pass for a weapons trailer towed behind the land rover. Needs tyres, but hey, just ordered some of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 You know we're all expecting working indicators too now, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Indicators you say? No, but I did start thinking that headlights without rear lights was a bit wrong. Fibre optic cables to the rear anyone? Or am I loosing it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 No not losing it. Just on a great slippery slope of marvelousness. Fibre optic for the tail lights *should* be fairly straightforward though shouldn't it? Much easier than lighting the instruments... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Well the lights went in for a test fit much easier than I thought. I need to solder up the wiring & work out an on/off switch, plus a drop out back 1/3 of the chassis with the battery pack on. The lights look ok off: I am now toying with making up a box at the back across the rear lights. They are the top pair, aren't they? One bulb in the middle & a box out behind the lights (drilled out with some clear plastic sprue and a drop of red paint) might make the back lights work. Until then the front lights do the job: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Cracking job on the shelter !!! And as I love Landies I will be following this one from now on !!!! Can I ask what tyres you going for and where you sourced them ? Sounds like a cracking idea as I know the tyres on the Heller kits are very poor ! Nige 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Cheers Nige I am trying dinky replacement 'chunky' 17mm tyres. It means cutting the moulded tyre off but will mean I have spares for the bonnet & for a weapons trailer I would like to include. Will put some photos up when they arrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlack33 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I knew you wouldn't disappoint, looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurrantBunbury Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Those headlights look cool. I'm really enjoying following this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Been playing with rear lights tonight..... Think its going to have to be a removable top shell to get to the battery pack. Still need to come up with an on/off switch, solder up the rest of the wiring & then finish building the kit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Got my ebay tyres through today - think they are going to work out ok. Just balanced in front of the kit smooth ones (and one on the bonnet 'cause it looks good!) That was 12 tyres with change from £5, which I think is reasonable. Now have to cut the tyres off the kit hubs & see how they look 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Have you thought about securing the wheels on a drill chuck and using a drill to spin the wheel against sandpaper ? Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Yep thats the plan Nige. Might cut some off first just to speed things along a bit, Still need to make a new hub up for the bonnet wheel as the kit is molded with the recess but no wheel is provided Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Any chance of a link to the tyre size and suppliers as they do look the part ? That will fit the bill Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nige - got the tyres from ebay. No previous knowledge of the seller or link to them - I just searched 18mm chunky Dinky replacement tyres and found a trader 'tony19452011' - price of £2.70 plus postage and had them 3 days later so quite happy. Will put on some positive feedback I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlack33 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 That's a great idea, I didn't realise you could get spare tyres and for such a reasonable price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Couple of updates - Phantom ladders have gone yellow, the Land Rover has gone green & acquired its new tyres. Only held on with blu-tac at the moment & no interior or lights in this shot. Plus an outing for my only 1/48 standing figure. Not really appropriate for this scene but there we go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Have to say the tyre look far more convincing than the kit ones !!!!!! Great idea !!!!!!!! Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlack33 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Those ladders have turned out really nicely, they really look the part. Not sure about your ground crew's dance moves though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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