Old Collingwood

8 hours ago, Egilman said:

Well thanks for having us along for the ride, quite pleasant if I do say....

 

But I had better get my butt in gear if I wanna become as good as you are getting.....

 

Nice work my friend....

Thank  you  kindly brother   - very nice of you to say.

OC.

Your doing a grand job  - keep roling  dont stop  loving what you have done so far.

OC.

Welcome  great to have you onboard  our family here  - you have done some Beautiful work there, hope you get to do some  build logs here - looking forward  to it.

OC.

Welcome  aboard, you will find planty of help  (if you need it)  and all round wonderful chatter.

OC.

Great work  going on here  - and the paintwork is  really making a difference  - bringing her to life.

OC.

Brake Water.

OC.

13 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Not 50 years ago! Completely different nickname almost universally used where I was. 

I could imagine mate😃

OC.

If anyone wondered  - "Big Wokka" ?    its the nick name given to then due the sound they make  "Wokka -wokka -wokka -wokka"  from the blades.

OC.

4 minutes ago, lmagna said:

That is one thing Chinooks have in plenty, seats! Not all that comfy, but plenty of them.

Yep strange bright Red things I understand.

OC.

First class work Bob,   if this is not you at  your best  -  goodness knows how  sharp that would be  - I'm loving your work - always have.

OC.

Take care Bill.

OC.

27 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Another outstanding build in what is becoming a long list of nice builds OC.

 

Congratulations 

Thank you  so kindly my friend  - always and interesting trip with my builds.

OC.

1 minute ago, lmagna said:

I'm right here looking overt your shoulder as always, (Well possibly not in Waterloo).

 

The S***hooks were certainly big although probably not much louder than a Huey and we flew with them quite often. I even flew in them a couple of times. Quite a bit different than in a Huey. More like like a flying sardine can kind of feeling  with a much more limited view somehow. It is obvious that they are a good ship though as they are still almost everywhere in the world getting the job done. Quite an achievement in the world of combat aircraft. 

Great having you following Lou, always love yours and Marks imput regarding heli's  - grab a comfy seat my friend  might be a long ride this one.👍

OC.

4 minutes ago, marktiedens said:

Another beauty!

 

 

Mark

Thank you so much  Mark, that so kind of you mate.

OC.

1 hour ago, cog said:

"AK" has paint sets for the Eastern and Western approaches which are very close, so does "Lifecolor". BNA modelworld has both of them e.g. RN Eastern Approaches

 

doing great

cheers mate

I have used  Lifecolor   on my old  Warspite build  - as you know, they are excellent  paints.

OC.

8 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Whatever is next, we'll be following along, OC.

Thanks Mark,    will be deffo  more figure making/painting   before I get  round  to  starting the  dio  base/buildings  later.

OC.

1 minute ago, mtaylor said:

Sweet work, OC.  The stand adds to the model.

Thank  you so much Mark.

OC.

Just now, mtaylor said:

Time to pull up a chair for this one.

Thought it might  get your attention Mark  .........."Come on Lou  - where are you"

OC.

Its the admirals fave heli  as  it was the first one we saw together  many years ago.

OC.

4 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Obviously I'm in too.

Had two of these fly over my house last year, very loud and rattled all the windows. 

Good luck😉

Most welcome Edward.

OC.

A few of my pics  from the two airchows I went to  (latest ones when I borrowed a camera so please excuse the image quality was getting used to the camera)

OC.

5 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Watching with great interest in this one.... RAF or not, it's a Chinook.....

 

I'm sure you are going to build her to perfection....

Thank you kindly  EG  - most welcome as always bro.

OC.

8 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Thank you Edward.😀

OC.

Just to add  to what others have said  - if you can get an idea  what sort of ship your dad likes - then we can start form there  and find a  kit  similar to that  or similar  - it will simply be better that way  as there are  hundreads of different ship/boat kits  out there.

Hope this helps.

OC.

4 minutes ago, Canute said:

That's a big bird, OC. I'm in.

Certainly is mate,   Biggest  kit I will have built  in plastic   outside my Pearl.

OC.