The finish of the Build

Well here we are

The last entry in the blog for this build

Securing the suspension

Fitting the wheels and putting the last bits of finish on

Touching up here and there

And there you go

Well there it is

It now resides in my Mother in Laws living room

I can't say it was an easy build

I had a lot of ups and downs, but I enjoyed it a great deal

I am now building a model of Captain Cooks Research vessel HMB Endeavour

I will not be doing a normal blog for that but will be doing a full build log at Model Ship World

If you want to follow it the addy is http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/2804-hmb-endeavour-by-micklen32-occre-154/

Thank you all for watching and please feel free to follow the Endeavour

It doesn't look like a lot was done today, but there was a lot of waiting for stuff to dry
All I was trying to do was get the suspension in place and that I did

I need thew glue to be really solid so I am leaving that overnight
Tomorrow I will add the wheels and then all the little fancy bits and the doors and it will be about done

NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!

Just to let any watchers know I have been waiting for parts to finish this build
They arrived today and I will be back to finish the build tomorrow
I am looking forward to finishing this as the Mother in law has told me she would like it
See you tomorrow

Missing pieces found

I knew I wouldn't have thrown any pieces away

The wife found them on the floor where they must have fallen from the table or box

Anyway first job was assembling the lamps

Just a nice paint job on these now

Here is the front suspension with the missing pieces so that is now complete

And all painted up with the attachment that allows it to be secured to the carriage but allow steering

Here is the rear suspension ready to fix together with the laser parts fitted and showing the brass fitments

Here is the front fixed to the carriage

And finally today the lamps receive their paint

Another good day

Main job today was to finish the wheel build and begin painting

Here are the four wheels

I gave the front wheels a coat of black direct and wished I hadn't as the paint didn't go on as I wanted it to

Therefore I gave the rear wheels a coat of primer

I am hoping this will give me a much better finish

In between wheels I fitted the drivers seat and the lamp supports

I also gave the window surrounds a coat of stain

Looks like it needs a good dusting though

Also I started on the suspension but I was horrified to find that I was missing parts

There were 3 parts in the centre of one of the rear wheels

The centre with a single part in it was there, but I must have thrown the other one without thinking

I cannot think how though as I am normally very good with parts

I have contacted OcCre for replacements

Above you see the rear suspension with the axles fitted

Wheels

I am really pleased with how today has gone

I have spent the day working on the wheels which I had made a very small start on yesterday

These are the two large rear wheels

The one on the left is complete with it's metal rim

I am so pleased with the way they went together

It took a while as you are forever waiting for glue to go off

The jig that OcCre provide and is shown in yesterdays final photo makes life so much easier

Here is the full days work

Three wheels

The two rear ones and one front, steering wheel

Just the one front to finish tomorrow then they are supposed to be painted black

I will have a think on that

More work on the carriage

Following on from yesterday there was plenty to do

I got the doors together and a coat of paint on

They just need another coat or two and the window sashes

Here is the carriage and the doors just awaiting a rub down and a final coat

I am finding the acrylic paint is drying very slowly and not laying as flat as I would like

Maybe it is time to look a bit deeper into spraying

Another little job is to make up the lanterns that go alongside the driver

These are the parts

Also the hand rails for the drivers section

The pattern is under the left hand one

Here is the drivers section again just needing a light rub and a top coat

Here is the carriage pretty much painted

Just tiny bits of touching up after the fancy stuff goes on

This is one of the fancy bits

2 x 2mm strips of Sapeli to make edges look good

Here is the carriage with the strips all done

And finally I make a start on the wheels

I will have to turn down the volume as there could be some swearing or cursing!!!