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  1. AJohnson
    Here's the interior of mine, basically Everything behind the cockpit bulkhead is not seen, especially if you do the version with the painted in windows. 🤦‍♂️ But you might be mad and like daft details like me! 😆
  2. AJohnson
    Hi Andy, I will be following along, I built this kit a couple of years ago. A fine model and no real issues with building it. My only comment is that there is loads of internal detail in the kit (basically all the stuff above the bomb bay floor) that is simply not seen when the fuselage is glued together. So depending on how much you like “hidden” details you can skip a lot of it. (Not sure but I think the instructions mention something to this effect, but can’t remember now.)
  3. AJohnson
    Another very neat sub assembly completed Graham. Having cleaned up a few Caldercraft anchor castings myself, I can see the effort you have put in! 👏
  4. AJohnson
    Only being able to have intermittent bashes at my Mossie, as the Admiral keeps coming up with end of Summer garden projects to get it ready for the autumn/winter! 🤨 The rear bomb bay fairing has been built up to rectify the TT.35 part included in the kit, still a bit to do before I'm done with that, but final sanding and filling will require an overall undercoat to assess the final bits and pieces that need attending to; such as around the crew hatch is one area I'm not happy with yet. The kit is definitely in its "Ugly Duckling" stage, with filler visible etc. The undercarriage was quite fiddly, plenty of little parts, but using the underwing sections as a jig, as per. the instructions it went smoothly. Engine nacelles completed and attached to the wings, no filler needed apart form a tiny run of plastic putty into the wing seems will be needed. Wings not attached yet, I will make sure I'm happy with the finish of those and the fuselage first, so the last bit of possible filling/sanding will be the wing roots. Thanks for looking in. 👋
  5. AJohnson
    Hi Lyle, You are making great progress and your Bounty will soon come to life with the the mast and yards. Opinion on the ageing of sails, my only advice or caution is to do the minimum initially and temporarily mount the sails to see the overall effect before committing to too much “grubbiness”. Weathering of scale models is a fine balance and I have overdone it on many occasions 😏. Seeing the original vessel/aircraft or vehicle from the same distance to make it appear the size of your model will knock back details; including colours and shades/tones. Once you have finished your model you will be viewing it from a distance of some feet most of the time and the sails (if mounted) will be the first things your eyes will be drawn to. Hope you don’t mind me saying that, just my humble opinion and others may disagree, you are making a lovely model.
  6. AJohnson
    Hey Brian, nice catch! 🎣 The cannons are coming along fine, they are tedious to rig, I remember being relieved to finish the ones on my Bounty and I only had four! 🤣
  7. AJohnson
    Nice details added for the tops and the iron bands and reinforcement details for the lower yards, really lifted the level and looks. 👏
  8. AJohnson
    Hi, Sorry, I've been trawling my followed threads and missed some pages back in my feed including this log. Did you take the plunge and strip back your planking? Hope you still plugging away at the old Greyhound. It's okay to take months if not years breaks in builds - if your hearts not in it, then that is a sign to do something else until it is. 😉
  9. AJohnson
    Nice to see another take on “Endeavour”. I have the Caldercraft one awaiting its turn and each time a see a build log I get a guilty pang! Really good planking! 👍
  10. AJohnson
    That bridge looks super, the ‘canvas’ railing protection screen is very nicely done! 👏
  11. AJohnson
    How about a half built dusty CC one! 🤣 sorry…..
  12. AJohnson
    Welcome to MSW Gill
  13. AJohnson
    Cockpit completed. Added Tamiya tape seatbelts, with spare PE. off-cuts for buckles etc. Also added flare canisters and fire extinguisher, made from spare styrene rod, tape and paper and yes when closed up hardly any of it will show! 😆 On the underside, the fuselage fuel tank added, this will also not be easily seen once the bombs and racks go in, but we know its there! Next up glue the fuselage together and sand/fill, won't bore you all with that update, but will show the tails assemblies going on and the bomb-bay bulge fix that will be needed to make this into a B.XVI Mossie and not a TT.35 Mossie! Thanks for the likes and comments guys! 😁
  14. AJohnson
    Nice finish! Very smooth anti fouling coat. 👍
  15. AJohnson
    Short update to show progress so far on the interior. I've not had as much time as hoped this last couple of weeks, but got down to a little cockpit detailing today and spraying loads of things green. Need to add some seatbelts and the centreline fuel tank before I can close up the the two halves. I might add the flare cartridges and fire extinguisher just in front and below the Navigators seat, but not much more, as with the framed canopy in place, not a great deal of detail is going to be visible at this scale.
  16. AJohnson
    Hey Brian, Doing coils is a pain, I've tried a few techniques and came across this one somewhere on MSW using little chips/counters that you "sandwich" the coils around a pin. I use wet thread using a diluted PVA solution, so (hopefully) the coils stay together, trapping the end down the centre hole and then wrapping the thread around the centre pin. Letting all dry before separating. Made a board so I can do six at a time, hope this might be of help also.
  17. AJohnson
    A very striking pair, well done!
  18. AJohnson
    Looking very good, keep plugging away when you can EG 👍
  19. AJohnson
    Excellent progress, looking smart!
  20. AJohnson
    Well prior to MSW, the only ones I did were the “Vintage Car” series you cut out from the back of Weetabix boxes as a kid but that was a long time ago!
  21. AJohnson
    I’m not on sure ground here, but I have read somewhere that the larger spruce “gates” I think they are called, are down to manufacturers using alloy instead of steel moulds that wear quicker so they need to use lower pressures to prolong production runs. Therefore they need bigger gates/connections to the part mould sections for the lower pressure plastic to get into. Could be talking a load of old Croc there, but I have that from somewhere. I will do an update soon but there seems to be loads more pin ejector marks in the parts also, maybe this is also a by-product of this lower pressure mould technique?
  22. AJohnson
    I wouldn’t miss seeing another of @ccoyles converts become irredeemably lost for ever. 🤣👍 Card modelling makes resisting the Borg look a piece of cake! ”Resistance is futile”
  23. AJohnson
    Great job 👏 I hope it doesn’t get relegated to the top shelf too soon! Deserves to be in the limelight until you need the space!
  24. AJohnson
    Airfix did an A-26 also, but it was not released often and I have never seen one, but I can’t imagine it being any different in quality to the B-26 you are grappling with now.
  25. AJohnson
    Agreed a very nice finish, who knew an old Airfix could scrub up so well! 👏

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