Tintin in the Congo (Model-T + Loco)

Alex K
OK, I'm already hooked, from the very first pics... One can never get bored watching Greg's projects...

Greg Baker
Heh. The funny thing about this one, is that I bought what I thought was a Airfix "emergency support vehicles" box at a hobby show, but it turned out to be just parts... and none of the really good ones. When I looked at the water tank bits I thought "hmm... that looks a bit like a train..." and here we are.

The really sad thing is that I bought the box two years ago, had a coffee at the show and dug through my purchases "just to take a quick look" and discovered that there was basically nothing but cut up sprues in the box. So I took it back to the vendor and he gave me my money back... and then threw it back on the table. I guess it didn't sell, because the next year, at the same show, I forgot and did the exact same thing... only I didn't stop for the coffee because my son wanted to leave. So when I took a good look at it at home... GAH!

Oh, well, fool me twice I guess... at least I'm going to make SOMETHING out of it.

Alex K
LOL! 🙂 And... now that you mentioned it, I should have recognized the Austin K6 water tank from the Airfix kit (I recently purchased it), but at first glance you fooled me, I did "see" part of a locomotive. I also have the RPM Ford T ambulance - so I'll watch this with great interest... Good luck, have fun - this is gonna be another awesome Tintin scene! 🙂 [BTW, your audience patiently awaits for progress on the 2CV - and the Dakota crash!)

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh yeah! Something to watch! 👍

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
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bughunter
That Ford-T is so cute😉 Does the little locomotive also emit steam? A steam generator from model railway + steam oil should fit.

Spanjaard
i am in 🙂

Greg Baker
Haha! I never thought of that... hmm...😉 For this one, I'll likely do a bit of a "put-put-put" cloud out of cotton...

Erik De Smet
Model steam generators are 12V stuff, would not work on your 5V supplies...

Alec K
Funny acquisition story Greg. I have done something similar. Looks super so far 👍

Greg Baker
Thanks Alec. Man, I was furious at getting taken in two years in a row... but it never occurred to me that the guy would just throw the box back on the "for sale" table. Who would do that? or... at least put a note on it... or something. Oh, well. This project got sidelined temporarily, but it'll be back on track soon... choo choo...

Lode Schildermans
Better late than never, I'm in here

Greg Baker
Don't worry, you haven't missed much yet.

John Thomas
Very cool

Alec K
Funny you actually found the same guy AND the same model 😄 😄 😄

Chaz Gordon
It is a pretty cool story, if a little odd that a trader would sell junk in a box without marking it, then go back to the same show the year later. Model shows tend to have the same attendees year after year. Although I have to admit having bought a kit in a charity shop, only to find it was mostly made (badly). I should have checked, but it had a bottle of revell contacta in there that I am still using, and was worth what I paid for the kit, so no foul. I checked the contents the next time though, and avoided buying a 2 Car double pack with no Bodyshells.

Greg Baker
On the flip side, I ordered a 1/144 B-17 from Japan via Buyee.com. It was listed "as is" and in one of the pics it showed a wing missing from the sprue but two wings were clearly visible in another pic, so i took the plunge because it was a good price. When the box arrived, I was pleasantly surprise to find not one, but TWO B-17 kits in the box... with one missing the upper left wing half. Luckily, having one complete kit, I made a resin copy of the missing piece. It's not perfect, but certainly good enough, all things considered.

Patrick Hagelstein
Lucky you! 👍 If it's only a missing wing you could also graft it from laminated plastic sheet sanded to shape. Wouldn't that be even easier?