Old Collingwood

6 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Now that is the way you skin the decaled cat!!!...

 

Looks Great....  Top Notch my friend...

Thank you kindly EG.

OC.

Really really nice work Kevin  - sure is standing out  with all that detail, well worth all the hard work and time you have put into her.

OC.

Evening All,    in between  working on the Seafire  I found the time to check over mossie to see how the flat coats had gone  especially  over that troubled area we all know well,  then answer is  Fine,    no issues atb all the  top spray  put on in a couple of fine sprays did the job.

Here are two pics just showing  "that troubled area"  as it is now.

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Excellent job Craig  - really nice work mate.

OC.

I'm In   interesting  subject.

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Those decals look impresive mate.

OC.

Good day all,  more work  fiddling around in the machine gun  box  - I fiited a couple of runs of  fine fuse wire to represent wiring, also  I fitted a larger piece of tubing and a bracing strip.

OC.

17 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

What did they have, OC?  A long barrel one and short barrel one?  Nice work on them.  I would have thought the ammo box would have been bigger... 

20mm  and a 0.5inch Browning   in total  Two  20mm  Hispano   canons  and Four  0.5Inch  Brownings,  the round box  shown is just the feed, the Ammo cases  were  further to the side under the wing in armour plated covers, and fed on a chain.

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1 minute ago, Jack12477 said:

Still here! Just waiting for supplies !    Also got a little sidetrack,  planting veggies and flowers; had to build a 2 ft  high fence around a raised bed to keep the feral cats from digging it up.

 

We are sloooooooowly coming out of lockdown, but now I have to remember to put a "face covering" in my pocket along with a handkerchief    

I have that sorted  when I go out  - Flame thrower  does the job fine.🤭

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Just now, CDW said:

It will be a surprise. Thanks for the kind words OC

No worries, will look forward to what ever you build mate.

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Just backing up what Ken said.

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Armour or A/C  mate?

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Looking really nice Craig.

OC.

2 minutes ago, Canute said:

Coming along nicely there, OC.

Thanks Ken,  toying with the idea of putting some wiring in there from fuse wire and a support strut.

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 Hi all,   so today I was "multi tasking - shhhh  cant let the admiral hear I struggle looking at the hoover as it is"    I first  put the first  grey coat  down on the Spit, then put it away in my box to dry, then the  second bit  - I decided to work on the Seafire,   in the kit  you have the choice to display the wing guns  open through an open panel,  I decided this would be good on the one wing,   first  I  struggled to understand the  instructions as it wasn't clear how the machine guns and feed units go,   they come into two different types of assemblies, after going to Mr Google  to check out some pics  - I found out how they fit together.

I first put a few coats of cockpit green down, and while at it did the same to the wheel wall  and well  bottoms,  next job was to put some  nato black  on the machine guns, then when dry  (with hairdryer again)  I dry brushed some white over them.

I finished off by gluing the wings together.

OC.

9 minutes ago, Egilman said:

That's a beautiful update set and in injected styrene to boot! it will make any 1/48th scale builder very very happy accurizing their 1/4 scale manned missile... That being said, unfortunately my 3/8th scale manned missle will have to suffer along with resin unfortunately......

 

Thanks for the link brother I"m sure it will give another Zipper "G" modeler exactly what they need to build a real beauty...

No problem at all.

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Thats a great size   will be a beauty.

Found this link to  update goody heaven -

http://www.dacoproducts.com/KDCC4802.php

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I used to uses any old screws/nuts etc knocking around  (pinching them out of my dads  work box)🤫then I would set them in a  ball of blue tak/putty  to stop them moving about.

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Excellent work Tom, really busy in that  plane.

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I dont want to deflect EG's  post  but my 10pence worth  - Ken  I have built two versions of the AardVark  an E version  but also  the SparkVark, both 1/72 scale  Hasegawa kits I think.

Sorry for the interuption EG.

OC.

So well said by Harley 👍

OC.

52 minutes ago, cog said:

Thanks all for the likes, and comments

 

I did paint on stripes Denis. As it would be rather silly not to. In all honesty, Initially I forgot and had them painted the base "belly colour", but realised I should have painted them with stripes. Checked the paint scheme, and added them by hand. By the way, I changed the prop from fixed to a turning one. That's why it's still not mounted. I did a wee bit of weathering, painted the exhaust (nearly forgot as well) ... final layer of varnish/lacquer ... would satin be the propper choice or gloss?

Carl I have seen both  Slightly shinny satin  with modern versions or those in museums,  but those in service I'm not sure about  (I assume they would be mat  with just heavy  use areas  slightly shinny)

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1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

sorry I missed all the action............sad to see that happen OC.   I've had decals do that.......that's why I hardly ever coat them afterwards.  something about the decal film........perhaps not enough adhesive properties.  when the decals are movable on the paper,  I like to move them around a bit,  to insure they have sufficient adhesion.  the use of micro sol and micro set can take some away,  if too much is used.  one might never know the cause,  but it's a learning curve nonetheless.   hard to say if the use of paint pens might have helped you,  but I've done that in the past with reasonable results.  you did the right course of action.   glad to see you can move on from here.....and get this bird finished........hopefully Murphy free   

Thank you kindly Denis,    It has been a Huge learning curve for me  as its the first  (proper) attempt at building a half decent plane kit,   the construction stage never was a real issue  as the parts can be wiggled about and glued/filed/sanded where needed, it was the large area painting that has been the trouble, that and mixing  paint/top coat layers, and also not having as much control with rattle cans.

Will I learn for the next build or one after that  - "probably not"  as I have to use what I have and am limited  by my enviroment.

Still its all fun.

OC.

34 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

that's where scratch building comes in.........lots of time,  the supplied parts aren't quite up to snuff,  especially ship fittings.   the use of paint is more of a requirement with plastic than wood.........with wood you see more lacquers and stains.

 

Seafire is com'in along nicely OC  

Thank you Denis, not bad considering this was the original Spit  I had binned  in the "naughty cupboard"

OC.

Nice blank  canvas ready for her paint.

OC.