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T Rex 36in (90cm) long Skeleton - Finished
Old Collingwood replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Hi Ron, what I have been able to do is bend the main metal spine rod from just aft of the pelvis where the pelvis bone section will be fitted, the last tail section slots onto this, I have checked now and it will fit in my case on one of the shelves. Big test will be to see if I can join both jaws with a screw underneath both sides? OC. -
T Rex 36in (90cm) long Skeleton - Finished
Old Collingwood replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Evening all, I started on this today, but I have already run into a couple of problems - the first problem was trying to bend the tail so it would fit inside my display case, the last sections of the tail are made in Three sections (already pre formed) they but together with Two internal rods, so I super glued the Three tail sections but trying to bend the sections just opens up the joins (I dont know what kind of plastic its made from but it feels very soft almost with a memory so it just bends back) so none of my glues will work. The main section has a metal rod running through the middle and the spine sections just drop onto this. The head is made of Two sections that have Two square pegs that fit together, trouble is there is twist when clicked together - so I decided it would be better to cut the lugs off sand flat then I tried to glue these together (No way) will it play ball and glue. So a re think - I could possibly drill through the jaws and try to fix Two screws from underneath (might work) then see if my plastic filler will work on the jaw joins, that leaves the issue of not being able to bend the tail. Who said modeling was easy. OC. -
T Rex 36in (90cm) long Skeleton - Finished
Old Collingwood replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Ron, would normal Revell plastic glue also work as I assumed it is a plastic kit? I may need to give the tail a good bend (possibly an S bend) to make it fit in my case. OC. -
T Rex 36in (90cm) long Skeleton - Finished
Old Collingwood replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Folks, I have been re - visiting and re-visiting this build before I even take it out the box, as I have been concerned about placing it when finished as it rather larger at nearly 90cm head to tail, I was going to put it ontop of my display case but without a cover it would end up being a dust magnet. But I think with some careful tail bending I might be able to place it in my display case. So I may start on this soon as a fresh build to give me a break from my Waterloo Dio. OC. -
Coming along great Alan - love dio's you can go as far as your imagination takes you.......... You know you want to (with the Sprue Brothers................resistance is fut-al) lol OC.
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Thank you kindly Alan. OC.
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Thanks Mark. OC.
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Thanks Ken. OC.
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looks like a cool build Craig - these old ladies are Fantastic when you see them at Airshows. OC.
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Hi there all, not an update as such on my build but more on the admiral, we went to our docs yesterday and they checked her BP - it was perfect (she was suprised as she suffers form "White Coat Syndrome") they then took Five lots of Blood we should find out next week if anything shows to explain her weird heart raising situation - that has settled down a bit, she still gets a fast pulse in her one ear when climbing stairs but not when walking on the flat. OC.
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Coming along really nicely - you have nailed the weathering. OC.
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I'm in, this will be good - takes me back to my first 1/72 Shar kit as a teen I built the Matchbox kit. OC.
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Kinetic is probably the top model company out there at the moment. OC.
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Thank you for those very kind words, It was a fun build - deffo recommend the kit - its first rate and so accurate. OC.
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And these fine people are working hard to build a Flying Mossie - https://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/ OC.
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That has come out well Alan. OC.
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Now this looks interesting self confessed "Toon" nut. OC.
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That has come out well - so nice. OC.
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Camel by RGL - FINISHED - Machinen Krieger - 1/20
Old Collingwood replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
So Cool. OC. -
Its coming along really nicely Craig, I think we are all in the same boat - our first attempts at a different medium or subject, can have its "unknowns" and in hindsight I think we would all wish we had Two kits - One to practice on and iron out any little hickups - and the other to apply what we learned (well that is how I felt with a few of my older kits that did not go quite as well as hoped). Keep going mate. OC.
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All these 1/72 scale tank builds made me think - wouldn't it be brill ot see someone take on one of those 1/72 Airfix Battle sets that was basically a dio in a box. OC.
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Another cool project - I'm in Alan.. OC.
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
Old Collingwood replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Sending them off and waiting for that envelopes with your bunch of 7 x 5 prints. OC. -
Really nice work Craig. OC.
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Thank you kindly Phil. OC.
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