Roy Bent
@roybent.bsky.social
Lover of guitars and Moog synthesisers. Woodworker, CAD doodler, 3D printerer and model builder. Movie fan. Vinyl record person.
NO POLITICS PLEASE!
Follow fishing = block.
NO POLITICS PLEASE!
Follow fishing = block.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just noticed the Malta Spitfire in the artwork 😊
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Just noticed the Malta Spitfire in the artwork 😊
Another one added to the 1:24 scale stash 👍😊. It's a shame that a very British brand has to manufacture in India though.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Another one added to the 1:24 scale stash 👍😊. It's a shame that a very British brand has to manufacture in India though.
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#HistScaleModels
Here's a little job for the cold, dark winter nights: put together a BMW 801 radial engine in CAD for the Airfix 1:24 FW190A then 3D print it. There is a resin one available from Super Hobby but it's £60 once shipping is added and the DIY approach is much more fun.
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#HistScaleModels
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Here's a little job for the cold, dark winter nights: put together a BMW 801 radial engine in CAD for the Airfix 1:24 FW190A then 3D print it. There is a resin one available from Super Hobby but it's £60 once shipping is added and the DIY approach is much more fun.
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#HistScaleModels
I’m well stocked up for this one 👍
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’m well stocked up for this one 👍
Airbrushes cleaned ahead of the big Sunderland paint 👍😊. There’s going to be quite a lot of masking on this one 😰
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Airbrushes cleaned ahead of the big Sunderland paint 👍😊. There’s going to be quite a lot of masking on this one 😰
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
That worked well. Thanks to @traindriverdave.bsky.social for the UV resin idea 👍😊. I’ve cut some masks on the vinyl cutter.
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
That worked well. Thanks to @traindriverdave.bsky.social for the UV resin idea 👍😊. I’ve cut some masks on the vinyl cutter.
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
Right, I’ve put some Bare Metal foil in the back of the light apertures and put the bulbs in. Now for a few layers of UV resin then sand and polish 👍😊
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Right, I’ve put some Bare Metal foil in the back of the light apertures and put the bulbs in. Now for a few layers of UV resin then sand and polish 👍😊
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The light covers are, of course, way too small for the thickness of the wing 🙄. Looks like I’m going to have to hot bend some clear sheet. Getting a bit bored with this now.
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The light covers are, of course, way too small for the thickness of the wing 🙄. Looks like I’m going to have to hot bend some clear sheet. Getting a bit bored with this now.
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
I don’t usually do black Friday stuff but at £30 including shipping this was irresistible. One of my very favourite aircraft.
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#HistScaleModels
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I don’t usually do black Friday stuff but at £30 including shipping this was irresistible. One of my very favourite aircraft.
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#HistScaleModels
I’ve reinstated the panel lines lost in cleaning up joints. Now there’s a couple of hundred rivets to do 😜
I’ll listen to Stephen Fry reading Sherlock Holmes stories on Audible to relieve the boredom.
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I’ll listen to Stephen Fry reading Sherlock Holmes stories on Audible to relieve the boredom.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I’ve reinstated the panel lines lost in cleaning up joints. Now there’s a couple of hundred rivets to do 😜
I’ll listen to Stephen Fry reading Sherlock Holmes stories on Audible to relieve the boredom.
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I’ll listen to Stephen Fry reading Sherlock Holmes stories on Audible to relieve the boredom.
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
Mahonia’s looking fine this morning 👍😊
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Mahonia’s looking fine this morning 👍😊
May 17th 2025, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, UK. Sunny, warm and windy.
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
May 17th 2025, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, UK. Sunny, warm and windy.
You’ll be needing a couple of these as well.
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
You’ll be needing a couple of these as well.
To begin at the beginning:
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched,
courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the
sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched,
courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the
sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
To begin at the beginning:
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched,
courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the
sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched,
courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the
sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Jadlam have got an Airfix black Friday sale on at the moment. I’m very tempted by the 1:48 Supermarine Walrus.
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Jadlam have got an Airfix black Friday sale on at the moment. I’m very tempted by the 1:48 Supermarine Walrus.
OMG!!!😮
I must follow back immediately!
I must follow back immediately!
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
OMG!!!😮
I must follow back immediately!
I must follow back immediately!
Nearly ready for paint. I somehow have to get the canopy to fit properly 🙄
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Nearly ready for paint. I somehow have to get the canopy to fit properly 🙄
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
It's been a while...
Big Al, Little Norm and Medium Sized Mrs Swinburne 😊
And Trevor of course: "You've just got to listen to the music."
Big Al, Little Norm and Medium Sized Mrs Swinburne 😊
And Trevor of course: "You've just got to listen to the music."
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's been a while...
Big Al, Little Norm and Medium Sized Mrs Swinburne 😊
And Trevor of course: "You've just got to listen to the music."
Big Al, Little Norm and Medium Sized Mrs Swinburne 😊
And Trevor of course: "You've just got to listen to the music."
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Making progress. The plan is to drop UV-curing clear resin into the portholes then sand and polish. I’ll use my vinyl cutter to make circular masks. This kit is ok, but it proves that ‘new tooling’ is not necessarily good tooling - a lot of cleaning up parts.
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#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Making progress. The plan is to drop UV-curing clear resin into the portholes then sand and polish. I’ll use my vinyl cutter to make circular masks. This kit is ok, but it proves that ‘new tooling’ is not necessarily good tooling - a lot of cleaning up parts.
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB