The Smythe Meister's Priest

[Airborne01]

Hello Jim, lovely to see you Sir, welcome along :smiling3:

Hi John,seems like you've got your seating sorted out already! ... As for Cohan,I fed him this morning,so you can keep the worms on hold for a few days.

Evening mate,good to see you :smiling3: ....
... See what I did there!...
"Eyes on".. "good to SEE YOU" !!

And you Bud!

[Guest]

Good progress there, but the real work is probably still ahead with that interior, not to mention the gun — artillery is always more work than you think in advance.

[JR]

... so, I've made some progress...
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Wheelie stuff put on, the front end put together,(the bit resting on the cutters),and the engine/driver's compartment laid out, ready to ram together .... Next....
[ATTACH]477765[/ATTACH] ... all together now,I must admit that I like these Academy kits, (although I've not done any of their aircraft yet),one of my most recent AFVs was their Achilles,and they seem to go together really well. :smiling3: ...AND ...
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.... under Halfords Grey :smiling3:
Nice kit this so far, although I'm under no illusions that getting it to LOOK good will be tricky
Looking forward to taking it on mind!
As always, thanks for looking in,and ay thoughts,hints,ideas, more than welcome :smiling3:
Cheers for now.....

Looking good in the primer Andy . Where's our friend, think we need a shot or two of him at the bench please.

[adt70hk]

Looking good so far!

[Jack L]

I enjoyed building this one. Think it may have been my first build on this forum. Look forward to see yours progress.

[The Smythe Meister]

Good progress there, but the real work is probably still ahead with that interior, not to mention the gun — artillery is always more work than you think in advance.

Cheers Jakko,yes, you're spot on, the interior is where it's at...that can make or break the look of these things.

Looking good in the primer Andy . Where's our friend, think we need a shot or two of him at the bench please.

Thanks John,once he decides to grace us with activity I'll get him to pose.

Looking good so far!

Cheers Andrew.... The recent Achilles has proved to be a very useful bit of training for this build up to now.

I enjoyed building this one. Think it may have been my first build on this forum. Look forward to see yours progress.

Hi Jack, I'll have a look for your build and nab some ideas.

[scottie3158]

Count me in Smiffy. I'm glad to see you have put the wingy insanity behind you and got back to proper things

[adt70hk]

Count me in Smiffy. I'm glad to see you have put the wingy insanity behind you and got back to proper things

But has he?????....... For a not so small fee I may be by tempted to publish extracts of a certain PM chat that prove otherwise!! :smiling5:

[The Smythe Meister]

But has he?????....... For a not so small fee I may be by tempted to publish extracts of a certain PM chat that prove otherwise!! :smiling5:

Shhh !!

[scottie3158]

But has he?????....... For a not so small fee I may be by tempted to publish extracts of a certain PM chat that prove otherwise!! :smiling5:

go on spill the beans I promise not to tell anyone.

[adt70hk]

go on spill the beans I promise not to tell anyone.

Need to see the colour of your money first!!

[Scratchbuilder]

Looking good so far Andy :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[stillp]

Need to see the colour of your money first!!

Dunkelgelb.
Pete

[The Smythe Meister]

Dunkelgelb.
Pete

Funny you should should say that Pete.... ...

[The Smythe Meister]

... well then guys...
... Some paint has gone down, the base coat...

... And some more bits to clean up and add to the bang stick...

... There's already an awful lot of bits gone into that assembly.. and there's more to come!!
Cheers for looking in, it's a great kit so far... Must admit that my limited experience with Academy stuff,(just the 2 until now),makes me think they're pretty nice.
Thanks for looking in,
Andy