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Old Collingwood
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That is looking So good Alan - and considering it minute size. OC. -
Hiya mate, yep its a nice straight forward assembly using a slotted system, but I have made it more interesting with some bashing, I want to do a part interior (as you do) before I put the whole farmhouse togther - then I will move onto the next stage. OC.
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Evening all, I did a couple of hours work making a set of stairs this evening, I have saved a lot of wooden lolly sticks and I worked out the length and width I needed then cut them out, I have then started to stack the treads and risers together glued using PVA then I sanded the edges to level them - I need a few more added to it as its not quite tall enough, then I will add the Two side boards again made from my sticks, then I will fashion a hand rail. OC.
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Now thats what I call a Display - lovely work mate. OC.
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Have you asked them over at the official Mary Rose site for details of her sister ship. OC. https://maryrose.org/
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Enjoy it - ask as many questions as you want to - experiment and look at it as if you were tackling small separate ventures, and enjoy it most of all. OC.
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I just checked and saw Three main B24 kits in 1/72 - Hasegawa, Academy and Airfix would the not be anygood to you mate? OC.
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Thank you Alan, I think it will look ok when its atatched to the walls and when they get a bit of weathering too. OC.
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You can't beat a couple of burgers with fried onions in slightly toasted buns with a side order of fries, upsssss "off I go again distracted by food"😁 I didn't know they made many kits in 1/92 scale - I learn a new thing every day mate. OC.
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Superb work - so lifelike. OC.
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Excellent work - truly a stand out piece of work. OC.
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Evening all, I continued with the roof by adding a ridge flashing strip, this was then painted, I then painted the faces of the Dorma's Black, after this was dry I applied a dirty wash all over making it look weathered, then a few brushed on flat coats to seal it all in. So apart from fitting a few figures - the roof section is finished. OC.
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Evening all, some quite good progress this evening - after finishing the Dorma flashing on the top window roofs and painting inside them flat White - I managed to put a few layers of dark Grey all over the roof tiles and Dorma roofs, I also painted the mid chimney stack with some brickwork detail. Slowly getting there. OC.
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Thank you kindly Alan - much appreciated. OC.
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That carving is looking superb Mark - wood carving has always been a terror to me - thats why I have never tried it - seriously hats off to you mate. OC.
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Thank you Mark, I think it looks a little more realistic now - they will either be painted Black or White with a Grey slate roof. OC.
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Evening family, some more progress fitted in between spotting in the garden, I have been continuing with the dorma's - I firstly put a layer of Black on the indside backing plate and side walls of the Two closed/glazed dorma's, then I started shaping/cutting and fitting some paper side pieces to hide the dorma window section joints - quite fiddly/delicate work - was secured over the top with a couple of watered PVA to lock in the paper. OC.
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Thank you kindly my friend. OC.
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This is looking Excellent Alan - so worth all the effort you are putting in to it, the extra works turns a nice model into a story. OC.
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Yep, I will deffo do something - to good an opportunity to wast not putting a few firing from the windows. What I might do - Is place them in there but remove their Shakos so they have more headroom, and glue them in situ rather than trying to place them on the first level floor and having to try to fit the roof around them (that would be next to impossible due to the square cut out shapes in the roof under the dorma frame. OC.
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Evening all, right back at it this evening after having a day off to watch a certain Footy match, so I have been continuing making the Dorma windows, I have tried to make the cut outs in the roof larger as the frames for the widows are not really big enough to fit a rifleman firing - so I will have to give it some thought or use the specially selected group of much much smaller guys😁 I have also started on the Two upper roof windows - these have been glazed and will be displayed with a darkened interior and with the windows shut (the other Three had there windows removed by the troops to give more firing room. Oh, the mid chimney stack was also fitted. OC.
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Gorilla PVA glue, not sure about its canopy use but it sure works good on cardboard/wood. OC.
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