Author Topic: Airfix 4.5 liter Bentley (Read 17081 times)

kpnuts · « **on:** December 29, 2014, 03:32:43 AM »

Hi all, well I'm making a start on the Bentley today, first thin I notice that I'm a bit disappointed with is, when looking at the box art the front mud guard has not got much detail at all (I hope this is not a sign of things to come)

as you can see I have a load of rivets and nuts to scratch.

kpnuts · « **Reply #1 on:** December 29, 2014, 06:09:14 AM »

Hi all I've had a brilliant idea I have the Airfix 1/12 London icon pack and I'm going to hack the life guard about and have him either getting into or driving the Bentley what better than to have 2 British icons together.

raafif · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2014, 11:57:36 AM »

you may want to replace the mud-guard & spare-wheel mounts with coat-hanger wire - the plastic ones are ok but prone to getting broken later in life if it's not in a glass case. Need to look at a replacement for the mesh over the headlights & windscreen too - in this scale it's pretty much mandatory. Note that while the bonnet & scuttle are metal, the body is fabric-covered & a dull satin finish.

a Life-Guard driving it is the next best thing to Steed of course :)

jcf · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2014, 12:49:00 PM »

The first thing to remember about the 1/12 Airfix Bentley is that the kit is over forty years old,
and is quite simplified in some areas.

The second thing to remember is that it is the only commonly available 1/12th scale
injected plastic kit of a Blower Bentley.

BTW Steed's car wasn't a Villiers blown 4.5 litre car, he drove a 'Speed Six'.

MaxHeadroom · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2014, 02:37:26 AM »

A 1:12-scale Bentley and with such poor details?
Shocking... nevertheless it's more than 40 years old!

Norbert

kpnuts · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2014, 02:52:06 AM »

Hi all here is where I am on the Bentley.

kpnuts · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2014, 05:04:56 AM »

Heres a little bit more done on the Bentley

MaxHeadroom · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2014, 06:39:58 AM »

Ooops: much work for your file and sandpaper!

But I'm still curious about your progress.

Norbert

kpnuts · « **Reply #8 on:** January 01, 2015, 11:24:35 PM »

Hi all here is the progress so far I've put a 1/32 airfix kit and a 1/12 scale tamiya kit with it just to show how big this beast is.

elmayerle · « **Reply #9 on:** January 02, 2015, 12:46:03 AM »

Yes, that's going to look great when you finish cleaning it up properly. So, it's been ages since I read it, but wasn't this the car James Bond was driving in the book version of Moonraker? I do remember it being a mechanically blown engine.

jcf · « **Reply #10 on:** January 02, 2015, 01:54:13 PM »

Quote from: elmayerle on January 02, 2015, 12:46:03 AM

Yes, that's going to look great when you finish cleaning it up properly. So, it's been ages since I read it, but wasn't this the car James Bond was driving in the book version of Moonraker? I do remember it being a mechanically blown engine.

The kit is of a Vanden Plas 4-seat tourer bodied Birkin Team Le Mans racer, Bond's car had a 2-seat drophead coupe body. Plus it was Battleship Grey in color.

kpnuts · « **Reply #11 on:** January 02, 2015, 08:30:08 PM »

Hi all I am so cross(mostly with myself for not testing it first) I received some humbrol acrylic chrome in a spray can today, and, eager to try it out I did it straight on the bentley engine, it clearly says acrylic on the can, and I primed the engine with humbrol enamel so there should have been no problem, anyway I started spraying and thought this smells very much like celloluse paint.

now that is exactly the effect I would expect spaying cellulose on enamel not when spraying acrylic.
so now its getting the oven cleaner treatment, so take this as a warning.smell your paint first.

jcf · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2015, 01:07:07 AM »

'Acrylic' does not mean 'water-based', the word acrylic has bupkis to do with water, it is a reference to the chemistry of the resin used in the paint. 'Acrylic' resins used in paint are in the same family as those used in Plexiglas or Lucite or Perspex.

BTW, true 'cellulose' lacquers have been thin on the ground for a very long time, the synthetics (phenolic, acrylic etc.) displaced them decades ago for most uses. The term 'cellulose' has survived as a generic, just as 'enamel' is, incorrectly, used as a generic for oil-based paints. Oil as in linseed, tung, soya etc., not 'petroleum', BTW.

The Airfix website states that the sprays are 'solvent-based'.

kpnuts · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2015, 01:12:41 AM »

I didnt think a water based acrylic paint should do this to plastic.

Now I can believe a solvent doing that. loads of sanding to do now, I still think it is bad of Humbrol to sell a paint for use on plastic which does that to it.
Still lesson learned dont buy Humbrol spray paint any more.

raafif · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2015, 05:55:57 AM »

AaarrrH ! yep, Humbrol is terrible, the crappiest paint out there - it's the only paint the "hobby shop" in my state sells so I have to take the risk on, for instance, their yellow being yellow, not medium brown

Still that looks like a crankcase that's been left out in the scrapyard for a few decades - weathering the metal !

The enamel primer will have saved it from the worst effects.

kpnuts · « **Reply #15 on:** January 04, 2015, 03:13:50 AM »

Hi all here is tonights progress on the Bentley

MaxHeadroom · « **Reply #16 on:** January 04, 2015, 03:18:10 AM »

WOW, seems, you build the 4.5 litre faster than the Bentley workers!

Norbert

kpnuts · « **Reply #17 on:** January 06, 2015, 04:09:29 AM »

In fairness theirs are a tad larger, and better made.
Here is tonight's bit on the Bentley

kpnuts · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2015, 03:49:21 AM »

Hi all here is todays bit on the Bentley.

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2015, 06:23:50 AM »

This was always a "gotta get oneday kit" in my youth.
No so much now, but interested in how this build proceeds

kpnuts · « **Reply #20 on:** January 12, 2015, 01:38:32 AM »

Hi all done a bit to the bentley today.

elmayerle · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2015, 06:52:44 AM »

Now *that* is simply gorgeous work; I'm in awe.

kpnuts · « **Reply #22 on:** January 13, 2015, 02:53:47 AM »

Thank you.
Hi all well here are the driver and admirers that will be going with this model.
They are from the Airfix London icon set, so I think very fitting.

kpnuts · « **Reply #23 on:** January 14, 2015, 03:40:59 AM »

Well I got some rivets, nuts and braided hoses today for detailing her also found an old base from the Christie steam fire engine which was too badly broken to be repaired and anyway I've stolen lots of bits off it for other dios, so thought since its cobbled stones it would be good as a base for the Bentley. I've filled sanded and primed the people for the base as well.

kpnuts · « **Reply #24 on:** January 16, 2015, 04:30:14 AM »

Hi all here is where the Bentley is now

kpnuts · « **Reply #25 on:** January 18, 2015, 01:15:52 AM »

Hi all here is all day and most of last nights work.

kpnuts · « **Reply #26 on:** January 19, 2015, 12:26:28 AM »

Not sure how I will remove the stubs from the rivets,

I'm sure I will figure it out before I need them though.
Anyway here is the progress today.

elmayerle · « **Reply #27 on:** January 19, 2015, 12:52:51 AM »

Damn, that's beautiful work and quite realistic in appearance.

kpnuts · « **Reply #28 on:** January 19, 2015, 03:20:19 AM »

Thanks very much glad you're liking it.

Volkodav · « **Reply #29 on:** January 19, 2015, 04:53:14 PM »

That's looking really good

kpnuts · « **Reply #30 on:** January 20, 2015, 04:55:00 AM »

Hi all here is tonights update, I made the mistake for deciding to replace the plastic spokes with real ones, I am going to live to regret that decision

kpnuts · « **Reply #31 on:** January 21, 2015, 03:52:34 AM »

Hi all well here is half of the first wheel spoked(yes I know its not pretty) but lessons learned and it can go on the side nearest the wall in the dio so wont be seen.

and here is some progress on the car

kpnuts · « **Reply #32 on:** January 24, 2015, 04:43:16 AM »

Hi all thanks to roymattblacks very nice and comprehensive pdf of this model I have decided to go with cloth covered body and here is my effort

kpnuts · « **Reply #33 on:** January 25, 2015, 02:56:52 AM »

Hi all here is the first coat of paint

and here is after the first few coats of top colour

kpnuts · « **Reply #34 on:** January 27, 2015, 03:29:00 AM »

Hi all did some to the base and finished the life guard trumpeter not a great job, but then he's only background clutter

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #35 on:** January 28, 2015, 04:04:52 AM »

Coming along nicely.

kpnuts · « **Reply #36 on:** January 30, 2015, 03:55:47 AM »

Hi all here is a small update.
I got one wheel done but it took soooo long and looked total rubbish

so after finding this tip on britmodeler I thought I wouls give it a go

added breaking linkages

and carb linkages

I got the breaking linkages and the carb ones from roymatblacks great pdf

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #37 on:** January 30, 2015, 04:33:42 AM »

Excellent details and I especially like the number on the grill!

Brian da Basher

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #38 on:** January 30, 2015, 01:38:30 PM »

All hail the perserverance with the spoking if nothing else.

kpnuts · « **Reply #39 on:** February 05, 2015, 04:04:19 AM »

Well thanks for following along I dont see my boss's husband buying this now, and I've gone and taken a commission from my boss now I feel guilty now she's paid for the models and I've bought them but I've obviously not got the skills to deliver, I must have been mad to agree. I've ruined the Bentley , I will finish it but it certainly won't be on display anywhere.

These next three pics show whats gone wrong(yes I know I could get a new body from Airfix and some decals) but to be honest I cant be asked I've lost all interest in it now, I will finish it but just to say its done and get it out the way.

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kpnuts · « **Reply #40 on:** February 06, 2015, 03:49:49 AM »

Well I fixed it I filled my revell precision glue pot with super glue then I made a little hole in the air bubble and squeezed the superglue in the hole, then I gradually squeezed the excess glue and air out of the hole. I fixed the decals with a hair drier, I put it on maximum( I figured I had ruined the body anyway so nothing to loose) I heated the decals up then squeezed them flat with some tissue.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #41 on:** February 07, 2015, 03:05:52 AM »

Good job! :)

Old Wombat · « **Reply #42 on:** February 08, 2015, 08:44:51 AM »

Never say "Never"!

Where there's perseverance, there's hope!

:)

elmayerle · « **Reply #43 on:** February 08, 2015, 10:04:41 AM »

That's lookin' real nice to my eyes.

kpnuts · « **Reply #44 on:** February 13, 2015, 01:52:56 AM »

Hi all not much of an update (these wheels I wish I hadn't started, still I'm getting better with each one, By the time I've done the last one I will be pretty good at it).
Just to show I am still working on it.

kpnuts · « **Reply #45 on:** February 23, 2015, 01:11:36 AM »

Hi all finished the wheels on the Bentley(Not a task I will ever undertake again)

did a bit more weathering on the engine too.

kpnuts · « **Reply #46 on:** February 27, 2015, 04:29:35 AM »

Hi all I am sure you all must be getting bored of this by now, but I think I'm on the last leg now.

kpnuts · « **Reply #47 on:** March 01, 2015, 01:51:27 AM »

Hi all another update, not long left on this build.
The trouble with all the sprues being in one bag together is that when they knock against each other bits fall off the sprue and you end up with a box full of loose bits. I have discovered that one of the mud guard stays is missing so have had to make one, being a reverse of the one I have it was quite confusing to do but I have managed.

also don't like the mesh over the lights so put some real mesh on them

elmayerle · « **Reply #48 on:** March 01, 2015, 02:49:06 AM »

That is indeed looking superb. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product.

kpnuts · « **Reply #49 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:48:57 AM »

Hi all, well finally I'm calling this finished.

I know it's a bit of a let down and a bit disappointing, but its not down to the kit, its down to my modeling, so there it is, I cant do any better so I should be happy with it but i'm not.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #50 on:** March 02, 2015, 02:55:45 AM »

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #51 on:** March 02, 2015, 05:48:09 AM »

Well worth the effort. That work on the mesh was great.

Oh and tip of the week in one of your photo's.. use a resistor to seal a Contacta bottle. Brilliant !!

elmayerle · « **Reply #52 on:** March 02, 2015, 10:49:31 AM »

Beautiful! I find it an outstanding piece of work in execution and presentation.

kpnuts · « **Reply #53 on:** March 02, 2015, 02:45:37 PM »

Hi all thanks for all the replys, I have decided it will go to the spares draw as I can see lots of possibilities with the parts from it in other dio's.

kpnuts · « **Reply #54 on:** March 09, 2015, 04:53:11 AM »

Well its out of the spares drawer and put together again. My missus told my boss it was finished and she told her husband so he insisted on seeing it, I told him I was not at all happy with it but he insisted so I fixed it up and showed him, he loved it as did my boss he wants to buy it, I don't know what to charge so have left it to him, he asked how much the kit was and said he will have a think and decide how much. That's fine by me as whatever he pays will go towards another kit.

kpnuts · « **Reply #55 on:** March 09, 2015, 06:08:22 PM »

Well I am gobsmacked went in to work today and I was expecting Rolf to offer about 50 quid for the Bentley well he must really like it because he asked how much I spent on it and I told him, with the figures and extras about 130 quid and he gave me,,, I can see it in my hand but still don't believe it 260 quid yes that's right 260 then asked was that enough

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #56 on:** March 15, 2015, 12:36:09 AM »

I'd say it sure finished up nicely! I really like the beef-eaters. Nothing could be more British.

Glad to hear it was a profitable enterprise for you, although mentioning that around these parts might lead to being asked for a small loan...

Brian da Basher


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Author Topic: Airfix 4.5 liter Bentley (Read 17081 times)