Silenoz

Think I've finally decided on the camo...

Nice model. With regards to the reviews. Bought some kits everybody was lyrical about, which had sinkmarks, ejection marks, flash all over.... also bought kits everybody said stay away, and they could be fun builds.... so far my opinion about it.

It has arrived.... groupbuild almost halfway by now.... don't know if I will start, because at the pace I build, it won't be finished

Pff... Ordered my upgrades at the end of August and something happened with the shipment. All has been sent back without further notice. The courier only wants to give the info to the seller and now the package has been in storage for 3 weeks before it even gets there...

So after the friendly reminder this one got on the workbench yesterday.. Started with the nosejob: the easy part, removing the original part along the panelline: and fitting the new part: So far so good, but the upper angle is completely different on the replacement part... so a check with the glass part is necessary: What I feared... Need to think a bit how to cope with this. But thinking about making a recess in the outside border to make the canopy fit. In the mean time I've glued the engine parts

Not really, I've started working again in a new company after almost 6 months at home due to Corona... was also waiting for some scribing templates, but these seem to take forever to get delivered... Time to put this one on the bench to make some progress again... The rest will arrive some day...

Decals on, worked perfect on one side(according to me at last...) on the other side, they slightly moved while using decalsetting... darn .... but I will leave it as it is... and so the rigging... for the first time, must admit it gave me some fear. First attempt with streched sprue. Made these as thin as I could, then cut some sections at length and glued these... Then checked with some friends for their opinion, which was unanimous... nope, not good... Next up, I've checked what I had at hand and found

Also in for the ride... Seen some building reports and always baffled at what van be achieved with paper ..

You are going all the way with these... Following with interest. Will you also add some canning to the surfaces while you are at it?

Yesterday was a rainy day, and little on my hands, so a lot of modelling time...: An oversized picture of the Palash CIWS. In reality it looks more like this: the 100mm gun: The rest of the ship, just in need of a few touch-ups and an attempt to add some rigging and for size:

splendid modeling, and learned something new about naval warfare

Meanwhile the first one is in it's basecolor. These modern ships have beautiful lines, but on the other hand, are mostly pretty dull in colors... Dependent of where these are stationed, they have a darker or paler grey shade. On the other hand.. (maybe for the second kit included...) So I've choosen the darker shade for this one Looks pretty rough enlarged like this... On to paint the few details...

and now they use tinder to look for the meat...

That is some nice progress...

I know someoneone in our modelling club who also loves this missile... Think he has almost the complete Hasegawa collection. This aircraft is of no particular interest to me, but we used to fly them, so I have a few to wrap in Belgian colors... So for a bit of laughter: And silence again..