CultTVman On the Bench: 201 Bill Early Richard Farrell

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	We got a couple of offerings in this edition of On The Bench. First up, Bill Early shares a recent project.


	Hello everyone. Just a quick update on the Voyage diving bell project. So far I've been able to hold to my goal of not spending a single cent on this project. I've got it ready for the first coat of white primer.


	Next comes a project from a new contributor, Richard Farrell. This model is from the series Blake's 7

This is a work in progress on a 16" Scorpio from the final series of Blake's 7 .The model is built totally from plasticard with some brass wire detailing. Thankfully no tricky techniques were needed on this model due to its flat facetted surface- just as well as I don't know any - just needs a lot of perseverance. It is based on some very good drawings of the ship available from Horizon, but progress has been slow due to a lack of reference for detailing and paint schemes. I'm putting together the antenna & platform next ( having to use a bit of guesswork ), to be followed by filling and primer. Finally comes the crash course in airbrushing before attempting the paint job.

This model has been on my bench for, well, ages. It's built up from plastic card and detailed with plastic and brass tube, approx. 16" in length. The base of the antenna platform is the cap from a firework. Now I have virtually completed it and am in priming and sanding mode. I've also splashed out on an airbrush to finish the job properly !


	Here's another bench project from Jeff Tirante. We've seen a number of his projects in the past couple years.






		Well, what to do on a rainy Saturday? 2 toilet paper rolls, and 1 amazon.com delivery box later, and this is where I am so far with my "Fireball XL-5", with rocket sled, as it turned out, (Steve Rogers, and the folk at "Space City" to thank) I found that the plans designed by Reg Hill and Derek Meddings printed out to scale, with my "Konami Fireball" these, I in turn, blew up another 300% and got my plans for a 19 inch model, complete with detachable jr My next step will be to plate the hull with the cardboard from all the tasty cakes my wife and I munched on this week end!

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