Phil's Workbench

A daily updated blog typed by someone with painty hands, oil under his fingernails and the smell of solder in his nostrils who likes making all sort of models and miniatures. And fixing things.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Beetle van complete and lessons learned

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Well, it's done and I don't think looks too bad. The glazing was "interesting" in the way that trying to cut bits of p...

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Monday, May 25, 2020

Clear!

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The car spray paint is a bit thick, and far too shiny. I knew this, but always planned to tone it down a bit once the transfers (from Mode...

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Considering colour

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Thinking about the colour to paint my van in, I dug through the collection of transfers for a suitable decorative name. Ideally, I'd ...

Monday, May 18, 2020

Beef up those hinges

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The resin van body didn't come with any details, so it's time to improvise. Starting at the front, I'm using the Revell bumper...

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Test fit

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Held together with Blu-tack, I think this is going to work. The resin body is a little precariously balanced on the Revell chassis, but wi...

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Monday, May 11, 2020

Bug bodies

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Looking for a fairly painless project to take my mind of Covid worries, I pulled a plastic kit box out of the cupboard. Inside were this c...

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