Old Collingwood Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share #241 Posted November 12, 2021 "I'm Back" So after putting my Hawk on the back boiler - I decided to have another bash on this, if you remember I was struggling with rattle can painting it, so I decided to give it a bash with my airbrush, I mixed up some Nato Green in my airbrush cup with 50% water and started several coats all over my wokka, drying it before turning over to paint the bottom. When finished I also sprayed the tail gate. Think it has painted up quite well. Egilman, popeye the sailor, Jack12477 and 9 others 12 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...
king derelict Posted November 13, 2021 Share #242 Posted November 13, 2021 OC, that looks great. Its worth having teh airbrush just for that finish. Alan Egilman, popeye the sailor, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share #243 Posted November 13, 2021 1 minute ago, king derelict said: OC, that looks great. Its worth having teh airbrush just for that finish. Alan Thank you kindly Alan, yep I'm quite pleased how it turned out. OC. popeye the sailor, Egilman, Canute and 1 other 4 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 November 13, 2021 Share #244 Posted November 13, 2021 Nicely done there, OC. Looks very good. popeye the sailor, Egilman, king derelict 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...
Danstream Posted November 13, 2021 Share #245 Posted November 13, 2021 Nice finish, 👍 Egilman, king derelict, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64 Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48, Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48, F-15C Eagle - 1:48, Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48, F104S Starfighter - 1:48 "The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share #246 Posted November 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Canute said: Nicely done there, OC. Looks very good. Thanks Ken. OC. Canute, Egilman, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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 November 13, 2021 Author Share #247 Posted November 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Danstream said: Nice finish, 👍 Thanks Dan. OC. mtaylor, Canute, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 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 November 14, 2021 Author Share #248 Posted November 14, 2021 Evening all, some more progress tonight - I pulled the rear ramp masking off and painted the rear leg area and the edging then added a bit of wash, next I painted and fitted the Two engine exhausts. OC. mtaylor, Canute, Jack12477 and 9 others 12 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 November 16, 2021 Author Share #249 Posted November 16, 2021 Evening all, more progress on this - I assembled / painted and fitted the Six wheels, then next stage is to fit the decals before adding the last of the delicate parts, some of the decals have to adhere to some curves - so I have used quite a lot of Micro Set then Sol to get them to settle down - always a nervous stage seeing them crinkle up while they are shrinking down. OC. Landlubber Mike, Canute, king derelict 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...
Old Collingwood Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share #250 Posted November 17, 2021 Evening all, right the decaling is finished ok its silvered a wee bit going ontop of a flat surface, but a few flat coats sprayed over should hide that and kill the shine from the decs, the rear walkway ones got several coats of micro sol and settled down quite nice, so next job after letting the decals adhere is to spray the flat coats on. OC. lmagna, mtaylor, 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...
CDW Posted November 18, 2021 Share #251 Posted November 18, 2021 With the beautiful paint and now the decals, she's really looking sharp, OC! Canute, popeye the sailor, king derelict and 2 others 5 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted November 18, 2021 Share #252 Posted November 18, 2021 That looks great OC Alan Jack12477, Egilman, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 18, 2021 Share #253 Posted November 18, 2021 Looking great OC. popeye the sailor, lmagna, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: 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 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share #254 Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, CDW said: With the beautiful paint and now the decals, she's really looking sharp, OC! Thank you so much Craig, yes I know I should have sprayed a gloss coat over it before the decs - reason I didn't - I havn't got any, but I am sure they will blend in with the flat coats. OC. Edited November 18, 2021 by Old Collingwood lmagna, Jack12477, 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 November 18, 2021 Author Share #255 Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, king derelict said: That looks great OC Alan Thank you kinly Alan. OC. popeye the sailor, 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...
Old Collingwood Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share #256 Posted November 18, 2021 52 minutes ago, mtaylor said: Looking great OC. Thank you so much Mark. OC. Jack12477, lmagna, mtaylor 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 November 18, 2021 Author Share #257 Posted November 18, 2021 I was working it out - its my Silver Tenth Anniversary as a member in our Precious Forum this month, I signed up in the mk1 one MSW before the crash building the part works Di Agostini HMS Vic and got a fair way with the hull before the crash. My sig photo is one of the small boats from the build. OC. ccoyle, mtaylor, popeye the sailor 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...
Landlubber Mike Posted November 18, 2021 Share #258 Posted November 18, 2021 Wow! Looks awesome!!! popeye the sailor, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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 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...
popeye the sailor Posted November 18, 2021 Share #259 Posted November 18, 2021 good to see you working on her again! I see your out of the box with the airbrush........you'll find there's no boundaries.......the paint looks fantastic! looking really good ! king derelict, lmagna, 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 November 18, 2021 Author Share #260 Posted November 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Wow! Looks awesome!!! Thank you kindly Mike. OC. mtaylor, popeye the sailor and Canute 3 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 November 18, 2021 Author Share #261 Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said: good to see you working on her again! I see your out of the box with the airbrush........you'll find there's no boundaries.......the paint looks fantastic! looking really good ! Thank you so much Denis - so very kind of you. OC. popeye the sailor, 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...
Old Collingwood Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share #262 Posted November 18, 2021 Evening all, Well that Gremlin has struck again - First I wiped down my wokka then tried to remove any dust from it (kind of worked) then I set up my spray booth and compressor/airbrush, I work close to our back door in our living room for ventilation as the acrylic paint still kicks out some vapour, any way I mixed some of my Ammo Lucky Acrylic flat and started sparying over - in a misting style at first, I then dried it with the dryer between coats, I must have filled the airbrush bowl about Eight times, the trouble was the decals were been akward and not flatting down. All the flat coat started to pool - not in a running fashion but creating a gravely surface, so I decided to stop at that point - put the airbrush away and the booth, and examine the wokka. So I thought trying a wet rag over it might help to smooth out the rough areas - yep it did but took too much off and made the whole thing a mix of very flat and shiny with most of the decals back to being shiny. I decided to just put it down to experience and make it look like a well used machine - so I started un - masking her, second gremlin arrived - dust on the inside of every piece of galzing (It looks terrible). So its being scrappped, the only thing that can be gained from it - some airbrush experince. Thats Two aircraft kits on the bounce that have gone this way. Gonna stick to my waterloo figures I think and that M1 I still have to build. OC. Jack12477, lmagna, ccoyle and 7 others 4 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...
Egilman Posted November 18, 2021 Share #263 Posted November 18, 2021 Turn her into a hangar queen my friend, then the dust would be expected to be there, (in fact I would probably add more) the rest looks perfect for such.... mtaylor, Canute, Jack12477 and 2 others 5 Quote 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share #264 Posted November 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, Egilman said: Turn her into a hangar queen my friend, then the dust would be expected to be there, (in fact I would probably add more) the rest looks perfect for such.... Don't think I will bother with rotors - might just stick her in the bottom of my cabinet like she is. OC. mtaylor, Canute, lmagna and 1 other 4 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...
Egilman Posted November 18, 2021 Share #265 Posted November 18, 2021 Well that would work, but I would at least do the hubs, blades are usually quickly repurposed but hubs last much longer....... leave a few windows off and maybe a couple of door panels, but yeah she's looking very much like a long disused bird... popeye the sailor, lmagna, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted November 19, 2021 Share #266 Posted November 19, 2021 Darn it - that was looking so good only a couple of posts ago. I notice that I seem to have steered clear of anything that has a clear screen or canopy. I'm sorry to see it finish like this it. It was a great build Alan Old Collingwood, lmagna, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 19, 2021 Share #267 Posted November 19, 2021 As it is now, she looks well used in the hot sun. But, Egilman has a good idea also. Stateside, the crew chiefs kept them as clean and neat as they could. Overseas... not so much. 'Nam baked and bleached the paint pretty quickly. Old Collingwood, Canute, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: 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 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 19, 2021 Author Share #268 Posted November 19, 2021 Thank you all, will have to have a think as its kind of knocked my mojo a bit, will be honest I nearly had a paddy and was tempted to throw it (literally) but I calmed down after saying a few choice words that made the air blue $$$$$$$$ etc. Very simple what caused the problem - I first (way back) part painted it with Tamiya Laquar rattle cans, then I airbrushed over the top my Acrylic paint (that was the good stage) then I put on my decals onto a flat surface (very bad idea) then I used far too much Acrylic Clear top coat to try to flatten down the decals, then wiping with a damp cloth was not a good idea. OC. mtaylor, Canute, Egilman and 1 other 2 2 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...
lmagna Posted November 19, 2021 Share #269 Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) I agree with EG and Mark 100%. I have seen any number of choppers sitting at the end of the flight line getting slowly stripped to keep less damaged aircraft combat ready. For that matter we had a few now and then that looked like that when they were still on flight status! Mismatched doors and other covers were common. If it didn't involve keeping it in the air it didn't matter. sometimes "pretty' was only used when referring to the girls outside the parameter. EG is also right, in that one of the first things to be commandeered after the avionics was the main blades! I say don't give up and to go for the diorama. Edited November 19, 2021 by lmagna Egilman, Jack12477, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 19, 2021 Author Share #270 Posted November 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, lmagna said: I agree with EG and Mark 100%. I have seen any number of choppers sitting at the end of the flight line getting slowly stripped to keep less damaged aircraft combat ready. For that matter we had a few now and then that looked like that when they were still on flight status! Mismatched doors and other covers were common. If it didn't involve keeping it in the air it didn't matter. sometimes "pretty' was only used when referring to the girls outside the parameter. EG is also right, in that one of the first things to be commandeered after the avionics was the main blades! I say don't give up and to go for the diorama. Thank you kindly Lou, food for thought food for thought. OC. popeye the sailor, Jack12477, Canute and 1 other 4 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...
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