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Airfix 1/72 RAF High Speed Launch


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  • 1 month later...

Thank you very much all!

Seadog, I used EZline for the rigging etc and then found some suitable PE (I think they were portholes for something or other). They were round but had the little hinge brackets at cardinal points so it made it quite easy to place them within the nice and flexible EZline. The elastic tautness of the EZline holds them in place.

I was lucky enough to get second place in the diorama category and best Airfix kit at the Yeovilton show this weekend just gone :-D

(I initially entered it in the ships section but someone whined that it was a diorama.....he had a ship in the ship section)

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I've never used EZ line, yet. IIRC I used ceramic wire and can't offhand remember what I used for rings. I'll have to have a look. There seem to be new materials coming on stream fairly frerquently these days. Eee when I were young.....etc.

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Nice job and full of inspiration!

Congrats for silver and special Airfix award!

Well deserved.

The HSL is such a nice boat and you pushed me with your tremendous model forward, so I`ve to start with my kit.

:thumbsup:

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As some will be aware, in between building Lynx and Wildcat helicopters, I do like to diversify by building 1/72 boats - MTBs, Patrol boats and HSL's. I find them a great scale because they arent too small to put some good detail on and they dont take up a huge amount of room. Not only that, they just look great (Perkasa, lots of the Vospers and several other lesser known boats). I decided to build the very old Airfix RAF HSL as a part of my clubs theme for this years Telford - Rescue, Repair and Recovery. I decided to set it on a base to give it a bit of context. Nothing too adventurous; just a tail from an old Revell Spitfire in the drink with the pilot in his dingy getting rescued. It did however allow me to experiment for the first time making a sea base. I'm satisfied how it came out and may even make bases for my ever growing collection of MTBs.

For the base, I simply used a piece of stiff picture mounting card (dark green) then loosely painted it dark blue using artist acrylics. After that I added differing shades of greens and blues to add a bit of depth. I then applied artists gel with a large(ish) brush to replicate the waves and crests. This product dries clear so it helped to also add a bit of depth. Once that had dried, I then applied more greens, blues and dabs of white. Once it was all dry, I chucked on a coat of semi gloss artists varnish to lock it all down and also give it the final sense of depth. Prior to all this, I carefully cut out the hull shape in the card. I decided to do this instead of cutting the hull on the kit down so I could still mount the craft on a stand if I wished. The boat simply sits in the hole on the base (excuse the bits of white-tac filling the gaps!). To finish, I placed the whole base in a suitable picture frame.

Despite it being an old kit, its actually really nice and simple to build. It took me about 2 weeks to complete and its pretty much straight out the box apart from adding rigging (EZ line) and various bits of rope to dress the deck and the bloke in his dingy (CMK). EZ line is the way ahead when doing rigging and the like as it is very forgiving and simple to attach. Another bonus is because it is effectively elastic, it wont snap if youre a bit clumsy!

Here she is:

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Thanks for looking

Tony

Stunning build, I would like to know which product you used to replace the Anchor & Chain plus the ''EZ-Line'' is this the product used to tie bait to the hooks ? Please excuse my ignorance ,but this sounds like an awesome [MUST-HAVE] rigging product. PS. thanks for sharing the Great Sea How-to !

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That's a first class diorama and it tells its own story.

You've done a magnificent job with the boat and the figures and your water base really highlights the piece.

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