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Posted
12 minutes ago, CDW said:

Beauty!

Thank you mate.

 

OC.

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

Posted (edited)
On 6/9/2021 at 5:29 PM, mtaylor said:

Both Lee and Napoleon were not at the top of their game, so speak.  Both were having physical issues.  If they hadn't had those issues, it's possible things would have turned out differently.   

 

For example, Lee was waiting for Longstreet (if I recall correctly) to show up as he wanted him to take and hold the Round Tops instead of the generals he had with him.  He waited and lost any advantage as the Union was able to occupy them first. 

I read two books by the same author just know his last name began with an F(ferguson?) ATTM but were "The battle of Fredericksburg" and "The battle of Chancellorsville" very well written with lots of Maps the battlefield was easy to see.I think the two main contributing factors for Lee at GB was 1) loss of Stonewall at Chancellorsville 2) his eyes Jeb Stuart was out gallivanting around.The point Ed made is all to true but if SWJ was there the push would of happened easily.;)   

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Posted
On 6/15/2021 at 5:12 PM, Javlin said:

The point Ed made is all to true but if SWJ was there the push would of happened easily.

If Stonewall had been in command at Gettysburg, it would have been a Confederate victory on the first day.... Why? Cause Jackson was a tactician, taught tactics at west point.... He was also a trained engineer/artilleryman.... Jackson would have directly ordered Longstreet to occupy the round tops immediately without any delay and if he had dallied like he did with Lee, Jackson would have relieved him on the spot.... 

 

Stonewall Jackson was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, as such he was the top Confederate General... At the time, Lee was Jefferson Davis's military advisor and held no real rank nor command... The loss of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville was the biggest loss the South ever suffered... Without him they were half the army they were with him.... It was after Jacksons death that Lee was offered command of the AoNV, which he very reluctantly accepted the same as he very reluctantly rejected command of the entire union army when Lincoln offered that to him.... Lee's view was that he was supposed to be loyal to his State first, then the Nation, it is why he rejected Lincoln's offer as he could not go against his state, and accepted Davis's offer as his sense of honor and integrity could not allow him to stand by when his state, whichever side it was on was attacked...

 

If Lee had had his way, he would rather not have taken any command at all..... He didn't want to fight against his home state, nor his nation....  But once he took it, he gave everything he had.... He is one of the most tragic figures in the Civil War, right up there with Abraham Lincoln....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Posted

(Ahem) Jackson taught at Virginia Military Institute pre Civil War. He was a very rigid instructor, memorizing his lectures. When he'd get off track, he'd restart his whole lecture from the beginning. Put him on an active battlefield and he became a tactical tiger. The Rebs had so-so leadership of the Army of Northern Virginia until Jackson and Lee percolated up to the top spots, then they became a juggernaut. The North was saddled with any number of political hacks in upper leadership, until Meade. But Meade was a very reluctant commander and got lucky at Gettysburg. His pursuit of Lee retreating south was miserable, although the worn out Army of the Potomac and some execrable weather didn't help. His reliance on Kilpatrick aka "Kil-cavalry"  was totally misplaced. When Grant came east, he put some backbone into Meade, but there was too much politics in the leadership.

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

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Posted
52 minutes ago, Canute said:

(Ahem) Jackson taught at Virginia Military Institute pre Civil War.

Did I say west point? Ughhh yeah, I did... Is my memory getting that bad...

 

 

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Posted (edited)

Good day all,   I might have a go at the flag latter  - I have been reading up on how to attach/fold/shape flags  by  touching up the inside edges/outer  lip with the same piant as the outside, then gluing a piece of foil leaving an edge around it  with PVA  then more PVA over both sides  - then close it up around the flag staff, then applying PVA on the outer sides and  fold it down to get the right  folds/shape.

Time will tell :dancetl6:

 

OC.

Edited by Old Collingwood

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

Posted

Famous date tomorrow  - Waterloo  Day.

 

OC.

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

Posted

OC

 

With your painting skills I would suggest that you paint your own flag.  I did this for a ship model that I built and was pleased with the results.

 

Use very thin paler such as rice paper.  Tape it down to a smooth surface.

With a sharp pencil draw the border between the different colors.

Paint the different colors with acrylic paints.

Turn the paper over and repeat the process.

After fastening the flag to the flag pole, use a wet brush to tease it into your desired shape.

 

The French tricolor should be easy to paint.  The gold lettering can be impressionistic.

 

Roger

Posted

Evening all,  my  55th Ligne flag barer is now complete,   the flag was a stright forward  process  but apperently the printed  colouring can and does get some damage (mine was the same)  -  as I explained my process in my other post above - thats what I did.

But after gluing it and shaping it I touched up some of the marks and gave the whole flags edge a  re paint in Yellow Ocre.

 

So this is the  finished flag  - but first  how the flag  starts  (not the same regimant as is on my  figure)

Next post will show the completed figure with his backpack and details  etc.

 

OC.

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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

Posted

And here is the finished article.

 

OC.

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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

Posted (edited)

Ah Mon ami, I see the Regiment received the new standard straight from Paris 😊

 Beautifully done OC, he's a credit to the battalion! Vive l'empereur!!!

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Current builds;

 Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 - on hold

 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64 - FINISHED   Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - FINISHED

Providence whaleboat- 1:25 - FINISHED

 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

Posted
6 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Ah Mon ami, I see the Regiment received the new standard straight from Paris 😊

 Beautifully done OC, he's a credit to the battalion! Vive l'empereur!!!

Thank you kindly my friend.

 

OC.

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

Posted

Outstanding.......

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Posted
Just now, Egilman said:

Outstanding.......

Thank you so much brother.

 

OC.

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

Posted
28 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Absolutely excellent. The deatil is amazing.

Alan

Thank you Kindly Alan.

 

OC.

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

Posted
26 minutes ago, CDW said:

Beautiful paint work OC. The flag looks real.

Thank you Craig, that was so nice of  you.

 

OC.

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

Posted

Excellent work, OC.  I was surprised that the flag was that large, but then I'm used to seeing the smaller flags used by platoons.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

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CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted
12 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Excellent work, OC.  I was surprised that the flag was that large, but then I'm used to seeing the smaller flags used by platoons.

Thank you Mark,   I  understand its because it is the Main unit standard  hence why it is so large.

 

OC.

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

Posted
26 minutes ago, FriedClams said:

Spectacular figure painting yet again, O.C.  You can almost hear that flag snapping and popping in the wind.

 

Gary

Thank you so much Gary  for those very kind remarks  and  for following my build.

 

OC.

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

Posted

I will be back everyone  - in the meantime I am playing with my little boat.

 

OC.

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

Posted

lovely work on the flag bearer 

Posted
1 hour ago, Kevin said:

lovely work on the flag bearer 

Thank you kindly mate.

 

OC.

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

Posted
On 6/25/2021 at 8:14 AM, Backer said:

Always nice to see your painted figures.

Great work OC 

Thank you so much  for saying that Patrick  - it means a lot.

 

OC.

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

Posted

nice job on the flag bearer!   your over the top! :o {it's an amazed and astounded face}   really top notch :) 

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

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