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Old Collingwood
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Thank you kindly, great having you on board. OC. -
Hope all is going well Edward. OC.
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Looking good mate - the cockpit is like the Wok of the meal - the more interesting detail you put in it - the more tasty the meal will be. OC.
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Thanks Lou, take a seat for the party. OC.
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Hi Joe, not sure yet but probably one I have seen in the flesh - back in 82 I saw Four ex Falklands ones at an airshow at Farnborough. OC.
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Welcome Edward. OC.
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Thats the one mate. 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
Amazing detail. OC. -
More than welcome. OC.
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The build sequence starts with the bang seat - normal Martin Baker affair, its built straight out of the box and has lots of detail, after assembly of the main seat frame (the seat cusion assembly is sepaerate) I then did a bit of dry brushing for high lights using flat alum paint. OC.
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Hi all, I have put my two spits on hold for a bit - time to change subject matter and come forward in time a bit, I have always had a love affair with the Harrier after seeing my first one when I was seven at an airshow with my dad, I was in aw of them and the noise they made when lifting off verticaly (amazing) another one of my loves is the Navy (blame my late farther) I tried to join the navy just before the Falklands War but never made it, and when the Falklands kicked off I was watching almost every movement by the Sea Harriers in action on the Tv. I have built several of them mainly in 1/72 scale including the Esci and Airfix versions - but I always wanted to do a 1/48 kit - so when the Tamiya version came out I snapped one up - but that kit was famous (for all the wrong reasons) totally the wrong shape and poor details but I still built a couple of them. This brings me to the current day some time a go I was checking out what Ebay was doing and spotted this on bids - yep patience and I won it got it for a great price with the kit was some nice extras. So without further a do - the box/contents pics - OC.
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I have put this aside for now same with my Seafire - just need to get my mojo back on those two. In the mean time I have started something else from my old stash - OC.
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So kind and special of you to say that - thank you so mutch. OC.
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Dont foreget the welcoming holes where they used to drop boiling oil and things on un welcome vistors. OC.
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What I was trying to achieve - deffo not a hard edge sprayed on using rubber masks I believe on the real things. Pic off the net. OC.
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Anyone used those camo paint masks you can get - any good? OC.
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When I saw the saw excuse the pun, I nearly hid under the bed always one of those "hold your breath moments" OC
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Thank you Kevin. OC.
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Sounds like a plane Tom - both the food and the decal solutions. With the micro sol Please - please be carful Not to mess with the decal after you have applied it over the decal, you will see some reaction on the decal - thats Normal (but you Must Not touch the decal till the micro sol has completely dried) OC.
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I could resort to plan num2 - build her as a High Altitude IX in overall Ocean Grey with just the sea grey underneath, that could work and would still be viable and No masking for camo. OC.
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I'm just a bit fed up at the moment - fed up and angry at the way the world is right now, and my build is supposed to be some light relief to de-stress its actually having the opposite effect making me tense and wound up. I will sort it (probably wont be as first intended) but it will be built - remember the Yellow Subamrine song? nah only joking aint gonna paint her yellow - Pink she will be. OC.
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Dont have anything to hand like that - I see how easy it is with painters using those turntables hand free painting, I always seem to rush the painting as I am battling either against wind we get funeled in our patio or dodging showers or insects due to heat. OC.
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I'm just so off the idea of having to have to re mask the whole thing all over again - it feels like a chore (even a head ache) almost dont have the interest tempted to just spray over it in one colour and pretend it was ment that way. Thankfully the seafire is more straight forward just Sky underneath and dark grey ontop. So glad my other builds I brouht ages ago are single colour builds no camo patterning. OC.
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To be honest I was very dissapointed by the finish and without a doubt its down to my less than clinical masking as there are some quite tight turnes using the blue tack - the idea is to roll the it into long worm shapes then press it down onto the fuselage/wings, then cover the part not to be sprayed with either paper or tape, the other difficult thing is the holding the plane without touching areas to be painted - for this I try to attach a stick underneath held in place with lots of tape, then there is the control paroblem using a blast from the Rattle cans, its too fierce and if you go to close to make sure the camo lines are filles - then it can buld up causing runs. In hind sight it would have been better if I could have masked and painted the fuse and wings seperate like I did the mossie as there was more surface area to work from that way. I guess I am Always going to have these issue having to use the methods and equipment I have to use - its a viscious circle with no rememdy. I see people using fine air brushes and I am so jelous and envious and know its whats holding me back - that and not having a man cave or even shed to use use. OC. OC.
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