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The Mk. IV tank is all glued up now, and ready for priming, painting and decalling. Progress with the Hansa-Brandenburg as well! Wings and fuselage glued up after a bit of dressing and relieving the slot in the fuselage where the centre section (allegedly) fits. Milliput added where the centre section goes, to smooth things out. (I know the photo doesn't show it, it just seemed appropriate to include this shot) And I know that with the glue mark on it, I'll have to paint the wing undersurface yet again before it's done!

I'm a big fan of group builds, and I think "the more, the merrier", so I voted for 3 months, YMMV.

I'm giving up modelling.....again............

Done a bit more tonight on the W29. Fuselage closed up, currently secured with my Berna clamps. The front 'pit interior is assembled onto the wing centre section. I've given the wing upper surface a glosscoat for decalling purposes. Progress at last!

Super little model! If mine comes out half as good I'll be pleased! (Don't care what anyone says about panel lines) I think the panel line debate is basically about our preferences, or "Modeller's Licence" (mine's a provisional) It's like soft or hard edge demarcation in RAF WW2 camo schemes. Everyone knows that in the smaller scales, you wouldn't be able to discern a true-to-scale soft demarcation but, if you make a hard-edged demarcation on, say, a Mosquito, it doesn't look right, so modelers depict a soft edge that, if scaled up to full-size, shows a fade-out from one colour to the other over about six inches(that's 15 cm for younger or continental modellers.)which is incorrect! It's all a bit like the Philosophers' Union in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who demanded rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

Add me to this one! I've got an Eduard 1/48 Airacobra that really needs finishing!

Woo-Hoo! Looks like we got us-selves a whole wing of Fannums!

Progress to report on the Emhar Mk.IV Tank! The basic structure is taking shape nicely: Found a minor glitch with the unditching beams:The parts are wrongly numbered onthe instruction sheet, so I puzzled for a little while about how to match up these L-section girders to look right, until I realised that the only way it would work was to swap the front sections over from side to side. Instant result! The instruction sheet doesn't help much with the unditching beams, the diagram appears to suggest assembling them in situ onto the structure of the tank, but I found it much easier to assemble each beam individually on my cutting mat to create these: I'll carry on after the cement has "cured". The Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 hasn't progressed very much farther, I've sanded the wing upper surfaces to reduce the "rib effect", repainted the lower surfaces in "unbleached linen"and achieved, completely by chance, what appears to me to be a very effective slightly uneven "streakiness" to the finish.I've tried to photograph it, but my camera seems unable to capture it, so I won't be showing them yet! Modelling time is at a premium at the moment, so it'll move on.......eventually! Plenty of time yet!

Thanks for that advice, Phil. Sounds good to me! Looking forward to this now, how long do we have to go till the start?............

Thirded! I think it was the first Matchbox kit I built, I'm sure mine was in dark green and yellow plastic though.....

I'll carry on with this one then, I think I just got a bit flummoxed by all the controversy of theatre of war, eligibility of models and it seemed (at the time) to be easier to give up on it!! So count me in, As I've said above, a Coastal Command Wellington was "plan B", but (hindsight is always 20/20) why wouldn't I model a ship? Must be years (donkey's years, even) since I built a ship, I can't even remember what ship it was, oh yes, I helped my daughter build the Revell PT-109 when she was about 8-9 years old (she's 19 now!). I'll just need to find a suitable kit, and then explain to SWMBO why I need to buy another one (I've promised her no more this year!- unless we visit a show!- or I find a really unmissable bargain!- or the Airfix "Help for Heroes" Spitfire is released!) Any suggestions for a suitable destroyer kit, anyone? My shipping knowledge extends to a rowing boat on Heaton Park lake! I've now got "other plans" for my Dornier Do24(see http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45884 for another group build idea!)

OK, go on then, I'll make up three dozen. Dunno what I'll build tho'. I like RN Tooms, but always liked the USN birds in Gull Gray & White. I do know one thing.......It'll be a Phantom!

While pondering (yes, really!) over the eligibility of a Dornier Do24T for the possible "Battle of the Atlantic" GB, it occurred to me that a GB based on Air/Sea Rescue might be a goer! It could include aircraft from almost any airforce, both fixed and rotary winged, and also some civilian aircraft, as well as surface vessels involved in ASR work. Military and civil colour schemes would be included- a change from grey jets, although there could be several yellow helicopters! I then realised that if we extended this to "Emergency Services" then Coastguard, Police, Fire Service and Ambulance Service models could be included so that the tready thing and wheely thing modellers could take part too! So there we have it- a GB idea to include Land, Sea and Air, Military and Civilian subjects with a definite theme- this could have something for everybody! It's inclusive in that there is a wide variety of possible subjects, yet it's not a wide open free-for-all. What do you all think? Just had another thought: the figure modellers could get in on this as well, emergency services personnel and Military Policemen could make good models!

Well, that seems to rule out my Dornier Do24T, which was operated by the DL as a ASR aircraft, not against allied shipping. I think I'll have to pull out of this one, the eligibility rules are getting too complicated! I understand that it can't be a free-for-all and that some resemblance (at least) to the reality of the Battle of the Atlantic is necessary. A definitive set of guidlines will be needed and Phil's seem as good as any. The list I posted was from an aircraft "colour profiles" website (wings palette), which, understandably, concentrated on aircraft. No slight to surface vessels intended (or their submersible opponents). Sorry if ship modellers or other Naval types were offended.

I thought that as well. That's what made me think the list was of a/c they featured on their site.

Consider it done, Walrus old chap!

What ever your views on how this GB should be constituted, information on eligibility of particular models will always be welcome. The Wings Palette website http://wp.scn.ru/en/cat/wars/ww2/167 lists the following aircraft types under a "Battle of the Atlantic 1939-45" banner. What I don't know is whether this list is intended to be exhaustive, or only to list those types for which Wings Palette has colour details. Anyway, here is their list, under national headings Canada Bristol Blenheim/Bisley/Bolingbroke Great Britain Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley Blackburn B-24 Skua Consolidated B-24 Liberator/PB4Y Privateer Consolidated PBY Catalina Fairey Albacore Fairey Barracuda Fairey Swordfish Grumman F4F Wildcat Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger Hawker Hurricane/Sea Hurricane Martin Type 167/A-22 Maryland Short S.25 Sunderland/Hythe/Sandringham Supermarine Seagull/Walrus Vickers Wellington Westland Whirlwind Germany (Nazi) Dornier Do.217/Do.317 Dornier Do.24 Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor Heinkel He177 Greif Australia Short S.25 Sunderland/Hythe/Sandringham USA Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee Grumman F4F Wildcat Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger New Zealand Handley Page HP.52 Hampden/HP.53 Hereford I have to say, I'm surprised to see the Hereford in this list, I thought only No.185 Sqn and 14 & 16 OTUs flew the Hereford Hope this helps!

Sorry, Erwin, It's a Revell (nee ESCI) Dornier Do24T in 1/72. If that doesn't work out, plan B is a Matchbox Vickers Wellington.

That looks great, Derek! Looks like a O/400 to me.

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Well, that sounds like my Dornier would be OK!

I want one!!!

Thanks very much for that. It seems as though it's like I thought, just treat them as normal decals, only big and awkward! Watch my build thread in the Great War GB for progress!

Think I'll have a go, need to check out if the candidates I've got in my stash actually took part! Initially, I'd like to enter either a Matchbox Wellington (the GR.XIV option) or Revell's (I think Esci's originally) Dornier Do24T, I believe they flew ASR missions in the Bay of Biscay- does that count as "Battle of the Atlantic"?

I'll get in quickly and declare a Hurricane!