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    How about a "What makes you happy" thread?

    in Chat

    Posted · Edited by Simon Williams

    On 26 January 2019 at 10:31 AM, John_W said:

    2019-01-26_10-20-31

    Put new bookshelves up and managed to get my books out of storage.

    I think with some shuffling I may be able to free up some shelves for models too :)

    Looking at that set of shelves, I think you've got half my book collection there too. (OK so my Expanse books are on my Kindle app, but the principle still holds 🙂)

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    And now for something completely different, for me anyway.

    in Ready For Inspection - Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by Simon Williams
    changed title slightly

    Morning All,

     

    Well, due to work and the wife's health and many other factors, I haven't really had a great deal of bench time this year. After a trip to Perth with Washington Model Club, I came back with a few kits, one of which was the 1/6th. Suzuki GSX1100S Katana, a kit I'd always wanted to build, ever since I saw it in the Tamiya catalogue, all those years ago. It also made a pleasant change from my usual focus of aircraft models, so much so that I bought a Tamiya Honda CBR100XX Super Blackbird kit the other week and I fancy the Ducati Super Panigale kit as well.

     

    Here it is, before I put the decals on.

     

    36442765124_e64b4c589e_b.jpgIMG_1424 by simon_rw, on Flickr

     

    And here it is, decalled up.

     

    36882754350_47d31a359b_b.jpgIMG_1427 by simon_rw, on Flickr

     

    Thanks for looking.

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    2016's output, small but perfectly formed.

    in 2016 Yearbook

    Posted

    Good afternoon everyone,

     

    What with 2016 being a year of great changes, (moving house, new job, my wife having weight loss surgery), I've not had the time to be as productive as last year, but then again last year I had 4 enforced weeks off and then lost my consultancy contract, so ended up with a huge amount of time off. So here, in no particular order, are the builds I managed in 2016.

     

    Revell 1/32 Fw 190 F-8

    30933935823_0f350e597a_b.jpgUntitled by simon_rw, on Flickr

     

    Tamiya 1/32 Corsair (with a pilot figure, which was the first attempt I'd made at figure painting for a while.

     

    31705798156_cdba0c7945_b.jpgIMG_1281 by simon_rw, on Flickr

     

    Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk, which was one I pulled off the Shelf of Doom.

     

    31705826256_7aeddb5b69_b.jpgIMG_1283 by simon_rw, on Flickr

     

    Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk. V, from the new kit, which went very well, apart from slight awkwardness with the undercarriage legs.

     

    31596888352_ca7f6f0fa2_b.jpgUntitled by simon_rw, on Flickr

     

     

    Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire Mk.16e, which was a bit of testbed for a natural metal finish (still don't think I've cracked it).

     

    31596310862_aaac4875a6_b.jpg1/32 spitfire Mk16e by simon_rw, on Flickr

     

    And finally, Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk.16 e in the colours of Air Vice-Marshal James M. Robb.

     

    31370144990_181fd4d6c2_b.jpg1/48 spitfire Mk.16e by simon_rw, on Flickr

     

     

    Thanks for looking.

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    Trumpeter Su-27B Flanker in 1/32nd. scale

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    Good morning Britmodeller-land

    Here's another one that's taken the edge off my enforced leisure time. I bought this kit at the Tyneside show from models4sale at the knock-down price of £75.

    All OOB, no corrections, as I definitely can't afford the Zactomodels correction sets. :).

    Painted in a mixture of Tamiya, Lifecolor and Vallejo paints, with a very dilute Humbrol wash to bring out the panel lines and grubby it up a bit.

    22670262783_11c7ca6b39_k.jpgTrumpeter 1/32 Su-27 Flanker by simon_rw, on Flickr

    Nosewheel went a bit skew-whiff and I can't do a great deal about that as it's all epoxied together (I didn't think superglue would hold the weight of the model).

    23189102812_1560755541_k.jpgTop view by simon_rw, on Flickr

    Decals were the ones that came with the kit.

    23001595500_0204761201_k.jpgEngine view by simon_rw, on Flickr

    Engine heat staining was painted with a base of Tamiya gun metal, followed by tinting the paint with clear blue and clear orange. It doesn't really show up very well in the iPad pictures. I could have painted those access hatches a bit better.

    Thanks for looking

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    Soldering Iron

    in Other Tools

    Posted

    Rosin flux solder is very handy, but please, please, extract the fumes. Long-term exposure to flux fumes can set off all sorts of respiratory ailments. (Nigh on 30 years in the electronics industry, ask me how I know).

    Tamiya 1/32 F-16CJ

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    I did use the engine, but the barest minimum, just to give something to see in the exhaust and intake trunks.

    I hope you get a diagnosis of some sort soon, not knowing what the problem is must be a worry in itself. I've got my first outpatients appointment at the beginning of next month and an echocardiogram soon after that. I'm still waiting for an appointment for a cardiac MRI to see what damage, if any, has been done to my heart muscle. With good luck, it should be minimal.

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