What's on my desk?

Those who have visited the store may have seen it: I'm doing some modelling in the shop. So I thought I'd start a build log and show everyone my work.

What's on my desk?

First of all: I'm building the Mercedes 300SL in 1/24 scale from Tamiya.

Work has progressed nicely. The tubular frame is done and the engine has been mounted. The body shell is at home being airbrushed (along with some other parts). I'm currently painting the interior & seats. This is done in oil paints and requires a lot of drying time, which brings me to my second ongoing build:

The OcCre San Francisco tram (1/24-ish).

My sister bought this one, on condition that I build it for her. This is a mostly wooden model, with a number of metal parts. This is a first for me; I've always built in plastic, so I'm looking forward to the challenge.

What's in the box?

A photo guide in Spanish, with separate translation in (among other languages) English:

The laser-cut wooden parts:

A bundle of wooden strips:

A box of metal parts:

One sheet of stickers and one sheet of transparent plastic for the windows:

I've started marking the part numbers and glued the tram floor to the side posts. Stay tuned for the next blog post to see my progress.

Or come by the shop and see it live!