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#1 Posted : 14 March 2013 15:33:10

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As a welcome gift for my birthday I was given a London bus to build by my daughter, its the 1:24 scale Revell, it comes with over 400 very detailed parts and looks a real challenge to do.



And as that was not enough my partner decided to surprise me with this little beauty Flapper Flapper Flapper .




How lucky am I can't wait to get started and will be doing a build diary from here so hope you take a peek and all comments welcome.


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#2 Posted : 14 March 2013 16:16:10

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Nice too see something unusual Cool
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I use the same compressor!!! Bloody good it is too!!BigGrin BigGrin
Looking forward to seeing you build diary, very different indeed, and some fond memories of travelling on one in my youth!!BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin
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#4 Posted : 14 March 2013 19:56:29

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absolutely brilliant Peter, i have looked at the box several times in my local model shop, my grandson Jack who is 3 loves buses and he wants me to buy it for him, so i will look on with interest and if you can recommend it i may well do this over the summer for him BigGrin
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#5 Posted : 14 March 2013 21:00:10

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I work as a London bus driver for a living so I will be interested to see how u get on. By the way that compressor is brilliant I own the same one too
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BigGrin Hi Petpole
An unusual subject and different, just a note about the rear open area, most people just thought it was there to make it easyer to hop on and off the bus but it was a major safety feature. If the bus was ever to have an accident and end up on its side people could still escape through the rear open part. Also she was designed by aircraft enginears hence the round edges and use of aluminium on the body parts.
I too have the same compressor and its been faultless for over a year now
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#7 Posted : 14 March 2013 22:17:41

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Thanks for the interesting info Andy. Every day is a school day BigGrin
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#8 Posted : 15 March 2013 00:34:21

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Thanks for all your interest, it's great to think an unusual build like think gets looked at as it is a piece of our history.
That information about the bus being designed by aircraft engineers was a real treat Arpurchase thanks for that, have been doing some research about the bus mainly in pictures as I am just checking the design if there are any improvements I could make.
Once again thanks for your interest hope to have some pictures up very soon.

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Don't know much about London Buses, but I did work for a week in the Jacobs Cream Cracker FactoryLOL LOL
Sounds like a fun build, it's nice to see some 'off the beaten track' builds appearing on the forum BigGrin
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#10 Posted : 15 March 2013 08:39:49

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Now this will be an interesting build to watch.
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#11 Posted : 15 March 2013 09:38:31

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Nemesis wrote:
I use the same compressor!!! Bloody good it is too!!BigGrin BigGrin
Looking forward to seeing you build diary, very different indeed, and some fond memories of travelling on one in my youth!!BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin


Loved jumpng on these when I worked in London in the early 80's to see the sights on my day off.
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#12 Posted : 15 March 2013 14:01:39

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Just managed to build the engine, there are two options the Scania or the more earlier Leyland this is the option I welt for so here are a couple of pictures of it finished.





I am using humbrol acrylic paints as I can't stand using enamels I think they are to thick and I find I work better in acrylics.

All comments welcome.

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Can anybody please advise me which of the items on the linked page is a good deal ...with the exception of any over £100 which is where my budget is set
http://www.dealtime.co.u...er-Dual-action/products

Thanks for looking and any advise
H.M.S Victory
H.M.S Victory X Section
H.M.S Surprise under the bench
D-51
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PS Iam a total novice with airbrushing
H.M.S Victory
H.M.S Victory X Section
H.M.S Surprise under the bench
D-51
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#15 Posted : 15 March 2013 15:38:00

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Well this is the kit I got and I love it although I'm a complete novice as yourself so hope to have real fun with it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/...creativeASIN=B0054Q384A

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BigGrin Hi All
with an airbrush kit try to get a gravity and a bottom feed airbrush [ie one of each], the bottom feed is great for large areas and the gravity for finer work as for price its take your pick really ,Petpole's looks a good buy as it has both brushes mentioned above.
On another note the seats on the bus originally had a leather edge about 10/12 inches wide to enable passengers to slide in and out the seats quickly and nice work on the engine
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Thanks comrades
H.M.S Victory
H.M.S Victory X Section
H.M.S Surprise under the bench
D-51
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Cracking start!! Nice detail on the engine.BigGrin BigGrin
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I wondered about the seats as the transfer's don't fit the width of the benches, thanks for the info Arpurchase.
Thanks for the comments all, I am just trying out the airbrush still trying to get the ratio of water to paint right if anybody has any suggestions please feel free.

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#20 Posted : 15 March 2013 20:06:50

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Hi ,the engine looks greatBigGrin Kind regards Mike
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