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Great to have you along Jack, Looking forward to some expert advice. Alan
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Hi Craig, yes Art Girona make some beautiful casts. I think they will be seeing more orders from me. Their range of subjects is also very wide alan
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I was very impressed with the white metal figures from Art Girona and thoroughly enjoyed painting them so I decided to try a few more. Here we have an arquebusier from the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648) Learning (I hope) from the previous effort I have used the heavy duty double sided tape to mount the figure to the pill container doing duty as holder. I decided to keep the head separate to make painting easier and the arms are only attached for the black priming and the directional white highlights. Next I will start building up the coloured glazes onto the primers Thanks for looking in Alan
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I think this will be the start of a number of fairly short builds as I explore the contents of a rather large collection of Eastern European kits bought on a whim because of the uncommon subject matter. Mikro Mir, Dora Wings, IBG, Amodel and Roden are all likely to be showing up in various guises. So first up is the Mikro Mir 1/44 scale Holland Class submarine; the Royal Navys first venture into submarines at the start of the 20th century Not very many pieces but lso very little flash. No location holes / tabs but the pieces fir together very well and the hull and deck pieces joined together without the need for putty or excessive sanding. At 63 feet long with a crew of 8 they must have been cosy little crafts I have built up everything in the kit except for the PE bilge keels which will interfere with the masking I used Mig One Shot black primer and then added some white to try to bring some variation into the dark grey top coat So far it has been entirely enjoyable. The paint scheme will be light grey uppers and dark grey lower. I plan to display it on my usual submarine base of an acrylaic rod and a simple sea bed. Thanks for looking in. Alan
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Absolutely beautiful paintwork Craig alan
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Porsche Carrera GT by CDW - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC
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Thank you Eric I really enjoy making the seascapes. This one was way beyond anything I have tried before Alan
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Thank you very much Yves Thats a good point about wetting the hull. I'll give it a try. Thanks for teh tip. A 1/200th Flower? Now you have me thinking. Alan
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Thank you very much Jack. I got some good suggestions from you all as usual which helped immensely. I will remind me of the misery of escort on Atlantic convoys in those ships. And so many young lads who had never been to sea before. Alan
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I tidied up the last details on Zinnia, added the ensign and made some replacement life bouys from lead wire. They are not perfect but with a bit of a dirty wash they have come up quite well and are better than the kit parts with all their flash or omitting them altogether. She will now move to the display shelf after I have made a cradle I have been playing about shaping bits of plush toy stuffing stiffened with white glue and added the chosen pieces on either side of the hull as the bursting wave to complete the seascape. No teddy bears were hurt in this process. I am sure there is room for improvement but I quite like the end result so I will call this complete for a first attempt at wild water. This photo from the Imperial War Museum archives is the spur that started this project So I had to try the black and white filter again Trying to freeze spray, smoke and mist is a huge challenge but this does have somewhat of a feel for the moment As always making a seascape was a lot of fun thankyou everyone for looking and for the likes and the supportive comments through this build Alan
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Sorry to hear of your misfortunes OC. Life seems to wait until you are on your knees before lining up a big kick. I hope you get a speedy recovery from all three events. Lifes full of it though. The girl friend decided the full tub of dietary fibre was out of date and dumped it down the sink (Don't ask me why) and ran water into it. Blocked the whole thing up. The plumber just finished installing a new waste disposal and drain line. Alan
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A classic British sports car. I always liked teh XKs better than the E types. I look forward to seeing this turn into a beautiful model. Alan
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You’re right Jav. Cases are horribly expensive. I make my own basic plexiglass ones but I don’t have the woodworking skills to make a nice base. alan
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Great build Andrew. Brings back memories too. I did my air experience Chipmunk flights at RAF Newton. Must have been around 1968 or so. They had a Vulcan there that couldn’t leave ( all grass runways). I forget the story. Happy days. Trying to avoid the parachute with the wet straps after c some cadet had yakked on it during aerobatics Alan
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Thank you Andrew. It’s been a slow build because of other commitments but the Mirage kits are very enjoyable and have decent detail. I’m looking forward to seeing the seascape done as well 😃 alan
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Well, I got brave and ripped out the mast and rigging. One great thing using Gators Grip glue; its relatively easy to dismantle stuff and there is less chance of small pieces pinging off into the unknown. I added the brass mast and while that was setting up I added the same basic rigging to Spiraea and found that the practice had made it a lot less intimidating. Apart from one diversion when I couldn't seem to get the rigging line to cooperate and finally realised I was trying to manipulate a cats whisker (I have no idea how that got up onto the work bench) and not a piece of rigging line it all went fairly well. The same rigging was added to the new mast on Zinnia, her forecastle railings were added and then the decals. The ships numbers need to be toned down a bit and the final matte coat. I am trying to sort out one final detail. The life preservers are full of flash and all attempts to clean them up with heated pins, sharp blades, files have failed dismally so they look horrible. I am trying to think of a suitable alternative I now have both ships almost complete Spiraea showing a lot more wear and tear in the foreground. I added Spiraea to the sea base and I think I am happy with it so far I need to add the last touch to the sea; the bursting wave on either side of the ship. Thank you all for looking in and all the likes and comments Alan
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Great work Jav. The camouflage is very nice and subtle alan
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Highly frustrating when the computer stuff goes sick on you. I hope you can get a plug in keyboard or a cleaning. I miss the progress on LHS Alan
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A somewhat tense day working on the last few difficult details. I painted the Lewis guns and added them to the bridge wings. I am not sure if I lost an ammunition drum in the process but they are too small to confirm even with magnifiers. The anchor chains have been added and the remaining rails apart from the forecastle. After a bit of prevarication I had a try at the rigging. I went with the basics, mast stays and a few other lines. No bridge halyards at this point. I used the Modelkasten line which doesn't seem to have the stretch of the Uschi line I tried in the past. Its not super tidy but I am pleased with it generally; it adds a bit more to the model.\ The only problem is the repaired upper section of the mast isn't strong enough and has raked forward with the pull of the rigging. I relaxed a bit and added some simple rust washes and I think that is sufficient. I then built a new mast from brass rod and added the PE crows nest. Hopefully tomorrow I will feel brave enough to remove the first rigging attempt and bin the current mast and try again Thank you all for looking in, for the likes and the supportive comments Alan
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Thanks Mike. I need to do a basic grey one next. These three colour camo jobs are a masking nightmare. It does look nice when its done though. Alan
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