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A Nigel Wells North Africa GB entry build...

Okay so I chose to do a last minute entry into Nige201980's YouTube GB and started a "First" attempt at posting slideshows on YouTube...
Part 1 can be found here.....
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I don't really do any YouTube activity except watch you wonderful guys post up etc.... so please be kind..

So as the title suggests this is a tiny little piece again from Airfix, and includes a nice little 4x2 Morris CD/SW with driver and 4 additional figures with the gun.
It seems a very clean moulding apart from the Pin marks on the insides of parts, Drivers canopy, wheel arches etc...
even the flash is fairly sparse. Not bad for a reboxed kit from 1976.

This is a very quick build with around 107 parts ...







Clean decals...


A gunner had fell off the sprue but was in the bag loose...






Paint scheme for the 15th light anti-aircraft regiment, 7th Armoured Division, North Africa 1940.


Number 11 blade to open the bag.....


...and we're in and started...


First pieces of the suspension...






Built up......


Next part.....




Teeny tiny parts....




Time to add them to the chassis...












Cab build up time so will need to add a splash of paint...






Driver first coated...


Cab too.... Tank Ochre 1943, not exact but this is on the inside.... outside will be more desert yellowish...










The eagle-eyed amongst you will have spotted I have painted him short sleeved but he is wearing long sleeves... Shhh !

Cab hood and bonnet pieces can be seen here...


He's in...... though I may have to sand a toe or two off to get the bonnet etc.. to fit nice!!






Bonnet is on and only needs minimum filling around the front.... Excellent....








Headlights and crank handle on.....








...and that's it for this post....
Part 2 is up on YouTube for a sneaky look at the built up Morris, or you can wait for the follow up post here...
Thanks for taking a look guys, drop a comment or sub me on YouTube if you visit please.... I only have 14 subs so far...

As always.....take care and Happy Modelling..

Andy like i said on your channel thanks for taking part buddy and great start to mate

Sweden is such a peaceloving country.. yet they produce some of the best weapons in the world! An odd combination, that..

Great progress on your little Bofors there...

Nige201980 wrote:Andy like i said on your channel thanks for taking part buddy and great start to mate

Cheers Nige mate, i'll do my best....fingers crossed...

RobertA wrote:Sweden is such a peaceloving country.. yet they produce some of the best weapons in the world! An odd combination, that..

Great progress on your little Bofors there...

Thanks Rob, yeah Sweden built a cracking piece of AA gun.... Airfix didn't do too bad a job replicating with plastic in teeny 1/76 scale either.LOL..
Thanks again dude, more updates soon!!

Great start dude.

Will watch your vid soon.

Okay back again to catch up with part 2 on YouTube.....
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Thanks Ben for dropping by buddy...

So where was we??
Continuing to build up the Morris...































Sides are on..... most of this and the passenger compartment are nothing more than canvas and framework. Wouldn't offer much protection against bullets and shells....




Storage boxes on...














Plastic canvas effect parts cleaned up ready for installation.... but first we will sort out that teeny front fender piece..








Not bad?? Time for those canvas bits....






They don't line up very well but that is probably down to my poor squaring up and gluing of the backboard...


Front mudguards and rear stowage boxes next......






















...and we all done till next time guys...
I will paint up the wheels separately and mask off the cab to preserve the driver and interior..
Next time I will build up the BOFORS and work some little soldier painting, complete with moustaches....

All comments welcome guys.....
Thanks for sticking round till the end..
As always, stay safe, take care and Happy Modelling.....

.....Oh and check your Facebook ISM page.... Ours is the Double L( ModeLLer) not single L (ModeLer)....
Thanks again....

Yeah! 1/76 scale rules - The Gentleman's scale! I love what you are doing with that kit and I look forward to seeing more.

Haha Andy, genuinely without knowing you were doing this kit, I also bought it as a last minute entry to Niges GB. I built this kit as a kid, so its partly nostalgic. However how I built this kit with all its tiny parts when I was 12 or so I don't know!

Yours is looking good mate.

Rob wrote:Yeah! 1/76 scale rules - The Gentleman's scale! I love what you are doing with that kit and I look forward to seeing more.

So true...Gentleman's scale indeed.....oh and the fact i don't trust myself with anything bigger yet!!
Storage too is at a premium in my house...1 Wife, 3 Kids, 1 on the way and a little Westie dog. There aint much room left for me and my "Crap" as the Wife puts it!!
Amazingly plenty of room for more clothes and kids toys though??

Gav0909 wrote:Haha Andy, genuinely without knowing you were doing this kit, I also bought it as a last minute entry to Niges GB. I built this kit as a kid, so its partly nostalgic. However how I built this kit with all its tiny parts when I was 12 or so I don't know!

Yours is looking good mate.

Yay a build buddy...... mind i am already primed up and awaiting time to waft some Vallejo on.... Oh and you now work and i unfortunately am a lazy assed House Husband doing kids dinners and school runs and house worky stuff now so get bags of ME time to build if needed...
....well i try anyways... its hard work doing the Daddy/Mummy job at home while the Wife plays in Nursery with a few kids for 7Hrs a day...
Then she comes home telling me its been a long tough day???
Oh well.... Looking forward to your take on these teeny pieces mate.
..and yeah, where and how did you find the time and patience as a young teen to build this fiddly Airfix kit??
Big Well Done dude...
Thanks for taking a look guys.....More soon..

There's ALWAYS room for clothes and other uneccesarities.. but sadly never room for anything hobby related! Odd that.. :p

Some great work again mate always love your threads loads of photos which I love so keep them coming mate

wonderful work mate,


looks like the Bofors will be the bane of my entry...the Bf110 lol


great work


Shane

RobertA wrote:There's ALWAYS room for clothes and other uneccesarities.. but sadly never room for anything hobby related! Odd that.. :p

So true Rob..
Especially in my house....

Nige201980 wrote:Some great work again mate always love your threads loads of photos which I love so keep them coming mate

Thanks Nige, just a shame they are so bad!!
I just love taking Rubbish photo's don't know why???? Every time.
Maybe i should get a new phone as that is what i use as it is always in my pocket when i need a picture when building..

longlance67 wrote:wonderful work mate,


looks like the Bofors will be the bane of my entry...the Bf110 lol


great work


Shane

Watch out Shane...... my BOFORS is hiding in the Desert............Waiting for your flyby.....

"BOOM!!"

Got ya! Lol...
Happy Building dude, will look out for the thread!

Thanks Guys more soon!

hahahahaha your boys will have to fast on the trigger

shane

hahaha..... I think my boys are going with stealth tactics..

Gotta see em to avoid em!!

All will be revealed Shane.. This dio is something special i promise!!

Well i like it anyways.... nearly done in real time, just gotta drag it out for the YouTube updates...

Good luck with yours mate, try to keep out of the line of A.A fire!

Hey guys, back again with another update to coincide with part 3 of my build on YouTube...

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This time its just a quick build up of the gun...
Not many parts but still fairly well detailed at this scale...

I have a few ideas being created for this little kit so stay with me, you will be pleasantly surprised when we finish up!!
Gun time then....








Gonna build her in the deployed position to make use of the supplied figures....and to make the diorama more exciting...










Main A.A gun time.....




















Options to build with the loading breach with ammo or with cover on for transit...... Best load it, give the loader guy something to do?


Barrel drilled out...




With Morris...


















Seats on and rotating handles and main gun shield.....










...and that's the BOFORS gun all built ready..
Next time we will take a look at the gun crew, loader and spotter, but for this post that's it..
Told you it was a short one....( well it is for me!)
Thanks for taking a look, give us a sub if your over on YouTube... I have a couple more video's up for you to take a look at..
Cheers Nigel for all you do for the guys, and good luck with that Chally mate..
as always, comments welcome...... take care and Happy Modelling..

That is some fine detail work Andy. The go blind scale is always a challenge. That truck looks wonderful as well.
I did a shout out for your channel in my channel update, hopefully you'll have some visitors soon.

Hahaha.... Thanks mate, was just going to watch it....
Glad you like her Sir....
...but wait till you see the little Diorama/Vignette....
The things I do to get a couple of A.A rounds into Shane's bf110...
Hahaha.... Thanks again Mike.....
Happy "Chally 2" Modelling dude..

Andy some great work again buddy really can't wait to see the dio you have planed mate.

Thanks Nige....
Nearly done now just trying to drag the build out for fear of "spamming" my channel with build video's...
Part 4 is ready for upload now so may chuck it up later or tomorrow some time.....
I am saving the diorama build slideshow for next to last as I don't wanna spoil the surprise....
I like it, some may not, but its how I think it would have been.... Like I have seen portrayed in the movies... "The Desert Rats" for instance... Recently re-watched just to put me in the mood when I was building the Matilda II..
Talking of Matilda.... She fits the Dio well too!!
1/76..... Gotta love building diorama's in this scale!!
Thanks again buddy..

Hi guys Part 4 time....

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So this time we are going to sort out some teeny figures and get a grey primer on the Truck and gun..

Right on with the figures...
Faces and hands first with some skintone...




The uniforms will be Khaki with Hemp belts and putties, black boots and some brown/black hair and moustaches where needed..


























Sorry the pictures are so blurry. My camera phone just hates macro/close up photo's. The autofocus is rubbish..
Grey primer time then....


































...and that's your lot for this update.... another quick one....
Hopefully next post will be top coating and starting to detail the bits a little..
Thanks for dropping by for a look, and thanks to all you guys looking in over on YouTube, I am eternally grateful for your support.. Thanks..
as always, comments welcome...... take care and Happy Modelling..

Buddy Robs words : "1:76 The Gentleman's scale" - i like that . Good work up until that point Andy. Interesting models-set

Andy this just keeps getting better and better bud and did you say your doing a desert rat dio? You do know I'm an desert rat mate? So this would be great to see buddy can't wait.

Thanks Eryk, glad you like it buddy... It does get better I promise!!

...and Nige, cheers matey, yeah I think you'd said before you was a "Rat" mate...

As for the dio.... Erm....its hard to explain its layout/design... I may send you a sneak preview of the finished build to see what you think... Probably across Facebook PM..
Let's just say I am thinking of naming the build...."Hide and go seek!" As I believe the rats were known for their digging in and hidey hole tactics.

Well my guys have gotta hide from Longlance67 Shane's bf110 .... Hahaha....
Thanks again for having a look and for sorting the GB out mate...

Very nice and an interesting build.

wappynutter wrote:Thanks Eryk, glad you like it buddy... It does get better I promise!!

...and Nige, cheers matey, yeah I think you'd said before you was a "Rat" mate...

As for the dio.... Erm....its hard to explain its layout/design... I may send you a sneak preview of the finished build to see what you think... Probably across Facebook PM..
Let's just say I am thinking of naming the build...."Hide and go seek!" As I believe the rats were known for their digging in and hidey hole tactics.

Well my guys have gotta hide from Longlance67 Shane's bf110 .... Hahaha....
Thanks again for having a look and for sorting the GB out mate...

Sound intresting mate can't wait to see it

Back again guys..... Thanks Connor for dropping by, and Nige, glad you like it mate....

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Right get some paint on time...
Paints used will be Revell Aqua 88 Ochre, thinned and applied over everything... Vallejo model air German grey for the tyres and a mix of Model air Sand and white for the canvas colour...
Just a quick update then.....




















Yeah...... this is quite small.....
















Time to glue on the wheels....










Now the gun barrel is given a quick rub with some ground pencil lead to give it a worn, metal finish.... think it worked quite well to say I just used my fingers and a normal pencil rubbed on sandpaper to create some lead dust...


A small amount of chipping painted in aluminium paint then the shells painted as per some images I had seen on the net of 40mm rounds....
Figures glued in place ready....









...and we will finish there for tonight, don't want to bore you too much...
Next time decals and weathering....but until then, Thanks for taking a look, all comments welcomed and I appreciate you taking the time to do so.... Cheers..
As always, take care and Happy Modelling guys....

Back again for some decal and weathering...

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Now this isn't gonna be pretty, nor is it gonna be clean....
I am going to use a quick and simple method of weathering. Black artists oil paint thinned to a wash with turpentine, then a dusting of black, white and grey chalk pastels fixed and muted down with a Matt Vallejo finish..

First lets add the tiny number of decals supplied for the Truck....
























There....that was easy.... now to go mad with the wash and pastels.........









































....and unfortunately all the other shots of the weathered and finished builds were taken on the diorama, which means you have to wait a little bit longer for the good pictures....

Next time we build the base and extra little bits needed to dress this up.....
Thanks for dropping by for a look.....
...and as always, take care and Happy Modelling guys..

Stunning work again Andy I will try to get on and do a video at some point hopefully lol.

looking great mate

looks ready to take on my 110



great work


Shane

Thanks guys.... Was beginning to get a little worried about you Nige...
Then I seen you tagged in your Mrs post on FB that you'd done 2 weeks in work straight so kinda guessed what had happened...
Shane, excellent finish again dude on the BF110.... Get ready for some dints and dings on her if she gets within range of my boys!!!
Glad you guys dropped by for a look in, my post was a bit....

On a plus I will post up the diorama base video on YT in the next day or so.... Its around 6 mins long but worth a watch..... Mr Shane, you even get a mention in there!!! Hahaha....
Pictures etc.., will be up on here at the weekend possibly..
Then all we got left is a reveal and need to post off some pics for the final reveal slide show.
Thanks again guys, much appreciated..

Yep still about mate just not getting time to do models and make videos hopefully will do one this Easter weekend as I have a 4day weekend

Glad your okay Nige, also glad your keeping busy working mate...
Fingers crossed you get some time this bank holiday weekend buddy....

Right back to this build for the ISM watchers.... and this update is for the diorama base...


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And as is customary I will now show some pictures and write a few pointers as to what I am doing or using...

Starting with a piece of MDF cut to size....




Using some polystyrene I bulked up the base to create a desert landscape...






..and a quick size test...


Edged with cereal box and off cut latt pieces set to allow for some depth to the desert....




To create the desert I use some ready mixed tile grout, old broken pieces of ready mixed filler, and some fine small grain aquarium sand..






....and a desert base!!









Vehicle tracks added....


Going back in to apply PVA and water 50/50 mix to fix everything and to allow a little more sand to be added...




Still wet.....






A ball of old roots was dug up and dried ready to create some twisted old near dead trees and foliage.
Some trimmings from a hanging basket liner and some lichen were also used to create the sparse vegetation....




To make a shelter I cut a piece of old tea towel up and ripped and frayed up the edges to simulate a desert type camo screen...














Paint time, and I use a mix of Vallejo sand, white, grey, Hemp, Revell Ochre 88, and adjust accordingly to get the desired colours...























Time now for a little scratch building using the salvaged drinks stirrers and some thin copper wire and just a little bit of artistic licence to create some ammo crates ..
























What gun emplacement??
















...and we will end it there so as not to bore you guys to tears.....

Hope you have enjoyed this little desert diorama build and I have given you some tips and ideas how to build your own 1/76 scale Desert display bases..
Thanks as always for taking the time to have a look.
Comments always welcome..

Last post next time when I add it all together and sort those pesky low flying 110's out!
As always, take care and Happy Modelling ISM'ers....

Now that's inventive! Looking great and can't wait to see the finished article

Thanks Mr Bob Sir, i am very grateful for the kind comment...
Much appreciated mate.
..and after seeing your recent Steel Rain miniature masterpiece WW1 18pdr field gun and the gorgeous diorama base you created there,
i feel quite honoured that you liked my attempt at a tiny dio..
Thanks Rob...
Take care buddy, stay safe and Happy Modelling...

Wow Andy

Hey Eryk, Hope you like my Morris Tractor Unit? Thanks for dropping by for a look Sir, much appreciated..

Okay so its final reveal time and the end of this thread....

Hope some of you have enjoyed watching me pull this Airfix kit, kicking and screaming into something worthy of showing..
To be fair, the kit isn't too bad, just wish my skills were a bit better..

Oh well, practice makes perfect...
Here is the YouTube link as always...

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...and so on with the pictures....
Lots and lots of pictures..... Sorry!


I named this Piece " Hide and go Seek, Desert Rat Style!"
































Can I hear the buzz of Longlance67 Shane's Bf110?? Can you see me Shane ??













I think I spotted him now!!































...and I had better stop there....

Sorry again for the picture overload, I just keep taking pictures trying to get that perfect shot to make the build look good and Whamo!! 100+ pictures later....

Thanks guys for getting to the end of the thread... Hope some of you enjoyed this, I enjoyed building it..
Any comments or questions welcome....

As always take care and Happy Modelling ISM'ers...

Its great Andy. Where is a match alternatively lighter to simile Man ?!?!? ....Really good work with, all dio is extra

AchtungPanzer wrote:Its great Andy. where is a match alternatively to simile Man ....Raally good work with

Thanks again Eryk, Glad you like it buddy...

Stay safe and well my friend, Happy Modelling..
P.S.... I do like your Zvezda Panther Ausf D 1/72..... Excellent piece Sir..

Thanx Andy P.S. I have only 4 models to work and the end of ModelMaking >>>I have not place for more . I think , then my son will be to in future - lets go find out

Wow stunning work Andy.

Hopefully my spit will be able to see of Shane's 110 before to much longer.

Just caught up in this andy superb work mate, cracking looking dio, well done dude

wow Andy, that's...that's.... AWESOME!
I love every bit of this dio mate.
Just jumped in this build, but, wow...
Love that idea of using a kitchen towel.. Might steal that idea from you.
Just don't tell my wife, for we don't have old towels.. So she might find a towel with a hole in it soon.
"what hole honey, wasn't it there all the time?" lol

Happy modelling buddy

Nige201980 wrote:Wow stunning work Andy.

Hopefully my spit will be able to see of Shane's 110 before to much longer.

Good luck shooting him down or chasing him off buddy, we got ya back on the ground if ya need us....... Hiding..... waiting....

Thanks again mate for letting me jump in, glad you like it, much appreciated... Cheers..

Paul wrote:Just caught up in this andy superb work mate, cracking looking dio, well done dude

Thanks for taking a look Paul.... At 1/76 its a tad small but being a new tool it went together pretty well.
I think adding a little dio definitely worked with this kit, just lucky it all went well.. Thanks again mate, much appreciated..

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:wow Andy, that's...that's.... AWESOME!
I love every bit of this dio mate.
Just jumped in this build, but, wow...
Love that idea of using a kitchen towel.. Might steal that idea from you.
Just don't tell my wife, for we don't have old towels.. So she might find a towel with a hole in it soon.
"what hole honey, wasn't it there all the time?" lol

Happy modelling buddy

Hahaha... yeah i'm just lucky I save old kitchen towels as rags for when I am decorating, they become old and fray then I hack bits off them for camo netting.. lol...
Don't forget to soak the towel in PVA to stiffen it up a little so it doesn't just sag and lay on the model you wanna cover..
Forgot to mention that bit in my write up...
Thanks again for dropping by for a look matey, much appreciated..
One day I hope to be a good modeller! Until then, I will continue to try and better my builds.. Loads of ideas, just lack the skills....
Just call me "Padawan Andy!!" lol.....
Take care buddy, Happy Modelling ..