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Beautiful. Having built (and ruined) these kits as a kid I have this as a future project. Oil paints you say? Hmmmm....
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Furious Swordfish – 1/72 Airfix
TallBlondJohn replied to Patrik's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Amen to that! And is that a Blackburn bin underneath? 😉 -
Don't worry they are both too busy trying to avoid the iceberg! 😉
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HMS Bristol - Type 82 Destroyer
TallBlondJohn replied to Courageous's topic in Maritime Cold War to 1990
And a general question does anybody know how to scratch 1/700 oval fairleads? I've seen this done in 1/600 by drilling and then carving the end of an Evergreen strip. To get the smooth look, dip in Tamiya Extra Thin.- 1 reply
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Italeri 1/72 XB-70 Valkyrie
TallBlondJohn replied to Peter W's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Best Valkyrie I've ever seen. I've got 2, will never build them. -
Airfix 1:48 Jaguar GR.1 - Royal Omani Air Force
TallBlondJohn replied to Warwolf's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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Those are very strange "missiles". Must be a secret weapon! (codenamed Ecky Thump maybe)
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DKM Weser - a GB refugee
TallBlondJohn replied to ArnoldAmbrose's topic in Work in Progress - Maritime
As somebody who suffers from vertigo and seasickness, thank you for that mental image. Excuse me, I'm going to go and have a lie down. -
gpm 1/200 Bismarck (card kit)
TallBlondJohn replied to airfixpeter's topic in Ready for Inspection - Maritime
Superb - having attempted a card ship this size the amount of time and specialized skills required is just mind-boggling. Bravo! -
gpm 1/200 Bismarck (card kit)
TallBlondJohn replied to airfixpeter's topic in Ready for Inspection - Maritime
Looks superb from here! Any chance of close-ups? -
WW1 Battleship Friedrich der Grosse
TallBlondJohn replied to Andreas.R's topic in Ready for Inspection - Maritime
Beautiful. The guy in the rowing boat doe seem to be challenging her to a fight - which may be unwise.- 11 replies
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I sympathize - the issue I think is that Roden treat us to lovely complete engines and cockpit assemblies. Which take no account of the non-scale thickness of the fuselage walls. So you have to batter them in, or start scraping. I got the engine into my W4 (D1 fuselage) by cutting chunks off it and thinning down the mounting 'shelves' and engine brackets until I could get the hub reasonably central. Frankly its been a PITA the whole way... and tomorrow we rig! (third attempt)
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Quatermass - Martian Ship
TallBlondJohn replied to Skiffy's topic in Work In Progress - SF & RealSpace
Superb stuff. But if you start having strange dreams after printing this thing don't say you weren't warned. -
Marseillaise 1/350 French Light Cruiser, Trumpeter
TallBlondJohn replied to Exam89's topic in Work in Progress - Maritime
BTW, no pictures for me. Are they on a hosting service? -
Marseillaise 1/350 French Light Cruiser, Trumpeter
TallBlondJohn replied to Exam89's topic in Work in Progress - Maritime
It is alarming how Trumpeter constantly wheel out these errors. Maybe they bought shares in a few after-market businesses? -
Halberstadt CL IV, Joystick Models vacform, 1/72
TallBlondJohn replied to Will L's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
1/72 vacuform biplanes can't be easy, I have trouble enough with injection. Is the camo a kit decal or after market? Or is it painted? -
Airfix 1/72 Heinkel He-111H6 6 / Kg26 Italy 1943
TallBlondJohn replied to woody37's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
In the correct order. Splendid work all round! -
1/200 IJN Fuso 1944 - card paper/3D print
TallBlondJohn replied to wieslaw_'s topic in Work in Progress - Maritime
Just astonishing work. Best blast bags I've ever seen on anything. What 3D printer are you using? I cant see any print lines at all. -
1/200 Sovremenny-class Destroyer (Nastoychivy 610)
TallBlondJohn replied to CJ Carson's topic in Work in Progress - Maritime
Very, very impressive. People seem to over-weather ships these days but you've got it just right. I had this kit once but flogged it off, too big for me. -
DKM Weser - a GB refugee
TallBlondJohn replied to ArnoldAmbrose's topic in Work in Progress - Maritime
Looking really good Jeff. The Germans probably would have abandoned the launch trolley idea after a while, so omitting it is Ok in my book. I suspect my Weser - if I ever get round to it - will acquire some more AA after refit. -
DKM Weser - a GB refugee
TallBlondJohn replied to ArnoldAmbrose's topic in Work in Progress - Maritime
G'day Jeff. I recently got a box of Airfix ship scrap/repair from a certain online auction site. On receipt it turned out to be a Prinz hull and various flight deck bits from Ark Royal, its obvious the original owner had a carrier conversion project in mind. So Weser is on my build queue (due about 2030) and I will shamelessly steal your ideas. Carving the planes from styrene is brilliant, I didn't even think of that was practical but you've set that bar high. I was going to try 3D printing them but probably too fine for the current desktop printers? So loving the progress so far, and its been great to see your abilities and ambitions grow. That HMS Australia will be worth the wait.