stevej60 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Hi folk,s funny thing coincidence I reached into a pile of magazines to take to the "reading room" and this copy of SAM accompanied me to said room.there is as can be seen an excellent build on the cover and inside by Tony O'Toole (I,m sure I know that name from somewhere)! Anyway the only big 72 scale kit in my collection is Revell's newish tooling which has sat in the wardrobe for a couple of year,s so despite it's well known issues I saw it as a sign to finally build it. Much as I love the Coastal Command scheme I am building the Bomber Command earlier version and live with those issues and if I can finish it maybe move on to a couple of other Heavies in the future.I have managed to break my camers so for now here's the box top. Edited October 14, 2015 by stevej60 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Does this mean more nautical neglect? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S5 modeller Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Will be watching this with interest, as I have the same kit. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Nice choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Great choice Steve, although I am surprised you have any room left in your home for a 1/144 kit, let alone a mastodon like the Halifax, taking into account the rate at which you are churning out finished models!!! Known issues notwithstanding, it is a beautiful plane! I shall be peeping from time to time, if I may... Have fun! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Does this mean more nautical neglect? Definitely not Darby,I got the last few pieces on the fishing trawler so she,s almost done and I still want to start the USS Oliver H Perry in the next week or so. Great choice Steve, although I am surprised you have any room left in your home for a 1/144 kit, let alone a mastodon like the Halifax, taking into account the rate at which you are churning out finished models!!! Known issues notwithstanding, it is a beautiful plane! I shall be peeping from time to time, if I may... Have fun! JR There's not a lot of shelf space left in the loft room Jean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Something a bit different for you Steve, I shall pop in on this if I may, I am fond of a heavy or two Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Me too, I have one in the stash as well so looking out for problems / tips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Something a bit different for you Steve, I shall pop in on this if I may, I am fond of a heavy or two Rob Thank,s Rob,I,ll be bulk buying the black paint and starting tomorrow. Me too, I have one in the stash as well so looking out for problems / tips Great Ced I,m thinking about a month build. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Hi Steve; I'm in I'd like to do a couple of heavies myself; got the B.II Lanc in the stash, plus a Mk.I Sunderland... it's just the commitment of time that puts me off starting one of them. Hopefully I might be inspired after following your build, if not I'd still like to see how the Halibag kit goes together. Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Been meaning to build a Halifax myself. I'll perch like a weird creepy gargoyle and follow along. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 will be watching 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Best of luck Steve, looking forward to this one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Good effort Steve, Looking forward to your build mate. Why don`t you have a splurge and buy the Freightdog Resin update, it will help it to look much better and the bits don`t require any cutting as they just slot straight in. I`m currently painting another one with the Freightdog parts included along with their Tollerton nose fairing, Looking forward to your next update,...you modelling machine you! Cheers, Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Seconded. Much less work than the Aeroclub ones, if less accurate, but they do stop it looking awful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 Good effort Steve, Looking forward to your build mate. Why don`t you have a splurge and buy the Freightdog Resin update, it will help it to look much better and the bits don`t require any cutting as they just slot straight in. I`m currently painting another one with the Freightdog parts included along with their Tollerton nose fairing, Looking forward to your next update,...you modelling machine you! Cheers, Tony Thank,s Tony I think I,ll go for a straight OOB warts'n all,I will be happy if I can get her finished my only previous attempts at four engined types have been bin jobs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I miss checking in here for a couple of days and you're already starting something new! A modelling machine indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Nice choice Steve, I look forward to seeing what you can do with this one, bit bigger than the Wildcat! Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hello, I'm in here. Watch this with much interest. Will you fix the engines or will it be straight oob? Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Can I ask that you edit the title to say that it is the Mk.II not the newer Mk.III? Admittedly, many of the parts are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Can I ask that you edit the title to say that it is the Mk.II not the newer Mk.III? Admittedly, many of the parts are the same. Done Graham,I like the look of the new MkIII,although it seems to suffer some faults from what I,m reading. Edited October 14, 2015 by stevej60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi folk,s in the words of a well known TV character "I don't believe it" ! I was just patting myself on the back for the progress I had made with this build when I realised that the front engine intakes that I had fitted were wrong for the early Mk I was modelling and as usual the parts needed were in the now emptied bin and long gone,thank god I had not thrown away the later tail assembly so I am back to my original wish which was that lovely White Coastal command scheme so for those looking forward to the Bomber Command scheme my deepest apologies but I will make amends as my eldest has just given me Revells Lancaster which I will build next.My new camera is here so I will post the progress so far tomorrow.Of course there is an upside as I can now put the new MkIII on the Christmas list! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejboyd5 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Thankfully sanity has prevailed and Coastal Command will survive. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Ah well, I'm still in Steve, I likes me some Coastal Command stuff too... plus it's still a Halifax! Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomW Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 And now I'll be keeping a close eye on your build too can't beat a CC Halibag. Regards Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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