Old Collingwood

Hey  I spied a C5  in your stash   - would love to build one in 1/48 sacle  but  finding a home for it is anothe rmatter.

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You rattle can man  -   that aint  fair  - I love Gallies  and you have one.

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Hey!   I'm in   another  ex RN   type.

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Lou  -  Mark,    a facinating chap I talk to on twitter  he is a Vet  and aclaimed writter  - 

https://cherrieswriter.com/

Here is a rather fetching pic from him.

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6 minutes ago, mfrazier said:

I thought about that, but I  don't think it would match when finish is applied.  I don't think the glue/sawdust will stain like the wood.

 

Mark Frazier 

I guess its different if you are painting the  Hull  like I did - then it wouldn't matter so much.

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3 minutes ago, cog said:

Mr Butts, that is a big RED unit

 

come on baby light my fire!!!

OC.

Do you know what I would do  Mark?    mix up some saw dust past  and rub that in, let it dry completley  then do a bit of  light sanding, the saw dust/pva would fill the gaps  and sanding would blend then in and  smooth out any rough bits or high spots.

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This is the scheme I am going for  - its an all over the top and sides  EDSG   with lower Sky, a Single Roundel  on the fuselage  with a Red letter 0, on the tail will be the normal flash   and with roundels  ontop and underneath the wings,   this was a  test scheme  the Navy brought in  before it was applied to the newer Seafires in 1945.

Its the lower one out of the Three, also  thease are the latter model of Seafire with the Griffin engine  mine has the earlier Merlin.

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Hi Pat,    I have found these Two pics on the net  - one shows Hood with white chains  and  the other from Warpy's bridge  you can just make out the same white colour chains,   the problem with this kit ones they are way over scale.

The only White paint i have the the Admiralty paints Acrylic  in white.

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Great work Dan,   always love your card work   -  you are an inspiration to all of us here,   take it easy   you have family here.

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14 minutes ago, cog said:

looks a lot like the one I'm building well, but for the striping that is

Yep  - twins, told you we thought the same😊

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Loving those invasion stripes/bands, it had past my mind on mine as one of the schemes  - but mine would have had to be painted on by  hand  using dull white  Acrylic paint,   so I decided no to bother.

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Splendid work mate.

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Done a bit of art work in Paint  added the squadron codes I will  put on here  - 

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Looking great Carl  have to keep remembering the scale  1/72  does not give a very large canvas  to work on.

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Good day all  a bit more progress   - I dug out the spit out of the box  as it had enough time to de gas  and is now smell free, think it came up ok.

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Just now, RGL said:

Depends on what colour they are in real life (I airbrush mine, Primer, base colour then a rust wash). Otherwise it looks like cheap jewellery 

RN  used to be white I understand, and kept very clean from what I have seen on the net.

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Your Stuka will be an interesting Build Denis.

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13 minutes ago, RGL said:

As long as you paint it, the shiny chains really distract 

What  - dip it  and let it  dry  in what ever colour is appropriate, then fit it after?

OC.

My rats  nearly sent me cross eyed  so difficult to keep them uniform  - but  you are doing a fine job.

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Just plain crazy good work at that scale  phil, so much scratch building  delight going on  - full credit to you mate  bringing her alive.

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Hello again All,    while sorting through my little box's  yesterday  for my other builds, I cam across  some scall metal (Black)  anchor chain that must have come with my other Pontos bits,  but went missing  - didn't  know I had it, anyway  "question -question"   is it worth me  removing the plastic kit chain  that was painted white, and replacing with this scale Black metal chain?

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PD would be cool   guess because its the newer of the Two   awsome plane though  gave some F15s a run for their money.

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3 hours ago, Canute said:

May have to ditch this Amodel kit for that, although it's the wrong scale for the rest of my Soviet era jets. I have some ICMs and a Kondor of Foxbats and Foxhounds.

Foxbat would be nice - would love to se a log on that.

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Evening all,    more progress  on the cockpit  I started by painting the instrument panel  this  had the sight added  then  shaded/highlighted, after it was glued to the main assembly  the whole thing was pushed in place in the fuselage.

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