My son is a massive fan of Wallace and Gromit (and if you don't know who they are - where the hell have you been?!?) and I thought it would be fun to build him this as a present - possibly the most expensive kit per part I've ever bought. These Airfix W&G kits are all out of production and massively over-priced - The Austin Van from 'Cure of the WereRabbit' is well over a £100 these days.
Anyway I got this one from a charity shop for about £60. Alas it doesn't include the aircraft kit, but that's fine as it was the Motorbike I wanted anyway.
For those who aren't sure what this is - it's W&G's 'Wash and Go' window-cleaning service bike, from 'A Close Shave'.
The kit itself is a bit odd - simple with not many parts, but made of a vinyl style plastic which is very shiny, a bit greasy to the touch and doesn't sand or take a knife very well - which is a bit of a problem as there are massive mould lines all over it. Most of the time building this kit is going to be clean up and filling the rather poor fitting characters.
One good thing about it - it takes Tamiya glues very well - the extra quick has been really useful. The fit isn't actually too bad on the whole.
Here's Gromit's head - you can see what I mean by the mould lines.
Cheers All!
Looks like a quick fun build.