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Practical dad, Brendan – maker, mender and modeller. Always curious, always learning. Sharing project videos on YouTube here👇

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Fill, sand, prime, repeat…

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A happy afternoon priming and filling the seams on the MD-82. I’ve managed to knock off one of the aerials, but I can stick that back later.

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Just added my 3D printed cobbled street diorama for sale on Pater's Shed. Currently only 1/72 scale, but I'm thinking offing a larger version. https://t.co/qYj7J80vpN

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@HillsideJct Very nice.

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Nose weight in, and I’ve printed myself a little flight deck to pop inside too. Doesn’t need to be at all detailed, as it will be barely visible behind the tiny windows.

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@TLARModelsChris Cheers! Glad you like it.

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1/72 scale Roden Type B Omnibus and Vauxhall D-Type Staff Car, with assorted Airfix infantrymen, on my own 3D printed diorama base. Paints mostly AK and ICM. Finished in time for #ArmisticeDay #JFFWWI

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@Glovergreen Great job!

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Another old airliner model rescued from the shed and given a bit of a clean up. Looks like i didn’t even get around to adding the registration on this one.

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@PattyG2B3 I’m guessing it has just the one motor, but it looks like there is a bit of room inside, so presumably it would be possible to have each track powered independently. 🤔

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@OGoschenbugel Cheers!

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Obligatory phot of finished model with boxes. Not sure when the Airfix figures cost £5.99, but I paid more than that for them on eBay! #JFFWWI

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A bit of a change of pace, and I’ve made a start on a Minicraft MD-82 that has been knocking around unmade for donkey’s years. Planning on classic Alitalia livery with some similarly aged BDecals.

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@Shadowc40481222 Thank you.

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‘Street Scene, 1914’

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@SprueStack Thank you. Both kits were great, but with some very fragile parts - especially on the staff car.

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@JaaaagIrr Cheers!

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OMG, I’ve been doing the @LinkedIn Zip game for a year now!

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@Rheumatoidman Thank you. I wanted the scene to seem apparently very ordinary - people getting on a bus, riding bikes and just crossing the road behind a parked car - in counterpoint to the extraordinary impact of the war itself.

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@PanzerPawel Nice. For mine I used a brick wall pre-set pattern, but with much squarer shapes. It included a randomised offset feature so I could get them at differing heights. Then I went through every single one manually rounding off the corners of each block.