Old Collingwood
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So - I feel a dio coming on........... OC. -
Hi all, Post man arrived this morning with the normal junk, but there was also a larger parcel that I/we was not expecting so I opened it and these were inside with a note - I was truly choked and supprised. Dont know who its off but a huge thanks is due to them. OC.
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They are sometimes horribly over size also especially seats. OC.
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Right the frontal assembly is now complete - I had to first mask (put a bag over the cockpit tub) and spray the intake ducts before attaching the fan unit, next will be some detail to create inside the cockpit/fuselage sides. OC.
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Looking good mate. OC.
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Hi all, more work today - next stage was to construct the main wheel well, this is made up of Four parts and contains some good engraving like the front, after cleaning up some of the edges (nothing drastic - just where the pips from the spru were joined) I then did a few washes of dull white, then when dry - same procedure with a dirty wash, then a bit of alum high lighting, I then glued both parts of the front wheel well together. The airbrake pit them got a coat of flat alum and a wash, also I glued the front fan to the assembly and dry fitted against the front wheel well assembly. OC.
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Thank you Edward. OC.
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Thank you for that, it is rather well moulded, I will have to add a bit of scratch work on the side walls in the cockpit as they are a bit bare. OC.
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Thank you kindly Lou. OC.
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The say "Once you dip your fingers in plastic modeling - your fingers turn to plastic, or if you come from wood - you get plastic splinters"😄 OC.
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Excellent work Kevin - each post showing more and more fine workmanship by you - you will be able to "splice the mainbrace" soon OC.
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Thank you mate - welcome aboard this little trip down the Falklands way. OC.
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Talking of James Bond films - I would love one day to build a model of a Lotus Esprit mk2/3 (not the one that converted into a sub) reason being I once nearly owned one (got close to a moment of excitement and madness) OC.
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I put the tub aside and going by the structions - next area is the front wheel bay and front fan blade assembly/surround, the blade assembly trunking is one piece and needed a tiny bit of clean up - then it received severa..............l coats of dull white acrylic with a brush (as I mentioned above) I was aware of getting tiny specs of dust and hairs on the paintwork so I needed to keep checking for this, It will need a bit of a polish as its supposed to be a smooth almost satin finish, next was the wheel bay - this comes in two sections to aid detailing, so agian it was a case of putting down several coats of dull white, then when dry I ran a dirty wash of watery dark grey/black and heated it with a hairdryer (they were renowed for catching all the dirt and grime in there - same as the main wheel bay). Oh, and the fan blade received some flat alum. Here is a pic of the above on my mat after painting. OC.
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Evening all, got some more good progress today - despite it taking what seemed like ages to put thin paint layers on with hairdryer between each coat, so I put the HUD on the pe frame (fiddly is not the word) as you can imagine not getting glue on the clear part was mission inpossible, after it had set I tried to sand the glue out on the one side I could get to - then I tried the old method of polishing the plastic with tooth past (as you do with canopies, it did a fairly good job but still left behind some marks (not a problem as the front screen will mostly hide this). So - the tub is finished with the seat glued down. OC.
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Coming on fine can't beat those pre coloured pe pieces. OC.
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Yep - any "Selfies" would be good also😃 OC.
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Excellent work - she looks superb. OC.
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Evening all - so glad to see our refreshments have turned up - building is so much more fun on popcorn, so work continues with the cockpit tub - I gave the bang seat a bit more weathering really starting to bring the details out now, next off was the tub its self - I painted the side walls in flat alum then gave the rest of it a mid sea grey wash in watery coats, then I used a mixture of Black and alum high lighting to bring the details out, same principle with the instrument panel and the rear plate, I then glued them together and dry fitted the seat to check it out. Still needs the HUD, and a few other fittings. OC.
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Late but very welcome Mark. OC.
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Have you ran out - "never" right i'm going on strike - "no popcorn no buildy" have to draw a line somewere. OC.
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Excellent start. OC.
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MRAP ATV by CDW - FINISHED - Rye Field - 1:35 Scale
Old Collingwood replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
That is looking So Good Craig - miles a head of other kits the quality of moulding and your skills making it pop, fantastic build. OC. -
Thanks Ken, yep I will do that, I was going to put the white/yellow bands on the jet handle - but even under my magnifier - "no chance" OC.
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