Kallisti Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Started over the Easter weekend, finished 1st July, with a break in the middle for a hernia operation - not bad going considering This is the resin kit by Simian Stuff, available from Kits for Cash It was a bit of a beast as this was one of the earlier kits, the newer ones have a different parts breakdown. It was painted with Halfords primers and Appliance White, but given a Daler & Rowney matt varnish at the end. The decals which come with the kit were printed by JBOT and are lovely. I added a load more from the spares box for the "No Step" stencils and so on. The build thread is here, in which you can see me 'wrestle' with the resin, hole, gaps and voids! It measures: Length: 2' 6" (80cm) Width: 17" (43cm) Height: 7" (18cm) This is not a decal - it was masked and painted! Some details not easily visible now: Instrument panel Now my main problems are two fold: 1) Find a box big enough to transport this to model shows and protect it in transit 2) Find a place to display it in my house! At the moment it has pride of place on my coffee table! 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Huge WOW! from me. Now you need to buy a new house with a huge bay window for use as a display area. Oh, and a specially adapted Transit van for transporting the interceptor. Expensive business this, isn't it? Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picard Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Pete in Lincs said: Huge WOW! from me. Along with a very humble blimey, and blinking flip from the Malvern Hill's as well sir, A fantastic build thread with a wonderful result after all your efforts and master class WIP. Fabulous. She looks stunning in this scale, Brilliant stuff. S.I.G Cheers 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 That is very nice! Great work. It is a monster of a model though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 How the heck did I miss the build thread? Magnificent, is the only adjective I can think to describe the result. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Looking very good... well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Saw this in person at smallspace on sunday, she's a beauty. Cracking job Kallisti, very well done. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACETRACK Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 cor, blimey! what a beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Now that is a stunning bit of work ! Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Awesome work Kallisti,SIG! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkas Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/10/2019 at 10:03 AM, whitestar12chris said: Saw this in person at smallspace on sunday, she's a beauty. Cracking job Kallisti, very well done. Have to agree. It does look great. I only have one question: which Angel is in the cockpit? 😎 My best guess is Rhapsody -- am I right? ❓ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Correct, Rhapsody the redhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlow Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Very nice I had no sense of how big this was while you were building it. Makes the achievement that much greater.. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Crikey,a real thing of beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Thanks Its now going out on tour - was last on show at Boscome Down and next at IPMS Farnborough show in mid-September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Juliet Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 It's SIG from me too!! Well done, lovely model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 It now has its own cutom built travel box: The cardboard box was constructed from a 30" x 20" x 20" heavy duty box, but I still had to add 2" onto the length as the tail sites back a bit from the fuselage and I'd only measure the fuselage as 30" long! So the box is 32" long, 20 inches wide and 10" deep. At the bottom is a custom cut piece of foam with slots cut in to take the 1:24 interceptor plus slots for the small Airfix Interceptor and my models of the SPV and Spectrum Saloon car. There is also LOADS of room to allow me to pack other models into the empty space with suitable bubble wrap protections. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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