P.E. Drum Set
I always see those little P.E. models in a 3x5 envelope and think, I wonder what they are like(?). They have these kits of nearly every subject you can imagine (military, space, aircraft, naval, construction, buildings, etc.). My wife, Becky, saw me looking at them and a week later she gave me an all P.E. drum kit. When you get a model gift from your wife you have to build it.
I took it out of the cardboard wrapper and found two P.E. frets of approximately 65 pieces. All of the material is white metal. The connections to the P.E. fret are sometimes thick and difficult to remove without damaging the part (even with cutters). The kit instructions tell you that no glue is needed, everything is a tab and slot assembly. After the tab is inserted you either fold or twist it, depending on the assembly and visibility. Not liking how the tabs were working, I decided to glue them as well.
All of the pictures you see of these completed are finished in thier natural metal. I chose to do something a little different and painted the drum shells Tamiya clear red/amber; and clear yellow for the cymbals. The drums heaads are painted Vallejo flat white.
Sorry there is no build thread for this one, here is the finished kit which measures around 2.5 inches wide and 1.75 inches deep:
Completed kit.....
While challenging (hard to turn round and bend tabs securely), it is not very realistic. It's a fun weekend project to take your mind off off another build.
Thanks for looking.....
Ben
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