Viking Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 LGOC (London General Omnibus Company) Coal lorry and London bus dual build. Mini Art 1/35 I tend to lurk here in the vehicle forum to admire the work, as I am mostly an aircraft modeler but I do like the stuff posted here. In fact it does tempt me to have the odd go at building something wheeled now and again, and when I saw the Mini Art London bus I knew I had to get one. The trouble was it looked like a very complicated kit, so I thought it would be better to start with the coal lorry and see how I got on. Both kits share the same engine/chassis moldings, but the lorry bodywork is way simpler than the bus. They are very finely molded and throughout the challenge was always not to break something as I worked on them, especially the bus and all those handrails! Anyway, I persevered with the lorry and then took the plunge and purchased the bus kit. Lovely kits, but they really do make you nervous when working on them! I finished them both over a year ago so here they are! I pinched a bit of my sons model railway coal to scatter on the load bed. And to the bus, only when I had managed to build the lorry did I feel confident to shell out £55 for the kit Thanks for looking, John 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Lovely work on both of them John, really interesting vehicles, especially like the bus, but they're both great models! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 £55 well spent I'd say. Great job, especially with the bus bearing in mind the fragility of all the parts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Nice builds John. The yellow really suits the truck and shows the detail in the kit well. I love the period adverts on the bus too, they really make it. Jo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Excellent results on both kits John, well done! Way to go to tackle these MiniArt kits in such fashion! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old John Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 You have made a great job of both kits, Superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Lovely builds, John. You need to do more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Nice builds, love the look of the lorry, I’m not a fan of shiny trucks unless it’s a show motor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRMRL Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Both look fabulous, damn those miniart kits are good and you've done them well. Impressive. And I love the "stolen" coal, helps finish it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearsightedjohn Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) Fabulous job John on both of these builds. The bus made me recall a Matchbox toy I had as a child, your build makes me want to build this kit as a tribute to my childhood memory. Your subtle paint work on the upper benches, wheels, engine details and contrast between the bright red and the dark red stairs and flooring is particularly nice. I am finishing up an arduous build this week of the Mini-Art M3 Lee kit (the Australian one with full interior) which must have at least 10,000 oversized molding gates that needed to be trimmed and cleaned-up. I identified with your “breaking delicate parts” comment, I gave up trying to use any of the micro molded tubing/ hose parts and replaced most of them with solder wire. Mini-Art kits are definitely not for beginners! Edited June 28, 2023 by nearsightedjohn Content corrections 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Very impressive oldtimers - right out of a museum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Two very well finished models. Great stuff. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Those look excellent! I'd say you're quite the vehicle builder, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Smith Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Two lovely period piece models. I remember building the 1/32nd scale Airfix version of this bus many years ago and unlike this one the ads were printed on paper and not decals would you believe! I don't know if they went over to decals eventually in one of their re releases over the years though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 6/25/2023 at 8:10 PM, Viking said: LGOC (London General Omnibus Company) Coal lorry and London bus dual build. Mini Art 1/35 I tend to lurk here in the vehicle forum to admire the work, as I am mostly an aircraft modeler but I do like the stuff posted here. In fact it does tempt me to have the odd go at building something wheeled now and again, and when I saw the Mini Art London bus I knew I had to get one. The trouble was it looked like a very complicated kit, so I thought it would be better to start with the coal lorry and see how I got on. Both kits share the same engine/chassis moldings, but the lorry bodywork is way simpler than the bus. They are very finely molded and throughout the challenge was always not to break something as I worked on them, especially the bus and all those handrails! Anyway, I persevered with the lorry and then took the plunge and purchased the bus kit. Lovely kits, but they really do make you nervous when working on them! I finished them both over a year ago so here they are! I pinched a bit of my sons model railway coal to scatter on the load bed. And to the bus, only when I had managed to build the lorry did I feel confident to shell out £55 for the kit. Thanks for looking, John A lovely build of the bus, but the only thing that annoys me about the kit is that the decal sheet GENERAL fleetname is wrong. the "G" is a totally different shape to the real thing and to me detracts from the finished article. Selwyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Lovely and interesting works! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 I love the period vehicles, you have nailed them both. . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Hi John I just noticed these two exquisite models by chance. They are both superb and the detail on the lorry engine is wonderful. Like you I lurk on the vehicle forum from time to time and admire the work of others but so far I have resisted the temptation to stray from the straight and narrow of 1/144 airliners! All the best Dave G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Those are brilliant John, I really like the look of them, you've a very deft touch in your detailing. 👍 Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Sorry I missed these model vehicles, John- Amazing quality of work on both - I could never pull these off to your standard so envy your workmanship. Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer matt Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 These are cracking builds of kits that I am nervous of. The bus in particular has so much appeal. Further to @Selwyn s comment about the fleetname, it appears to be a pre ww1 style, and the G was certainly an odd shape compared to that on the underlined fleetnames. I am going to attempt a link to a LTmuseum photo that shows it, but it will be copyright so if the pic appears I will have to delete it. The photo does also show that the lettering was shaded. This above is entirely incidental to your model. Matt https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/2004-8289 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, Farmer matt said: These are cracking builds of kits that I am nervous of. The bus in particular has so much appeal. Further to @Selwyn s comment about the fleetname, it appears to be a pre ww1 style, and the G was certainly an odd shape compared to that on the underlined fleetnames. I am going to attempt a link to a LTmuseum photo that shows it, but it will be copyright so if the pic appears I will have to delete it. The photo does also show that the lettering was shaded. This above is entirely incidental to your model. Matt https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/2004-8289 Thats deceptive due to the letter highlighting not being very visible in the B and W image, the "G" Font never changed throughout Generals existence although they did change the fleetname to the underlined central letter sstyle when the the lighter red livery was adopted in 1913/14 time. I can see how miniart made the mistake. Selwyn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 Thanks for the feedback chaps, I hadn't noticed the shape of the 'G' but I see what you mean. Fortunately I'm not too hung up on the error, I enjoyed both the builds and that's the main thing for me! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryedale Wolf Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Great job on both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 True masterpieces ! They deserve a museum exhibit 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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