Bristol Bloodhound Mk I - Airfix 1/72

[Procopius]

Very cool, Ced! I've long toyed with buying (and then never building, since that's what I am these days, a model non-builder) a Bloodhound myself, since I think it's such a cool looking SAM, but I don't believe anyone's ever made decals for the 112 Squadron ones:

 

Edited August 26, 2017 by Procopius
112 vice 122 Squadron, jeepers.

[perdu]

yeahhh

 

A bit like that

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CedB]

Thanks Giorgio - very kind. I'm planning more detailing on the other stuff too  

Thanks Bill  OK, I'll dip the berries (berrys?) in hot water and... oh no, wait, I get it...

Like John's photo... thanks John  

 

 

Ejector marks and long sprue joins on the starter rockets:

 

Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr

 

and when they're glued, horrid joins even though I was very careful to get the part numbers matched:

 

 

Perhaps I should have gone for the best fit.

 

Sand, sand, polish, polish, ready for primer:

 

 

[philp]

9 hours ago, John_W said:

It's a shame they lost the moulds for the "Guideline" missile set, that was another 70's classic.

Think I have 3-4 of them.  Built the missile and launcher when I was a kid and still have most of it in the stash.

would like to do a SAM site one day but it actually takes up a lot of space, even in 1-72nd.

 

Bloodhound coming along nicely.

[HomerJ_757]

13 hours ago, Beard said:

 

Are they dancing?

I'm second from the right - no rhythm!

 

[Bigdave22014]

This "citadel scraper thingy" that you mention... any chance of some more info of this please?

Oh, and my beret looked better than theirs when I was in the Scouts!

[CedB]

Thanks Phil. A SAM site? That'd be something to see...

Thanks Ian  

Hi Dave  Sorry, it's the Citadel Mouldline Remover.  I like it, a lot. Like other well designed tools it 'knows' what it's supposed to do and this one removes the flash / excess from seams without (if you just brush it over the seam) scratching the plastic. HTH.

 

 

Primed with Stynylrez white:

 

Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr

[jrlx]

Great work so far, Ced! It's an interesting and unusual subject. Really looking forward to seeing it completed, and just can't cope with your working speed...

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

[The Spadgent]

You'll be finished before I even get the popcorn out. well at least I'm on page two this time. One week to go and you start a new build,that's just showing off. 

Only kidding, you're doing a great job. Looking forward to seeing this come together while I get my rigging done. 

Jont.

 

ps. Another punch I see? Don't tempt me, I've used mine so much already, Honestly it's amazing.

[Martian]

I just bought a load of this Stynylrez stuff. How are you finding it?

 

Martian 

[Brandy]

How have I missed this? I built it as a kid as part of the Hercules kit, never realised it was available separately!

Nice job saving the dog, but I do think you could have left some sprue and carved it to look like a Puffin......

 

Ian

[hairystick]

On 8/25/2017 at 0:35 AM, Rob G said:

Y.M.C.A. ?

Your

Modelling

Can

Amuse?

 

Yearly

Model

Completion

Approaches?

(at my speed this year, quite appropriate!)

 

[AlexN]

Blinkin' 'eck, mate, you're giving me vertigo!   I can't keep up! The NAV map-exercises (simple 8-figure grid coordinate plotting) that I'm doing today are a source of relaxation for me after this!

 

I have a collection of Trumpeter Guidelines, launchers and trucks, but you would choke because they're 1/35. Per @philp's comment above, I acquired enough for a SAM site myself some time ago (did a similar thing with Flak-88s, too)... I also have a Trumpeter 1/35 SCUD on transporter. I won't be trying to match your speed with any of them, however . No Bloodhounds in any scale, however .

 

You're even giving  vertigo!

 

On 26/08/2017 at 00:17, Procopius said:

but I don't believe anyone's ever made decals for the 122 Squadron ones:

 

 

Well, Ced seems to quite like hand-painting sharkmouths, so I dare say he could give it a go without too much encouragment.

 

There is the time limit of less than a week, so I wouldn't twist his arm.

 

Very much.

 

Only a little bit...

 

 

 

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Edited August 28, 2017 by AlexN
Stupid Flickr permissions, aaaargh!

[Alfisti]

Ah yes,what memories,built this when it was available with the C-130 Hercules kit.There is/was a 1:32nd model available from David Parkins Flightline range for around £100 that was produced in resin.

 

Dave.

[CedB]

Thanks Jaime  At the moment retirement is modelling with some interruptions! Once I settle into it I guess there will be other things to fill my time.

Thanks Johnny  The punch set arrived this morning. Lovely. Of course I've stroked it, checked the punches and played with the hammer. One day I may even punch something with it!

Thanks Martian I LOVE Stynylrez! I spray mine at 25-30psi through a 0.4mm nozzle. Very forgiving, dries quickly, self-levels, fine detail protected etc etc. AND it's not smelly and cleans up with water (although the Badger cleaner is recommended for the airbrush). Oh, and you can brush it too! Lots of reviews on the web but highly recommended from me!

Hi Ian - don't worry, you're not missing a lot yet... page 2! Nice to see you  

Thanks Hairystick  

Thanks Alex  (p.s. one of your pictures, the last one in the post, is missing!)

Thanks Dave  Loads of nostalgia in this one eh? Good stuff.

 

 

I've decided I need somewhere to rest the missile while detail painting and where better than the launcher? Parts de-sprued:

 

Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr

 

I don't like that hole around the base pivot so out with the Humbrol filler:

 

 

I like this stuff for this sort of job as it's good in larger gaps and it's 'hot' so it glues too. You can also mould it easily to start with and then sculpt it as it starts going off. Great for lazy people like me.

 

The cables at the back are horrid on the kit parts so some fuse wire was cut, glued into some drilled holes with CA:

 

 

 

and then bent to shape:

 

 

Better.

I want to be able to brush paint the launcher so I've part assembled it and prepared the other bits:

 

 

 

A quick dry fit to make sure it still goes up and down:

 

 

 

I'm going to 'rough brush paint' it using Humbrol Olive Drab (the field colour). Why do I have two pots, H66 and H155? The 66 is a flip top pot so it may be useless. We shall see!

[giemme]

Lovely progress, with just the right amount of scratch built details to spice it up properly

Do I spot primed and base coated crew in one of the pics?

 

Ciao

[AlexN]

14 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Nice job saving the dog, but I do think you could have left some sprue and carved it to look like a Puffin......

 Or most  of a puffin...

[AlexN]

2 hours ago, CedB said:

Thanks Alex  (p.s. one of your pictures, the last one in the post, is missing!)

Grumble. I've dealt with it. By deleting it. Grrr. I had the picure (dead Sheep) set so that only I could see it on my timeline, but that resulted in the above. So I reset the permissions to normal and it can be seen on my timeline - but Flickr still seems ter fink dat it's hidden. It looked fine when I posted it from the imac, but I saw that the usual 'can't find image' sign on the ipad.  I mght have to have a look at the origianl,URL, which may well have changed since I switched the permissions (back). Computers. Bah humbug.

 

Sorry about the waste of thread real estate and bandwidth. Only just back and I'm apologising already .

Grrrr.

 

Bloodhound leash looking good, snuffle sniff.

[TonyTiger66]

Good heavens! I've only had a quiet 48 hours and you're well onto page two Ced  !

 

The scribing has really improved the intakes.

 

I'm with you on the Humbrol filler. If anything they've actually improved the 'recipe'. It sometimes used to have a tendency to set too hard to enable nice blending, but these days it sands and blends beautifully.

 

I'm looking forward to the Land Rover .

 

Percy likes the dog and can't see a family resemblance there at all  . He's busy writing a new book on chess.

 

Best regards

TonyT

[perdu]

You might find that brushing a whisper of Humbrol Poly over the filler can help getting it smoothed in to those little spaces

 

I'd say it is definitely better than it used to be, 'back in the day'

 

[CedB]

Thanks Giorgio  Yep, the crew have had their Ratksin flesh coats and now their boots painted. The dog's had his undercoat too... er, not primer, you know, the coats dogs have under their main hair:

 

Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr

 

Thanks Alex  Dead sheep? Oooer....

Thanks TT - Landrover coming soon... 

Thanks Bill for the tip on the filler  

 

 

Humbrol 66 is Olive Drab? Not on my lid, or in the pot:

 

 

 

Once thinned and stirred with the Badger it's a dark grey with maybe a tinge of green. Hopeless. In the bin. H155 much better, first coat on:

 

 

I use the H66 on the base and you can (maybe) see the colour on the sides? The rest has been overbrushed with the 155.

 

Red bits painted with H60, rocket exhausts painted with Mr Hobby Burnt Iron and the rocket mount with Mr Metal Color Iron, to be polished a bit later:

 

[Niall]

Humbrol 66 is the early WW2 US Army olive drab. Later in the war they used a lighter colour similar to the British shade. I think they then went back to it after WW2.

[CedB]

Ah thanks Niall, that explains it. Removed from the bin!  

 

Where am I going to put this? And how can I make sure the dog stands up? I think he's been on the beer...

Diorama board. Hmmm. I don't have one of those.

I do have a lid from my annual box of crystallised Ginger which I can strip the decoration from:

 

 

Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr

 

If it's big enough I'll spray it concrete / tarmac / bit of grass (for the dog).  Later.

 

Launcher has been assembled (fiddly):

 

 

and been given a wash (after that shot) with Humbrol Dark Green wash.

 

Missile and rockets have had their noses masked and painted Tamiya Flat Black:

 

 

When that's dry the whole lot will get a coat of W&N satin varnish and then some careful weathering prior to final assembly.

 

Next up is (wait for it, wait for it) the Landrover:

 

 

No glass in the windows. Hmmm. Number plate. Roundel. Pondering...

[Beard]

3 minutes ago, CedB said:

No glass in the windows. Hmmm. Number plate. Roundel. Pondering...

No interior either, by the looks of it

[Courageous]

15 minutes ago, Beard said:

19 minutes ago, CedB said:

No glass in the windows. Hmmm. Number plate. Roundel. Pondering...

No interior either, by the looks of it

Looks like a bit scratch building rearing its ugly head...