Old Collingwood Posted May 10 Share #181 Posted May 10 Stunning work, dont beat yourself up over the figure painting - its far harder to paint figures to look life like especially at smaller scales. OC. Canute, mtaylor, Egilman and 3 others 5 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 May 10 Share #182 Posted May 10 The figures make a great scene and take it beyond being just a model. A very beautiful model even so Wonderful Alan Jack12477, DocRob, Egilman and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadwijm6 Posted May 10 Share #183 Posted May 10 Can only agree with everyone else. Fantastic build log, beautiful plane 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Egilman, mtaylor, Canute and 3 others 5 1 Quote Cheers, James. Current Builds Microaces Scrappee Liaison Radio Controlled Occre Polaris 1/50 Hong Kong Models 1/32 B25 J Mitchell Completed Airfix Westland Sea King HU.5 1/48 Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc 1/24 Airfix Avro Lancaster B.III (SPECIAL) 'THE DAMBUSTERS' 1/72 Airfix Titanic 1/400 Airfix King Tiger 1/35 In the hangar, dockyard or factory Airfix Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4 1/48, Airfix North American P-51D, Mustang 1/48, Airfix Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk.XIV 1/48, Airfix MGB 1/32, ICM Gloster Gladiator 1/32, 5 Airfix Tanks, Airfix Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 C/D 1/48, Artesania Latina Zuiderzee Botter 1912 1/50, Airfix WWII British Army 30-cwt 4x2 GS Truck 1/35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted May 10 Share #184 Posted May 10 Incredible work! Congratulations! Egilman, Canute, DocRob and 2 others 4 1 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted May 11 Author Share #185 Posted May 11 16 hours ago, CDW said: A great log and a super model. I thoroughly enjoyed it all. 13 hours ago, Egilman said: One of the most beautiful model airplanes I've ever seen, any era... 16 hours ago, ccoyle said: Thank you for the praise Gentlemen, I enjoyed the build as much and am lucky to have pulled through, even with my shaky figure painting skills. Cheers Rob Old Collingwood, Canute, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds: "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9 McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20 - paused Duchess of Kingston - paused Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32 USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48 Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12 P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48 AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted May 11 Author Share #186 Posted May 11 13 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: Stunning work, dont beat yourself up over the figure painting - its far harder to paint figures to look life like especially at smaller scales. 12 hours ago, king derelict said: The figures make a great scene and take it beyond being just a model. A very beautiful model even so Wonderful 11 hours ago, chadwijm6 said: Can only agree with everyone else. Fantastic build log, beautiful plane 9 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said: Incredible work! Congratulations! Muchas gracias Señhores, finishing this kit brought a nice feeling of satisfaction, albeit in the end the little glitches add up and yes, finally figure painting. I like to choose figures for many of my builds, which tell a story, but when it comes to painting these, I sometimes shy back. It´s a steep learning curve and still a lot to master, but wat is modeling without a challenge? Cheers Rob Canute, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds: "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9 McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20 - paused Duchess of Kingston - paused Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32 USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48 Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12 P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48 AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted May 11 Share #187 Posted May 11 Just catching up after a week of travelling (business/pleasure) and I agree with the others that it turned out to be an excellent model 👍🏻 Where do you keep such a fragile item? We shipmodellers put our models under glass, but I have the feeling that aircraft-modellers rarely do that. I noticed two things on the figure of the mechanic: the moustache and the wrist-watch. Both seem to be a bit anachronistic for the period. After the first gas-attacks, such moustaches were quickly banned (as were beards) for land troops because they prevented the proper fit of the gas-masks. And wrist-watches came into more general use only in the 1930s or so - their tiny and hence expensive mechanism made them only affordable for officers. Only due to WWI production techniques, such as stamping the wheels, wrist-watches became cheaper. Old Collingwood, Canute, Jack12477 and 3 others 5 1 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted May 11 Author Share #188 Posted May 11 Thank you wefalk, you may be right about the watch and the moustache. Possibly airfields for strategic bombing were a bitt off the frontline and therefore not so much at risk, concerning gas attacks. Like you, I doubt, that a mechanic owns a wristwatch in 1917 or 1918. I store my finished models in a cramped shelf in my cave. With most of my built models, I loose interest after I finished them and store them away. Sometimes, I give models away as a present to friends. The only exception might be the Duchess of Kingston, which might end up presented somewhere in our living rooms, when at last finished. Cheers Rob mtaylor, Egilman, king derelict and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds: "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9 McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20 - paused Duchess of Kingston - paused Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32 USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48 Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12 P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48 AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted May 11 Share #189 Posted May 11 BTW, I found building-logs very useful to record what one has done (for later reference) and also to get (constructive) feedback and useful ideas. Much more useful than any small-talk in model-shops (which I rarely went to, even in the days, when they still existed) or meetings. Egilman, Canute, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danstream Posted May 11 Share #190 Posted May 11 Rob, I find this build fantastic. Close-up pictures as well as wide shot pictures are great and reveal a lot of details to be seen. I also learnt a couple of things that I will unashamedly copy in future. Bravo, Dan mtaylor, Egilman, Canute and 2 others 4 1 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...
DocRob Posted May 11 Author Share #191 Posted May 11 2 hours ago, Danstream said: Rob, I find this build fantastic. Close-up pictures as well as wide shot pictures are great and reveal a lot of details to be seen. I also learnt a couple of things that I will unashamedly copy in future. Thank you Dan, I copy so much of build logs, books and wherever I can get hold of inspirations. It´s relatively rare that you develop new techniques by yourself, isn´t it. I´m a week off for now, enjoying a week in the Spanish seafood Mekka of Galicia, hopefully without too much rain ,but lots of good wine and delicious food and possibly some maritime inspirations. Cheers Rob chadwijm6, Canute, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds: "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9 McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20 - paused Duchess of Kingston - paused Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32 USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48 Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12 P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48 AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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