tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348208512024-03-13T22:15:31.253-07:00Gentle Scale ModellingI make a range of models from 1/12th scale cars down to 144th scale aircraft. I also paint a range of figurines from 54mm up to 1/10th scale busts. Don't expect too much super detailing - I am pretty much an out of the box modeller.Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-74559527843253958402022-12-13T08:38:00.001-08:002022-12-13T08:43:21.463-08:00Two small aircraft<p> I have found it hard to concentrate due to my medication so I have just managed a couple of simple Revell 1/72nd scale fighters. They have been good fun to make in spite of some stupid errors.</p><p>First off is a little North American P-51D Mustang. This is an old kit and needed a lot of trimming to get rid of the flash that results from an old mould. I am not sure that the nose is shaped correctly. It looks a bit thin to me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/clactonimages/102022002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="373" src="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/clactonimages/102022002.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><br /><p>The second is another <span style="font-family: times;">Revell 1-72nd scale model of a Chance Vought F4U-1A Corsair, VF-17 Squadron USN, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Feb.1944. This was a lovely little kit and went together brilliantly. It was the first time that I have used EZ-Line to make the radio aerial. It worked fine.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/clactonimages/112022004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="359" src="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/clactonimages/112022004.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/members%20galleries/dp/photos/112022003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="800" height="367" src="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/members%20galleries/dp/photos/112022003.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p>There are two silly stories about this. One is that I lost the canopy so had to buy a second kit to get one so that I could finish the model. The second story is about the decals. The first lot were very fragile. In fact the stars and bars on the port wing broke up and it was tricky to get it back into one. Then I lost one of the number 3 that goes onto one of the undercarriage doors. I was thinking how bad this would look when I remembered that I had two kits so there was a 2nd set of decals available. The paint that I used were 22 years old at least. I bought them around the turn of the century for an Accurate Miniatures Grumman Avenger that, actually, I never finished. They have been in my paint box ever since. They were still very usable. Also, I used Blue Tac when spraying the different colours of the camouflage but I found that, although it worked well, it make any touching up look wrong. </p><p>In the end I was very pleased with the finished model.</p><p>I am now stuck into building another model railroad so to see what is happening there, go to <a href="http://www.gmrblog.co.uk" target="_blank">Gentle Model Railroads</a></p>Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-43014636176335597512022-08-30T05:34:00.007-07:002022-08-30T05:35:58.718-07:00Catch up<p> I haven't been too good at modelling over these last few months - software, playing the tin whistle and now the soprano saxophone. Have finished a few models so I will quickly go down the list.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/clactonimages/012022001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="800" height="343" src="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/clactonimages/012022001.jpg" width="561" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times;">Tamiya 1-24th scale Mercedes AMG -GT3 - Haribo racing colours. In 2016 HARIBO Racing Team entered the Mercedes-AMG GT3 "Haribo Racing, No.88" for the seventh race of the VLN long distance driving championship at the Nurburgring, ultimately finishing 2nd. This model uses a special Zero Paint to match the Hairdo colour plus aftermarket decals.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/clactonimages/032022013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="800" height="334" src="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/clactonimages/032022013.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;">Revell 1-216th scale Star Wars Millennium Falcon</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/meetingsgalleries/022022/022022003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="800" height="413" src="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/meetingsgalleries/022022/022022003.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;">Revell 1/112 scale Star Wars X-Wing fighter</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/meetingsgalleries/072022/072022002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="420" src="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/meetingsgalleries/072022/072022002.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;">Tamiya 1\35th scale M10 Achilles on a diorama depicting the Normandy Bocage in 1944. The white space is for the brass plaque that turned up too late!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WTKSPRk5iaemB0T2X9RNWwBuU2LGFM9T8gjJ6QnbhERE5MwcT44TK73YEuQQGl6LxLppC3if9DsVDqUwynMmDS6wU1ouVF1-hlxpjN9x8iReQ5Bt-uRRH6Ul51tQf3Cv_kyi_Fr6tS6wd7rMGzUxfQ-5Vdfsps5p2-HBfRGhb285_tDMcQ/s2250/20220830_130519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="2250" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WTKSPRk5iaemB0T2X9RNWwBuU2LGFM9T8gjJ6QnbhERE5MwcT44TK73YEuQQGl6LxLppC3if9DsVDqUwynMmDS6wU1ouVF1-hlxpjN9x8iReQ5Bt-uRRH6Ul51tQf3Cv_kyi_Fr6tS6wd7rMGzUxfQ-5Vdfsps5p2-HBfRGhb285_tDMcQ/s320/20220830_130519.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFiP7ROVIgXDn8_gu8wEGen_9WDw_ccWIBYVVStHnx5t6iY1-I08gCKRVYud6DzeydghQzNlGCl0hYZ9mfPAnp7HegzOlTtSa-HwNvjcBNZRHpvBMEoNavolpmi8xHZLkM1zETN4aXAUCBxoEzcSwzNxKB1yf8aEhAiqwvEspI_bI_NEgdQ/s2250/20220830_130530.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="2250" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFiP7ROVIgXDn8_gu8wEGen_9WDw_ccWIBYVVStHnx5t6iY1-I08gCKRVYud6DzeydghQzNlGCl0hYZ9mfPAnp7HegzOlTtSa-HwNvjcBNZRHpvBMEoNavolpmi8xHZLkM1zETN4aXAUCBxoEzcSwzNxKB1yf8aEhAiqwvEspI_bI_NEgdQ/s320/20220830_130530.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ0nIJEZ4Ta8d3d8ln_KLBtXBPP8nXitx1ovFdkLL7zYZNLnB2bSMlVIvgwNa0VJOFCA2SBicRkiKVC-2-YXB6ni-sV0qwJsp-VQV-lnzDyFaudP-f3KxywPcrxgCMc8u3NoZfyi_DDBTNy5bwWrIXSkudGu0avuq7aNzFLC5D_cbUa4mcg/s2072/20220830_130540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1759" data-original-width="2072" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ0nIJEZ4Ta8d3d8ln_KLBtXBPP8nXitx1ovFdkLL7zYZNLnB2bSMlVIvgwNa0VJOFCA2SBicRkiKVC-2-YXB6ni-sV0qwJsp-VQV-lnzDyFaudP-f3KxywPcrxgCMc8u3NoZfyi_DDBTNy5bwWrIXSkudGu0avuq7aNzFLC5D_cbUa4mcg/s320/20220830_130540.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">These two figures are from Hidalgo-Beneito. The one on the left is an infantry sergeant from the Zulu wars in 1879 whilst the other is for a soldier in the Battle of Ginnes in 1885 during the Mahdist War. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">OK, that is it for now. Maybe the next one will be a Tamiya Ford Mustang GT4.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.super-hobby.com/zdjecia/4/3/7/34595_rd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="776" height="435" src="https://www.super-hobby.com/zdjecia/4/3/7/34595_rd.jpg" width="678" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div>Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-15568438548007471052021-12-12T04:16:00.004-08:002021-12-12T04:23:44.629-08:00Fujimi Ken Miles GT40<p> Well the plan was to make a Fujimi GT40. Firstly, I had to acquire a kit. This was an EBay job as it isn't in the current catalogue.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6I5AUqKek4Wi_e121S4f0cfeZrFeX1YyEhs6CkpC2S3GAXp_itKKFs54Z-1-2tcA0IzvXz_Y6LmO2tx5p4LsMkmNhthOtJ2QA3LbBiJeBz6RQ3F5AwuaGs0CYkmswQTp9wPb/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1994" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6I5AUqKek4Wi_e121S4f0cfeZrFeX1YyEhs6CkpC2S3GAXp_itKKFs54Z-1-2tcA0IzvXz_Y6LmO2tx5p4LsMkmNhthOtJ2QA3LbBiJeBz6RQ3F5AwuaGs0CYkmswQTp9wPb/w379-h225/20211211_180723.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Luckily, I still had some of the paint left over so getting the right colour wouldn't be an issue. So, off I went. The whole process went very well but, somehow, it didn't click. Maybe having made three before took the shine off. I got everything done except for the glass and that's when it started to go wrong.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Firstly, my little PVA dispenser wouldn't work properly - it needs the little tube cleaning and I couldn't find any wire thin enough - so I used MicroScale KrystalKlear. This didn't hold too well so I used little MEK to get it fixed. The came the tragedy. I realised that I hadn't painted the PE grill that goes across the back of the car. I carefully masked out the surrounding area and sprayed it the correct blue. Ahhh. It's a grill! so the paint went through as well as on. Now, all of the windows had a fine coating of paint on the inside. I experimented with cleaning the back window and that just made it worse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided to throw the whole thing away but then I thought that I had spent a good deal of time on the model and it was a tiny way away from being finished. It needed the front "red" hooks and the fuel filler cap installed plus the two external exhaust stacks. I squeezed the body on, with the windscreen popping out again so I took it off again. Having re-glued all the windows and having left it for a few hours, I tried again. The body went on and the exhausts went on fine. Finally, I had to fit the rear tyres. I then noticed that the nearside (UK style) front wheel had become detached from the brakes. So, of came the body - again!- and the wheel was refitted. The body then went on without issue so now it was finished.</div><br />Was it worth finishing? I think so. How does it compare to the Meng version?<p></p><p>Firstly, you can see that the Meng is higher than the Fujimi. (You can enlarge any image by clicking on it).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSq7Q9ghxKKZnTaf0JYqhjpIWcKIwe7qEbKJlsyzMny9euJ86UMwvGjDAqHzhrFGzfE9ktzE73ADzals1tDBIA620HFyN1SCvjz89e00YV21cgI61K2ORuVpSXQ3d_1cQVnxDMkCivkWwXcOHnTJk2TvMeeIYdFS1weVyeS2oCpdm0xlfyRA=s2723" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2723" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSq7Q9ghxKKZnTaf0JYqhjpIWcKIwe7qEbKJlsyzMny9euJ86UMwvGjDAqHzhrFGzfE9ktzE73ADzals1tDBIA620HFyN1SCvjz89e00YV21cgI61K2ORuVpSXQ3d_1cQVnxDMkCivkWwXcOHnTJk2TvMeeIYdFS1weVyeS2oCpdm0xlfyRA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, you can see that the decoration panels are different colours. Looking on the internet it is really inconclusive because it depends on how the photos have been processed but it look likely that the Meng option is nearer to the right colour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDjvD7d7Rdli_8bIQovAXRvDapJwQ4AAOe5Gup7ArAcgTdWuV_fmm-g8K9_6pJUntdrOzGKHx6OHvriso70NLtIw-9sszZPDH3wiIV0nAdUl0dI4KTdltJJazE3cIUArmhaiM5bhw7eFyaETchW8ky7X8tDgOkfDL3Xm79nUnqn9eDcLuhYA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="2048" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDjvD7d7Rdli_8bIQovAXRvDapJwQ4AAOe5Gup7ArAcgTdWuV_fmm-g8K9_6pJUntdrOzGKHx6OHvriso70NLtIw-9sszZPDH3wiIV0nAdUl0dI4KTdltJJazE3cIUArmhaiM5bhw7eFyaETchW8ky7X8tDgOkfDL3Xm79nUnqn9eDcLuhYA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other main difference is in the shape of the back window. The Meng is much squarer than the Fujimi but I can't find and real reference to back either up. The final difference is in the build - the Meng body is designed slightly differently. It has the lower parts to the body fitted to the chassis so that there is a break line between it and the upper part. On the Fujimi it is all a single moulding. This looks better, in that there is a distinct gap on the Meng. However, I was unable to get the body to sit down on the chassis satisfactorily so it looks worse. Plus the engine cover is pivoted on the Meng, which is a nice idea as, supposedly, you can lift to see the engine. However, it doesn't sit down correctly and the breather on the engine catches on the body panel making it difficult to lift it out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Overall, they both went together well and were both fairly enjoyable builds. I went for the Fujimi because ~I didn't like the way the three body parts fitted on the Meng but having messed up the Fujimi windows, its the Meng that looks better. Oh well!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, here are the business shots of the Fujimi.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTRSvXnH3l4ckqzfNoRqO15KxmqcIoMo8zu7t9ZfH7W14OVoti5jh6WY7Kjd5R9RefG8gNifn3lJZ8ErXiA1RIs5Vv3b7MIled94lyKTNHzbVBxtSyhjGqD0HdaPfgW2EbkR8UXhXQduSRDOxTDMywNUk6pBVwRFYeRXsNQOrE2qK7R2j2hA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="2048" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTRSvXnH3l4ckqzfNoRqO15KxmqcIoMo8zu7t9ZfH7W14OVoti5jh6WY7Kjd5R9RefG8gNifn3lJZ8ErXiA1RIs5Vv3b7MIled94lyKTNHzbVBxtSyhjGqD0HdaPfgW2EbkR8UXhXQduSRDOxTDMywNUk6pBVwRFYeRXsNQOrE2qK7R2j2hA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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However, I have a Ford Mustang coming as an Xmas present which I hope to build as the Bullit car. I am also hoping for a 1968 GT40 and a Tamiya Mustang GT4 as extra presents so it looks like car heaven for a few months.<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-9219939685810251442021-10-15T03:51:00.009-07:002021-10-15T03:53:30.873-07:00Subisidiary to Meng GT40<p> Excitement all round. I have just finished watching Ford v Ferrari with Matt Damon and Christian Bale. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF8nftRsft1rwS3rLn9u-238uYxuGBJ4RTZ1Ng2eYbAMIVU_HwtX5oei60lXXG7Q1iwD57DEznqb5KuoAqI8dhsqpHiWc2frlpWQ8kRqHaHCTNhcKVWEBOJB8LKH7YNumxpPO/s273/fordferrari.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="184" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF8nftRsft1rwS3rLn9u-238uYxuGBJ4RTZ1Ng2eYbAMIVU_HwtX5oei60lXXG7Q1iwD57DEznqb5KuoAqI8dhsqpHiWc2frlpWQ8kRqHaHCTNhcKVWEBOJB8LKH7YNumxpPO/s0/fordferrari.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Very enjoyable. However, I am a big fan of this 1966 Le Mans and the ending didn't quite get it right! Ken Miles didn't cross the line first and then find out that he came 2nd. Bruce Mclaren edged his car into first right at the line. However, the film got it right in that, even if McLaren hadn't done that, he would still have won because he started further back at the start and the race was judged on distance, not final position! Here is my take on the end of the race.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jUaXUjqlmQuWGZad03MYwT4pcpsbAuxYNzMbx5eMJGll2vmNCD08o6Gvmb_-y2U0ifWwHEIXZ5SfXBH0HukdZGrnn8NLXou4SG2hquk4WFCDZ8A_VOhMBz2f0WRbs51p8sJW/s2048/10202104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="2048" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jUaXUjqlmQuWGZad03MYwT4pcpsbAuxYNzMbx5eMJGll2vmNCD08o6Gvmb_-y2U0ifWwHEIXZ5SfXBH0HukdZGrnn8NLXou4SG2hquk4WFCDZ8A_VOhMBz2f0WRbs51p8sJW/s320/10202104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the club last week we got to sit down and compare the two models. The consensus was that the Fujimi was the better kit all round. The body fitted, the suspension was much more delicate and detailed and overall it looked just that bit more like a GT40. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In fact, I am so disappointed with the Meng kit that I have just ordered the Fujimi example.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr8J3Q0wY9tS5ozMbCWypUFiuCB-KUlY1F4mtbe0wvj0xC7YOB3rE30pmOqrpq8W3BqzVizBhKgKLjyi1fwFexQ9H9FM-UJhv_7ogOU-T5rsvjUn4Haljyj2ZcPOlH-fwnXD6/s500/s-l500.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="500" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr8J3Q0wY9tS5ozMbCWypUFiuCB-KUlY1F4mtbe0wvj0xC7YOB3rE30pmOqrpq8W3BqzVizBhKgKLjyi1fwFexQ9H9FM-UJhv_7ogOU-T5rsvjUn4Haljyj2ZcPOlH-fwnXD6/s320/s-l500.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still have plenty of the Zero Paints colour left. The kit should be here next Monday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the meantime, my 2nd copy of the Hasegawa S-3A Viking has arrived so I am starting that .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6gTOy02LQGwJMCHAlGVY825cH4G0Y3szfUMjn6Z0_RTPmTAfemdwNa9-sl5gUhZ6tohivBp9J4SmTNR_HX0nHmODS7SnwPakWBZ6AarMgfhGaUNnPNAW-uGEok3egZK0e8Pj/s600/HAE07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="600" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6gTOy02LQGwJMCHAlGVY825cH4G0Y3szfUMjn6Z0_RTPmTAfemdwNa9-sl5gUhZ6tohivBp9J4SmTNR_HX0nHmODS7SnwPakWBZ6AarMgfhGaUNnPNAW-uGEok3egZK0e8Pj/s320/HAE07.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have got the fuselage together and added the nose weight. I didn't paint the cockpit grey as it can only be seen through the canopy so any grey will do!. I did paint the seats though.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5UK5wILxd2gWIeNuaKRfBPkwHwii0XG3qqP1zkU_ZVIT0Xi7Bxp1n6nLU6heexIqxkyHOP3HSJBYWu25yCWUCxItnMCIxvZTnOZaHkJq__qyXJn1SOfCKw3JYjN6I7Oi3rGF/s2048/20211015_114249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="2048" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5UK5wILxd2gWIeNuaKRfBPkwHwii0XG3qqP1zkU_ZVIT0Xi7Bxp1n6nLU6heexIqxkyHOP3HSJBYWu25yCWUCxItnMCIxvZTnOZaHkJq__qyXJn1SOfCKw3JYjN6I7Oi3rGF/w449-h324/20211015_114249.jpg" width="449" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I must crack on so that I am ready for the GT40!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-72704829291641121702021-10-07T04:09:00.005-07:002021-10-07T04:10:53.396-07:00The new Meng Le Mans 1966 GT40<p> As you will know, I am a big fan of the GT40 as I was there in 1966 - well waking up every hour or so to check on the positions of the Fords v the Ferraris over that weekend. Also, I have both Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon car and the Dan Gurney one (with the extended roof) - both from Fujimi kits. I was very excited when Meng brought out their 1/12th scale version but was less interested when I found out the price! However, they then released a 1/24th scale version and that I had to have.</p><p>I decided that I should do it in Ken Miles' No. 1 which meant going to Hiroboy.com for one of their fabulous Zero Paints. Needless to say, I had to buy some cleaner for it. I then made a bit of a mistake going for their 2-Pack varnish as this, I have found in the past, is tricky to use as it goes off quite quickly and there is always the chance of it solidifying in the airbrush.</p><p>When I was at St. Ives for the show, I got talking to a guy from the Mildenhall club who recommended something called Gauzy Agent. One of the traders had some. I must say that it works very well but it seems to be a dead ringer for Future, of which I have a stock anyway. I used it and it came out well so I will stay with that for now.</p><p>I don't have a lot to say about the build as it went together very easily. The suspension, at both ends, was a bit fiddly but it got together somehow. The main problem is that I can't get the body to sit down on the chassis properly. I have left it un-stuck as I didn't want to risk ruining the paint job (as you can't brush with Zero Paints) and I can now open it up to show off the engine and the interior. Any way here goes with the slides.</p><p>Click on any image to see a larger version.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0paudVxTQrtM_w_ffcs5jAYXiye6W9NDvmjsKBGmfGto7Rc42njXuu1mmCBn3bRBcgCvwDWCljguC-eW3XEKqdFEZNkw9-GhwHlPQDmEKvPtNAufkjuoGGNZbOCXZWGjPXM5/s2556/20210907_105758+%25282021-09-07T16_38_07.854%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="2556" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0paudVxTQrtM_w_ffcs5jAYXiye6W9NDvmjsKBGmfGto7Rc42njXuu1mmCBn3bRBcgCvwDWCljguC-eW3XEKqdFEZNkw9-GhwHlPQDmEKvPtNAufkjuoGGNZbOCXZWGjPXM5/s320/20210907_105758+%25282021-09-07T16_38_07.854%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNMiA37gWwqGuCb0cPJ9h4oeZlLM9HhSExw2okh8V46TfrsFhLNeZZTGd9bDAG3ycva4kVn1bo80KCsgdNXxs-8_iy_PdBBgmwozEPq-43hcqj5Mzthh__g4KHBjx1cHcG-cM/s2048/20210907_105758.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I<p> I bought this after seeing some good reviews. I also know how good the latest Airfix kits are so I had high hopes. I took the box down to the club and showed them how a 1:72nd scale model could have 106 instruction steps! It all seemed a bit daunting so it stayed on the shelf for some time.</p><p>Looking at my "huge" stash of 4 unstated kits and the BR-52 in progress, I didn't have too much choice for my next model. In fact, it was a good model to make. I made some stupid errors, as usual, but all in all it worked out OK.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d26qn1y84zs32g.cloudfront.net/pics/AX04021_5.jpg?t=1598011146" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="800" height="279" src="https://d26qn1y84zs32g.cloudfront.net/pics/AX04021_5.jpg?t=1598011146" width="591" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Most of the complication comes from the complete interior.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCOflR4Zynivz7VcbmJw-Z9N-twDTp83SNfVb9QY1pOJTEXbI1VryULx1YYdqIyxWs00Tq_TuKuNm5Yg60a6v3JQ0dF9neXHC5o2vYouWoUQHfI7YWKS1PKcaap7a9h_ihc4V/s2048/20210703_111158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCOflR4Zynivz7VcbmJw-Z9N-twDTp83SNfVb9QY1pOJTEXbI1VryULx1YYdqIyxWs00Tq_TuKuNm5Yg60a6v3JQ0dF9neXHC5o2vYouWoUQHfI7YWKS1PKcaap7a9h_ihc4V/s320/20210703_111158.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tjRmR9qWd80qKobZ0ChME6uBYJJSJmQ4kCCdpYKZ_3w1iykZfH7AbTlm-TI9sgqNoBejsmddQrvnQjLt8gFmv49RMxS-PzbaQlWSpY5XwJQuWKgTeRtqUzynqCrMUWO4T5zh/s2048/20210703_111205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tjRmR9qWd80qKobZ0ChME6uBYJJSJmQ4kCCdpYKZ_3w1iykZfH7AbTlm-TI9sgqNoBejsmddQrvnQjLt8gFmv49RMxS-PzbaQlWSpY5XwJQuWKgTeRtqUzynqCrMUWO4T5zh/s320/20210703_111205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As you can see from the picture below, most of it can't be seen once the fuselage is glued together</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOkCb1HNp0b4NrQaoLt3muOE7YVXiiqBWoq5O-xOE-NGbmyw59Hi41Gs0fzy7far-Jj5MX_IzKPwpqtUPJtzNiHKUJ2hK3R_1fgII-SboWhPmITIroRHVEoE4VmbwQKChjiFU/s2048/20210707_114929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOkCb1HNp0b4NrQaoLt3muOE7YVXiiqBWoq5O-xOE-NGbmyw59Hi41Gs0fzy7far-Jj5MX_IzKPwpqtUPJtzNiHKUJ2hK3R_1fgII-SboWhPmITIroRHVEoE4VmbwQKChjiFU/s320/20210707_114929.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-rOpYGx9COU-RjoDQ2acvgXXXcpXwv_B_PEQsMpcLWjfnbH-c98k8TpXLmR01Mxx44R_39gumLJPgYj5YuE5THVpBMlB2VzICAb1q7FmBricnEsNntYebwUt8lqOjSYcJqUM/s2638/20210707_114939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="2638" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-rOpYGx9COU-RjoDQ2acvgXXXcpXwv_B_PEQsMpcLWjfnbH-c98k8TpXLmR01Mxx44R_39gumLJPgYj5YuE5THVpBMlB2VzICAb1q7FmBricnEsNntYebwUt8lqOjSYcJqUM/s320/20210707_114939.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Y4Hc-mPz4fIhnVMA0sGJqiNxEtmOOjPXRn8SflJ5SlFtxcZPhgGD8khCgNTvZULixY_8oXEEqQpAaxSGlN_Di4rDZC8ksr9WcqDBg4ZDONxYGa5h314NmsvkUQnOONOILpft/s2606/20210707_114950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="2606" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Y4Hc-mPz4fIhnVMA0sGJqiNxEtmOOjPXRn8SflJ5SlFtxcZPhgGD8khCgNTvZULixY_8oXEEqQpAaxSGlN_Di4rDZC8ksr9WcqDBg4ZDONxYGa5h314NmsvkUQnOONOILpft/s320/20210707_114950.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thos struts coming from the fuselage are very good when it comes to fitting the wings. Just for once, there was no filler required along the wing roots.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD39_PdCa1028XrnfuNNt_BbB1vgyJynelYjyVrsrEwEr54GC6GxjgYUdh0pnPQJGK5v8rdm8P41FJOmwh6idKVfmqybkRyUV2rgW_Ua074BHxNVvjqWlRpcrxwzSK-UKG1zm5/s2048/20210709_115338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD39_PdCa1028XrnfuNNt_BbB1vgyJynelYjyVrsrEwEr54GC6GxjgYUdh0pnPQJGK5v8rdm8P41FJOmwh6idKVfmqybkRyUV2rgW_Ua074BHxNVvjqWlRpcrxwzSK-UKG1zm5/s320/20210709_115338.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpICeOQc_soLH9jSlvQa1rGrTM9AmdKni-VYcvuiZHIBsl-a_LuzWXdRDz9aQYYxS2nj58B-s93shpLb44hrWS3SD0b1ayUUEpTEGyI_FAWmBCePkT2PvmhjeDMnE5gvVY-smN/s2048/20210709_115348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpICeOQc_soLH9jSlvQa1rGrTM9AmdKni-VYcvuiZHIBsl-a_LuzWXdRDz9aQYYxS2nj58B-s93shpLb44hrWS3SD0b1ayUUEpTEGyI_FAWmBCePkT2PvmhjeDMnE5gvVY-smN/s320/20210709_115348.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGDk120oY7NB5q51kKAHkgpP3VkzdnwgmzJpey0p7e5S_pLYTF5QO5gypzhyphenhyphen6Zms34DDyF0pv_3KJJ2R9QdVVgFImawNmJLs1V2BM-w9nRR_QCvY3hqXBaEZiFWGiTMoxpO71/s2048/20210709_115413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGDk120oY7NB5q51kKAHkgpP3VkzdnwgmzJpey0p7e5S_pLYTF5QO5gypzhyphenhyphen6Zms34DDyF0pv_3KJJ2R9QdVVgFImawNmJLs1V2BM-w9nRR_QCvY3hqXBaEZiFWGiTMoxpO71/s320/20210709_115413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Normally, when doing British WWII camo, I spray the background colour and then hand paint the seconds once but this time I decided to spray both colours so a complex bit of masking took place. This is a combination of normal 10mm Tamkita Kabuki tape and 5mm Tamiya flexible. Just force this work OK and everything looked good afterwards.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cMMJDJe7LxyccnWmn8KbA5bPwKQGz2lHdVzmdc2XkezPaiT0JhzWqdpuRL_vS9RGKXOnjmLF5Ho3PERXPO_1FaGJgzlwtbDFh7PpI6KWzalEJshjmtbxE84WkufnWDVUX23A/s2048/20210719_165010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cMMJDJe7LxyccnWmn8KbA5bPwKQGz2lHdVzmdc2XkezPaiT0JhzWqdpuRL_vS9RGKXOnjmLF5Ho3PERXPO_1FaGJgzlwtbDFh7PpI6KWzalEJshjmtbxE84WkufnWDVUX23A/s320/20210719_165010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Once it was painted, it was time to fit the undercarriage. I always leave this and the aerials off until last as I have a habit of breaking them whilst painting. The undercarriage was quite complex but every part had a notch to go in, all except the curved bit on the front which was a case of stick it where it stays!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YWDRSDcb7L5ljv2gqvHf97oOG6ysU8ioOgDOWjJWCwStgWAwkVj68f2gQqLR_T2NTfNQTkPnc8lm-_yQSMBhRujt4ie2dMntjLJ6iMGYbob-Y0MgvuQ4lHv2GAqn09RAbpjb/s1354/20210811_145816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="1354" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YWDRSDcb7L5ljv2gqvHf97oOG6ysU8ioOgDOWjJWCwStgWAwkVj68f2gQqLR_T2NTfNQTkPnc8lm-_yQSMBhRujt4ie2dMntjLJ6iMGYbob-Y0MgvuQ4lHv2GAqn09RAbpjb/s320/20210811_145816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the finished plane on the workbench. I will note the issues at the end of the blog.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHKlPp4_a793V3Gd-Aef13psnKoBDbW0cQRTqEiU6x71KxKpF9KIzPJsRNueZki-N71lqAlrPL11ld6x3YcU2gfwBZ8jSPctghwVYDMecQxTdAvr9uXXYbEEHLOg_7n_z5XtT/s2048/20210804_174311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHKlPp4_a793V3Gd-Aef13psnKoBDbW0cQRTqEiU6x71KxKpF9KIzPJsRNueZki-N71lqAlrPL11ld6x3YcU2gfwBZ8jSPctghwVYDMecQxTdAvr9uXXYbEEHLOg_7n_z5XtT/s320/20210804_174311.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Here is the finished plane in its full glory.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aeIOcWxLsGJLR-PiZhwZ8eeJCmdP_WhGgABPJaYOdyaJO-0rkkKjAfXTH0St79zS7ntVIsMCgi1xomSsD96FhXSGhCi1TkyZIXRCh1T4wRaXtnmpwDbmZKr56IUyrw6hMzvK/s2048/082021005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="2048" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aeIOcWxLsGJLR-PiZhwZ8eeJCmdP_WhGgABPJaYOdyaJO-0rkkKjAfXTH0St79zS7ntVIsMCgi1xomSsD96FhXSGhCi1TkyZIXRCh1T4wRaXtnmpwDbmZKr56IUyrw6hMzvK/w489-h298/082021005.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YcZnsn3szGQorV-CFfirJFg8UoqdiCujO4mzQ2w3umpvtIyoMu1ony73kz44erqP9ooNi0UizFQZ2joaeVp03wAVnzDXhYDqZCCrwJLExR37CDCxENuNoPUK0bd-zKgkQ-eg/s1995/082021006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1995" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YcZnsn3szGQorV-CFfirJFg8UoqdiCujO4mzQ2w3umpvtIyoMu1ony73kz44erqP9ooNi0UizFQZ2joaeVp03wAVnzDXhYDqZCCrwJLExR37CDCxENuNoPUK0bd-zKgkQ-eg/w492-h275/082021006.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Problems and issues</h3><p>Well, there were no real problems except for the difficulty I had putting together the turret and its gun. I just didn't seem to be able to get the guenon the ring and then get the two turret transparencies to go on using my normal Titebond yellow PVA. Then I made the real mistake of changing back to my standard MEK. This was going OK until I got some on my finger and than got some on the glass and so it went downhill. As a result, the turret glass is no longer transparent!</p><p>Secondly, I left the chin gun and aerial off until last. I stuck the chin gun on and the realised that I had put it over the hole for the aerial so I removed it, simultaneously putting the aerial down. Guess what? They both disappeared and are no longer to be found. I have searched the desk and the floor but they are gone! So, the model is complete (?) without them. As I never pick a model up once it is finished and in the cabinet, I won't ever see the issue but, actually, do I care? Not much as it was a fun build and looks good on the table. At least I got some nice comments at the club, which is unusual.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Conclusion</h3><p>Well, that's it and on to the next one. The stash is getting a little sparse and may only real options are the Airfix 1:48th Sabre, the Tamiya 1:48 P-38 Lightning or back to the BR 52, Wait and see.</p></div></div></div>Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-28928618953568196012021-07-04T03:31:00.004-07:002021-07-04T03:33:06.156-07:00Sword Fairey Gannet AEW.3 - not as simple as it looks<p> You may remember, a few years ago, me telling you about an ex-Air Scout colleague - John Sillett - who joined the Royal Navy and flew Gannet AEW.3 aircraft during the Rhodesia crisis. I built a model of one of the aircraft that he flew using a CzechMaster resin kit, given to me by an SBX customer, plus some AlleyCat decals. <a href="http://www.gsmblog.co.uk/2012/10/hooray-aew3-gannet-is-finally-finished.html" target="_blank">Check out that blog post.</a> Well, that model finally fell apart and died. I recently found out that Sword had released a plastic version in 1/72nd so I decided to have another go.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W3NrEhoc1DQNLZZmk9EIfnCXU1Bl66ry6ZiWP-HCx_MI2RXw-F-sYOiYrTvV_2pJNJA4c3sGdpIgty5ISj3uV-jkjzwR3dvpu_cAQdWMVUYy1unMrLmXYpkAYPb7eaem7PbE/s2048/20210703_124205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W3NrEhoc1DQNLZZmk9EIfnCXU1Bl66ry6ZiWP-HCx_MI2RXw-F-sYOiYrTvV_2pJNJA4c3sGdpIgty5ISj3uV-jkjzwR3dvpu_cAQdWMVUYy1unMrLmXYpkAYPb7eaem7PbE/s320/20210703_124205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Given that I found the resin kit to be somewhat tricky, I was expecting an easy ride but it was anything but. I have a series of images rather than a blow by blow account. I will then fill you in with what went wrong and what went right.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyM683NHYoediOsp8zG9MaElwcwjIUT_hscevMQeDam160Wm51Q-OjHrtj5ueBd4u32whYugZpDm2k' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What went right is fairly easy. Not much but I ended up with a reasonable model which, if you stand a bit further back, looks OK. The decals went on well, the basic paint job was good and the masking didn't bleed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What went wrong? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I got the line between the dark sea grey and the sky wrong on the nose - I didn't bring it in at a sharp enough angle. I only noticed this as I was putting the decals on so I had to carefully mask off the decals and paint the new line in. </li><li>I got the undercarriage bay on one wing in the wrong place. This was easy to do as there were no real markers for where it should go but I didn't realise that part of the setup was the support for the undercarriage leg. As I set the bay too deep into the wing, I had to make a new support for the leg out of plastic card. It worked ok though.</li><li>I lost the radio aerial so had to put in a new one made of a piece of piano wire.</li><li>I thought that I had lost the small door on the front undercarriage so I made a new one. After sticking it on and painting it, I found the original!</li><li>In the instructions, the wheels attach by sliding onto pins on the u/c legs. However, there are no pins, just some small stubs. As a result, the front wheels wouldn't stay on so I had to use super glue on them. Now I find, after coming back from the club, that one wheel has fallen off and is now missing!</li></ul><div>I have ended up with a model that I really wanted except that there are some issues which mean that it really isn't possible to show it to anyone. For instance, I came in today meaning to put it on my mirror turntable and take a video of it turning. However, with the wheel missing, it looks ridiculous. It is such a shame. I expect that I will throw it away and have another go sometime now that I know the pitfalls. Lucky that it isn't an expensive kit.</div></div><div><br /></div>The image below was taken at the club meeting so both front undercarriage wheels are in place.<br /><div><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygo2HB4-ZKvviRL-sawSV8s9ajviabPr6AxHePylm5Kl9onl3NmQY0owTbDJi4-gsmyHRhoJfAOb34wy_UAF9HSMqj5b9VAeqV0_vPg6sMHcfObWpzL9ml9aE_XTiqiSzy-o5/s2048/final.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="2048" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygo2HB4-ZKvviRL-sawSV8s9ajviabPr6AxHePylm5Kl9onl3NmQY0owTbDJi4-gsmyHRhoJfAOb34wy_UAF9HSMqj5b9VAeqV0_vPg6sMHcfObWpzL9ml9aE_XTiqiSzy-o5/w477-h274/final.png" width="477" /></a></div><br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-23986776319852909942021-06-20T13:51:00.002-07:002021-06-20T13:51:21.951-07:00Simple little 1/72nd scale Airfix Hurricane<p> I have been watching some programs about the construction of a two seat Hurricane. This inspired me to make a Mk. 1, which I had not done since I was a kid. I have made a 1/48th scale Sea Hurricane but I broke all the landing gear so it is a bit of a failure.</p><p>Anyway, I placed an order with our friends in the North (or Lowestoft at least) and got on with it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d26qn1y84zs32g.cloudfront.net/pics/AX01010A.jpg?t=1578771213" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="800" height="250" src="https://d26qn1y84zs32g.cloudfront.net/pics/AX01010A.jpg?t=1578771213" width="465" /></a></div><p>The aircraft on the decals was a 1939 Mk. 1 that was based in France during the "Phoney War". It had that strange black and white undersurface pattern. Colin Ovens describes the early war options in his book - <span style="font-family: times;">"A (very) Rough Guide to UK Fighter & Bomber Colours September 1939 to the 1990s" which is available from the<a href="http://www.ipms-clacton.org.uk/assets/raf1939-1990.pdf" target="_blank"> IPMS Clacton web site.</a></span></p><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="color: #c00000; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">RAF fighters: UK & NW Europe</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1d10c6; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sept 1939 to June 1940</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Dark Earth/Dark Green </span>disruptive camouflage was on the upper surfaces. Undersides were originally port-side <span style="font-weight: 700;">Black </span>and starboard-side <span style="font-weight: 700;">White</span>, divided along the centre-line of the fuselage - but on June 6, 1940 all fighter undersides were ordered to be painted in <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Sky</span>. Little of this paint was immediately available to front-line squadrons, and thus aircraft undersurfaces appeared in a variety of locally mixed colours ranging from <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Eau-de-nil </span>to <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Duck Egg Blue</span>, but from early/mid-August 1940, the supply of <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Sky </span>had much improved; by the end of September <span style="font-style: italic;">most </span>fighters had <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Sky </span>undersides. Squadron code letters were <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Medium Sea Grey</span>; spinners were painted <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Black</span>.</span></p></div></div></div><p>OK, so I had the details and proceeded with the kit. This is a very simple kit with not much of a cockpit (not that you could see in there anyway). I, fairly quickly, got the cockpit done, the fuselage made and the wings on. Nowadays, I leave the tailplanes off if I have to mask up a different colour on the underside from the upper surfaces. This makes the masking easier as you don't have to fiddle around them with the masking tape.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jXzw7NpNPrP8J7w-IG_eSgUJs6WoQItFJ9X1_dR9TMaWbgZ2ctmBJYyC4kfAfy__mhYuDwLCDxb5qpOpPcKP-jFwWHMrvlOl6FlMezGwjH51MUYG8dPuiMeUSsyWhJzVqmKz/s2048/20210520_132406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1701" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jXzw7NpNPrP8J7w-IG_eSgUJs6WoQItFJ9X1_dR9TMaWbgZ2ctmBJYyC4kfAfy__mhYuDwLCDxb5qpOpPcKP-jFwWHMrvlOl6FlMezGwjH51MUYG8dPuiMeUSsyWhJzVqmKz/s320/20210520_132406.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQKNK6ghM25HEU094OZXrDtmogRTaUI0kARgepJXlP89aexc4Df5RoPthNpkAZ17ttDBQAyjfY2_n-CnmJRI1JPaO22G8NtK_EbXCxOjAVctDnp9xFNTjQuj7lIKkhHf9GFdi/s1491/20210520_132424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="1491" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQKNK6ghM25HEU094OZXrDtmogRTaUI0kARgepJXlP89aexc4Df5RoPthNpkAZ17ttDBQAyjfY2_n-CnmJRI1JPaO22G8NtK_EbXCxOjAVctDnp9xFNTjQuj7lIKkhHf9GFdi/w266-h235/20210520_132424.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had to use a good bit of filler on the wing roots as I could't get them to close up properly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once this was sorted, it was out with the trusty £15.99 Amazon airbrush and on with the paint. The black, white and brown went on fine. I tried masking up the green. I even scanned in the box and tried to size up the image so that I could cut out a mask. In spite of have a desk top publishing company some years ago, I failed miserably. Here is the scan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LiNe1LlJBR3rOMvFKBRznQucDl2K3IoQt9GYxIdpuGiGf4kKEY6sF7IRtz0L-NxprnamAVdTVkD-4knNuGSWvwj2cawpgjoogPjVf6nvwKAHP80QacxUjsvEwoo5RlIdvd9Q/s2048/20210528_153448-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LiNe1LlJBR3rOMvFKBRznQucDl2K3IoQt9GYxIdpuGiGf4kKEY6sF7IRtz0L-NxprnamAVdTVkD-4knNuGSWvwj2cawpgjoogPjVf6nvwKAHP80QacxUjsvEwoo5RlIdvd9Q/s320/20210528_153448-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the first coat of green there was a need for a second coat. Now there are two different Tamiya codes for the RAF green and I have both bottles. I also have a Vallejo version. I forgot what I used on the first coat so had great fun sorting out the final colours!</div><div><br /></div>Having finished the painting, I attached the undercarriage and doors. I found that I had lost the original tailwheel and aerial so I had to use the other ones on the sprue - presumably for another version of the plane but, hey ho, what do I know - grin. Lastly, I fitted some of the old Aeroclub stretchy thread, that I have had for years, as the aerial wire and all was done.<div><br /></div><div>I knew that this was an easy little kit but I didn't find it much fun. Frankly, it was a bit of a fiddle. Now I expect this on short run kits (see my next project) but I had hoped for better from a recent Airfix kit. Anyway. This is what it finally looked like.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcadEbJjAFdXxb7N6uo6zGuSROhD0GQVlgD2FfFU1tmWwb3siDmLodkL6b8nYbXLwZ9uNBTpW6TFCYNbpwX2wgm2RE_WBPn7rwAmOXuHHN4z1LQG0qrgDcVp65OCMCw1YwBjZN/s2048/dp02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1749" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcadEbJjAFdXxb7N6uo6zGuSROhD0GQVlgD2FfFU1tmWwb3siDmLodkL6b8nYbXLwZ9uNBTpW6TFCYNbpwX2wgm2RE_WBPn7rwAmOXuHHN4z1LQG0qrgDcVp65OCMCw1YwBjZN/s320/dp02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzaW3XVhg1lacRObAik4iqDblsB9gJ7BVsJwrJSaGX13bkc6GgaTSLe4oMyd13MOiJDuX05ealKVcFi5SV3hV1o4yCq12LUMJjKGEAnPX6WPZYkRivr1MvjaRdAKV290ZSehV/s1531/dp01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzaW3XVhg1lacRObAik4iqDblsB9gJ7BVsJwrJSaGX13bkc6GgaTSLe4oMyd13MOiJDuX05ealKVcFi5SV3hV1o4yCq12LUMJjKGEAnPX6WPZYkRivr1MvjaRdAKV290ZSehV/s320/dp01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFqQFegsPLdyCcak6U1u8P3pZu8HcXgX0EfUZxsz6BZe60HZNoPVHESw5gk28TlBIBXhk6OglPuXf5EaUeZureDSutm7MnsCezj8HYkSC38qJGbQU-3L07X3N57bdc1xOTe_2/s2048/dp03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFqQFegsPLdyCcak6U1u8P3pZu8HcXgX0EfUZxsz6BZe60HZNoPVHESw5gk28TlBIBXhk6OglPuXf5EaUeZureDSutm7MnsCezj8HYkSC38qJGbQU-3L07X3N57bdc1xOTe_2/s320/dp03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Next up is a 1/72nd scale injection moulded replacement for the CzechMaster Resin Fairey Gannet AEW3 that I build some 10 years ago. Unfortunately, I don't have the decals for my friends plane on HMS Eagle. This is a Sword kit and it is going together nicely - fingers crossed.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-86130564197724427592021-05-07T09:31:00.002-07:002021-05-08T04:01:08.014-07:00Getting back to normal P-39Q and Beneito 54mm<p> Well, we have been through lockdown and, as a family, we have been shielding for most of the time, which means not going out or seeing anyone else. I have made quite a few models in that time but got out of the habit of posting here, yet again. I am making a new start, now that the Covid restrictions are slowly being removed. That said, I had a £50 Hannants voucher for my birthday back in March so I took advantage of the restrictions last Saturday. Hannants are still closed to visits but do provide a click and collect and there was me with a £50 voucher and a new car! Saturday was the day that I drove to Lowestoft and back. It always used to annoy me, when I had SBX Model Shop, that people could drive the 45 miles to Hannants and back on a Saturday rather than coming in to me, but now that I am retired I am happy to do the same thing. Mind you the nearest other model shop is in Colchester and they carry very little that I would want. </p><p>I am not one to own a stash but currently I have a little one building - Tamiya 1/48th P38, Hobby Boss 1/48 RN Avenger and now an Airfix 1/72 Beaufort and 1/48th RAF Sabre. I will pass me thoughts on the P-38 later as I am reluctant to start that one. I have had it for nearly 2 years and it remains in the box.</p><p>Right, thoughts over, what have I been doing this month. I am having a restart on some 54mm figurines, I haven't done a 54mm since way back in 1973 so I was worried that my skills(??) on 1/10th busts might not translate. I picked up a Beneito Miniatures British soldier from the Mahdist War in the Sudan - specifically from the Battle of Ginnis in 1886. I liked it because of the informal pose.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFd10Qh9TCJDfxu7sbxKqUFeDHSp0G_AvuvccvUwB1g02xgmufRsEVkn3kKc6CSIyFqTO2xVgIP8c0HVSAr2sfGwiaMqwgmSg-5ie-hRGep3RzcJuE3xA1HHc1KE_Y8sQuqr4/s1966/Ginnis+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="1415" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFd10Qh9TCJDfxu7sbxKqUFeDHSp0G_AvuvccvUwB1g02xgmufRsEVkn3kKc6CSIyFqTO2xVgIP8c0HVSAr2sfGwiaMqwgmSg-5ie-hRGep3RzcJuE3xA1HHc1KE_Y8sQuqr4/s320/Ginnis+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoKu3B4Kk8zyuWXQA2f8M-_Df6eSYyyKs50Nh__0Ew-YLAFjY-8r954rG0CBY0INf1YwdrSBVFHZl2ics8i47fuFTmOyNbEOUQyA3ERyWF5H4dlC8mpdUvqrbOs2_2aJD3BvA/s1722/Ginnis+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="1470" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoKu3B4Kk8zyuWXQA2f8M-_Df6eSYyyKs50Nh__0Ew-YLAFjY-8r954rG0CBY0INf1YwdrSBVFHZl2ics8i47fuFTmOyNbEOUQyA3ERyWF5H4dlC8mpdUvqrbOs2_2aJD3BvA/s320/Ginnis+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKLhPYpSDNoLsKMCBGGoQcveFM75gLCZRCosBupfT7pjGJf1lqTYoD1k0IkoIJTavWWUMGiAyhzSMAW3ZKn_ZY6kFeU5RKxVmg8nhhyfip3KczTs2axkDmSvDVBEB8ClHj3p5/s2008/Ginnis+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="1718" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKLhPYpSDNoLsKMCBGGoQcveFM75gLCZRCosBupfT7pjGJf1lqTYoD1k0IkoIJTavWWUMGiAyhzSMAW3ZKn_ZY6kFeU5RKxVmg8nhhyfip3KczTs2axkDmSvDVBEB8ClHj3p5/s320/Ginnis+3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think that I made as good a job as I am capable of with this figure. So much so, that I have bought two more to tackle, but some about that later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">OK, on with the current scale model. Valerie bought me an Eduard 1/48th P-38Q for my birthday. I have built one of these before, as a night fighter. This one arrived with an Eduard set of 3D printer decals for the control panel. These were very realistic and came in three layers. Firstly, I found them difficult to glue as none of my usual (non-super glue) glues worked. Secondly, when putting the fuselage halves together, to get the two parts to merge correctly, I had to give it a bit of effort. I heard a "crack" and the 3D panel broke into three pieces. It seems that it was a little bit too wide for the closed up fuselage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put the model together carefully but it needed quite a bit of filler in various places. It looks very nice to my eyes. I have finished it as follows:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>"39Q-5 21-9896, flown by Lt. William W. Gambill, 363rd FS, 3257th FG, 8th AF, Oroville CA, USA, autumn 1943" - Hamilton Base CA, used for pilot training and factory-fresh."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here it is in its partial finished state. I have used these images to highlight the issues that I had!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSObk2hySyXfrb68dcEj_Y5xpkGY9GFcDBK7-lN8BVqCpq4qMpprT9MGAsglWd7F0NI4T1mGMvnEe1RyQHhgVWdbd1FHZVRppZF-990GI3VrThQObdMnnkjfLhhh_veLDqgtGr/s2048/P-38+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSObk2hySyXfrb68dcEj_Y5xpkGY9GFcDBK7-lN8BVqCpq4qMpprT9MGAsglWd7F0NI4T1mGMvnEe1RyQHhgVWdbd1FHZVRppZF-990GI3VrThQObdMnnkjfLhhh_veLDqgtGr/s320/P-38+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlQ75CZxoYLqlKJIhDDWUI4x4T-WY_8ZlMBghRbTnxg2vwzjFQJsysfFIfRl65z884goVIlTedyufti6mL1pBKRdi4OdRYqkuZ0cMiYJu3m-UXcVjmxsNZfJiev8vZn5f6CtA/s2048/P-38+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlQ75CZxoYLqlKJIhDDWUI4x4T-WY_8ZlMBghRbTnxg2vwzjFQJsysfFIfRl65z884goVIlTedyufti6mL1pBKRdi4OdRYqkuZ0cMiYJu3m-UXcVjmxsNZfJiev8vZn5f6CtA/s320/P-38+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7Qg1FgI45K16wQ0dGS-luarZClFEN7H7XAQlTw7M4Mvm1mhyphenhyphencm1PDLBUhdyuSt0Vnw_Eo8WSeSeNxzAHtY34mEX1v3DXDvv1F98INBMmIxw-m6x0V8LcdpaclATFZVl4r66X/s2048/P-38+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7Qg1FgI45K16wQ0dGS-luarZClFEN7H7XAQlTw7M4Mvm1mhyphenhyphencm1PDLBUhdyuSt0Vnw_Eo8WSeSeNxzAHtY34mEX1v3DXDvv1F98INBMmIxw-m6x0V8LcdpaclATFZVl4r66X/s320/P-38+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Issues </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>As explained, a major problem using the 3D printed panel</li><li>I have had to leave off the red walk lines on the wings because I placed the upper stars and bars on without realising that the red lines needed to be in place. As a result, if I had fitted the red lines, they would have overlaid the bars!</li><li>I forgot to mask the windows on the doors before spraying them and, now, the windows are a little on the hazy side and I had trouble cleaning them. Some Future has helped a little.</li><li>There are two decals that are marked where I have been using some MEK to glue things and got it on my finger. This has dissolved some Olive Drab paint which has then got onto two decals. One on the port fuselage stars and bars and the other on the port side door decal.</li><li>Biggest of all, but the one that can be fixed, is the lack of enough "liquid lead" in the nose so we now have a tail sitter. I have ordered a Noys Miniatures sheet of 1/72 sheet of PSP (yes, stupidly 1/72 and NOT 1/48) from Hannants. I will use this as a base and then I can stick the nose down - job done!</li></ol><div>Overall, I have enjoyed the build, except for the 3D mess. Also, there was a sheet of etched but I find that I can't manage all the tiny pieces that Eduard show you to use so that packet was a waste of money.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lastly, I have had to buy a new airbrush because my Iwata HP-CH seems to have given up the ghost. I have had it for about 8 years. It has been difficult to use over the last few months and I have had to fight it to get any results. I even bought an UltraSonic cleaner bath but even that didn't solve the problem. I finally gave up and bought a new airbrush. The new one works absolutely brilliantly and has brought back the fun of painting a model. How much was it? Well, it is a generic make purchased off Amazon for the grand sum of £15.00 - yes £15.00. 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I will finish off the P-39Q and describe it in its final state; I will talk about the new set of magnifying spectacles which I bought off Facebook and I will lead you into my next project.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-60523645995472226582020-06-27T08:48:00.001-07:002020-06-27T08:48:17.878-07:00Airfix 1-48th scale Hawker Sea FuryIt is a long time since I did a proper (?) Airfix kit and, I have to say that I was pretty impressed. The instructions were clear, the decals were perfect and the fit was as it should be.<br />
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I took the easy way out with the decal version for the Royal Navy Historic Flight, mainly because I prefer the FAA colour schemes where the Extra Dark Sea Grey comes down the fuselage rather than stopping along the top.<br />
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<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-78192606885804829122020-03-10T07:28:00.000-07:002020-03-10T07:28:49.320-07:00Tamiya Mosquito for the 2nd timeI started work on a Tamiya Mosquito a long time ago but made a mess of the nose. Tamiya make the nose parts separate so that they can offer two different variants but I managed to stick the parts on badly. The only thing to do was to throw it away and buy another one. The new one stayed in the storage unit for a long time but I now decided that I needed a foil against the BR52. The BR52 is a great kit but it is very intimidating so working on a little 1:72nd scale model seemed like a good idea.<br />
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The Mosquito is the third part of my Banff Strike Wing trilogy. I have made a Beaufighter from Dallachy and a P-51 Mustang 4 from Peterhead so a nice Mossie from Banff would make the set.<br />
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The above image shows the squadrons lining up for take off. There is another photo that shows 48 Mosquitoes parked around the airfield. I managed to get a set of decals for elements of 333 (Nor.) Squadron - known as "The Outriders". Their job was to fly out in advance and suss out suitable targets for the wing to hit. They had small Norwegian flags on the nose of their aircraft and would regularly fly low over Norwegian coastal towns where they got huge cheers from the populace being fed up after 5 years of occupation. I went for Mosquito FB.VI HP904.<br />
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I have been very careful in my modelling, just for once, but still managed one of my regular stupid mistakes - I left off the landing lights on the underside of the wings which had to be inserted before the wings were stuck together. I realised just AFTER I had glued the wings together. Still, as I will almost never pick the model up, I decided to stop worrying.<br />
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As I have been moving over phones, I don't have any build images except the one I took today which shows the model fully painted and decalled - just awaiting all the bits that could break off when being handled.<br />
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<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-66864248817725202502020-01-12T07:46:00.001-08:002020-01-13T10:02:49.961-08:00Just one year has passed with little activityI started out with a Marklin model railway back in January 2019 which has been my only focus for the last 12 months. I have done a little amount of plastic modelling but it has all been buldings for the railway so I didn't feel that this fitted into my modelling blog themes. My wife, Valerie, has finally told me to "do something else". On being asked what, she told me to make the Trumpeter BR52 loco (or lok as I now call these things) as I enjoyed that before and it was a good sized project. Good sized? Well!!<br />
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I had a trip up to <a href="https://www.hannants.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hannants </a>last week with my close friend Mark to collect the kit. Needless to say, I bought some other stuff - some paint and the beautiful Tamiya 1:48th scale Lockheed P-38. Lunch in the <a href="http://www.blythburgh-whitehart.co.uk/" target="_blank">White Hart at Blythburgh</a> rounded out a nice trip.<br />
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Here is the kit - TU00210 -<br />
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My first job was to get the airbrush working again. It all had to come back from storage and be cleaned uo before use. Unfortunately, I can't find the quick release for the airbrush so I ordered one from <a href="https://www.airbrushes.com/" target="_blank">The Airbrush Company</a> but managed to order a set that is too big. I did that a few times when I had the shop so I should have known better! I also had to put together a spraying booth. I turned to my trusty 5mm foam core board and this is what I came up with.</div>
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I only use acrylics so there isn't a great demand for extraction of fumes. I have a nice lamp that stands next to the working bench so the light is great. The turntable makes spraying things very simple and the collection bottle gives a good holder. I still have the really great <a href="https://airbrushes.com/product_info.php?products_id=35" target="_blank">Iwata HP-CH</a> which I bought soon after shutting the shop and the <a href="https://airbrushes.com/product_info.php?products_id=568" target="_blank">Iwata PowerJet Pro</a> compressor is still going great guns.</div>
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My first step is to get the track prepared so that there is somewhere to put the lok and tender as they get built. A coat of <a href="http://www.creativemodels.co.uk/av_vallejo_mecha_color_200ml_black_primer-p-48791.html" target="_blank">Vallejo Mecha black primer</a> all over is a good base. I then sprayed the edges with Vallejo Gloss varnish. </div>
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It is all on hold now while the paint dries overnight. The next step is to mask off the gloss sides and then paint the ballast a few shades of grey. That's the next instalment.</div>
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Here is the base completed. Now I can get on with the lok itself.<br />
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<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-42424444064463969822018-12-21T10:17:00.001-08:002018-12-21T10:17:10.594-08:00Figures, Figures and still more figuresSince spending some money on new figurines, I decided that I should finish off those that have been sitting there half complete for a couple of years.<br />
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Firstly I will cover my painting of the first two Scale75 figures. I have already covered the painting of the Coldstream Guardsman and now I will discuss the painting of the Brunswick hussar. This figure had to be painted almost entirely in black so I purchased a box of Scale75 black-and-white paint set which gave me the various shades that I needed. My friend Mark showed me how to paint very fine lines so I pulled out the trusty paint brushes that he purchase for me and off I went. As an experiment I purchased a Trumpeter turntable. I made some videos of my figurines turning on the turntable to put them in as good a light as I could. I also downloaded some royalty free music to go along with the video.<br />
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First off then is the Brunswick Hussar. This is a figure of a soldier that fought at the Battle of Waterloo and went very nicely with my Coldstream Guardsman.<br />
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Having finished this off, I purchased a 90 mm Metal figure from Alexandros Models in Greece. This is of a Japanese troll called One-Ni- Kanabo. It is sometime since I have made a metal figurine and it was obvious that this was going to take some effort to hold whilst painting and also in putting together. I drilled holes in each of the major parts and superglued brass wire into them so that I had something to hold on to whilst painting. As with all my figurines nowadays I gave it a coat of Tamiya white primer which gives a very good base for all my acrylic paints. I had to get some advice from the Internet as there are no instructions, as usual, with this figurine so you're left pretty much to yourself. It seems that these trolls always have red colour skin. Fortunately I already had a pack of Andrea red paintsso I had all the shades of red needed to give definition to the skin.<br />
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Now I started off on painting those figurines that had been in the box for at least a year. In fact they were stored in our storage room so I had to travel down there to retrieve them. First up came quite large Fantasy figure from Dark Star. This is a goblin called Gobsaki. He has a predominantly green skin so yet again I had to go off to buy a set of paints. This time it was a scale 75 set called Natures green paint set. This set is used for painting some of the steam punk figures thatScale75 make but it was a very useful set of paints for my green goblin. He was half completed and was painted in completely the wrong colours so I gave him a full coat of Tamiya white primer and started again. I had some fun with this because there was some tartan type painting on the top of the sword sheaths which needed some very careful touching in with the smallest brushes that I had. In fact it all worked out very well and I'm very pleased with the result<br />
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The next thing I worked on was a native American chief. Unfortunately I have lost the box for this item so I had no idea on the manufacturer and have no idea on be original figure. This meant that I had to make up the colours to be used. I did make it simpler by painting his chest cover,which I presume was made from beads, in a single colour rather than separate coloured lines. I'm not very happy with this figure as the face has been moulded with very deep features and also looks very like Captain Peacock from "Are you being served." This disturbs me - grin. Anyway I continued with it and finished it so it is another one that I can put on the shelf and forget about.<br />
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My next project is to complete the Tommies War figure of a private in the 10th Scottish Italian Kings (Liverpool Regiment )1916 but I will cover that in the next blog entryLong Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-78031690643186061612018-12-02T11:47:00.004-08:002018-12-02T11:47:56.814-08:00Trumpeter 1:72 Westland WyvernThis has been on the go for a few weeks. There have been times when I felt like throwing it but I have recovered it into something that is almost worth looking at!<br />
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The Wyvern is a strange beast - a propellor driven aircraft in the 1950s - so, clearly in jet territory. It first flew in 1946 but took until 1953 to go into service and was only to last until 1958 on active duty. It did take part in Operation Musketeer - the Suez Crisis in 1956. One set of markings in the kit is for one of these but I didn't fancy the yellow and black operational markings - I have a bit of an aversion to D-Day stripes or their ilk. I chose WL879 of 813 squadron, HMS Eagle in 1958. As I had a friend that served in Fairey Gannets on Eagle, I always have a soft spot for that ship.</div>
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OK, down to the kit. I thought that I would make it with the wings folded - an in-kit option - however, the hinges went rogue on me and broke at a crucial time, so I had to go back to a spread wing version. The outer wing parts didn't have any attachment points to the main wing. I ended up having to use superglue to stick it all together. I then had a terrible job of cleaning up the aforesaid superglue. I was not happy with the finish left on the wings but there is a decal that goes on over the join so it all ended up OK. </div>
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Painting was a bit fun. I used paints from my Vallejo Coastal Command/FAA set, namely Extra Dark Sea Grey and Sky TypeS. I kept finding out that I had painted the wrong aircraft - the propellor boss is a different colour along with the winglets on the tailplanes. Eventually, I went back to Google and found that the actual aircraft seems to differ from that shown so I followed the images on the web. After fitting the undercarriage I gave it a coat of Xtracrylix matt varnish. Finally, I fitted the cockpit canopy and the navigation/formation lights.</div>
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Overall, it wasn't a bad kit but it could have been better. The instructions had some errors - I particularly liked "floding wing' in a few places, but I bet their English is better than my Chinese! I was worried that I would be unhappy when finished but, actually, it's not bad. I wouldn't take it to any club (if I went to any ever again!) but it will be OK in my shelf collection of Fleet Air Arm aircraft.</div>
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Yet again, the photos have been taken on my iPhone 6s and run through Helicon Focus. I have a nice little tripod for my phone now which came with a bluetooth remote release. This means that I can touch the screen where I want the focus; let the camera steady; fire the shutter. I take 6 images that come to gather for a single shot. This ensures that all parts of the image are in focus.<br />
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<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-5355571936791462242018-11-26T05:04:00.002-08:002018-11-26T05:04:57.845-08:00Scale75 ColdstreamerI take a break from plastic modelling sometimes and paint up a figurine. This time, it is a Scale75 Coldstream Guardsman posed after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The Coldstreamers put up a h**l of a fight at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hougoumont" target="_blank">Hougoumont</a> during the battle -a fight that Wellington considered to have been crucial in holding out until the Prussians arrived. This figurine is modelled after the fight so needed a bit of dirtying up.<br />
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The model is - surprise, surprise - 75mm (approx 3") tall. It is a resin moulding and comes in eight parts - the body, two arms, the musket (with a hand moulded on), his side pack and water bottle and, lastly, the head of the bayonet plus the end of the bayonet. As usual, there are no instructions - just the photo of the finished article on the box.<br />
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It was very cleanly moulded. I decided to paint all of the parts before putting it together. A quick spray of Tamiya with primer and I was off. I have a box Andrea reds and greys. These contain five shades from a base coat though two dark shades and two light shades. These set off the coat and the trousers perfectly. I had some trouble with the white flashes on the blue shoulder pads and cuffs as it took me some time to realise thatches were in twos - the Coldstream Guards motto is "Nulli Secundos" or "Second to none". This was supposedly put in place when they were made 2nd in the line after the Grenadier Guards in spit of being the oldest guard's regiment.<br />
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Anyway, I got that sorted and was close to finishing when I had to sort out the bayonet. This came in two parts. On went on the wait and had the fitting for the musket in a belt loop. The rest of the bayonet hangs below the soft bag (containing musket charges?) so I had to put a touch of super glue on it, stick it up behind the bag and hope for the best.<br />
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The final touch, before the coat of flat varnish, was some Lifecolor Mud - this set comes with paints and powders and did a nice job of making the rousers look a bit sad.<br />
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It all worked out well. Here are the images. Please remember how small this is and how every blemish shows like a beacon in an enlarged photo!<br />
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<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-27258325215279106042018-11-24T09:04:00.000-08:002018-11-24T09:04:00.859-08:00Three models finished - is this a record?Since the last blog I have managed to complete three models.<br />
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Hobby Boss 1:72 F-86 Sabre</h4>
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This was made for the Ipswich IPMS monthly meeting. TheOctober meeting had a theme - F-86 - so I thought that, just for once, I would build an entry. I wanted to do an RAF one on the basis that most people would build out of the box and thus come up with US examples. This meant that I had to start buying! First off, finding a nice 1:72 F-6 wasn't that easy so I settled on the Hobby Boss version, forgetting that it was one of their "easy" kits. This means that the fuselage is in one piece and there is a minimum number of parts. I started out by knocking off the probe on the starboard wing - brilliant beginning as usual. I got some way through the kit and realised that it wasn't the best in the world so went back onto my trusty suppliers and purchased am Academy kit of the same aircraft. </div>
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The plan was - drill holes where the rigging goes into the wings; lightly attach the rigging to a piece of wire and thread it through the holes; glue the ends where needed. Unfortunately, the "lightly attach the rigging to a piece of wire" failed miserably as the hole that I would have had to drill would have been way to big and looked dreadful. Plan B was to fit wires through the holes with super glue and attache the stretchy thread to that. This resulted in a dreadful mess - super glue blobs all around. Then, when I cut one of the wires, I cut it too close and the mount was lost. Lastly, I ran out of the black thread with two left to go so my old Aeroclub white thread was called into action. </div>
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In the end, it was done and I now have a little model of Ernst Udet's EIII. I decided that I couldn't face going to the Ipswich club as I always feel like an outsider there. Never the less, it looks OK in a photo and from a distance. It has inspired me to have a go at a 1:48 Eduard version or maybe even the 1: 32 Wingnut Wings. My friend, Mark, has promised to show me how to make turnbuckles. Wow!</div>
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This was purchased to complement the 1:48 HawkerSea Hurricane. I was a bit wary, having had problems in the past with these supposedly short run kits. However, it went together reasonably well. There was one difficult moment. I was working on the cockpit and released the front bulkhead from the sprue. I left it on the table whilst I did some other work on the seat. When I turned back to it, the part had disappeared. Now the first thought was that the "carpet monster" had it but lots of searches by both me and my wife failed to find it. In the end, I used the rear bulkhead as a model and created a new one.</div>
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The serious problems came when I started to put the decals on. I chose a set of markings for early 1946 but the first decal that I tried to put on the plane broke up into little pieces. Because all the markings in the kit used these decals, I wasn't able to complete the aircraft. The way out was to buy a new set of decals. Soon, from my regular suppliers, came a set of Kits World decals for Seafires. On arrival, I realised my mistake - all of the aircraft on the sheet were bubble canopy versions. Back to the ordering page and a set of Model Alliance decals arrived shortly after. These are for the same style of Seafire as I had but - not quite -. However, these were the only two sets of decals available for the Seafire so I had little choice but to go with the later set. The only FAA one that fitted the colours that had painted the model was SW912, "134/T' of 804 NAS, HMS Theseus, 14th Carrier Group, February 1947. This was probably a bit too late for my mode;, which is a Seafire F Mk XV. However, beggars cannot be choosers. As it is, I am very happy with the final result. The model took a lot of work, being from a short run manufacturer but ended up very tidy.</div>
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Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-75947679604058403702018-10-28T03:27:00.000-07:002018-10-28T03:27:09.828-07:00Let's play catch up. Lots of modelling done!At last, I seem to have thrown off the blanket that stopped me getting on with anything other than sitting down, reading and falling asleep. Medication has a lot to do with this so I have been taking some time to get it all into some sort of balance. I thought that it would be good to do a recap of the last few months and highlight all of the successes that I have notched up. They may not be award winning but they are quite good and, given my physical and mental state, the best that I can come up with. So here goes....<br />
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My friend Mark bought me a 1:48 Hawker Sea Hurricane to go with the Vallejo set of Coastal Command paints. I have related how the undercarriage got broken and how it had to sit on a Trumpeter "flying" stand. Was it needed, though, was a pilot. Fortunately, I hadn't thrown the plastic away, so I was able to retrieve the pilot from the kit (good old Airfix still gives us pilots!). I painted him up and gave him a"Flying Officer Kite" handlebar moustache. (Flying Officer Kite was a BBC Radio character from 1947, supposedly with a handlebar moustache).<br />
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Next up is a Mk.I Hurricane, again from Airfix. This one is straight out of the box.</div>
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I then got started on my little BanffStrike Wing series. First off is an Airfix 1:72nd scale N.A. Mustang IV (P-51D) in 65 squadron markings. This was a fun project. I had to research the camouflage pattern -"Firewall", it seems but reversed on this plane. The chosen aircraft was one that was crash landed in Sweden after a battle with FW190s over the Kattegat. I also had to construct the serials and squadron codes from alphabet sets as there are no 65 squadron decal sets available. Lastly, it seems that the aircraft was painted in the US before shipping so the colours aren't the regular Ocean Grey, RAF green and Medium Sea Grey but US equivalents. Fortunately, the Xtracrylix range has the correct FS colours so I was able to finish it off correctly.</div>
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Next in the Banff set is a "TorBeau" - a torpedo armed Beaufighter X. Again, I worked from a photo of a crashed plane - this time one damaged in the famous "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1945)" target="_blank">Black Friday</a>" episode over Norway. The chosen aircraft was PL-O of 144 squadron, which crash-landed back at Dallachy after being hit by a FW190 and managing to fly back from the Norwegian coast with substantial damage. Again, I had to handcraft the serial and squadron codes for this one.</div>
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Lastly, in the series of completed planes comes a 66 squadron N.A. Sabre. This was made for the themed night at Ipswich IPMS last week. As usual, I got very little recognition of my presence or of my contribution, but there we are. I bought the Hobby Boss (HB) kit, forgetting that it was one of their "easy" builds. I managed to break off the pitot tube and gave up on it fairly quickly. I then purchased the Academy kit but found that it was even worse than the HB one. I retrieved the pitot tube and fitted it to the HB one so that was, at least, complete. I purchased a set of RAF decals as I wanted it to be a bit different from how I expected the table to go. I had to fill the nose with lots of liquid lead but it still needed a little bit of tacky-wax to hold the nose down. I don't expect to get any points in the competition, even though it was one of only four completed Sabres on the table.</div>
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So, that is it for now. except for one 120mm resin figure that has been sitting on the shelf for about 18 months after my friend Mark gave it to me to "finish" When I got it, it was complete and mounted on a stand and had been undercoated. I started to paint it but lost confidence in being able to finish it correctly. Recently, I decided, in my new frame of mind, that I would restart it. I managed to find good quality images of the finished model on the maker's web site so off I went. I am very pleased with the final result. Now I see photos, I realise that it needs some more matt varnish to take the shine off.</div>
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That's about it for finished models. I have thrown a few new starts away as I was unhappy with them. My current projects are:</div>
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<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-39712707948865634312018-10-07T03:02:00.000-07:002018-10-07T03:02:10.142-07:00Beaufighter finished and Whitley trashed!First - the Whitley. The kit is moulded so that lots of different marks can be made. Unfortunately, this results in a rotten fit where it matters along the fuselage and around the wings. Try as I might, I could not get these "trenches" filled to any sort of decent finish so it went the same way as the Whitely that I threw away some years ago - in the bin, broken up. One day, I will get a BOAC plane to go along side my Mosquito!<br />
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I finished the "Torbeau" in PL-O colours from 144 Squadron, Dallachy, as it was on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1945)" target="_blank">Black Friday</a>.<br />
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The Airfix kit comes with a 144 Squadron aircraft but I wanted to make PL-O as this one is in the famous photo having done a belly landing after being hit on that fateful day. It did make it back to Dallachy, though!</div>
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I had to make up both sets of serials for PL-O and NE831. Mind you, I always have a problem and this time it is that one of the clear nav. lights has fallen out. I will try and rebuild using Krystal Kleer but it may be something that I am stuck with. There is always something!</div>
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My last recent effort has been to make a Hobby Boss easy build F-86 Sabre for the forthcoming Ipswich club themed competition. It turned out harder than I thought because the kit isn't very accurate and I used Ocean Grey as the base camouflage on the upper surfaces when it should have been dark sea grey! I have bought some decals to enable me to do an RAF Sabre so I had to keep going. I have ordered a new F-86 kit from Hannants - namely an Academy one. This is considerably dearer. I have always found Academy kits to be of good quality. I have until 23rd October so 17 days to get this done - without any mistakes!</div>
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I am getting some practice by building a Revell F4U Corsair in Royal Navy clipped wing version. This is going together nicely, albeit with some masking tape compressing joints as the kit is quite old with lots of flash. Photos will come later.</div>
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<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-64981740477880492272018-09-28T02:16:00.001-07:002018-09-28T02:16:55.558-07:00Interim Report - Three kits in progress and a new stashI have been busy building up a stash fund! I have lost my hobby room for the foreseeable future so I have had to reconsider how I spend my time. The decision was that I had to clear myself of all of my model railway as I think it is probable that I won't go back to model railways once the room becomes available again.<br />
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I have decided - along with some good pressure from my wife - to go, full tilt, back into plastic modelling and to improve my music capabilites. I have spent the last couple of weeks disposing of the model railway. There are two sets of funds coming from this. The money from the current railway is to go into a new, upgraded concertina (see <a href="https://davidotherhobby.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Other Hobbies</a> blog). Any money from other stuff is going into a stash fund. So far this fund has reached around £350 so I am on a bit of a roll!<br />
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This is the current stash:<br />
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I am going to specialise on FleetAir Arm aircraft, as I determined six years ago, but got a bit distracted. As you can see, though, there will be a few US Navy planes included.<br />
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I am waiting to get to the IPMS Brampton show this coming Sunday where my stash money will be it quite extensively. In the meantime, I have three models on the go, two of which are needing some third party parts. I am working on the following:<br />
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Airfix 1:72 Whitley - intended to be in BOAC colours so has been "civilianised".<br />
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Airfix 1:72 Torbeau (Torpedo fitted Beaufighter) Banff Strike Wing - custom decals.</div>
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Why are they all unfinished. Well, the Whitely has some bad fit issues and I keep putting off starting painting it. There is a bad fit on the rear fuselage and also on the starboard wing join. I do need to get one top coat on and see the real issue as it always looks worse in primer. The Torbeau has had its custom serials added but I messed u the roundel position. I am waiting for a new set of decals from Hannants. The Sea King is a lovely little kit but to move on I need to mask some windows. As I don't have any masking fluid, it has to wait until the show on Sunday. </div>
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Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-56883790828532107652018-09-01T11:10:00.001-07:002018-09-01T11:10:13.687-07:00Sea Hurricane and Mustang IVWhen I was at the <a href="https://www.ipmsipswich.club/" target="_blank">Ipswich model show</a>, at the <a href="http://www.sphereproducts.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sphere</a> stand, I picked up a set of Vallejo paints for WWII Coastal Command. My friend Mark, secretly, purchased an Airfix 1:48th Hawker Sea Hurricane so that I had something to paint. I took it home and started to make it. I made a big mistake in that I put the undercarriage on before I had finished painting. In that process, I managed to break one of the undercarriage legs!<br />
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I spoke to Airfix and, for the princely sum of £2.00, they sent me a replacement leg. If fact, they cut it off the sprue so it was all that I got - not a service as you get from The Hobby Company (Tamiya importers) who will send you a whole sprue! I was showing my wife what the problem was when I dropped the plane and broke off the other leg. Oh well, the time had come to make a flying version. To do this, I needed a stand so I got one of the nice Trumpeter stands. Now, have a look at the finished photos and tell me what is missing?<br />
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BTW, the photos were taken in my new photo booth. This is a box of about 60cm - 24" cubed with the sides all velcroed so that it can be dismantled easily. It has the facility for fitting backdrops - here I have used the supplied blue one. Inside is two rows of daylight LEDs to light the model. As you can see, it works very we'll. There are no obvious shadows and I haven't had to adjust the exposure or colour setting in Photoshop, which makes a change. As usual, I have used image stacking to get the focus on all of the points of the model - these are comprised of 5 images each.</div>
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Once, that was finished, I started on the first model for my Banff Strike Wing trilogy. I did start on a Mosquito some time ago but made a mess of it so a replacement kit is in the chain. The first one is a NA Mustang IV (P-51D in US terminology). This is interesting because I have had to do some research. What me? See my description of this blog to find out my normal attitude - out of the box is all! Anyway, it isn't possible to purchase a Banff Mustang (65 Squadron flew top cover out of Peterhead for the majority of raids - Mustang IIIs and then Mustang IVs). Through Britmodeller, I found an image of a plane that had been crash landed in Sweden so I had something to go on.</div>
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As there are no decal sets for this, or any other 65 Squadron, plane, I had to purchase sets of individual codes and numbers to make the YT-E and KH695 (seen if you look carefully under the tailplane). There was two other problems. One was the camouflage scheme - the so-called firewall pattern. However, on investigation, it seems to be a mirror image. The second problem was the colour of the paints. It seems that these Mustangs were delivered directly from the USA so they didn't get painted in standard RAF colours - Green, Ocean Grey and Medium Sea Grey. In the end, I ordered some Xtracrylix paints from Hannants as follows:</div>
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The kit went together very easily, with a couple of exceptions. The mouldings are so fine that some things are too delicate. Both the control column, from the cockpit, and the aerial on the upper fuselage both broke into bits as I cut them off the sprue. As a result, both are small pieces of brass rod cut to size. </div>
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The decals were fun to put on the model. All I could use from the kit decals were the wing and fuselage roundels plus the tail fin markings. The YT-E had to be cut individually from a sheet of sky code letters. The most difficult part of the build was putting the KH695 serials on to the fuselage under the tailplane. As each letter/number is just 1/8" high - 3 1/2 mm approx, I placed a piece of masking tape along to guide the base. However, the difficulty was compounded because the olive drab and the dark grey made it very difficult to even see the decals as they were being applied!</div>
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Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-25311388519712033802018-08-15T12:42:00.000-07:002018-08-15T12:42:26.196-07:00HWGA - short for "Here we go again"!I have been very unhappy recently with both of my main hobbies. I am finding it hard to engage with my N Gauge model railway - See my <a href="http://www.pennvaleblog.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennvale Sands Blog</a>. Note that it hasn't been updated since 7th June! I have also been unhappy with my plastic model making as both of the recent models that I started have ended up either discarded or with broken parts.<br />
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The Banff Strike Wing Mosquito that I was so keen on has been discarded because I can even make a mess of a Tamiya aircraft kit (it gets worse than that so hold on). One of the nose panels is completely out of place and I have started the painting so there is no fixing it. As I am very keen on the topic and I have some special decals, I will buy another kit and start again.<br />
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As previously mentioned, my friend Mark bought me an Airfix 1:48 Sea Hurricane kit, which I have been building very carefully only to break the undercarriage. I still can't explain why I even fitted the parts before the model was painted and decalled, but there we are. Fortunately, Hornby (makers of Airfix) have a good spares operation so I have new parts on their way. Watch this space.<br />
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In the meantime, I have been making the Tamiya Mercedes AMG-GT3 1:24th scale kit. Now this is a special kit, fits like a glove everywhere and the instructions are crystal clear. I even have the special Zero Paints colour used on the works cars. I have got to the point where I am starting to put the decals on and then...<br />
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This, I think, looks excellent and, in fact, I was very pleased with how it was coming along. I continued putting the decals on, taking care as I turned the car about to make sure that I didn't dislodge anything. I can back three hours later to inspect it and found this:</div>
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Compare the first image to the second and you will see that the door decal on the lower one has shifted and now overlaps the door! I noticed this first, when I saw the decal overhanging inside the wheel arch:</div>
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Of course, this should not be. The trouble comes in three parts.</div>
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I want to get back to the <a href="http://www.forgottenairfields.com/united-kingdom/scotland/grampian/banff-s918.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Banff Strike Wing</a> so I have a Beaufighter and a Mk.IV. Mustang ready to go, along with the appropriate decals. I will need to purchase another Tamiya Mosquito to complete the set. In the meantime, I have gone back to basics. </div>
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The latest Airfix 1:72 Mk. I Hawker Hurricane is one of their new mouldings and is a very neat little kit. I have the paints so I don't need anything else to make it. Plus, it shouldn't take more than a couple of days to do. That should give my confidence a small boost and enable me to get going again on my plan.</div>
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Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-2114074587687985342018-08-08T10:32:00.001-07:002018-08-11T03:17:11.437-07:00Tamiya Mercedes AMG-GT3 progressAll of a sudden, I am all fired up. Airbrushing holds no fears, using aerosol spray cans is becoming common place and I am keeping much better track of the progress.<br />
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One thing that I have started to do is to use Tamiya Fine Surface Primer as my basic primer. I like the Vallejo black polyurethane primer but I have never got on with the white equivalent, even though I have tried relative makes such as AK Interactive and Mig. When making the Hawker Sea Hurricane, I used this spray can and it worked fine so I have carried on with it throughout the AMG build. It goes on quickly and easily, smells a bit but dries quickly. I am a big fan of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Dealers" target="_blank">Wheeler Dealers</a>, a UK TV program where they rebuild old cars. The mechanic in that program, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_China" target="_blank">Edd China</a>, sometimes uses an aerosol can and he using a special technique of quick sprays across the surface rather than trying to spray a large area in one press. Using this technique has saved me a lot of stress getting all of the parts coated with primer.<br />
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My first task was to build the chassis. One thing to mention here is that the model is, what they call, a "<a href="http://cs.scaleautomag.com/sca/general_discussion/f/3/t/81581.aspx" target="_blank">curbside model</a>". In other words, it has a minimal suspension - just enough to show when turned over, for instance - and no under bonnet (hood) details so no engine and drive train. This suits me as I have never subscribed to the view that "even if you can't see it, I know that it is there". Anyway, the chassis looks like this:<br />
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The body and all the parts that are body coloured are another matter. Hiroboy make a special Zero paint for this car that is <a href="https://www.hiroboy.com/Mercedes_AMG_GT3_Metallic_Grey_Matt_Paint_60ml_--product--11584.html" target="_blank">colour matched</a> to the original. Apart from the small, which Valerie always complains about, the use of this paint is extremely easy. I always where blue nitrile gloves and make sure that the room is very well aired. The paint is described on their web site as follows:</div>
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<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-80008011221544835392018-08-06T04:49:00.000-07:002018-08-06T04:49:03.082-07:00Starting the Tamiya Mercedes AMG GT3It's been a long time - again - between builds. I have been working on a 1:48th scale Airfix Sea Hurricane that my friend Mark bought for me. He purchased it at the Ipswich Club show because I had bought a pack of WWII Coastal Command paints to go towards my proposed theme of the Banff Strike Wing.<br />
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As you can see, the port (left) leg has broken off. Fortunately, Airfix can supply a replacement part for £2.00! Hence, it is now on hold until I get that. Incidentally, I used Tamiya sky for the band around the rear fuselage and found that it didn't match the colour of the underneath. It seems that the Vallejo sky is quite a bit darker than the Tamiya but it is too late now as I have started decalling.<br />
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The Pennington curse hit at that point. I got out my airbrush to spray the base colours (having given everything a coat of Tamiya surface primer) to find that my bottle of X-18 Semi Gloss Black was empty and my usual trusty large bottle of Vallejo Black primer was totally absent! Valerie is going out so I now have to wait until she comes back to pop up to Hobbycraft for some spares!</div>
<br />Long Haired Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056459184775829222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34820851.post-59342576240095722132018-01-02T08:16:00.000-08:002018-01-02T08:16:03.403-08:00Three Beaus togetherHere are all three - Tamiya 1:48, Airfix 1:72 and Mark 1 Models 1:144th. They make a nice set.<br />
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I always notice a problem afterwards! I now see that I haven't taken the masking tape off landing light on the port wing of the 1:48th version!<br />
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Now that I have all three, I can see the differences. I "almost" wish that I could start again. I know a few things now that I didn't then but I can live with how they are.<br />
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You can see a screen show by clicking on any one of the images.<br />
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