Flightpath 1/48 Beaverette Mk.III Airfield Defence Vehicle -- FINISHED

[dnl42]

The wheels are mounted on a center hub that marries to the axle. Dry fitting and drilling enabled the hubs to properly seat in the cast wheels. Additional filing of the end of the hub enablef the front PE lug-nut plate to properly seat in the wheels.

 

Here is the nearly complete chassis, still in need of some representation of the tie-rods and center link. Again, thiis is purely speculative on my part, but at least it doesn't have a big ol' hole in the middle.

 

I used 10 mill strip for the spring leaves, with 4 leaves per spring. The longest leaves were glued to the chassis and bent over the axle. The others were pre-bent overnight and then glued in place.

 

This is a dry-fit of the nearly complete chassis to make sure it sits well.

 

With Tamiya's 1/48 Tilly.

 

Almost there!!!

 

 

[ColonelKrypton]

6 hours ago, dnl42 said:

purely speculative on my part

 

Speculative or not, it certainly does look the part. Your Beaverette Mk.III is looking quite nice.

 

cheers, Graham

 

[dnl42]

I completed a vague facsimile of steering kuckles & tie rods.

 

I filed the edges of the hull with a 0-cut file with no attempt to smooth any gouging, hoping it will look like a weld bead. I then airbrushed all the metal parts with Mr.Metal Primer. Flightpath had etched lines in the sides to represent weld lines; I overlaid those with Archer Fine Transfers' arc weld beads. I also overlaid the punched rivets, which I had already filed smooth, with AFT's fastener heads.

 

With that, it's off to the paint shop! 

 

[Bullbasket]

This is an unusual one. Nice work with the etched brass and those springs. I might be pinching that idea.

 

John.

[exdraken]

Wow, great work!!!

 

 

Looks like an interesting little kit! 😀

[dnl42]

Thank you for you comments and likes!

 

With some end-of-year work efforts and prep for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day done, I was finally able to get back to work. Google showed several contemporaneous camo variations, but I decided to stay with the 'black circle/oval' pattern suggested by Flightpath. I first painted the body Mr Color Flat Black and masked off the black areas with circles and ovals cut from Fristket using my Silhouette Portrait. As the Firsket isn't that flexible, I seperately maked and airbrushed Mr. Color Dark Earth on each slab side.

 

There's some touch up to do, especially in the corners, but I'm satisfied with the result.

 

 

I'll use decals left over from a Tamiya Tilly.

 

Thanks for looking! 

Edited December 27, 2022 by dnl42
The cold meds were stronger than I thought!

[Geo1966]

Looking good with some paint on. Good idea to use the circles for masking.

 

George

[Bullbasket]

Good work with the masking. Mickey Mouse looks great.

 

John.

[dnl42]

2 hours ago, Bullbasket said:

Good work with the masking. Mickey Mouse looks great.

 

John.

I suppose the association is inevitable given the shapes. 

[dnl42]

Woohoo! Done! With a lightly armored body on a civilian auto chassis, it's one of the dodgier subjects in the GB.

 

As they didn't appear to have extensive markings, I just went with a (Tilly) serial and the bridge plate.

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for the comments and likes. 

 

[dnl42]

Here are some comparison shots with Tamiya's 1/48 Tilly and Humber Armoured Car

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bullbasket]

15 hours ago, dnl42 said:

I suppose the association is inevitable given the shapes. 

Yes, that style of camouflage was colloquially known as Mickey Mouse Ears.

The finished job looks excellent. Very nice work. I have a question for you about the Tilly. What paint did you use for the tilt?

 

John.

[Trevor L]

Great job. A really interesting build.

[Robert Stuart]

A lovely build, with some interesting diversions along the way, thank-you.

[dnl42]

10 hours ago, Bullbasket said:

Yes, that style of camouflage was colloquially known as Mickey Mouse Ears.

The finished job looks excellent. Very nice work. I have a question for you about the Tilly. What paint did you use for the tilt?

 

John.

Hm, that's right Mickey dates from the late 20s. For the tilt, I used a base of Mr.Color Sail Color (C45) with Khaki (C55) and Tan (C44) for depth and highlight.

 

7 hours ago, Trevor L said:

Great job. A really interesting build

 

2 hours ago, Robert Stuart said:

A lovely build, with some interesting diversions along the way, thank-you.

Thank you all. While a little daunting at first, this was ultimately a wonderful kit. Quite an interesting vehicle and the challenge of all metal. It also helped to prepare for other Flightpath kits in the stash--a 1/48 Nissen hut and various bits to go with it.

[edjbartos]

Very nice , looks great

 

Ed

[Bertie McBoatface]

I've never seen a build like this before. It's very inspiring. I can't believe that you laminated your own road springs. Just amazing!