mtaylor Posted January 22, 2022 Share #391 Posted January 22, 2022 No worries, OC. Real life always has to come first. Landlubber Mike, king derelict and Canute 3 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 January 22, 2022 Author Share #392 Posted January 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, mtaylor said: No worries, OC. Real life always has to come first. By the time I have spent some hours in bathroom - I'm to tired to do anything on my build. "I Will be Back" OC. mtaylor, Landlubber Mike, mikegr 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...
IJNfan Posted January 22, 2022 Share #393 Posted January 22, 2022 These flyhawk kits look great. This one in particular shapes up really well. mikegr, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin-the-lubber Posted January 22, 2022 Share #394 Posted January 22, 2022 If I can digress slightly, I needed to get out of the house today after being cooped up in my home office all week, so went to the only surviving model shop in this area, Sussex Model shop in Worthing. Always a pleasure, a veritable Aladdins cave and pleasingly very, very busy. Anyway, I had a quick look at one of the Tamiya 1/350 warships as the box was open. Really impressive detail and crispness and no flash. It's a shame they don't seem to make any age of sail models. mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Kevin https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ktl_model_shop Current projects: HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller / Scratch, active) https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23247-hms-victory-by-kevin-the-lubber-heller-1100-plastic-with-3d-printed-additions/ Cutty Sark 1:96 (More scratch than Revell, parked for now) https://modelshipworld.com/topic/30964-cutty-sark-by-kevin-the-lubber-revell-196 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share #395 Posted January 22, 2022 6 hours ago, IJNfan said: These flyhawk kits look great. This one in particular shapes up really well. Thank you kindly, yep they are superb. OC. mtaylor, Canute and king derelict 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 February 1, 2022 Author Share #396 Posted February 1, 2022 Evening all, well I finally finshed the re decorating in the bathroom - that released me back to my build, so next step was to set up the airbrush and to paint the upper hull, the airbrush was nice and clean so I went straight into spraying, I pur down a couple of thin sprays and dried in between coats with the hairdryer, then after the final coat I examined it - nice even paintwork - very pleased untill I looked towards the lower stern "ups" the hairdryer had distorted one of the prop shafts. Always a Three step person me - One forward and Two back, anyway I have tried to rectify it best I can - but it will have to be the weak side that I do not display. No pics - I will after letting the paint fully harden (lifecolour acrylic) so perhaps a few days? then I will mask up ready tp paint the lower hull in a darker Grey. OC. mtaylor, Canute and Haliburton 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...
king derelict Posted February 2, 2022 Share #397 Posted February 2, 2022 Great to see a favourite build log back in action. Always something. I spent hours looking for a piece of the Wasps radar assembly and still haven't found it Alan.😆 Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share #398 Posted February 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, king derelict said: Great to see a favourite build log back in action. Always something. I spent hours looking for a piece of the Wasps radar assembly and still haven't found it Alan.😆 Yep its the little things sent to test us - or in my case carelessness lol. OC. mtaylor, king derelict 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...
CDW Posted February 2, 2022 Share #399 Posted February 2, 2022 If it's any consolation, a prop shaft should be one of the easiest things to replace from scratch. I feel certain you have the skills to remedy that problem if you want to take the time to do it. mikegr, Canute, robdurant and 1 other 4 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...
Old Collingwood Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share #400 Posted February 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, CDW said: If it's any consolation, a prop shaft should be one of the easiest things to replace from scratch. I feel certain you have the skills to remedy that problem if you want to take the time to do it. Thank you mate. OC. Canute and mtaylor 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...
Old Collingwood Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share #401 Posted February 4, 2022 Morning all, early/late one for me Mrs OC is not too good suffering baddly with pain from her face problem, so its made me more allert during the night keeping a check on her - its quite natural for me to be up late as I am an insomniac anway. But smoe more progress alas with no pics (sorry I am slacking and will stand in the naughty corner) so airbrush time again - got the table prepaired then set up the airbrush mixed up some slightly darker Grey using those Vallejo bottles requiring me to pull the (tight) tops off the bottle to mix some Black in, - no problem - next stage put some paint in the cup and teast spray .............Nothing coming out of the airbrush (Again) but I made the mistake of unscrewing the front nozzle (yep while the pressure was still on) .........Paint Everywhere. So mop up time all over my hands - table - spray booth, finally tidy - strip the airbrush Again nothing really was causing the problem, but I gave it another good clean out, but I noticed the Grey mix was still not dark enough - so I mixed in more Black and after a good mix it was time to go at it again - so holding the hull from the supports inside the hull I gave the first spray, went on quite well (but) my limited and strange eyesight meant I could see right up close but not a foot or so away - and yes I had caused a ridge line from an over spray. I just thought best idea to try to smooth it out as the paint layer dries - yap kind of worked, I proceeded with several more layers untill I had put down about Five thin payers. Kind of happy with the finsish (the overspray area was so small - so should not be noticed) so thats the hull painted - the big reveal will be when I de mask her..................(Enter bitting nail emoji) OC. mtaylor, Canute, mikegr 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 February 4, 2022 Author Share #402 Posted February 4, 2022 Evening all, moment of truth and the Big reveal - I de masked the hull and to my supprise the paintwork has not come out to bad - better than I expected, I dry fitted the deck area just to get an idea how it will look. Quite pleased. OC. RogerF, mikegr, mtaylor 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...
Landlubber Mike Posted February 4, 2022 Share #403 Posted February 4, 2022 Looking great! Glad the taping and painting went well. lmagna, mtaylor, Canute 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...
king derelict Posted February 4, 2022 Share #404 Posted February 4, 2022 The hull looks great OC. Always a scary moment when you pull the tape off though 😄 Alan mikegr, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share #405 Posted February 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said: Looking great! Glad the taping and painting went well. Thank you kindly Mike. OC. Canute and mtaylor 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...
Old Collingwood Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share #406 Posted February 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, king derelict said: The hull looks great OC. Always a scary moment when you pull the tape off though 😄 Alan Thanks mate, I was holding my breath while I did it. OC. mikegr, Canute, 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...
Canute Posted February 5, 2022 Share #407 Posted February 5, 2022 Looking sharp, OC. Nice work with the masking/painting. 👍 lmagna, king derelict and mtaylor 3 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 February 5, 2022 Author Share #408 Posted February 5, 2022 40 minutes ago, Canute said: Looking sharp, OC. Nice work with the masking/painting. 👍 Thank you Kindly Ken, worked out better than I thought. OC. mtaylor and Canute 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...
RGL Posted February 5, 2022 Share #409 Posted February 5, 2022 Looks good mate lmagna, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share #410 Posted February 5, 2022 12 hours ago, RGL said: Looks good mate Thank you kindly Greg. OC. mtaylor, mikegr 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 February 6, 2022 Author Share #411 Posted February 6, 2022 Evening all, A bit more done today - I set the airbrush up and sprayed the Two deck sections, then after putting the airbrush away I used the hair dryer to dry them. After I got the Two wood deck sections out and cut away all the fittings from the the strips and test fitted - then with the aid of the Acrylic glue I brought - I placed them down using the hair dryer to get a good even adhesion. The decks are just dry fitted. OC. yvesvidal, mtaylor, Canute 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 February 7, 2022 Share #412 Posted February 7, 2022 Looks great with the decks on OC! I have a few kits with wooden decks. They are adhesive backed - did you find the need to add extra glue? Can I ask what glue you used? I have heard about concerns with decks lifting up, but wasn't sure if that was older decks and they have found the right adhesive to use on newer kits. Canute, lmagna and mtaylor 3 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...
Old Collingwood Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share #413 Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Looks great with the decks on OC! I have a few kits with wooden decks. They are adhesive backed - did you find the need to add extra glue? Can I ask what glue you used? I have heard about concerns with decks lifting up, but wasn't sure if that was older decks and they have found the right adhesive to use on newer kits. Mike "Shhhhh" I have to confess - because the wood sheets are so thin and super delicate - I left the backing on and glued them down using my Mig Ammo Acrylic glue designed for clear and PE parts its super strong and can be diluted, it was the less dangerous option with the sheets being tissue paper thin. OC. mtaylor, Canute, Landlubber Mike 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...
Old Collingwood Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share #414 Posted February 8, 2022 Evening all, I spent a good few hours on this today - but one thing or another I just can't get it to look decent - its a combination of factors - needing to handle it so much to get work done on it means some parts like the PE are getting damaged, even some of the paintwork is getting marked in areas where its not possible to mask and re spray. The biggest issue though is the wood paper decking its incredible thin - thats why I decided to leave the backing on it, in combination with my glue - it gives it a bit of wiggle room to get it ligned up, as I feared the glue on the back of the wood sheet would grab and not allow any movement and the sheet would just rip in many places, so yes it went down but its been bubbling and raising in areas, so I have been trying to partially lift it with a knife and get more glue underneath and using the dryer make it glue back, but this is just not doing the trick. I even tried giving the deck a wash and drying it - yes that shrunk it back down but still left a few bubbled areas, also in the process of fiddling with the decking I have warn paint off the Barbette's. So I decided to glue the deck assemblies to the hull to try to move this forward - to be honest my enjoyment of it is lost as its not going to be a decent model when finished - far two many arrors. I honestly thing these fine delicate ship models at this scale are beyond my skills - my figures are a different animal and even tanks in 35scale are easier just not delicat 700scale ships. OC. Canute and mtaylor 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...
king derelict Posted February 8, 2022 Share #415 Posted February 8, 2022 We are harsh critics of our own work. We know where every piece of bent PE is and every fleck of missing paint. The informed viewer misses most of that and the average viewer isn't aware at all. I think as the final details go into place and obscure some of the problems it will be a great kit that you will feel good about. I don't know if I'll ever be good enough to complete a kit without any mistakes and the Wasp is proving to be at my limits but its still a a worthwhile venture. Last time I looked your Hood was looking great so I'm sure you will recover and complete an impressive model. The handling is an issue. I'm lucky with working on waterline models I can fix the hull to a base and use that to handle the model. It keeps my messy paws off the paint and it also stops them damaging the PE (well, most of the time) Good Luck Alan mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share #416 Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, king derelict said: We are harsh critics of our own work. We know where every piece of bent PE is and every fleck of missing paint. The informed viewer misses most of that and the average viewer isn't aware at all. I think as the final details go into place and obscure some of the problems it will be a great kit that you will feel good about. I don't know if I'll ever be good enough to complete a kit without any mistakes and the Wasp is proving to be at my limits but its still a a worthwhile venture. Last time I looked your Hood was looking great so I'm sure you will recover and complete an impressive model. The handling is an issue. I'm lucky with working on waterline models I can fix the hull to a base and use that to handle the model. It keeps my messy paws off the paint and it also stops them damaging the PE (well, most of the time) Good Luck Alan Thanks Alan. OC. mtaylor and Canute 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...
CDW Posted February 9, 2022 Share #417 Posted February 9, 2022 An old Marine Corps adage: Adapt and Overcome. Now is not the time to throw in the towel and accept defeat. Rather, turn this into an opportunity to learn what you can do differently to achieve the results you want. Thoroughly research youtube videos to learn the pro techniques. Theye are there by the thousands. There has never been a more kind and gentle time in my 60+ years of modeling history to gather so much information as is available now for free. We once spent small fortunes on modelbuilding magazines to learn just fractions of what can now be learned for free. I dare say the very pages of this forum offer extraordinary details on "how to". Don't give up. Persevere. You can do it. king derelict, mtaylor, Canute and 2 others 4 1 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...
Old Collingwood Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share #418 Posted February 9, 2022 50 minutes ago, CDW said: An old Marine Corps adage: Adapt and Overcome. Now is not the time to throw in the towel and accept defeat. Rather, turn this into an opportunity to learn what you can do differently to achieve the results you want. Thoroughly research youtube videos to learn the pro techniques. Theye are there by the thousands. There has never been a more kind and gentle time in my 60+ years of modeling history to gather so much information as is available now for free. We once spent small fortunes on modelbuilding magazines to learn just fractions of what can now be learned for free. I dare say the very pages of this forum offer extraordinary details on "how to". Don't give up. Persevere. You can do it. Thanks Craig. OC. Canute and mtaylor 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...
Old Collingwood Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share #419 Posted February 9, 2022 Had a thought about what might help the lifting wood decking - checking my details for the kit, the front water break sits right where its lifting - so it got me thinking I could offer up the water break on the deck mark a line then cut a line, I should then be able to lift this section (forward of the water break) and add some more glue under neath and fix it back down. It was odd that the front piece was in a whole section and not seperate pieces in front and behind the water break (it would have been easier then). OC. Ryland Craze, mtaylor, king derelict and 1 other 3 1 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 February 9, 2022 Share #420 Posted February 9, 2022 Sounds like a good plan. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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