Old Collingwood

This  looks  like a  Really nice  kit.

OC.

Warm welcome  to  the  family,  thats a  Super start,  I also had  this  kit  - it  was gifted  to  me  from an old  neighbour  after I tried  to  save  his  life  with chest compressions  after his  heart  failed,   anyway  as a  thank you  his  wife  gifted me  this  kit.

OC.

So next  off I will  make a couple  of roof trusses  before  I  make some  mock roof tile panels  (probably wont be  individual  tiles)

OC.

2 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Here's a question for all of you true Hurricane know-it-alls out there. On the underside of the port wing fillet is a very small, oval structure, as seen in the image below:

 

 

The kit provides parts for it, but I have no idea what it is. Possibly a step rung? Photos differ on its shape, and some aircraft appear not to have the thing at all. Whatever it is, it appears to be overlooked on many models.

 

Anyone able to shed some light?

Not sure  what  its  for  Chris  -  but  checking my  airshow  pics  I can see  its  just on the  one side.

OC.

Evening all,   work  has started on the  porch,  I  transferred  the paper  to  my  MDF  then using my sharp  knife  I cut them  out, then  after making  the Two  sides and front  and also  the  door  - I glued them together  using  Super Glue  for a  faster stronger bond  -  this  is  where  I am  with it.

OC. 

6 hours ago, Canute said:

OC, maybe cut up a cereal box and build up a slope. Cover with your ground material/putty and then blend into the original dio.

Thanks Ken,  what I was  thinking of doing  is  to  layer  the scenery  with  sheets  of  typing paper as I only need  to  go from nothing to about  a Inch  at the end/back,  then  lay my grass  mat  and  hedge  over the  top  of that.

OC.

A lot of  models  of  the  scene  just  show  the  cottage garden as  Flat  -  but its  not, as  it  starts  to  slope  up  with  the  general  terrain  as  we  know  the  land  sloped  up  from LHS  to  the  sunken road  and  beyond  -  the  British.

OC.

Seats  look  good  Craig  -  good   contrast  between the  Orange  and  Black.

OC.

Morning all,   so  after doing some  reading  up  on the  interweb,  it  looks  like  I will  be  doing some  landscaping  in the  farmhouse garden,  as it appears  to  gradually  slope  upwards  from a  retaining wall close  to  the  house, I will  need  to  research  how  I am  going to  construct  my wall  and  build  the  gradient  that  my  grass mat  and  sprinkles  will  go  over  to  make  a  kind of kitchen garden  -  grass  and  beds  kind of thing.

Here  is  a  view  off the  net  from  about Ten years  ago  and  also  a drawing  from the  1900s.

OC.

Evening all,  I have set about  doing my scale drawing plans  for  my Porch building.

OC.

You could  try some  heat  (haiirdryer)  while  gently  twisting it  in the  right direction,  I would  try to do  this  before you start first planking as I am  not sure  if planking will  pull  it in to  shape  - and might  lock the  twist  in.

OC.

Excellent work Alan,    sea scapes   terrify  me  -  but  you  look  to  be  having a  hold  on it  -  keep up the great work  mate.

OC.

Happy Birthday  Craig  🎂

OC.

1 hour ago, mtaylor said:

Very true, OC.  I wish I was half that good.

Me too, with  cars.

OC.

After doing some  research  it looks  like  I need to  do a bit of scratchbuilding,  from some of the  photos  it  looks like  there  should have been  a  porch  building  on the  outside of the  farm house  around the  door  leading to the  garden,  I will  try to male one using  the photos like this  one, with  the  bits  of board  I  have to hand.

Photo  off the  net.

OC.

1 minute ago, mtaylor said:

I too thought it was the model and had forgot about yours being yellow.   I need a new brain....

Craigs fault  -  he builds  things to good  -  that  are to  real looking.

OC.

51 minutes ago, CDW said:

I hope you didn’t really think it was my model. Yes of course it’s a photo of the 1:1 car and annotated to show what details need to be scratch built for the model. It’s a red Ferrari. My model is yellow. You are kidding, right?

Put it down to tired ness  and  a  senior moment  also not looking properly,   your work is  so  good   that to be honest  its  not that far different from the  real thing,  just thought I was  being  clever  in a  nice way  my friend  -  don't you just hate it when a sense of humour  bites you  in the  .....

OC.

52 minutes ago, CDW said:

Outstanding work OC. It’s epic!

Thank you  so much Craig,   it will   be  several  little adventures in one - around the different parts of my dio.

OC.

17 minutes ago, king derelict said:

The cavalry figures work so well in the landscape. great work

Alan

Thank you  kindly  Alan.

OC.

25 minutes ago, chadwijm6 said:

Seconded!

 

I could do with some lessons from you OC!!

Thank you so much,      Lessons  about figure  painting  is  a  hard one,  think it  just  comes  down to  practice - practice  than more practice,  and  good  light  a  steady  hand  and  good magnification so you can see  tiny details  well.

OC.

37 minutes ago, NavyShooter said:

That looks bloody amazing!!!!

Thank you so much.

OC.

Cavalry   "Charge........"

OC.

Amazing work Craig  -  still  don't believe  that  photo  I  replied  to is  your model  -  looks  just like  the  real thing  - Amazing.

OC.

On 4/13/2024 at 6:52 PM, Johngr said:

Too many very small items to be placed on the deck. The process will take some time but I have to say that the wooden deck is very nice even though in many places I had loosened it and had to re-glue it with super glue. It seems that the first gluing I did with the PVA glue did not have the result I expected. Maybe they needed more.

 

Stupid question I know  -  did  you  peel  the decking off  the  plastic backing  before  placing it?

OC.

That is some engine bay  -  but wheres  your  build  photos?

OC.