To be a little more precise - It's an 1865 Aveling & Porter Road Roller.
Some of you may have noticed that steam power has become a bit of a theme of mine over the last few months.
This is the latest - and most complicated kit I've made for quite a while - the cog picture may give you an idea! The kit comes from Modelik and has line drawings and half a page of words in Polish. There are eight photos that help a little, although on closer inspection, I think the pictures are of a plastic kit - quite a novel idea!
I have also realised that there are no tabs on any parts nor are there any reference numbers on parts showing where other parts fit - although there are a few clues on the drawings. So far almost every part has been glued to card of varying thicknesses. Als the printing of the gloss areas crack very easily.
That's the bad side, the good side is that as I progress, I have become aware of the quirks and this makes building easier, the parts fit is also very good so, generally, I'm enjoying the procees.
One think I haven't mentioned is the scale -- I'll leave that for a while - you may be surprised!
More to follow --- slowly.
Cheers
Mike
Some of you may have noticed that steam power has become a bit of a theme of mine over the last few months.
This is the latest - and most complicated kit I've made for quite a while - the cog picture may give you an idea! The kit comes from Modelik and has line drawings and half a page of words in Polish. There are eight photos that help a little, although on closer inspection, I think the pictures are of a plastic kit - quite a novel idea!
I have also realised that there are no tabs on any parts nor are there any reference numbers on parts showing where other parts fit - although there are a few clues on the drawings. So far almost every part has been glued to card of varying thicknesses. Als the printing of the gloss areas crack very easily.
That's the bad side, the good side is that as I progress, I have become aware of the quirks and this makes building easier, the parts fit is also very good so, generally, I'm enjoying the procees.
One think I haven't mentioned is the scale -- I'll leave that for a while - you may be surprised!
More to follow --- slowly.
Cheers
Mike
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