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stuzzar · Posted: Wed 23 Apr 2008 13:26 pm Post subject:

My build will feature the Airfix 1/32 scale Bentley and will be based on the illustration by Paul Sample shown at the link below.

http://pictures.abebooks.com/DOUGANDDEB/501175278.jpg

Spiffing stuff

Cheers

Stu

feanor · Posted: Wed 23 Apr 2008 14:08 pm Post subject:

Ayup Stu...

I'vejust finished all of spike's books, and i must admit they've left me feeling a little bit down (!)...

I think a quick shufti through this and 'The Throwback' should get me smiling again... (or is it the thought of going back to work tomorrow?)
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Those Tom Sharpe novels are hilarious! Paul Sample is best known amongst bikers for his 'Ogri' cartoon strip which is also usually a hoot.

Are you going to put a cartoon character behind the wheel Stuzzer?

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stuzzar · Posted: Thu 24 Apr 2008 17:15 pm Post subject:

My intention is to attempt to model the characters as shown in the Paul Sample illustration, not sure how they will turn out but it will be worth a laugh whatever the result

Vintage stuff is a great book to cheer yourself up with, it is absolutely hilarious. I remember reading it on the train when first published and having to get off a few stops early because I was laughing so much ROTFL

Must dig it out and give it another read, am visiting the in-laws in early May, seems like a good excuse

Cheers

Stu

feanor · Posted: Thu 24 Apr 2008 17:43 pm Post subject:

Ayup Stu...

I started it yesterday...

It's a good laff...
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stuzzar · Posted: Sat 21 Feb 2009 17:31 pm Post subject:

OK, a little tardy of me but finally got this one under way last night

Following the instructions I started with the assembly of the body, the fit is not to clever and the ridge that runs the length of the bonnet did not look to good

I decided to sand the central ridge back and add a new one from plastic strip

Here is the new strip in place along with the radiator part, notice the wonderful injection pin mark in the radiator grill, impossible to remove

Here is the body assembly with the chassis sides now in place, a great deal of filling and sanding was required on the rear of the body

The lower body section, seats and front and rear axle have now been added, a little filler was required either side of the body where the weather cover behind the seats meets the body work

On my example, the frame work for the headlamps was broken and part was missing so I had to fabricate new bits from plastic rod, these are not exactly correct but serve the purpose. I also added a new one piece bar between the front sections of the chassis.

With a little effort the 'wings' were added, there is not real guide for the fit of these, much cursing ensued

Finally I test fitted the wheels, they will be removed to aid painting

All in all not a bad evenings work

Cheers

Stu

feanor · Posted: Sat 21 Feb 2009 18:19 pm Post subject:

Ayup Bruv...

Sterling Stuff ! That lot would have taken me much, much longer.

Have you done this kind of thing before...?

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Ratch · Posted: Sun 22 Feb 2009 11:33 am Post subject:

Nice work

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Heinkel51 · Posted: Wed 06 May 2009 02:52 am Post subject:

Looking forward to seeing more of this one.

Cheers

dancho · Posted: Wed 06 May 2009 10:35 am Post subject:

Looks good.
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stuzzar · Posted: Wed 06 May 2009 15:54 pm Post subject:

Thanks chaps, this one will probably crawl back onto the work bench shortly, I really want to give it a nice dark (probably black) undercoat but need to do it when Mrs Stuzzar is out as I intend to use a spray can and may get myself into trouble if she finds out as we do not have much space for that sort of thing

Cheers

Stu

stuzzar · Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009 15:33 pm Post subject:

The Bentley is all made and painted, just need to fit the steering wheel, and am planning to add a couple of small aero screens by way of windscreen/s as opposed to the lump of grey plastic that comes with the kit, these may not be strictly correct but I feel that they will add to the sporty nature of the vehicle.

Will post some progress pictures later.

Next up the sculpting of the two characters

Cheers

Stu

stuzzar · Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009 20:28 pm Post subject:

OK some more pictures of progress so far

Here it is with the initial coat of green over the black undercoat, I used Dark Angel Green from the Citadel range, looks rather natty I feel. I suspect that the seat should be black leather but I do love a bit of contrast so went for a lightish brown colour (looks a bit orange here

).

The wheels are yet to be painted at this stage.

In these two picture the job is almost done, the seats have been given a wash of a darker brown which has helped to pick out the detail. All that remains is to paint the wheel nuts.

Shame about that huge gap in the bonnet/hood, wish I had blocked it out with something.

And here is the finished thing, just a the aero screens to add along with the steering wheel and of course the figures. As you can see I have taken a little bit of artistic licence with the colours around the radiator grill but they do add to the comic/cartoon feel.

Cheers

Stu

Ratch · Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009 20:58 pm Post subject:

Excellent paintwork

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stuzzar · Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009 21:51 pm Post subject:

Thanks Ratch, I do enjoy building these 1/32 cars once I get started on them, they come up quite well really.

Cheers

Stu

TopGun · Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009 22:01 pm Post subject:

Awesome
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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009 22:58 pm Post subject:

Storming!

All the best
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