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    Still Fleet Air Arm but have a nice collection of Canadiana growing in my stash!

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  1. Hey up mate! welcome along, nice to see some of your work in progess, looking forward to seeing more, crack on! Bob ( C In halifax!)
  2. They are painted Matt Black but after years of sitting in an exhaust stream the paint gets tainted. When cleaned off gives an almost metallic hue, but thats more down to soot embedded in the paint than the paint itself Bob
  3. Marvelous information, Thanks very much for that, its good to know!
  4. Nice work and really enjoying following along with this, just a quick question though if you dont mind. I know you rarely ventured back that way but would the back seat MK1 consoles be similar to Mk2s? I'm thinking not far off but just wondering for a future project! Thanks awfully and please do crack on!
  5. Nice build! Been following along as this is coming near the top of my pile and yours looks a very fine example! I'm having a bit of a guess here but it would probably be fitted if the aircraft is down for any length of time. I think the fold is on a hydraulic lock which sometimes leaks and loses pressure allowing the wings to drop and spread, which isnt good on a crowded deck. My thought is they are fitted until arranged on deck ready for flying when they get removed before the aircrew turn up. Just my thoughts on that, could be totally wrong of course Bob
  6. Love these planes ..... errr ships ...... vehicles! This one caught my eye when released so will follow along for inspiration! Bob
  7. Great to see these flying again, once spent a couple of months at Koksijde repairing RS-05, shame that couldn't be salvaged in its black scheme, that one always stood out, beautiful scheme. Hope it wasnt because I worked on it the reason for it not being saved
  8. Greetings, hope you are all doing well! This is my latest completion, Hasegawa 1:32 Boeing P26 A Pea Shooter. This is quite an old kit, the plastic was hard and brittle, one yellow sprue was more like bakelite. I built this as part of a club build and put in a bit more work for this one. Quite a bit of work went into the cockpit. The instrument panel was replaced with a spare Kingfisher decal and I built up a front piece for it. The seat was replaced with my first attempt at vac forming and the rest of the cockpit was embellished with various bits and bobs. Typically when the fuselage was closed up you couldn't see a lot so here are a couple of WIP shots The back cushion was shaped out of miliput and lap straps were meant to be made from tape but found some Corsair ones which looked much better. I also added some cockpit placards to add a bit more interest. The gun barrels were replaced with brass tube. The kit comes with raised detail but I removed this as the joins while being not bad werent really good enough to keep the detail. The panel lines and rivet detail was then redone, using the rivet wheel for the first time (a second first!). All the paint work is from the airbrush with copious amounts of masking tape and ALOT of patience! The only decals were the badge behind the cockpit, the '23' and the 'US ARMY' on the under side. For the engine I replaced the push rods and exhaust/inlet piping with brass rod and some wiring harnesses added. There is a lot mentioned regarding the fit of the cowling around the engine so with this in mind I added a couple of thin slivers to widen the cowl. This worked really well and I didn't have to do too much faffing around in fitting out the cowl. It was still a right pain though and had to be done slowly. For the rigging I opted for rigid stainless wire, cant remember the size but it was quite fine. I think it is slightly over scale but it serves its use. The kit comes with all the rigging holes open so its a big invite to throw it in there. I did simplify the rigging between the spats as there is a bullet shaped fairing where the wires crossed. This just got far too complex so was left out! I think that's about it, quite pleased with how it turned out especially after that paint job! Thanks for looking in! Bob
  9. Looks to be a great project! I'll pull up a chair if you dont mind! Bob
  10. Good day to you all on this gloriously sunny day (well hoping it is where you are, certainly 'tis 'ere!). Here is my latest completion, a 1:48 Lynx HMA 8 of 815 NAS embarked on HMS Zomeerzet. Not much extras added, just an Eduard fret for the seats and straps. That set really does make a difference and improves the kits versions no end. I didnt opt for the full internal (or external) set as it was really expensive and the only detail I thought I really wanted was the riveting on the posts behind the aircrew. Build was quite nice and easy, there have been alot of comments about fitment. It is very tight especially joining the fuselage but with a lot of checking and minute whittling I managed to get it all to fit really nice. Does take a bit of work but it is worth the extra. I added a few extra protrusions and it became really hard to handle without knocking something off so I mounted her on a slab of the finest walnut (Thats what it says on the tin of stain anyway!). To add extra interest I added a plastic card base to look like the deck of a ship. I wanted to go for the Somerset but having to drill out the deck lock grid put me right of so I based it on #4 spot on Illustrious. The markings and ring tie downs are not wholly accurate but it is just there for a touch of 'authenticity'. I armed her up with a drill Sea Skua and a depth charge, as I wasnt a 'Bombhead' I dont know if this depth charge is depicted as a drill or live round. I am hoping its a drill or it will make for an interesting flight 😄. I also had a go at the intake guards, building them up, they looked ok but standing back now I think they are quite overstated. I dont really like them so I may get the intake fod covers out and just cover them up. I didnt want to do that in the first place because she is dressed ready for flight, tied down with 4 nylons, just waiting for her aircrew to finish off their slap up brekky in the ACRB. Trying to show some underside detail in this pic, forgot to take a picture before securing the aircraft to the base! Apologies for the poor photos, I use my phone camera and the lighting was a bit poor. Remarkably after over 40 (yes 40 ......cripes!) years of modelling, this is my first completed 1:48 Helo! Cheers now and stay safe! Bob
  11. Well its been a couple of months since I last updated this wee beastie. I've just had to go through the thread to see where I left off! On this episode I will go through the basics of the underside as I was getting bored with soundproofing and sidewalls! Here we have the basic underside panel. Nice to see they have molded the flat central panels unlike all the 1:72 versions, and being an all in one is nice as well .... just hope it all fits together well! First thing to do was to fill in the gap from the load lifting assembly of the Crabbe version, this was just plastic card sections to make sure I didnt lose the geometry of the underside. Next was to identify which bumps and recesses are surplus to requirements. These would be hacked away or filled with plastic card. Finally mark out the missing details, a couple of aerials and some areas of mesh for vents. Bits at the forward end were chopped and filled Chopping off the bump right at the front left a hole in the surface so this was opened up with a drill to a uniform, regular size and I inserted a plastic disc. The rest was tidied up with filler and rubbed down. Moving back, I cut out the areas for the vent meshing. For flat areas like this I revert to my trusted cheap method. I picked up some mesh bags from my local "Dollarstore' (kind of like Trago!) in the wedding department. These are for gifting sugared almonds but the scale of the mesh is great. Looks good on 1:72, but even better on 1:48. With these vents the mesh is an external panel with a solid border so I can just glue the mesh straight onto the outer panel, trim and then fit it. It beats trying to thin down the thick fuselage plastic! Here holes have been cut out and meshing glued to very thin plastic card. I cut out the recess first and then when the mesh glue has dried I trim the panel to size. The tape just holds the mesh down until the super glue goes off. I make sure to try and keep the glue away from the edge so as not to fill in any of the holes. The outer panel is where the sonar well would fit on the RN version, for the CH149 this is where the aircon and heating pack is installed under the floor, hence the need for several vents! I then slathered the load lifting hole with filler to smooth that out and banished unwanted panel lines. You can see the middle panel has been fitted, this is a nice easy straight cut out. No probs at all. The outer panel encompasses both holes so there is a bit of internal radiusing on the cut out, which with paper thin plastic is a bit of a mare! First attempt failed, so I had to go round again! Mk 2, a little neater this time. After sucessfully trimming and fixing in place, all looks well! The inside of the vent will be boxed in with kit parts and I'll throw in some plastic card as well just to ensure it is a black void inside. I do need to do a couple of external scoops but these will be done later by vac forming them. Well thats all for the underside at the moment, hopefully wont be another 2 months for next update! Cheers now and stay safe! Bob
  12. As always late to the party, just caught up. Glad to see you are giving this one the treatment. I have the Revell version (same kit) and I keep opening the box looking at the superb moldings and thinking of the exquisite final product ....... then putting it away again until I get build up the courage to do it! Keep on motoring through this bugger! Bob
  13. Outstanding, a lovely rendition, well done! Bob
  14. Brilliant stuff, these aircraft have always fascinated me and your work so far is excellent. Looking forward to some more on this build! I did always wonder what the turning circle of this monster would be on an attack run. Would they be as maneuverable as a regular large sized aircraft? Keep up the great work! Bob
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