TheBaron Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Hahaha! Kind of you to refer to me as an academic PC ...I must remember that next time I'm kneeling on the floor surrounded by bits of equipment and looking nonplussed in an 'that's not the way it looked in the IKEA showroom' kind of a way. I think that 'low stakes' quote was originally Kissinger IIRC? (Though he did go on to academia so he would know.) Mrs P. Is dead right though. Did I say the Hunter was looking smart? It is. Very. I'm off to bribe my children on Ced's auhority... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Literally lost for words in relation to the exchange of narrative and the academia loike stuff. Count me in for Telford 2019. I'm sure someone can come up with a collective noun for a gathering of mad enthusiastic modellers. Can't add much about the nose wheel. Here's a close up of Duxford's if it's any help. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 (edited) Wow - Telford 2019 is in danger of becoming mandatory. Crispin will be (not) celebrating his 60th Birthday and my guess is that PC will be celebrating the success of his latest bestselling satirical novel Note to self. Diarise Scale ModelWorld 2019 as soon as the dates are released.......Due to a self inflicted diary c*ck up I'm missing SMW this year. PS - I'd just like to add that I will still be several years short of my 60th birthday then. PPS - Although I suppose that actually depends on when 'a few' becomes 'several'. Edited September 10, 2016 by Fritag 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 That, Sir, is a phrase of genius. I laughed out loud on my train and am now getting very odd looks. Count me in for Telford '19. It will be a matter of weeks before my 60th birthday, so I am going to need something to cheer me up. P.S. Nice Hunter, by the way. But I hope you already knew that. I just did the math(s). 60 will have come and gone for me then! Getting old is fine - I don't fancy the alternative... The gloss looks good - nice to draw a line under your painting woes. Do I see a Sabre sneaking into the party? Regards, Adrian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Telford 2019... someone remind me closer to the date for whatever it was we were doing whenever we were going to do it... Please. Keep going on the kerosene Hawker Mr PC. It's looking ok for a blowtorch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Procopious, do I see a CAC Sabre alongside your Hunter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Do I see a Sabre sneaking into the party? Procopious, do I see a CAC Sabre alongside your Hunter? You do! I need to finish it. It's made with bits from the Fujimi (wing, for the Sidewinders rail mounts) and Academy Sabres (everything else save the fuselage), plus the High Planes conversion set. It required some scratch building, which I found challenging. So Winston and Mrs. P are at swim class, and I'm home "mowing the lawn". Oh, and packing to fly out to visit Cookie tomorrow. Poor Cookie. Yessir, mowing and packing. 20160910_083815 by Edward IX, on Flickr 20160910_083836 by Edward IX, on Flickr It was also time to bite the bullet, rip the bandage off, and other such metaphorical things. I cut out the underwing serials, and... 20160910_090808 by Edward IX, on Flickr 20160910_090806 by Edward IX, on Flickr OH MY GOD IT WORKED! I needed to stop immediately, since with things going so well, they could only go downhill from here. I guess I should mow the lawn, for real. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Good luck with the lawn mr p! Transfers look excellent and glad to see your cunning plan paid off. Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Can't wait! An excellent and well executed plan on those gear door markings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 (edited) I am similarly "fixing a door lock". My PE-2 is going well... Nice job on the doors. Regards, Adrian Edited September 10, 2016 by AdrianMF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Looking good PC - great job on the transfers! Give Cookie my regards (oh, he's here isn't he) and I hope you have a good time... still envious! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 I'm supposed to be 'tidying' my belongings away, although I intended to do the canopy on a Spitfire. Instead, I've restrung my Telecaster and have been trying to remember how to play the mandolin solo on 'Harriet Tubman's Gonna Carry Me Home' by The Long Ryders. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 That looks brill PC! Lawn look as good?! Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 A sweet reveal on the numbers. Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Bravo sir! My day was mostly spent watching Mrs 06/24 and her chums play hockey. As a gentleman, I shall not reveal the score, which was…"unsuccessful". Nor will I reveal where one of her youthful team mates was struck, but suffice to say I would not have been able to apply the ice pack for her, without attracting a flurry of blows from Mrs 06/24’s hockey weapon. Brave women these hockey players. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Excellent piece of lawn mowing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Beyond mere mowing, I think this passes into the realms of Head Groundsman. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Top quality lawn-mowing and packing there mate Please pass on my regards to young Cookie when you see him, hope you have a most enjoyable visit. Cheers, Stew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 I'm at O'Hare now, about to fly off to New Mexico (well, El Paso, TX and thence to New Mexico), so nothing on the kit for a week or so. But all the main decals save the "G" code black outlines are now on (all the roundels and even the codes are two part decals in the RAFDecals set, annoyingly), and think, when we talk of horses, etc. My son slept in our bed last night...well, he didn't sleep, but he was present, and so I woke up late, and in the rush to make it here forgot my camera, so any Phantom photos I post will alas be from my cell phone. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley John Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Fantastic work so far even if you have a warped understanding of the Whoniverse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 A picture to wish you bon voyage, and to demonstrate that the Royal Navy really knew how to look after their Hunters... Frankly, the aircraft looks to have survived the ordeal rather better than the building! 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blogs On Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Lovely photo! " You could've used the bleeding door"!!!!! Aren't you supposed to knock before you enter? I notice the nose wheel and leg didn't make it inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blogs On Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Ohh...yes..the Hunter model! Lovely work sir. The underwing serials are, well and truly 'nailed'. To use a modern idiom. Safe journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelglue Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Have fun, enjoy yourselves and all that. The Hunter looks great, nice work on the gear doors. Sorry to be brief but the cloth diapers have finished washing and Mr Mom needs to get back on his feet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 I hate to throw a wet blanket on things, but I noticed on the underside shot that the semi-circular cutouts in the flaps are missing the fill pieces which attach to the upper wing surfaces so as not to leave gaping holes when the flaps are up. Hope they didn't get tossed out after you removed them from the flaps... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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