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8 hours ago, pheonix said:

Really interesting to see another Roc being bashed into shape. For such a relatively unknown aircraft to feature twice at the same time is most unusual - which is why I have pulled up a chair too....... without the donkey p....

 

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Hello Phoenix,

Welcome aboard, The 2 Rocs, that sound good for FAA enthusiast, Is'nt it ? :cheers:

And they will be very differents ones ... Not the most martial use but at least realistic, unusual and....:mental:

9 hours ago, HomerJ_757 said:

Blue Chimay, ahhhh, that takes me back to an enjoyable couple of weeks at Florennes! Unfortunately work prevents me from attending Telford this year so at least one bottle will be safe! ;)

 

Ian

Hello Ian,

Florennes is only 22 Kms from my home, I spent at lot of time up there...

And Florennes Airbase is tied to the city of Chimay, the reason of the red shield adorned with a gold sword on the tail of the F-16's. That's the coat of arm of Chimay !!

And may be, perhaps, the reason of the not too moderate consumption of that delicious beverage....

Did you came up there for TLP ? Aaah the good old time of TLP :winkgrin:

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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8 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Phoenix,

Welcome aboard, The 2 Rocs, that sound good for FAA enthusiast, Is'nt it ? :cheers:

And they will be very differents ones ... Not the most martial use but at least realistic, unusual and....:mental:

Hello Ian,

Florennes is only 22 Kms from my home, I spent at lot of time up there...

And Florennes Airbase is tied to the city of Chimay, the reason of the red shield adorned with a gold sword on the tail of the F-16's. That's the coat of arm of Chimay !!

And may be, perhaps, the reason of the not too moderate consumption of that delicious beverage....

Did you came up there for TLP ? Aaah the good old time of TLP :winkgrin:

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

Yes, CC, 12 years ago, for TLP, first and only time I was detached to Belgium.  I spent most of my time operating the squadron kitchen with two other aircraft techs during the week, enjoying Chimay in the evenings and sightseeing during the weekends! Good times and seems like yesterday! 🍺🍺🍺🍺🤣:rage:

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26 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Phoenix,

Welcome aboard, The 2 Rocs, that sound good for FAA enthusiast, Is'nt it ? :cheers:

And they will be very differents ones ... Not the most martial use but at least realistic, unusual and....:mental:

Hello Ian,

Florennes is only 22 Kms from my home, I spent at lot of time up there...

And Florennes Airbase is tied to the city of Chimay, the reason of the red shield adorned with a gold sword on the tail of the F-16's. That's the coat of arm of Chimay !!

And may be, perhaps, the reason of the not too moderate consumption of that delicious beverage....

Did you came up there for TLP ? Aaah the good old time of TLP :winkgrin:

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

 

Is this Chimay really on the tail of Belgian F-16?

If so I must make one.

There are different labels, different colours, single, double, TRIPLE!!!,  Trappiste...

Then, of course, we could discuss Duval :o!!

 

I'm not sure how many Britmodellers know the joys of Belgium :D 🇧🇪 

 

Best regards

TonyT

 

PS: Framboise :heart: 

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30 minutes ago, TonyTiger66 said:

 

Is this Chimay really on the tail of Belgian F-16?

If so I must make one.

There are different labels, different colours, single, double, TRIPLE!!!,  Trappiste...

Then, of course, we could discuss Duval :o!!

 

I'm not sure how many Britmodellers know the joys of Belgium :D 🇧🇪 

 

Best regards

TonyT

 

PS: Framboise :heart: 

There must be an opportunity for a drink related model collection here.  The Red Rippers VF11 badge allegedly originates from the Gordon's Gin label.  Is there more out there?

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2 hours ago, TonyTiger66 said:

 

Is this Chimay really on the tail of Belgian F-16?

If so I must make one.

There are different labels, different colours, single, double, TRIPLE!!!,  Trappiste...

Then, of course, we could discuss Duval :o!!

 

I'm not sure how many Britmodellers know the joys of Belgium :D 🇧🇪 

 

Best regards

TonyT

 

PS: Framboise :heart: 

Résultat d’images pour blason de la ville de chimay Yup, there was this, and should still be at the base of the Florennes's F-16 tail.

And I know that it has been tagged on some visiting foreign aircrafts, remember seeing a Harrier with this coat of arm after an airshow

Be carefull with the Duvel, it is from the flemish word Duyvel, that mean devil. It is a treacherous one:evil_laugh:

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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2 hours ago, Grey Beema said:

There must be an opportunity for a drink related model collection here.  The Red Rippers VF11 badge allegedly originates from the Gordon's Gin label.  Is there more out there?

Add to this the Buccaneer from Lossiemouth, with all the best of the scottish scotch or whiskey !

The Johnnie Walker Lancaster...

I like a gordon chilled with a little bit of pure orange juice....:cheers:

What about the Booze related GB ???

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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Hello Dears,

Waiting for alien friend, my Roc is going staedily, still snail pace

2 wings done...

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Will start to improve the interior now, and cutting the turret's doors:mental:

Take care of you all, and enjoy Styrene ..

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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Your Alien friend is back to hunt you all. Good to see progress being made in my absence. Work faster!:whip:

 

Slave Driver of Mars

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Hello Dear tentacled one,

Hope that you enjoyed your holydays,

See, we've been nice, your thread is clean...

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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8 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Dear tentacled one,

Hope that you enjoyed your holydays,

See, we've been nice, your thread is clean...

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

Thanks CC. The Mem Sahib had a lovely time though I was/am unwell for most of it, having pushed myself way too hard with my voluntary work recently.

 

 

I must confess that I was more than a little surprised to see how unsullied my thread was as I would have thought that changing a Martian's thread was an opportunity way too good to be missed!

 

Martian

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4 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

I must confess that I was more than a little surprised to see how unsullied my thread was as I would have thought that changing a Martian's thread was an opportunity way too good to be missed!

 

Martian

 

Perhaps we were all cowed by the unspoken but persistent threat of a tentacled invasion (War of the Worlds, Independence Day, Invasion of the Body Snatchers etc)? 

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4 minutes ago, mhaselden said:

 

Perhaps we were all cowed by the unspoken but persistent threat of a tentacled invasion (War of the Worlds, Independence Day, Invasion of the Body Snatchers etc)? 

It doesn't usually stop people when I am around!

 

Martian

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I think it was more to do with thebaron's flying boxcar getting a hammering, you were spared most of it, oh tentacled one!  Hope you start feeling better soon!

 

CC, I had a dark beer from your homeland at the weekend, just a Leffe though, quite pleasant better than the blonde! 🙂

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3 hours ago, HomerJ_757 said:

I think it was more to do with thebaron's flying boxcar getting a hammering, you were spared most of it, oh tentacled one!  Hope you start feeling better soon!

 

CC, I had a dark beer from your homeland at the weekend, just a Leffe though, quite pleasant better than the blonde! 🙂

Hello Homer,

Goooood idea, I always favored the dork one, the only worthy blonde IMHO is the Triple Westmaele, and as TonyT told it, the Duvel.

Will be back in UK in a few weeks with my offspring, Mrs CC must stand by the dogs, "sad but true" Thanks James !

Sincerely.

CC

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8 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Thanks CC. The Mem Sahib had a lovely time though I was/am unwell for most of it, having pushed myself way too hard with my voluntary work recently.

 

 

I must confess that I was more than a little surprised to see how unsullied my thread was as I would have thought that changing a Martian's thread was an opportunity way too good to be missed!

 

Martian

Hello Martian,

Earthlings can also be Gentlemens :rofl:, And after all, it's more fun when the main entry is on the game too:penguin:

Hey take care of yourself, but I can understand since I very oftenly push myself too hard, and then, I feel like I'm far more older than I really am :mental:

Sincerely.

CC

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And now ladies and gentlemen some news of the Roc

I fixed the bulkhead after sanding and measurement, Part one

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And as muse used to say it "And I'm feeling good"

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Now, I will do the same with the pilot bulkhead !!

Do you know that feeling ???

It start with a lightbulb turned on in your memory's hard drive

Then, you go on your shelves or your stock of kit to verify....

Aaaaaaand Yeeeesssss !!

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The Airfix Defiant has an opened turret :yahoo:

This is the same turret for both the Roc and the Defiant, Soooooo :guitar:

 

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But, there is very oftenly a BUT :rant:

Have a look,

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Do you see where we are going ....

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Yes alas the Special hobby one cover completely the Airfix one.

So there is just one thing left to do

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It has been a good modelling but my no longer existing teeth were sweating a lot

and here we go, job done without any break, just a little scratch

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Okaaay, a good thing done, now sipping my Chimay with a satisfied mood...

Ok Dears, more to come soon

I also spent some time on my Spit and Seafires..

See you tomorrow

Take care and scratch and sand some plastic :beer:

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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35 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Martian,

Earthlings can also be Gentlemens :rofl:, And after all, it's more fun when the main entry is on the game too:penguin:

Hey take care of yourself, but I can understand since I very oftenly push myself too hard, and then, I feel like I'm far more older than I really am :mental:

Sincerely.

CC

Thanks CC. I am always doing this but this time I have the gut feeling I have done myself some longer term harm. I am not looking forward to the inevitable interview with my doctor. She is not going to be impressed to say the least.

 

That is some very fine surgery on those clear parts indeed.

 

Martian

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Thanks Martian,

Still, I must clean up the clear parts and then adjust it for an opened turret :huh:

Try to take some rest, I know it's easier to say than to do... Actually.

Hope that I can model this evening since my son must come to pick up his dog !

3 dogs even for a 15 days, it is a bit too much for my patience :P

See you later

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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Hello Dears,

Who said that the sailor are alone in flying some.. Hum Well... Machine

Another nicety here

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Should we hope for this one at the 1/48:huh:

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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Hello dears,

Some Roc news, I've had a good messy time in modelling and sipping today !

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Pilot bulkhead adjusted, one more thing done

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Will add some ribbing and piping and wiring, she seem empty regarding the martian's Roc

I'll better do Something about it ..

For the fuel tank, I glued the deeper parts of each fuel in one piece, Then I cut it and adjust it to the pilot bulkhead,

Here it is

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Here are the half tanks

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Already cemented and puttied...

I also spent some times on my 2 next RFI

Trying to transform these kind of Dil.. for barbie doll into an acceptable air air soviet rocket !!

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Will make more tomorrow if I can.

Take care of you and have a very nice modelling day :yahoo:

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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Hello Dears,

The Roc is going well, let's start an Albacore abd finish it in a mere 3 hrs

Look !

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Hope that will be good

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:rofl:

Sorry, can't resist...

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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Steady on, if you're not careful you will turn into Nigel Heath and then we will have to call the vet!

 

Martian

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