Monthly Archives: June 2015

1/24 MERIT COOPER

I won’t be able to get to Goodwood Festival of Speed this year (which is happening this weekend) but thought this build from 20 years ago may be of interest

I saw this car at Goodwood in 1994 (the 2nd Festival of Speed) and took a picture in the sparse paddock, shortly afterwards I acquired a part built Merit Cooper which I cleaned up and finished to represent the same car.

Pictures are freshly taken but please remember it was built years ago. Paint was from a Carplan rattle can if I remember correctly, exhaust finished in bare metal foil and rest of the paint would have been Humbrol enamels. Fastners were etch from detail master I think.

A quick google says Stirling Moss drove it at Goodwood in 1994 but must have missed it in motion.

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1/72 AIRFIX SPITFIRE MK 22

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Did this one when it first came out a few years back, Humbrol 11 from rattle can was used for main paint

Lovely little kit

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1/72 (?) MPC ROUND 2 MODELS EAGLE TRANSPORTER

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Think this is done, may try and black out some of areas between the pipework which should be open but here goes for now.

It’s the Round 2 Models re-release of the MPC kit from the 1970s

I know the purists knock it but it looks like an Eagle to me and was fun to do; the Eagle is near the top of my favourite Gerry Anderson ships (more here:https://en.wikipedia…gle_Transporter)

It built up quickly,I left the landing pads, ‘fuel cells’ and engines off for main painting.

White was Humbrol 22 Acrylic rattle can, when dry the decals went on which were a bit brittle but seemed to settle down OK. The ones for the pod windows didn’t sit well so I used a fine permanent marker instead.

Army Painter Matt Varnish rattle can sealed it all down then I picked out panels etc with Vallejo acrylic light grey wash (nice stuff, thinner than CitadelGames Workshop washes and it flowed like an enamel wash)

Base is a cheap picture frame with plastic card painted to look like pictures from the net of the landing pad. This was painted with red primer rattle can then I airbrushed the black and grey using a hand help cardboard mask with bits cut out of it. Lights are white LEDs bodged together with some wire and resistors from spares box. I’m quite chuffed with the base if you don’t look to hard at the alignment of the patches and lines ….