..And now for something completely different..

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Good afternoon gentlemen,I wasn't quite sure where to put this little snippet of history,so here she is in the gallery.
It is a 1/16 Bandai kit,of a Garret(1919) Showmans traction engine,built OOB by my own fair hand pre MSC...Hope you likey...











This was a commission build for a good friend,hence the clean nature of the build.
I have posted the pics,as I have borrowed it,to show at Gravesham,next month.
Again,all and any comments welcome ;D ;D

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Hi Chris,
I absolutely love this build, this type of thing is very easy to feck up, with the many metal and gloss parts to finish, but I have to say buddy you've nailed it
I bet your customer was over the moon with it ;D
Thanks for posting her up

[TRM]

Holy S**T CB!! I hate to state the obvious, as it's not a Wengy-thing but you may have lost your calling sir!! This is great!! I would love to see one like this all chipped with oily stains and rust!!! Very cool and Well Done!!!

[tobias5555]

Different, but very cool.

[bigjohn]

CB, That my good man looks amazing!!!!

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Steve,cheers for the compliments mate,but the build wasn't all down to me glueing,the shiny bits came shiny,all the rest is rattle can,and hand paint,and decs!!!
Young Mr T....ta very much for the 'UP' fella,Just wanted to show that I do do 'stuff',just occasionally
Neems,cheers for lookin in,bud!....I told ya I'd try and borrow it back,and he was kind enough to say yes!! .D'ya reckon it'll be worth a punt at Gravesham?
Tobias....cheers for the look in mate,I realise it might not be your particular genre,but thanks for the 'positive vibes'!!
BJ...I don't know why,but I thought you might like this'n! ;D,Cheers fella!!

[wbill76]

Now that's what I call a unique subject! Very nice work Chris, building a "clean" model is often harder than a dirty one and you've nailed this one perfectly.

[spud]

Damn thats Sweet,

[Steve Zuleski]

That is one cool rig with tons of detail. Very clean and crisp. Beautiful job Chris, looks great.

Cheers, Ski.

[wouter]

Hi mate, I must admit I like this. Some very nice finish you did there!

Cheers

[modelfreak72]

What a great piece of history! Great built Chris!

[bullardino]

Nice

[armorguy]

Something very original ! A real masterpiece ! And those colors...wonderful !

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Bill,ChrisS,Spud...thankee kindly for the comments,they are much appreciated...Dicky...I have to confess,you lost me as soon as yer said Fowler.... ,I only knew this was a Garrett,cos it said so on the boiler!!!
Steve,Wouts,Pete,Mal,Lui,and Guy.....Cheers fellas...It is rather unusual,eh.....and these kits are increasingly difficult to get at sensible prices!!!!
I'd already built this beauty once,and the missus wrecked it,so a hasty search on evilbay,by chance picked this one up,at sensible money ;D ;D(Mate had given me the original!!!)

[deafpanzer]

Finally something that doesn't come with weapons. Real nice change of scene and I really liked it very much!

Were those actual brass or painted that way?

[martyncrowther.]

An unusual project Chris but a good one at that too, nice finish buddy!

p.s the mig arrived today thanks buddy

Martyn

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Andy,I have to confess to not being an 'expert' on these things,but The main roof supports may well have been made from wrought iron,and gilded,and a lot of the tubing etc may well have been brass,and copper.This is a 'Showmans' engine,and These were kept in pristine condition,as far as I know.
We have a lot of steam fairs over here,I'll see if I can get some piccies from my mate,if your interested

[venom1]

Hi Chris, nice work mate! Shiny things are not usually my cup of tea (all that shiny scares the pants offa me!), but I can definitely appreciate good workmanship when I see it. Lovely job!

Cheers,

Sam

[`Boots`]

That is faaarkin` fabulous mate ...................absolutely tip top ;D ;D

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Cheers,Neems and Mark ;D ;D ;D,coming from you two,those compliments mean a lot!!(Honest!!)

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Superb build, I've have seen this kit and thought about getting it, what was it like to build ? any problems in the build ?

[robbo]

This is nice CB, what made you dig this out

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Hi geebee,this kit is great fun to build,but also,can be quite difficult to get hold of now.There are a couple on ebay at the moment I think,I had a bid in on one of them,but let it go cos of the cost,which can get prohibitive.
There are no locating pins on the kit,so a lot of dry fitting involved,to make sure everything's square.
Robbo,as I said earlier in the thread,this was built for a friend a couple of years ago,and I had no piccies of it.So I just borrowed it back for a while

[fightnjoe]

chris how did i miss this. you may have "just" glued it together but i have screwed up easier things than that. looks dang good mate.


joe

[bbd468]

HOLY COW CB!!! Thats one of the coolest damn things ive seen in some time my friend. What a masterful job ya done on that fella! BTW, ME LIKEY!!!

Gary