Milling Machine

Published on
Review Author(s)
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$28.00
Product / Stock #
437
Company: Plusmodel - Website: Visit Site
Provided by: Plusmodel - Website: Visit Site

Another awesome kit from Plus Models is a milling machine which would fit in many dioramas such as an auto or machine shop. The kit is a true multimedia kit with 29 resin parts, a photo etch fret, a length of wire and decals to make a duplicate of a LeBlond No. 3 Plain Milling Machine. The parts are perfectly cast and the photoetch is nicely engraved. The decals represent the metallic plates on the machine and are excellent also.

Construction involves removing a lot of casting gates. This is true for all parts except the sprue that have the handles. Once the gates are removed, I added the motor and main arm to the base. I also added the controls and electrical boxes and the main arms and the end guard. I left off tray and adjustment guide as they can be added later. The main drive belt guard was also added. I also made the mistake of adding the tiny handles to all of the arms. More on that later. I also assembled the parts for the tray and adjustment guides.

Looking at my paints, the real machine looked very close to FS 36116, Gunship Gray so that was what I used. I used Citadel Mithril Silver and hand painted the handles, dials and various arms as a basecoat. I painted the metal parts of the motor copper. I touched up some misses and added the decals. I added some washes and flat coated the entire thing.

During all this handling, I knocked off at least four of the handles. Hindsight, I should have left them off and added later. Once all the fixes were done and the tray and adjustment guides added, I flat coated the entire thing again. I used a silver pencil to add some scratches. Last, I used a silver paint marker to shine up the moving parts and its done.

This is a very cool little kit and would make a great addition to any diorama. Definitely recommended. My thanks to Plus Models and IPMS/USA for the chance to review this great kit.

Cover

Comments

Add new comment

All comments are moderated to prevent spam


This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.