Lt. Biggles
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Bet that set up give crisp pics! Do you have the IFR nav planning maps so you know where each of the waypoints are? The glue on this one seems sticky but will test it. The nose part is all in one big long one so might have to split it up somewhere secretly as the dry fitting seems to show it looses alignment at each end. So far I’ve not had an issue with the medium not drying but the deck is thin and many of the plank lines are right through so heaps of little gaps. My trouble is the medium dries too fast! Have to use thin layers otherwise it all squirts out at the edges and have an annoying clean. sounds like a fun story hidden behind that word “penance” haha!! the F4 seems like a fun jet to fly!! -
I’m going to experiment with the next half and compare. You want a good bond as a lifting deck would just be a pain!
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Yea way points are used everywhere if you don’t have GPS can still track a way point route by using radials from a ground beacon and distance equipment. But GPS is so much easier than the other type, its really just used as a back up system. Well that’s how it is here in NZ and I’m sure we are still 30 years behind the rest of the world haha
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So decided end the hull weathering there and once all complete can do any changes I want... which means! Started on the wooden deck! I painted over the sticky side with gel medium and then painted the deck with gel medium and stuck it down that way rather than use the adhesive that it comes with. Apparently it’s got a better stick and also had a tiny bit more give for sliding it into the best place.
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It would be really inconvenient if GPS isn’t available for navigation! Back to VORs and NDBs 🤣 but probably a high chance one day it may have to happen! Did you fly single pilot with celestial navigation? Surly it would be a full time job itself?
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Haha yea those 2 are always visible even with jus your eyes. There is a nice nebula in the big one called the tarantula nebula but I’m yet to try find it. I’ve got the mount and the telescope but waiting on the rings so I can attach them together... then I’ll have a 1200mm lens! If I can guide it accurately it should be fun!
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I'm a 15 min drive to bortle 1 skies so pretty lucky here. This was a few days ago. It's just the middle of the closest spiral arm of our galaxy. In about 4 months the core of the Milky Way will be visible nice and high so am looking forward to then! but while I wait I'm happy with the edges, we do get treated with the core a bit nicer here than up in the north.
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They are great shots!! Love the colours in the seven sisters! That blue is fantastic! I don’t know how high they get in out southern skies!! The northern hemisphere gets so many more cool galaxies! I’m abit jealous haha! that moon is pretty crisp! Looks nice too with the blue background
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Nice! Since I’ve had my gear only Mars has been up and it’s so far away I have to wait till dec 2022 for it to be close again and the other planets aren’t in the night sky till about August so I’ve got the moon and nebula to practice on till they show up! Hoping the mount will help with the deep space long exposures! I’m looking forward to seeing Jupiter and Saturn for the first time. Over here the seven sisters is called Matariki and it rises in June, I’d like to get some shots of that. You didn’t use “deep sky stacker” for your pics? Please feel free to post those pics! I’d love to see them!
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I’ve got a wooden deck with the upgrade set so will use that. Will look much better than my attempt at painting a teak deck! I might have to fade it abit so it’s not looking brand new on a old weathered ship though. thanks mate, yea since travel is off the cards I’ve had to find new hobbies to fill the void! Haha. Do you photograph them or did you do visual? I’m slowly setting up to photograph mainly nebula and galaxies if I can. Got one of these EQ6r pro mount, looking forward to testing it out. Unfortunately the box came filled with clouds so might be a week or two to get to test it! I always brush my washes on and off. My airbrush takes a lot more to clean oils so it puts me off using it. Except might airbrush a very thin grey wash on my deck to give it a more faded out look. Were you also wanting to know what washes I use?
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Worked the AM shift this weeks so not as much time as normal to work on her and in the evenings I’ve been doing astrophotography so only have during the day and cloudy nights to give her. But when I could I carried on. Gave it a few days to dry well after so many baths in spirits. Added a salt stain streak wash. and also a rusty grime wash. these pictures are taken under quite harsh light so all the effects really stand out but under normal light it’s a much more subtle effect. Think I’ll give it one more medium grey wash to blend everything together and soften the effects and move on with the build.
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Thanks mate, she is quite a nice looking ship. All those slopes and shelves on the hull really give her some character! You did a great job of yours! Looks quite nice in water!
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To be honest awnings had never even crossed my mind! It seems for realism it’s best to keep them off this particular ship but if one was to model an awning what would be used? Something incredibly thin yet still acts abit like it should. If done well would add a lot to the model visually! I guess in ww2 everyone just tanned very fast and being perpetually sunburnt was part of life?
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Thanks for the info, all it will do is give me even more things to do but thought I’d investigate anyway. The Med in early to mid 43 is the time frame I’m making her to, so warm and haven’t considered what state as is battle stations or in cruise. Maybe I’ll open 2 or 3 doors just to change her up a bit.
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Added some tape halfway through the black water line paint to try hint at a bit of a waterline mark and then did another wash. Only left it about 10 mins before again removed 99% of it. Seems to have blended everything together well. I’ve got a general question. Would all the doors have been kept closed unless being used? Would it be unrealistic for me to have a few doors open on the main deck or higher? And if some could be left open are there any places that this would be more likely?
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Right enough time to dry and on with the getting old effects! This time doing a dot filter. Once the oils have had a few minutes I then washed of 99% of them. always in a downward motion until it looked right, then a few extra washes as I’ve learnt that once dry it does stand out abit more and also under different lighting. Tomorrow I’ll do a medium grey wash over it all to blend it in nicely.
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Good to hear, seems to work well for me anyway. If your ship has the detail already then take it! Saves you a heap of time not having to work out the details.
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Letting the 2 coats of grey washes dry. I learnt that if the paint is soaked in while spirit too long and gets a good scrub then it’s quite easy just to strip all the paint back to the plastic! So I give it plenty of time to recover between coats! While they do that I did a dark green wash below the waterline to grubby it up. Just enough to blend in the old look with the rest of the ship.
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It feels like I’m moving through this pretty fast! Have a feeling once the hull is done it will slow down with all the PE details. I have 3 grey AK washes. So used the light one on the light grey and dark one on the dark grey left it abit and then washed most of it off. will leave it for a day and repeat again with abit more mixing of the two shades
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Thanks, I’m glad you like the colours! If only you knew I was using Tamiya sky grey and dark grey! But in saying that they both have a few drops of each other mixed in along with drops of other colours to get the shadings. Keeping the ratios easy so when I do the super structure the colours will match but be slightly different just to add to the well worn effect! after the amount of washes I intend to do it won’t matter what the base colours were anyway. But these colours do look good together and probably are pretty close to official colours now. This pic is for you OC, I didn’t forget about it... kinda. But it’s added now!
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Well I gave the grey a day to dry and taped up the areas for the camo. lots of angles and shelves on the hull so will be fun for the weathering and fade but trickery to tape tight! I think for using the paints I already have the colours work well together. next I’ll do some washes to see if we can get some streaks and fades going while the rest of the hull is taped up. lighter colours are always easier to get a nice patchy look.
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Admiralty dazzle is just the proper name for camo right? It wasn’t painted in one of those crazy black and white schemes that make you go cross eyed looking at pictures? im glad my track so far lines up with how she would have been. All the pics don’t show much rust streaks but very weathered paint so that’s how I decided my plan. Thanks for the info
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Having an airbrush is a whole different world with so many options and effects available. It’s abit like PE once you use it, it’s hard to imagine doing a build without it! Do you have an airbrush now?
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