Holey smokes! (ha, couldn’t resist) this truck looks wonderful - great touch on the weathering, really nice!
Cheers
Nick
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Thanks gents for the kind words - very flattering considering the talent that you both have !
Calling this one done -
Leaves are starting to fall in 1918 London signaling the start of the heating season. Mr. Banks has ordered some coal for delivery so that children Jane and Michael stay warm . I hope Bert has not been too distracted by the hot nanny flying around with her umbrella and has made certain that the chimneys have been well swept.
This was a fun one in spite of the bazillion tiny
parts - I’ve learned to take MiniArt kits in small
bites .
The coal bags made from Milliput were painted Tamiya Dark Yellow then given an oil wash of blackish olive drab . Light dry brush of base color dark yellow followed by lightened base color .
Coal dust was done on bags and lorry with black soft pastel applied with a soft brush then all sealed with Dullcoat. Leaves are from a photo etch set by Alliance Model works .
Thanks all for the interest and compliments.
Cheers- Richard
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Fantastic Richard and great finish with the coal bags and dust.
cheers
Michael
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Great job on those sacks.
Kudos for sticking with your plan. I would’ve bet you’d have to tinker with something
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I’ve loved watching this build- it has been a real treat to watch a nice, bright civilian lorry come together with such attention paid to both paint and details. I remember the coal lorry delivering to us (in the 1990s) and seeing the coal bags and dirt in the bed just like this. Awesome stuff Richard!
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The C|O|A|L Lorry really came out beautifully. Amazing artistry! 
—mike
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neat !!
looks great
srt
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Too big. They were defined by merchants and lawyers with little regard to ergonomics: it was accepted by all parties that ending up crippled (if you lived long enough) was the natural order of things. Similarly in the days of sail the Royal Navy issued every sailor with a truss on recruitment/impressment on the grounds that if you didn’t already have a hernia there was one in your future…
Cheers,
M
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That’s what she said.
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Hang on, are we talking Happy Sacks or Fun Bags?
M
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Tricky question.
The words “she said” could be interpreted to mean one set of sacks
but
considering that some have different “leanings” it could also be interpreted as another set of matching bags.
The term ‘bags’ imply that those would not be of the ‘staunch and upright’ type which would be a pity. The rock hard ones, on the other hand (or hands?), are often a disppointment so a middle path should be chosen between the saggy bags and the rock hard ones.
You may want to consult this reference for further enlightenment
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Oh no! We’ve stumbled into a Frankie Howerd sketch!
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Or ths recent post. Full of valuable insights…
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Awesome, yet another fun Kitmaker Six Degrees of Separation demo. So we have 1) MiniArt’s LGOC lorry to (2) Coal sacks to (3) Sax(aphone) to (4) the Bacon Brothers band’s keyboardist also plays sax to (5) Kevin Bacon.
I also played around with fun bags but couldn’t get bra to fit…and if I had a dollar etc.
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