Well then, a little late to the bash, but I haven't been idle. No indeed not. Most of my bench time has been spent removing copious amount of extra plastic kindly provided for me by Revell. Although, to be fair to Revell, this mold started life back in 1967.
The offending article.
And the sprue ? Well, it's more a bag of bits.
The below is actually a sprue with parts attached. This is how I've been spending most of my bench time, slowly carving and whittling at the plastic. Every part needs cleaning.
Now the pilot, isn't too bad. As the cockpit is so sparse, I'll be squeezing the pilot into action.
So gentlemen, please meet, generic Geoff. Figures are not something I paint much at all, but Geoff here, has an important job to do, making the 'pit look reasonable.
Reasonable, that's a good word. that's what this build is going to be, reasonable.
Oh, repair required here. No, I've searched the box, it's actually gone. The propeller tip has departed.
Luckily, Revell provided me with loads of spare plastic.
After a bit of work, it's repaired. It's not perfect, but I fear if I sand anymore, it will drop off.
Have a look at my exhaust stubs, nice aren't they !
I'm only using the engine to hang the prop' and exhausts from, however, there's no positive location for the engine.
I've read before of models that are 'un-buildable' (I made a word up there) This, I believe might be one of them. The thing is, I didn't really want this model, it was part of a job lot, so it did nearly go in the bin. Then i thought, wait, we're modelers, this is what we do. Yes it's nice to have a kit that's easy to assemble, it really is. But once in a while, a return to basic modelling skills can't be a bad thing, can it ?
The offending article.
And the sprue ? Well, it's more a bag of bits.
The below is actually a sprue with parts attached. This is how I've been spending most of my bench time, slowly carving and whittling at the plastic. Every part needs cleaning.
Now the pilot, isn't too bad. As the cockpit is so sparse, I'll be squeezing the pilot into action.
So gentlemen, please meet, generic Geoff. Figures are not something I paint much at all, but Geoff here, has an important job to do, making the 'pit look reasonable.
Reasonable, that's a good word. that's what this build is going to be, reasonable.
Oh, repair required here. No, I've searched the box, it's actually gone. The propeller tip has departed.
Luckily, Revell provided me with loads of spare plastic.
After a bit of work, it's repaired. It's not perfect, but I fear if I sand anymore, it will drop off.
Have a look at my exhaust stubs, nice aren't they !
I'm only using the engine to hang the prop' and exhausts from, however, there's no positive location for the engine.
I've read before of models that are 'un-buildable' (I made a word up there) This, I believe might be one of them. The thing is, I didn't really want this model, it was part of a job lot, so it did nearly go in the bin. Then i thought, wait, we're modelers, this is what we do. Yes it's nice to have a kit that's easy to assemble, it really is. But once in a while, a return to basic modelling skills can't be a bad thing, can it ?
Is this going to be wheels up, or on the ground?
But you're already taming the beast. Geoff looks rather good and will fill the cockpit nicely. In flight sounds good.
