Old Collingwood

Evening all,  right  then  Major Baring and his steed  is painted  just needs flat coating  - but I need to wait for the weather to dry before I can sprey outdoors.

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52 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

look'in good  

Thank you Denis.

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2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

looking really good OC........the interior looks awesome     you're really tempting me to start the Osprey.......the interior is almost the same!

 

nicely done!

Go for it Denis  -  you know you will have an audience😉

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This photo might help  - again its not mine  I got it off the net, but it does show a (slightly more gentle tuck  round to the back that would help  with the planks)    I had a similar problem  when I was working on tha same kit  about 10 years  ago  - it was a real nightmare  to get right.

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Having a re-think   - if its the last frame causing the problem  with it potentialy being too far back  creating too sharp an angle, how about  adding some more wood behind the last frame/but glued to it, this would enable you to sand a more gentle profile  for the tuk, I think that would help a lot  and take away such a sharp angle.

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3 hours ago, ronald305 said:

 thanks  OC 

     I do have the blocks that came with the iron  but isn't the blocks a little wide for the bend I need to make, plus the iron head is also wide I have been  using the  narrow part of the iron and sometime a  soldering  iron  shaft part and gently pushing down on the plank after they have been soaked for 12 hours over the hot part of the iron and have been using the block inverted to support the iron. I have ordered a steamer to help with the twist part of the bend but would like to solve the sharp bend problem first 

                                      Ronald 

Does it look like this  -   you could use the half moon shape part to get a tighter turn, its what I used to use  for some really tight turns.

Pic not mine.

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Evening all,     right  Major Baring has recieved some paint  - just need to paint his boots and styrups.

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Are you using a  "Bending Block"    with your heat Iron  for bending?    it should have come with your Iron,  it is such a useful tool  for getting tight turns with the planks.

What I used to do with mine  was to soak the plank you want to fix  - say one on each corresponding side,  then when I t feels wet enough with a bit of bend to it  - pit it over the bend in the Bending Block  and using the heat from the Iron  push down gently in the  curve of the block  till the heat/steam gently pushes the plank down into the curve.   The key heare is not to push too hard  - Just go gentle and feel the bend , it  takes  a bit of getting used to  but it does work  - I have bent a near circle using the tighter of the bends in the Block.

Give it a try.

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2 minutes ago, marktiedens said:

Thanks O.C..    I think I would rather tie ratlines than rig guns.

 

 

Mark

I know, thats why I cheated on my Pearl build  - tried  but said to myself  "nah  too much hassle"    but enjoyed the ratline -ish  (tiny ish)

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Now that is looking Nice  - sharp details  and you was so right to do the decks with the wood   - it really sets the ship off against your excellent painting.

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That looks excellent Mark.

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Looking really good.

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So  I have made another start -  here is Major Baring on his horse  un painted.

He is not glued in the saddle yet so I can fiddle around with his position.

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12 minutes ago, CDW said:

Please don't follow my example, Papa. I am a bad influence in the excess stash department.

You need  to invest in Ten pairs of hands so you can  "multi-multi-multi-multi  task  and build many"😁

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Afternoon all,   I'm back   -  I decided to give my Chinook build a slight rest  while I do somemore work here  -  I decided to have a go at building the chap who was in overall control over the Farm  no less than  -  Major Georg von Baring, as he  stayed  "sted fast"  with his army  right through the battle for the farm.

Pic off the net  showing him on his horse.

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Right then  everyone,   I'm going to put a little hold on this  - Just when it was getting interesting, as I  want to do somemore work on my Waterloo  project   - see you over there😉

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31 minutes ago, Canute said:

As your modeling skills grow, you get more comfortable with kit-bashing and scratchbuilding. Welcome to the Dark Side, mate.

Thanks Ken.

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1 hour ago, Canute said:

Lots of small details that make it come alive. Good job, OC.

Thanks Ken,   yep  the rear roof area  in the kit is a bit  "basic"   you can get  update sets that include that area  - but just as good to fo it  yourself.

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Hopefully  - we will see you back at full pelt  - its been fairly quite around here.

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Sincerley warm welcome back mate  - hope all is good and well  with you and the family,    its great seeing you back in  "Plastic World"

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Evening all,   I made some good progress today  -  I started on the rear roof area above the ramp, this area in the kit is a little bit bare of any detail, so after looking at some photos online  - some scratch building was called for,  so some card and a few other pieces  later  and I had a  plate to be glued to the roof,  I also added another one slightly smaller  - then a few coats of paint and a bit of shading  and this is the result.

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6 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Of course,  nothing out of place here in Blighty, old chap!!😁

As Lou said,  coming along nicely 😀

 

Thank you Edward.

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8 hours ago, lmagna said:

Same here Mark. Heck, sometimes we didn't even bother with seats! And doors? Who needs stinking doors? (Well I do have to admit that we didn't often actually take them off.)

 

But the two times I did fly in a Sh**hook it had not only jump seats just like these but belts as well. You also have to remember that as this is an OC build it is British and will be properly shipshape and Bristol fashion at all times!

 

Looking nice OC

Thank you Lou,   yep it was probably  a requirement  to amke sure they were tidy inside.

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Why the vids - why not pics  and  writting ?

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Evening all,    I  got some  good progress done today  - I finished  off attaching the the other folded seats  - then I glued both side walls  to the floor,   this was a fiddly operation getting the position right while not damaging the seats, I left them to set for a few hours  then I  located the roof part  - this was dry fitted and I soon dicovered it needed a bit of wiggling to get it to lign up with the lugs and wall edges,  after moving the side walls slightly  I was able to glue the roof down  - while positioning it while the glue was setting.

So this is the inner section boxed together   just needs some detail painting to the inner ramp roof area, before I can fit both outer sides.

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