Jump to content
Supplies of the Ship Modeler's Handbook are running out. Get your copy NOW before they are gone! Click on photo to order. ×

Old Collingwood

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    12,033

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Old Collingwood

  1. Old Collingwood
    Indeed - I was trying to attach the seats pe belts I should have just been patient and not built the kit till the new year. OC.
  2. Old Collingwood
    I am putting this one on hold also as trying to do this is impossible due to working with what I have at the moment (no super glue) so I have managed to wreck my bang seats trying to glue down pe using revel proffesional contacta glue - abit like trying to inflate tyres with water. Oh well thats Two on hold at least my soldiers are simple and need no super glue. OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    Thank you very much B.E. OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    Thank you kindly denis, just meesing about with the photos. OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    Same here sometime Lou, the postal service can be all over the place - as long as they dont leave it in the only covered thing outdoors - our bin on bin empty day, they have been known to put it in there. OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    Waiting for his Christmas tip. OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    I admire what you all do with these stone buildings - you are doing some really fine work Kevin - your determination to keep challenging what you build shows the range of talent you have my friend. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    Superb work, I back up what my collegues have said - "Please show us a build log when you start a new build" OC.
  9. Old Collingwood
    Evening all, more progress - alot of time spent this eve for very little done, firstly I painted over the face of both panels and "Yep" the inevitable happned - the grey seaped into the Black dials, so after the coats of Grey was on the fronts I then used my finest brush and dropped some pin prick size drops of Black into the holes for the dials, it wasn't 100% a success but good enough as the canopy is going to be down, I set these aside to dry and turned my attenton to the Tub - this had its back panel fixed then some Grey layers, then a small amount of shading, after I glued inplace the panels, and finished off with a bit more shading and some highlighting. Not brilliant but will be mostly hidden so I'm not too worried. OC.
  10. Old Collingwood
    Glad I could help Mike, will look forward to seeing that. OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    Hi Mike, yep I used the one Coastal Kits base it was sent to me from someone, it was used in my Airfield dio with the mosquito and spit with vehicles and figures, they are a thick rubber type material and really well made - easy to trim to size you want also. OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    It looks perfect to me just as it is - please dont spoil it You know the saying. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    Very very nice - fidly but Sooooo.........delicate, got to be so careful how you handle that thing. OC.
  14. Old Collingwood
    Or as Lou said above, thats another good reference for most things. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    This site might be of use to you have a look they do have update sets for your Hurricane in there - OC. http://www.relishmodels.co.uk/index.php?target=products&mode=search&subcats=Y&type=extended&avail=Y&pshort=N&pfull=N&pname=Y&pkeywords=Y&cid=0&match=all&q=Hurricane&x=8&y=6
  16. Old Collingwood
    We are all equal here - just different levels of it - one thing we share (well about Twenty actually) Humour, whit, love of food, humour, more whit, oh and cant foreget food, mixed in with that some building.😉☺️ OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    Warm welcome to our little piece of paradise, you have chosen the right place to share your work. OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Yes thanks Phil. OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    Thank you kindly Phil, hope all is good with you and the family. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    Evening all, so it begins - starting with the cockpit/instrument panels, with the kit are some pe panels and not bad looking either, I did however order the pe update set from Airwaves, but to be fair I had not looked at it for a good while - well years to be honest, and I found they were some considerable size Way too big to fit, I had to look at the packaging to make sure they hadn't sent out the 1/32 scale ones, nope 1/48 but for a different kit not the Italeri - but I was able to do a bit of "Cut and fit" using a mixture of both. The front panel I will sand slightly around the edges. I started with the panels as I said these fit perfect, thay have the cut outs for the dials - so I thought paint black behind all over and stick the pe panels down to this, so I decided to use the Vallejo Primer (Black) and instead of trying to glue them down after - I stuck them down onto wet paint then forced dried them - "Yep they stuck" but I will dab some gloss clear coat into the dials after painting the face of the panel, this should help secure them, I then started fixing down the side panels - I have no ca glue at the moment but "No worries" as I used my revell pro plastic glue, I have found if I get it warm it melts the pe down onto the plastic and it does stay there ok. So its a start. OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    Most welcome Denis. should be enough Hot Dogs to go round I think there is a crate load coming☺️ OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    With me its just plain bockwurst in a soft long roll and fried onions - no sause or mustard ..........yummy. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    Now were talking.........Yum scrum. OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    Give these guys a look over - they have some great stuff - basis etc. https://www.coastalkits.co.uk/newstore/ OC.
  25. Old Collingwood
    Looking very smooth Bob. OC.

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...