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Old Collingwood

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  1. Old Collingwood
    Looking spot on craig lovely jubbly. OC.
  2. Old Collingwood
    I was lucky to have my farther who used to tell me the stories of his experiences from UK bases to working in Oz dismantling aircraft ready to be freighted back over to the UK - I miss our chats as they were a real eye opener into how life was for him. OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    The box contents looked up at me and said "don't stare its rude"😜 OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    That's all I'm allowed till the Pearl is finished I know my place😉 OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    I have learned a new talent - staring at the spru's in the box - looking over different parts and imagining how they will fit against each other - shhhhh dont tell the admiral. OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    Yep Revell are excellent for doing that. OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    Excellent work mate - really coming together now. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    Good timing mate. OC.
  9. Old Collingwood
    How about some tail and rear end detail - OC.
  10. Old Collingwood
    Well I Thank You ken, Lou, Mark and every other brave person who gave thier best.💜 OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    I understand Lou gong from many convo's I used to have with my farther about his service life - one thing I remember him telling me - he and a canadian guy who was stationed together was walking along a country road going into town to the bars, when a US truck went past and stopped my dad and the canadian guy (who was apparently 6ft5) jumped in the back with about 10 american GI's before long a fight broke out the canadian guy jumped out the back and my dad was left to fend for himself - cut along story and all that he acounted for himself and ended up earning thier respect and went drinking with them. When he got back to the field the next day and saw the canadian guy my dad knocked him to the ground. OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    Yep! my farther told me a few stories about this. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    Sounds like a plan. OC.
  14. Old Collingwood
    That was easier for me as I was using Acrylic and used boiled water from a kettle (after it had cooled) to dilute. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    Mark brushing will be fine - remember I painted the majority of my Warspite build except for the bottom hull, and she turned out ok, my secret was thin layers not putting the paint down thick right out of the jars/bottles etc but mixed possibly by a third to a half. OC.
  16. Old Collingwood
    Good to hear with the paint setting down well - I know enough people swear by making sure the plastic is really clean from the release agents they use in manufacture - so glad your finding your feet in "plastic world" OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    Here you go - some info on her - http://www.sallyb.org.uk/ OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Does this help denis, yes I know its the UK based one and a G but it might help. OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    Excellent start mate. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    Thanks Dirk.👍 OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    Those are Gorgeous pics - Thank you so much Yves, yep my late farther who used to work on them as well as others, told me they were basically two merlins with a lightweight body - the merlins in fact had a tendency to be to powerful for the frame, they had considered tweaking the engines for more horse power but there was a worry it would twist the frame, so they left it at just a spitfire eater. OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    Very true, thanks for that Ken. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    Close up of the FOD guards and some RBF covers. OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    I would have said to try some paper stuck to a board - draw some lines or shapes and like the old fill in pictures try your sprayer in the different sections to get a feel for it. OC.
  25. Old Collingwood
    I just put Blackjacks UH1 in a google search then clicked to view any pictures and saw these two - there were others. OC.

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