psdavidson Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Here's my entry for the GB   It's a large box and fairlt deep as well Full to the brim with plastic  Contents shots Instructions and (thankfully) window masks 😌  Nice shiny decals  The body bits  Glazing and pre-coloured marker/indicator lights  Tyres, chrome sproes and other bits'n'bobs  White sprues  Grey sprues  Seats (a lot of seats). There are 2 each of those sprues  And cabin crew  I thought there were 2 figures, but it's just one, with 2 poses I'm looking forward to building this although it will have to wait until a couple of my other GB entries are completed It's been in the stash for a while so it can sit a little longer I bought it in the days when shipping from Japan didn't cost an arm and a leg  More soon(ish) /P   11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 That's a whole lotta bus (and seats)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Looks big, but not too complex (I hope). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I'll want to pay attention to this.  I'm wondering if I could bash that kit into a model of my RV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 Found it!  I knew I had left this thread lying around somewhere  Well, I made a start on the bus yesterday   Lopped off all the moulding supports  The stuck the masks on to the windows.  I was halfway through before I realised they are suppsed to go on the inside but to be fair, there is nothing in the instructions that tell you this It is on the masks themselves, but I don't reead Japanese  I then started assembling some of the bits before the paint goes on  There's some nice detail on the inside of the bus  Fortunately the sinkhole on the steering wheel is on the underside  Then seats, lots of seats  Took a bit of time, but I got there in the end  There's also some decent detail on the tyres   And this is about as far as I can go without colouring in   I will have to start painting. Need to decide which silver to use A quick trip to Halfords to browse their selection appears to be in my future  More soon(ish) /P 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 I was intending to prime everything before continuing with paint and final assembly, but life's too short to stick all those seats to something, prime, paint, then stick 'em all together, so....  I built the seating   then blasted primer at all of the bits 'n' bobs  the chassis was sprayed with rattlecan black and all the bits stuck on  I'll let that cure a while then start spraying body colour, probably next weekend There's a very rough test of the silver on a teaspoon on the right edge  The carpet monster seems to have been very peckish. The bag with the poly-caps and rear axle has gone missing I'll need to do some searching  More soon(ish) /P  3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 That's certainly coming along. As expected, that's a lot of seats 🙂 .... Some nice detail though, not bad at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 Thanks Jeroen  A quick update for today The body was painted silver (Not a very good pic)   I'll let that cure for a bit then give it a rub-down  More soon(ish) /P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 The little bag of bits with the axle and poly-caps has been retrieved from the carpet monster   I hadn't packed them back into the box when taking the original contents shots and had put them "somewhere safe" until I needed them again Obviously, I had forgotten this when it came time to use them  More soon(ish) /P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 I've been a little quiet of late, mainly due to lack of modelling time, but I've not been totally idle  Those many, many seats have had more paint applied. It's all a but patchy but they're never going to be seen behind the dark tinted windows    And the insides are put together (apart from one set of seats which I missed when I was painting)  I did a bit of detail on the driver's office  more soon(ish) /P 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 I hope you're OK, that's a lot of seats 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 Well, now that I've revovered from the seating, and Ermintrude in the Recon GB is finished, I need to get a shift on to finish this one before the deadline  Deacls going on   And more  And on the front  There are some really awkward bits on the sides which will need work Everything has been liberally dosed with Micro-Sol but I reckon it will take multiple coats and then some really careful work with a scalpel  More soon(ish) /P 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Fingers crossed that the bus will be on time! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 On 6/25/2023 at 6:15 PM, Trevor L said: Fingers crossed that the bus will be on time!  I hope so too, but there's been a minor setback    /P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 I'm looking at this on my phone so maybe the picture isn't big enough, what's the mishap exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 Just now, JeroenS said: what's the mishap exactly It's not totally clear in the pic. The silver and the black on the door are reversed  /P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Oooh ok... Well apparently it didn't look weird to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 After a bit of a repaint, this is more like it   And starting the final assembly  The transparent parts really shine in the sunlight   windows and ceiling in place   And ready for final joinery I tried to put 'em together but it's proving to be difficult The shell is a really tight fit over the interior parts  I started knocking seats off, and the dashboard actually came away, so I had to take the shell off again At this point, the ceiling and one of the window panels dived out I've reassembled wverything and will try again tomorrow  More soon(ish) /P  2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 It looks tricky, I hope you can persuade them to get together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 12 hours ago, JeroenS said: It looks tricky, It was  More parts came loose, including the dasboard again but I did manage to persuade the whole thing to go together in the end  I even managed to stick the opening door bits on  And finally, it's done   I really enjoyed building this one, but putting it all together in the end was a chore There are things I would do differently if I was building it again  Anyway, pics in the gallety soon(ish) Thanks to @Robert Stuart @JeroenS and @Pin for the GB, and as always, the leader of the GB massive. @Enzo the Magnificent Thanks also to everyone else for comments, likes, or even just for looking  /P   5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 That was an impressive build, beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 That's quite a good looking beast of a model.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Nice work sir! Glad you got it together without it falling totally apart there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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