Old Collingwood

I have been thinking about doing her as ex falkland vet  XZ-439/2,  the reason behind this particular frame is  - in 1982  just after the falklands war  my late farther saw an add in the paper talking about an airshow at Farnborough  where some ex falklands  harriers were due to be there, anyway after soom pleading by me, my farther took me to the show and  I got to see the Sea Harriers  display there, one of them there was indeed  XZ-439/2.

Here are a couple of pics showing her at the show (the lighter grey one)

Pics not mine they are off the net.

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Missing your work, hope all is well.

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4 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

I'm still here also!!

Glad  your  still  looking on Edward  - more to  come on the build yet, since posting the above I have added the yaw vane  and started to fit the stores  shoulders/pylons.

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Amazing work  - eye watering detail  - hat off to you sir.

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Welcome back  to the pack,   right straight in with the canopy  - the glass unit needed fixing down to the frame after  both had thier edges  cleaning, then using a tooth pic ultra fine tip  - I dipped the end in some revell pro glue  and ran it along the frame and pressed the glass down, then I sat it in place just dry fitting  - its a start.

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Requires abit of  adjusting to get the fit right no doubt  - just apply the  notion   "test fit  three times  - cut once"    just keep checking  things before cutting material away  - saves many tears latter   (We have all been there)

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Hi all   "Are you stil there",    I am getting back on this very soon  and giving my  Waterloo figs  a little break,  I have sent off for some more Tamiya Surface Primer  - waiting for it to arrive,    in the mean time I will prep  her  ready  for the primer,  I will  have to  mask up the main  sliding canopy  then temp attach it down possilbly with some blue tack inside the glazing onto the top of the Bang Seat,   then it will be a case of  checking  all over her  before laying down the primer.

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17 minutes ago, Canute said:

It's a treat, Denis. Pull the trigger, snap goes the hammer(this was a percussion cap style), one sec or so, bang and a cloud of sulfurous smoke envelopes you. We called 'em smoke sticks. And I think the French pronounce your name Denny. Of course, I could be full of soup, but what else is new, eh?

And dont foreget the deafening noise from the "Bang"  I understand a famous word between troops was  "Pardon"  or  "Whatttttt"

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Evening all,   so  here we have  Denis  multi tasking  having two rifles.

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Evening all, more work in progress  will show after I have finished  "Running Man", the admiral came up with a good idea  - I should give them names after all my friends on here  - wonder who could be who?

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11 minutes ago, Canute said:

Have you started naming your "players"?

Yep,   he is  "Bluey"  dont know why😛  I think next will be "Pinky"   - only joking    thought it more interesting to give them an identity.

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Evening all  more work  this time here is  "Bluey"   just waiting to be flat coated.

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Welcome back to Plastic Land mate,   very interesting subject  I used to have the UK eqv  called a Raleigh  Chopper.

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6 minutes ago, dragzz said:

Thank so much I will look in to that

No problem.

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Excellent Mark.

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Found these for you  -

http://pontosmodel.com/html/23009f1.html

https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/mk1-design-1200-hms-hood-armament-set--ms-20015-236712-p.asp

https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/mk1-design-1200-hms-hood-value-detailing-pack--md-20016-235424-p.asp

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13 hours ago, dragzz said:

oldcollingwood i looked at that site wow what a site iam not to sure where a can get all the pe parts for that the hood 27 sheets of pe parts lol

Yep its brilliant for info, check sites like Ebay  or direct for makes like Lion Roar,   Pontos,   White Ensign,    there are quite a few companies who do detail sets.

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22 minutes ago, dragzz said:

hello popeye not to sure about pe stuff and the wood deck will cost me 125.oo in canada thats a bit much for me i will try and get as much pe as i can for it

 

hello thank you for following my build log nirvana

 

 

 

old collingwood welcome to my build log  and yes i will look into the link for mods thank vary much

No problem at all.

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3 minutes ago, VTHokiEE said:

Thanks! I have been looking at pictures of cannons this evening and they did all appear to be pushed right up tight. It’s good to have some confirmation to my research.

 

This is an interesting idea that I may play around with and see which I prefer. Thanks again!

No problem at all  - glad to help if I can.🙂

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Excellent work  - really taking shape  with all those frames,     should be built in no time with that giant building her😉

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5 hours ago, VTHokiEE said:

I prepared one cannon and decided that one of my side tackles is a little longer than I want going forward (the visible tackle is the long one). Should the cannon trucks be right up against the bulwa rk? This isn't glued in yet.

Edit: Currently redoing the longer tackle, it bothered me too much already 😂

I think they push them right against the bulkhead for maximum recoil  so the cannon works at it best,  if you wanted to show some life on her, you could also display a few recoiled back with tight ropes.

Spledid work you are doing  everything looks the part.

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Thought you might find this useful  as it shows different mods  to improve the kit  -  gonna be an epic build.

http://www.hmshood.com/hoodtoday/models/trumpeter/trumpeter200.htm

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1 hour ago, Kevin said:

just catching up, glad your feeling better

 

looking through your log, i love your work, lol i was trying to read the writing under your last build photos

I think that is his  scribblings about a mass party for us all at his place  - the writting is the menu  for all the food goodies we will get😜

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8 hours ago, lmagna said:

I have always been a B-17 guy but the B-24 was considered the faster of the two planes. In most other ways they were similar and the people who used them seemed to prefer them over the B-17 in most ways.

 

I have the Osprey in my collection as well Denis. I have always liked them in spite of their early reputation and problems. We have a few around here and one thing is certain, you know it when one flies over................. They are LOUD. 

Start a build  Lou  - would love to see it.

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"Wowzer"   you have some nice stuff to keep us glued,  the B24s  always looked to heavy to fly  to me,  and the B25  - I am sure my dad used to speak about them  when they were over this side of the wet stuff,   and the Osprey  - what an amazing Heliplane/Planecopter  - I have seen a few at shows and even the one over the top of us.

Got my camping gear out ready for these.

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