Neil's Italeri 1/35 LCVP Landing Craft

[scottie3158]

Well patience isn’t my strong suit but I had other things to do so the glue had plenty of time to dry, and it seems to have worked.

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I thought about trying to fabricate 4 identical bolts and then I thought ‘sod it , I’ll print them’- that way they will definitely be identical, even when they are handed.

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Printing them also meant that I could rescale them when they proved to be too big...
And the carpet monster claimed one of the eyes for the drawbridge cable, so I created one of those too and printed a pair of them.

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So back to the front, as it were,

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Inspired by @scottie3158 I added extra bolt heads (which I 3D printed, of course) and weld seams- I reckon my guy would be kicked out of welding school, but hey ,there's a war on you know. And I bent the angle irons as per the image as well.
There’s also bling along the bottom , but whether that will be seen under the water in the diorama is a moot point ( especially as it's a bit higgledy piggledy).
So that’s all for now, thanks for following
Neil

Neil, this is really looking the part. I will have to look into this printing malarkey.

 

[Stefee]

Not in my wheelhouse but looking very detailed and professional. The ability to print various bits and bobs when needed is certainly a big advantage for you.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I have now built all the sub-assemblies and primed them with Halfords rattle can grey . I then pre-painted them in the colours I believe to be the raw materials i.e. plywood , timber, steel, rusty steel and bronze(rudder and propeller and wheel)





The next job is to hairspray the life out of it all!
AND I forgot to mask that dial again! I don’t know why I am worried-it’s going to be hidden by the coxswain figure anyway.
that’s all for now
Cheers
Neil

 

[scottie3158]

Looking really good mate, this will look a treat when finished.

 

[Andy T]

Looking fantastic so far Neil.

 

[JR]

Nice .

 

[Waspie]

What they all said Neil. Looking good buddy.

 

[vizenz]

Interesting painting technique. I'm excited to see what it looks like when it's finished.

 

[Geoffers]

Great stuff Neil, very interesting to watch you build this

Geoff.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Interesting painting technique. I'm excited to see what it looks like when it's finished.

Thanks Andreas-me too.......

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Afternoon all.
I am relieved to be able to announce that my first ever foray into the hairspray technique has not crashed and burned!
I wanted to do the hull before it was attached to anything so that by turning it upside down I could get straight horizontal scrape lines.




I used a number of processes, from a wet regular cotton bud, wet pointy cotton bud(Tamiya) to a plastic pointy thing, a cocktail stick and a couple of coloured pencils, black & brown.
I may yet add some washes, but the next step is to airbrush the tide mark, as below


that will be a new experience as well.....
cheers for now
Neil

 

[scottie3158]

Neil, that is really effective looks just right.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Neil, that is really effective looks just right.

Thanks Paul. Yes I am quite pumped about it!

 

[Andy T]

Very nicely done!