A very large 1914 B Type Bus!
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A very large 1914 B Type Bus!
Some of you may recall my recent appeal for a scan of the Airfix B-Type bus decals, and John R very kindly sent me those. Here's why I wanted them:
My dad completely scratchbuilt this, mostly from wood, but with wheels, axles and various details in metal. It is approx. 1/12 scale, I think; you can get an idea of the size from the various tools and sundries laying around. John's scans were enlarged and cleaned up, then printed up on clear decal paper on our colour laser printer at work (shhh!).
I think you'll agree it turned out very well - I was very impressed, though he's been doing this sort of this for years. Back in the early seventies, he built a 6' long wooden model of a Leander class frigate.....
My dad completely scratchbuilt this, mostly from wood, but with wheels, axles and various details in metal. It is approx. 1/12 scale, I think; you can get an idea of the size from the various tools and sundries laying around. John's scans were enlarged and cleaned up, then printed up on clear decal paper on our colour laser printer at work (shhh!).
I think you'll agree it turned out very well - I was very impressed, though he's been doing this sort of this for years. Back in the early seventies, he built a 6' long wooden model of a Leander class frigate.....
Paul
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Re: A very large 1914 B Type Bus!
Nice.
Am impressed
Am impressed
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Impressive!!
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Brilliant!
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Re: A very large 1914 B Type Bus!
Nice work. Your Dad has done a good job.
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Cheers, guys - I'll pass along your comments.
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Pretty amazing. I can see where the modelling talent comes from.
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Modelling is evidently in the Bradley blood!
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Now that is something a bit special
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Cheers, guys!
I was encouraged by my parents - my mum is quite a handy artist, too. I have tried to pass it along to Robin, but her interests lie elsewhere now. Including knitting!JamesPerrin wrote:Modelling is evidently in the Bradley blood!
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Re: A very large 1914 B Type Bus!
That sort of work always makes me feel inadequate just building kits ... and mostly not finishing them.
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I'm happy to have been of assistance.
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..and Dad says thanks, John! He couldn't have finished the project without them.
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I love this. What a fabulous model. You can get a lot of Dolls House figures now that would fit this perfectly.
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Re: A very large 1914 B Type Bus!
Looks good but you are missing the front route number box.
Just a quick point, if you add this box the airfix decal is wrong, the number should be white on a black background. In real life the box was a glass fronted "light box" and the number was a slide in stencil.
The number plates (US= licence plates) you have put on the engine sides rather than the front and back of the vehicle, the fleet number should be there instead (format B???).
a good link to references http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/the ... ine=B-type
Selwyn
Just a quick point, if you add this box the airfix decal is wrong, the number should be white on a black background. In real life the box was a glass fronted "light box" and the number was a slide in stencil.
The number plates (US= licence plates) you have put on the engine sides rather than the front and back of the vehicle, the fleet number should be there instead (format B???).
a good link to references http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/the ... ine=B-type
Selwyn
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Re: A very large 1914 B Type Bus!
Cheers, Selwyn, but a bit late now I'm afraid - this one's been given to a veterans' group in Britain to auction for funds.
Paul
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