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    1/72 Italeri Wessex [finished]

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by TonyOD

    10 hours ago, Andwil said:

    You are making better progress than me, I have been stuffing around with scratch built seats, trying to come up with something I can be happy with, so far to no avail.

     

    AW

    Ah, but "faster" rarely means "better" in this game! (What is this "scratch built" of which you speak?)

     

    Two weeks in it's starting to look a bit like a helicopter, albeit at the moment a very scruffy one. It's funny how the more you get into it the more you notice dimensional inaccuracies - nothing that the casual observer would notice, and it will look like a Wessex in the sense that you're unlikely to mistake it for a Spitfire, but some of it is all over the place. Some inaccuracies I can have a crack at fixing (e.g. those steps) but others are clearly beyond my skills and I won't lose any sleep.

     

    I've spent an unusual amount of time with the kit over the last couple of days, normally I'll just do half an hour or maybe an hour at a stretch, but modelling is very much secondary to outdoor pursuits and I need to get outside today!

     

    I've found some better pictures of my incoming decal sheet and am considering my options!

     

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    1/72 Italeri Wessex [finished]

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by TonyOD

    1 hour ago, Chewbacca said:

    XS522 was indeed assigned to HMS LONDON for her final deployment to the West Indies/Belize in late 1981 when it was with 772 Sqn C Flt which normally deployed with the RFAs.  I'd guess the justification is that a Mk 5 is far better for lugging bootnecks in and out of the jungle than a Mk 3.  I've not got a colour photo but there' a black and white one here in HMS LONDONs deployment newsletter (scroll down to page 49).  Definitely got the Busby logo on the nose and the hi-vis markings.  Can't see a Sqn crest anywhere.

     

    Looking good.  I've got a couple of 1/48 Italeri Wessex in the stash so glad to hear they seem to be the best of the bunch.

    This is brilliant, and what a fantastic photo, thank you!

     

    I've done a bit further digging - I looked at the decal through a magnifying glass and could see the word LONDON. In fact it's not, as I thought, a crudely rendered 707 NAS crest: 

     

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    But the insignia of HMS London herself (the coat of arms of the City of London does feature a red sword):

     

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    Maybe the red sword in both is pure coincidence. You can get lost in this stuff...

     

    I wonder what the story is behind the Busby art. I remember the Bernard Cribbins-voiced British Telecom ads of the 1980s featuring said bird, he was really annoying. As well as the yellow Busby on the nose, the tail features further artwork - the words "make someone happy" (the slogan from the ads) and what appears to be a deceased Busby!

     

    Anyway I now have the Modeldecal sheet on the way so I have a bunch of options to choose from. Who knows how this Wessex will end up?

    1/72 Italeri Wessex [finished]

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by TonyOD

    Like all my builds this one has its fair share of "ah cr*p" moment. Today's was when I realised that I'd thrown away the transparent sprue, still with the remaining window for the cabin door attached. Cue anguished howl.

     

    Fortunately it occurred to be that I have the Revell HAS.3 in the stash, which is from the same moulds. On that variant there is no window in the cabin door, but - oh happy day! - the full complement of windows is right there on the transparent sprue.

     

    In fairness I probably wouldn't have even thought of it if I hadn't been watching @Andwil's HAS.31b build in the helicopter GB, wherein he has added the window. So thanks for that!

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    MTO GB III Chat

    in Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) in WW2 GB III

    Posted

    15 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said:

    Good evening Tony

    Welcome aboard

     

    Best regards

    Patrice

     

    Thanks Patrice. I'm thinking of spreading my wings a bit and building an axis aircraft as well as a Fleet Air Arm one - maybe Operation Pedestal offers some possibilities. I quite like look of some of the Italian planes, but I need to do some research! I have time...

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    1/72 Italeri Wessex [finished]

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by TonyOD

    A bit more tinkering this morning, the cockpit and cabin are in place though it took a fair amount of dry fitting, sanding and trial and error to get a good join for the fuselage halves (smart move to take a dremel to those internal pins, @Andwil). I'm slightly vexed by the gap between the fuselage and the cabin floor, surely a trip hazard for a commando exiting the aircraft. Those troublesome steps are now more-or-less where they should be. Nose not stuck on at this point.

     

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    MTO GB III Chat

    in Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) in WW2 GB III

    Posted

    On 9/5/2018 at 7:20 PM, TEMPESTMK5 said:

    Good evening

    Ok let's start a list 

     

    1 - TempestMk5

    2 - Franky boy

    3 - Valkyrie

    4 - Corsairfoxfouruncle

    5 - DaveyGair

    6 - Niknak

    7 - Jockney

    8 - Rabbit Leader

    9 - Ozzy

    10-modelling minion

    11-stevehnz

    12-PlaStix

    13-jrlx

    14-Beard

    15-SleeperService

    16-Col

    17-Rob85

    18-theplasticsurgeon

    19-Grey Beema

    20-Beazer

    21-helios16v

    22-Angus Tura

    23-JackG

    24-vppelt68

    25-Robert Stuart

    26-Arniec

    27-Ted

    28-KevinK

    29-tonyot

    30-stevej60

    31-Dansk

    32-

     

     

    Patrice

     

    Can you add me please Patrice? Thanks. 

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    MTO GB III Chat

    in Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) in WW2 GB III

    Posted

    On 10/22/2019 at 9:44 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

    Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The build covers anything that surrounded and or took place in the Theater from 1939 to 1945. So Southern France, Italy, the Balkans, Palestine, Crete, and Malta. I think it covers north africa as long as they subject was primarily involved in operations over the Sea and not the Desert. 

    Now I get it.

     

    I might have a go at this one. Plenty in the stash would fit the bill. Maybe one of those Operation Torch planes with the US roundels...

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    RAN Wessex HAS.31b

    in Helicopter / Autogyro / STOVL GB

    Posted · Edited by TonyOD

    Grab handles? Nobody ever said anything about grab handles! 🤨

     

    I had another look at the instructions last night and in fact Italeri would have us glue the two out-of-line steps on alongside those two little recesses, that don't appear on the actual aircraft far as I can see. I'm sure they just make this stuff up as they go along.

     

    And that rotor... 🙄

    ICM He 111H-3

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    On 12/11/2019 at 3:50 PM, Crimea River said:

    Just caught up again Greg. You're doing a fine job on this kit. I'd love to get myself one but I'm not sure that I have the space for it.

     

    Andy

    Surely not the Crimea River, who taught me everything I know about Mosquito canopies?

    Heller Classic GB Chat

    in Heller Classic GB

    Posted

    Hi - I've been skulking around the GB forum a bit to see what it's all about, I think I'm going to have a go at the Heller GB as my first attempt. I'm going to do the Smer Corsair which I'm reliably informed is a reboxing of the original Heller kit (though the purist in me thinks I should actually find a "Heller" branded box!) I'm aware there's a Corsair GB going on at the moment but I'm not feeling confident enough yet and besides I'm being given the runaround by a helicopter right now.

     

    I did an Airfix Corsair recently, it came out, well, alright. My aim will be to build the Heller one to a better standard! As a kit surely can't be any more basic?

     

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