Old Collingwood
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Evening all - more figure making my "Mossie - ite" friends, this time one of the sergeants - he will be put up on the wing giving instructions to my dad who is on a ladder to the rear of the wing. Needs painting/weathering. OC.
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Looking very tidy Mike. OC.
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This has so inspired me with my Waterloo dio I hope to start around christmas time, superb building skills. OC.
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Evening all, a bit more progress today - I am managing one figure per day, project today was an other ERK, this chap is carrying a Jerry can, I had to do a little bit of fettling as the kit way was just to glue the can onto the bottom of the hand - but I thought that looked silly, so I cut the middle bar out of the handle but just left a bit of it showing, then I pushed the hand lower in between the handle and glued it there, this way it looks like he is actually carrying it. OC.
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I ment this Lou - The Junkers Ju-87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, “dive bomber”) I put in the initials my self. OC.
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Wasn't it mainly refered to as S.D.B Stuka Dive Bomber. OC.
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Have you thought about trying Chrome Rattle can sprays, I have heard some good results from them? OC.
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Thank you EG for further clearing that up, it wont be an issue as there is enough going on to keep the Dio busy, so one table will not be missed. OC.
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Thanks Lou, the table will be left out. OC.
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I see, so the bench is probably not for Mossie use or use on a normal base with full facilities? OC.
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Thanks Lou, with the bench being uncertain it could always be left out of the Dio, it does seem puzzling to me why this stage would not have been done in preperation for flight (probably many many boxes of them) in the hanger. OC.
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A group pic of all thats built so far. OC.
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I have found this pic on the net showing one of the ammo tables - lookes like ammo belts were made uisng the device on the bench before putting into magazines/box. Perhaps the device connects a row of loose bullets onto a feed system? Not relavent to Mossie but could have been for a Mossie Fighter/bomber or Spit on the field at the time (hence why its put in the back of the jeeps trailor - been picked up or dropping off near a Spit) OC.
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Good start Denis. OC.
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Evening all, I finished the extinguishers (talk about fiddly) plastic so fragile it breaks as much as breath on it. OC.
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Thank you for explaining that, I was confused about the bench, so I thought best to just pop it in the trailor - like its just being taken back to the hanger. OC.
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Thank you kindly Kevin, I appreciate that. OC.
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I'm not sure Mark, I have seen photos where they are re-arming out on the field, I assumed it was something to do with that. OC.
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I foregot to mention, I have also been battling with a fiddly little thing in the shape of an extinguisher frame to support Two bottles, these need to be built up using the two sides first and held in place by a cross pole, would it stay in place and glue - not a chance, it kept falling away, anyway after about Ten Million tries I eventualy got it to stick enough to attach the top handle and bottom section. I then left it well alone to set. OC.
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Yep and Aspartame is actually not very good for you. OC.
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Thank you kindly Denis, with the work bench - I assume that is what the vice/ammo feed device was for? OC.
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Evening all, a small amount of poregress - I have built the ammu bench, its designed I assume to put the ammunition onto belts ready to be fed into the wings in Spits and under the belly in Mossie fighter/bombers, so I have decided to pack it in the trailor as it been kept there while the crew have been dropped off. OC.
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I have seen some diagrams and drawings of her showing flat bulawrks between decks and not the curved / rounded profiles, not sure it the difference is from a modification to her or just confusion. OC.
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Hows it going bro? saw your earlier update - any news since? OC.
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