Bandai pendle princess

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all I built this and the road roller in my 20s(when it was readily available) and have been looking to get it again for years (but not for the silly money it was going for) well I finally got my hands on it for reasonable money.

Look at all those lovely models they did round the side of the box.




All those models sadly no longer available (probably several others too, I remember building the Rolls Royce balloon car not pictured there) another kit I would love to build again (I've never seen that available even on ebay, so I would imagine if it came up it would be huge amounts of money)

Anyway here are the first parts to be assembled.




And a bit of priming (after loads of filling and sanding.







Oh how I wish Bandia would bring those other models back out.

 

[Dave Ward]

Ken,
couldn't agree with you more! - I'm deeply envious of your find!!!
Dave

 

[adt70hk]

Ken

Looking forward to seeing this come together.

My grandmother's family on my mum's side were from villages in the north Hertfordshire countryside and my mum's, cousins husband had a vintage tractor that he used to show, so we spent many a summer afternoon at a rallies of vintage farm equipment.
Good luck.

Andrew

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ken
I had a steam engine kit bought for me in my teens by an auntie as a birthday present. This one looks familiar. However it was many years ago so it might not have been this kit. Anyway girls and other teenage interests took priority and it was never built. I don't know what happened to it. No eBay or charity shops back then so I imagine mum and dad binned it when I went off to university.
I shall really enjoy watching you built this.
Jim

 

[boatman]

HI Ken this looks a great build an i shall be followin along an are you goin to fit colured leds in the roof top bulbs workin fron a batt as it will set the model off nicely ?
chris

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all well I've tried the first 30+ yr old decal (in an unobtrusive place incase it was a disaster)it seems to be fine



I dont remember this problem when I built there appears to have been some shrinkage, when you try to add the front of the boiler it splits the joint so I had to add a shim to stop it.



All seems to fit ok now.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

More work done on this one, I dont want it too shiny as they just weren't (all that heat oil grease and smoke) plus they didn't have 2 pack paint back then (in fact I think most of them were hand painted with a brush) a lot of the pipework is moulded into the body of the kit, I intend to replace that with actual pipework.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

More work done on this (done some weathering on the engine block) started on the water tank, Im glad the 30+ yr old decals seem to be behaving themselves, got some oil staining to do to the engine block im thinking of trying to scratch build the speed regulator (that may be a little ambitious) the kit one just niggles me, we will have to see how difficult that is, I may still end up using the kit supplied one.

I must say I don't remember the kit being so blooming awkward the first time I built it (then again Id never heard of filling or sanding bits for a better fit in those days)

I'm sure the fit was better then as I didn't have the patience I have now with warped parts, I think if I was struggling then as I am now it would have been bin fodder, strangely, though I'm finding that slightly better as I end up thinking "hey I got that looking ok"( despite the effort it took)

 

[scottie3158]

liking this alot.

 

[Jim R]

Looking great. Glad the decals are ok.

 

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Ken, what a great kit. I’m really liking watching this one. Great work so far.

 

[spanner570]

Lovely work, Ken.
..and again, something refreshingly different.

 

[stillp]

Just spotted this on Facebook marketplace: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/623752588299680
Tempting, but not really for me. I do love traction engines though - had a footplate ride on one last year at a heritage railway where they were having a club meeting in the car park. I was driving my TR4A, and the lady driver of one of the traction engines wanted a ride, so I said OK as long as I can have a ride on yours!
Pete

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Well my missus looked at me like id grown a second head when I bought these in the cheap shop.



I said "what, I can see them being useful in modeling" she said "well if you start wearing my underwear we are getting a divorce"

Heres the first use I've found for them.

This is the regulator the kit supplies




It needs painting but I'm sure you'll agree a big improvement

 

[Mini Me]

Nice Detail work on this Ken........should be the "Bomb" when done.
Rick H.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks good Ken. The boiler and firebox came out well, and that governor is a great improvement on the kit part.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

More work going on on this one

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Added cranckshaft and the generator making slow progress.

 

[Mini Me]

Outstanding job on this one........so much going on at once. Can't wait to see more of this fantastic build.
Rick H.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all I've added some of the pipework to the water tank.