[Northrop A-17, RCAF Nomad Mk.1 TT]

Chris,

 

Lovely build and finish - very glad you persisted with this one,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

20 hours ago, 81-er said:

Those are both looking really nice, Roger, I do love the DAF scheme

 

James

Thanks very much James!

19 hours ago, AliGauld said:

Fantastic progress Roger,

Love those colours.

 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Thanks very much Alistair, and my apologies for the small fun at your expense 

2 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Those are looking very smart Roger. For those of us with short attention spans & who might just have been playing hooky early on, , what paints & shades are you using there. They do look very good for a dusty desert scheme.  

Steve.

Thanks very much Steve! Azure & Mid-Stone both Vallejo Model Air, Dark Earth AK Interactives - all aqueous acrylics...

1 hour ago, bigbadbadge said:

Awesome progress Roger great update and great work.   They both look fantastic. 

 

 

The wing tip lights look good and the glue not holding is annoying,  was it CA being used, if so check the date on the bottle as it might be out of date, I had a similar issue so hot a new bottle and the difference was night and day. 

Great work on the Desert Duo fella

Chris

Thanks very much Chris - newish bottle of CA, just a very small contact area!

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

Hi All,

 

Another omnibus edition I'm afraid, as time ran away with me yesterday. I spent an inordinate amount of time yesterday on the Tiffie's wingtip lights. Here's half way through:

 

 

And after a bit of effort with a needle file, then progressively finer grits. I had to reattach the starboard light no less than seven times...

 

 

Looks a bit better in real life! I then spent a goodly while masking the glazing, as I had not invested in masks. So here we are ready to throw paint:

 

 

And so to today. The first job was to paint the glazing, meantime employing the @AliGauld Seamfinder^TM method ('Crivens, there's another!!'):

 

 

Once these minor defects were dispatched some primer was laid down:

 

 

The standard Nato Black preshade:

 

 

You can see that I also sprayed black anti-slip strips on the Tiffie's wing roots, which were then masked:

 

 

It was then time for some Azure Blue action:

 

 

Once that had settled down I masked up for the camouflage. Here's Mid-Stone mist coats going down:

 

 

Here we are after finishing the process:

 

 

Here after a lightening coat:

 

 

I then employed the tried and tested blutac worms for the camo:

 

 

Here with the Dark Earth applied:

 

 

Not the best photo - sorry! Although it was not clear from the only photo I have of DN323, I decided that on the balance of probability that the Tiffie would have yellow leading edges as well as the Kittyhawk, so both were masked accordingly:

 

 

So this is where I've landed after a busy weekend:

 

 

Next weekend will be gloss coats and decals, so some good progress!

 

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Roger

[Eduard 1/48 Wildcat Mk.VI]

Alistair,

 

Lovely build and finish, and I'm with you on the equivalent colours! Great work,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[You used to ride on a chrome horse - Eduard 1/48 FM-2 Wildcat.]

Alistair,

 

A superb finish of this lovely kit - well done sir!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[A simple truth, surviving - Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Swift FR.5]

Alistair,

 

Crikey - you're a machine! Will follow with interest,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[You used to ride on a chrome horse - Eduard 1/48 FM-2 Wildcat.]

Alistair,

 

Lovely work on the prop, and I do like your weathering - very nice indeed!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[Hong Kong Models 1/48 Mitchell B-25J]

Alistair,

 

Lovely build and finish and a pleasure to follow along. I shall bank the use of yellow to lighten OD, and make no comment whatsoever on your use of Starship Filth, other than to say I may have seen that movie on VHS many years ago,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[The sirens make you shiver - Hong Kong Models 1/48 B-25 Mitchell "Glazed Nose" - Finished]

Alistair,

 

Almost there and looking awesome,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[Back in Oz country... With a Sea fury....]

You were right CC - that does please me! Lovely build and such an attractive scheme,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

11 hours ago, Michael louey said:

Hi Roger,

 

Sorry - late to the party. Just saw you're building a DAF Typhoon. I did this a number of years ago -

 

Note the planes had a tropical filter - can't recall if the Brengun kit supplied the part (I don't think they did as I used a Red Roo part). The later tropical filter for ETO aircraft isn't the same.

 

Remember the DAF Typhoons had a 3 blade prop (the Brengun kit has this). I think the Airfix is a 4 blader. Can't recall any other differences. I got advice that the DAF examples may not have the tail strengthening plates I added.

 

Just did some research - looks like the Airfix kit has the later "Tempest tail" - i.e larger tailplanes. Not sure if it needs changing at this late stage.

 

https://www.hyperscale.com/2013/reviews/kits/airfixa02041reviewmd_1.htm

 

Compare the Brengun parts with the Airfix ones.

 

Hope this helps

 

Michael

Michael,

 

Thanks for this - most helpful! The Brengun kit does have the tropical filter and the 3 bladed prop. I cannot tell for certain from the photo whether DN323 has the fishplates (but I think yes), and I will check the tails between the two kits!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

5 hours ago, stevehnz said:

I was a bit perplexed as to how I missed this thread, the hop harvest & subsequent lack of mojo explained the first part, you 3 week hiatus got me off the hook neatly for the rest, so I'm now reporting for duty, mojo restored & full of go, sort of.   Your adventures with the Brengun kit don't inspire confidence, but having a Redroo conversion as well, the one I have might find itself being rehomed. I'll tag along for the rest & try to keep up. The work on the Airfix Typhoon looks the goods.  

Steve

Thanks very much Steve - good to be back in the saddle!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger 

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

8 hours ago, AliGauld said:

Sorry to hear about the mojo slump.

You're more than making up for it though.

 

Cracking work.

 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Thanks Alistair - looking forward to getting some paint down!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

38 minutes ago, 81-er said:

I think we can let you off for the delay since the last update when you're posting work as superb as that, Roger  I'm very glad to hear the back pain is dealt with, too

 

James

Most kind James - thanks very much!

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

1 hour ago, corsaircorp said:

Great move Roger !!

Life is too short for bad kits ?? 

I know a CC that still has to learn this sentence 

Well done Mate... The pair look really smart !!

Dual painting is always interesting.....

Sincerely.

CC

Thanks CC! I'm looking forward to throwing some camo at these two...

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

1 minute ago, bigbadbadge said:

Superb progress Roger, I like the Conversion of the Airfix Tiffie , that is coming on well ( got one fairly recently so I can give this kit a try ).  The Kittyhawk looks absolutely lovely as you have built and as a kit too.  I am sorry to hear if the recent Mojo slump fella and hopefully these too kits have rejuvenated the mojo levels back up.

 

Great work on both, looking forward to seeing the paint go on.

Chris

Thanks Chris,

 

I was struggling with lower back pain, so was unable to exercise which had a knock-on effect on mental well-being. Thankfully a rather clever chiropractor correctly diagnosed the issue, so all is now well! It's good to be back...

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[1:72 DAF RAAF Duo]

Hi All,

 

I've been a bit quiet on the modelling front of late as I had a fairly major mojo slump. I had pushed along with the Tiffie last weekend but did not have the inclination to post, so this is a bit of an omnibus edition now that Mr Mojo is back! In order to pose the car door open the Brengun canopy had to be butchered:

 

 

I actually moved pretty quickly and missed out a few steps - here's some paint being applied to the rear turtledeck:

 

 

 

You can see that I've opened up the fuselage for the door. Whilst I was doing that I also cut out the cannon hatch on the top of the starboard wing, allowing this loveliness to show through:

 

 

So last weekend's work got us to here:

 

 

You can also see that I've carved out the openings for the wingtip lights. So this weekend has been all about the Kittyhawk. Now although this boxing of the kit is actually called 'Four Gun', six guns are provided - confused, moi? In order to revert to a four gun configuration it is therefore necessary to sand down the reinforcement plates aft of the ejector ports:

 

 

One then has to fill the outer ejector ports, and add new 3D printed reinforcement plates (in a rather fetching salmon pink):

 

 

Detail on the kit is lovely - here's the instrument panel:

 

 

And the cockpit side panels:

 

 

Here they are in situ:

 

 

The fit and engineering are a real step forward for SH who are to be commended, so very quickly we got to this point:

 

 

I think we should see some paint going down next week - it's good to be back!

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Roger

 

 

[You used to ride on a chrome horse - Eduard 1/48 FM-2 Wildcat.]

12 hours ago, AliGauld said:

And, Yes, you were right Roger definitely vague on the fitment.

On this occasion I am not pleased to be proven correct, but you appear to have the situation under control!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[FAA builds, 32nd Hawker Nimrod ,Seafire now finished, Malta Sea Gladiator now underway.]

Chris,

 

Great to see the Seafire finished - you are surely kicking the goals!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

 

 

[Azur Fleet 16 Finch, now with added Northrop Nomad. Nomad now finished.]

Chris,

 

Lovely finish on the Nomad - very glad you didn't give up!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[The sirens make you shiver - Hong Kong Models 1/48 B-25 Mitchell "Glazed Nose" - Finished]

Alistair,

 

Looking great with the oils down! 

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[Another Stirling...or How Not To Do It]

Murray,

 

Lovely work on the trolley accumulator! I have built both Mossie and Blenheim, and they are both a joy to build. Will look forward to seeing what you make of them,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[FAA builds, 32nd Hawker Nimrod ,Seafire now finished, Malta Sea Gladiator now underway.]

12 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

Thanks Pete and thanks for the Props  too, looking forward to a bit of whittling now.

I have had some fun with the Seafire,  but am pleased to say it is very nearly finished.  Very chuffed with the Beaufighter , always wanted to do an FAA Mk.II after seing one built by TonyOT some years ago.

Loads more FAA builds to come.

Thanks

Chris

Chris,

 

This mojo is a pesky business, isn't it?Glad to hear that you persisted - look forward to seeing the Seafire (and the Nomad?!)

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[The sirens make you shiver - Hong Kong Models 1/48 B-25 Mitchell "Glazed Nose" - Finished]

Alistair,

 

Nice work on the wash and chipping - going to look lovely with a bit more weathering,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[You used to ride on a chrome horse - Eduard 1/48 FM-2 Wildcat.]

Alistair,

 

Cracking progress and looking lovely with the TSS in place,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger