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Old Collingwood
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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. -
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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Loverly work going on there - those fitting really add to her. OC.
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Good to see you back Mark, those are some nice fittings there looking forward to more progress my friend. OC.
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This was the first time I saw a Sea Harrier in fact Four of them all Falklands vets. Not my pics off the net.
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I think you can potentially build almost every SHAR mk1 built by juggling the numbers around. Glad to have you on board Mike. OC.
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Trying to get a better view I guess,😁 Of the popcorn - not the build. OC.
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Thanks Carl, thats certainly something to consider when I come back to her. OC.
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Welcome Jack, we are awaiting the goodies delivery - Mark should be here soon, watch out for Lou though, he does love his popcorn. OC.
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Thank you Craig, thought it would make a change to come a bit more modern - easier to paint also. OC.
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