Airfix 1/12 Bentley blower FINISHED

[Barney]

I had a Matchbox Bentley when I was just a lad... Loved it and always wanted a real one. Then I got stationed in the UK and saw how much a real one cost... I stuck with the Fiesta.

 

[moon puppy]

Love it Paddy!!!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

It is really looking GREAT Paddy! You are making it look easy. (and I know it is challenging you a bit) Keep up the awesome work and you will have something to be really proud of!

 

[centaur567]

Wow!! What a really great job your doing. Looks almost like the real thing. Gary S. XLV MMXXIV

 

[mustang1989]

MAN this car looks good. Working wonders with it Paddy.

 

[paddy]

Thanks for that, i hope to have an update soon, its really a case of just adding the bling now

 

[Rhino]

That shade of Green certainly looks correct and authentic. Yes, quite so.
The Bentley will be a tough act to follow.

 

[jeaton01]

Nice progress, Paddy.

I suspect the radiator chrome issue has to do with the underlying paint. Now that it is glued on it might be hard to do more with, but it looks real good to me.

 

[paddy]

strangely i gave the rad several heavy coats of Alclad chrome before i fitted it which gave it a shiny silver rather than chrome effect which was fine as it wouldn't have been chrome anyway in 1930. within days areas of this new coat went black as the gloss black undercoat appears to bleed back to the surface so you could well be right in that its a base coat issue.. The problem was i couldn't get on with the cellulose Alclad gloss black base coat which is ready thinned and was too thin for my gun i think.

 

[moon puppy]

Do you have Aircraft Aluminum?

 

[jeaton01]

Nobody can get on with that stuff. My favorite undercoat is a gloss dark blue, but a rubbed out flat dark blue also works well and the drying time is a lot less.

 

[Impisi]

It's looking great

 

[sharkman]

Looking great Paddy!

Quite pleased with the leather body and metal panels colour contrast.

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Gotta ask what you mean by, "the leather body..."????

 

[paddy]

Looking great Paddy!



Gotta ask what you mean by, "the leather body..."????

The body on these ie: the cab, was a very thin alloy sheet with a stitched stretched leather cover over a wood frame.

You can see it here with the piping round the dash and the join in the middle
This one seems to be the same colour as the metalwork but often the leather was a shade lighter

 

[paddy]

Not a great amount happening here but i now have a spare wheel and a pair of headlights. I remade the horns in brass but they are bit domineering so i may paint them green. After a ton of work and test fitting and trimming i am now happy with the hood fit to the body and Rad.

I have to say my interest in this is waning fast as it is now fighting me all the way but this kit has defeated me twice before over 50 years since it launch and its not going to do it again. My mind is already far busier thinking about the next build than this one.
Last picture without mudguards....

 

[Iron Mike]

Looks really good, stay with it.

 

[moon puppy]

Hang in there Paddy, like you've said, there's been dozens started but you haven't seen any finished. Git'er done mate!

 

[Rhino]

At this point, it isn't easy to tell which picture is of your model and which picture is of the the real thing. My hat is off to you, Sir!
Absolutely astounding bit of model making, that.

 

[sharkman]

At this point, it isn't easy to tell which picture is of your model and which picture is of the the real thing. My hat is off to you, Sir!
Absolutely astounding bit of model making, that.

have to agree with Chris here, that looks freakin' amazing!! keep at it!

Thanks for explaining the leather body! I had no idea! Such a weird concept to cover a car in leather on the outside!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

You are in the home stretch Paddy! You have this!