Lee Chambers Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Hi folks, I am calling this TB-2 build done. However, it probably will finish up in the docking bay diorama when I get round to it. It was a fairly straight forward build, apart from the decals which were well past there sell-by date! I had to spray them with GX 100 clear to stop them from breaking up. They took about 30 minutes to start to come away from the backing paper and that was only because I teased them off with the help of a scalpel blade, sliding it under the decal a bit at a time. Then they left a huge amount of carrier film around them, they look worse in the photos than they do in person. I decided in the end to fill the windows with UV resin, as in this scale they just looked odd without them. The rear exhausts are covered in a wraparound sticker that the kit provided, I used it as the colours looked accurate and it would have been fiddly to paint all the stripes and get a better colour match. Also, the wide stripe over the back of the cockpit was a kit sticker, but it was yellow which looked too bright, so I painted it over with a cream birch colour, which I believe is more accurate to the filming model. The number 3 Elevator car was used in the Fireflash episode; it malfunctioned and was replaced by car number 2 if memory serves me right. FAB everyone! Paints used 1500 black surface primer / rapid thinner Super Metallic iron 2 Aqueous H6 Green / h16 yellow green / rapid thinner Scalecolor Birch / Iroko Starship Filth enamel wash AK Dust effect wash Mig Metal Slag pigment Hataka Matt clear / Rapid thinner Gundam Marker gun metal GM22 28 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Works for me. Love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Chambers Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 On 07/03/2021 at 20:30, Pete in Lincs said: Works for me. Love it! Cheers Pete and everyone,it's nice to build something from our childhood from time to time.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACETRACK Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 fantastic. Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32buds Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Great build. That colour is perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Oh wow - another stunning build - I love it. You really do have a brilliant way of presenting your work - very, very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) Very nice result there. Well done. Edited March 16, 2021 by roymattblack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 All the childhood memories of Sunday afternoon in the 1960s come flooding back.Beutifull model ,with its tractor units deploying to save fireflash .Excellent well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelMonkey Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Great work! Easily the coolest of the lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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