bigbadbadge Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Hi Martian wow this looks amazing I have got some catching up to do . Might take a while though. Great work. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: I say this with the overwhelming certainty that only the truly uninformed possess. Beautiful, I shall poach that & trot it out at every vaguely suitable occasion till people get sick of hearing it. Steve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 The ROC is looking good too @Martian Hale, I reckon it'll be worth the wait. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Hello Dear tentacled one, Rocs wings fixed ! Finally it was far more easier than originally thought ! None of the wings are good but a bit of SCHIRC and it turn good ! Hope that everything is going well on planet wibble ! Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Tweener said: I once though about doing such a thing, glad someone far more capable than I beat me to it! Have a bash, the conversion really isn't that hard. 2 hours ago, TheBaron said: That new Moulinex dangling abaft feels better proportioned in relation to the aircraft now Martian. I say this with the overwhelming certainty that only the truly uninformed possess. And you think that I am informed? Martian 👽 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 11 hours ago, stevehnz said: The ROC is looking good too @Martian Hale, I reckon it'll be worth the wait. Steve. Thanks Steve, things would go quicker if my MVS Head of Unit would stop finding things for me to do! 9 hours ago, corsaircorp said: Hope that everything is going well on planet wibble ! I will let you know when I have stopped wibbling. Martian von Wibble 👽 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 My Dad swore blind that he knew someone who had once looped a Roc. Given the fact that its stalling speed and VNE must have been about 3 kts apart, that was an act of considerable skill (not to mention insane bravery). Truly a classic example of a design based on blind faith (in the turret fighter concept) rather than any appreciation of aerodynamics. We love bonkers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Hello Dear green tentacled one !! Should we still take account of the Roc project for SMW 2019 ?? Just saying... Worryin'CC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 Give me chance, I only just got back. Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Right, I finally got round to getting the airbrush out. The Roc was first to get it's interior primed. I used Stynylrez black primer for this to assist with shadow shading the cockpits. I will give this a full day to prime and then get the interior colour on. The interior should proceed quite quickly once this is done as we will be onto brush painting, which I find quite therapeutic. Thanks for looking Martian 👽 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Nice to see this back on the bench. Looking forward to seeing all your cockpit come to life with colour Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 DID YOU WIN A BLACK PRIMER CAN???????😨😨 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 4 hours ago, Hamden said: Nice to see this back on the bench. Looking forward to seeing all your cockpit come to life with colour Roger Thanks Roger once the base colour has been laid down and I can get cracking with the detail painting and highlighting/lowlightng things should progress pretty rapidly. Well, rapidly by my standards that is. 3 hours ago, Massimo said: DID YOU WIN A BLACK PRIMER CAN???????😨😨 I used black to help with the shading of the interior. Martian 👽 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Hello Dear Martian ! Good to see that TT Roc back in business !! I should give a try to your way of painting interiors…🤔 Did you have your answer about the belly of the beast ?? Yellow and black stripes or not ? Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Happy to see this back. Black is the only sensible primer colour, in my view 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 35 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Black is the only sensible primer colour, in my view Second that. Helps with all sorts of pre-shading approaches. Will be using black for my Vosper when I actually get my finger out and get that far! Nice to see this progressing Martian. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Another one back! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Thanks Guys, I have got the interior green on but it seems to bright to me, I think that I may try some Vallejo on it instead or go for the natural metal interior that some Rocs seemed to have had. Martian 👽 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 17 hours ago, Terry1954 said: when I actually get my finger out I second that motion . Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 21 hours ago, corsaircorp said: Hello Dear Martian ! Good to see that TT Roc back in business !! I should give a try to your way of painting interiors…🤔 Did you have your answer about the belly of the beast ?? Yellow and black stripes or not ? Sincerely. CC The stripe question remain a bit of a conundrum. I will have to come up with some sort of answer soon. 20 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Happy to see this back. Black is the only sensible primer colour, in my view Thanks Crisp. Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 16 hours ago, Martian Hale said: Thanks Guys, I have got the interior green on but it seems to bright to me, I think that I may try some Vallejo on it instead or go for the natural metal interior that some Rocs seemed to have had. Martian 👽 Hello Dear fellow Roc builder, AFAIK, the internals were painted interior green when the whole machine is repainted... too late for me since the early Roc is already buttoned up... now that's not a rule... A piece of luck indeed... The second Roc must will also have a green interior since she will be a late one.... Should I consider a third Roc ??🤔 Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 3 hours ago, corsaircorp said: Hello Dear fellow Roc builder, AFAIK, the internals were painted interior green when the whole machine is repainted... too late for me since the early Roc is already buttoned up... now that's not a rule... A piece of luck indeed... The second Roc must will also have a green interior since she will be a late one.... Should I consider a third Roc ??🤔 Sincerely. CC Thanks CC I have the impression that the Rocs in Bermuda hadn't been repainted before the went out there which still leaves us with a choice. As to whether you should build another Roc; as wise alien once said, you can never have too many Rocs. Martian the Wise 👽 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 I finally twigged as to why I was unhappy with the interior colour. I had used the brighter US Interior Green instead of the Aircraft Grey Green that I should have used. One of the pitfalls of trying to paint four different models at once I guess. Anyway, your resident Muppet has re-sprayed the interior and begun the highlighting and blocking in things like radios and cockpit fitting. The highlighting looks much starker in the picture than it does in real life, down to the flash on the camera I guess. I have kept the contrast quite marked however as it looks far more subtle in the gloom of the closed up fuselage. It will be about a week before the next episode as I have to go away to help crew a narrow boat tomorrow, a real busman's holiday if ever there was one. Thank for looking. Martian 👽 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Wow, it looks as though US colors are loud too! 😉 Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Four models on the go and he's going away AGAIN! Good to see progress everywhere . . . . Enjoy your bus holiday.😎 Kev 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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