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  1. Blimey! It's a bit small isn't it? Only 122 of them to go! David
  2. That last shot is really nice showing them off together, your builds have all turned out very, very nicely indeed - the B-17s in particular are truly stunning. But, probably a silly question, the two more you talk about above, more B-17s perchance? 😂 I'm off to gawp at these in the gallery. David
  3. I think you may be correct! Looking very nice indeed. David
  4. Not much of an update this evening, but since I've been a bit awol recently. The leg wash scraping/ Q-tip destruction continues (the legs on the outside are awaiting their turn): And, before Christmas, I ordered in name plaques (couldn't decide which one to go with): Shiny. More scrubbing before bed, but that's all for this evening from the blizzardy plains of Hoth. David Ps. I forgot to note that in my aforemented act of accidental destruction, not only did I ping off and lose the pitot cone, but one of the M.52's wings also came off - cleanly, fortunately - but just means there is more tidying to do before it can be painted.
  5. Hi Steve, Now that is a particularly gorgeous build you've got yourself there. I don't know where to start in commending it, it's just outright gorgeous. I'm not even that interested in bikes, but holy cow, I've just spent a good while zooming every which way into the photos. She (it, he? What gender is a bike?) just looks real. Perhaps even a little too real..? I mean, c'mon man, clearly, clearly it's an actual bike and an oversized piece of paper in the background!? Or a very minimalist (and tidy) white garage? David Ps. You know you've smashed it when you need a coin in shot not to demonstrate size, but to prove it's not the real thing...😂
  6. Why thank you, it's a combination of having left the wash on too long and really needing to scrub it off, combined with the world's cheapest swabs - they just disintegrate! More scrubbing tonight, before a few final sessions to finally finish what was meant to be a Christmas present David
  7. Oh no! But would a diorama like this fix it? https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/nasm-9a00430-sjpg David Ps. By 'fix', I mean 'hide'...
  8. Well, surprise surprise, I didn't quite finish doing the kitchen, but I made a promise. And I'm a sucker for being called handsome, so, to the lounge! I began with small steps to reinvigorate this thread. The AT-AT still requires its weathering to be tidied up. Cue water and cotton swabs. Lots of cotton swabs: Probably cant see that well, so close-ups. AT-AT port side is looking good for its general grimy layer (the neck needs another go, the starboard side is purposefully not shown - still needs tidying): The legs, the one on the right is closer to the finish line: And the AT-ST and snowspeeder up close too: On all will be added some brown and red stains to add some flavour to otherwise grey models. I'm not worried about being over the top here or particularly careful. The originals look a mess, and whilst they are huge and it's for film, these will be getting a 'snow wash' and then dusted in snow. Perhaps that may happen to concentrate where I am unhappy with the weathering. In either case, I'm minded to go ott (and slapdashedly) on weathering so it can actually be seen. Still need to do highlights after these steps (although I've found I can do edge highlights by merely rubbing off the layer of grime a bit firmer than in other areas). This and the M.52 will be this week's tasks. Hopefully I can finish them, and then its Bissy for the remainder. David
  9. Thanks Jeff, I struggled last year with progressing builds and my enthusiasm did just get sapped by the calamities above - I felt like a real ship of fools. To the point where I thought it was the end, well at least felt like it was five to one at some points, but hopefully my new setup will light my fire again after having been down so long! Coat returned, David
  10. Cheeky so and so. You forgot terrible weather grounding the plane! Well, I guess an explanation is in order...10mins after my last post above (18.12.22 - a year ago now!), the airbrush compressor packed up, bringing the Hoth and M.52 builds, and my mojo, to a grinding halt. Christmas, ofc, meant that space was a little lacking, what with Santa being such a generous chap and all (and my little one preferring the boxes to the toys they came in), so bits had to be packed away. However, now the new and improved compressor has arrived. Boy is it a night and day improvement (Sparmax TC-610H QuantumOrange compressor)! "So, my good and most generous lord, where are the photos, oh handsome one?" I hear you all say... Well, last week I conspired to drop the M.52 front cone part thing onto its nose, the pitot tube/cone flying off through the open back door, onto the patio and rolling inbetween the wooden boards never to be seen again. Trying to catch it, I knocked the upper wraparound segment of the Hoth diorama onto the floor and crumbled it underneath my floundering feet. I subsequently fixed it and applied a base coat, but it is no longer rectangular in shape (one side is shorter than the other, so I didn't fix it well...) - all in all, it no longer fits. It will be in the bin by day's end after a rethink of constructing the base and that I never want to see it again. So, a pretty anticlimatic and expensive conclusion to 2022 modelling and a slightly shambolic start to 2023 to boot. Nevertheless, the day is young, and once the kitchen is tidied to the mojo-inducing refrains of The Door's LA Woman; I am hopeful to have an update with photos real soon. David
  11. That's a real nice little armada you got there Ray, doesn't seem so ridiculous now to go on to 8x 787s! David
  12. All done one after the other to help blend it in, no airbrush cleaning inbetween! Emphasis on 'blast' it on. I haven't mastered the technique yet by any means. Quite true, although one of them is going to be a night light in a toddler's room, launching from the pad (light in the exhaust). Well that's the plan, but it can be slightly toy like as it'll have a limited life. The other one, I will need to consider a bit more, I have hundreds of photos of a couple of them. But you can see from the link below, it ranges from a brilliant white to a, er, 'poo' brown and everywhere inbetween (even on the launchpad): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery#/media/File%3ASpace_Shuttle_Discovery_under_a_full_moon%2C_03-11-09.jpg Sorry for tangent, but -in short - I'm a fan of your underbelly 'white'. (And have a real dislike of white-white in general, it seems). David
  13. 🎶Revvin' up your engine, listen to her howling roar🎶 Meow indeed, I'll be following this one with interest. David
  14. Ooh, so, so, so close to the deadline, but I think we've found the understatement of the year, 2022. David
  15. Probably too late now, but given this part of the plane will naturally be somewhat shaded, it looks to me to be an ideal mix. Thank you for the link above, my own two cents is that anytime white is called for, I blast it with at least 5 different shades (from brilliant to a light grey, sometimes misting over with the actual colour to blend) - really, to help draw out contouring, or trying to get light effects, but also so there isn't just one petulent white blob offending my lordly gaze. David Ps. I have the Airfix Saturn V and two space shuttles in the pile...send me any leftover whites please.
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