amos brierley

No it not just you, for the last ten years, at least, they’ve not produced something new, too whit they’ve relied on sales, thus as far as people keep buying up products they’ll keep ‘trotting out’ past goodies. 😉

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Wow, that’s a brave shade of primer. 🖤

Hello, here’s a photo from my collection, hope this helps. 😉

🤣 and I though I had this problem too. Wishing you well with this project. 😉

🤣. It just tickled me.

Excuses accepted, and more importantly congrats on your new baby, and the model looks ‘nicely-nicely’ done as well. 🍼 😉

Very nice indeed, for a little out lay, I hope for a lot of happiness. 😉

Well , yes I did, I did think about you and hoped to bump into you but the past couple of years have shown that looking for someone is extremely difficult and challenging. Maybe next year then. I had a fantastic time but, five hours of my fun time was taken up with competition judging. Judging for me is giving back to the society. 😉

Hey Woody, that cockpit looks superb. 😉

Hi Bruno, I’ve enjoyed this build a lot, it’s time to say ‘ nicely-nicely ‘ done . 😉

Thank you. Great statement. 😉

Hello everyone. Picking up where I’ve left off. Having not done much with this rascal in a while I just can’t pick up this kit and run with it. I need a little bit of fondle time in which to get back up to speed. What I never said was after my summer holiday on returning to the house I made a conscious decision to cop a look at my model with a view to see how I felt and what emotions I had. …….. and the good news was as soon as I looked at it I was very happy with the way it looked, it just looked spot on. Whilst I made a comment about the S.M.W competition the same can be said for first time I clocked this Kawasaki C-2 , first impression…….. Like a lot of things in the competition I look at what doesn’t win closer than what does. Today has seen me just playing around with stuff, the new airbrush is going well, but, the paint still need a degree of skill to ge the best out of it. I started on the bottom of the model, the weathering looks decent but, it’s a mish-mash of five colours and whilst not overly dramatic I fancied removing some of the anomalies. …….. And some of the top sections have been started…… Whilst I was sat next to Mrs B this is the view I had ( I was listening to what my lad had to say about Navy training.) of my model from the other side of the living room. Some top surface weathering coming along, the three colours now looking distinct from each other. The panel lines are being sprayed a lighter colour and I’ve had a go with the pastel colours too. ……. Thanks for looking. 😉

Hello everyone. S.M.W 2024 over and done, start of a new modelling year. Where to start? That’s life ( life is life ). I didn’t know what 2024 was all about until the very end of my modelling year , then everything just ended up as a very damp squib. Time was not meant to be used for modelling but instead used for life stuff, as such ‘ life is life’. All change at cassa “Amos “. Taking up time was the purchase of two new cars - to better suit life as Mrs B and myself move forward. Also out of the house is my lad who has joined the navy and my daughter has now turned 18 and has part time moved out. What last years model year was all about was an evaporating time line and a very expanded requirement for life events to be dealt with. With just two weeks before S.M.W when my new world started I decided to just free wheel my way to the model show…… ……….. S.M.W 2024 a few thought’s . Our club secretary announced some months ago that he would not be joining us for the weekend, that’s a good start. After the debacle of last year I was keen for a slicker operation. This meant just four of the club members would be in attendance. I’ve not been interested in displaying my models on the club stand since 2018, with myself not making anything in two years, this has had a knock on effect of how I’ve felt about displaying and entering the competition. I had, had a change of heart and attempted to take two models for the club stand. BUT, the two models I was going to use needed their own specific base, and you’ve guessed right, I’ve lost them somewhere in the garage. The up side of my ambivalence is that I don’t have to get too stressed about what I take to display and can leave the show on the Sunday when I like. Seeing as all of our four club members took part In Friday set up, come the Sunday I’m always jiggered, and I like having the freedom to do what I feel comfortable about. The new modelling year starts here. Whilst I was trundling around the competition area at S.M.W 2024 I spotted a Hasegawa C.2 Kawasaki and I couldn’t help but notice its paint finish. Sadly it was finished as per the instructions and it just didn’t look right, so, I’ve now seen a kit finished that way I feel I’m on the right track with my own version. This week at work was just two days and now I’m into my super seven, my shift change now affording me seven days off work. And it’s off to a great start, the new normal is finally starting to get going, I still got errands to do but now I feel more comfortable sorting out bits and bats at a slower pace. Having had trouble with all things airbrushing and painting I’ve decided to dispatch my airbrush of 25 years. With severn weeks or so from need to S.W.W I felt that was a wait worth going for. The Airbrush company was in attendance and a chat with the staff gave me that shopping experience that was very helpful, something that the internet could not offer. One of my issues with my old airbrush was its small 5ml cup. So this new one address this issue, and shopping at the model show gave me a £50 discount price. Nice. There’s only one change to make to get this rascal up and running is adding the air line adapter. And for that I like to add a wrap of P.T.F.E thread seal. Also my old lube tube is also failing and falling out of favour, so, I have high hopes for this new one. Also on my travels around S.M.W I spotted an interesting F-4 Phantom on Geoff Coughlain’s table WWW.Scalemodellingnow.com . A quick chat saw him discussing pastels for weathering effects, which piqued my interest somewhat. Mrs B had stayed with myself and the other club members staying in the Hotel, but had not visited the model show, instead she saw fit to do tourist stuff. As to be expected I put in a request that whilst shopping in Telford if seen some Pastel sets be bought. The pastel chalks are from Hobby Craft. The oil pastels are from the Range in St Helen’s . And on route via Amazon are a set of black to white pastel chalks. So, new modelling year and new tools in the box, let’s get started. Thanks for looking. 😉

Hello, guess which knuckle-head decided to give you a GOLD award? I briefly spoke to you, but that had absolutely no bearing on my judgment. I awarded to Gold because I pored over your build for longer than other models. The model really stood out because it’s a 100% model. Really impressed with everything. 😉