Hamden Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Nice work on the cockpit looking forward to more of the same Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmashedGlass Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Wot....this isn't seventy-two scale, Bill?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 If I'd known you were that fussy, I should have sent you a vac form Venom. There's not much of the original kit left! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Nice work. I would be inclined to build up the IP with Airscale bezels and decal faces. The Revell decal will look very two dimensional in this scale. Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Wow just caught up, I'm in two sea venoms being built, this is great. Fantastic work so far some great videos and banter, liking this thread a lot. Keep up the good work All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVY870 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 On 10/16/2016 at 9:31 PM, bentwaters81tfw said: No progress at the moment as my day job has me working 12 hour shifts for the next 3 weeks. One thing I would like to share is a very special visitor to the museum. Courtesy of my daughter Jessica and her partner Michael may I present my Granddaughter Lilly Rose Burns. 4 months old and she already has impeccable taste in aircraft. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Congratulations on the new member of staff there, I'm sure she will be a great distraction help. At least she is injection moulded, and not vac formed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Awww cute (mandatory comment, coochy coos optional) That's a very serious look on her face... what IS she thinking... "Hmmm, I'm not sure that's the right internal colour for that period"? "Is that bomb rack correct for the Mk II"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Cute! Get 'em young and soon she'll be wanting her own stash! Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 She reminds me of Olivia. (De Havilland) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 On 14 October 2016 at 7:50 PM, Miggers said: Buccaneers were also launched in the same way I used to work on the sites for a while with a bloke who went off in a similar fashion as soon as the pub opened on a Friday lunchtime... On 15 October 2016 at 10:52 AM, NAVY870 said: So I'm thinking I'll be making a new one of them. That's the spirit! Looking at that cockpit shot is a chastening reminder that however hard modelling might be somebody: a. had to design and integrate a working layout for all those different controls, and: b. keep all those bits in working order. Edited to add: Aaw cute! Lily of the Hangar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Not quite as cute (perhaps), but liking the Gannet as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Hearty congratulations Steve! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVY870 Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Ahoy Shipmates Having a brief respite from the drudgery of working for a living I've managed to make some progress on 897. I added the radio panel and master arm switch to the nose wheel arch and added the first upright for the radar rack. The centre switch panel is from a Revell Hunter pit suitably hacked. The canopy bang handle and the aileron power disconnect handle still need to go on the back of the arch then it will be time to squirt some jam on. The replacement instrument panel is becoming a proper pain. I measured up the one on the bench (did I mention I had a panel on my bench?) If I convert the dimensions of it down to 332nd it puts the panel edge bang on the aircrafts centre line, all well and good but having a look in 897's office shows it extends right across to be level with the right hand side of the wheel arch. In the below shot the windshield wiper is on the centre line and the lower instrument panel mount can be seen well to the right of it. The little panel that sits behind the collimator swing arm turned out to bit a bit more complex than I thought I'll have to rethink how I was going to make it. I got a few reference shots of our Ikara, it appears the release gear is identical to what 897 carried so I'll follow this one This was the top secret Ikara fitted with the highly classified Mark 44 1/2 cardboard tube torpedo. Everybody else got a Mark 44 we got a giant bog roll! Now for those in the cheap seats making cheeky remarks about vacforms and the like I thought you'd like to see the view from my offices Ciao 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Great pictures Steve and as well as the quality of your modelling, I love the standard of your restoration work. Martian (watching from the cheap seats) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Great shots Steve, thanks for sharing... NOT the Mark 44 1/2 cardboard tube torpedo... deadly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Nice pics & work. Collimator? In flight veggies? This takes healthy eating to new heights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 This build is a super reference Steve. Fancy being able to duck down the hanger and measure up a real IP. And hearty congrats on your granddaughter. Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVY870 Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 One of the biggest problems with this hobby of ours is its so smegging easy to get distracted and with this little lot hiding under the bench departures from our normal programming were always going to be a odd's on favourite! No Lusty wont be joining us at this time nor will that resin pig of a thing. Now regular viewers may have twigged that I have a soft spot for a certain deHavilland product that answers to WZ.895 from her friends and NAVY 870 when she's out tarting about. Having had one of the Matchbox lovelies on the go for many many years and having quite the success with 897 I'm think why am I not making two sets of floors etc while I've got the templates handy? Voila Now shipmates something for you to ponder. Even though they'll be built side by side (sort of) my pedantic circuit will be working overtime on 895 and I would suggest that a second thread for her may be prudent. Thoughts? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Great work at 1/32 AND 1/1 Love that suave way you just toss a few shots of an Ikara in, as if there's nothing unusual in just having one about the place... You heard that our Martian has one now as well? A 1/32 Sea Venom that is, not an Ikara. Though he did mention he's been having some building work done recently, it's possible he's been trying to fit a Sea Vixen in the living room.... Tony Edit: Your last post popped in as I was sending this etherwards Steve. A second Sea Venom thread? Seconded!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I'd ask for separate threads Steve, or at least little numbered stand-up labels so poor old blokes like me can see which which is which. I'm easily confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Building both side by side makes for interesting comparisons as shown in Fritag's Hawk builds. Just my opinion it's your builds. Very nice work so far looking forward to more of the same Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I would go for separate threads, building two models of the same type in the same thread could get rather confusing at times, You could always add a comparison shot when you reach a point when the two builds differ markedly. It also might be easier for you from the point of view of putting your posts together. Sensible advice given, I shall now return to my customary place with the unruly mob in the cheap seats! Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 11 hours ago, TheBaron said: You heard that our Martian has one now as well? A 1/32 Sea Venom that is, not an Ikara. Though he did mention he's been having some building work done recently, it's possible he's been trying to fit a Sea Vixen in the living room.... It will be a little while before I get my thread under way as I have a few projects to clear from the bench first and a promised bonkers build to do post Telford. That said, I have been looking for a 1/32 project for a while and this fits the bill nicely and I am notorious for being unable to resist a new project. This will be a biggie as it will be getting the living daylights detailed out of it. Martian PS: If I was going to shoehorn anything into the new living room it would be a TSR2. Mrs Martian likes them so I might just get away with it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 How many of those lurking in that hanger are take outside and start upable Steve?. Good work on that 'pit indeedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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