Rob G Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I'll be joining in here with the kit in the title above, just as soon as I get some paint on some of my other GB entrants. So probably the day before this ends. Joining me in the Vampire horror will be one of my brothers, who I'll start a separate thread for, unless the Mods run amok and start fighting the Rockers. Hang on a sec... ... unless the mods think it'll be OK to do both in the one thread. (I'll ask in the chat.)Also here in the GB will be my other brother (the 'odd one'), who refuses to do airyplanes and has instead decided on Ye Olde Shippe of the Line, Airfix's venerable HMS Victory, the large scale version. He'll get his own thread, mos def.Pictures tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I've gotta see the airfix victory wow!!!!! Welcome to the build nice choice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Change of plan. Vampire bro, having signed up to this den of futility, is going to make his own thread (which is here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234999801-de-havilland-vampire/ ) and Victory bro is maybe not going to do Nelson's final command, due to 'holy wow there's a bucket load of stuffs in there' (Sorry Dazdot!). Instead, he may be doing something else, with HMS V to be a more leisurely build as time permits. Hopefully he'll see fit to allow me to post updates in a separate thread in the appropriate forum. In the meantime, here's my lonely Vampire, which isn't being started yet. And the proposed workshop floor, which will remind all who enter why we're doing this (for the Glory of Empire!) (or maybe, possibly, just for the lols.) Due to this being a bit of a family heirloom (it dates from pre- my parent's wedding, if I remember correctly, which places it mid-'66...), I'll be laying down newspaper or something similar to keep things tidy. When this kicks off, you lot will be about the 4th and on to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 An old tray extra kudos for that!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawker's Hound Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 There's nothing can't be accomplished with a Lord Kitchener kitchen tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Umm, I should stop building and post some photos &c, shouldn't I? At the end of my marathon session of canopy polishing and Futuring yesterday evening, I decided to reward myself with a nice, fun thing to do - start a new kit. So I got on with this one, using just these tools (you may notice that this bears a striking resemblance to the tools that Hawker's Hound is using. I'll let you work that one out...) At close of play last night (early this morning actually, but who's counting?), I had this collection of bits - well on my way to a Vampire! I've been able to do little bits here and there all day today, and now I'm here And finally, Seats AND pilots are painted and ready to install (even if the pilots are a mite green in the face - what I'd give for a couple of drops of red paint!), and all the other less important pieces (like wings, f'rinstance) are fettled and will be a drop-in installation (said he, ignoring hubris) when the time comes. Hopefully I'll manage to get a first coat of High Speed Silver (aka Humbrol 11 ) onto this tomorrow, after I get it assembled. More later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Nice and that was quick!! Keep going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawker's Hound Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 You can see from the two of us which has been keeping up the hobby over the past years (And you responded with incredulity when I said I wanted to try to pick out the rails on the throttle quadrant in silver. You did it better than moi! Haha) And joke's on me. I haven't posted a toolset yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 The Vampire has been rolling slowly along, at the expense of my much more urgent P-47 builds... First up, the pilots: Flt Lt Isaiah Kyte and an as-yet unnamed Cadet on a flight awarded for having the shiniest boots or somesuch. You'll notice that they both look a bit green... hard to get flesh tones with no red in the palette. And so, I said "Meh to rules" and dug out a bit of a mix I'd made for some anime stuff I'm working on. A quick drybrush, and much better. Not finished in these photos, obviously. If this makes me ruled ineligible, so be it. Next up, it's had a first coat of silver (actually, it's now had 3, but I don't got no pix of that yet). Doesn't look too bad here, but it got worse as the layers went on - my brushing skills are sadly deficient. I'm thinking of using this paint as the natural metal finish for one of my P-47s actually - it looks quite good, and should be boss when sprayed. And the nosewheel... I could go off and rant about how Airfix have no clue at all, but rather, here it is with a recess around the tyre, like it should have, instead of the raised bulge that Airfix supply it with. This, I am proud to say, is the only bit of the whole kit that I used files on. The rest was done with nowt but 400 grit sandpaper, just like it was way back when. (I know, the gap is too wide. Still better than Airfix's automatically skidding tyre design though.) Since these were taken, decals and wheels and mass balances and all sorts of fun things have been added, so it looks somewhat like an RNZAF Vampire trainer (if you turn out the lights, then squint from a long way away). Just waiting for canopy and pilots to be finished and installed, and that'll be that. Next update will be the final, I think (failing disasters). Now, on with the P-47s, in the forlorn hope that they'll get done in time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Looking good rob. Jury is out on eligibility here I'll let you know but I understand why all the same good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 All done. I've decided to leave the figures out until I can be bothered finishing them (and after I've put the photos up in the gallery). Thanks all for following along and commenting. More in the gallery. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorwegianWood Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I did just see the finished Vampire in the gallery and I thought to myself "what do we need the big toolkits and huge stash of paint for if this could be achived with a starter set". Fantastic result Rob G!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Nice work rob that looks the business well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Just been checking out the photos in the Gallery..........absolutely superb Vampire Rob! You got a great finish with the paint and, as we all know, the paint in these pots leaves a lot to be desired. Very well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Aww, thanks guys. However the paint in real life isn't anything to be proud of - the camera has flattened it a bit and flattered it a lot. It won't be going onto the table at this years show, that's for sure. As I think I said, the silver isn't bad - brushed with a wider, more capable brush (and by a more capable brusher) it'd be quite servicable - sprayed, it might be a very nice indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 That has come out really well. I think one may be added to my collection soon... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 You should Brian. She's a pretty little thing, and (mostly) a dream to put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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