beefy66 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Looking great so far love all the added detail 👍🏻 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Aye up John, Fantastic work happening here. The pewter foil and tilt are exceptional! Regards Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 13 hours ago, Soeren said: All this pewter work is exceptionaly nice. What product is that? Pewter foil. It's similar to lead foil only better, something like the foil that you get on a bottle of wine. It can be cut with a knife or scissors and moulded into different shapes. As I said to Francis, google Pewter Foil. There are many sites, such as Amazon who are selling it. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 13 hours ago, Hewy said: Now that pewter work is absolute quality, very impressed Thanks a lot. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 13 hours ago, beefy66 said: Looking great so far love all the added detail 👍🏻 beefy Thanks for the comments Beefy. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 10 hours ago, fatfingers said: Aye up John, Fantastic work happening here. The pewter foil and tilt are exceptional! Regards Steve Many thanks Steve. I was a trial, but worth it. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Nice work John. All those foil replacement looks super. What is this foil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Kris B said: Nice work John. All those foil replacement looks super. What is this foil? Thanks Chris. Pewter foil is similar to the foil that you get around the neck of a wine bottle. I bought a sheet of it at Telford a couple of years ago, but you can buy it on line. Just google Pewter Foil. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Thanks John, to be honest I've fought you just spell it wrong... human learn all entire life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 A purse and a sow's ear and all that stuff........ Looking great so far John, should be a little gem when complete. Take care, Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 It's a lovely little model and you are doing more than justice to it John I too love the Pewter foil - I'll be taking some of that!! Thanks for the tip Keep it coming Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 17 hours ago, BlackMax12 said: A purse and a sow's ear and all that stuff........ Looking great so far John, should be a little gem when complete. Take care, Lloyd Thanks Lloyd. I hop so. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 4 hours ago, robgizlu said: It's a lovely little model and you are doing more than justice to it John I too love the Pewter foil - I'll be taking some of that!! Thanks for the tip Keep it coming Rob Thanks Rob. Yes, it is good stuff, an very malleable too. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 On 12/26/2018 at 3:03 PM, Bullbasket said: Pewter foil is similar to the foil that you get around the neck of a wine bottle. Living in France that sounds like the perfect excuse to drink wine..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 15 hours ago, Vince1159 said: Living in France that sounds like the perfect excuse to drink wine..... Don't need an excuse🍷 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 A combination of no internet connection for nearly a week and a little thing called Christmas meant that I've posted no updates for a while, so this is where I am with this now. Most of the build jobs are complete now with a few exceptions. As I intended to display the model with the bonnet open, the engine bay needed some additions. Using 5amp fuse wire, I added four spark plug leads……… ……. and with a combination of 5amp and 15amp wire, I added a rudimentary loom to the rear of the bay. I also added a positive and negative lead to the batteries. The bracket for the shovel was removed and replaced with one made from pewter foil before gluing it in place on the rear of the roof. Tamiya doesn't include any wing mirrors, so I made one from a spare lens with 20thou rod glued to the back. Finally, four cleats were required so that the ropes of the tilt can be tied off. I made these from plastic rod, bent to shape and glued in place. That's about it as far as the build is concerned, so the next job will be to get some paint onto the various parts. John. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonkin Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Wow. Amazing work . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Great work on the Tilly. The improvements you’ve made with the foil are great, it really adds to the look. And as ever your little additional details bring it to life. Is the bonnet going to be open when you’re finished? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 25 minutes ago, bigfoot said: Great work on the Tilly. The improvements you’ve made with the foil are great, it really adds to the look. And as ever your little additional details bring it to life. Is the bonnet going to be open when you’re finished? Read ~41 . . . . there is a clue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Oops. I don’t read so good when there’s pictures of great modelling to look at... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) I love this kit, its a really nice change from all the bang bang stuff I built one many moons ago and left the tilt off and just scratch built the frame and filled the cargo bay with stuff Its good that it comes with a driver figure - really annoys me when trucks etc don't have a driver I like the details you are adding, will really bring it to life! Edited January 3, 2019 by Kallisti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 02/01/2019 at 12:56, Bonkin said: Wow. Amazing work . Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 5 hours ago, bigfoot said: Great work on the Tilly. The improvements you’ve made with the foil are great, it really adds to the look. And as ever your little additional details bring it to life. Is the bonnet going to be open when you’re finished? Thanks a lot. Yes, providing I don't make a hash of painting the engine bay. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Kallisti said: I love this kit, its a really nice change from all the bang bang stuff I built one many moons ago and left the tilt off and just scratch built the frame and filled the cargo bay with stuff Its good that it comes with a driver figure - really annoys me when trucks etc don't have a driver I like the details you are adding, will really bring it to life! Thanks for the comments. Although it comes with a driver figure, I may not use it unless I can perform drastic surgery on it as I want the figure to be sanding beside the vehicle. I'll probably build at least another one of these as I fancy doing one in the colours of a Royal Engineers bomb disposal vehicle, only next time it will be more OOTB. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 You could always get that resin figure of Princess Elizabeth to stand beside her Tilly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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