Old Collingwood

Superb  - so much detail.

OC.

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.

OC.

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

OC.

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

OC.

I have been into cameras for many years probably had more cameras than my age 😲  I have inherited a camera  off my neighour  but to be honest my best tool for model photography is my mobile phone camera, as it slim and can get it  underneath the actual plane to get shots looking upwards (you could not do that with a lens)   but no doubt any decent camera would take better general photos of the model due to quality of optics / pixals  etc.

OC.

Slight update on this -  I de - masked the camo, it didn't come out too bad  but neded a few areas of  gentle re spraying  - so it was a case of stage by stage  re masking where I dont want over spray to go, I started by covering most of the plane in a plastic bag then ran some lasking tape to trap it  - then more tape and  Blue Tack  to get a  smooth  line, then I touched up around the tail using Grey first.

I will remove the bag and move over the plane doing the same as there are a few areas that need  the same work,    practice makes perfect they say.

OC.

She is looking splendid Kevin  - all that hard work is deffinatly  paying off.

OC.

37 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Great finish, OC. Love the camo and overall color. Your Dad would be proud. Nice tribute to him

Thank you Jack  - so kind.

OC.

2 hours ago, Egilman said:

I'm sure, if your dad was there, he would give you a hug.....

 

Beautiful tribute....... Beautiful job my friend...

Thank you my friend.

OC.

2 hours ago, Egilman said:

So, where do you get this "Blue Tack"? that type of soft edge effect I used to do with sponges or elevated stencils......

 

this method looks so much easier....

Here you go bro,   just a quick search in Flea bay.

OC.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blu-Tack-Original-Reusable-Adhesive-Bostick-Blue-Tac-Pack-Home-Office-Use-New/141623976949?epid=1759135950&hash=item20f97263f5:g:I8AAAOxy2HFSU-lE

Evening all  - more progress  this eve,   I masked off the top edge of the wings, then the front slope on the cowl and the rear lower fuselage, then I used my Tamiya flast Sky  and proceeded to hand paint it with my largest brush,  I put about Four layers down dried in between layers  with the hairdryer,   will need the edges  lightly sanding to get rid of the ridge.

OC.

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

...a very interesting way to mask camo     the methods are endless here........so far so good  

Thank you for looking in on the progress Denis,    yep  the blue tack  is supposed to produce a softer camo line  due to its edge being further from the surface than like paper or tape would produce, and the paper/tape is just the cover over the painted camo,   same system I used on the Mossie.

OC.

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

WOW!.......OC ...she came out great!    few bumps along the way,  but ya did it.........sweet looking plane and none the worse for wear      glad ya stuck with it 

Thank you for those kind words Denis,   was certainly an up/down hill build  mixed in with some "smile moments"

OC.

Looking fine bro,  thats a neat little build  looks the part and nice and busy.

OC.

Looking smart mate.

OC.

Hi all,  a bit more work  on the Seafire  -  like I said above the front under cowl  needed some shaping as it was a bad fit,  I attacked the area with a sanding stick then a bit of wet and dry followed up by a bit of putty, I also test fitted the spinner plate  - I drew a line around the outside edge then after removing it I sanded the nose back to the pencil line.

OC.

I would say thats Right up there with the likes of Accurate Armour  with thier resin kits  - extremely good start Craig.

OC.

Hi all,  more progress with this  as I am waiting for the paint to harden on the IX,    I  gave the joins a tidy up  then  added some putty to the join line where the wings meet the fuselage, I then fitted the  nose under belly section that will need some shaping as there is a fit issue with a difference in shape  where it meets the fuse.

OC.

4 minutes ago, CDW said:

Welcome, Edward. We have two Lou's here.

Lou is on the left and Lou is on the right  easy to tell the difference  because Lou is not on the left he is on the right and Lou is on left,  yep thats right.🤪

OC.

6 hours ago, CDW said:

Lou

Did I read you said (somewhere) that you had a Rye Field Tiger tank with all the interior details? This is one I intend to build soon, it's Michael Wittmann's Tiger I

 

I once  loaned a book from a library  on this very subject  many years ago  - what an amazing stratergist  he was.

OC.

3 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Nice!  For the black and white stripes, are you going to paint or use decals?

Thats a good quetion Mike, as I have flat white acrylic paint  that would have to painted by brush, and a  rattle can of  flat black  laquar paint  - so it would be a bit of a mix.

OC.

"Corky blimy"   I'm here.

OC.

I'm in  (Kenko Lou)

OC.

Hi all,   now mossie is finished  I have returned to the Ix,    first job was to mask for RAF Green  using my normal blu tak / paper and  tamiya tape,    before spraying  I thought I would show the masking against the colour plan.

OC.

22 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Indeed!  Really fantastic work there OC.  Way to stick with it - I think a lot of us would have called it a day, but you hung in there and created a beautiful model.  Well deserved congratulations!

So very kind of you to say  - Thank you.

OC.