Landlubber Mike Posted September 11 #31 Posted September 11 Looking great Alan and the finish line is in sight! I'll echo what OC said that it's an extra hurdle or five when the kit isn't the best. You're doing a very nice job with what you were given in the box. AJohnson, Canute, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 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 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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)
king derelict Posted September 11 Author #32 Posted September 11 Thank you very much Mike. It’s been a bit of a struggle but I’m pleased to see an Argosy taking shape. The Beverley might have to wait for a while though. I feel the need to start something Flyhawk alan Canute, Old Collingwood, Landlubber Mike and 2 others 5 Quote
king derelict Posted September 11 Author #33 Posted September 11 19 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: That is looking really nice Alan - its never easy when a kit is not very foregiving - its looking really smart. OC. Thank you kindly OC, those prop tips are driving me dippy alan mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote
king derelict Posted September 12 Author #34 Posted September 12 While I was trying to sort out the prop tips I took some time off and weathered the plane approximating to the real aircraft photo posted earlier. I used Ammo engine oil wash on the wings and masked up the panels that seem to have discoloration. Suitably grubby! I decided I wasn't making progress with the props - I just can't freehand the tips without something to rest my hand against. So I did what I should done at the start. I pulled them off (luckily I had used Gators Grip glue) and thankfully didn't break anything. They were stripped back and now will now be painted again, hopefully with a bit of precision. It possibly worked out for the best because I decided that it was a good time to add the PE details and I don't think I could have fitted a lot of it without bumping the prop blades. The turbulence control vanes over the flight deck were horrible to install; they are just so small (and there are 16 of them). Everything else was fairly respectable to work with but there are now few places that the model can be handled. Reinstall the props and touch up the paint and I think we will be done. I added landing lights made from discs of aluminium foil and a dot of glue for the lense. Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments Alan Old Collingwood, Danstream, NavyShooter and 8 others 11 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted September 12 #35 Posted September 12 Thats Great work Alan, I remember bashing around with plastic plane kits in this scale and doing horrible jobs, love how you are turning this kit around mate. OC. Jack12477, mtaylor, Egilman 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
king derelict Posted September 13 Author #36 Posted September 13 Thank you very much OC. This is a first venture into 1/144 scale and there is a learning process as always. I need to tidy up my paintwork. It looks okay to the eye but the camera shows up every flaw. There were some horrible parts in the kit and flash, fit and some deformed parts made it a challenge but I was very happy with the way the fuselage, wings and booms went together. It all locked into place with the booms square to the wings and parallel. I gather the Beverley is much worse. alan Egilman, Landlubber Mike, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote
king derelict Posted September 17 Author #37 Posted September 17 Progress is shamefully slow to finish this one. The second attempt to detail the prop tips were a miserable failure. The masking worked quite well but I seemed to suffer from incompatibility / inconsistency between the paint colours which were a mix of acrylics from Vallejo and Tamiya. The Tamiya colours didn't like being brush painted and the Vallejo either chipped off or peeled off with the masking. So its all been stripped off again and I am trying again using Tamiya and the air brush. The front and backs have now been primered and tomorrow I will mask and add the first colour. All this for a bit of red and white on the tips of teh blades. Thanks for looking in and the likes and comments. Alan NavyShooter, Landlubber Mike, Canute and 5 others 6 2 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted September 18 #38 Posted September 18 I too used to have issues with detailing the props - with me it was getting a nice straight line at the tip, so I hear your pain mate. OC. Canute, Egilman, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
king derelict Posted September 18 Author #39 Posted September 18 21 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: I too used to have issues with detailing the props - with me it was getting a nice straight line at the tip, so I hear your pain mate. OC. It looks so obvious when its off. I got the white sprayed on today. Tomorrow I mask and add the gray to the blades. Spend more time cleaning the airbrush than spraying paint. Alan Egilman, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted September 18 #40 Posted September 18 27 minutes ago, king derelict said: It looks so obvious when its off. I got the white sprayed on today. Tomorrow I mask and add the gray to the blades. Spend more time cleaning the airbrush than spraying paint. Alan Sounds like a plan mate. OC. Jack12477, 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
king derelict Posted September 20 Author #41 Posted September 20 So at last the sage of the prop tips is over. Paint props white mask tips and paint grey ,mask blades and paint red Each time I let the paint cure for 24 hours between coats and I used a dilute clear coat to seal the masks. I never seem to get on well with Tamiya Red but the alternative was a bottle of Mig Ammo Atom Red which is completely untried and I did not want any more drama. I had to tidy up the results from spraying but they were close enough to make it worth a bit of touch up by hand. Touch up duly completed and the props reattached. They are not perfect but they are reasonable for a first attempt at 1/144 scale aircraft. Lots of scope for improvement - and I have a few more 1/144 scale to build when I feel strong enough. I think I have learnt a few things that will improve my efforts for the future. Fairing wings, fuselage and tailplanes will be given more attention and @Landlubber Mike has provided an excellent note to help future builds. Thank you all for the likes and helpful supportive comments. It was nice to see an old remembered aircraft come together as a completed model Alan NavyShooter, AJohnson, Egilman and 6 others 6 3 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted September 21 #42 Posted September 21 Hey Alen, thats turned out really nice - you have to take into account the problems you had with the kit, and then the scale - you have built a faithfull rendition of the the old bird - she looks just like an "Argy" yep I have seen a few at a few airfields over here. OC. mtaylor, Canute, Egilman 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
AJohnson Posted September 21 #43 Posted September 21 Congratulations Alan on wrangling this mini “beast” into shape, looks very unusual, nice to see a rare bird like the Argosy. Egilman, Old Collingwood, Jack12477 and 2 others 5 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
king derelict Posted September 23 Author #44 Posted September 23 On 9/21/2024 at 12:37 AM, Old Collingwood said: Hey Alen, thats turned out really nice - you have to take into account the problems you had with the kit, and then the scale - you have built a faithfull rendition of the the old bird - she looks just like an "Argy" yep I have seen a few at a few airfields over here. OC. Thank you very much OC. A bit of a struggle at times and my inexperience shows but I’m really happy to have built something from the high days of post war British aviation when there were so many different types around. alan Old Collingwood, Canute, AJohnson and 1 other 4 Quote
king derelict Posted September 23 Author #45 Posted September 23 On 9/21/2024 at 1:15 AM, AJohnson said: Congratulations Alan on wrangling this mini “beast” into shape, looks very unusual, nice to see a rare bird like the Argosy. Thank you very much Andrew. It must be old age but I find I have a lot of affection for the aircraft produced by British aviation prior to the forced amalgamation of most of the great old names. I remember the hangers at Boscombe Down in 1972 having so many different types. Lightnings, Javelins, Canberras, Hunters, Sea Vixens. It would make an interesting project to build one of everything that I saw there that year. alan Jack12477, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote
Landlubber Mike Posted September 24 #46 Posted September 24 Hey Alan, that came out great! Nice work showing that stubborn kit who is boss! Like anything else, working on something difficult teaches more than something that falls together. You should feel proud having completed it! After slogging through this one, you should try a Tamiya or Hasegawa kit. My Hs 129 kits by Hasegawa have perfectly fitting parts. After my JRS-1 and Special Hobby past build, I was practically confused and couldn’t believe my eyes when the fuselage just snapped together to the point of likely needing little to no filler. Congrats again! Jack12477, Egilman, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 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 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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)
NavyShooter Posted September 24 #47 Posted September 24 For a tiny little 1/144 model, there's a surprising amount of detail there! Well done! Egilman, Old Collingwood, AJohnson and 2 others 5 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
king derelict Posted September 24 Author #48 Posted September 24 7 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Hey Alan, that came out great! Nice work showing that stubborn kit who is boss! Like anything else, working on something difficult teaches more than something that falls together. You should feel proud having completed it! After slogging through this one, you should try a Tamiya or Hasegawa kit. My Hs 129 kits by Hasegawa have perfectly fitting parts. After my JRS-1 and Special Hobby past build, I was practically confused and couldn’t believe my eyes when the fuselage just snapped together to the point of likely needing little to no filler. Congrats again! Thank you very much Mike. The Yak is the last of my planned exploration of east European kits and it looks like it’s going to have its moments. Lots of filing and filling. I have promised myself the next will be something from the opposite end of the market and will be back in the ship page. Something Flyhawk I’m thinking. alan AJohnson, Landlubber Mike, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote
king derelict Posted September 24 Author #49 Posted September 24 3 hours ago, NavyShooter said: For a tiny little 1/144 model, there's a surprising amount of detail there! Well done! Thank you for the kind comment. Although it was rough in terms of fit and flash the details are impressive right down to the PE turbulence control vanes over the flight deck. Alan Egilman, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted September 26 #50 Posted September 26 Really nicely done Alan. OC. Jack12477, mtaylor, Egilman 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
king derelict Posted September 26 Author #51 Posted September 26 Thank you very much OC. Now I have to get my nerve up to tackle the Beverly Alan Canute, Old Collingwood, Jack12477 and 2 others 5 Quote
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