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    Flyhawk 1/700 HMS Hood Dio after she Blew Up.

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

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    Morning all, a bit more progress  - I decided it was time I worked on the Hull  - first step after giving it a soapy wash down and dry, was to  get my airbrush out and  put down a couple of thin layers of Vallejo Black Dirface Primer, this went on  quite well, I then put it aside and left well alone for about Three days.

     

    It was  earlier  that I decided  I could mask up the Boot Line  as the primer had been given enough time  -  so I cut Two corresponding  strips  about 1.8mm  wide  to represent the Eight feet wide  boot, this was then  smoothed into position with some careful alignment  both sides  - its ready  to  start pying down AP507  above the boot  - then masked  for the bottom  Dark Grey.

     

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    Flyhawk 1/700 HMS Hood Dio after she Blew Up.

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Boydie said:

    Enjoying the build? Anything you don't like about the kit? I've been toying with buying the flyhawk Hood for a while. I made their Agincourt kit and enjoyed that even though the PE was pretty unforgiving in terms that it breaks easy.

    Thank you kindly,   Its a beautiful kit  so well built  however some areas  like the conning tower  sections are fiddly to get ligned up,   and as you say the PE  is paper thin  and hard to handle, but over all its an amazing kit, so worth getting the delux kit  and the optional  wood decking.

     

    Erk.

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    Hello from Cheltenham

    in New Members

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    9 hours ago, Faraway said:

    There are a a few scales for ships, 1/350 is my favoured size. Although 1/144 is a nice size. 1/700 for me is far too small for my eyesight, but there are a lot of 1/700 kits out there. Have a look around the Maritime WIP & RFI forums and you’ll see what I mean. As an example, have a look at this superb build.

    Jon

     

     

    So kind of you to say that Jon.

     

    Erk.

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    Flyhawk wood deck issue

    in Maritime WWII

    Posted

    Thought I should give my experience  -  I ordered one to go with my Flyhawk 1/700  HMS Hood, after looking at the  wood sheets  (and having used Pontos  in 1/350 scale before)  I decided it would be best to try to keep the sheet/s  as strong as possible  as they are so thin,   so  after cutting all the holes  for the various obstructions   I then used my Gorrilla  Wood Glue  -  slightly watered down  - this was then painted all over the bottom of the  sheet  and placed down.

    Thinking was  - not only a wee bit more strength to the wood sheet  - but also a bit of wiggle time to place it correctly.

     

    I  understand  Gorrilla Wood Glue is great for fixing down anything from Clear plastics  - wood  -  and even  PE,   so thats what I did and its still stuck now  several weeks later  - famous last words.

     

    Erk.

    Italeri 1/48 Chinook RAF

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    On 19/11/2021 at 21:53, Modelholic said:

    Could you remove your airbrush from the compressor's pipe and tape the pipe to a piece of wire (or something stiff and thin) and gently thread it forward from the rear doors and give it a quick blast? (virtually on then off) There'll not be much pressure (test first on palm of hand).

    Tom

    Sorry for the late reply  only just seen it  - alas the kit was binned.

     

    Erk.

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