Old Collingwood

22 minutes ago, lmagna said:

With all of the pain this build has caused you, it was probably the intended spelling, but you didn't realize it.

Tell me about it  - I'm sure its a cursed or jinxed kit.

OC.

26 minutes ago, Egilman said:

One fine looking bird brother....  sure looks the part...  The shot through the access door is a great one... 

Thank you for sticking it out...... it is a treat...

 

EG

Thank you  for the kind words.

OC.

1 minute ago, lmagna said:

Interesting view looking up the hatch into the cockpit. Nice work OC.

 

How much pain does it normally take?

Upss, I dropped me T   dont tell the admiral  she loves Tea.😊

OC.

A bit more  weathering on mossie,   the aerial  broke away  (I hit it with my brush)🙄   so I glued it back down by making a puddle of ca, aerial  not looking too good  - but it is what it is,    so I'm calling the airframe finished  - just waiting to fit the bombs  when thay are done.

Got a few pics for you ........

OC.

Fully agree  with  Jack.

OC.

3 hours ago, Canute said:

It has been, Joe. The stuff I read about today on my AF news-feeds was all a pipe dream for us in the 80s. I got shunted into KC-135s in '91 and missed out on all the new stuff in the pipeline. I was a squadron/wing weapons officer for a long time. It was my favorite job. I've been looking at doing an F-15E aka Mudhen. The weapons carried nowadays vaguely resemble the gear we used in Desert Storm.

That will be awsome Ken  - love Strikey's.

OC.

Very nice brother  -  spot on with the details.

OC.

More words  - no pictures  (I know  - boring)    so  after letting the 500 pounders dry - the one way up,   I worked out a stratergy  -  sit them nose down (painted ends)  in blue tak   on a  block of wood then just spray the  tails.

Just had enough pain to do the job.

OC.

Facinating video on Mossies  curtosy of my friends  over at The Peoples Mosquito.

OC,

I agree with Lou,   I tried building a Destroyer  in 1/700  scale  but lacked high mag  viewing  and good light  - so I really struggled  also used hand painting in too think layers  -  you are doing a Fab job.

OC.

11 minutes ago, Tom E said:

In person, 

The decals look brand new. 

 

Sure hope that helps.

If I remember from when I was a kid, decals can be pretty finicky. 

 

Tom E 

 

Have you got  setting  solutions like Micro Set  and  Sol?     they do help  massivly.

OC.

Those decals look in good order  despite thier age  - no fading and good colour from what I can see.

OC.

Just now, Canute said:

Hey, they work. I use them like that all the time.

Plan is  - when dry  hold them from the other end  (protected with some tape)  then spray the un-painted ends.

OC.

Splendid work mate  -  I would be more than pleased with that.

OC.

5 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Love the Peggy and Springy - I'll have to try that sometime

They did start to complain but I said  "shush  or I'll  spray you"😀

OC.

24 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Thanks for the kind words OC. I was able to learn a lot from the build logs from you and others on here, so thank you!  I still have a ways to go to get better.  My problem is that I'm mostly a lap modeler, which gets hard when you are dealing with such small models.  One thing I need to learn to do is to be a lot more careful when handling or otherwise near my models - I can't tell you how many times I've broken off, bent, or otherwise had to rework a part.  I probably busted the rigging on my Badger build no less than two dozen times with errant elbows, etc.

Part of the modeling world I think we have all gone down  - "Sods Law"  loves to play us a visit"

OC.

6 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Thanks OC, life interuuptus is trying to rear it's ugly head again but I'm holding it off...... {chuckle}

"Fight the good fight"  get a load of kits out  put them on the table  and say  -  "Priorities  - must get on with them now"

OC.

Good day all,   next stage in the Mossie saga  - 500Lb painting,   first I had to mockk up  some kind of frame work  to allow me to hold  and spray  - best I could come up with  Peggy and Springy, I will paint this way then when dry  spray the  other end.

OC.

Really impressive.

OC.

Well worth waiting for the pics  to come through  - loverly work Mike  and as others have said  - so impressive at 1/72.

OC.

Looking good mate   - not far to go now.

OC.

Pics arn't showing Mike.

OC.

24 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Basic rule of thumb and applies to model building:  "If at first you don't succeed, try again.  If you still don't succeed, dig the instructions out of the trash can and start over".  

If you find you glued the wings on back to front  - just turn the plane around.

OC.

Looking great mate.

OC.

Just now, Javlin said:

She will make the grade OC Kevin

 

Thank you Kevin.

OC.