Old Collingwood

Thank you Roger, I also know a lot of the affect is in the washes/high lighting and dry brushing. OC.

Thank you Mark. OC.

Thank you kindly bro. OC.

You will have to wait and see😉 Thank you kindly. OC.

Thank you so much for saying that I am blushing. OC.

Good day all, I got round to top flat coating the spit then I fixed down the canopy and added the pilot about to climb in. I have placed her on my base for now just for affect. Thank you to All for all the encouragement and likes - sincerley means A lot OC.

Looking good bro. OC.

I see. thanks mate. OC.

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Thank you Denis, yep will be interesting to see how well I can paint them - they are actually smaller than my 1/48 RAF figures. OC.

Yep, made a nice change loverly to build also. OC.

Thank you Denis, its down to the kit - some great engineering involved in it very much like Eduard. OC.

Yep he is Ken, he wont (very much doubt) be in the Dio as they attacked the main Britiah lines later in the day, and mostly avoided getting caught up in the action against the Farm. OC.

It rasises interest and question as to what version was corrct - rounded or square bulwarks between decks? OC.

Excellent job looks swell. OC.

Its good to have a clean canvas again bro, but I know how you feel (like I did with Mossie) looking forward to the next stage. OC.

Evening all, I decided to have a change from my aircraft and have a go at a few of the figures, as I have a sprue of French Line infintry this is what I have started with, they come as torso's and seperate heads/arms/legs and back packs, the main theme of the sprue is line walking infintry however I was able to make a few in attacking role position by slightly correcting there hand positions - sanding the arm faces a bit this sometimes created a gap but was easy fixed with putty. I decided to mix them up with a few different poses including one soldier who picked up another rifle and is running with Two. They are not primed yet just assembled. Oh - I have also made one as an Elite Guard just to see how they look. OC.

Thank you - welcome. OC.

Its a massive hobby still Mark, so much investment goes into it - real stratergies go on with the war gamers. OC.

What I mean is the bulkhead on the decks between each deck, on a couple of pics on the net I have seen this shown as flat across the front from port to starboard as apposed to the rounded profiles where the canons point out facing forwards on the decks. This is one of the pics on the net showing flat bulkheads. OC.

Evening all, some good progress today I think, the fuselage had set well (nice and solid with no flex you sometimes get) next off was to fit the swivel frame inside for the Four jet exhausts, these are linked by a swivel bar linked to Four hubs that stick out each side that in turn have the exhaust units glued to them (I will leave these off till the main painting is done). I thought I might have some trouble as the instructions call for this to be done before both sides are joined, but I managed to ping them into position as there was a bit of flex in the bars, I set the ngle I wanted then glued the bar in place. Next to be done and an area where I was expecting troubles (as its a commen akward area in other kits of the Harrier) the engine intake surrounds with blow in doors, these doors in the kit come Two options 1) Fully open as in hover 2)Patial open as in ground position, these doors/flaps are gravity affected so when on the ground the upper ones fall open leaving the lower ones shut, but in the hover the draw of the air from the engine forces then open. These units come in Three parts - the main casing - the doors and an inner trunking, putting these together was not an issue and went togther well, but the fiddly bit that normaly creates a head ache (Tamiya 1/48 SHAR) is getting a clean fit on the fuselage, as the sections in between the doors need to sit flush with the fuselage, anyway no such worries with this kit - just some dry fitting and some gentle sanding and the fit was fine, so I glued them in position and just did a small amount of clean up from the glued joins. So far so good - so I thought "Go for it with more" next up the wings, again on the Tamy kit this was a problem with wide gaps here - there and everywere, after gluing the one piece top to the Two bottoms - not mutch tidy up was required, the wing unit basically just went down glued into place. The only issues I had was making sure the front edges of the engine acess cover part of the wing sat down into a ledge in the wing, to aid this I trimmed away slightly along the edge till the wing sat nice and level. The only alarming fault with the kit is - ontop of the wing at the front is a T piece shape section that should just be square in shape, when the wing is in place this leaves quite a noticeable gap that is not really any good for filling with my filler as it sinks, so I came up with a fix with ca underneath and a small square of Tamiya tape held in place by the ca (doesn't look too bad) So here we are at the moment - wing on joins sanded - not looking too bad - a very enjoyable build if im honest. OC.

Thank you Edward, I will look him out. OC.

Both Ken, I also used to watch Sharpe when he was on tv - loved the series, used to have a few books also. I have been reading through this timed account from the Battle - very interesting reading - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/battle-of-waterloo/11676475/The-Battle-of-Waterloo-as-it-happened-on-June-18-1815.html OC.

Same with me Ken, loving the wood details. OC.

Thank you Lou. OC.