Gimme Shelter

what a totally cracking idea and walk through - brilliant and inventive Aren't we humans great !

well done to you anyway - Mr Mole looks very nice

Hi Pete You've reminded me - I did catch that documentary about T2 and the green quick fix. Annoyingly, this kit has all the colour boundaries printed as raised contoured surfaces as opposed to a smooth upper/lower hull pair of sections. Although the contours are perfect and symmetrical, the raised edges create lips that need a very tight tuck of masking tape and has lead me to work upwards from the lowest sections while painting as opposed to starting with the yellow and working down as one of my fellow club members suggested to do - as he had on his old Doyusha kit of the same. And I'm sure that there shall be areas where the masking tape has moved or shrunk in the summer heat leaving some bleed but I've tried my best to seal it all in with Humbrol Gloss cote - still a lot more masking to do for the yellow and dark blue upper areas but I'll get there in the end. Hopefully for our UK Nationals later in November.

Then I'll keep on looking forward to a nice surprise of an end result

This fish is proving a masking nightmare - both shades of blue down now, yellow to go next. Then the P & S porthole area dark blue - what a masking journey

very nice model - the 2 versions look great aside one-another.

Looks great to me, were you not tempted to add it to a base about to start having a mole down a hole?

This is going to be a build that will be so much fun to watch come together, I love these anti-gravity ship ideas that are becoming more popular and very inventive. What a great way to kit bash and scratch build up. Do you have any sketches of how you hope this vessel may turn out to look like? Quite brilliant, indeed..

she looks ultra stealthy - a really lovely build - very impressive

A wonderful looking Viscount - very nicely presented and I love the finish to your wings. Its such a shame they don't fly over our skies any longer, but at least we can remember them and feel close to them still by building them

Did any Aliens manage to break into the hatch? ! Looks like you are having a great time - what a tool

He looks really great - that Flory wash has added a nice touch. Job well done

Italic or standard font? for as many photos I can find of Stingray with an italic No 3, there seem to be just as many showing her with a non-italic number, so I opted for the non-italic option

Nice - that little tiddler looks very smart and nicely presented. Good also to see a fresh civil build completed - it's been a bit dry on the civil side for a while

a superb looking picture (thanks for bringing it forward to this almost forgotten WIP thread) as you say ' incredible weathering' and really brings the kit to life - but never in real life while the real deal flew - BA kept theirs spotless (can't comment on the French)

PS - If it all goes wrong with the main hull masking, I'll convert the model to one of those grey ones which look pretty cool too !

Thanks Pete - from all that I know of the show (very little to be honest) the series was focused solely on the antics and adventures of WASP's (World Aquanaut Security Patrol) submarine No 3 - Stingray. The WASP fleet consisted of at least 26 vessels according to the WASP Technical Operations Manual ! However, it's not yet happened - we've got to wait until 2069 for these little fish: and a further more years from then to 2070 for these !!

wow - G-23 (or should I say HP23!) looks great and Gemma looks like she'd be welcome on any planet in the System. Your WIP was fun to follow and the end result looks brilliant

what a great idea and particularly believable - great work and totally convincing snow and ice effects too 11/10

Cabin roof interior, periscope handle and roof light dorsal fin silver stripes now completed, White No 3's to be added to the fins next

now that looks really cold, and tiny - jolly good show and very convincing. I knew it would be worth a visit to the Diorama pages of the site to catch up on what's afresh over here.

your build looks quite splendid indeed. That recent shot of your hand holding the model up from underneath explains your early comment about the central strength to hold it together / support it. I never watched the show and don't have a clue what this will look like when completed but I'm looking forward to seeing the end result - I won't run a web search and spoil the fun here.

looks outstanding - totally 100% unique

This looks interesting - I confess to not knowing the subject though. Watching out for more

woah - where's this gem been hiding for the last 2 years - he looks brilliant. A Cyberman in Berkshire - too close to home for comfort !