WW1 B-Type Bus Pigeon loft. RODEN1/72

[Ian M]

Those pigeon are going to be a bugger to paint.

[David Lovell]

Those pigeon are going to be a bugger to paint.

Ian you could well be right apart from one or to the might well bugger off. Dave

[Allen Dewire]

Wow Dave, you are making some great progress there. I'm surprised on how much flash that kit has. I built their Vomag w/88mm AA gun and that kit had hardly any flash at all. Yea, the sprue gates were a bit large, but the parts cleaned up easily. Have fun with the pigeons when the time comes, as I wouldn't know how to paint them, even on the sprue!!!...

Prost
Allen

[David Lovell]

Wow Dave, you are making some great progress there. I'm surprised on how much flash that kit has. I built their Vomag w/88mm AA gun and that kit had hardly any flash at all. Yea, the sprue gates were a bit large, but the parts cleaned up easily. Have fun with the pigeons when the time comes, as I wouldn't know how to paint them, even on the sprue!!!...

Prost
Allen

Thanks Allen I remember the vomag build was it in a groupe build ,its not a bad little kit just want a bit of tlc its when you stop enjoying that the problems start. Dave

[Allen Dewire]

Yes Dave, it was for a GB and became a shelf queen. It was my first foray into 1/72 in over 40 years. It looks like you are giving this one a lot of TLC. Should be really interesting and nice when you get her done. Just have fun my friend......

Prost
Allen

[JR]

Seeing those shots of the sprues and then what you've achieved , well done mate .
You'll soon have it in shape , if you can build an ACE Kit then this should be better .

[David Lovell]

Seeing those shots of the sprues and then what you've achieved , well done mate .
You'll soon have it in shape , if you can build an ACE Kit then this should be better .

Thanks John ,now come on you know my thoughts on this , there's no such thing as a bad kit just some aren't as good as others ,as you know I dont mind a little bit of fettleing as our late friend would have said to achieve the end goal they are what they are good little kits just not as good as some of the others out there.
As for our friends at Ace my self I wouldn't even put them in the top five of unfriendly plastic. Its all down to personal choice Bovril ,marmite its what makes this hobby and especially this site. Dave

[David Lovell]

Hey ho week ago to day went to dentist ,had a crown fall out (pin and all not bad though must have been in there for at least forty years )so any way cut a long one short thought I was popping in just to get it cemented back in place what was it Kyle sang i should be so lucky ,ended up having to have bone removed from upper jaw the crown next to the one that fell out removed this was fixed to the original tooth not a steel pin like the other one , that all snapped leaving the root in wich it seems wasn't to happy to be evicted but apparently when all healed will be good to have a bridge fitted bloody bridge to far if you ask me still a week on and its not to bad now. Have got up and down from the bench(dining room table) it serving as a distraction from the discomfort recon ive pushed it as far as possible now without paint so shall clear the bench and set up for some airbrush work ,any glazing can go in at the final throws as I bolt it together I dont honestly think much of the interior will be visible but I'll make the effort. I have on my last few builds started to fix a lot of the small pieces with CA not easier by any stretch but much stronger especially if the plastic is that soft stuff touching the part with extra thin(anybodies) you can almost watch small pieces melt away ,anyway heres where were at

That bloody mesh stuff just falls apart liquid cement won't even touch it ive had to fix it all with CA

Talk about a pain in the gums do your best to cut it over size fix it with the CA then trim it off carefully strand by strand.
And to finish of a couple of shots of it just mocked up


Other half off to visit her mum next week so should find some time to crack on with the paint ,im off now before bed to swill my mouth round with some bourbon strictly medicinal you understand. Dave

[Guest]

Great work, especially with mesh as tricky as that … why model manufacturers supply mesh that’s just woven together, I don’t know …

[David Lovell]

Great work, especially with mesh as tricky as that … why model manufacturers supply mesh that’s just woven together, I don’t know …

Honest Jakko talk about make it hard work plus having to battle against them only giving you enough for the model its pushed my patience to the limit ,the rest of the kit has been good no more problems than I already expected ,sticking to my mantra of there's no such thing as a bad kit some just aren't as good as others. This is one of them but a little bit of TLC its coming on nicely. Dave

[Guest]

The good thing is that replacement mesh would not be all that hard to find, if you found you had cut up too much of it. Tamiya’s old 1:35 scale kits tended to give you plenty, for example — but, of course, that depends on having some of it in the first place.

[JR]

God the visit to the dentist sounds painful Dave :surprised::sad:
Build looking good .

[David Lovell]

God the visit to the dentist sounds painful Dave :surprised::sad:
Build looking good .

Thanks John not painfull but still bloody uncomfortable never mind they want to leave it for a month to heal so shouldn't expect to much ,looking forward to throwing some paint about must crack on trying this year to go with you've started it now finish it. Also if its not in the stash you can't have it if its in the stash you must have fancied it at some point so build it. Only trouble being and this is a worry I think the armour stuff only just out numbers the wingy things!!!! Dave

[Si Benson]

Great to see you tackling something outside the norm Dave, looks like you’ve wrangled it into shape nicely :thumb2:

[David Lovell]

Well house to myself for the week so got up showered used my mr hobby snips to cut my toe nails and did egg bacon beans and fried bread for breakfast, slobed out watched some cricket played some doom on the ps4 then made my self clear the table for action, takes longer to gear up and clean the airbrush than it does to lay the primer down , might get some more done this afternoon but you know how it is.......



Dave