Airfix 1/12 4.5 Litre Bentley Blower Part 8 Nearly Finished
Well I was hoping to be able to say yes it’s finished but it’s not due to a delay on some mesh cutters not yet delivered apart from that it’s finished and I must say the fit between the bodywork and the bonnet covers is appalling but there’s nothing I can do now so will have to live with it
Anyway here’s what I have done added a scratch built stone guard for the supercharger on the left hand side couldn’t believe they missed that out
Next assembled the windscreen flyscreen I left it as it was as I couldn’t come up with anything better
Added the
decals onto the sides using good old microsol to make them conform to the surface and when dry hand painted over the No 8 as with the front and rear I left the union jacks as they were but they are wrong ones a mirror image of the other which means the broad red stripe part of the flag is correct on one side and wrong on the other oh well
Next I painted the bonnet straps a deep Burgundy Red/Brown and highlighted the buckles in chrome using one of those liquid chrome pens but I just siphoned off a small amount onto a piece of plastic then painted it on using a brush
Afterwards the straps were attached to the bonnet covers ready for final fitting like I said previously my bonnet hinges were useless so I glued both sections together and joined them to each other by way of the straps and that’s it just the lights to add when the cutters arrive
I will the do a all round set of photos in the completed models forum after the lights have been added
I hope you have enjoyed this build with me and maybe some of my tricks and bodges will help somebody on their next build
Next project HMS Hood Amati 1/200 scale wooden frame and plank what have let myself in for 140 issues
Regards
Colin
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