Old Collingwood
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Just found an interesting article in a discussion room about the last air raid/raids on Germany in WW2, it has a lot of talk about my late farther air base where he was stationed and the squadron/s he was working for, it was the attacks on Kiel Town and Harbour to stop the Germans from sending ships to Norway to continue the war there. Here is the link - http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/the-last-bombs.4811/ And below a photo from that sight possibly with my dad in there somewhere during the bases celebration of the end of the war. All courtesy of the original posters. OC.
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We were lucky being kind of high up most of the flooding happened kind of around us, most were affected close to rivers. OC.
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We had two storms on the back of each other in ten days over here - massive flooding lots of folks lost their homes. OC.
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So much work going into her - hats off to you phil. OC.
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I like the seats they have come up like beige leather. OC.
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I see what you mean mark, fully agree with you about the tape tiles, the individual one does look a lot better and look to be so much more square. OC.
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Really good start denis, with the wood stock (not the uk music place) have you tried ebay? OC.
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SO! here's the plan - next I will fit the nose glazing unit (after fitting the masks to it) will probably dry fit it first to check for fit, then I will check the main cabin canopy unit - then mask that also before fitting, this will leave me with a completed fuselage minus the rudder and stab - flaps. The idea is it will probably be more manageable to hold and spray the first (all over coat) with out the wings attached, I will also count the rudder and flaps as separate items to paint them off the fuselage, then after letting that to harden - I will be able to mask up for the first layer of grey camo using the blue tak and paper/tape (i got to day). Well thats the plan. OC.
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More progress today - I took the tape off both fuselage sections and surveyed the seams, they were not too bad just needed some light sanding with 1000 wet and dry, I then turned my attention to how the two sections join - they lock into each other but it was very tight so the sanding stick and several dry fits and with a kind of "click" - they joined together, I pushed a bit of glue into the seam then pushed them together. I left it for a few hours then I added a pe fuel cap ontop and while at it I even put two masks on the lower forward windows. Oh! I also added a strengthening strip with 2mm paper underneath the fuselage. OC.
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Looking good mark - coming together now, same day posting we both closed up our fuselage. OC.
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I have the Tamiya AS Rattle Cans to do both camo colours and the underside, gonna get some Blue Tak for the masking. OC.
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Thanks Lou, to be honest I am dreading the rattle can stage - just dont want to ruin it with shabby spraying, I have read up and watched some videos on how to do it. OC.
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I then decided to have a go at the remaining fuselage section - again in two sections but with the rear wheel assembly needing building/painting/weathering and fitting. Because of the prob;em with the wrong size main undercarriage legs - I rectified the tail dragger wheel by filing away at the tab where it sits - I then reached a point where it was closer to the bottom of the fuselage (it would have done this with additinal weight or when in a heavy flight mode (fuel bombs etc). After fitting the wheel unit and cleaning up the edges (slight bevel on them) I glued them together and held in place with tape. So this is where I am at present. OC.
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Good day all, more work today - I decided to glue the front fuselage in one go as my original idea would have bottle necked me, it glued quite well secured with tape - all the seams closed ok, while this was setting I had a go at the wheels - these needed joining together then I worked on creating a flat on each bottom them opening up the treads. OC.
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Thank you Kevin. OC.
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Like this photo off the net. OC.
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Yep, thats both the entrance and escape hatch - the two man crew get into it via a narrow ladder thats stored in a locker between the outer skin and forward floor (the ladder slides into itself like tripod leg). OC.
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Looking great denis "wow our modeling sure gives us shake of the head moments when things dont go to plan". OC.
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There not pushed together correctly yet ken, just taped loosely - the idea is I will concentrate getting a tight bond on the bottom first, brace it with my clamps, leave it over night, then when fully glued I will do the same to the top (nose area) then the top behind the cockpit. First though I will glue the inner assembly to the one wall and bottom to pull it in where the entrance hatch is - as there is a gap underneath at the moment. OC.
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Hi all, More work today, I finished off painting and detailing both side walls, then I fitted the range finder to the front side wall, I then dry fitted them together with a bit of tape holding them in place - not glued yet. OC.
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HMS FLY by cafmodel - 1/48
Old Collingwood replied to cafmodel's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Superb work. I have considered HMS Fly As my next wood build but not in this scale I was thinking of 1/72 to complement my Pearl build. OC. -
I'm a Rum man - cant stand Brandy will take a JD though or Jim Beam but give me Rum any day (what else for a Pirate) OC.
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B-25 Mitchell "Meet Miss Runyon" by Javlin-HK-1/32
Old Collingwood replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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I have three sets of glasses - one long distance to check for that kit part that "Pinged" far away, and mid focal pair for when I am getting closer, and a pair of close up ones for when I am right on top of the part - then a magnifying glass and tweezer to pick the damn thing up. OC.
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Rather good engines built to last. OC.
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