SimonT - 1/72 MasterBox Mk1 Male

[JR]

Pewter, out in force, that track press looks ok Simon.
Just had a carch up, nice work on Dad's radio cover , sure that will help him .:thumb2:
You see how Steve's photo has resulted in all this extra work on the rear,. I'm sure he spends his evenings serching his never ending supply of photos for added titbits. Don't let him tell you it had camo as well in various colors.:smiling2:
Keep up the good work.
John.

[scottie3158]

Simon,
Very nice work the press is ingenious.

[SimonT]

Richard - thanks. It would be easier to construct in 35th that's for sure. 72nd is pushing it a bit to make so small but I think the links will still look better than the rubber kit offering

Cheers Ian

John - got to have pewter :thumb2::smiling: Dads radio cover works well - unfortunately he doesn't! Just tends to flail about bashing at anything and everything rather than looking at what he is doing. I found the whole thing, radio and cover, on the floor the other day :rolling:

Scottie - thanks. I previously made one in 48th for the scratch built Whippet I did on MM (and still haven't finished off :smiling4: ) Being a bit larger they worked better. [ATTACH]315426[/ATTACH]

[SimonT]

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I managed to get a couple of days off work so spent most of today bashing out track links and made a start on assembly

With the punch only being made from plastic it is starting to wear so some of the track rivets are not as well defined as they should be - good job the thing will be in mud. Plenty of chance to hide such deficiencies :thumb2:

I hope they will look ok in the end as this is a very time consuming process

[papa 695]

Great work on the track Simon, makes an whole lot of difference. So much better.

[SimonT]

Thanks Ian - hope to get a few more done today if the press holds up

[scottie3158]

The tracks look very good can you put the ones with less definition along the bottom run and keep the better ones for the top?

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
The track link press looks to have worked well. The results look good enough to only need a bit of mud
Jim

[SimonT]

Scottie - didn't have enough really good ones so had to just be a mixture

Jim - thanks. They don't look too bad and the mud will help

Top....
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Bottom...
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decided not to do complete run on right side as that will be bogged down

[Wouter]

Hi Simon. That's some impressive work here mate. And those homemade tracklinks...godsmacking...Keep it up chap!

Cheers

[SimonT]

Morning Wouter - thanks very much

[Steven000]

Love those tracklinks Simon!
Looking good
Steven

[Steve Jones]

True dedication to the art of scratch building. Very impressive Master Yoda. Coming along very nicely indeed. Permission to carry on:smiling5:

[SimonT]

Steven and Steve - thanks both

Finally got some time to start on the base for this one

Wilko picture frame, glass removed and the fittings prised off the hardboard backing
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made a 40mm high box from 5mm styrofoam and then filled in the middle with polystyrene blocks (packing material from something kept as they looked useful) suitably nibbled to provide a cratered surface

I then started to cover it with celluclay, Gorilla wood glue and brown pigment mixture

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mmmm, chocolate sprinkles....

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I gave up adding pigment as it was using rather a lot so went back to the natural Ready Brek look - need to find some cheap brown poster paint for future

Needs a little more work to build up the edges of the craters then it will be left to dry out, which will take some time
I suspect that it will probably crack as it dries - it has done that on the last two bases

Following any remedial works it will be blathered in Gorilla wood glue and sprinkled with soil


Thanks for looking in

[Steven000]

Looking good Simon, I once also tried to color my plaster-mixture, but it takes a huge load of pigments indeed... So I prefer to paint it afterwards.

Looking foreward to your base,
Kind regards,
Steven