Olympic games? Part 2

With the basic build complete I slapped on a black undercoat.  During this process a surprisingly small number of parts fell off.  Then it was on to the actual paintwork.  I didn't go with the white of the original as I wanted a generic 'big rusty battleship' look.   So far so good then....
 

Olympic games? Part 1

If building dodgy old plastic kits is ever recognised as a sport by the International Olympic Committee I think readers of this blog could put up a pretty strong team. Though turning up in a cloud of polystyrene cement fumes might cause issues with the drug testing equipment...

Anyway, on to this dodgy old kit.  Purchased from the COW bring & buy a few years ago with no particular plan in mind, it seemed like a useful thing to have in stock.  Inspiration struck a few months ago, meaning I'd have to build the thing.

The original USS Olympia is perhaps best know as the US flagship at Manilla Bay in 1898.  Decommissioned the following year, she returned to service as a training ship in 1902 and subsequently saw service in the Great War.  Perhaps her most poignant voyage was made in 1921 when she carried the remains of the US's unknown soldier home from France.

So much for history.  I have two game ideas which require this model - in neither of which will it be a US warship...  But rusty old battleships all look similar and that meets my consistently low standards.

The build was not without challenges - forgivable in view of it's price and antiquity.  As you can see, a lot of masking tape was used to hold it together while the (copious amounts of) glue dried.  So now it's starting to look like a ship.

Jolly Green Giant - part 2

Paintwork is underway. This scruffy green is the first base coat - the nasty white plastic was a sod to cover!

Jolly Green Giant - part 1

To accompany my brace of Skyraiders to war I have at last whipped out this implausibly large chopper.

To say it’s a basic kit would be slightly unjust as it’s hardly a new release. That said, I’m not looking for any more detail or complexity and at about £7 it’s hardly expensive!