king derelict Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share #121 Posted July 9, 2023 On 7/5/2023 at 2:48 AM, AJohnson said: Hi Alan, I hope you are okay and not being worked into the dust! Hope you have time to get back to your Castle one day! Hi Andrew Thank you for the good wishes. All is well but work has been overwhelming. The promised 20 hours a week has been 45 - 50 hours partly as we have been doing crash investigation testing which always has the whips out for progress. I think we are coming to the end of it now and I hope to be a lot more active here. I've read some of the builds and am green with envy. Some wonderful stuff out there. Regards Alan Canute, CDW, AJohnson and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share #122 Posted July 9, 2023 On 7/5/2023 at 9:57 AM, CDW said: As hot as it has been lately, Alan may be second-guessing his decision to move to Florida. Feels-like temperature will reach 110+ today according to the forecast. Humidity is terrible. Just like you, I have been wondering how Alan is doing and hope all is well. Hi Craig This is really shaping up to be a hot summer. Working out on the test stand is miserable especially when the sun has warmed up the metal surfaces. Thankfully most of the time I'm in the air conditioned control rooms which are cooled to the point of needing a fleece jacket at times. I'm hoping to be back on the site a bit more regularly now as testing slows down. Its been frustrating watching time drift away doing real world tasks. Thanks for the good wishes. Alan mtaylor, Egilman, robert952 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share #123 Posted July 9, 2023 After a shamefully long absence I'm back and hoping to make regular appearances again. Work has been very intrusive and eaten up far too much modelling time. Helping a friend through surgery has used up what was left of my waking hours. Hopefully both are coming to a conclusion in a positive way shortly This is what I've been spending far too much time dealing with. This is the F-35B engine in Powered Lift mode; nozzle down and Liftfan engaged. Its not in afterburner but you can still see the shock diamonds from the exhaust. AB is not supposed to be engaged in Powered Lift but we have done it accidently and it really cooks the concrete The one slight benefit of all this work stuff is a bump in the piggy bank. Most is going off to pay for boring stuff like replacement water pipes in the house and repainting the exterior I have used the opportunity to add to the kits on the shelf (and in the cupboard and under the bed etc) I quite fancy another Wingnut Wings kit before they disappear forever but I'm not sure I am good enough to do them justice. I've also been looking for the Flyhawk Iron Duke ship model kit but the only place I can find it is Squadron and I seem to recall mixed reviews about them. Anyone got any recent experience since they absorbed Freetime. So back to the Castillo Loarre. I try to be a little done when I have an hour spare. Although the pace is glacial it actually lends itself to this sort of attention. The sessions are far too short to get fed up with endlessly shaping the bricks. The inside of the circular towers are really tedious to do and smoothing them out afterwards is a bit challenging, Thats where the deep sockets in the background come in. I have stuck sandpaper onto them and they fit onto the tower and can be rotated to clean up the interior walls. The short sessions are handy in another way. The work is all done reaching across the baseboard and the old back gets a bit cross about that after a while. The lack of time has meant my plan to complete the curtain walls before the hot weather arrived has failed but a desk fan on the workbench is keeping things tolerable in the garage. At least nothing is light enough to blow away on this project. So, this is where I am now Only 2 and a half towers left and enthusiasm is still there to make it to the end. Then I can switch to other bits of the model; the main building and the lighting. Sorry its been a while but thank you for stopping by. Alan Jack12477, Egilman, robert952 and 11 others 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack12477 Posted July 9, 2023 Share #124 Posted July 9, 2023 Good to see you back, Alan. Castle is looking good. Old Collingwood, robert952, AJohnson and 4 others 7 Quote Jack "No one is as smart as all of us" - Is ón cheann a thagann an cheird The craft comes from the head --------------------------------------------- Current build: US Constellation Non-ship builds: USCG UH-65A Dolphin M16 Multi-gun motor carriage diorama M4A3 Sherman Tanks dioramas 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II JSDF Light Armor Vehicle Figures: The Last Bridge: Raider Reaper Edge of Universe: Ianis The Last Bridge: Vadim with cart Completed build log(s): 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne, Willie L Bennett 1888 50 ft Gaff-rigged Ice Yacht Scratch Build The Sullivans (DD 537) Liberty Ship SS John W Brown USS England (DE 635), Artesania Latina Titanic Lifeboat Gallery: Swift , Armed Virginia Sloop, Santisima Trinidad Captain's Launch , 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne Other: Rhinebeck Aerodrome Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted July 9, 2023 Share #125 Posted July 9, 2023 Great to see you back and at the workbench, Alan. I'm looking forward to seeing more work on this as it' already looks impressive. Canute, Edwardkenway, AJohnson and 4 others 7 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...
Canute Posted July 10, 2023 Share #126 Posted July 10, 2023 Good to see you back at it, Alan. Castle is coming along nicely. One hint on that Amodel Yak. The fit is how can I say, challenging. I started a Yak-28 Firebar interceptor and stopped with the engine nacelles awaiting fitting to the wings. The weapons are kind of dodgy,too. Egilman, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 3 others 6 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...
king derelict Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share #127 Posted July 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Jack12477 said: Good to see you back, Alan. Castle is looking good. Thank you Jack. I hope to be asking for some landscaping tips in the not too distant future Alan AJohnson, Jack12477, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share #128 Posted July 10, 2023 2 hours ago, mtaylor said: Great to see you back and at the workbench, Alan. I'm looking forward to seeing more work on this as it' already looks impressive. Thank you <ark; I miss the inspiration and interaction on this site. There are some great artists here Alan Edwardkenway, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share #129 Posted July 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, Canute said: Good to see you back at it, Alan. Castle is coming along nicely. One hint on that Amodel Yak. The fit is how can I say, challenging. I started a Yak-28 Firebar interceptor and stopped with the engine nacelles awaiting fitting to the wings. The weapons are kind of dodgy,too. Thank you Ken Good to know that about the Yak kit. I got a bit carried away ordering from a Ukraine based seller on eBay. As usual I was attracted to the unusual. Excellent seller too. About ten days from Kiev to Florida. The Dora Wings kits look very nice. I haven't looked at the rest yet. I want to try a bare metal finish soon so this might be a good donor for a learning experience. Expectations dialled down on all fronts for this one. Alan Egilman, mtaylor, Edwardkenway and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted July 10, 2023 Share #130 Posted July 10, 2023 9 hours ago, king derelict said: I think we are coming to the end of it now and I hope to be a lot more active here. GOOD NEWS!!! Brother... You've been missed, welcome home.... AJohnson, Edwardkenway, Old Collingwood 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...
Old Collingwood Posted July 10, 2023 Share #131 Posted July 10, 2023 On 7/9/2023 at 6:12 PM, king derelict said: After a shamefully long absence I'm back and hoping to make regular appearances again. Work has been very intrusive and eaten up far too much modelling time. Helping a friend through surgery has used up what was left of my waking hours. Hopefully both are coming to a conclusion in a positive way shortly This is what I've been spending far too much time dealing with. This is the F-35B engine in Powered Lift mode; nozzle down and Liftfan engaged. Its not in afterburner but you can still see the shock diamonds from the exhaust. AB is not supposed to be engaged in Powered Lift but we have done it accidently and it really cooks the concrete The one slight benefit of all this work stuff is a bump in the piggy bank. Most is going off to pay for boring stuff like replacement water pipes in the house and repainting the exterior I have used the opportunity to add to the kits on the shelf (and in the cupboard and under the bed etc) I quite fancy another Wingnut Wings kit before they disappear forever but I'm not sure I am good enough to do them justice. I've also been looking for the Flyhawk Iron Duke ship model kit but the only place I can find it is Squadron and I seem to recall mixed reviews about them. Anyone got any recent experience since they absorbed Freetime. So back to the Castillo Loarre. I try to be a little done when I have an hour spare. Although the pace is glacial it actually lends itself to this sort of attention. The sessions are far too short to get fed up with endlessly shaping the bricks. The inside of the circular towers are really tedious to do and smoothing them out afterwards is a bit challenging, Thats where the deep sockets in the background come in. I have stuck sandpaper onto them and they fit onto the tower and can be rotated to clean up the interior walls. The short sessions are handy in another way. The work is all done reaching across the baseboard and the old back gets a bit cross about that after a while. The lack of time has meant my plan to complete the curtain walls before the hot weather arrived has failed but a desk fan on the workbench is keeping things tolerable in the garage. At least nothing is light enough to blow away on this project. So, this is where I am now Only 2 and a half towers left and enthusiasm is still there to make it to the end. Then I can switch to other bits of the model; the main building and the lighting. Sorry its been a while but thank you for stopping by. Alan Its good to see you back Alan, loving your new stash and the work on your castle is still looking super nice. OC. AJohnson, mtaylor, 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...
king derelict Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share #132 Posted July 10, 2023 19 hours ago, Egilman said: GOOD NEWS!!! Brother... You've been missed, welcome home.... Thank you EG I have a lot of enjoyable reading on here to catch up with and I hope I will be able to move along with the castle too. Completing that last tower will be a major milestone. Alan Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share #133 Posted July 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Old Collingwood said: Its good to see you back Alan, loving your new stash and the work on your castle is still looking super nice. OC. Thank you OC. There is a lot of grinding and sanding ahead but its still enjoyable although I am fretting to get started on the lighting and painting figures etc. Alan Jack12477, Canute, AJohnson and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted July 10, 2023 Share #134 Posted July 10, 2023 Good to see you back at this interesting project Alan. Canute, mtaylor, AJohnson and 4 others 7 Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share #135 Posted July 10, 2023 57 minutes ago, gjdale said: Good to see you back at this interesting project Alan. Thank you Grant. The bag of blocks has diminished significantly; in fact I am wondering if I am going to have enough to finish the model Alan Egilman, Canute, Jack12477 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted July 12, 2023 Share #136 Posted July 12, 2023 Hey Alan, hope you have enough blocks! Nice haul on the new kits by the way. I've always loved the looks of the Ryuho. Old Collingwood, Egilman, Jack12477 and 4 others 7 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 July 12, 2023 Author Share #137 Posted July 12, 2023 4 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Hey Alan, hope you have enough blocks! Nice haul on the new kits by the way. I've always loved the looks of the Ryuho. Thank you Mike I'm hoping the towers will use much less blocks. The curtain walls really soaked them up but the walls are quite a big area and have to be built up on both sides. Everything else will be a single outer layer. I'm enjoying the castle build but really look forward to getting back into the variety and detail of a plastic kit. The problem will be choice! Alan Jack12477, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share #138 Posted July 15, 2023 Yesterday P+W authorised pulling the engine for a couple of months maintenance so apart from a few hours here and there tying up loose ends I'm resigning from the real world for a while. Today felt like that first day of the long summer school holiday. Scrub the shower? Weed the garden? Wash the car? No, I decided that it was time to spend a while with Castillo Loarre. I managed to lay don a decent number of blocks and the towers are slowly filling up. I've found its actually quicker to file the blocks for the round sections by hand instead of using the angled piece of the shooting board. There's quite a bit of sanding and tidying up ahead and the pictures look a bit ugly because I've painted on a mortar mix from the sanding dust in some places A little thinking ahead would have been helpful. I should have photocopied the printed formers for the section of the walls that will be disappearing into the landscape and used it as a guide on the inside of the wall. Instead I used the outside wall as a guide and created a set of patterns They don't really need to be exact because the landscape will cover the first row of blocks. I made the patterns out of thin card and I hope the edge will help locate the first rows of blocks in place somewhat positively. The patterns were glued in place and it is a bit of a morale boost to realise that only about half the last wall need to be covered. Shame that last tower is so high Thanks for looking in and all the support. Some fun stuff around the corner. Lighting the main tower should be interesting. I have never done anything like that and will be looking for tips. I plan to use yellow flickering leds but have to work out how to mount them and route the wiring off the model. I hope everyone has a great weekend Alan Canute, Edwardkenway, hof00 and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted July 15, 2023 Share #139 Posted July 15, 2023 20 hours ago, king derelict said: Yesterday P+W authorised pulling the engine for a couple of months maintenance so apart from a few hours here and there tying up loose ends I'm resigning from the real world for a while. Today felt like that first day of the long summer school holiday. Scrub the shower? Weed the garden? Wash the car? No, I decided that it was time to spend a while with Castillo Loarre. I managed to lay don a decent number of blocks and the towers are slowly filling up. I've found its actually quicker to file the blocks for the round sections by hand instead of using the angled piece of the shooting board. There's quite a bit of sanding and tidying up ahead and the pictures look a bit ugly because I've painted on a mortar mix from the sanding dust in some places A little thinking ahead would have been helpful. I should have photocopied the printed formers for the section of the walls that will be disappearing into the landscape and used it as a guide on the inside of the wall. Instead I used the outside wall as a guide and created a set of patterns They don't really need to be exact because the landscape will cover the first row of blocks. I made the patterns out of thin card and I hope the edge will help locate the first rows of blocks in place somewhat positively. The patterns were glued in place and it is a bit of a morale boost to realise that only about half the last wall need to be covered. Shame that last tower is so high Thanks for looking in and all the support. Some fun stuff around the corner. Lighting the main tower should be interesting. I have never done anything like that and will be looking for tips. I plan to use yellow flickering leds but have to work out how to mount them and route the wiring off the model. I hope everyone has a great weekend Alan Some more good progress thare Alan. OC. Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share #140 Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/15/2023 at 4:25 PM, Old Collingwood said: Some more good progress thare Alan. OC. Thanks OC. I'm hoping to spend a bit more time with this now. Only two more of those dreadful towers to deal with. Alan AJohnson, Canute, Jack12477 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share #141 Posted July 17, 2023 Still adding blocks but nothing exciting to picture so here are a couple of RIAT photos from the company website Two generations of STOVL This would make an interesting subject for a Typhoon model Alan Canute, Rik Thistle, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted July 18, 2023 Share #142 Posted July 18, 2023 Decals or paint? Old Collingwood, Edwardkenway, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted July 18, 2023 Share #143 Posted July 18, 2023 I sure am glad this hot Florida sun, heat, and humidity didn't short-circuit your ability to make wise decisions. 😄 Happy to see you're back on the modeling trail, Alan! mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Canute 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 July 18, 2023 Author Share #144 Posted July 18, 2023 22 hours ago, CDW said: I sure am glad this hot Florida sun, heat, and humidity didn't short-circuit your ability to make wise decisions. 😄 Happy to see you're back on the modeling trail, Alan! Thank you Craig. Its good to be back. It sounds like I have two / three months of leisure before the engine comes back to Florida. Time to get a few things built hopefully. The pile of new kits is gaining on me. Alan CDW, Edwardkenway, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share #145 Posted July 18, 2023 A bit of backward progress first. The camera has a great knack of pointing out defects. After looking at the photos I wasn't happy with the walls to the left of the gate. I hadn't set a block down carefully enough and it had caused the tiers of the wall to sag down in the middle and the wall on the far left had a block on the bottom row that I hadn't smoothed enough and that was affecting the subsequent layers. So it has all been torn down and rebuilt and I think looks better. The glue holds well but does allow painless disassembly; just need to remove the glue residue. After sorting all that out work progressed pretty well. I have started building up the last tower above the template that indicates the level the landscape will come up to. There are a few more sessions needed but the end feels like its in sight and enthusiasm is still high. I'm starting to think that I will take a break once the outer walls are complete. Maybe work on a couple of small 1/72 aircraft as a change in pace and then come back to the towers and landscape. That feels like a natural breakpoint and a chance to clean toe garage work bench up from all the dust that's been made so far Thanks for all the support and likes. Hopefully some steady progress this week. Alan AJohnson, Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted July 19, 2023 Share #146 Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 3:05 PM, king derelict said: This would make an interesting subject for a Typhoon model Alan Yup: https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/revell-eurofighter-typhoon-black-jack-1-48-scale-rvg-03820/ Andy AJohnson, Jack12477, Edwardkenway and 4 others 7 Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted July 19, 2023 Share #147 Posted July 19, 2023 14 hours ago, king derelict said: Thank you Craig. Its good to be back. It sounds like I have two / three months of leisure before the engine comes back to Florida. Time to get a few things built hopefully. The pile of new kits is gaining on me. Alan Once two or three months go past, it won't be as hot and humid as it is now. Glad to see you back and at the bench doing great things. Great fun things that is. Egilman, mtaylor, Old Collingwood 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 July 20, 2023 Author Share #148 Posted July 20, 2023 23 hours ago, realworkingsailor said: Yup: https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/revell-eurofighter-typhoon-black-jack-1-48-scale-rvg-03820/ Andy Thanks Andy May have to add another kit to the pile Alan Edwardkenway, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share #149 Posted July 20, 2023 10 hours ago, CDW said: Once two or three months go past, it won't be as hot and humid as it is now. Glad to see you back and at the bench doing great things. Great fun things that is. Thanks Craig Crawling down the aluminium inlet ducts in the afternoon dressed in a Tyvek bunny suit to do fan inspections has been a bit of a trial lately. It will be great to not be doing it in August. I'm definitely enjoying being back at the work bench and with the end of the walls in sight the enthusiasm is high. Alan Old Collingwood, mtaylor, AJohnson and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share #150 Posted July 21, 2023 I've managed to spend a bit more time adding blacks and suddenly I seem to be getting close to the end of the outer walls. I've really only got the upper half of the last tower and the wall to be done - and then lots of sanding and filing to get final shapes and smooth the walls down. I'm trying to decide how rough to leave the walls. It's an 11th century construction so a perfect smooth finish seems inappropriate. I had a peek at the instructions (well more of a simple guide really) and it shows the last wall covered in blocks all the way to the base. I had already started on mirroring the outside by then and I confirmed the hill contours are the same on the inside of the walls as the outside so it just seems a waste of blocks. Maybe it adds a bit of stability to the card former but I had been thinking of adding a support along the bottom of the wall from scrap wood or foam anyway. I hope the next photos will show the finished walls and then a clean up of the bench is in order. The remaining stock of blocks is looking a bit better than I thought so I'm hopeful I'm not going to run out. Thanks for looking in and the comments and likes Have a great weekend all Alan Egilman, Jack12477, Canute and 11 others 11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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