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    ICM Tupolev 144 in 1/144

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    Look at the real aircraft photos above. A bit skuffed and worn, but no panel line pre-shading effect to be seen. Or on any other in service aircraft I've ever seen. That's all I'm going to say on the subject 🙂

     

    Lovely build so far, - makes one realise how good looking the 144 is. Even better than Concorde in places? The canards do let it down a bit though.

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    Tired looking HMS Dragon

    in Maritime Modern

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    2 hours ago, Coors54 said:

    'What's the matelot in the fifth picture doing? Having a kip or trying to find his keys? 😃

     

    Passed out from rum, s*d*my and the lash probably. There's always one who can't take it.

     

    The ship's not in a bad shape for 8 months - no pre-shading to be seen!

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    Never have I ever built

    in Aviation Chat

    Posted

    Me too - no Spitfire. Not even the classic Airfix mark IX though I coveted it greatly. I do have a Vb in the stash but its a seaplane so does it still count? Also never built a P-47 and I cant remember a 109 come to think of it.

     

    But built HMS Hood and Ark Royal at least 4 times each, and 3 Sopwith Camels. I'm probably the only person on the planet with two Airfix Boeing 314s.

    Illustrious Class Carrier

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

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    7 hours ago, Exkiwiforces said:

    But I have a funny suspicion that the dark grey colour is a tad too dark for the flight deck?

     

     

    Does look a bit dark - maybe a case of the paint colour is accurate, but scale effect, fading and weathering need to be simulated? When I get this sort of thing I carefully mist with very thinned light sea grey (10%ish) to reduce the contrast of everything. If you can see the result as you do it you've done too much - it should only show up as before/after

    Roden WW1 kits, opinions sought

    in Aircraft WWI

    Posted · Edited by TallBlondJohn

    I echo all the above. Lovely kits (in superb boxes), but not for beginners. I have encountered fit issues, usually with interiors. For instance their 1/72 Camel comes with a lovely little cockpit assembly complete with framing - that doesnt even remotely fit in the fuselage. Its like its meant to be displayed separately. But all part of the fun.

     

    I've never had a Roden where the decals werent difficult, but my large unbuilt stash of them is least ten years old so I live in hope that's been fixed.

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    Airfix Valiant - The Trio Is Complete

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by TallBlondJohn

    13 minutes ago, Ad-4N said:

    Amazing that in the ancient days they had the money to build three separate strategic bombers at the same time.  

     

    I read a story of a V-Force crew who visited a SAC base on exercise. A USAF ground crewman asked them if their aircraft was a Valiant or a Victor - they told him it was a Vulcan. Their host said 'Gee, I wish we could afford three strategic bombers'. The RAF guys nodded, thinking yes, we wish Britain could afford them too...

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    Tartan Spartan

    in What-if

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    Lovely camo job - I was going to 'humoursly' suggest it should be various shades of grey, but looks like it would work very well anywhere in the central belt. Clavework graphics has a few Scottish what-if profiles, funny how they are all for a republic as well.

    1/600 HMS Benbow 1940

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted · Edited by TallBlondJohn

    I wouldnt worry about the two deck colours, it makes sense that the fresh planking added at the rebuild would look different from the old stuff. Given the period I'd have installed a spotter plane and hangar, very useful for convoy duty.

     

    Are you planning to update the funnels? They would make her look much more modern - and if the boilers have been replaced (very likely due due to the huge performance improvement) then new funnels would be required. Looking more like a QE or Revenge would also frighten off raiders.

    what is best way to attach fishing line from deck up to mast ? ?

    in Maritime WWII

    Posted

    25 minutes ago, Merlin said:

    Hi,

    Thanks Jamie,

    I will look to see what Uschi do, trouble is I have some objects that need trapping between a number of strands and any stretch wont keep them aligned as intended, and using nylon for those and stretchy for others wont see a match in the sizes and appearance. It will have to be nylon for all on one model and uschi for all on another. Glad there is an alternative to twisty look for EZline.

     

    TallBlondJohn, trouble with pairs is going from a flimsy stern mast to centre mast, there is no way of pulling sternmast aft, ditto bow mast.

     

    Merlin


    For those lines - techincally wires I guess -  I use fishing line and get the built in curve to provide the sag. Having those lines tight never looks quite right to me

    Roland CII guns - Parabellum vs Spandau

    in Aircraft WWI

    Posted

    On 11/30/2019 at 1:24 PM, Chief Cohiba said:

    Many thanks for the video as well, I've just started a few weeks ago with RoF (again, after a few years break) but still in the learning phase. It takes a lot of rudder work, to keep this planes in position, right? 😉

     

    Being only a casual player, it might deserve a bit more time than I am able to invest at the moment, but I can feel the immersion, if only in flying around and enjoying the scenery...

     

    But, of course, I'm very grateful for any beginners hints from an obviously much more experienced player!

     

    I confess I havent played in quite a while - practise is the main thing. Its not a simple arcade game for sure

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