Old Collingwood Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share #121 Posted September 30, 2020 Evening all, more progress this evening - after applying the serial codes to the bottom of the tail, I then settled it down with micro sol, and when I was sure it was set I then rubbed some pancil into the rear lower part of the frame to represent staining from the Hot rear jet pipes, after I started work brushing on my Vallejo Acrylic Varnish, my method for doing this was to work in controled areas and dry between coats. Working over the decals was/is taking its time as its needing several coats to hide/blend the silvering on the decals - it is working just slowly and some are more stubborn than the rest. I will put some pics up when I am happy with the result. OC. Edwardkenway, popeye the sailor, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted October 1, 2020 Share #122 Posted October 1, 2020 mak'in some great progress on this one OC..........decaling and the cockpit glass look awesome! Edwardkenway, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share #123 Posted October 1, 2020 33 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said: mak'in some great progress on this one OC..........decaling and the cockpit glass look awesome! Thank you so much Denis. OC. Canute, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share #124 Posted October 1, 2020 Good day all, I have been pushing on with the varnishing with my brush - its not going too bad, the main culprit being the Royal Navy decals on the tail, its not fully blendid into the paint surface but it will do, I have also been concentrating on creating the SHARS tell tail rear dirty shiny rear lower from the heat from the rear jet pipes. So without delay here are some pics - OC. mtaylor, Egilman, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted October 1, 2020 Share #125 Posted October 1, 2020 Nice work OC ! mtaylor, popeye the sailor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted October 1, 2020 Share #126 Posted October 1, 2020 Looking great OC! My guess is that with some weathering and a final top coat, the tail code films will be even less visible. popeye the sailor, lmagna, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share #127 Posted October 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said: Nice work OC ! Thank you Edward. OC. Edwardkenway, Canute, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share #128 Posted October 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said: Looking great OC! My guess is that with some weathering and a final top coat, the tail code films will be even less visible. Thank you kindly Mike, Yep thats what I have been doing but will continue , the tail has had about Ten coats of Matt Acrylic Callejo top coat so far, but I can keep adding more. OC. mtaylor, Canute, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted October 1, 2020 Share #129 Posted October 1, 2020 A few days ago I was looking up what to do with carrier film issues. Some suggested that it could be from air pockets between the decal and the model. To minimize this, the consensus seemed that (1) a gloss coat before decal application gives a smooth surface, so the decals can sit easier, (2) use of decal setting solutions (I've been using Micro Set and Micro Sol, but it sounds like there are others that are stronger but you have to be careful on certain kits, and (3) use a pin to pop a hole in the decal to let the solution under the decal to release the air pocket and help the decal to sit better. On my 1/72 planes, I sprayed with Future, then added Micro Set to the model before adding the decal. Once the decal was on, I added more Micro Set and a bit of Micro Sol. Had zero carrier film issues, but sitting the decal on the Micro Set led to a weaker decal that was prone to ripping. On my F3Fs, I added the decals straight to the painted finish without the Future gloss coat (didn't want to dull the aluminum finish). When applying the decals, I added water to the model, added the decal, then added Micro Set and Micro Sol on top. Much easier to manipulate the decals using just water and not Micro Set, particularly the pin striping. But, if the light hits it just right, at an acute angle you can see the carrier film edges. It was more prominent pre-final clear coat and weathering, but is still there. So I don't know what the answer is. This certainly wasn't a controlled experiment as I was using decals of different ages and from different manufacturers. Next time I might try using both water and a touch of Micro Set under the decal when positioning them. Seems like the carrier film issue is prevalent across many model and decal types though. Egilman, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share #130 Posted October 1, 2020 My procedure for my decals was to apply micro set to surface first, then position the decal and using a cotton bud smooth out the decal, then when set I applied a good few coats over the top with micro sol, with the tail decal it settled down even let the panel lines show through - but the silvering between the decals on the decal is showing the decal not pulling it down (its all down to me not applying a gloss coat before the decals) OC. Egilman, Edwardkenway, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share #131 Posted October 1, 2020 Im back again - next up was the rear jet pipe exhausts - these get very hot so they soon show a burned metal finish, I mixed up a mixuture off Brass and flat Black and gave then a couple of coats, next came the fuselage heat shields - thease again tended to get very hot and show a burned metal look. After these had dried I applied a few coats of top coat then they were glued in place - next was the placing of the 190gal drop tanks on thier inner pylons. Its getting there. OC. Landlubber Mike, mtaylor, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share #132 Posted October 2, 2020 Evening all, more progress with SHAR - I decided to wortk on the Pitot Tube and nose cone, firstly the kit one is able to be improved with the addition of a brass Masters tube, but first I had to cut off the plastic one where it is joined to the fuselage frame, then it was a case of sanding the front part flat - and with a very very very fine drill I made a small hole in the end (not very easy) I managed to do this (just) then the brass tube's end (protrution) was glued into the hole with ca, this was left on one side while I worked on the nose cone. The nose cone needed some shaping as the fuselage at the very end is not a purfect circle, so I sanded the edges where it needed flating slightly, then I maked with a pencil inside for the T.D.C alignment, then I applied a few coats of Black/Grey and after a few coats of top coat, then when dry it was lined up and glued in place, still needs some work to tidy up and a bit of paint on the tube. OC. Canute, Edwardkenway, Landlubber Mike and 7 others 10 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share #133 Posted October 3, 2020 Evening all, Sidewinder Time - these come in seperate sections - body / Two piece tail fins and seperate front fins, then several layers of paint and a couple armd marks, then it was attached to the rail - it still needs the pre-rail painting. OC. Edwardkenway, Egilman, Papa and 7 others 10 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted October 3, 2020 Share #134 Posted October 3, 2020 Well done with the heater, OC. A very reliable missile. popeye the sailor, mtaylor, lmagna and 2 others 5 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share #135 Posted October 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, Canute said: Well done with the heater, OC. A very reliable missile. Thank you kindly Ken, it took me nearly all day to do. OC. Canute, mtaylor, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share #136 Posted October 4, 2020 Evening all - Right both Sidewinders are on. OC. Egilman, Canute, Jack12477 and 7 others 10 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted October 5, 2020 Share #137 Posted October 5, 2020 Looking really good OC. Nice to see it with some teeth in Edwardkenway, popeye the sailor, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share #138 Posted October 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said: Looking really good OC. Nice to see it with some teeth in Thank you kindly Mike. OC. popeye the sailor, Landlubber Mike, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share #139 Posted October 6, 2020 Evening all, I did abit more today concentrating on the U/C units these are built up in stages with painting and weathering in layers, I have been able to glue them in place letting them set before I work on the outrigger units - then it can be sat on its wheels. The main u/c doors were changed onboard Hermes as they had an issue with original ones (hence the colour shade difference)😉 # just noticed the front u/c small door has moved and will need re gluing.🤨 OC. Ryland Craze, Canute, Edwardkenway and 6 others 9 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share #140 Posted October 8, 2020 Evening all, Thank you all for all the likes and comments, Right straight in with some progress and a little laugh - I had finished attaching the main and front u/c units got then lined up and flattened the tyres for weight, then somehow I managed to drop the plane onto the floor 😦 I expected the worst - but the only damage was the pitot tube had come away, bit of a pain as my ca glue has gone thick and wont smooth into place, I had to use some as the pitot is metal, I managed to smear a bit around the break but it was not a smooth as I wanted - oh well best left alone. Next job today was to work on the Two outrigger legs - simple? - not quite, glued in place and even added flat spots under the wheels, but they were two high and were pushing the main u/c unit off the floor by the eqv of a bout a foot, so some fiddling sanding under the outrigger units and re try, did this for some time - till one of them came un glued and fell to the ground🤬 you know those bins - it nearly got a plastic SHAR. Any way I can away from the table for a break - then later I returned with a new wind and tried again, the leg was re glued and forced dried with the dryer, then after it was set I continued till I got all sitting on the deck.🙂 They still need painting - but I decided I would have a go at simulating HMS Hermes deck using the section of board I have thats grassed on one side, I flipped it over and have started to lay some paint layers down, It needs a dark strip down the centerline and white edging bands - these will be masked up and painted by hand. So this is the current status - and a couple of pics... OC. lmagna, popeye the sailor, Canute and 8 others 11 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted October 8, 2020 Share #141 Posted October 8, 2020 Looking good, OC, Suitably mean jet. Edwardkenway, Egilman, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share #142 Posted October 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, Canute said: Looking good, OC, Suitably mean jet. Thanks Ken, Im hoping to set her on a deck type scene - may later add a ladder / pilot and possibly a tug - that will be next year though. OC. Canute, Egilman, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted October 9, 2020 Share #143 Posted October 9, 2020 Very warlike OC , it'll look fabulous on the deck!! mtaylor, Canute, Egilman and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share #144 Posted October 9, 2020 21 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said: Very warlike OC , it'll look fabulous on the deck!! Thank you kindly Edward. OC. Edwardkenway, Egilman, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted October 9, 2020 Share #145 Posted October 9, 2020 Looks fantastic OC! Glad the modeling gods were with you on the drop. 🧐 popeye the sailor, lmagna, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share #146 Posted October 9, 2020 Evening all. before I do a briefing about my status with the build - this is what the admiral said to me about todays antics - "You should stop making model planes" reason being - I decided to carry on putting some masked White lines on the board thats simulating HMS Hermes deck - its going very well, I put it aside to dry and noticed that the pitot tube on SHAR was drooping even further, so it had to be corrected some how - out came my gummed up bottle of ca glue - its gone like a treacle now stiff and stringy, I had no choice but to try to use a fine bit of stiff wire and dab it in the glue then try to smear it around where the pitot tube is attached (did I say it was a mess) "yep even more mess caused" streaks of ca strings down the nose cone and a few blobs also, yet the pitot was still not secure. No choice but to pull the pitot out and attempt to sand down the nose cone, it took a good sanding and polishing to get it smooth, then where the pitot enters I sanded it back and made a fresh tiny hole - then I brushed onto the cone a few layers of my Vallejo Black surface primer, this went on quite well as it tends to self level, but after force drying it I then buffed it abit to smooth out a few brush marks. I had thrown away the ca as it was now no good and had caused enough trouble, so I had to use a bit of my Revell plastic glue to secure the pitot tube - I agian used heat to kind of melt the join and trap the pitot tube pin that makes the joint. While all this was happening I also managed to knock the front u/c leg off (it fell into the carpet jungle) and also one of the sidewinders cam un glued, I found both and simply re glued them. Hence the admirals comments above. OC. lmagna, popeye the sailor, Richard44 and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share #147 Posted October 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said: Looks fantastic OC! Glad the modeling gods were with you on the drop. 🧐 Thanks mike, read below/above. OC. mtaylor, Egilman, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted October 10, 2020 Share #148 Posted October 10, 2020 OC, you sound like that guy in the old "Joe Palooka" comics, always under a dark cloud. Don't know if that comic was shown in the UK and I'm trying to find a picture of him. You have been snake-bit, but always rally back to turn out some gems, like this SHAR. 👍 mtaylor, popeye the sailor, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share #149 Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Canute said: OC, you sound like that guy in the old "Joe Palooka" comics, always under a dark cloud. Don't know if that comic was shown in the UK and I'm trying to find a picture of him. You have been snake-bit, but always rally back to turn out some gems, like this SHAR. 👍 Thanks Ken, having that breather - fresh eyes really helps, I think when you are pushing so hard on a model and things start to go wrong - a break certainly helps even if just for a few minutes. OC. Egilman, mtaylor, Edwardkenway and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted October 10, 2020 Share #150 Posted October 10, 2020 Wasn’t, that Joe Bjnxf (sp?), the professional jinx in Lil’ Abner? Roger Egilman, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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