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I popped to Maplins at lunch time to get some 3mm LEDs to light the eyes and headlights. They didn’t have any white ones though! I bought some blue ones which are 4.5v but ended up ordering some more off the website with matching 3.5v ratings which are two AA batteries. I used the fine …
I got an hour in this evening. I finished the feet and put the head on: I tend to leave him in pieces so that I don’t knock things off but he looks like Terminator! I’ve left the tanks on his shoulders off for now as they fall off evey 10 seconds anyway. I might …
I popped to Hobbycraft to get some metallic acrylic paints and spent the afternoon assembling part of Prime. I do prefer stick and glue model kits!!! Some of the pieces are a pain to get to fit and so you end up pushing and hoping nothing will break. Don’t get me on to the bits …
The humvee has been started but is still under construction. I’m having great fun working out what an alien energy blast would do to one and how the bumpers, wing mirrors and body would crumple (if at all) when it rolls over sideways. Here’s where I’ve got to so far: The most exciting thing is …
I have to admit to loving the Transformers films. I even saw the second one at a drive in movie theatre in Connecticut. Having seen the third film, I was surfing the internet to see if there were any model kits. There was one, sold out already, of Optimus Prime and an available one for …