Courageous
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Can't say anything than what has already been said. Keep up the good work.
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Glad to see the mojo back. Looking very nice. Never knew that you can get PE stitching...duly noted.
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Moving along great, especially like the dolly.
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1 hour ago, Colin W said:
Did you manage to find or buy one of these?
Crossed wires I think Colin. I was referring to the jig and I didn't see one of them either.
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20 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:
Think thats odd check out Miss Ashley II
Sounds like a right Frankenstein.
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1 hour ago, Terry1954 said:
ice to see you getting into 3D printing Stuart. I must do the same at some point
You don't need anymore distractions Terry and although this 3D malarkey is very interesting but do I really want to go down that rabbit hole... At the moment, I am happy doing the odd draw and ask a mate to print, that way I can still build models as opposed to A model. I was impressed with the Mk.1 print, the striations were minimal and a quick sand/prime produced a nice spinner, pity it was wrong. Anyway, a little bit about 'Mr Awesome' here.
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16 minutes ago, Bertie McBoatface said:
I'm unsure whether you mean stash reduction is your norm or your break.
I suppose what I'm saying is that many modellers norm(ally) build a genre, they may get bogged down and lose mojo. This is a good time to reach for a 'palate cleanser' like an OOB build, a GB, something to refresh your thoughts and when ready, you return to the 'norm'.
I'm not sure what my 'norm' really is as I have 100's of aircraft, a shelf of AFV's, half a shelf of maritime, I drift from one genre to another and I want to build them all...it's not going to happen. I have been retired just over a year now and I'm now building more than I buy and hopefully I'll stop the buying in the New Year. I have to say that 'cos I have an expensive resin ship in transit as I write. My biggest problem is that I'm spoilt for choice, I have too much, I need a good reality check and down size my horde to at least something feasible. Selling anything for a loss is a bit galling but sometimes you need to cut your losses...choices, choices.
5 minutes ago, ColonelKrypton said:if you want to consider it a problem, is the fear of losing out on something new and interesting if I don't get it now
Very true Graham. I wouldn't say that I'm a collector per se but that's what has happened, just wish I had more self control years ago.
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On 11/24/2022 at 11:19 AM, Bertie McBoatface said:
It's very tiny. Well done.
Cheers Bertie and yes it is but it's bigger than a Vickers Mk.VI though.
Have been faffing about with the tiny DIY serial decal. As Pete @PeterB had suggested, I had bit of plasticard painted with the KG3 paint I used, scanned it, added the serial, blah-blah-blah and done a sample print. Although the serial was well defined, the background colour of KG3 was way off. I didn't know what went wrong and I don't know how to correct it, needs some investigation. But I have a fall-back position.
Part of the DIY decal route was finding out how big the serials were and that is 3 1/2 inches. I have an Xtradecal sheet containing 4, 6, 8 &10 inch white letters and numbers, so you can guess what I used? Yes the 4" decals, size does matter
but you're not going to see a scale 1/2" (0.16mm) here. I would've liked the spacing to be closer but I couldn't cut the decals out close enough. Decals have been sealed in, so I'll do a little weathering next.
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It's that time of the year where are to many things getting the attention and the mojo drops but things have been done.
I had confused myself with what I thought were cockpit doors, they were in fact undercarriage doors. Anyway, as time allowed, the vacform canopy was cut to shape, the door recesses on the fuselage were deepened and eventually I got to the point where the risk of damage was getting to high and stopped. The glazing was secured with CA, no fogging. In front of the windscreen was an odd recess that I can't see on any pics, so the was masked and some filler applied. Undercarriage and their doors, wheels and blades were primed. Work has continued with the spinner, just can't get it right and have tried another but to no avail. So, I've jumped into Fusion360...
and a club member printed it for me Not bad for a first attempt but offering it up to 'Awesome' I found that the diameter was to big and the profile was to round.
So a Mk.2 was done. Diameter was reduced and profile changed to produce a more 'pointy' variant. I await the 3D print and filler to dry. Need to experiment with the orange paint and see how close I can gt to the orange in the decal without going OTT.
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Many of us have palette cleansers to give us a break from the norm or in my case 'stash reduction', nice to see you back on the Beagle.
An interesting update where you mention the oxidation of copper, something I may have to look into for when I get round to building Bounty...it's plastic.
Lovely work on the rudder hinges with the soldering iron, another art that I'll have to relearn when I start using PE.
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9 hours ago, S-boat 55 said:
I swear this project is never going to end!
You are building three, so we'll let you off
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As others have said, fantastic work and as for those AA guns...must've tested the eyeballs. Good work.
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Nice detailed work Rob, bling and all. I need to take more notice about what you 'lumps' you keep together before priming & painting.
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Nice to see the detail going on, looking nice and shipshape.
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An interesting subject and looks nicely built so far. Carry on the good work.
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An interesting thread by the looks of it, a mixture of old and new techniques, what's not to like.
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I've said it many times before, fantastic work and skill.
You may have already answered this but are the supports internal & external, added automatically by the problem or...
And do you decide the best angle(?) to print?
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Just caught up with this thread and is looking interesting. I have quite a few float planes in the stash and wouldn't think about robbing a kit for its floats, I know very little about float designs...wish I did.
On 11/20/2022 at 9:27 PM, JWM said:The another observation is a lack of US insignia on upper side of left wing. It should be there at least partially visible
The insignia is most probably there, we just can't see it. If you look at the underside pic of starboard wing, the insignia doesn't spread onto the aileron/flap(?).
Nice work on the canopy framing, I'll try and remember that.
Stuart
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You never choose a simple subject Martin...
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She /they look fantastic. Love the little touch with the barrels. I have ask...what's next?
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Fantastic work on those wings P. Love the proper wood 'wood effect', wouldn't know where to start with that, got to be careful about woodgrain size wouldn't you?
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5 hours ago, Col. said:
You're going to be busy
To busy, must learn to stop buying.
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20 minutes ago, Terry1954 said:
Some of these racers look so unconventional, but very interesting aircraft nonetheless.
And I've recently added...
these from Germany
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2 hours ago, PeterB said:
Don't know about you but I am unclear which unit(s) operated the Guy?
The only thing I have found is this: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/gb/Guy-Armoured-Car.php but you may already seen it. If we use this as a basis; 6 to France with Mission No.11, 8 to Coats Mission (UK), majority went to Belgium, Dutch and Danish units and the few remaining were used for training. So, I think I'll be sticking a serial on it and that'll be it...thanks for the decal offer.
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Sprinting along there, looking great, especially those cage doors.
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Guy Armoured Car Mk. 1/1A
in Armoured Cars and Halftracks GB
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Is it finished yet...
After sealing in the decals with a coat of varnish, a burnt umber oil was was applied and excess removed. A little dry-brushing and she was done. A suitable Milicast figure was painted with Vallejo paints and given a Nuln Oil wash. A little base was then done, the Guy mounted and a matt varnish applied.
Job Done.
Thanks for the help and comments.
Stuart