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Honestly, how hard could it be? It’s basically only two colours on the outside and the odd bit of surface detail to try and not make too big a mess of
Starting in Blitz style with glueing the major sub assemblies so that I can paint in sections. Fuselage half used as a jig to keep things in place while they set
Aha! A snag or two awaits. Rivets go over these lumps on the tailplane but they look like moulding errors. Ummm... what to do?
Almost forgot the time picture - started about 10 past the hour but what is half an hour here or there between friends
Subassembly gluing progress. They can set and hopefully be ready for some filing, sanding filling etc. when I get back from picking up a guitar what was being repaired
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4 minutes ago, wellsprop said:
Good point about the aircraft discussion subjection - that's where the people who are particularly interested in a certain aircraft will be lurking.
Hopefully it's ok with the moderators - I don't want to create a few threads which could rapidly spiral into "i wish i could have this model" topic - we've already got the rumourmonger and the (in)famous Airfix thread for that (I do love that thread though!).
Thanks for the heads up re-Miles M52 by @Hole in the ground, I was about to start that!
I've got one done at 1/72 and had sold a couple already from the FDM but don't have space at the moment to run a resin printer. if you want to save some work and collaborate I'm happy to scale mine up to 1/48. If you and @Kushan_Farsight have spare printer time I'm happy to share such files as I have and come to an arrangement on proceeds from sales?
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2 hours ago, Kushan_Farsight said:
May also be worth trying to find what other 'makers' are focusing on so you don't duplicate efforts - i think @LostCosmonauts is focusing on Cold war era British X-Planes and concepts
Thanks, although I'm working through that general topic I'd not want to preclude others from working on the same area or list of planes (that may just be the anti-trust chip the corporate lawyers embedded in my brain back in my old life kicking in).
I'd have to concede the even the early images suggest that @Hole in the ground's Miles M.52 will knock my one into a cocked hat when it is done
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3 hours ago, Ray S said:
PS I keep telling myself not to use exclamation marks so much
!I tell myself the same about using hyphens as punctuation and ending sentences with ellipses. I should cut down - on the other hand maybe not ...
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1 hour ago, Paul821 said:
If OOB on both them why not be a hero. Having build the Snap-Fix Lightening recently it's easier and quicker to build than the current Airfix Quickbuild models. Anything beyond OOB will take significant work on both to get reasonable models and you might quetsion your sanity regarding the Shack'. However I would love to see the Shack in the gallery on Monday.
tbh my sanity was already firmly shattered during the last Blitzbuild GB when I tried to do an overcomplicated red/white masked scheme. I might start both with the intent to finish the Lightning and a stretch goal of the Shackleton
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6 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:
Wash your mouth out & go and listen to some Junior Wells
My Dad’s predilection for tuneless harmonica playing:
a: put me off the instrument for life
b: will feature heavily in my thinking when choosing which Watchdog-damned nursing home he ends up in
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4 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:
US Navy, that one - we don’t do no steeenking stars. The USN has form on this one: see Village People videos filmed on a battleship...
Yup, from the Historic Dockyard Museum in Philadelphia (home of the Slinky).
Good to know that despite the American revolution the USN fully adopted the fine traditions of the Royal Navy
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44 minutes ago, michaelc said:
it could be argued that being remembered as a musician was a greater contribution to mental health.
No-on in possession of a mouth organ has ever contributed positively toward mental health*
* - see also banjos
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7 minutes ago, michaelc said:
the big 3 as they saw themselves (freud, adler and jung).
Although Adler would always be better known for his harmonica virtuosity
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8 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:
Quite apart from the good Doctor, interesting that the RN was using the image of the DH110 as its Freudian symbol in 1955...
Afraid Dr Freud is flat out dealing with the subtle hints and subtexts in Navy posters
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Looking through the stash for suitable long weekend kits I’ve been eyeing these two kits at the top of the to-build pile both of which I owe thanks to kind Britmodellers
@Des pulled me out of a hole with a replacement set of decals for the badly yellowed and cracked Frog originals
@Ray S also was kind enough to rescue me with some decals for this Lightning F1A snap together kit as the originals are rub-on transfers
Mulling them over I’ve twigged that both scheme choices are from 1965 so what to do...
Shackleton? Lightning? Go tonto and try to do both?
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Cool, this was on my to-do list (or at least in 1/72 it was) but I guess now you've got it in hand I can safely score it out
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I either fear for the Pentagon intelligence gathering and reporting capabilities or they have just copy/pasted a document from the last time we bought Hellfires
“... an important force for political stability and economic progress in Europe.“
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6 hours ago, Das Abteilung said:
Remind me exactly how things like space and cyber warfare would have helped any of our conflicts in the last 30 years...
Certainly things like Stuxnet attack on the Iranian uranium centrifuges show how you can use hostile software to destroy infrastructure rather than risking a physical attack.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
The same approach could be used to disable powergrids or put gas turbines in stations or wind turbines out of commission. In a totally gloves off war you might be surprised at how damaging the hackers can be.
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18 minutes ago, Martian said:
Typed in his secret vest and pants. Oops I forgot the vest!
I thought your carapace had scales, turns out it is just a grubby string vest
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50 minutes ago, armored76 said:
Thanks Poul! I found it that way indeed. But is it really limiated to one year?
No, you just need to renew at the end of each year.
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38 minutes ago, TheBaron said:
That and the reinstatement of a medieval guild system involving secret codes and bizarre ceremonial clothing... 😁
You've bought yourself the dirndl and started practicing your funny handshakes haven't you
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Algorithm: Pulse of the former US vice president and presidential candidate
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We only have 200 or so anyway. Is this size of force useful in the grand scheme of things if anything major kicked off or should we just accept that the superpowers are the only nations capable of financing a 21st century all-round military?
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Minimise: ocular degeneration caused by peering too long at sheet music
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I wonder if there is scope for a “Silk purse out of a sow’s ear” GB for kits (possibly Starfix’s entire range are eligible) which are widely recognised to be an absolute dog’s dinner
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This looks excellent - do you recommend those Moose Republic decals? I’ve a Sea Knight (I think an old Matchbox kit) I could do with buying a replacement set for. These would give me another option for the possible 2021 Nordic pt.2 GB
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Would the site be able to resell the review copies of decals and models etc. that haven’t been built in the “For Sale” section to help bring in some revenue to help support the site or do the supplier conditions forbid that?
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4 hours ago, Col Walter E Kurtz said:
This will have to be my last model for a few weeks 😪
The Deal with my Partner was , and i quote...
"Each Model you complete = You to have Repaint 3 Kitchen Cupboards"
I'm happy with this of course! so.... unless there is a Britmodeller Forum .." Kitchen Cupboards - WIP" i guess i have to be a Gentleman and complete my part of the bargain!
What scheme are you trying out? Ideal opportunity to use the cupboards as paint mules and really flex your airbrushing muscles
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Vertol 107 - Swedish HKP-4
in Helicopter / Autogyro / STOVL GB
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That looks excellent