Here it is warts and all.
No, it isn't, the uploader is full again.
You could look at it here.
http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=176&t=44352

Cheers
Dave

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Here is the one at Bovington and mine with gun and limber.

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I really don`t know how you do it. Well done, it is a pleasure to see you put these models together.

Thanks.

I have had my minions at work and look what they have produced, actually I had almost completed this before I went to Telford.
This is a MK I Gun Carrier with Crane, it is like the supply one so I did not post the build.
As always it is 1/35scale.


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Stunning!

You should have been at Telford Tony, the competition ships were not a patch on yours.

outstanding!

Is it fair to assume that the up-loader is working again, if not.does it make sense to dump some of the very early posts. Just a thought.
Haddock.

yes, its up and running, Mike has sorted it out.
I think they have done as you suggest.

Well back to scratch building as the weather is not so good, made some progress last night and today.

B type bus in 1/35th Scale.

When war broke out, the military had little motorized transport. It was still preparing to use horses as it had in the Boer War of only a decade before. The benefits of the new motorized technology as troop and equipment carriers were soon realized. By the end of the war, the War Office had requisitioned 954 B-types, almost a third of the entire fleet.
These buses held up remarkably well under conditions they had never been designed for. B-types were ambushed, came under fire, and operated on mud tracks. Some had anti-aircraft guns attached to them, others were made into pigeon lofts to house the pigeons used for communication along the front.
I am attempting to scratch build one of these in 1/35 scale, I will be using the Airfix 1/32 as a help and reference, although it has differences to photographs and existing examples. The example in the I.W.M is an AEC. The originals were built by the London and General Omnibus Company at Walthamstow. The bus was originally designed to carry 34 passengers (16 inside and 18 upstairs) but in war service it seems that 24/5 was the usual load, probably due to kit. In war service the windows got broken easily and were boarded up by nailing planks onto the outside frames. Top speed was 16 mph. The Airfix one is based on the example in The Transport Museum at Clapham.
So you are probably thinking, why doesn't he just use the Airfix one? It is surprising the difference in size between 1/32 and 1/35. In 1/35, 1 foot is represented by 8.7 mm whereas in 1/32, 1 foot is represented by 9.5 mm. so the size is definitely noticeable in a vehicle of this size. It was also a challenge.

I had an Airfix bus to use for reference and some of the photos show the parts compared to mine and I did find several plans, some better than others on the internet.. I had forgotten how many sink and ejector pin marks are on the Airfix kit compared to modern kits.
I started with the chassis, as always I seem to find it very difficult to keep it all square. The chassis sides were cut from 60 thou plastic card.


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..and another masterpiece is born!

At this rate you will be overtaking the likes of Airfix!

Scratch building at its best!

Bigkev

Other details such as spring hangers, and rivets were also added from plastic rod and bits and pieces. Springs were made from plastic card strips stuck together and held in the shape of the springs.
The rear wheels are of the cast variety and were made by cutting 15 thou card and adding fillets of plastic for detail, the road tyres are 10 thou card on a suitable former, keep adding layers until the required thickness is reached. The rear wheels have double tyres on them, in the real thing the tyres were solid rubber. One of the photos shows the round glue stick that the plastic card was wound round to create the tyres, you have to be inventive to find circular objects the right size, nothings gets thrown away in our house, you just never know when it will be useful do you?
Front wheels were a bit simpler; a lipstick holder was used to form the tyres around and plastic rod for the spokes.
It was a particular shade of red, but the label has worn off, it was purloined from my wife if you were wondering, it is not actually mine.


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Fanastico!!