Tim’s completed Airfix Austin K2 ambulance, 1/35, (Dave’s Emergency build)

[JR]

Rumours is she terrorised Old Florance Nightingale!! Ok off to hide

Sssh ! Walls have ears !

[BattleshipBob]

Sssh ! Walls have ears !

Bob no longer lives in Cardiff, seems he grabbed his passport and cash ran, last search on his computer was were to hide in Siberia?

[Tim Marlow]

Tim , Matron was of course extremely impressed, says it took her back to her war years . I didn't ask which war she meant !
Anyway along with the Committee she has awarded you
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Congratulations on a brilliant build .

My thanks to the committee. I would thank Matron personally, but as she reminds me of Bertie’s Aunt Agatha, I’ll give that a miss……

[Tim Marlow]

Sssh ! Walls have ears !

So does Matron…..she keeps them in a jar on a shelf behind her bed!

[The Smythe Meister]

Just seen this Tim... cracking job mate, looks superb
I particularly like the finish on them there chunky tyres.... what's your method for getting that look?!

[Airborne01]

That has certainly repaid the effort you invested in it! Hope your recovery goes apace, well done mate!
Steve

[Tim Marlow]

Just seen this Tim... cracking job mate, looks superb :smiling3:
I particularly like the finish on them there chunky tyres.... what's your method for getting that look?!

Hi Andy. Thanks for the compliments. Tyres are quite simple really. I paint them dark grey (panzer grey in this case), drybrush them in a lighter grey made from black and flesh colour, then give them a wash with diluted game colour black wash to define the shadows. I dilute it fifty fifty with water and add a drop of flow aid. If you use it neat it’s too overpowering. Weathering is quite subdued. If you look at desert stuff the dust usually coats the surface of the tread, not the grooves…….I used pastel chalks in this case. Mixture of white and Naples yellow (I think, can’t check from here) ground up on a scrap of Emery paper.

[Tim Marlow]

That has certainly repaid the effort you invested in it! Hope your recovery goes apace, well done mate!
Steve

Cheers Steve. Glad you like her. Recovery starts now….I’m in a hospital ward, fitted with a cannula, waiting for my infusion to arrive……should be out again by about four :surprised:

[adt70hk]

Well young Timothy what can I say.....

.....'Most excellent!!!'

A really top notch finish, subtle and understated, and all the better for it.

Hope the RA calms down.

Very well done indeed!!

ATB.

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

Well young Timothy what can I say.....

.....'Most excellent!!!'

A really top notch finish, subtle and understated, and all the better for it.

Hope the RA calms down.

Very well done indeed!!

ATB.

Andrew

Cheers Andrew. Very kind of you. I prefer understated to be honest. Some guys are great at heavy weathering, but when I do that it looks like I’ve slung a bucket of mud at it…..desert vehicles always look gritty, not filthy, to me anyway.

As to the RA, fight back starts today……first infusion on the way as we speak…..

[The Smythe Meister]

Cheers Steve. Glad you like her. Recovery starts now….I’m in a hospital ward, fitted with a cannula, waiting for my infusion to arrive……should be out again by about four :surprised:

Blimey.... didn't realise that Tim!
...... Must have looked very crass of me!
All the best for today mate.

[adt70hk]

Cheers Andrew. Very kind of you. I prefer understated to be honest. Some guys are great at heavy weathering, but when I do that it looks like I’ve slung a bucket of mud at it…..desert vehicles always look gritty, not filthy, to me anyway.

As to the RA, fight back starts today……first infusion on the way as we speak…..

Good.... Hope it starts to take effect soon!

[Tim Marlow]

Blimey.... didn't realise that Tim!
...... Must have looked very crass of me!
All the best for today mate. :smiling3:

Nothing crass about it mate. I’m really not precious about this stuff. It’s just part of my disease management. Nothing to worry about, they’ve already given me coffee……. I have this done today, then again in two weeks and I should get relief for six months minimum…..it just means sitting about all day while the stuff drips into my arm. I would have started it two weeks ago if I hadn’t blown the cyst on the back of my knee the day before and ended up in A and E :flushed:

[Tim Marlow]

Good.... Hope it starts to take effect soon!

Four to six weeks apparently…..but I think I get a steroid shot at the same time so that should tide me over…..

[Neil Merryweather]

Cheers Steve. Glad you like her. Recovery starts now….I’m in a hospital ward, fitted with a cannula, waiting for my infusion to arrive……should be out again by about four :surprised:

Best of luck Tim