Jack12477

Happy Birthday Craig  from a real old fossil

Happy birthday, Craig.   

You guys crack me up and thanks for the kind words. I guess we all are getting closer to “old”. I turned 70 today and don’t need to be reminded I am officially a senior citizen. Heck, even my fishing and hunting licenses are free now. The governor probably knows my eyesight and reflexes aren’t much a threat to wildlife anymore. 😀

Me too, with  cars.
 
OC.

Very true, OC.  I wish I was half that good.

Craigs fault  -  he builds  things to good  -  that  are to  real looking.
 
OC.

I too thought it was the model and had forgot about yours being yellow.   I need a new brain....

Put it down to tired ness  and  a  senior moment  also not looking properly,   your work is  so  good   that to be honest  its  not that far different from the  real thing,  just thought I was  being  clever  in a  nice way  my friend  -  don't you just hate it when a sense of humour  bites you  in the  .....
 
OC.

I hope you didn’t really think it was my model. Yes of course it’s a photo of the 1:1 car and annotated to show what details need to be scratch built for the model. It’s a red Ferrari. My model is yellow. You are kidding, right?

Excellent progress Nils. I look forward to the next instalment.

Outstanding work OC. It’s epic!

Thank you  kindly  Alan.
 
OC.

Thank you so much,      Lessons  about figure  painting  is  a  hard one,  think it  just  comes  down to  practice - practice  than more practice,  and  good  light  a  steady  hand  and  good magnification so you can see  tiny details  well.
 
OC.

As always, thanks for the likes and comments, and to those who just take a look from time to time.
 
The kit continues to be a bit of a roller coaster, as some parts go well and others are a bit frustrating.   The most recent bits fall more into the latter camp.  I've put on the rest of the metal parts around the cowl and cockpit.  The fit of those parts ranged from mediocre to poor.  The one "poor" fit was the piece between the two machine guns....I admit the instructions did call that part out and say "adjust if necessary" showing someone taking a file to the side of the part.  Sadly, no amount of filing would make the part 1/8th of an inch longer, which probably would have helped.  As for the other parts, they did not always line up well and it was difficult to tell where the back side of the part came in contact with the rest of the model....e.g. where to apply glue.  Further, those parts had three different "access holes" to allow access to the filler caps for fuel or oil tanks.   Two of those holes do not line up at all with the tank filler below and the third partially lined up.  Oh well.  Below are some pictures.   Oh, you can also see some loose rigging...those lines had to be glued to the back of the metal parts before installing the metal parts.  The other ends will be attached in later steps.
 
Next up is the windshield, though I seem to have misplaced the clear plastic bit for that.  But it should be easy enough to recreate it from the ton of clear plastic packaging used to contain all the cast metal parts in the kit.
 

More progress on the diorama and weathering the Tiger, which is assembled now. Muddying up next...

Just as a  little teaser  -  I  have  placed my  Two  British Cavalry  figures   on the  roadway  just  in front of the  Two 95th rifles,  I will  take pics  of them  later.......
So  this side of my dio  is  getting close to being finished - I will  also add  some  loose left items  like  - muskets  -  backpacks - hats perhaps even a shoe or Two,  then I will  be turning the dio around  and starting to  work on the scenery  on the other side.
 
OC.

I have one of these (and several other WNW ) kits in my ‘retirement’ stash. This looks great ! 

Amazing work Craig  -  still  don't believe  that  photo  I  replied  to is  your model  -  looks  just like  the  real thing  - Amazing.
 
OC.

Alright OC...this is so you get your 'picture-fix' before going to bed tonight.
The gray breather boxes sit dry-fitted, the yellow piece also dry-fitted needs to be painted aluminum and need the scratch-built vertical wings on each side before being cemented in place. The four exhaust pipes can be seen exiting from the rear awaiting their aluminum exhaust tips.
 
Nighty-nite, sleep tite and talk at 'ya later.  
 
 

They are in the mail. You didn't receive yours yet? 😁

That is some engine bay  -  but wheres  your  build  photos?
 
OC.

I'm building out the remainder of the engine compartment. The kit provides most of the detail seen in the photograph but not all. The two dark gray boxes at the rear of the compartment are breathers for the turbochargers. These are included. The aluminum plate notated in the photo is also included, but strangely, the two rounded vertical plates are not included and need to be scratch built. Not a big deal to make a couple but just a note for your future interest if you build the model yourself.
 
Some of the smaller details seen in the photo but are not included in the kit, I'll need to decide whether I will or will not take time to add from scratch.

Clare; you are having way too much fun out there!

Thank you  kindly Ken.
 
OC.