Yes , in a lavender field !!Wow that's not hiding is it?
Yes , in a lavender field !!Wow that's not hiding is it?
I forgot to mention that, I realised later. It seems the colours in the artwork are a bit more lurid than he used for his model.A link at the bottom of that page leads you to a model that's been painted in that scheme and it actually looks great with the colours muted a bit.
Whippets often, but not always, had stowage boxes on the rear corners of the hull, but all museum vehicles I know of (both that I’ve seen in the flesh, anyway) lack them, and Meng seems to have based themselves on one of those instead of on photos of the real thing. The photo of the Whippet in German service I posted shows the frame of the box — it was made of angle iron with wooden sides and bottom, IIRC, so with a bit of damage only the frame would remain. These should be a good practice for scratchbuilding as it’s really just a rectangular box without a lid. I put some CG art of them in the Whippet PDF I referred to earlier, but I’m sure better drawings are available onlineIt also has some storage boxes on the rear that I've seen in a few videos. I might have a go at building some of those, in which case you may see me attempting to make rivets after all! What can possibly go wrong?
And racing pidgeonsDon't forget the flat cap.
Good looking work Andy.
Mike.
I was going to add clogs, but I think that is the other side of the Penines, eyup lad! (Sorry Andy).And racing pidgeons
and black puddin so black even the white bits are blackI was going to add clogs, but I think that is the other side of the Penines, eyup lad! (Sorry Andy).
Steve’s photos above are a good place to begin. The dimensions are easy enough to work out because they nicely line up with parts of the hull and superstructure — the rear is even with the back end of the rear deck, for example, the height reaches to just below the line of rivets by the rail for the grousers on the right side of the superstructure, etc. The main thing to note is that the box on the right-hand side is rectangular with four walls, but that on the left has only three walls, the left one longer than the right so both fit against the superstructure.I haven't found any clear pictures or drawings yet Jakko, but can pretty much work out how they should look from what I have.
Bet even the pillows are full of rivets....Andy .
Sorry late again, b***er, all looking good, don't let" Rivet " talk you into anything complex like multi camo patterns. I've have it on good authority that his bed frame is fully riveted and the quilt is in a camo pattern .
You've done well in such a short time, those upper rollers look as they were fun....... Not .
That looks ok Andy, once it is under a coat of paint who will know the difference.Quick & dirty test to give me an idea of what issues I'll encounter. Sloping rear deck needs accounting for, as do the original rivets. Also needs something more in-scale for the angle iron as it looks a bit chunky in places (it's just 2mm strip that I had), but given a bit of time and thinning down the angle section I think it could look pretty decent.
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