Fishbed Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 You know when you have plans for a kit, extra detail here, change that there, wait for extra details....... Before you know it its some months/years down the line and nothing has moved with that kit. Rather than let this languish in the pile of unfinished kits, I finished it as is. In the end I just replaced the drain pipes that come with the kit to represent the machine guns with resin ones from Quickboost (good job there was 8 in the pack, I lost 3 after not watching what I was doing and broke them all off. Three are still at large somewhere). I also lowered the (insert name of thing that goes up and down to move out of the way of the guns as they swing past) at the back. Otherwise pretty much as it came in the box including the decals. I'm not happy with the fuel spill stains, but I am happy it was finally finished. Now all I need now is its twin the Defiant to complete the set. Tim 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Nice save. She looks really good and the fuel stain seem fine to me. I have one in my stash and each time I look at all the outlet pipes I put it back next to its Skua sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Job as a the goalie if you like, nice save. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 As has been said - nice save. Odd looking bird though - almost as if she has been rear ended by a big truck. Cheers, Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Problems notwithstanding that's a fine looking build. Not a pretty aeroplane by any standards but fascinating nonetheless! Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Cool! I love the Roc. I have one I am very slowly converting into a float plane, stalled though until I can get my hands on a spare set of 1/48 scale Swordfish beaching gear. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Nice one, thats the first I've seen on here. Smashing job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 A nice model of a rather special - can I say ugly - plane? Well done - congrats. Definitely not a model one sees often. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Fine job on a real 'munter' of an aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 It is a very nice model, I would be proud of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 " (insert name of thing that goes up and down to move out of the way of the guns as they swing past) " Turtledeck Nice job! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangi01 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Very nice, just a quick question, what are those 'things' under the wings, they look like bomb racks? Thanks for sharing Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Thats a cracking job, I'll be stoked if my one comes up to that standard, you've done it very nicely. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Very nice indeed,.....I take it that it is the 1/48th scale Special Hobby kit? Shane- Yes those are bomb racks, the outer four are actually called a Light Stores Carrier which could carry flares, smoke floats or small bombs wile the largger one inboard of these was for carrying larger bombs. The Roc was actually used as a dive bomber during the Battle of France and attacked German gun positions shelling our lads at Dunkirk. I built one of my Roc models as one of these aircraft. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbed Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 " (insert name of thing that goes up and down to move out of the way of the guns as they swing past) " Turtledeck Nice job! Chris Thanks, I shall add that to the ever-growing stash of (to some) useless information :-) Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbed Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Very nice indeed,.....I take it that it is the 1/48th scale Special Hobby kit? Shane- Yes those are bomb racks, the outer four are actually called a Light Stores Carrier which could carry flares, smoke floats or small bombs wile the largger one inboard of these was for carrying larger bombs. The Roc was actually used as a dive bomber during the Battle of France and attacked German gun positions shelling our lads at Dunkirk. I built one of my Roc models as one of these aircraft. Cheers Tony Yes, 1/48 Special Hobby (that name does conjure up some interesting images, but lets not go there ;-) ) Odd to think of the Roc as a multi-roll aircraft, let alone an aircraft Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveinns Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Ugly, but beautiful ! We should see more Rocs ? Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Good that you saved this one, great build of this not too often seen bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Great model, done exceptionally well. I did the Skua and the Roc. ( Still break out in cold sweets at night. ) Sort of Rocs to riches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Very nice indeed, it certainly looks the part! I have the Skua just hit my bench, certainly is a challenging build but if it looks half as good as yours I would be happy! Cheers now Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Oh, thats lovely. Great subject, well built and photographed Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Just saw this; the addition of the resin guns makes a big difference in the scale appearance of the plane. Wonderful paint work and build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Great save, well worth the effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbed Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 3:51 AM, 28ZComeback said: Just saw this; the addition of the resin guns makes a big difference in the scale appearance of the plane. Wonderful paint work and build. Well, the kit ones probably scale out to be the size of drain pipes 🙂 Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) On 4/27/2015 at 1:18 PM, Martian Hale said: Cool! I love the Roc. I have one I am very slowly converting into a float plane, stalled though until I can get my hands on a spare set of 1/48 scale Swordfish beaching gear. Martin Figured it would be you or tonyot that would do one, Martian- especially since Moa doesn't do military airplanes anymore! Mike Edited March 7, 2019 by 72modeler added text 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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