Pics of your models, please!

[AlfaCool]

So i just finished this.
Its a Brabham BT46B (the fan car)
Took just over a month of night time building, im a model every 6 months type of guy.
Im 80% happy with it overall.

Edited by AlfaCool on Wednesday 16th February 21:13

[AlfaCool]

Dont know why its only put up one pic?
|https://thumbsnap.com/GVrQQK6E[/url]

[AlfaCool]

Anyhoo.

[AlfaCool]

Last one.... SORRY.

[Stealthracer]

One of my favourite cars of all time is that.

[generationx]

Nice - the Fujimi 1/20 kit? How was it to build?

I like the dustbin lid

Also: User name checks out

[AlfaCool]

Yes thats the kit.
The fit of parts was very good, the instructions not so.

Edited by AlfaCool on Monday 14th February 22:16

[gruffgriff]

Storm Eunice casualties: Loose fence banging on the back of the shed. No injuries but damage running into the high tens of millions...250 GTO and 2 LMs under the crush...not to mention the Alfa GTV!
Sunday I will mostly be glueing....Pretty cool though!

[robemcdonald]

Gutted for you bud.

Hope you can salvage most of them.

[PH User]

robemcdonald said:

Gutted for you bud.

Hope you can salvage most of them.

[wibble cb]

That blue Porsche looks a write off ..!

[AlfaCool]

STANDARD DOPEY ANSWER.
Yeah that will polish out,

[robemcdonald]

I wasn’t trying to be clever. I’m genuinely gutted.

There’s a lot of hours there.

[Stealthracer]

As a fellow modeller, I feel your pain gg. Good luck with the repairs.

[Prolex-UK]

Commiserations

To quote the PM

Build back better

[Spottedlaurel]

Oh no Gary! Good luck in finding any parts that have become detached and getting them all back together. Hopefully no write-offs.....

[gruffgriff]

Happy to report absolutely no damage, just the detachment of 3 mirrors, 1 numberplate, a 911's windscreen and Neil Armstrong! Think the modelling gods were being generous after their messing with the SLCs decals....

[robemcdonald]

Good news!

[Spottedlaurel]

gruffgriff said:

Happy to report absolutely no damage, just the detachment of 3 mirrors, 1 numberplate, a 911's windscreen and Neil Armstrong! Think the modelling gods were being generous after their messing with the SLCs decals....

Phew!

I don't know if you've managed to do anything with the SLC decals I sent you, but the rear axle and springs you kindly provided for my '57 rebuild have been put to good use:


1:24 Monogram 1957 Chevy kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr


1:24 Monogram 1957 Chevy kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr


1:24 Monogram 1957 Chevy kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Refresh of a kit I first chucked together back in the mid '80s, brush-painted black Humbrol enamel and all. It'd been in parts box for 30+ years but I managed to assemble enough of the original and parts from other kits to put it back together again, along with that generously donated rear axle. I did a better job of the brightwork this time with bare metal foil and polished the original paintwork, with just the bonnet being repainted and a few bits of touching-up (so easy with brush paint!).

It's not perfect or very detailed, but it's pleasing to see it on display again.


1:24 Monogram 1957 Chevy kits by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Here it is alongside the '57 that I took in a slightly different direction.

Edit: Linking it back to the Mercedes SLC kit, the headlight lenses I used this time around are from the rally car's spotlights.

Edited by Spottedlaurel on Sunday 20th February 21:28

[CubanPete]

This is a short kit from Sarik. It is a very short kit, basically the formers and longerons to build the frame, and then 'refer to photos'.

Base is plywood, the sides are planked with mahogany,and the deck will be mahogany,walnut and spruce.

Lot of sanding, epoxying the inside and drilling the bottom is the next brave move before I start with the decking.

Interior and engine bay will be 3D printed, and hopefully airbrushed by a friend who is good at it..

With a young family, a toylander, and a doer upper with a big garden... It has taken about a year so far, so plenty still to go and the backlog of models is starting to grow.