Pete in Lincs Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: That smell of garlic seems to have abated too... Warning! Danger Will Robinson! I was left home alone last night while her indoors went off to babysit No1 Granddaughter. I was told on her return that I now smell of garlic. Now either this thread is catching or could it possibly be the Italian meatballs & pasta dish I made last night? Nah. 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: Hendie Bumper Book for Boys Available in 300 weekly editions @ $5.00 each + postage. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 On 3/14/2018 at 16:38, TheBaron said: Modelling at its most Roxy Music. One of the advantages of being an elderly gentleman is that I had the pleasure of seeing Roxy open for Mott the Hoople back in 1973. To be honest, I had never heard of Roxy before that show, but I sure knew who they were after! What a show. As my memory slowly escapes, I hope that one sticks around. 19 hours ago, hendie said: Back from my wandering travels, this time the Shangri La that is otherwise known as Detroit... Is this a different Detroit than the one I know? Mine's in Michigan - where's this one? Back to the Wessex, this is shaping up to be another epic Hendie masterpiece. Great work on the sheepskin cushions. (Thank goodness the conversation didn't devolve into the uses that the Romans had for sheepskin.) I really need to build another helicopter. It's been a while, and you're inspiring me. Cheers, Bill 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 32 minutes ago, Navy Bird said: Is this a different Detroit than the one I know? Sadly, it's the same one. I just have to keep telling myself that I'm going to exotic far flung places or I'd go nuts. Today has been a day of pain. Pain like no other. Pain like stabbing your own eyeballs with a sharp stick... repeatedly! Se all these blue dots? Well, I thought I'd try something daft (just for a change) and made all these as part of the etch last night. I didn't expect them to actually work, but they did. But trying to handle them... I gave up But back to the instrument panel... I started gluing the panel overlays in place. I used GS Hypo for a couple of reasons - 1, it comes with a nice fine nozzle to place glue accurately (provided you're someone else and not me!), and 2, it takes a little while to cure, giving me time to move things around to get in the right place... eventually. Oh, and 3... 3 reasons... once it's cured and iflike me, you've mucked it up and there's glue oozing from corners etc. you can very gently with a fresh scalpel blade, scrape the excess away. By this point, my eyes were starting to burn... look at the size of those little boogers that I'm trying to glue in place But I got there and as you can clearly see, with lots of oozing glue everywhere. So, after my eyes began sizzling like eggs in the drying pan, I changed tack and glued on the adjustment handles for the rudder pedals. Then it was back to the IP again. Being completely stupid and a glutton for punishment to boot, I discarded all the little blue dots from way above and started cutting little stubs of the finest styrene rod I had.... finest meaning smallest diameter, and not... oh never mind... These were in turn glued onto the IP like so.... and then it just got worse from there... by now the sharp stick in my eyes also had thousands of little pins and needles Eventuality we ended up at this point. Complete and utter madness. Madness with a capital EM. And here it is beside the kit part. Was it really worth all that effort? I dunno. The paint is still not fully dried in the shot above so I'm hoping it will highlight a bit more detail as it fully dries overnight. Next up will be some color and all the fun of painting the buttons and stuff... as well as a bit of a clean up 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 11 minutes ago, hendie said: Madness with a capital EM. Have to disagree with you on that point Hendie. (anyway having retired from the world of mental health,I won't comment on OCD ) 1/72 and 1/48..yes,but in that big scale when you look in the window or the gap if you have it slid back,you will realise that the work is worth it. The downside is that sales of the Fly kit will have plummeted as there are probably only a couple of folk on here who could get anywhere near this standard. Unfortunately I'm not one of them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 52 minutes ago, hendie said: Was it really worth all that effort? Yes it was, most definitely it was! Excellent madness er, work hendie! Keith 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 No sympathy I'm afraid as it's all self-inflicted. But it does look bloody impressive, at least from here, in Dallas! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Quote Complete and utter madness. Madness with a capital EM. Looks good though. Better than the kit part? Yes! And I think it will respond better to subsequent painting steps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Worth it? Oh yes. Gorgeous work Hendie, just amazing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I say. Eyes sore? But I saw Something magic appear. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 'e's a poet, but 'e don't know it. Almost a Haiku. Clever stuff I can reply with: There once was a man from St Bees Who was stung on the neck by a Wasp When asked if it hurt He said "No it didn't, I'm so glad it wasn't a Hornet" Some people have it... 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 If I may make so bold, Nice knobs, buttons, whatever. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 As others have said that IP is stunning and well worth ALL the effort you've put in! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 It is of course brilliant work and may I suggest the day of the Cedetch draws nigh... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Well, I would have posted another little update last night but it appears my home IP address is being BM blocked and I can only access this site from work now. Just to make matters more exciting, my work ITwits don't allow us to visit postimage as it's classed as a malicious site. So.... here's a little preview of what I did last night.... 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Well it looks fine from here Doh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I have asked Mike to clear your ip Hendie, hope we get you back soon Mike???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Impressive looking instrument panel Alan. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Mike's been working on this, should be up and running again Please try an update H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 What are you talking about? The new IP is miles better than the kit effort! Confused of Mars 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Ah yes Its the OTHER IP the webthingy I promise you that the instrument panel is indeed the finest I have ever seen I am almost unbelieving though, surely he can't get the needles swinging Edited March 21, 2018 by perdu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Still no go I'm afraid I can't access BM from home This posting is brought to you courtesy of Burger King Wi-Fi Edited March 21, 2018 by hendie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, hendie said: This posting is brought to you courtesy of Burger King Wi-Fi Ere! Wot's this stuff dripping all over my laptop? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Don't ask 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I just Asked Google for mine Including colon separators I have 38 digits in it, its not as simple as 121:231:54:73 which I always assumed 121: blah isn't mine either, just a example Complicated but good news that its not BM that did this but some scummy git 'out there' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 20/03/2018 at 4:21 PM, hendie said: here's a little preview of what I did last night.... But is it supposed to be quite that beige? The instrument panel is looking good and look forward to seeing it in situ. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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