Christmas Group Build?

[Eric Mc]

Beautiful

[Spottedlaurel]

Great to see the variety and quality of finished builds!

Nearly three years after starting it I finally got the Hiace off the bench this morning and outside for some photos:



Sold new in the UK by Park Toys (Chorley area?) for £7.99.



Painted Austin-Rover sandalwood beige (from a Halford aerosol).





Nice to get it done at last. Only got two longer-term WIPs to finish now, plus a couple that I started recently.

Edited by Spottedlaurel on Sunday 28th January 20:40

[dr_gn]

Spottedlaurel said:

Great to see the variety and quality of finished builds!

Nearly three years after starting it I finally got the Hiace off the bench this morning and outside for some photos:



Sold new in the UK by Park Toys (Chorley area?) for £7.99.



Painted Austin-Rover sandalwood beige (from a Halford aerosol).

Very nice work. Looks like today is the day for completing long-term projects!

[jeremyc]

Fantastic work from dr_gn and Spottedlaurel.

I really like both of those - lots to aspire to.

[Spottedlaurel]

dr_gn said:

Very nice work. Looks like today is the day for completing long-term projects!

Thanks, and fantastic work on the Spitfire!

[robemcdonald]

Two excellent builds!

[dr_gn]

Thanks all.

This thread has suddenly come to life this past couple of weeks.

[AlfaCool]

Well done Doc.
Threw that one together quickly didn't you.

[dr_gn]

AlfaCool said:

Well done Doc.
Threw that one together quickly didn't you.

Still got two long-termers on the bench. Not starting anything else until they're done. Lesson learned.

[gruffgriff]

Spottedlaurel said:

Another really lovely job Spotted! Bet the kit designers loved that task! I'm really in to building the kit rather than replicating a subject these days (old nostalgic fart) and would love to do that Hiace.

I do detect the cautious return of mojo dr_gn...don't give the Vulcan a chance to scare it off again!

[Spottedlaurel]

gruffgriff said:

Another really lovely job Spotted! Bet the kit designers loved that task! I'm really in to building the kit rather than replicating a subject these days (old nostalgic fart) and would love to do that Hiace.

Thanks GG. I imagine there are many different reasons why and ways we get enjoyment out of messing about with a few bits of plastic. I do like the build process, but rather than replicate something that already exists and may have already been built by numerous people beforehand, I get a lot of satisfaction out of creating something that existed as an image in my head.Also, I'm not always good at finishing things and it's very pleasing to actually complete a project of any sort....