BryanKrueger Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Not all projects have to be challenging. Here are a few images of my progress on the Meng Whippet. What a joy to build! Even with the individual tracks that had to be clipped, I managed to build this in a weekend. I then spent the rest of the week adding and scratching details, but that's my own fault and none with the kit. :lol: I replaced many of the molded on brackets with brass or copper strip. The stowage box is scratch from styrene. The stowage is ValueGear. The asbestos exhaust wrap is from nylon string. I still need to clean up the guns but will hold off on those until I'm closer to paint so nothing gets broken.The grouser hanging bracket on the right side was the most difficult to replace. I replicated it with some scrap PE fret that was the perfect width and already had the rounded corner. All I needed to do was solder them together. 2
DennisTennant Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Lookin' good, Bryan! I'm working on one also and agree with you on the ease of assembly. I think I'll still need to glue some of the tracks together as they keep coming apart but that's no biggie. I have to add some details along with some tarps, etc. before heading to the fun part of this build. Can't wait to see how yours will turn out. dt
catdude01 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Very Clean Built, looks like a very promising kit (^^)/
BryanKrueger Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Posted January 20, 2016 Dennis - Thanks. Yes, some of the tracks are a little loose. I'll deal with them later on after painting. Pedro - Thanks. It's a super easy kit. And much larger than I imagined.
BryanKrueger Posted September 22, 2016 Author Report Posted September 22, 2016 (edited) Here are a couple of shots before it went onto the base. And here it is on the base. The bard wire was hand made. Edited September 22, 2016 by BryanKrueger 1
catdude01 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Posted September 22, 2016 This project is a Massive success! the way you achieve a lot of texture and many tones/shades of dirt is really remarkable. The paint is perfect too, and the cherry on top is the extra stowage, really make a difference. and for the end the base, fantastic presentation overall, thanks for sharing it! Really Inspirational work.
BryanKrueger Posted September 22, 2016 Author Report Posted September 22, 2016 Thank you Pedro! It was challenging to make a dirt colored model look like it was covered in dirt.
ghodges Posted September 23, 2016 Report Posted September 23, 2016 Whippet! Whippet good! :D Can't believe no one hadn't gone there yet... Very impressive painting and weathering! Even if the build wasn't particularly challenging compared to some others you've done, you nailed it. GIL
BryanKrueger Posted September 23, 2016 Author Report Posted September 23, 2016 Thanks Gil. Maybe not here, but there have been enough Devo lyrics posted everywhere else. :D
Rusty White Posted September 23, 2016 Report Posted September 23, 2016 No such thing as too many Devo lyrics. I just wish I could dry brush that well. Great looking model.
GregWise Posted October 4, 2016 Report Posted October 4, 2016 Very nice workmanship, congrats on a well done job, does anyone know how the Meng kit compares to the Takom kit?
BryanKrueger Posted October 4, 2016 Author Report Posted October 4, 2016 Thanks Greg Here are a couple of reviews. You can search the blog for additional build articles. http://www.themodellingnews.com/2015/08/review-takoms-35th-scale-whippet-gets.html http://www.themodellingnews.com/2015/11/in-boxed-andys-review-of-mengs-35th.html 1
WildBill50 Posted October 5, 2016 Report Posted October 5, 2016 I guess it wasn't a "dog" of a kit. Very nicely done on all fronts. Bill
DennisTennant Posted October 6, 2016 Report Posted October 6, 2016 Gorgeous work, Bryan. I'm going to use your photos as a guide when I weather mine. Sweet barbed wire!
BryanKrueger Posted October 6, 2016 Author Report Posted October 6, 2016 I guess it wasn't a "dog" of a kit. Very nicely done on all fronts. Bill They are both very nice kits. Only thing Meng got wrong which I didn't know about until I was finished was the hole for the top radiator cap. There is only a half-hole on the model where they mimicked the museum piece. It should be a round hole with a small dome cap. Thanks Dennis! The barb-wire wasn't that difficult to make.
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