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CrashandBern


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Funny how all those modelling projects take soooo much longer when the sun's out... not that we saw too much of it this summer!

Finally a couple of long term (that shouldn't have taken that long!) no 

master projects have come to an end and I can get on with building some of my stash. 

 

 

I've attached a bunch of images of the masters coming together along with the first castings... in case you're wondering it's a 1/72 scale Mk.I male (female and supply to follow) and a set of Mk.IV supply sponsons, I hope you enjoy smile



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Nice work! The rivets on the scratchbuilt cab, are they stretched sprue with the tips rounded in a flame? I had a go at making rivets like that but found them too inconsistent in size, yours look very even.

I see you've made the cab as a separate piece from the main hull, are you planing to make a Mk II with a different cab? I think that was one of the differences between that and the Mk I, wasn't it?

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Excellent scratch building! Thie castings look great.



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CrashandBern wrote:
I've attached a bunch of images of the masters coming together along with the first castings... in case you're wondering it's a 1/72 scale Mk.I male (female and supply to follow) and a set of Mk.IV supply sponsons, I hope you enjoy smile

Great stuff, Mr X. I've been looking forward to a 1/72 Mk1 for an age, and the Il Principe Nero one is just a wee bit too expensive for me.

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Nice work! The rivets on the scratchbuilt cab, are they stretched sprue with the tips rounded in a flame? I had a go at making rivets like that but found them too inconsistent in size, yours look very even.

Roger, have you seen these "rivet decals" from Archer:

Rivets that you apply like decals/transfers

It's not like the old days any more! smile



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Roger Todd wrote:

Nice work! The rivets on the scratchbuilt cab, are they stretched sprue with the tips rounded in a flame? I had a go at making rivets like that but found them too inconsistent in size, yours look very even.

I see you've made the cab as a separate piece from the main hull, are you planing to make a Mk II with a different cab? I think that was one of the differences between that and the Mk I, wasn't it?

Thanks Roger, the rivets were done with Archer resin rivet decals. I used to slice them individually off of old Airfix kits (mainly their Mk.I) and liquid glue them on to the master but the decal method is far faster and more consistent if considerably more expensive!

I've tried the stretch sprue method but melted masters, burnt fingers and a none too great finished result sent me looking for better ways confuse

The cab's a separate part just to make moulding easier, I think I'm correct in saying you could just use the Emhar Mk.IV kit and replace the sponsons with Mk.I versions to depict a 1/72 Mk.II???

Cheers

Bern

 

 



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Thanks Plastic Fan and PDA.

I started the Mk.I master ages ago as the IPN kit was almost impossible to get hold off... typically it's been re-released now doh but I'm sure there's room in the market for both kits.



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Roger Todd wrote:
Nice work! The rivets on the scratchbuilt cab, are they stretched sprue with the tips rounded in a flame? I had a go at making rivets like that but found them too inconsistent in size, yours look very even.

Roger, have you seen these "rivet decals" from Archer:

Rivets that you apply like decals/transfers

It's not like the old days any more! smile

Thanks for that link! I have seen those rivet decals before, but I was always a bit sceptical - however, having been inspired by your post to look on the web again, I've found a number of interesting photos of scratchbuilt models using those decals and they look better than I thought! Also, looking more closely at Mr X's Mk I, I wonder if he used the Archer's as well? Only he can tell us...

I've been dabbling with Tichy Train Company's injection-moulded styrene rivets on a 1/72 scratchbuild I'm working on (attached). They're very nicely shaped but by god they're fiddly...!

EDIT: Whilst previewing this reply I see Mr X/CrashandBern has confirmed that they're Archer's rivets - thank you for that! They look really good, I may have to order some...

BTW, am I reading too much into your name if I guess you live in Switzerland?



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BTW, am I reading too much into your name if I guess you live in Switzerland?

I'm in the UK although Swiss watch making skills would come in handy for braille scale modelling biggrin



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Roger, you might also like to take a look at the latest article on Landships II. It is an excellent build of a supply tank, by Plastic Fan. He uses Archer rivets as well. You can see it here:

Supply Tank on Landships II

With regards to Mr X's location, click on his name and it will take you to his profile. He has filled in that section of his profile. I don't want to declare it on the open forum.



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D'oh! I thought it was Bern as in Bern, Switzerland - I'd forgotten about profiles, thanks PDA!

Anyway, good luck with the kit, Mr X - will you be casting it yourself?

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Beautiful castings

And also very good article by Plastic Fan,thanks for the tipsmile

 

greetings,Hans.



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Anyway, good luck with the kit, Mr X - will you be casting it yourself?

 Thanks Roger and yes casting is the fun bit so I'll be doing that too.



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hans wrote:

Beautiful castings

And also very good article by Plastic Fan,thanks for the tipsmile

 

greetings,Hans.

 Thanks Hans and thanks for posting the link PDA, that's a great article.



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