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I am reading on the net an excellent thread on all things to do with  modeling  - 

 

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/02/miniarts-2020-catalogue-full-of-current.html

 

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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

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Evening all,   not much of an update   and not worthy of photos  - I am making up the  wheels and painting them  -  boring job.

 

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

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A tank without wheels is ARTILLERY.:D

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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

 

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4 hours ago, Backer said:

Wheels ...Are very important 😳


A tank without wheels, is like a pub without beer 😜

Plenty of them round by us at the moment  - gov came up with a clever idea that they should not sell alcohol  only soft drinks to  put people off going.😒

 

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

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1 hour ago, lmagna said:

A tank without wheels is ARTILLERY.:D

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Thats an Armoured Turtle  - or a Darlek  hiding under a Turtle.😁

 

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

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I have completed the wheels  all Twelve of them  - they have now been painted and washes of Dark Brown and Dust applied.

 

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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

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Here they are  - 

 

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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

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4 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Thats an Armoured Turtle 

What's hard and green and dangerous? A turtle with a 90mm!

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

 

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33 minutes ago, lmagna said:

What's hard and green and dangerous? A turtle with a 90mm!

What's hard and green and double dangerous?  A turtle with two 90mm's😁

 

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

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Evening all,   some nice work today  on the side reactive skirts, these were assembled the primed the other day,  today I painted on some thin layers of Nato Green, then after drying I brushed on some layers of dirt wash, I then removed most of this using thinners, then I used the pin wash to show the panel lines  - after this was dried I followed up with some dry brushing.

 

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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

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Evening all  -  Track time  the whole track system is movable  with swivelling links  - there is a template base  to construct the links on, the idea is start at one end doing a link at a time  - there is only about 120 links each track......

 

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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

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Evening all,    the track is going well  - I have the one built  minus checking the length against the wheels/drive socket,   the links work  as in the pic.

 

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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

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4 minutes ago, Canute said:

Paint?

Inded mate - after I have the exact length by testing aroundf the running gear  - I will then do an over all sand/alum  colour for the links mainly, then I will pick out the treads with Nato Black  then they will have a couple of washes and finished off with some dry brushing.

They should be this kind of colour   before weathering  - 

 

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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

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6 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

the links work  as in the pic.

Yep, good workable tracks work like the real thing.... and that certainly is a typical roll of tank track....

Well done!

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

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5 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

I will then do an over all sand/alum  colour for the links mainly, then I will pick out the treads with Nato Black  then they will have a couple of washes and finished off with some dry brushing.

They should be this kind of colour   before weathering  - 

Pretty close to spot on, Brother....

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Links and outer surfaces dark grey with heavy washes of dirt with rubber colored pads, inside color would be washed out grey with black on the tyre running surfaces from rubber transfer......

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Images courtesy of Tanknutdave of course and published on the website... 

http://fighting-vehicles.com/challenger-2-megatron/

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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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@Egilman  Thank you kindly brother   - should look quite impressive when its all  together and flat coated.

 

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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

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My TUSK 2 Abrams showed up a while back, but sitting on the shelf until I get my cataract issued resolved. One good eye, one bad eye right now makes it difficult to work very long on anything. Happily, my left eye will be done Monday.  Until sometime later in the week, all I can do is read the instructions and gaze at the bazillion sprues in a rather large box.

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

 

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3 hours ago, Canute said:

My TUSK 2 Abrams showed up a while back, but sitting on the shelf until I get my cataract issued resolved. One good eye, one bad eye right now makes it difficult to work very long on anything. Happily, my left eye will be done Monday.  Until sometime later in the week, all I can do is read the instructions and gaze at the bazillion sprues in a rather large box.

Hope you get your op done on Monday and get a speedy recovery Ken,   I will follow with great interest  whne you can start the Abrams beast.

 

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

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5 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Hope you get your op done on Monday and get a speedy recovery Ken,   I will follow with great interest  whne you can start the Abrams beast.

 

OC.

Yes me too. My aunt had her cataracts sorted and could not believe the difference 😉

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 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

 

 

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18 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Hope you get your op done on Monday and get a speedy recovery Ken,   I will follow with great interest  whne you can start the Abrams beast.

Agreed, And maybe when he's ready, we could do a group build, My .....975899-10244-32-pristine.thumb.png.562fbf3ffa110749e205d4649603b188.png

is begging to be built..... It's been sitting on my shelf too long....

 

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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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53 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Agreed, And maybe when he's ready, we could do a group build, My .....975899-10244-32-pristine.thumb.png.562fbf3ffa110749e205d4649603b188.png

is begging to be built..... It's been sitting on my shelf too long....

 

That would be cool  perhaps we could do the Three  main colour versions  - the sand  - the european Three colour  and the overall Nato Green version (I was tempted to do the Nato Green one)    -  I have this one  - 

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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

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My kit is the same as EG's. Sandbox one for me with the TUSK II. Maybe get some Cav decals. I worked with the 3rd of the 7th Cav in Germany once upon a time. Custer's Own.

 

The right eye is healed up, but my glasses are wrong for that eye now. It seems better without any glasses.  Things seem a touch brighter and definitely sharper. Although the eye surgeon says I'll be good for distance and may need readers for close. 😁:angry:

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

 

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4 minutes ago, Canute said:

My kit is the same as EG's. Sandbox one for me with the TUSK II. Maybe get some Cav decals. I worked with the 3rd of the 7th Cav in Germany once upon a time. Custer's Own.

 

The right eye is healed up, but my glasses are wrong for that eye now. It seems better without any glasses.  Things seem a touch brighter and definitely sharper. Although the eye surgeon says I'll be good for distance and may need readers for close. 😁:angry:

You could get a pair of these Ken, they come with  slot in glasses of different strenths  oh  and a built in light from LED's.

 

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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

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4 hours ago, Canute said:

I worked with the 3rd of the 7th Cav in Germany

Well the kit decals for the 1st of the 22nd IR, an M1A2sep/Tusk II, Baghad 7/08 in desert sand....

Then a generic 68th AR in Iraq, undated, an M1A2sep/Tusk I in desert sand....

and finally a generic 1st of the 35th AR, an M1A1 Tusk in euro brown, green, dark grey camo, (with sand colored tusk panels).

 

The instructions for the 2 different M1A2's are combined, (and printed in black) so you need to watch for the changes between the two versions...

And the M1A1 instructions are in the back printed in green with different modifications needed to build the earlier version........

 

I"d be willing to do the M1A1 version, if you all can stand hand painted camo....

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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16 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Well the kit decals for the 1st of the 22nd IR, an M1A2sep/Tusk II, Baghad 7/08 in desert sand....

Then a generic 68th AR in Iraq, undated, an M1A2sep/Tusk I in desert sand....

and finally a generic 1st of the 35th AR, an M1A1 Tusk in euro brown, green, dark grey camo, (with sand colored tusk panels).

 

The instructions for the 2 different M1A2's are combined, (and printed in black) so you need to watch for the changes between the two versions...

And the M1A1 instructions are in the back printed in green with different modifications needed to build the earlier version........

 

I"d be willing to do the M1A1 version, if you all can stand hand painted camo....

Brother sounds good to me   -  we will  leave the most difficult  paint job to yeah  - cuz we luv yeah bro.

 

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

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Works for me, too. OC, you did up the tracks without paint? Be interesting how they will articulate after painting.

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

 

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7 hours ago, Canute said:

Works for me, too. OC, you did up the tracks without paint? Be interesting how they will articulate after painting.

I think as long as the paint layers are thin they should still move  - might also need a little bit of a  "wiggle"  to free them up a bit.

 

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

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54 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

I think as long as the paint layers are thin they should still move  - might also need a little bit of a  "wiggle"  to free them up a bit.

 

OC.

Just make sure they are fully dry before "wiggling" them..... Another thing to consider, one thin coat as a base color and dry brush the rest.... you will avoid most of the paint sticking issues that way.... There is a lot of consideration given to washes but the issues with washes stem from their ability to flow into all the nooks and crannies, a good thing with fixed static parts not good with parts that are supposed to be flexible....

 

In the end, the overall flat coat will stiffen the tracks anyway, but you don't need stiff when your mounting them....

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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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