1:4 scale Ritchey P20, this is going to take a while...

[The History Man]

On my lunch break looking at these and wondering how the hell you can be so patient and precise

 

[LumPi Panda]

On my lunch break looking at these and wondering how the hell you can be so patient and precise

I think patience and endurance are the two main factors. I reckon pretty much anybody is capable of the sticking it together bit of the job, but you need something missing in your brain to be prepared to do it 800 times.
I actually find it really relaxing, perhaps meditative. The rest of the world sort of disappears while you're sticking tyre treads on a tiny tyre.

 

[LumPi Panda]

While we're on the subject of tiny tyres, I've finally got round to sticking the rest of the treads on...



Now I need to work around it with a variety of fillers and abrasives. This is a perfect job for over Christmas in front of the TV watching Die Hard, The Sound of Music, The Great Escape etc.....

 

[LumPi Panda]

I've also had the paint tins out again...

Coat of gloss black as a base...



...then several mist coats of AK Xtreme Polished Aluminium. This paint is superb. The gloss black acts as a reflective base and you build up thin coats of the metal colour. They do a chrome one which you can achieve a near mirror finish with.



Test fit. The stanchions still need painting, but I couldn't resist it.

 

[LumPi Panda]

A sense of scale.