Old Collingwood

5 hours ago, Canute said:

You mean the "murder holes" for the boiling oil and large rocks? Inside the portcullis /gate. Our barbaric ancestors.

Thats the one mate.

OC.

Amazing detail.

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9 minutes ago, Egilman said:

I'm in brother....

More than welcome.

OC.

The build sequence  starts with the bang seat  - normal Martin Baker affair, its built straight out of the box  and has lots of detail,  after assembly of the main seat frame  (the seat cusion assembly is sepaerate)   I then did a bit of dry brushing for high lights using flat alum paint.

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Hi all,   I have put my two spits  on hold for a bit  - time to change subject matter and come forward in time a bit,   I have always had a love affair with the Harrier  after seeing my first one when I was seven at an airshow with my  dad, I was in aw  of them  and the noise they made  when lifting off  verticaly  (amazing)   another one of my loves is the Navy   (blame my late farther)   I tried to join the navy just before the Falklands War  but never made it, and when the Falklands kicked off I was watching almost every movement by the  Sea Harriers  in action on the Tv.

I have built several of them mainly in 1/72 scale  including the Esci  and  Airfix versions  - but I always wanted to do a 1/48  kit  -  so when the Tamiya  version came out I snapped one up  - but that kit was famous (for all the wrong reasons)   totally the wrong shape  and poor  details  but I still built  a couple of them.

This brings me to the current day  some time a go  I was  checking out what Ebay was doing  and spotted this on bids  - yep  patience and I won it  got it for a great price   with the kit was some nice extras.

So without further a do  - the box/contents pics  - 

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I have put this aside for now  same with my Seafire  - just need to get my mojo back on those two.

In the mean time  I have started something else from my old stash  - 

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4 minutes ago, Kevin said:

Congratulations she looks great and a fitting tribute.

 

whats next?

So kind and special  of you to say that   - thank  you so mutch.

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33 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Just love this.   Will there be a postern gate hidden in the rear of the castle?  Usually tucked away behind a shrub or two.

Dont foreget the welcoming holes  where they used to drop boiling oil and things on un welcome  vistors.

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What I was trying to achieve  - deffo not a hard edge  sprayed on  using rubber  masks I believe on the real things.

Pic off the net.

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Anyone used those camo paint masks you can get  - any good?

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When I saw the saw  excuse the pun,  I nearly hid under the bed   always one of those "hold your breath moments"

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3 minutes ago, Javlin said:

I agree Craig it would of found the shelf of doom for me Great Work OC Kevin

Thank you Kevin.

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4 minutes ago, Tom E said:

Evening, 

Not much of an update, but should encourage me to get the weekend chores done early so I can play with new stuff!

Never used decal solutions before. Bought these from MicroMark. A five bottle set for about $24.00. 

I plan on trying these on some un-used decals to practice with.

Reading the directions, seems pretty straight forward. 

As a side note...… It's been a good Friday!

Splurged on some deep dish pizza direct from Chicago.

Everything in my town is New York style.

Good pizza, but sometimes you need a pizza where one slice fills you up.

With a tall glass of Coke loaded with ice....ya cant beat it! 

I do recommend Lou Malnati's pizza. 

There should be a fourth pizza in this shot. The other is in the oven! 

 

 

Tom E 

 

 

Sounds like a plane Tom  - both the food and the  decal solutions.

With the micro sol  Please - please be carful  Not to mess with the decal after you have applied it over the decal, you will see some reaction on the decal - thats Normal  (but you Must Not touch the decal  till the micro sol has completely dried)

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I could resort to plan num2  - build her as a High Altitude IX  in overall  Ocean Grey  with just the  sea grey underneath, that could work and would still be viable  and No masking for camo.

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I'm just a bit fed up at the moment  - fed up and angry at the way the world is right now,  and my build is supposed to be some light  relief to de-stress  its actually having the opposite effect  making me tense and wound up.

I will sort it  (probably wont be as first intended) but it will be built    -  remember the Yellow Subamrine  song?     nah only joking aint gonna paint her yellow  -  Pink she  will be.

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7 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Ok another question? 

 

Why?

 

What I would do is find a decent sized cardboard box that can be knocked down when not being used, use it to place your model on when painting therefore you do not have to touch it when painting and you only have to control the paint not both paint and model at the same time....  when done painting knock the box down flat and slip it into a closet.....

Dont have anything to hand like that  - I see how easy it is  with painters using those turntables  hand free painting,    I always seem to rush the painting as I am battling either against wind we get funeled in our patio  or  dodging showers  or insects due to heat.

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I'm just so off the idea of having to have to re mask the whole thing all over again  - it feels like a chore  (even a head ache)   almost dont have the interest  tempted to just spray over it in one colour and pretend it was ment that way.

Thankfully the seafire is more straight forward  just Sky underneath  and dark grey ontop.

So glad my other builds I brouht ages ago are single colour  builds  no camo patterning.

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16 minutes ago, Egilman said:

The whole point of masking the way you were is to keep a clean demarkation between the different colors but create a fade over effect in scale between the colors. (it's called feather edging) Extremely hard to do with an airbrush alone.....

 

It's only my opinion my friend, but it's too rough an edge, there wouldn't be that much wear and tear on the paint, especially in the areas where it's showing greatest... the edge between the colors would remain feathered but still very clear....

To be honest I was very dissapointed by the finish  and  without a doubt its down to my less than clinical masking  as there are some quite tight turnes using the blue tack - the idea  is to roll the it into long  worm shapes   then press it down onto the  fuselage/wings, then  cover the part not to be sprayed with either paper or tape,  the other difficult thing  is the holding the plane without touching areas to be painted - for this I try to attach a stick underneath held in place with lots of  tape, then there is the control paroblem using a blast from the Rattle cans, its too fierce  and if you go to close to make sure the camo lines are filles  - then it can buld up causing runs.

In hind sight it would have been better if I could have masked and painted the  fuse  and wings seperate   like I did the mossie  as there was more  surface area to work from that way.

I guess I am Always going to have these issue having to use the methods and equipment I have to use  - its a viscious  circle with no rememdy.

I see people using fine air brushes and I am so jelous and envious  and know its whats holding me back  - that and not having a man cave or even shed to use use.

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Evening all,    more work on the Spit - first I stripped off all the masks and examined the camo closely,  I decided to use some fine wet and dry and give the whole thing a gentle sand over - I then noticed that I was fading the camo and giving the whole surface a worn appearance  with a few areas where the primer is showing  - question does it look normal  or should I  touch up the paintwork, not forgeting  I will be shading the panel lines and high lighting, after the decals are on.

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Another interesting build  - loving the variety on here at the moment.

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Looking mighty fine Denis  - really showing the definitive shape of the Fortress.

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Superb  - so much detail.

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1 minute ago, Egilman said:

Just a suggestion brother, don't forget the starboard 20mm cannon, will look kinda strange with only one....

Yep the housing for that is yet to be put on,  the one you see is the bare barrel of the other,  they are fiddly  (easy knocked off  thingys)   I have learned that on my other Spit build  - I knocked it off twice  almost like the glue wasn't holding it strong enough.

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You will be "cooking on gas"  my friend  - hope you have enough hands.

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Excellent  bet your like a little kid at christmas  (I would)   cant wait to see these added.

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