AdrianMF Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Well I am in. Not sure when I will start, but here is what I will be building: First choice is “grey or sand”. I haven’t even got that far… 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) O.O.B no doubt. Edited January 10, 2022 by spaddad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Well, I did think about drilling the wheels out. You know how it starts… Regards, Adrian 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hi Adrian may I wish you a belated Happy New Year and I should know how it starts by now! cheers, dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, spaddad said: belated Happy New Year And you too! I will try to get one OOB in this year… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hi Adrian Delighted to see you and the Hanomag in the GB. Best of luck with it. Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Nice to see this one. And surely grey with that lovely diorama base? 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, AdrianMF said: I will try to get one OOB in this year… Yeah yeah, I believe you. Edited January 10, 2022 by spaddad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 I think grey with a field applied winter whitewash. Lots of opportunities to dirty it up then. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I can't see the wing sprues in that kit Adrian? Looking forward to seeing what type of magic you can spin with this kit. Those parts all look pretty neat and crisp to me and no one would begrudge you if you decide to just pay it safe and go OOB with this one. Cheers, welcome aboard and best of luck.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: I can't see the wing sprues in that kit Adrian? The undercarriage seems a bit over-engineered, too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 13 hours ago, AdrianMF said: The undercarriage seems a bit over-engineered, too! It looks like 50% of the kit. I'd start with those, get it over with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Couldn’t sleep, sick of SPADs, wanted some nocturnal modelling: This kit is pretty much building itself. I just wave glue at it now and then. I remember on my Airfix Grant build for the MTO GB I spent ages trying to work out what was sprocket and what was sprue, and even then had to whittle everything to get the tracks to fit. Not so here. Matchbox provided really delicate sprue gates between the teeth, which fit perfectly into the holes in the track. The track joining mechanism is really neat, and the bodywork pretty much clicks together. I am very impressed with it all so far. I clearly haven’t built enough Matchbox armour! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 hours ago, AdrianMF said: Couldn’t sleep, sick of SPADs For a minute, I thought you'd gone all political on us Adrian Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 This is different, and at least there is no rigging on this one! A good start too. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 I have continued waving the glue at it, and parts keep getting added: I’ve added a bit more detail in the drivers compartment and painted it (off-) white to add some interest, and I’ve added some wildly over scale rear door hinges too. I will probably add some random military junk to the inside as well. I ended up dotting the holes in the wheels with dilute black, and I have a cunning plan (TM) to get some track sag going: I found a super picture on Alamy (which I obvs can’t post here) that has yielded a scheme and a vignette idea for this build. And in the background you can see my last SPAD getting some love today too… 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Good progress Adrian Signal Passed At Danger? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Ratch said: Signal Passed At Danger? Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés I’ve been building five SPADS (4x XIII + 1x VII) in the aircraft WIP thread, most of which have complicated colour schemes and all of which have fiddly teeny-tiny rigging. That clears my stash of SPADs and I have no immediate plans to re-stock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Finished waving glue, waved a first coat of panzer grey (Hu 67) and voila: It needs another coat and some weathering but I’m pretty chuffed with it as it is and would definitely recommend it. I have a vignette in mind but frankly I’m tempted to finish it pretty much straight and pick up another subject 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 That's looking great mate.. You and me both haven't built enough Matchbox armour, I might need to borrow that glue wand of yours however! Cheers.. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Looking very nice Adrian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Great work so far. I look forward to seeing the finished scene - hope you'll still include the chap hurling himself over the side? 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 Wow! You can tell a popular group build - I put this down for a few days and I’m on page 7! anyhow, I got another coat of grey on and started dry brushing and washing to make it more lived in. I’ve also got a first colour on the tracks and given them some track sag: I need to touch up the tyres as the dry brushing has made them all grey again! I’m planning to do a winter overpainted camo vignette, sadly without the jumping man, who is, I admit, a most excellent figure. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Great job so far Adrian. Good to hear that it goes together well as I've got one in the stash waiting for the Armoured car & Half track GB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 31 minutes ago, TimJ said: Great job so far Adrian. Good to hear that it goes together well as I've got one in the stash waiting for the Armoured car & Half track GB. A Matchbox kit, being built somewhere other than this GB ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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