Old Collingwood
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I think as long as the paint layers are thin they should still move - might also need a little bit of a "wiggle" to free them up a bit. OC. -
Brother sounds good to me - we will leave the most difficult paint job to yeah - cuz we luv yeah bro. OC.
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That will keep you busy mate - lots of detail to go on there. OC.
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You could get a pair of these Ken, they come with slot in glasses of different strenths oh and a built in light from LED's. OC.
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I have memorised some of the reporting points near to me but I also use aircraft apps like - https://www.adsbexchange.com/ https://planefinder.net/ They are great for tracking aircraft. OC.
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That would be cool perhaps we could do the Three main colour versions - the sand - the european Three colour and the overall Nato Green version (I was tempted to do the Nato Green one) - I have this one -
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Hope you get your op done on Monday and get a speedy recovery Ken, I will follow with great interest whne you can start the Abrams beast. OC.
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@Egilman Thank you kindly brother - should look quite impressive when its all together and flat coated. OC.
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Indeed mate - mine lifted from the glue under the peel back strip - in a few areas, I had to apply some force and use heat of a hairdryer to get it to stick back down, seamed to be around obstructions that was the worst. OC.
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I have a portable radio scanner - got a few of my local frequencies dialed in - so I get familer with the local waypoints gives me a good indication if a certain plane is going to come close to me for my spotting/photography. On my lens mate - the lens is a 300.. prime its the Nikon 300 PF lens I have a 1.4 X convertor attached giving me a combined length of 420mm quite good for planes on airways with a bit of cropping. OC.
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Excellent work Kevin, I dont know the ship very well - but you sure are making a lovely job of her. OC.
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You have done an excellent job with the deck - I actually considered doing the same as you have done - as I read some reports in some cases of the glue under the peel off sometimes lifting and un gluing slightly (it happened to me in a few areas with mine). Looking really nice mate. OC.
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I hear them (commercial aircraft) still using way points for thier routings but guess these are programed into their GPS units these days. OC.
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Inded mate - after I have the exact length by testing aroundf the running gear - I will then do an over all sand/alum colour for the links mainly, then I will pick out the treads with Nato Black then they will have a couple of washes and finished off with some dry brushing. They should be this kind of colour before weathering - OC.
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Evening all, the track is going well - I have the one built minus checking the length against the wheels/drive socket, the links work as in the pic. OC.
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You able to get the Milky Way over you clearly enough? I am yet to get a good pic of it - its just not dark enough here. OC.
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Ok mate here goes - First off Orion Nebula then "Seven Sisters" (Pleiades) then Jupiter and his moons - Europa,Ganymede,Lo and Callisto then a recent moon shot.
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I had thought about getting a mount but the amount of use vs the cost - I decided not to bother, some of my DSO shots was done by stacking as many as I could get - mainly in the winter nights when the "seeing" conditions were better I got one of "Seven Sisters" think that was something like 100 stacks then converted in an app (can't remember the name of it) I tried Jupiter with his moons just a single shot with a 300mm lens on my old D7100 then heavily cropped, my most recent was a moon shot hand held at 420mm - that didn't come out too bad. I dont wnat to take up your thread so I thought it wrong to post my pics to you on here. OC.
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Superb work - that weathering is looking really good, I too have done a bit of astro work mainly Moon, Seven sisters, Jupiter, Saturn and Orion. OC.
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Evening all - Track time the whole track system is movable with swivelling links - there is a template base to construct the links on, the idea is start at one end doing a link at a time - there is only about 120 links each track...... OC.
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I'm loving the detail weathering you are doing - picking out the wear areas on the superstructer - looks top dog mate. OC.
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Evening all, some nice work today on the side reactive skirts, these were assembled the primed the other day, today I painted on some thin layers of Nato Green, then after drying I brushed on some layers of dirt wash, I then removed most of this using thinners, then I used the pin wash to show the panel lines - after this was dried I followed up with some dry brushing. OC.
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