Martian Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 On 17/05/2017 at 22:02, TheBaron said: Shocked so I am. Reeling. Shocked AND rocked by these allegations. Damn fake media and their fake news! Looks like we touched a nerve there! Martian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 That is without doubt the dog's danglies! Martian the Breathless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Oh so good Bill!...wonderful little gem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Cracking work throughout The amount of detail per g of finished model must be approaching a site record 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Your Wasp look absolutely superb Bill, a triumph of micro surgery even! Will be a devil to dust though! Edited May 20, 2017 by 71chally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Seriously, seriously good Bill. (nb I'm keeping other, more effusive superlatives in reserve for the final piccies & RFI - lest I peak too soon and end up repeating myself even more than usual ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 That is impressive beyond words I'm allowed to use here, I like it to bits. I was once keen to do something similar but simplified. I think I'd just feel inadequate seeing the level of detail thats gone into this, fripping orsum. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) My lords, laydees and gennulmen I regret to inform you, and indeed the huddled masses there're a couple of missing things. I had the wind deflectors in the Airwaves kit, good idea thinks I, but 'they' advise using a clear film behind them Durrrgh! Not going to work for me, I've even tried Krystal Kleer which was too thin to stay levelled and 560 glue which was too thick and blobby I could visualise pink and yellow spots appearing when I turned my back... So I am making two new side screens out of thin acetate This helicopter may not get side screens Don't tell anyone if you notice they're missing, oke? The frames are ludicrously thin and will have to be careful masking work I'm going in It might not be me that emerges... Edited May 20, 2017 by perdu 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Absolutely stunning micro engineering a real show stopping exhibit! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Good luck, there's a search party at the ready if you're not heard from soon. They'll start at the bar.... Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Fan-dabby-dozy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 I'll stay away a bit longer then, when they find me (yes at the bar) they can get a round in Does anyone know (no photographs I have gleaned yet can advise me) whether the windscreen device is RAF BG on both faces or does the inner, crew facing side have a Lt Admiralty Grey interior My experimental 'paint a piece of clear and thin' sheet seem to be bearing fruit, I just need to know whether to paint the inner faces RAF BG or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Absolutely and utterly gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) I've been shillyshallyin' and searchin' the innnerweb for info on deck lashing helicopters hoping to find sight of the kind of strap and ratchet devices Wopsie would have been familiar with Are these the kind of things were looking for? I am familiar with this stuff, having used its like to tie cars down onto AA trucks and trailers If this is it my search is done and tonight for sets will appear, as if by labouring into the gloom And tomorrow the wipers, OAT and other doodahs will be on and she'll be tied to the deck Edited May 20, 2017 by perdu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 35 minutes ago, perdu said: I've been shillyshallyin' and searchin' the innnerweb for info on deck lashing helicopters hoping to find sight of the kind of strap and ratchet devices Wopsie would have been familiar with Bill, These lads seem to be doing the business - is this what you're after? It's at about the 15-second mark on here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J-gVFtoZ7I HTH, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 Thank you for that Tony, that is indeed the strappings I seek I did link a picture which failed to embed trying again so we'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Lashings have stayed pretty much the same design for years, as far as I know- certainly ever since they introduced nylon ones in ?1960s? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Cheers for that Crisp, it's good to see that if necessary even I could train up for that part of the complex deck handling duty Out at club this arvo, took the Midget for its monthly happy run, half way round Brum on the Motorway network... Nice Came back this evening and after dinner climbed the stairs to the modelling mecca As I sat down the sky began rumbling "S'funny" I thinks, "the sun has only just gone down across a cloud free sky, why's it gone thundersome?" Then I looked out of the window to espy this pottering noisily in a weird quiet rumbling... Familiar thinks ,I thank god there is not a war on, we saw these when they were repatriating to Birmingham Selly Oak Hospiddle No the camera isnt instantly ready, I had to pick it out of its case and run through to the front to catch this on its way into BHX Nice also Anyway, club meeting I expected to meet Tomo so I took the Wasp with me, glued down to the deck but not tied yet For the craik I decided en route to bung it as is on the competition table, warts and all It came first with lots of congratulations, I was a bit pleased at that Not even tied down on deck, even However when I got started tonight I did this on the port side as Plan A Thin strip cut to length and handling buckles added No ratchet handles yet and no tied together excess either I did manage to get the 'pin out' flag fitted (but not lettered... Yet) to the tail fold ratchet On the starboard side I'm trying a slightly different tack Two piece straps joined at the ratchet and with the excess nylon tape tied over the strap to keep it from lashing about in the breeze I have trimmed back a bit from this now but I am considering taking this tack with all for straps and nop decision time with strap four Cut and tie like the other one on this side or fake it the way I am considering doing with the first set Waddayasay? Still working side screens and wipers, be about it then I HOPE! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 1st? Is that ALL??? This little gem deserves way more than mere 1st! Ian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Congratulations Bill - I'm sure this won't be the last prize you get for this amazing little model. Excellent work I think I prefer the tidy straps but that's just me being, er, tidy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 1st is the only placement for this little gem! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 12 hours ago, perdu said: ...the 'pin out' flag fitted (but not lettered... Yet) Those lashings look excellent. Any idea how you're going to do the PIN OUT lettering? I have the same problem at some stage, so any suggestions that I can ruthlessly plagiarise? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackAck Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 What a fabulous little gem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 15 hours ago, perdu said: It came first with lots of congratulations, I was a bit pleased at that Discerning chaps them judges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Congratulations on 1st place Bill and well deserved it was too. Against some stiff competition as well so it had to hold its own. Dear modellers I must inform you I have touched the Wasp! Bill entrusted me to place it on the competition table...made me feel like Prometheus having been given the gift of fire by Zeus...for an instant I felt like running off with it but didn't fancy having my liver pecked out by an eagle! Needless to say I have not washed my hands since, hoping to have absorbed some of Bill's magic modelling powers... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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