Hello All
Good to be back, Amazing how work and family commitments take time out of your hobby
however I have managed to jump back on the 1/32nd train, I fell off and landed on on the 2mm finescale Warship train !! however I have now put that fetish to one side and completed some work on my Gauge 1 1/32nd projects.
Firstly I have managed to get Tiger into grey primer, using the Tamiya fine primer, next to be seen in the paint shops were the chassis and bogie chassis, these both have been primed grey and top coated black.
At the recent Cheltenham show the opportunity was taken to carry on with the Class 21 D6109 and Class 29 D6107, lots of fettiling and soldering and after 2 days work all that I could show was the top bodyside strip soldered onto all 4 bodysides this is the part that will eventually be used to attach the roof. All the body side grill frames required to be taken down in size by 0.3mm and the aperture for the cooler group grills needed opening up to accomodate the cooler group body side grills, these were also made up from 12 thin sheets of etch, by tinning all sides and then laminating 3 of these etches to create the required thickness for the grill...... and that was it-a weekends work !!
Some good news from the Fredmiester the D600 kit is back on the radar
see pic attached, Fred has been putting the finishing touches to the 2nd cab end, so watch this space for more news on this his next kit in G1 1/32nd, now do I do D600 in BFY or D602 in Bsy or D604 in Gsy or one without the headcode boxes and a small yellow panel ? aaaagghh the choice !!
Ive had a look round the new site, good to see the same old names and the excellent modelling that is being produced, one word................. INSPIRING.
Regards for now
Mr Tiger Viking