DougT
Western Thunderer
After more than a few posts, and no small amount of lurking, I thought it time to formally say hello and also use the opportunity to see what can be achieved in the world of 7mm in three hours...
...so, with movement restricted due to incapacitation of the left knee and a business trip to Liverpool occasioning an overnight stay it seemed the ideal opportunity to take a Parkside kit and see how far I could get in an evening.
Starting at 1900, and taking the modular approach of putting together various sub-assemblies concurrently resulted in this progress by 2045
Now it has to be said that whilst this kit isn't exactly the most complex to build it was also incredibly flash free (probably the cleanest kit I've ever seen) so the amount of tidying required was minimal and obviously being plastic much less cleaning required (no solder joints throughout on this one ). Being careful to check that the Mek had taken sufficiently the sub parts were assembled thus by 2130 And the process of setting the brakes commenced.
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A short while later and with brakes set, buffers set up and roof resting on top we had a van by 2224.
And yes, there were errors made - both sorted - and no, it's a long way from being the finished article. I was rather pushing it in terms of the Mek setting and being confident that it had sufficient structural integrity but it was checked this morning and all is good. Modifications are required to turn it into a VB fitted drag 1/260 van so it'll be sometime before its completed but there it is, just under 3 and a half hours to have a scale 7 Parkside gunpowder van sitting on its axles.
Quite pleased with it really.
...so, with movement restricted due to incapacitation of the left knee and a business trip to Liverpool occasioning an overnight stay it seemed the ideal opportunity to take a Parkside kit and see how far I could get in an evening.
Starting at 1900, and taking the modular approach of putting together various sub-assemblies concurrently resulted in this progress by 2045
Now it has to be said that whilst this kit isn't exactly the most complex to build it was also incredibly flash free (probably the cleanest kit I've ever seen) so the amount of tidying required was minimal and obviously being plastic much less cleaning required (no solder joints throughout on this one ). Being careful to check that the Mek had taken sufficiently the sub parts were assembled thus by 2130 And the process of setting the brakes commenced.
]
A short while later and with brakes set, buffers set up and roof resting on top we had a van by 2224.
And yes, there were errors made - both sorted - and no, it's a long way from being the finished article. I was rather pushing it in terms of the Mek setting and being confident that it had sufficient structural integrity but it was checked this morning and all is good. Modifications are required to turn it into a VB fitted drag 1/260 van so it'll be sometime before its completed but there it is, just under 3 and a half hours to have a scale 7 Parkside gunpowder van sitting on its axles.
Quite pleased with it really.
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