Model Citizen

Well, things this month worked out better than I imagined. I was in Bristol for the annual Comic Expo, and it was a much smaller event this year, co much so I had a fair amount of cash left over after a couple of hours at the show, which seemed the time to do it justice rather than the 2 days it lasted. Anyway, you dont want to know all about that.

I took a walk into the town (incidentally, as we walked over the bridge there was a guy selling ice creams, these are the BIGGEST I've ever seen!) and found there was an Antics Model Shop situated by the Police Station. So I took a look in there, I bought my son a model of the King George V battleship, as he's now showing a lot of interest in modelmaking.

There was very little there in larger scale items so just on the off chance I asked how much they would sell the Trumpeter 1/16 M16 for (I know it's not the M16 in the thread title...:) So, the guy said it would be £95, and they had some in stock and it would be best to have it delivered straight to me for no extra cost! Result! That's about £30 cheaper than I'd found on the net, and strangely, £10 cheaper than on the actual Antics website?

Well, it came. It's a huge box, and as I could find very little about the making of this beast, thought I'd start my own. So, here's a look at the size, I'm in it for scale. pictures just showing the box dont give the right impression of size.

The box has some lovely art on it with a stylish matt varnish all over.

back of box:

Side Art:

Another side view showing actual model and metal etched parts:

And lastly the open box showing all the plastic goodies inside. I'm gonna need one big work area for this so my boy better hurry up with the King George (he's only 8!).

So, hopefully more to follow in the not too distant future as I actually make a start.