king derelict
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The 3D printing is excellent and the painting is superb. Congratulations alan
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So deep in the madness of tiny bits of PE. Ladders added and (for me anyway) the pipes and details on the forward face of the funnel. Trying to hang the pipes over the walkway resulted in the whole assembly falling apart a couple of times. A major relief to have that out of the way. I decided to add the rest of the structures, I don't see any advantage to leaving them off now and its easier to press them down onto the deck without the tiny details and railings in place. This turned out to be a lucky decision because I hit a snag with the two aft pieces. THey don't fit together. The decked piece on the right is supposed to fit behind teh piece on the left but there is insufficient space. There is nothing addressing this in the instructions but I think I am going to have to cut the grey steel deck piece out of the aft structure even though it has some detail in it. That is a resin part so presumably is a departure from the base kit but the need to modify it was missed out of the instructions. I'm glad I found that out now. There are still a lot of bits in the box but its feeling like progress now. Thanks for looking in and for the likes and comments Alan
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Thank you Mike. Its a challenge but each bit you add makes it look so much better. Alan
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Thank you very much OC. Its the tiny details that really make these Flyhawk kits so challenging and fun. Alan
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I added the forward superstructure to the hull. It all fitted well. Then it was time to add the tiny details that Flyhawk provides. The bridge has fifteen pieces, six pelorus, six searchlights, a binnacle, radar. And then there is the PE. This is one of the (ten) vertical struts that are assembled into the bridge venturi below the screen. And I did lose one. The PE is thin and a folding tool really helps. I did find two faults as I progressed into the PE details. The catapult is lovely, made up of four pieces of PE and a resin detail. However the end pieces do not fit into the centre section as shown in the instructions. The sections are rectangular rather than square so the end pieces can only fit one way and that is 90 degrees out with the centre piece which has a pin that will fit into the deck. I have really looked at the pieces and they appear to have been folded correctly. The PE is prescored for the folds so you can tell if it is folding in the correct place. Also the problem exists on both sides. So the pin has been cut off and the catapult will be installed on its side. So sue me. The plastic sections that make up the structure of the crane appear to be injected short and I had to add a piece of thin plastic (the discarded plastic gun barrels) to the sides to allow the PE boom to be fitted. The crane hook is miniscule and luckily they give you two because the first one evaporated. I'm getting back to understanding the Flyhawk approach. There are lots of fiddly small parts and the PE is fragile but its so enjoyable to see the details grow. Thanks for looking in and all the likes and comments Alan
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Thanks Ken I seem to be spending a lot of time on hands and knees under the bench with a bright flashlight looking for tiny parts.. I've lost a couple but so far thjere have been spares. Alan
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This one seems to be a fight all the way but you are producing a great model in spite of it. Your log is giving a lot of helpful information too. Many thanks alan
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Lovely paint scheme Andy. Very neat work alan
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That’s terrific work Mike. I’d be scared to get rough with the model having done so much. It came out really well and displaying the gun in maintenance is going to look spectacular. Alan
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Great work Mark. I don’t think I would have the mental fortitude to do what you are doing. I hope there will be a bottle of choice alcohol under the tree. alan
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Wow. And I thought PE ladders were painful. Great work alan
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Thank you very much OC. I spent the afternoon adding insanely small parts to the bridge. Searchlights, binnacle, binoculars and peloruses (pelori ?). Beautifully made with no flash but so tiny. A few pinged off the tweezers but I found them all. alan
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Thanks Mike I'm using Life Color acrylic paint this build. It seems to dilute well with Tamiya thinner. Alan
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Thanks Mike. I’m glad I made the effort with the brass barrels. They do look nice even though I’m amazed at what Flyhawk can do with the plastic parts. I’m starting to get into the swing of the build now Alan
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Absolutely wonderful work Rob. The desert weathering is so realistic, the sand scape is terrific and there is so much packed into a small space. Lots of great details. This is one to remember Alan
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This was one of a few resin figures bought off Etsy. The site seems full of wild and wonderful creations 3D printed in resin. I thought they might be a bit of light hearted relaxation when the fine detail on Galatea becomes a bit too intense. Annoyingly I thought I had taken photos of the parts that make up the figure but according to the memory card I didn't so my apologies. The figure is Kiki who I believe is a (possibly Japanese) animation character. I liked the rather nice pose and at 75 mm its a bit bigger than the usual subjects. Being based on an animated figure it presents some food for thought regarding the painting. The face has the exaggerated features and the cat is somewhat of a character rather than a real cat so I need to think how to deal with the eyes on both figures. Anyway its a bit of fun and will probably be a Christmas present so please don't take it too seriously. I primered the figure and added the white directional shading. Now I'm blocking in the basic layers of colour Thanks for looking in. I'm not sure where this will end up. Alan
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Progress has been slowly made. The dark grey steel decks and the pale grey superstructures have been painted. At this point the wooden decks have been added. The fit was perfect and they seem to have stuck down nicely. The PE is slowly being added . The usual thin PE material that has little spring and folds well but is very unforgiving if you need to bend a second time. And todays work in tiny world - building the Sea Fox. Looking at the photos the wing bracing could be better so I may try to adjust that tomorrow. The upper wong has a dihedral and the lower wing doesn't and the PE bracing doesn't allow for that. I realised at the weekend that I had somehow overlooked priming and painting the sprues of small parts, binnacles, searchlights, bollards etc. so this has now been done and I can start populating the various subassemblies. Thanks for looking in and the likes and comments Alan
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Thanks Mike. It is a super kit to work on after the Amodel number. Parts fit, have no flash and wonderful detail. There is enough detail that I don't feel anything needs to be added apart from the wooden decks. Probably going to be slow as I work my way back into the sequences needed to build it. Alan
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Lovely, nice neat paint work Andy. Are these the Vallejo Model Air range. I use the Model Color range for my figures and like them a lot but haven’t tried them in an air brush. Tamiya acrylics work well for me with the airbrush as do MiG Ammo ones. AK real color doesn’t and I have mixed success with Life Color. I spent yesterday afternoon unclogging the airbrush after ten minutes trying to spray heavily diluted Life Color 507A. I bought a couple of MiG Ammo Atom paints to see if they are any good but haven’t tried them yet. Alan
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Welcome Ken. I think the Flyhawk kits are level above others. The plastic parts are so crisp and delicate you hardly need PE. They do challenge me a bit with the tiny parts and delicate PE. Bright lights and magnifiers are essential. They have some interesting subjects but I would be very happy if they did a 1970s Ark Royal with Buccs and Phantoms. 1980s HMS Hermes with Harriers? alan
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Welcome OC, I do like the Flyhawk kits. Everything fits together perfectly. For better or worse I have primered all the decks with MiG One Shot, painted the appropriate light and dark grey bits and just added the wooden decks. So far they seem to be sitting down nicely. For some reason I seem to have forgotten the order I do stuff in on these kits so progress may be a bit erratic alan
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Welcome Andrew The Flyhawk models are well thought out and the parts are very precise. The plastic parts are often better than PE except for railings and girders etc. a lot of detail and sometimes a bit taxing because of the tiny parts. I like them a lot. i just started reading your Sparkler log. It looks a great kit and almost tempts me to try a wooden ship although rigging sounds daunting. alan
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Beautiful and neat work alan
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