Procopius Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 On 7/27/2017 at 4:52 AM, CedB said: If you're gentle there's no scratching either. But where's the fun in th--oh. Oh, I see. Never mind. It's coming along nicely, Buffers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) I see that the description on the decals is incorrect. 10 Sqn. were definitely not at Leeming in 'late 1943'. They were at Melbourne, and had been for some time. They left Leeming on 19 Aug 1942 when it was handed over to the RCAF. Edited July 31, 2017 by chaddy Date corrected. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Here is a view of the bomb bay with doors open: Jari 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Thanks Simon - I hope Santa brings a mitre block for you Thanks PC - it won't be long before you feel the six inch half round second cut urge; do not resist... Thanks chaddy - interesting Thanks Jari - another great photo AND it shows that the kit is incorrect as previously noted. Good job I've built it with the doors closed Turret parts collected and initial painting done: The guns will get a brushing with gunmetal (of course) and hopefully the black will provide some weathering. Also need some masking mojo for the turret parts and the main bits. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 4 hours ago, Finn said: Here is a view of the bomb bay with doors open: Jari Uhhh, this looks somewhat awful, but if you think you're the best choice and everyone else is less than trash! ...... The B-51 motorway around a part of the city here is closed for 4 weeks now in Münster as it becomes bigger, but it has to be sure, that it is cleaned of bombs from that period. Something usual here! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Don't feel too bad about that please bbudde We had half of the city of Birmingham stopped for hours whilst the Royal Engineers detonated one of Herr H's little 500kg gifts to my mom and grandad He'd have been pleased to know the thing was still very potent and left debris all over the place I doubt if any of us are pleased about the subject One day I will not hear of Le Mans being cleared of another one we, the Allies, left lying around the race circuit It is going to be a while away yet... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 She's looking rather splendid Ced. Great work on the props too, my favourite part coming up. good luck with the ppaaiinntt. Jont. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) Smashing progress Ced. . It's strange; this is a mass production model (Revell) of a mass production bomber. Yet it would appear to have posed as many, if not more, manufacturer originated blunders and conundrums as many of the earlier Valom, Special Hobby and so on 'short-run' kits that you've beaten into submission. In some ways, some of those seem to have been more enjoyable for you too; the Beaufort springs to mind. The psychology of 'what makes a fun build' puzzles me. Well, for me right now it would probably be a Frog Seahawk; it has about 15 parts, looks right and only needs around four paint colours ! Keep it up Ced, the chequered flag is in sight 🏁 ! Best regards TonyT Edited July 31, 2017 by TonyTiger66 Auto corrupt 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thanks Benedikt and Bill - yes, a problem here in Bath too; when doing some building work at our Girl's school they found a UXB under the canteen, yards from the playground... doesn't bare thinking about Thanks Johnny - yes, paint today I think Thanks TT - yes, strange, but we've found that the Halifax seemed to be the subject of much fiddling and modification, some in the field. I agree I haven't been enjoying this build all that much but I think it's life, rather than the kit, that's made it 'less fun'. Now that all the company sale stuff seems to have been sorted I'm settling down and enjoying it more. When I had some pilot moulding problems Benedikt suggested the 'legless' figures would be good in turrets. He was right: Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr I'll mask those up when the Gator's Grip has dried. Better get on with masking for the camo - I hope I have enough paint! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 21 minutes ago, CedB said: Thanks Benedikt and Bill - yes, a problem here in Bath too; when doing some building work at our Girl's school they found a UXB under the canteen, yards from the playground... doesn't bare thinking about After leaving school back in '84 I worked for a couple of years doing groundwork on the building sites (ooh my hands were rough then, not the tender manicured pads you see in bench shots today) and spent about 6 months on one site up in Whitechapel in the East End. One afternoon Stevie, our JCB driver suddenly exits his cab with such rapidity that you would have sworn they were fitted with ejector seats and disappears into the distance bellowing 'Run you effing effers there's an effing bomb in the hole!' The rest of us in the gang of course stand there scoffing at Stevie's pathetic attempt at a wind-up. Then one of the chippies looks down from the bedroom window above us into the hole: 'Err lads-' Area cleared. Ordnance guys called out. The bomb had apparently been made safe in the Blitz but never dug out and carted away for whatever reason (more bombing quite possibly..). From the size of it when we saw it being taken off on the back of the lorry I'd guess it was a 250Kg job. We made Stevie a medal from some Mr.Kipling's apple pie foil and a piece of tartan sock. He's probably a grandfather now and tells the grandkids what he did in the Battle of Whitechapel. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Graham Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 41 minutes ago, CedB said: I agree I haven't been enjoying this build all that much but I think it's life, rather than the kit, that's made it 'less fun'. Now that all the company sale stuff seems to have been sorted I'm settling down and enjoying it more. When I had some pilot moulding problems Benedikt suggested the 'legless' figures would be good in turrets. He was right: Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr I'll mask those up when the Gator's Grip has dried. Better get on with masking for the camo - I hope I have enough paint! The figures in the turrets seems "credibles" ... that is what we need to look for with this scale (i think). Ufff ... you are going to need paint ... i'm sure!! jejee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thanks Tony - I too worked on a building site 'in my youf'. Ah, the gapes! Did anyone play the trick on you where you put two (very light) breeze blocks on the ground and, just behind them, two (very heavy) concrete blocks? You then walk through the gap, grab the breeze blocks and say to your victim "Grab those will ya Ced Jim". Of course they grip the blocks and lift, but the blocks stay where they are and they rip the skin off their fingers! Oh, how they we laughed 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: We made Stevie a medal from some Mr.Kipling's apple pie foil and a piece of tartan sock. Scratch building, even then. Thanks Jamie, glad you like them While waiting for the masking mojo to emerge I fiddled with some bits and then did some more modelling (fnarr!). The sharp eyed amongst you who know this kit will be wondering why I didn't drill holes in the wings (as instructed) before joining the halves. Why? 'Cos I'm an idiot, that's why. Sadly the perfectly covering Stynylrez didn't allow me to use Pete's 'shine a light' technique and neither did Revell leave Alex's 'dents in the other side' so I guessed carefully examined the plans, drilled some holes and located the pipes on the bottom: If they weren't fitted on this variant please let us know They got painted with flat black. Top-of-the-wing vents and balances removed from the sprue onto the anti-ping device: I think I'll fit them at the end though to save knocking them off (titter titter). Holes drilled in the top to hold them: Tailwheel assembled and painted, hub with flat black and tyre with rubber black. I know, why bother... precision, that's why... even I have my standards. Tailwheel support painted on the sprue: Hopefully the masking mojo will be with me soon. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Those are some enviably smooth black surfaces you've painted there Ced. Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Nice job Ced! I also worked on a site for a while. One particular day one of the lads was trying to drill a hole through the concrete floor for heating pipes but couldn't find a spot without rebar in it. There were little indentations all over the place where he'd started and hit the bars. The gang leader, an old Irishman, saw this, grabbed the jackhammer and told him he'd show him how it should be done. It promptly hit the angle between 2 pieces of rebar and jammed the bit solid, leaving the gaffer bouncing round in circles! We p...ed ourselves laughing! Ian 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Top notch stuff Ced, I may or may not have made involuntary machine gun noises while looking at the turrets. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) Nice to see that they fit and they're in action and not gone into the bin. Great work. Cheers Ps.: Can't see or do any likes. Just me? Edited July 31, 2017 by bbudde 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 25 minutes ago, bbudde said: Ps.: Can't see or do any likes. Just me? No. Same with me here Benedikt here, Plus instead of likes it tells me people have 'reacted to' my posts - I only hope they haven't reacted badly! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 1 minute ago, TheBaron said: I only hope they haven't reacted badly! I just gave you a 'sad' reaction (one of four I can choose) Tony, can you see it? Keith 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 2 minutes ago, keefr22 said: I just gave you a 'sad' reaction (one of four I can choose) Tony, can you see it? Keith Not a thing old fruit! It still look like a standard post only with the 'like' bit missing but nothing new to replace it. Most odd. Where do you add your reaction from Keith? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I've got a grey 'circle with a heart in' icon on the bottom right of a post - hovering over it brings up a 'like' caption & the three, sorry four, other 'reaction' choices, sad, happy, confused & thanks. Just clicking it gives 'like'. K 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Tony Tiger just posted this on Giorgios Macchi thread; "To make 'likes' appear, go to 'themes' and change the theme to 'Default' rather than 'New Britmodeller' ." I'm using Default theme. K 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 That's it chaps; I read it on another thread. If the theme is set to 'default' rather than 'New Britmodelller' the 'reactions' appear (although the 'go to top' arrow disappears). AFAIK it's just temporary glitch stuff and should work it's way through with a nice dose of Rhubarb and Senna Hope it works TonyT 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thanks, Like, Confused, Ha Ha... so many choices... honestly you programmer types, just because you can doesn't mean you should! Does this mean words will soon become redundant? Thanks everyone, especially Ian for the story - love it (rats, no 'reaction' for that...) The masking mojo returned and has been used in anger. I keep in mind Nigel's tip about sticking spare bits of tape to the mat and then using them later. Also, not trying to cover everything in one go. Also, avoiding 'channels' that the spray might go down. Big job. What's this for? The irritating little curve on the outer nacelles: The nose will drive you mad unless you remember that it's not at the same level from side to side: I must remember to smooth down that kink before spraying - it does conform under stroking with a warm finger. This bit is a pain too: but eventually the line is masked: and the belly covered in cheap tape. It can now join the wings ready for painting: Time for some food. Paint later. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 7 minutes ago, CedB said: honestly you programmer types, just because you can doesn't mean you should! I'm on a railway muddling forum (also Invision) that has 7 choices Ced - my reaction (& that of many others on there) was the same when that went from 1 choice to 7, but I now find the choices quite useful. Although one of the ones that people tend to use a lot on there, ''agree'' isn't included in BM's new choices! What really grates with me with the change on here is the ''so and so reacted to this" message - I just find that rubbish!! On said railway forum the 7 choices have 7 icons & the ''reaction'' when you click on one is simply the display of that icon! Keith 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 15 minutes ago, CedB said: it does conform under stroking with a warm finger. I think you missed a 'fnaar, fnaar' there, Old Bean...!! Keith 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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