kpnuts
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Hi all finished the marbeling, and I have to say I am quite happy with it, it needs a few coats of varnish to level it out and finish it off but for a first go at it I am happy, I can see me using this a lot
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I think you might want to do some of the standing rigging before you add the sails as I would be quite difficult after the sails are added so I would suggest glue them in first. But hey its your model do it you're way.
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Hi all well this is the most twisted piece of model I have ever worked on.I was wondering if I would be able to get it ligned up at allBut after Hurculean effortsthere are no decals in this kit for the paint work, instead there are these handy moulded linesHandy that is if you want to do it as the box art, not if you want something diffrent so I had so sand all those off.now to try the marbelingI am going to add at least one more colour to this so we will see how it turns out. No biggie if it dosnt work got plenty of oven cleaner.
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Looks really great so far I did this ship when I was in my late teens as I remember it builds into a lovely ship. I've just discovered guilding and I know they do copper leaf have you thought of using that it's dead easy and of course if you wet it being actual copper you would get a very real look. Now I've done some guilding I will use metal leaf wherever I need a real metal look.
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Hi all well this kit is deffo going to be a challenge the frame is full of sink holes and seams also the tank and side panels are moulded in two halves have no locating pins and are warped to hell.I have glued some tabs to one half and am hoping that the wont foul on anything when it comes to putting it on, and also that it will help with lining everything up, fingers crossed.
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Hi all was looking at this today and noticed the mast was bent.so I thought how can I fix that and a cunning plan developed.first break the top of the mast off then drill out a hole in the top of the mast and insert brass rod then reglue the top onsince this pic I decided I dont like the fore mast sail so have removed it was thinking of removing the main sail as well but my missus says no, what do you think would they have had one sail down and not the other or would they both be up or down.
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Hi all I ordered 2 bikes off ebay yesterday, well amazingly one of them came todayof course the first thing I did was a sprue count (did it 3 times)I must say I am quite dissapointed, it's not in the same league as the La Reale there are sink holes and seams all over the place (hope the honda is better. I tried to photo them but they dont really show up in the pics, still on with the show.
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That is a thought, I wouldn't mind a partially started kit but where is the fun in a completed kit, I mean it's the building I like once they're built I quickly loose interest in them, in fact they quite often get canabilised for a dio or something. As I run out of room my models usually end up in the scraps drawer for the parts.
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Hi all I bought off ebay my favourite bike of all time the cb750 k4 Honda and another bike a kwak 1000 the Honda was my favourite bike of all, (and I've owned some bikes I can tell you) the Honda was something else and if i could afford it and one came up now I would buy it just for the memorys .
I would have loved the 1/6 tamiya one but at 350 quid (and that's the cheapest I've seen it ) I went for the 1/8 heller kit (yes the first thing I will do is a sprue count) the Heller kit is silver, mine was red so this will be also I engraved the engine casings on mine so am going to try that on this if the engine is big enough I think looking at my 1/6 bikes it might be, I know you're all yelling I thought you wouldn't get another heller kit, but hey they make some tempting kits. -
Hi all here is as far as i can go its the side arms for her
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well this is on the back burner againas you can see from the parts list sprue 17 and 18 say 2 sprues sprue 9 and 9a are listed together with a sprue count of 2 I stupidly didnt count the number of oars on the sprues (there are 16 oars on each sprue) so the 2 on the parts list means 2 of each 9a and 9 (why didnt they list those to sprues separately or say 4 on the parts count, so now I have to go through the rigmarole of contacting heller again and waiting for the parts, this really is putting me off ever buying a heller kit again, I mean are all there kits like this, I dont think much of the're quality control if they dont even bother doing a sprue check on the contents of a kit.
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Hi all thought I would have a break from the rigging so decided to do the steps, they are supposed to have hand rails but they were so fine one was snapped on the sprue and one broke cutting it off the sprue so will have to make a couple out of copper wire
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Hi all here is tonights nightmare
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Hi all here is tonights episode
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Hi all here is where this one is headed
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Hi all well I'm back on it and here is todays offering
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I've sat down at the table 3 times tonight and done nothing, is this what it feels like to lose your mojo not felt like this before I love modeling but don't seem to have any interest when I sit down.
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Hi all just a quick update I phoned the police this morning a got a very helpful woman, I explained what happened and where yesterday and asked how he was she said she would find out and get back to me, well ten mins ago she did he had surgery and is recovering his wife wants my address so she and her daughter can thank me in person, as the doctors assured her I certainly saved his life(I hadn't even thought of the bigger picture of course he's got a mum and dad, probably grandparents, maybe brothers and sisters) the thought of all those people all wanting to thank me for doing such a little thing, makes me want to cry and embarrasses the he'll out of me I said tell her that I am just glad he's ok and appreciate the thanks but that's all I need.
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Hi all just got back from taking my boss to Harrods to have her hair done.
I was parked at the side of the road in my usual parking place when a woman opposite opened her car door as a motorcyclist was riding past, nearly cut his leg off so (don't know much but I am a trained first aider or was 3 years ago) I spent ten mins with my fist in his groin to stop the bleeding till the ambulance arrived. It was gory but the worst thing was the female car driver was in hysterics the whole time, it may seem callous but I did my best to ingore her and reassure pete he was more concerned about her, I could quite happily gagged her if my hands wernt busy doing other things, I actually feel quite sick now I'm home. This all happened about 1:30 this afternoon. -
Hi all I've just realised there are 24 more tassles to make for this kit, its becoming an epic build not sure I'm not sure it will be finished in my lifetime.
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here is todays update
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Hi all yippee one mast and sail done.
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Hi all well ive tacked the bottom parts on to make the body shell complete so that when I spray the mottled effect I am going to add, it should all match after I've done the interior
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Hi all well I've got the basic shape nowI'm trying to decide do I want guns poking out of the light holes of daggers or maybe just more spikes.I am going to attempt teeth where the rad hole is.
heller 1/8 Kwak z1
in WIP: All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
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