Old Collingwood

Whats next in your plastic stash mate?

OC.

Is 47 decibels  very loud for a  sprayers  compressor?    could you use something of that  noise level in a sitting room without it causing disruption to normal tv watching?

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32 minutes ago, Egilman said:

It's a Type 45 RN Destroyer under construction/repair/refit....

HMS Dauntless and HMS Diamond.

Interesting comparison of size with the previous benchmark destroyers  the type 42s   with the Fortress of the Seas  HMS Edinburgh  (my fave modern warship) - the middle of the Two on the left.

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Just some bits and pieces from my memory of  these  family of ships from seeing them come and go  where we used to live  -  they appeared to be a very good ship regarding little role when cornering  compared to say the  type 42 destroyers,    also  what I found strange  was that the middle anchor  always used to partialy  lowered  when entering  harbour (I used to see that with all  same fleet)  never found out why, also  thier tanoy system was very loud  often when they were moored in a streatch of water we could hear the tanoys  from more than a mile away.

Just a bit of trivia from my own memories.

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7 minutes ago, Kevin said:

i had nightmares last night, had your soldiers, chasing me whilst eating cheese and onion crisps, it was either them or me that was naked, then it kind of got all weird, been a strange kind of day ever since

Very very weird mate😲

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Evening all, more work on the KGL   this time adding the strap painting.

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Superb work on that Mill.

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"Eye eye"    glad to see  someone  else jumping into the same territory as moi  - loverly job.

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1 hour ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Coming along nicely OC!  Looks like it will be a nice sized model.

Thanks Mike,    its paused for a bit  ran out of spray paint.

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You are doing fine mate  "gently gently"  is the key.

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Dont know why the kit makers have to split the heli deck like that 2/3rd  along the heli pad  - they could have made it all one deck  (its the same with many modern warship kits like that in different scales).

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Looking excellent.

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Absolutley amazing  considering it 1/350 scale  thats the same scale as the  moden warship builds  in the forum  - and we know how fiddly they are.

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Really nice Job Denis,   paints certainly do test us  - but you pulled it off nicely.

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1 hour ago, CW_Tom said:

It looks great. I’d never heard of card models before until I came here. 

Not much that doesn't go on here  - if they make it - we will build it.

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2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

don't ya just hate that ?!?!?!   Murphy..........I knew it!

Murthy disguised  as  empty rattle can  - it tricked me  it said  "Shake me shake me -  I have enough inside"

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Evening all,   so back on these little fella's  -  painted the Red jackets on the first Three.

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Very tidy work mate  -  you got those tree nails perfect   not in your face  just nice and accurate.

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That is looking really nice  - I too love the lines of the ship,  we all  panic over the first hull planking  - thinking it looks  rubbish  - "boy I did with my Greyhound"    but sanding is our friend.

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Bit of progress  (sort of)   I took the wokka outside  got the outdoor bench set up again  with a box to  put it on,  got my rattle can  RAF Green   then after a warm up and thorough  shake, I started spraying.................ups................splirt splirt  got half the  wokka  done then it ran out😬

So as it stands its put away  de gasing in the cupboard  keeping the smell locked away,    will have to wait now till the new year  before I can finish it.

Oh well   I have my Waterloo  figures to keep me out of trouble.

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1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

looking really good OC..........you've made quite a bit of progress  

Thanks mate, they say the primer is the "Tell tail"    as it shows up everything.

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Every day you are  making her look all the more sub like   so wish  @Kevin   would say hi, he has a unique  perspective on the subject  and was not affraid of having several hundread feet of water above him.😉

OC

Evening all,    right  Primer day   - it was a bit fiddly  as it had be done outside,   the idea was to sit it on a box  ontop of our covered  deck bench, then   spray what I could while walking around the wokka, then left it a few minutes  to dry till I could pick it up and place it down so I could spray the underside,   only issue I had was a bit of a run  near the winch  - I left it to dry for a few moments then rushed it inside still on the box and straight into our cupbaord.

This evening I was able to check it out and give the run a light wet and dry  - problem solved.

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Great work Kevin,    do the  bricks  strengthen the  assemblies up much  - give them some rigidity?

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8 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

I'm not sure that the intake filters were ever powered on choppers.   Most of the ones I've seen take the incoming air and 'cyclone' (for lack of a better word).  The realitively clean air goes into the engine and the dust and debris goes out he side/top/bottom of the filter.  Many different designs depending on the engine.

Thanks Mark.

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