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Almost forgot, look at hose polished ports... Colin

I'm late but hey not too late! If Alan's having an ale, then I m in with a tot (large) of Pusser's rum and a black pudding sandwich! Some sweet looking resin parts there Bill, this is going to be interesting. I had a bottle of wine last night but I think my keyboard got home very late, it don't want to smell! Colin

Excellent work on the cockpit and crew. Pity, I couldn't open the images in your first post! Colin

A sleep looking flying boat and an interesting subject and an interesting time in aviation history. I'm liking the way you have tackled some of the shortcomings of the kit. Colin

Martin, after seeing your build, I thought I might like ne but in Glass Sea Blue. Then I looked at all the work you had done and thought, maybe not. Then, I couldn't find it listed on the Big H site, so breathed a sigh of relief. I can now go back to my long stalled Merlin HM2. Colin

Looking good. I think, it was looking a little 'flat' until you applied the weathering/panel wash accentuation. Now it's looking used. Colin

Looking great. Is it time to crack out the spray gun? Colin

Westland Wyvern. A re-scribe and decal change, with Model Art sheet. Mounted n the cover of The Aeroplane magazine of the day.

Hi, Thanks for the reply, I use Postimages great site. Colin

Hi Nick, not the best of FROG kits, quite a bit of wrestling to get it here... Colin

Coming together very nicely. The paintwork is looking very sharp. Well done. Colin

I'd love to look at your build but for some reason, you pics aren't opening!!!! Colin

Coming along nicely... Colin

Hello again. I managed to get back to working on the Vixen this week. Shot the ESDG over the upper surfaces after a fiddly session masking the underside. Allowed that to dry for a couple of days and then a thinned coat of Humbrol Clear Gloss. Yesterday, I started applying the decals. The roundels in my stash appeared to be the incorrect size, so I resorted to the old kit ones. as with the underwing serials. Anyway, I'm happy with where I am with it. I spent some time with my Japanese decal scissors to trim away lots of excess decal film. I've added the two pitot tubes from sewing needles, maybe a tad shiny but hey, they look good. The refuel probe head is from the aeroclub offering, which was miss cast, so replaced the main body with Albion Alloys ali tubing. The underside with, the kit decals and exhaust blanking plate from this plasticard. I still have to paint the rear ends of the tail plane bulges. I missed that whilst airbrushing! I made intake blanks again from thin plasticard and hand painted with Vallejo acrylic. Hand painted radome still has to be cleaned up. So, this is where I am at present. Now to tackle the undercarriage and the weapons pylons and Buddy re-fuelling pod. That's all folks, see ya all soonest... Colin

Settle down Martin, no need t torture yourself! Colin

Ungainly maybe but never ugly!

H Mark, thanks for the heads-up. It's the second cockpit I was concerned with and have had a reply to the question from the guys on 849 NAS FB page. The second cockpit had flight instruments but no controls. I was already aware the rear cabin had a second seat. I can now progress with my build. Colin

Hi Nick. I have five sheets of which, you are welcome to two. I don't want anything for them or the postage. I will post but need your address (message me) our post office system is all but broken. I'll post but no guarantees you will get them! I will 'hold thumbs'! Colin

Oh, the Frog Shackleton, an essay in rivets. I have a long held belief, that if you wish to sand off all the rivets, then you must do it at one sitting. Otherwise, they will grow back overnight! That said, it was, in it's day a great kit. Down her in South Africa, the modeller were possessed with having one in their collection. Sadly, many never achieved it! In reflection, I'm surprised that Airfix never continued with their MR2 into an MR 3. That is another story! I'm liking the way you are tackling the build. Colin

Ugly it is! Tat moment of the engine buried so far back ! However, it looks like an very interesting project. Colin

Neat work, you have done a lot to get to this stage. However, you say Aquilon? The Froggy jobbie (Scottish work for anything without another description) but are you building one of those or a local one? For the Froggy jobbie, Model Art produced a set of decals for another French producer. I have a few sets in my decal stash if you have a need. That is unless, I' totally off track? Which at present, isn't too hard to achieve! Colin

Sorry guys, we were away last week, giving our adventure trailer an outing. Took me a couple of days to get back in the groove but, there has ben progress. I shot Tamiya Glass white on the underside and then masked that off (tedious)! Shot the EDSG over the upper parts and then a coat of gloss Humbrol varnish (?). At present, I'm applying the decals, Model Art with some of the original kit roundels. It will be a mix, the Model Art, aren't the best, so a supplement with the very old kit decals was required! Photos to follow, when I have all the decals on... Colin

COD, never unglamorous! However, As I'm on a CAD Gannet build, I thought you were being disingenuous to the Fairey product. Now, I've had a gander I see you are looking at Grumman's product. You gotta' love the shape and these cabs did sterling service bring replacement crew and much needed stores to the ships. I mastered the ID Models fuselage from a very old issue of IPMS USA Journal back in the late 1970's, so I have an infinity with the type. In my collection I have a built mode from a late friend. I gave him a spare set of fus, halves. I needs TLC> I doo fancy the 48th ship, so will follow your build with interest. Long, too long time since I was in Singapore... Colin

Congratulations. I'm not a civvie airliner fan but the rock subject grabbed my attention. You did a lot of work to wrestle this into shape. I like the use of cocktail sticks for temp u/c struts. I never add the u/c until the end. The end result is amazing! Colin

I'm building a COD Gannet (Mk4) from the Airfix 48th kit. My question is, was the second cockpit fully fitted as the front on, ie, full instrumentation and controls. I have two sets of the Eduard cockpit detail sets to fit then both out, should that be necessary. Pilots notes might show this up but I don't have assess to one. Just in case, I have asked the question over on the 849 NAS FB page. Thanks in advance. Colin