Old Collingwood

1 minute ago, Kevin said:

i see a remarkable difference in the quality of your painting from the start of this thread, they look great

Thank you so much Kevin  - I think its that case of  creating a  feel for whats being painted,  that old saying of "Practice make perfect"

OC.

10 minutes ago, Canute said:

Either way we'll be here. Good reuse of that box.

Thanks  Ken.

OC.

So................Its  Finished.

Thank you All  for all the  Very Kind interest and comments  - and simply  just following along.

OC.

27 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Nice, the base is the perfect finish for a brilliant model, another great display OC!

Thank you kindly mate,  not finished yet  (Shar anyway)

OC.

Evening all,

I have finished on the base  - I taped up for the  dark Grey/Black center  then when dry I trimmed the board to fit inside my  cabinet, still have a bit of tidy up to do on the Shar  - then I can move onto something else    possibly from my old stash..........😉

OC.

3 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Nice bit of recycling OC, I use to have a miniatures carrier for my wargaming figures but it's long gone, so that's a great use of good box😁

Does this mean you are taking a break from the Harrier and tramping back to the barricades 😉?

I have a we bit more to do on my SHAR  and base  then I will either  continue with some more figures as I have a few in my stash  or I might supprise a few and start something else I also have in my stash  from weay back  (think I mensioned my stash somewhere)

OC.

Sorted a grand way of keeping my completed figures safe till they are ready to be displayed - it did have sweets inside but now has a really good use.

OC.

2 hours ago, king derelict said:

Harrier 809 looks like it's going to be a great book. The link has some interesting Sea Harrier / Falklands tidbits.

 

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/21-things-i-discovered-while-writing-harrier-809/?utm_source=aerospace_insight_ebulletin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2_october_20

 

Great model of an iconic aircraft

Think I have spoken to the Author  or tried to.

OC.

1 hour ago, Canute said:

OC, you sound like that guy in the old "Joe Palooka" comics, always under a dark cloud. Don't know if that comic was shown in the UK and I'm trying to find a picture of him. You have been snake-bit, but always rally back to turn out some gems, like this SHAR. 👍

Thanks Ken,    having that breather  -  fresh eyes  really helps, I think when you are pushing so hard on a model and things start to go wrong  - a break certainly helps  even if just for a few minutes.

OC.

Those swivals   really came out nice  - add another level of  busyness to her.

OC.

5 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Looks fantastic OC!  Glad the modeling gods were with you on the drop.  🧐

Thanks mike,    read below/above.

OC.

Evening all.     before I  do a briefing about my status with the build  -  this is what the admiral said to me about todays antics  - "You should  stop making model planes"   reason being - 

I decided to carry on putting some  masked White lines on the board thats simulating  HMS Hermes deck  - its going very well,    I put it aside to dry  and noticed that the pitot tube on SHAR was drooping even further,  so it had to be corrected some how  - out came my gummed up bottle of ca glue  - its gone like a treacle now  stiff and stringy,  I had no choice but to try to use a fine bit of stiff wire and dab it in the glue then try to smear it around where the pitot tube is attached  (did I say it was a mess)  "yep even more mess caused"   streaks of ca strings down the nose cone and a few blobs also, yet the pitot  was still not secure.

No choice but to pull the pitot out and attempt to sand down the nose cone,  it took a good sanding and polishing to get it smooth, then where the pitot enters I sanded it back and made a fresh tiny hole  - then I brushed onto the cone a few layers of my Vallejo Black surface primer, this went on quite well as it tends to self level, but after force drying it I then buffed it abit to smooth out a few  brush marks.

I had thrown away the ca as it was now no good and had caused enough trouble,  so I had to use a bit of my Revell  plastic glue  to secure the pitot tube  - I agian used heat to kind of melt the join and trap the pitot tube pin that makes the joint.

While all this was happening  I also managed to knock the front u/c leg off (it fell into the carpet jungle)   and also one of the sidewinders cam un glued, I found both and simply re glued them.

Hence the admirals comments above.

OC.

53 minutes ago, Richmond said:

Nice work on such an old mould

 

Citadel Agrax Earthsade is what a lot of figure painters use to wash their models and bring out the detail. This guy is pretty good as he keeps it nice and simple.

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+i+paint+things

Thats what I use on my figures.👍

OC.

16 hours ago, shipman said:

The 'Boot Topping' looks fine to me. The 'Read Lead' shade is also very convincing, though in real life it would look a bit redder when first applied but would oxidise to a shade like yours.

Its RN anti fouling Red  - its supposed to be  almost like a  mix between flat Red and Brick Red.

OC.

21 hours ago, Nirvana said:

Nice paint job, but I have a question regarding the waterline,

with the scale you are working with, the waterline seems very wide to me - is that a camera angle creating this illusion or is the waterline that wide in real?

Per,   the boot line in real life would have been about 8 feet wide on Battleships of that tonnage.

OC.

21 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Very warlike OC , it'll look fabulous on the deck!!

Thank you kindly Edward.

OC.

Could also try this company  - 

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=23_28_55&products_id=3576

I use them a lot.

OC.

13 minutes ago, Canute said:

Looking good, OC, Suitably mean jet.

Thanks Ken,

Im hoping to set her  on a  deck  type scene  - may later  add  a ladder / pilot  and possibly a tug  - that will be next year though.

OC.

Evening all,     Thank you all for all the likes  and comments,

Right straight in with some progress  and a little laugh  -  I had finished  attaching the main and front u/c units  got then lined up and flattened the tyres  for weight, then somehow I managed to drop the plane  onto the floor  😦  I expected the worst  - but the only damage was the pitot tube had  come away, bit of a pain  as my ca glue has gone thick and  wont smooth into place, I had to use some as the pitot is metal, I managed to smear  a bit around the  break but it was not a smooth as I wanted - oh well  best left alone.

Next job today  was to work on the Two outrigger legs  - simple?   - not quite,  glued in place and even added flat spots under the wheels, but they were two high and were pushing the main u/c unit off the floor by the eqv  of a bout a  foot, so some fiddling  sanding  under the outrigger units  and re try, did this for some time - till one of them came un glued and fell to the ground🤬    you know  those bins  - it nearly  got a plastic SHAR.

Any way I can away from the table  for a break  - then later I returned  with a new wind  and tried again, the leg was re glued and forced dried with the dryer, then after it was set I continued till I got all sitting on the deck.🙂

They still need painting  - but I decided I would have a go at  simulating HMS Hermes deck using the  section of board I have thats grassed on one side, I flipped it over and have started to lay some paint layers down, It needs a dark strip down the centerline and white edging bands  - these will be masked up and painted by hand.

So this is the current status  - and a couple of pics...

OC.

Evening all,   I did abit more  today  concentrating on the U/C  units  these are built up in stages with  painting and weathering  in layers,  I have  been able to glue them in place  letting them set  before I work on the  outrigger units  - then it can be sat on its  wheels.

The main u/c  doors were changed onboard  Hermes  as  they had an issue with original ones  (hence the colour shade difference)😉

# just noticed the front u/c small door has moved and will need re gluing.🤨

OC.

3 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

OC,

 

That reinactment looks like pure chaos!  Are injuries, minor or serious common?

 

Roger

I think there are always some minor injuries  - but dont think anything major, I always wanted  to  be an ECW  reinactor  but  travel  and things  stopped it.

OC.

21 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

I do hope you find the time to do an ECW dio.

You see many because in my opinion it got swallowed up by the Thirty years war and the grand alliance 

I was at that actual event with my late farther  - he took me  when I was about  7 or 8    - I was blown away by all the  colour / smell and noise.

OC.

I was tempted to do a diorama on the English Cival War  from the 1600's   (May still  one day)

Centered around this  - 

OC.

Loverly work  - she is becoming a realy beauty.

OC.

11 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Looking really good OC.  Nice to see it with some teeth in  

Thank you kindly Mike.

OC.