Sgt.Squarehead Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Oh wow, what a project.....This is superb stuff! 17 pages of catching up to do..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 Welcome along Sgt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Quite brilliant BS, this keeps getting better and better, can't wait to see what's next. Maybe a Gazelle with turning rotor?..... Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 11 minutes ago, sean said: Maybe a Gazelle with turning rotor?..... Sean Got to say Sean, I have always quite fancied one of those 1/50 Heller Gazelles. Would fit with the time frame. Did pick up a cheap Apache the other day though. Think I ought to get back to the Bedford tanker next. No fancy business there, just a scratch build section on a diecast truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Apache would be cool, although you'd have to make a whole new airfield, a new Landie, Prince Harry............. I'd forgotten about the fuel truck, looking forward to seeing how you how you finish it, Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 13 minutes ago, sean said: Apache would be cool, although you'd have to make a whole new airfield, a new Landie, Prince Harry............. Well the Wattisham HASes haven't changed much, add an Airfix Herrick 1/48 landy, a ginger bloke who looks like Ed Sheeran..... Trouble is its the Dutch Apache with the scary looking decal set Must have seen Harry flying Apaches over my house loads when he was here. He was spotted at the local Tesco & getting take out from just down the road 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 I believe Humbrol is releasing a PH Ginger Red... Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) Had another go at trying to pose the Harrier today - still can't get the photos to show the light colour! However I did get the lights to be a bit less bright by putting some old rechargables in the battery pack. Edited July 15, 2017 by bar side 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 That second one works for me with a great perspective ! KICK THE TYRES AND LIGHT THE FIRES !!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 You maybe need a 1/144 scale Tornado in the background taking off with some way of showing afterburner !! I am sure you could mimic that for perspective !! Will you rise to the challenge ?? Ha ha ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 minute ago, Okdoky said: You maybe need a 1/144 scale Tornado in the background taking off with some way of showing afterburner !! I am sure you could mimic that for perspective !! So you want lighting inside a 1/144 tonka to look like the burners are lit? How about printing it on the background & poking lights through? I've got a knackered old 1/72 tonka in the loft I built in the 80s..... I've said it before but some people on here are a bad influence! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Ha ha ha ha ha ha Just here to admire and torment you further !!!! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wondering if it has got the brain cells going ???? Just think 1/72 would be harder to get an in flight perspective unless it is an aborted take off so low and close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) Did try some forced perspective before - 1/48 Hawk in the foreground, 1/72 at the back Would need to re-draw the grids so that the concrete slab don't give it away. Of the ground with wheels up it could work I guess Edited July 15, 2017 by bar side 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 True as I forgot your base is 1/48 and a 1/72 wheels up fly past would be braw ! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, That pic gives you room for a low pass at take off or abort landing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Or just nick a picture like this & make a new back scene.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 (edited) Nothing too much new this week, but I went back to an unfinished build from the start of this thread. I built a Phantom FGR.2 in grey/green but didn't have any decals to finish it. But a fellow Phantom Phan on a FB page turned up a set of Airdoc decals and so these have been going on. The decals: Great range of options too, and I probably should be doing an aircraft based on one that carried the recce pod. But I opted for 92 sqn 'cause it looked good! So here she is with some decals on. I haven't put the serial number on yet (underneath or on the sides) so while she has a squadron she is still waiting on her full id. Will be good to see her up in the foreground rather than hiding in the back of shots. Edited July 15, 2017 by bar side 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) Been to busy to be spending time on planes lately. However the Toom now has a number - XV415. I believe she is still with us up at RAF Boulmer. Still not put all of the decals on though. Now, someone mentioned having a 1/72 jet in flight as a perspective background. Found this in the loft that I built as a kid (the grey green one in the foreground that is) - must be 30 years ago. For some reason I had the underside painted white, but I guess it suggests that building RAF jets from the 70s & 80s is not a new phase for me Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Outstanding work my friend. Truly remarkable work. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 Cheers tiking - not a lot of progress at the moment I am afraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) Started all of this off how ever long ago building a home for 2 Phantoms I was building. Now I can finally call the pair done I think. I need to get the HAS out properly but here are the two of them together Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) Right, last outing of the HAS this side of Christmas. I have had the two Phantoms in it before, but not with both all decaled up & done. So here are a few from the other day Hope you like them Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Love it. They just look right together. Also inspiration for my 3rd and final(?) Phantom in the lighter grey colours. A thought just popped into my head - how about some pallets for the spare tanks etc on the racking? Something a forktruck could pick them up by.... and maybe a fork truck...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 8 hours ago, RMP2 said: A thought just popped into my head - how about some pallets for the spare tanks etc on the racking? Something a forktruck could pick them up by.... and maybe a fork truck...? The trays from the rack are meant to detach and have casters on them for moving about. Did plan to make a couple of them & definitely need some pallets & packing cases. Needs to get some more sidewinders & sparrows made up to sit as spares. Fancy a nice weapons trolley too. And finally started doing as something with the tanker too. Might need a corgi 1/50 scale Landy to fit in with it as the 1/43 looks a bit big with it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) Quick picture of the Bedford with a quick coat of green over the chassis and cab - looks good to me already. Not sure why I am spending time building plastic kits..... Tempted to stick a flat bed on it & some crated weapons. Now, working headlights or not... Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 2 hours ago, bar side said: Now, working headlights or not... "Working" gets my vote - you're getting very good at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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