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That is very scene of a working boat and crew. Really admire your painting and weathering.- 13 replies
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Welcome MSW!
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Don’t worry about the invasion stripes not being perfect, the real ones were often very rough, applied in a rush on the eve of D-Day, there is plenty of archive footage of them being applied with yard brushes and even mops (on bigger aircraft admittedly). Even the thickness of the stripes; though defined in the instructions sent out to units was not always followed - as is the case of the ones on your Spitfire, these are narrower that the “standard” but Airfix are correct looking at images of 126 Squadron D-Day Spits. Regards the rudder trim tab, it is simple part, you might scratch make it if Airfix don’t supply a replacement.
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Good to see you posting again Bug and that your daughter and family have pulled through what must have been a really tough time. Wish you all well and looking forward to Pegasus updates when you can.
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That looks very sharp, good luck with the rudder trim tab hunt! 🫣
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Howdy from (the suburbs of) Brussels
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That grass looks really good Andy, things have moved on since I used to chuck railway “green stuff” at some board coated in pva.
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Good luck for your 2024 releases Chris. Preorder in for “Adder”; though by decree of the Admiral mine will be called “Sparkler” from the 15 names available, as she likes that name better. 😁. At least that one was at Copenhagen….
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Looking very good David, I am suitably warned about the delicate anchors! Seems inevitable, given how clumsy I am, that I will be breaking them also! 😆
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Agreed, Adder especially seems good value, not much more than Trial.
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Welcome to MSW Peter!
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Things have slowed up in the last week or so, the Admiral has got us doing another project in the house (decorating the kitchen) so modelling time at a premium! A few little bits have been completed:- I made some slightly larger stern knees and added belay pins for the aft braces I'm going to fit and the flag halliard. Assembled and fitted the catheads, I painted them to hide the parts construction but masked off the fine detailed etched into the sides; also added stopper cleats and cathead supporters as little extras. The tiller arm although assembled is not permanently fixed yet. Next up as and when I get time is to rig and fit the ordnance. To that end I have made a little dummy gun port for rigging up the cannon before fitting to the model. I now also need to get some supplies to continue the build, so that and DIY might slow me up for a while. Thanks for looking in
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Congratulations on your retirement Dan, hope you get more time for your models as you adjust to your new "normal" Your F104 is looking really good!
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That looks really good, an interesting subject and as you say, it does not take up much shelf space!
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Sorry to hear about Maggie, hope she makes a good recovery is home with you soon Keith.
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Hi Glenn, Thanks for sharing your tips on trying out snaking. I have only tried it once on a build and found it to be a torment. Hopefully one of our MSW Sages will come to the rescue. I think yours will look very good indeed when you have blacked them with ink.
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That looks outstanding David, really pleased you have blazed the trail for me and others to follow on this fine build. I also like clutter, looking at the contemporary models of Cutters like Trial & Hawke then they are very busy looking and cluttered with details like rope hanks anchor bouys and boats even. Are you hoisting a flag at all?
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That brings a smile to my face, like many I cut my wooden model boat building teeth on the Caldercraft Sherbourne, how kits have moved on!
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And then imagine the cost of filling her up for a spin! And don’t even mention insurance! 🫣
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You are definitely going to need bigger premises at this rate Chris!
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