Old Collingwood

3 hours ago, CDW said:

Beautiful Mossie, OC.

You deserve some kind of medal for perseverance. You really hung in there thru thick and thin.

Thank you so much.

OC.

3 hours ago, marktiedens said:

super nice

 

Mark

Thanks Mark.

OC.

6 hours ago, cog said:

Smooth model for the bumpy road you travelled to get here, mate. Quite an accomplishment, I dunno if I would have finished it like you, probably binned it out of sheer frustration. Well done, lovely bird

Thanks Carl, sure  had a few moments  that was hit or miss.

OC.

6 hours ago, lmagna said:

Quite the accomplishment OC. Glad you made it to the end.

Thanks Lou.

OC.

7 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Very nice, beautiful model and a fitting tribute to your dad and everyone involved with the mossies.😁

Thank you kindly Edward.

OC.

53 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Beautifully done, OC.  And a fitting tribute to you dad and the others who flew and maintained them.

Thank you Mark.

OC.

21 minutes ago, Canute said:

Well done, OC. Turned out well.

Thanks Ken, will take some bettter pics when I can.

OC.

Very nice finish - she has come up a treat  - looks the business  with the boom and  pullys attached.

OC.

Evening all,   spent the most part of the day on the back patio making the most of the dry wather  (quite rare here),   then this evening  I added a few coats by brush of flat top coat to the 500s, they turned out not too bad  - then I clued them in place.

So this finishes my Mossie   "Here you go dad  - this is for you and everyone else who served"

Just a few pics as I will need to take some better pics when I have more room.

Sincere and warm wishes and thanks to all  the followers - on lookers  - those who comented  and those who hit the like button, its you guys who make these builds worth doing.

OC.

I will look forward to see what  you do.

OC.

1 minute ago, Canute said:

Yer slowing down, matie...

Old age or to much sun on our back yard  or both  lol.

OC.

I built her  in here in the ship build  section  I also have a few plans I worked off  -

I started the riging from this stage  -  

And here are some plans  - 

OC.

Evening all,   I managed to do a bit more on the bombs  this evening,   this consisted of applying  decals  with  bomb markings and a light green/blue ring around each nose cone - fiddly even under my magnifier.

Anyway  they are on  just need to settle now before I can brush over some flat coat.

No pics though  too iddle  lol.

OC.

Seriously good Joe  - perfect finish.

OC.

Some great kits out there including  1/48 scale  B-1B  Lancer Revell kit,    B-52H  not sure think its a vac form kit,  seriously large kits.

OC.

Imagine building the whole C5  at 1/35  scale  - that would have a Wopping  6.3 feet  wing span   -  "Hugeeeee"

OC.

Right then,  the 500s  have thier paint coat  - just a little weathering  and armoured code rings to paint on.

OC.

8 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Nicely done OC, I'm glad you battled through to the end. 

You've done yourself proud with a superb model 😊

Thank you so much Edward.

OC.

Anyone know the auto restore series on the Tv  where the same team take in cars and restore them back to the owner  - there was a really nice Mustang  they did up in one of the programs.

OC.

14 minutes ago, CDW said:

Those last photos on page 23 look so nice OC. Came out great, very realistic.

Thank you so much mate,   that means so much  as I look up to your building skills and learn so much from what you do.

OC.

16 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Wonderful work, OC.  Anyone ever notices the antenna, (they won't) tell them "bird strike" during the last mission.

Thank you Mark,    my excuse (an i'm sticking to it)  a  young laky ERK  removed the ariel for a prank  but then tried to replace it by mixing up rather too mutch  metal glue/filler  and it went lumpy, he just hoped no one would notice.😜

OC.

There was me hoping to see a  Gally  (C5  variety)  with your  jeep coming down the rear ramp😊😜

"I'll  be quiet now  - promise"😁

OC.

2 minutes ago, Canute said:

You might see an A-7D first.

Just as nice.

OC.

3 minutes ago, Canute said:

Nah, you done good, OC. The kit tried to trip you up, but you hammered it into submission. 👍

Thanks Ken,    must be my stubboness,   and not foregeting all the encouragement  from my  family here.

OC.

"I can feel a Dio coming on"    as he whistles  gently.

OC.