TheBaron Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 'Little and often' should be the motto of this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Mark4700 said: This is an incredible build. Thanks for sharing, I'm learning so much about the hobby by following this. Thanks fella, but there are some real masters on here. I'm glad its a help 8 minutes ago, TheBaron said: 'Little and often' should be the motto of this thread! you'r not kidding!! Do a bit, post a bit......................... 45 pages of rubbish interspersed with some snaps and commentary. I've enjoyed researching it though, so hopefully some useful stuff on here and short cuts if anyone else is daft enough to do one of these I'll hopefully get the other section of high build on tomorrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Impressive work, looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 Thanks mate. Just getting ready for the next thrilling installment of high build primer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 so a bit to do..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 bad news lads. I won a 1/32 Wessex on WaltBay this after....................... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I say Puma Si .. not a Wessex just yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 7 minutes ago, Dads203 said: I say Puma Si .. not a Wessex just yet I've been trawling and apparently Revell did an early Puma kit that's better than the matchbox kit - different spruces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 It's the tigermeet box , I have it in the stash and it's the basic matchbox kit with one extra sprue, I think you get the new cockpit seats and new antennas for the nose with the flare and chaff launchers, nothing that you couldn't handle fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Brilliant I've a couple of those ...not too shabby a kit mate . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 8 minutes ago, viper-30 said: Brilliant I've a couple of those ...not too shabby a kit mate . you need to tell that mrs of yours you need to start modelling again Terry mate. Time waits for no man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 first one done this morning before starting the worky thing the curved fill seems to have done the job. Hopefully I'll crack the big one at lunchtime 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Obviously we spit on your rubbish moulding Trumpy Looks a good fix Si Edited October 18, 2016 by perdu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 20 minutes ago, perdu said: Obviously we spit on your rubbish moulding Trumpy Looks a good fix Si We do spit on Trumpeters rubbish molding, but..... a bit more to do. Another 6 layers I'd say that means back on the Meng Leopard 2 til the weekend. I'll try and get the High Build Primer on tonight...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 good is good see ya laters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Here is a better view of how much detail has gone. Fortunately for those of you who had the will to live and read this thread, you will know I have a lot of rivets to apply at some point... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Anyway. I was in London today and she rings me top say 2 big boxes turned up. 'Hmm' I thinks this one had me a bit flumoxed so I opened it and its getting curiouser and curiouser, and its sand filters 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Lol mine came like that talk about over packing ...I really do like the Wessex one day I'll build my three ...and my chinook and finish my as90 and on and on lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 That's packaging to make a mark innit Good job I don't have room for a Fly Walter, it'd have to be red white blue roundels and green grey black bottom, might even have been BN Lost in the mists of time... With a little red Pegasus on a blue ground, the first 'modifed' Frog Wessex I made was one of 72 sqn's and it'ld be nice to do it again in H U G E I like the filters Si, any chance of a copy of the drawings I can redo in 72nd scale? I can't remember if you showed all sides when you were planning sending the work out to Shapeways I'd like to scratch a pair for my Wokka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 2 hours ago, simmerit said: If you can hold of a couple of years we could do a buddy build. For all the shouting and screaming that took place before this was released, I've yet to see a completed build. There are about 3 threads on t'interwebby, and they all seem to have stalled within a week or two of starting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 5 hours ago, hendie said: If you can hold of a couple of years we could do a buddy build. For all the shouting and screaming that took place before this was released, I've yet to see a completed build. There are about 3 threads on t'interwebby, and they all seem to have stalled within a week or two of starting I wish. The Wokka is my first venture into building anything that flies, and I must say I've enjoyed the engineering challenge its presented, even though I sometimes hate the thing...... The Wessex looks like a different proposition altogether as the model looks incredibly well engineered, and I wonder if there is any scratch building required at all as its so good? I do think its the Puma for me next, but mainly because of all the models I've ever started and completed, its the ones I have personal experience of riding in and happy memories of that I have mainly finished - I've got a few unfinished bits lying around like everyone...... So I've lots of Land Rovers, a 1 tonnie and 2 x 4 tonners. The Wokka and the Puma will complete the 'memory set', so anything else (armour or other helis) is modelling for the fun of modelling. So how it feels is Wokka, Puma, Wessex, Lynx and a few bits of armour thrown in between for good measure. I guess that means a buddy build is feasible, but I'll be well outclassed on the skill stakes. Good news on the Sand Filters. They are the emotional and practical barrier that have prevented me motoring in to finish the thing. I should make good progress now and hopefully quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Excellent....crack on then ......get the filters sorted will be interested in your view of them mate .... you see the Wessex reminds me of my time over the water which why I guess we like to model these things a t b terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 No progress on the Wokka due to the worky thing and the mrs making me do stuff in the house. Anyway. I was in London on Thursday. An interesting and eventful day, for reasons I wont go into, but I was in a building called the Walkie Talkie which overlooks the Thames. There are always Helis blasting up and down the Thames, but Thursday saw a Wokka, 2 Merlins and a Black Hawk, which the conclusion drawn by a couple of lads on ARRSE was its was off to the US Embassy. A spectacular sight to behold from the 31st floor That's the Shard, which is as big as a big thing. Right. Off to do the other Track on the Leopard 2 and watch Homeland, or Homebase as me and the mrs call it. She's a right laugh the mrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 well. I'm back on the pig Mr Surface next I reckon...................... anyone remember Joy Division? Closer was the album, and the song 'Where will it end'....................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 nearly there lads...................... Mr Surface 500 should do the job 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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