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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, some more progress - I finished painting and weathering the cobbled patio, and glued it in place, I have also done a wee bit more weathering to the farmhouse, I will blend things in even more so as I progress with the ground works.
OC.
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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
I have been busy again today - I have knocked up the extension to the log store and scribed the tiles (was tricky with the angles) it looks White (it will be later) but its just the same light pine look wood I have been using for the porch - patio etc - its just dry fitted in the pic.
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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, the missing pics from yesterday, also I have started on the wall using Two thicknesses of wood joined together, it will create a left angle wall stepped down on the long run - with bricks scribed into it.
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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, more work on my build - I have been detailing my wall measuring the brick spacing then engraving the mortar gaps.
Its hard to get across the tiny size of the wall pieces about 12mm tall and 4mm wide and not very long was a real test on my engraving skills.
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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Good day all, the wall is completed and dry fitted with me little man just for scale, the bottom strip will not be seen when I make up the layers for the grass and cobbles.
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Haliburton reacted to Egilman in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Understanding the history of a battle is as much as understanding what they did as where they did it.... What is easier to understand than the where... A line on a map cannot bring full understanding....
You sir are creating a picture where understanding is plainly evident....
Modeling the where in addition to the what is a class of modeling above the usual...
Your in the groove Brother... A masterpiece in the offing...
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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Morning all, so working forward - I have glued down the raised floor for the wood store (no real excitement as it will be mostly covered), but the next move is to work on the brick wall, I am making this a Belgium Grey wall (as it was going from local history and pics of the period) I have done a basic primer and stone Grey coat, next I will make a few different shades of Grey - Light - Dark - Sandy in a few pools in my wet pallet (flower pot drip plate) then randomly paint the bricks the different colours, after leaving to dry I will then add my dry brushing dust - leave to dry then after add a few dark washes.
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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, working on my wall - random brick colours done then a dusty dry brush, this will be followed up tomorrow with a wash or Two to darken it all - kind of looks like a wall.
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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Afternoon all, right - washes added to the wall, then glued down, also I added wee bit more washes to the general areas to dirty it up a little, the log store still needs its extension placing.
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Haliburton got a reaction from mtaylor in French FT-17 Renault Light Tank by Haliburton - FINISHED - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Well, it’s been a while since my last update. Lots of things going on in my household - including an open house for the happy occasion of my mother’s 90th birthday 🎂. I’ve found this build to be challenging because of the small parts and the instructions being less clear than I’d like. The bevelled edges that need to be glued are also a bit tricky to stabilize as the glue sets. Here’s a photo of my current progress. Thanks for looking in, Scott
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Haliburton reacted to Old Collingwood in DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk VI by Danstream - Tamiya - 1/48 scale - PLASTIC
There was one in my Revell kit -
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Haliburton reacted to Danstream in DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk VI by Danstream - Tamiya - 1/48 scale - PLASTIC
Dear all,
a short update with nothing exciting, but I needed to complete some necessary activities in preparation for closing the fuselage halves. One very tedious task was to address the many ejector pin marks on the fuselage inner sides. Then, the interior was furnished and some 'fantasy' cabling was added:
The two halves are now ready to receive some black paint before the interior green. Meanwhile, I finished to weather the bomb bay with the application of some black and brown Tamiya panel liner:
It turned out quite OK when inside the fuselage, although I must say that little of it will be seen because it will be covered by the structures that will held the bombs and half of it will be hidden by the doors of the cannons bay:
In the nose, I am replacing the Browning machine guns muzzles with the very nice Master brass additions:
I will glue them in place later on, probably after the application of the camouflage. I am not going to detail the gun bay and probably I will close this compartment after having glued the muzzle definitively in place. Finally, I am posting a picture of the completed cockpit tested inside the fuselage to show how much of it will be visible:
That is all for now, thanks for following,
Dan
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Haliburton reacted to chris watton in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
I have commisioned a second figure of Nelson using a new carver with more accurate facial features:
These are a work in progress with a little more tweaking required. The render showing Nelson on the plinth was the first. I asked, based on previous feedback, to have dowels on the bottom of the feet and holes to take the dowels in the plinth, if people want to display the figure either on the plinth, or on the deck directly.
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Haliburton got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in French FT-17 Renault Light Tank by Haliburton - FINISHED - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Well, it’s been a while since my last update. Lots of things going on in my household - including an open house for the happy occasion of my mother’s 90th birthday 🎂. I’ve found this build to be challenging because of the small parts and the instructions being less clear than I’d like. The bevelled edges that need to be glued are also a bit tricky to stabilize as the glue sets. Here’s a photo of my current progress. Thanks for looking in, Scott
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Haliburton got a reaction from Canute in French FT-17 Renault Light Tank by Haliburton - FINISHED - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Well, it’s been a while since my last update. Lots of things going on in my household - including an open house for the happy occasion of my mother’s 90th birthday 🎂. I’ve found this build to be challenging because of the small parts and the instructions being less clear than I’d like. The bevelled edges that need to be glued are also a bit tricky to stabilize as the glue sets. Here’s a photo of my current progress. Thanks for looking in, Scott
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Haliburton got a reaction from wefalck in French FT-17 Renault Light Tank by Haliburton - FINISHED - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Well, it’s been a while since my last update. Lots of things going on in my household - including an open house for the happy occasion of my mother’s 90th birthday 🎂. I’ve found this build to be challenging because of the small parts and the instructions being less clear than I’d like. The bevelled edges that need to be glued are also a bit tricky to stabilize as the glue sets. Here’s a photo of my current progress. Thanks for looking in, Scott
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Haliburton got a reaction from Baker in French FT-17 Renault Light Tank by Haliburton - FINISHED - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Well, it’s been a while since my last update. Lots of things going on in my household - including an open house for the happy occasion of my mother’s 90th birthday 🎂. I’ve found this build to be challenging because of the small parts and the instructions being less clear than I’d like. The bevelled edges that need to be glued are also a bit tricky to stabilize as the glue sets. Here’s a photo of my current progress. Thanks for looking in, Scott
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Haliburton got a reaction from king derelict in French FT-17 Renault Light Tank by Haliburton - FINISHED - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Well, it’s been a while since my last update. Lots of things going on in my household - including an open house for the happy occasion of my mother’s 90th birthday 🎂. I’ve found this build to be challenging because of the small parts and the instructions being less clear than I’d like. The bevelled edges that need to be glued are also a bit tricky to stabilize as the glue sets. Here’s a photo of my current progress. Thanks for looking in, Scott
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Haliburton got a reaction from Egilman in French FT-17 Renault Light Tank by Haliburton - FINISHED - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Well, it’s been a while since my last update. Lots of things going on in my household - including an open house for the happy occasion of my mother’s 90th birthday 🎂. I’ve found this build to be challenging because of the small parts and the instructions being less clear than I’d like. The bevelled edges that need to be glued are also a bit tricky to stabilize as the glue sets. Here’s a photo of my current progress. Thanks for looking in, Scott
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Haliburton reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
And some more features of the fore deck.
Only the grey stuff is Merit, all the rest is brass and resin from Pontos.
Until next update, enjoy modelling.
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Haliburton reacted to Rik Thistle in US Army K51 Radio Truck + K52 Trailer by Rik Thistle - MiniArt - 1:35 - 1944/45
Hi all,
This week, just a quick pic of some sub-assemblies I've made up whilst focusing on gardening/planting duties.
Below, a couple of side panels, the engine bay bulkhead assembly and the floor with seats and control levers added. These will all now be put to one side as I concentrate on the next page of the manual, the radio gear.
Coming soon, the radio gear and cabinets.
Sorry this is so brief. I hope to get back to longer posts in a few weeks.
Richard
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Haliburton reacted to Tim Moore in Triumph 3HW by Tim Moore - Italeri - 1/9
Ok after a disgraceful delay due to work priorities I finally have gotten back to the Triumph and remembered what I was doing.
I now have two very nice looking wire spoked wheels. The method of leaving a few plastic spokes in place and working your way around the wheel replacing them worked very well, the final wheel remained true and the hub centred. You have to take a little care to keep the correct spoke pattern, but not that difficult once you get your sequence going. One key piece of advice I would have is to make sure the two wheel rim sides are strongly welded together using CA before trying to mount the rubber. Learned that the usual hard way.
I assembled all the frame tubing and airbrushed it a metallic black, followed by a satin spray to dull it down a bit. I’ll probably do the body components another colour. Mounted the engine, will add some more finish detail with it in place.
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Haliburton reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Next came all the parts for the fore deck:
Bent, soldered, cleaned up and assembled all the parts shown in step 26. Most are Pontos replacements.
Until next update, enjoy modelling.
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Haliburton reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Back to the model:
The last part to prepare for the middle part of the main deck.
Pontos part 519 is bent into a box and soldered, and glued with Merit part G39 to the fore funnelbase.
Until next update, enjoy modelling.
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Haliburton reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
As promissed a few post ago: the displaycase.
As I would never have been able to make such perfect joints, I ordered 2 frames, one for my next project, a fully detailed DKM Bismarck (the one in the picture is operational and thus not so detailed) and one for MIkasa (standing).
They came in at last.
In the picture below:
- the 2 frames
- bottomplate for Mikasa
- plexiglass sheets cut to measure
- 1 woodn beam 12 mm thick (as thickness as the horizontal part of the frame
- 1 aluminum profile for LEDstrips
- 1 grey cover for the profile in order to difuse the light
- 2 meter Ledstrip 5V with USB-connector
First I drilled a 4 mm hole through the horizontal part of the frame.
I drilled 2 10 mm holes for the lampfittingparts (hollow threaded rod 30 mm in length) at a distance exactly maching the holes in the bottom of the model.
The 12 mm thick slats turned out to be just a tiny bit less thick than the frame so I cut them to length and added some leftover wood from my Victory-project.
The bottomplate is now glued in the center of the frame.
and weighed down.
After glueing the plexigglass (polycarbonate) I testfitted the showcase in the frame.
glueing leaves to be desired, but the fit is perfect.
While the clear varnish is drying,
I cut the aluminum profile to length to fit exactly in the case, wired up a corresponding length of LED-strip and glued the strip to the profile.
Test of the connections
Profile attached to the baseboard with superthin double sided tape
As the USB-cable was rather short, I replaced is by a computermouse cable.
Here the connection at the underside is shown, easy to repare or replace and allows for many connections to be added as I plan on lighting up the model from within as well.
And finaly a picture of the hull on the stand with LED-strip lit (too much light in the room to fully appreciate the effect of the warmwhite light).
Until next update, enjoy modelling.