Old Collingwood

Morning all,   so   working forward  -  I have  glued down the  raised  floor  for  the  wood store  (no real  excitement  as it will  be mostly  covered),  but  the next  move  is  to  work  on the  brick  wall, I am  making this a  Belgium Grey  wall  (as  it  was  going from local history and  pics  of the period)    I have  done a  basic  primer  and  stone  Grey  coat,  next   I will  make a few  different  shades  of  Grey  -  Light  -  Dark  -  Sandy   in  a  few  pools  in my  wet pallet  (flower pot  drip  plate)   then randomly  paint  the  bricks  the different  colours,   after  leaving to  dry  I will  then  add my  dry brushing  dust  -  leave  to  dry   then  after  add a few  dark  washes.

OC.

11 hours ago, Egilman said:

Understanding the history of a battle is as much as understanding what they did as where they did it.... What is easier to understand than the where... A line on a map cannot bring full understanding....

 

You sir are creating a picture where understanding is plainly evident....

 

Modeling the where in addition to the what is a class of modeling above the usual...

 

Your in the groove Brother... A masterpiece in the offing...

Thank you  so  much   for  saying that   -  so  makes   all  the diffrence  to  know  my build  is  achieving what  I hope.

OC.

Some Great work  going on here  brother.

OC.

5 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Wonderful work.   I do have a question... it appears that only the pilot had an armored seat correct?   Seems odd if true that only one would be armored.

There  was one  in my  Revell   kit   - 

OC.

11 minutes ago, CDW said:

That's a real work of art, OC.

Thank you  so much Craig.

OC.

33 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Just keeps getting better and better OC

Alan

Thank you  kindly  Alan.

OC.

You  have more  guts  than me  for  having a go  at  water spray  etc  - I think  its really difficult to  get right.

OC.

Good day all,  the  wall  is  completed  and dry fitted  with  me little man  just for  scale,   the  bottom  strip  will  not be seen  when I make up  the  layers  for  the  grass  and  cobbles.

OC.

Excellent work  -  really looks the part.

OC.

Evening all,    more  work  on my  build -  I have been detailing  my  wall  measuring the  brick  spacing  then  engraving  the  mortar   gaps.

Its  hard  to get across  the  tiny  size of  the  wall  pieces  about 12mm   tall  and  4mm  wide  and  not very  long  was  a  real test  on my  engraving skills.

OC.

Lovely work,  the  cockpit area  was my fave  part  when I built the  Revell  version  some years back.

OC.

Evening  all,    the missing pics  from yesterday,   also  I have  started  on the  wall  using Two  thicknesses  of  wood  joined  together, it will  create  a  left angle  wall  stepped  down  on the  long run  -  with  bricks scribed into  it.

OC.

Superbly done Chris.

OC.

Evening all,     bit more  of an update   -   no pics  as  phone batt  dead again,  any way  I have  been  cleaning up  the  extension  to the  wood  store  sanding it  level  with  the  existing part,  I  have also  created a  false floor  to  bring it up  level  with the  raised  ground  (for when I start  my ground works)   I have also  put a coat of PVA  over it  to lock the  wood fibres  in ready for painting.

OC.

1 hour ago, king derelict said:

An impressive update. Within two hours of my email, Micromark replied with an apology and the response that the proper vice had been packed and sent out. Excellent and reassuring customer support.

Alan

Thats  good  news  Alan.

OC.

Lookin good  craig.

OC.

I think  Chris  is a magician.

OC.

23 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

I ran across this article last night.  This seems like good place to drop a link....

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/04/28/soldier-bones-waterloo-fertilizer-sugar/

Wowzer.

OC.

Yes  - Tace care  of yourself Jack.

OC.

I have  been busy again today  -  I  have knocked up  the  extension to the  log store  and  scribed the  tiles  (was tricky  with the  angles)   it looks  White  (it will  be  later)   but  its  just the same  light  pine  look  wood  I have been using  for the porch  - patio  etc  -   its  just dry fitted  in the  pic.

OC.

Excellent work Phil.

OC.

Indeed   brother    -  it  is  kind  of  long  at  89  pages  and  over   117K  likes,   here   it  is    -    

OC.

Really nice work brother.

OC.

Some impressive work  you are  doing there  Phil mate   -  not easy  by the  look of it.

OC.

Hi mate,    looking forward  to this  -  are  you tempted to  do a  dio out  of  it  using some  figures?

OC.