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@ArnoldAmbrose @modelling minion @81-er @AntPhillips @Dermo245 Thanks for your comments guys, much appeciated. Not much of an update but progress is progress... When things were ready, the first colour to go down was Sand by AK which might seem odd for a relatively modern British warship but I believe HMS Bristol was the last RN Ship to sport wooden decks, so the main deck amidships and the small deck aft of the bridge got a Sand applied and when dry, masked. With the wooden decks masked, the steal decks were painted with RN Dark Deck Grey by Colourcoats. When the decks were dry, it was the time for more masking and ready Bristol for its next colour. This is a very fiddly, time consuming, strangely therapeutic job. Stuart

Can this be used on resin then? Euryalus is looking smashing, nice and neat. Waiting to see your masking process with the lumps, bumps and railings... Stuart

I needed to find out what your target subject looked like, lots of framework and lots of rigging...lots to go wrong in my book. Looking forward to one of your builds Mr P. Stuart

Where's the cockpit... Stuart

Hi guys, sorry for the lack of any update but have recently got back from an Aegean cruise, then the garden needed a good sort, followed by a lack of mojo. Anyways... With the mojo increasing and referring to the few period photos, a few things needed to be sorted with this resin lump and the kit, some of these are listed below: A On the platform of the second breakwater, two HF aerials need to be made, not in kit. B The second breakwater has had extensions added. C I believe that the Ikara AS system had a trainable sensor on a platform, not in kit. The platform had been added but the sensor will need to be made and fitted later. D The moulding came with SCOT domes fitted in the wrong place, so these have been hacked off and new ones will be made and fitted later. E The moulded boats davits were incorrect, the should be 'A' shaped. Old removed and scratch options(8) fitted. F No doors were moulded but I had some PE ones. A clear photo shows 3 fitted amidships within the 'A' davits, so 3 were fitted each side. G Period photo shows searchlight(?) platforms forward of the aft funnels, so these were scratched using plasticard. H Moulded steps were removed and will be replaced with PE options. Since taking the photo, other things have cropped up and I'm sure more will rear their heads later. The 4.5" gun barrel was short-shot and will be replaced a 3D option. I think that the bridge roof needs some attention. The main bedstead radar will be replaced with a 3D one. The ships boats are sided but unfortunately I had three for one side and one for t'other, so a bit of rework was needed to change the davits round. The seacat launcher with missiles was oversize and will be replaced with 3D one. Stuart

Lovely work on the cockpit Patrik, nice and sharp, and soon will disappear. Stuart

Love what you're doing here Jeff, everything is looking nice and sharp. Looking forward to the paint going on to the upper works to show the detail. Stuart

Fantastic work Mals. Stuart

@Rabbit Leader @Zephyr91 @Johnson cheers guys, much appreciated. The base does add a nice dynamic touch. I have never been happy with the blurred discs approach and much prefer my way. Stuart

Cheers Chris, much appreciated but I wouldn't look to closely, especially at those Tamiya decals. Thanks Martin, I do try. I thought that now you're retired you'd be pushing the builds... Stuart

Cheers Collin, much appreciated. My 'in-flight' builds tend to be surplus builds that are not planned to be displayed at shows or cabinets. As far as the base is concerned, it's nothing fancy painting. I find a suitable aerial photo, give it to a mate who has something like Photoshop, add an appropriate amount of motion blur, print it and whack it onto a bit of board. Thanks George. The base will be useful for displaying future in-flight models. Stuart

Hi All. Here is my recently completed build of a DH Mosquito FB VI using the Tamiya 1/72 kit as part of the DH Mosquito STGB. From the start, I decided that this would be a wheels-up project destined for the mancave ceiling. Built OOB with the only additions being a couple of figures for the crew. No real problems but the undercarriage aren't designed to be shut and are bit small plasticard was used to fill the gap between the doors. A little filler was needed for the nacelle/top wing join and was easily sorted. Painted with AK Real Colors paint. Kit decals were typical Tamiya, don't like to conform and took numerous applications of Sol on the radiator decal. Build log here: Thanks for looking. Stuart

DH Mosquito FB VI 487 Squadron MM417 / EG-T Tamiya 1/72 AK Real Colors Paints Build log here: Thanks for looking. Stuart

Hi guys, recently back from a cruise round the Aegean and noticed that I hadn't taken any pics of the decal stage. It's been an age since I've played around with Tamiya decals and I still dislike them, particularly when going over bumps like the area above the radiator inlets, forgotten how many time I applied Sol. For the base, I got an image off the 'net, got my mate to add some motion blur, printed a copy and pasted it to an mdf base, base should be useful for other 'ceiling' subjects. Anyways, all done now, see more pics in the gallery. Thanks to the group moderators and all those who 'liked' and commented during the build. Stuart

An interesting looking subject there Jon, looks like a cross between a submarine and a torpedo boat. Stuart