And another slow build - Antar Mk.3 + Trailer....

[Tim Marlow]

About two months ago we lost our good lady Mavis....
Well SWMBO decided we would have another 'child' and yesterday we went to the parents home to view our new one. Ours is the one with the red collar....
WARNING - Do not show the wife this photo - you have been warned.....
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I did warn you not to show the wife......

Not just the wife…..they are far too cute! I hope you have many great years with him/her. Can’t beat an animal in the house. It brings the house to life!

[scottie3158]

Mike,
What better christmas present could there be.

[Scratchbuilder]

Not just the wife…..they are far too cute! I hope you have many great years with him/her. Can’t beat an animal in the house. It brings the house to life!

Tim, I could not agree more with you, this one will bring us back up to three.

[Scratchbuilder]

Mike,
What better christmas present could there be.

Better than winning the lottery....

[Scratchbuilder]

Update,
Well that is that over with for another year..... What do you do with two tins of Quality Street, a tin of Roses, a packet of Roses, a box of Maltesers, two Xmas chocolate Santa's, a chocolate cake that serves 12 - but there is only two of us, and now she tells me she is starting a diet on Monday.....
Got the fan assembled and ready for priming..

And then got the two fire extinguishers finished, primes and the main top coat on each...


More later.
Cheers
Mike.

[adt70hk]

Mike,

Sorry got behind on this. That really is coming on beautifully.

Keep up the great work.

Andrew

[JR]

Very nice indeed Wibble.
Had a leisurely read through, love the tarp method, not heard of that one before.

[Lee Drennen]

Very cute pups not worried about the wife it’s my Daughters seeing this. Very nice scratch building updates look great

[Ian M]

Looks to me that the hard work and scratchery is paying off. Love the pups.
Now about all those sweetie tins.....

[Airborne01]

I remember the MCTG (crewed by displaced persons (?)) in Munster, and the mighty Antar of course, loved them! You're making a great job of this mate!
Steve

[Jim R]

How cute are those puppies.
Modelling is pretty good too.

[Graeme C.]

Just had a catch up Mike, this resin kit looks 'challenging', but you're doing a great job on it.

[Scratchbuilder]

Many thanks for all the kind comments - still working my way through the sweetie tins, two more to go and wilting....
The cab has been painted with the top coat as have the doors and bonnet/hood sections. Masking was carried out with Tamiya tape and my trusty disc cutter (leather punch)...




What looks like finger prints on the top of the cab are just from dust when handling the cab once it was dry.
The headlights and fire extinguishers are now in place, the grill is there for show and will be permanent once the cab has been fitted...


And that is it for today.
A word for John in the shop - thankyou for a fast service.
Happy New Year to you all.
Mike.

[Jim R]

Looking good with it's coat of paint. Extinguishers are sublime.

[Scratchbuilder]

Update,
The cab has had a wash of black oil and then a dry brush of the top coat to bring out the highlights - but with Green on Black there is not much chance....


The cab is only dry fitted, I want to add all the light lens first and it is easier to handle.
So why paint and wash were drying off I turned to the trailer. So far the susspension bogies are fitted and without too much of a fight. But the landing legs have made up for that....

The arm for the flat plate is supposed to go over the arm on the right and the left small locator is supposed to fit between the middle two securing brackets. I now have to file down and to reshape these to allow the holes to line up - but that is for tomorrow.
More later,
Cheers
Mike..