Zenrat's Flying Circus

zenrat · October 02, 2015, 06:00:53 AM

All parts glued onto the Bulldog and it sits on its wheels rather than its tail.

Captain Canada · October 02, 2015, 06:50:44 AM

Wow you're a busy man ! The car sounds interesting.

zenrat · October 02, 2015, 07:07:48 AM

The car is a longterm project for a Community Build on the Model Car Magazine forum. Deadline is December 1st.

zenrat · October 14, 2015, 03:19:46 AM

As the dank weather has gone I have been able to get back to the Delta Dagger.
I've airbrushed shiny paint on the wingtips and tail (that's what I couldn't do in the dankness) and brushed some onto the intakes and nose. The stuff I brushed on is humbrol enamel thinned with tamiya enamel thinners and so far it's taken 5 days to reach a nearly dry stage. And that's with putting it in my dehydrator every time i'm in the shed.

The Falco now has its wings on it. It looks like an amphibious bat.

Porthus canopy framing is painted and I am working on the pilot.

I've also started painting a handful of white metal figures from Elheim. They'll be Secret policemen.

Captain Canada · October 14, 2015, 05:38:13 AM

Can't wait to see the 102 ! Not enough of them about eh ?

zenrat · October 15, 2015, 02:38:07 AM

The Humbrol/Tamiya mix is nearly dry. Nearly...
I had it in the dehydrator on high (risky, but I decided it's a solid enough chunk of model that it shouldn't warp) all afternoon but its still a little tacky.

I painted the faces and hands of the Secret policemen. Most of them whiteys but a few asians to mix things up a bit. There are about 5 in long raincoats and trilbies and 3 in 70's suits/casual (I want to keep shouting GUV! while playing with those - I need a 1/72 Capri or Mk1 Granada).

I got out my Hasegawa 1/72 Kettenkrad & Schwimmwagen and discovered i'd mostly built the Kettenkrad but not painted it. So I started gluing the Schwimmwagen together.

I'm toying with whether or not to ask for an Airfix Shak as a birthday present. I've got quite a few larger 1/72 kits but always seem to find reasons to build something smaller instead. It'll be a while before they reach here though so it'd have to be bought in the UK and posted to me and so that extra large box will be an issue.

Stained our new big bifold doors today. New gloves which again split. 3 brown fingers today.

zenrat · October 16, 2015, 01:18:42 AM

No brown fingers today - Mrs z had 2m of mulch delivered so we shovelled that into wheelbarrows and tipped it onto flowerbeds. I then cut off the top half of the fence that runs alongside the drive. I've been meaning to do this for ages as it opens up a part of the front garden that was rather dark and overgrown. It's still overgrown but now you can see into it. Lots of big spiders - they really don't like the vibrations caused but cutting the slats with a multi function tool.

Who wanted to see round my shed?
I took some pics.
This is the spray painting corner and car model stash storage units 1 and 2.

These are the display cases (aircraft are all at the bottom) and car model stash storage unit 3 (the white cupboard). I have another bookcase (flat packed) which will get a sheet of perspex door and become another display case eventually. Possibly with large builds mounted flat against the back wall on hooks.

This is the modelling bench. It's at the ideal height to work at while standing so I can still build stuff when my backs playing up. The cupboards underneath (formally the vanity in our en-suite) are where the aircraft & military stash is - inside and on top.

This is the lathe and rattle can shelf.

It's all in a bit of a mess at the moment. This is because all the spare floor space is taken up with furniture and stuff from the house that has been moved down there while we finish off the renovations.

DogfighterZen · October 16, 2015, 12:17:08 PM

That's what i call a Big Man Cave...

ericr · October 16, 2015, 01:31:51 PM

a kind of paradise on earth

zenrat · October 18, 2015, 01:05:38 AM

Paradise for the spiders and lizards I share it with.

So, here's a paint comparison. Vallejo Light Grey Green RLM 02 on the left and Mr Color RLM 02 Grey on the right.

Captain Canada · October 18, 2015, 06:26:55 AM

Thanks for the look around ! Messy maybe, but no messier than anybody else's I'd bet....

NARSES2 · October 18, 2015, 06:41:29 AM

Interesting difference of opinion over RLM 02

zenrat · October 19, 2015, 03:48:04 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on October 18, 2015, 06:41:29 AM
Interesting difference of opinion over RLM 02

And it's not even a subtle difference!

dumaniac · October 20, 2015, 10:23:19 AM

Great hobby area

zenrat · November 02, 2015, 03:57:18 AM

Belated thanks D.

i went through the stash today to see if anything leapt out at me as another BoB build. I inspected the Norseman and an RAF rescue launch and thought about a Blenheim or Dewoitine but at this stage all the Soviet kits looked much more inviting. When do we start the Cold War?

So I got on with some car builds. I was feeling motivated anyway (i've been a bit off cars recently) as i'd spent a lot of the weekend reading Hot Rod magazines. I've got a complex kitbash/scratchbuild to finish by Dec 1st which has ben stalled for a while. However, as usual the shortening of the deadline has got the juices flowing. Lets hope nothing major goes wrong.