D1fuN0 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Morning Chaps I had an urge to kick off some of the inhabitants of the shelf of doom over the Christmas break, and actually managed to make some progress... AIRFIX MINI COUNTRYMAN 32nd Scale. I love these Airfix 32nd scale kits. This one is quite a challenge with all the masking and that's where it stalled on the shelf. Really the only thing wrong with the kit is the horrible tyres, but at least with this one you are able to drill out the suspension to make the front wheels positionable. Add a good dollop of mud and weh hey Was very peeved to notice that the decal around the front headlight had moved... Ill sort it out at some point... AIRFIX JAGUAR XKR GT3 - 32nd Scale Another in this lovely series. This builds up really nicely, until you get to the decals. To say they put up a fight is an understatement and the ones on the rear panels being the toughest to get to behave. One tip I picked up, cut the roof decals into three (windscreen, roof, rear window) so that you can get all the decalling done on the body and sealed before you put the windows in. I added a little bit of CF decals here and there on this one. AIRFIX MASERATI MERAK 24th Scale The Zimmer frame really came out for this one as it has been lounging around on the shelf forever. This was originally a Gunze Sangyo kit and it still says so on the sprues and decals. It doesn't go together too badly, certainly shows its age in the interior (still tooled for motorised) but its just about the only Merak there is. The one big thing with this kit is that the wheels are just too small and make it look a bit silly and the decals exploded when they hit the water. Still, I'm happy with it. ITALERI VOLVO FH16XL & 20foot CONTAINER TRAILER I'm getting back into building trucks (woohoo) and decided it has been faaaar too long since I built a Trailer. Truck is painted in Tamiya Coral Blue with half of the kit suppled decals added. some small additions added to the cab,couple of newspapers and a coffee cup. Trailer is built OOB, with the frame being painted Semi Gloss Black and the container Flat red with some weathering in strategic places. Ok well thanks for looking... This clears most of the shelf of doom for now... There's still one or two lurkers, but they are getting sorted out tout suite Mad Steve. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 They’re all very nicely done and thanks for the decal tip on the Jag. I have this in my stash to one build one day, and it’s partner, the DB9R. I especially like the Mini, but what happened to the door mirror? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Like the truck! We need more big rigs being built on here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 21 minutes ago, Bill.B said: They’re all very nicely done and thanks for the decal tip on the Jag. I have this in my stash to one build one day, and it’s partner, the DB9R. I especially like the Mini, but what happened to the door mirror? Thanks Man... It has subsequently been stuck back on Seems to have fell off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 4 hours ago, MAD STEVE said: Seems to have fell off Meeke probably hit a tree with it! I do like the MINI in particular, weathering looks very good! I agree about the tyres, certainly wouldn't want to be doing wet or icy Finnish forest stages on those things! Really like the colour & finish on the Merak too - can I ask what paint you used? Nice work all round! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hiya Keith Thanks for that The Merak is painted with Tamiya TS 47 Chrome Yellow, then Tamiya Clear and then a quick wipe over with Tamiya Modelling Wax to get out all the fingerprints. Mad Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Lovely models thankyou for sharing them with us look forward to more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Steve, maybe something like these slot car tyres could be made to fit? https://www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/spares/tyres/scalextric-classic-tyre-pack-21x7mm-20x6mm.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 That could work bill, thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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