Old Collingwood

2 hours ago, marktiedens said:

Marvelous presentation & great tribute.

 

 

Mark

Thank you kindly Mark.

OC.

Evening all,   on the back of my Mossie Dio  - "No peace for the wicked"   so i decided to start  one of the French line infintry,    first I gave the face and hands my flesh colour  I followed this with a wash, then another slightly dry  touch up over the face and hands,   next I  worked on the  hat  - this is a basic flat Black with a Red and White plume  and a yellow/gold  detail diamond, I followed this with another gentle wash and a slight dry brush.

OC.

1 minute ago, Roger Pellett said:

Very nice, OC.  The two models, both nicely done really compliment each other.  The figures and equipment are lifelike.

 

Roger

Thank you Roger.

OC.

7 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

OC what can I say

Fantastic dio, the mossie looks great despite it's best efforts to thwart you😬

Brilliant job!!!

Thank you Edward,  yep it was  a close run thing.

OC.

13 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Fantastic work!!!  Great modeling, and the diorama really brings the subject alive.  Excellent job my friend!

Thank you kindly Mike.

OC.

14 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Outstanding representation my friend....

 

A lot of work went into that....

 

Very impressive.....

Thank you so mutch bro,    it only  shined  because of a few suprises.

OC..

2 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Excellent presentation OC, very impression dio. Congrats

Thank you kindly Jack.

OC.

6 minutes ago, Canute said:

Busy corner of the tarmac, OC. Nicely done, mate!. 👍👍

Thank you Ken.   a bit of artistic license  but why not.

OC.

Right then folks  "Take a seat and enjoy the show"    here is the Dio  -  

We start off  with  my dad  chatting with his superior  about a sticking Flap

At the same time  "Number Two"  is making his way  to the plane after  giving the bases dog some attention,

The jeep is  from were the Two mossie pilots  is still on the pan with the dog waving its tail.

A spit is brought over as my dad had a quick look over her  before working on the mossie.

And at the same time one of my dads work friends  walk carrying a gas can  for the jeep.

And here is the general over head scene  - 

And I finish with the dio  put on display in my unit with friends.

Thank You all for all the convos - help and  likes   it has been a fun build  made even better by some suprises.

OC.

She is looking Very Very nice Mark.

OC.

6 minutes ago, Canute said:

"If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't, paint it." Some may recognize that adage. 

Yep  RN.

OC.

Or good old  Blu Tack.

OC.

Lots of houses like that in both Warwick  and Stratford on Avon   here in the UK.

OC.

Welcome to the  "We build anything plastic  and other mediums"   Club,    if it moves  we build  if it dont move we still build it.

OC.

Evening all, the issue I spoke about above has noe been rectified  - I didn't have to cut down into them as the putty was hard so I just  added a dab of CA  and sat the aerials  in the glue  - seemed to do the job.

OC.

That false deck does look very  well fitted   - should make a huge difference  keeping everything in lign   - looking good.

OC.

Something occured to me  -  I went to all that bother to  clean up Two gaps  on the top  behind the cockpit,  only to find out  they were intentional   for the Two blade aerials to slot into,  "oh well"   I will have to see if I can gently  make the openings  - opened back up again.

OC.

21 minutes ago, SHIPSCAT said:

Hello OC

 

This is a nice tribute to your father, you must be very proud of him.

 

Jo.

Yes in deed,   thank you kindly.

OC.

A wee bit more progress this eve,   firstly  I masked up the front  cockpit galzing unit,   then I glued it in place  - at the same time I fitted the two duct cover/scoops  ontop of the fuselage.

OC.

1 hour ago, Helli said:

Hello,

Congratulations! A wonderful model.
Will now probably get a place of honour!

Helli

Thank you kindly,  she is  safely displayed  "Pride - of Place"  in my unit.

OC.

Just a bit of tools logic  - do you know what makes a great  ca applicator   -  a  piece of fuse wire,   you drop a small pool of ca into a  tub/vessel   then just dab the end of the fuse wire into it  just enough to pick up a small amount then  apply this where you want, just repeate  as needed, its what I do for all things that need controled application.

OC.

Well done bro  - seriously   you have been through it with this  - you deserve some good look  and it arrived.

OC.

Evening all,   A bit more work on this today,  first  I fitted  (tried to fit about Fifty times)  the outer wing fence  - they are wafer thin  pe pieces  almost to tiny to pick up,  but I managed in the end  by placing them  and not breathing till I could put a bit of ca glue along both edges, after doing that and exhailing  I turned my attention to the stabilizers, these have plates that glue to the edge and these are then glued in place on the airframe.

OC.

Looking very nice Kevin.

OC.

6 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Coming on nicely OC, are you doing it as a Falklands aircraft? 

I remember watching them on the news. Awesome aircraft. 

I am debating doing here as  the famous  "Sharky"  ward  one   where he took on Four  Mirage  in one outing   at the Falklands.

Possibly this one   (internet pic)

OC.