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Author Topic: Scratch-built Austin AC (2nd series)  (Read 8565 times)

Offline tin shed gamer

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Re: Scratch-built Austin AC (2nd series)
« Reply #45 on: January 13, 2016, 10:59:54 PM »
Father Primus,
I'll keep an eye for your future builds,Your colour scheme isn't one I'd use myself As the Austins in my collection are  Series 3& (1918)3's and required a more conventionally expected colour scheme as they were used for advertisements. Although a lot of my work is commercially available (including my Austins) I'm fan of scratch builds.
Yours is a nice blend of re used model parts and recycling of card. Infact no one has ever noticed the 1918 used in the adverts isn't actually the product its 40% card ;) I'd not even made the master when the advert was due (made the master and the advert model at the same time ((you can tell by the rear mud guards))which is a similar method to your own,So it's a method that works and with practice no one will know how you made it(unless you tell them).
Fram mentioned that I'd done the odd card model,So I popped a new Thread on the 'Workbench' with some of last years card builds, it's intended to be a place to pick my brains (feel free too :)) and a place to swap ideas and for people to post there own scratch builds if they want too.and to chip in ideas or ask how on earth to start a project.I hope you take a look and add your own thoughts.
Right back to your paint scheme ,while I'm waffling on I'm actually trying to think of a project just so I can have a crack at using it.
Mark.

 

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