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Greg Baker (strobez)

The Blue Lotus (Wolseley Armoured Car)

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October 24, 2017
The armoured car fromTintin the Blue Lotus
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October 24, 2017
Measure twice, cut three times...
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October 24, 2017
Ok... that worked.
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October 24, 2017
More careful measurements
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October 24, 2017
The side walls are cut out.
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October 24, 2017
Carefully assembled pieces.
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October 28, 2017
The grill is carefully laid out strips glued together in a slight overlap.
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October 28, 2017
Glued on the front.
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October 28, 2017
First round of putty/sanding complete
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October 28, 2017
Now we need a turret. That spaceship engine piece will do.
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October 28, 2017
Cut to size and a cap glued on and sanded down.
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October 31, 2017
Putty and sanding.
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November 5, 2017
Not bad for 100% scratch...
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November 5, 2017
Green paint... which really seems to love finding plastic dust. No more filing styrene too close!
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November 9, 2017
All done!
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November 9, 2017
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A nearly 100% scratchbuild in 1/72 of the Japanese armoured car Tintin drives in the adventure, The Blue Lotus.

The Blue Lotus (Wolsely Armoured Car)

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