{"id":12084,"date":"2024-02-21T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12084"},"modified":"2024-02-21T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T13:06:53","slug":"craft-models-can-i-flog-stuff-ive-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12084","title":{"rendered":"CRAFT\/MODELS: Can I Flog Stuff I\u2019ve Made?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hasegawa Egg-Plane TBF Avengers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I bought these two kits at Duxford, over 20 years ago. They\u2019ve been built for a long time too. I ought to dust them off a bit, I guess?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They\u2019re painted and decal\u2019d in a basic way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The original decals had mostly dried up and cracked. I did manage to use the orig\u2019 star\/bar ones. But all the numbers\/letters just disintegrated. Leaving me to either leave off the numbers altogether, or kind of bodge them (E16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most fun part was..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The most fun I had on these was detailing the cockpit interiors. They were super basic as supplied. All I did, tbh, was add straps to the seats, and paint the interiors. The hardest part of these two builds was masking the framework of the cockpit canopies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not 100% (or even 50%) sure of this. But I think the one with the red edged star\/bar things might be USNM, as in US Navy Marines, the other being either plain Army or Air Force? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Penfold, from Dangermouse<\/em>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dear ol\u2019 Popeye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The above two \u2018shrinks dink\u2019 thinks we\u2019re my first ever foray into a little crafty fun, that Sofi and Ali shared with us once or twice, when we were visiting (and poss looking after?) them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re not brilliantly executed. Being my first attempts. And I also learned that the simpler the overall shape – both mine are prob\u2019 a bit too complex – and the \u2018blockier\u2019, the more success you\u2019ll have shrinking them flat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both of mine have warped a bit when heating\/shrinking. And Popeye\u2019s even cracked a little. But he always was more than a little cracked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m wondering can I flog these things, as part of my effort to de-clutter? Or do I just throw them away? That last seems a tad sad\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I bought these two kits at Duxford, over 20 years ago. They\u2019ve been built for a long time too. I ought to dust them off a bit, I guess? The original decals had mostly dried up and cracked. I did manage to use the orig\u2019 star\/bar ones. But all the numbers\/letters just disintegrated. Leaving me … <\/p>\n

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