You can never have too many ***done***

[Old_Tonto]

I found this at the bottom of the stash & thought Blitz.



I am not likely to build it now that Airfix have got a lovely Mk.22.

There is no interior at all & no U/C (or even wheel wells!). So what to do with it?
GATE GUARDIAN Like this:

http://www.rhodesianforces.org/ThornhillAirBase.htm

I believe the colours are brown & green with a red spinner. I am aiming to start this evening at about 6pm GMT. I hope you can join me.

[Ian]

Easy Builder? I look forward to finding out!

[JohnRatzenberger]

Brown & Green ?

[flakmonkey]

A Spit****? Oh boy! You know you can never have too many Spit****s, don't you?

[Old_Tonto]

Brown & Green ?

Yes, I have a colour image of it in one of my books. I don't think it ever flew in that scheme though. It was re-painted again later when the roundal was changed again - probably after UDI. It should end up looking like this:

Easy Builder? I look forward to finding out!

It only has 8 pieces.

A Spit****? Oh boy! You know you can never have too many Spit****s, don't you?

I agree & we have not seen enough on this forum of late!.

[ShaunW]

An 8-piece Sp****re is better than none at all. No one builds them any more. It's the mark of a proper modeller building one you know. Tally ho old chap!

[jssel]

Bet it is an end-opening box also.

Should be done by now. Get to carving my good man.

[ShaunW]

Oh man, I hate end opening boxes.

If you were starting at 6pm you should have finished this by now OT - too busy eating parmo eh?

[Old_Tonto]

Oh man, I hate end opening boxes.

If you were starting at 6pm you should have finished this by now OT - too busy eating parmo eh?

I can only manage one Parmo a month mate, not as young as I used to be.

I was delayed dealing with a cat flap emergancy. I won't say any more about it but there is a disgruntled pussy roaming the house.

Ok here we go. Parts count is actually 9 (10 if you include the stand).



Overall shape is actually pretty good except for the tail which looks like it came off a Mk.14. Not an issue for this build. The surface is covered with rivets so a bit of sanding is called for. No interior at all so i will just paint it black.

Hold on, there is a song in there somewhere.



The only thing that I cannot live with is the silly little radiators.



On the right is one from a Mk.IX which should be shallower so you can see how small the kit parts are. Will have to do someting about them.

[fearless frankie]

Good model of Ronnie Wood (live)? he looks bored senseless.Green and brown looks good.

[Old_Tonto]

Must be time for a drinkies but which one?



I went with the sloe gin to start with. 2009 was a good year.

Back to the kit. It is just about 8pm here & all I have one so far is sand everything down, too much rivet detail & flash. I have broken & repaired the prop & painted the canopy black on the inside. I wonder if i should have painted the frame first?

There is a big gap at the chin:



I am using a pair of spare radiators from a Mk.IX to replace the kit ones. They are not deep enough so i am adding some evergreen plastic to build them up. Once attached i will blend them in with filler. That's the plan anyway.

This is currently playing on the iPad.

[Sissel]

Oooh missed this. Woohoo another blitz!

Excellent choice of music. That mead looks tempting!

[Ian]

That's not a gap. That's the Grand Canyon!

[mightymikeD]

was delayed dealing with a cat flap emergancy. I won't say any more about it but there is a disgruntled pussy roaming the house.

too...many...jokes....

It's about time we had a Sp*****e built around here. They've been as thin on the ground as The Fall.

[jssel]

There he goes, AMSing a 10 piece kit.

No really, good stuff. That really is a CMK. Classic Merican Kit.