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3 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:
Text blindness, I meant definite in my liking of the Sherman 😖
Battle of the Bulge, another favourite film of a desperate time, touch and go for the allies. Coincidentally just finished re-watching Band of Brothers episode set in the Ardennes/Bastogne
One of mine was "A bridge too far" after watching the film as a teenager I went out and brought the Airfix Dio kit of the same thing - soldiers and Tanks and the bridge all in 1/72.
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Those will be cool.
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13 minutes ago, Canute said:
Your work looks good, OC. And working on the prettiest fighter of WW II doesn't hurt either. 😁
Thank you Ken.
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6 hours ago, Tigerdvr said:
Outstanding work on what appears to be an outstanding kit. They even have an arrow embossed inside the fuselage so we know which way to fly🛩️
Seriously, very well done, enjoying your progress.
Cheers
No thats where the Bow goes with the Arrows 😉 But thank you for the compliment.
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8 hours ago, cog said:
You are positive, you do not get commision on UK sales???
Yep - but deffo a brll kit.
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Plan for today (later) there is still a hairline gap where the wings meet the fuselage so I will work some plastic putty into it, then I will either attach the rudder stabs and Rudder or the wing tips (depends what I fancy doing first).
I know I keep saying it - but I really recommend thses Eduard kits they are simply first rate in every way.
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Very nice work mate - very nice indeed, that red colour really makes her stand out.
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Yellow ocre is the colour we all know for the bulwarks and carriages, but if you find the shade a we bit too bright you could always dull it a bit by adding a bit of white, its completely how you want to display it my friend and how pleasing it wil be to your eyes.
I am loving those canon/carriages though they will look super when finished.
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24 minutes ago, Egilman said:
Nice work.... Usually I just close mine up cause I'm not that good at cockpits. Impressive work....
Thank you EG, credit to the kit as its Superb best I have ever built.
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Lovely job Edfward a real credit to you mate - it really has come out first class, I will miss the banter and viewing oyur work in The Special section (Here) hurry up mate and find another thing to build - we will be waiting.
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Now, this will be cracking also - good choice of kit.
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A bit more progress - no work done in the day time as we were sat out enjoying that weird bright ornage thing in the sky, so I decided to work on the cockpit glazing, this is in three sections due to me having the cockpit open, first I cut away the front section and after tyding up the edge I fitted some masks that came in the kit, this was a three part mask - I then glued it in place and set it down using the dryer, next was the rear section - again tydy up and masked using two masks, this was then glued down/heated, last was the sliding section - this had the same prodecure, but it stays off till the last stages of the build.
Thank you all for the interest people are showing in my build.
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15 minutes ago, mtaylor said:
Wait.. What? No time off for good behavior??????
Nope we been nauty - very nauty....🙃
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32 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:
Well, the governor just extended our incarceration till April 29th............... Boing....... Boing ......... Boing ....... Boing ........ Boing ....... 🙃😷🤕
Ours is under review next monday to see how many extra weeks we will get added ontop............I feel like a caged animal (to be fair it dont worry us to much as we have no family - friends etc - just keeping the flipping food and gas /electric meters topped up is our priority).
Our hobbies help though - dont they Jack.👍
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6 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:
I'll have to look this one up....how much modification will you need to do? your progress is looking super
When I do the Seafire conversion out of the other kit?
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6 minutes ago, mtaylor said:
Jack,
When you're done with the bird, unless it's in a case, hang a sigh with something like "Do not touch. The rotors do not turn. " And maybe some threatening words like they will suffer extreme harm from you fearless watch dogs.
Or "Mind the Rotors they dont turn - but the body does"😁
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4 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:
It's taking shape! OC.👍😊
Thank you Edward, I'm very happy how its coming a long - it even feels solid (in a plastic kind of solid way)
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4 hours ago, mfrazier said:
When I set up and tried to start the 4 butt shift pattern, I spent three hours trying to figure it out. I laid a few planks and it would be wrong and I had to remove them and start over. Finally, once I got it started, it went okay. I am sure most of my problem was the fact that I have major problems with numbers since my stroke a couple years ago. I'm an engineer and I used to be able to do trigonometry problems in my head and now I can't add 2 and two without a calculator and still get the answer wrong. It gets frustrating. This planking method requires some counting, a lot of counting.
Keep at it mate you will do it.
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She is looking so nice EJ full credit to you for pushing on with making and fitting the sails.
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First rate work on that decking very very nice and good thinking painting the knee's white.
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Spitfire IX (Late Mark) by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Eduard - 1/48
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Later today (yep I know where does the time go) I will check the join where the Stabs meet the fuselage and fill if needed, then I think it will be wing tip and Aileron fitting time, I will probably keep the Ailerons level as I dont think they are gravity enduced so wont droop on power down.
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