Progress of Ratch's build will be reported here,

Paula

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I shall be building 'Little Nellie'

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This item was bought from e-bay, and (as described) Bond has been assembled but not painted, and the rotor blades have been painted on the sprues. The box is end-opening box (with the Flying Hours removed) and the mid-grey mouldings are loose in the box. The mouldings are virtually flash free, with a reasonable level of detail. Assembly instructions are in 17 stages. Paint call-outs are given for two Wallis WA-116 Autogyros, Bond’s ‘Little Nellie’ and an Army trials version, Middle Wallop, 1963. The decals are perfectly in register.

The first thing of note is that none of the components carry part numbers, either on themselves or the sprues. I started by repainting the parts painted by the previous owner, correcting the colours. I also decided to paint James Bond in Tamiya acrylics.

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The sprues, prior to me starting on them  :|



and Mr. Bond, with pre-shading  :help:

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I have Barbarella's notes on building this thing, Richard.

He said that the pilot "fitted where it touched, which wasn't in many places. I've cut my pilot off the sprues, and test-fitted him, and I don't see the problem. How did you fare?

Edit: Nevermind. I just glued mine together - no problem  :roll:

He was already assembled when I bought it  :roll:



That's a picture from yesterday.
Today I've started the assembly....



Which has been fun  :airhead:

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Nice recovery on 007 there, Ratch!  :thumb:

Dan

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Been painting details this morning  :|

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Do you think you could scratch-build this in 1:72?

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You might be able to, but my skills aren't that good  :oops:  :roll:

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IIRC this kit is 1/12 scale, is that right Ratch?

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1/24 Robert  :wink:

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cheers.......

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Assembly went pretty well last night



Building this in the Army version will result in a tail-sitter, with nowhere to add any ballast  :shock:  :(



The weight of the fairing counterbalances the tail  :)



Like Brews, I'd say the attitude of the machine guns is less than perfect  :(



There is still some way to go with this (although construction work is almost complete)  :)   The seams on both launchers and fairing require smoothing and the paintwork will have to be re-touched  8-)  Although the paintwork is gloss, I shall still Gloss Cote, apply the decals and Gloss Cote again  8-)  The windshield has already been dipped in Klear, and will be secured with ClearFix  :thumb:  Hopefully, then, we will have the finished thing  :P

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If you were making the army version, I think you could probably put weight into the pilot's legs (but you'd have to use the head of, say, a Harrier  pilot).

Alternatively, you could glue it to a base!

Ayup Ratch

Another goodie...

Mish Munnypenny would be proud !  :D

Thanks chaps  :D
I noticed yesterday that the top half of the fuel tank should be painted yellow  :fear:
Stage 2 of the Assembly Instructions clearly state that for the Bond version it should be painted Hu: 11 Metallic Siver Fox, and the Army version should be Hu: 163 Satin Dark Green  :|  On the final paint/decal guide the top half should be Hu: 69 Gloss Yellow, then a decal (of stripes) with the bottom in Hu: 11 Metallic Siver Fox  :shock:  The problem is that at this stage it is impossible to get between the myriad of framing etc  :evil:  It would have been better for stage 2 to depict the required colouring in full  :think:

Anyway, it's now been Gloss Coted in preparation for the decals  :wink:

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A couple of snaps before the decals go on  :arrow:

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Ayup Ratch...

Looking GOOD!