The Spadgent Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Thanks fella. Yes she is a bit of a big un. 👏🙌👏 I guess we won the football? Sorry I’m an “odd boy who doesn’t like sport”. To quote the late great Vivian Stanshall, I’m sure Germany will do just fine. 😀 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 10 minutes ago, The Spadgent said: To quote the late great Vivian Stanshall, I’m sure Germany will do just fine. No, she will be wrong this time!! I know that, because I'm really not an football expert or fan at all and wasn't ever!!! Cheers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Hya guys. Appologies for the lack of Lancaster goodness over the past week or so. Work has been cRaZy busy and any spare time I’ve been getting the boys bedroom converted from a 4 year olds room to a teenagers one. seems if I’m not filling and sanding in my scale world I’m doing it in the 1:1 world. 😑 🤨 combined with birthday sleep overs, another fencing comp. And more flat pack than you can shake a stick at. I have been trying to keep up with your builds as mine has taken a bit of a back seat. It’s Gemma’s Birthday this weekend and she’s away with the girls tomorrow until Sunday so with the bedroom nearly done I might get a bit of time on the Lancaster. More than this bit which is all I have managed to do over the past week or so. its a glued together substitute for the wing exhaust. Just needs cutting. Exciting huh. 🤣 I felt I had to post as it’s been a age. fingers crossed for some weekend plastic. Take care you lot and Happy Modelling. Johnny. by the way the guns arrived. 🤸♂️ Edited June 28, 2018 by The Spadgent 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 8 hours ago, The Spadgent said: ... bedroom converted from a 4 year olds room to a teenagers one. DIY, ugh. I've lost my love for that I'm afraid. Looks like yours is up to Spadgent standards though. Are you letting him choose the colour? Dangerous in my experience - ours went for something dark. Not black, thankfully, but we still have a purple ceiling in the house 🙄 Looking forward to an update Johnny, when you're ready 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 On 6/18/2018 at 11:20 PM, bbudde said: No, she will be wrong this time!! I know that, because I'm really not an football expert or fan at all and wasn't ever!!! Cheers You got that one right !! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 9 hours ago, CedB said: DIY, ugh. I've lost my love for that I'm afraid. Looks like yours is up to Spadgent standards though. Are you letting him choose the colour? Dangerous in my experience - ours went for something dark. Not black, thankfully, but we still have a purple ceiling in the house 🙄 Looking forward to an update Johnny, when you're ready Yes he chose the colours. Purple, (popular I see) green, white and black. He’s hit his goth phase early. Looks pretty cool to be fair. 😀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 14 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Looks pretty cool to be fair. 😀 For gods sake don't tell him that! Actually, if he thinks that adults think it's cool then he won't like it anymore.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Hello Spad ! Great work in 1/1 world, I will start my bedroom in a few days…. Tearing plasters from the Walls, tearing the ceiling and close inspection of the spars... Tearing the floor too, again inspection… Then insulate everything and including a brand new electrical wiring... Aaaaand then rebuild Walls, floor and ceiling…. Modelling will suffer a lot in a few days... The very old CC castle need a complete refurbishing, one bedroom done already !! plus fixing glitches here and there…. 🤪🤔😰 And so… Courage my friend, once it's done, it's over (ready for the new mem sahib's idea) Sincerely. CC Swedish gods are with you !! IKEA !! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Hands Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Marvelous! The thread is a lovely read. Your model looks wonderful thus far. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f111guru Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Flawless work thus far Johnny. Not surprising the with the parallel with home work and model building. Ron VanDerwarker 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) On 6/29/2018 at 12:04 PM, Mancunian airman said: On 6/19/2018 at 12:20 AM, bbudde said: No, she will be wrong this time!! I know that, because I'm really not an football expert or fan at all and wasn't ever!!! Cheers You got that one right !! Thanks. Even Panama played better and with much more passion and heart! PS.: This poor guy had a hard and long nightshift last Wednesday: Cheers Edited July 2, 2018 by bbudde 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 This Lancaster is going to be a museum piece! Really stunning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 On 6/30/2018 at 8:24 AM, Bigdave22014 said: For gods sake don't tell him that! Actually, if he thinks that adults think it's cool then he won't like it anymore.... Mums the word.🙊 On 6/30/2018 at 12:23 PM, corsaircorp said: Hello Spad ! Great work in 1/1 world, I will start my bedroom in a few days…. Tearing plasters from the Walls, tearing the ceiling and close inspection of the spars... Tearing the floor too, again inspection… Then insulate everything and including a brand new electrical wiring... Aaaaand then rebuild Walls, floor and ceiling…. Modelling will suffer a lot in a few days... The very old CC castle need a complete refurbishing, one bedroom done already !! plus fixing glitches here and there…. 🤪🤔😰 And so… Courage my friend, once it's done, it's over (ready for the new mem sahib's idea) Sincerely. CC Swedish gods are with you !! IKEA !! My word CC sounds like you have your hands full. Good luck sir. On 6/30/2018 at 1:02 PM, Ham Hands said: Marvelous! The thread is a lovely read. Your model looks wonderful thus far. Why thank you.😇 On 7/1/2018 at 5:28 PM, f111guru said: Flawless work thus far Johnny. Not surprising the with the parallel with home work and model building. Ron VanDerwarker Thanks Ron. On 7/2/2018 at 11:48 AM, bbudde said: Thanks. Even Panama played better and with much more passion and heart! PS.: This poor guy had a hard and long nightshift last Wednesday: Cheers What a house. 😵 On 7/2/2018 at 12:19 PM, John D.C. Masters said: This Lancaster is going to be a museum piece! Really stunning. Thanks John. As you can all see nothing was achieved last weekend as birthdays took a front seat. I’m away watching the Cure this weekend so nothing this weekend either. We have however tidied up all the mess that the bedroom created so the Lancaster will be kickstarted soooooon my loves. 🤠 Happy Modelling chums. Johnny 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Hey you guys. After what seems like forever I have managed a little time in the cave. 😵 I had a splendid weekend in Hyde park watching the Cure with my Father in law. correct attire for a goth gig right? 🤣 A feb time was had! Just in case I booked Today off. No head ache to speak of so quality bench time ensued. 🤩 I had a quick look at the new guns. Pretty good really. Enough of that let’s get to plastic. The new exhaust wasn’t right. So I made a new one from the old one. Re shaped and fitted. Now before anyone has the chance to stop me........ paint time. 😍 wellllll pre shade time. half way through and looking good. I know the underside is black but I’ll make a slightly lighter colour to show the pre shade. the top got finished. Sooooo many lines.😅 hopefully all those rivets will show through. Here’s the underside finished. Remembering my Messerschmitt I added some squiggles in the pre shade. The flaps got done too. Phew! That was a lot of lines. I’m going to high light pre shade too but my mind wonders to green and brown. There are tonnes of different ideas. I’m guessing the green is right. These two browns are both mixes for suggested raf brown but as you can see they are very different. I’ve seen examples of browns that look like both of these. oh I don’t know. 🤨 does anyone have a good mix for raf brown? Tamiya please. Maybe a bit more tonight. But I’m getting a pit waspish in this heat. Thanks for any help on the colours and Thankyou for sticking with this long drawn out build. Take care and as always. Happy Modelling. Johnny boy. 🖤 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I am not sure about the Tamiya mixes but I think the darker brown is close. Perhaps make it a bit more bronze-ish? Brighten it up a smidgen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picard Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 A superb piece of work sir, fabulous shirt, hair and shades my friend. Oh, and by the way, the Lanc WIP is a stunning master class as well of course. Cheers 😋 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 You look like a million dollars in that pic, Johnny boy! And great to see pre-shading on your model, top job 👏 Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_ Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, The Spadgent said: does anyone have a good mix for raf brown? Tamiya please. 52 + 49 is suggested to be better than the 52 + 64. Maybe worth grabbing a pot of the Mr Color Dark Earth - C22 (or C369?) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 hours ago, The Spadgent said: the top got finished. Sooooo many lines.😅 Cripes, look at the size of that bug hiding under the Lanc.......!! (sorry, I'll get my ) But before I go, as to the dark earth quandry, I recently (well, last year) sprayed my SEAC P-47 with a Humrol rattle can that was supposed to be dark earth and it looked very similar (if a little more orange) to your 4 paint mix. When I got back to the model a few weeks ago I had a few areas that needed touching up, so brush painted on some White Ensign dark earth which looks very close to your 52 + 64 mix. As WEM (now Sovereign) paints seem to be generally well regarded for 'accuracy' I'd go for a colour close to that. For what it's worth. Keith 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: I am not sure about the Tamiya mixes but I think the darker brown is close. Perhaps make it a bit more bronze-ish? Brighten it up a smidgen? Thanks. I think you’re right. 2 hours ago, picard said: A superb piece of work sir, fabulous shirt, hair and shades my friend. Oh, and by the way, the Lanc WIP is a stunning master class as well of course. Cheers 😋 Why thank you sir. 😇 1 hour ago, giemme said: You look like a million dollars in that pic, Johnny boy! And great to see pre-shading on your model, top job 👏 Ciao Thanks G. I’m so happy there is paint. 15 minutes ago, Matt_ said: 52 + 49 is suggested to be better than the 52 + 64. Maybe worth grabbing a pot of the Mr Color Dark Earth - C22 (or C369?) Ordered. 🙃 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, keefr22 said: Cripes, look at the size of that bug hiding under the Lanc.......!! (sorry, I'll get my ) But before I go, as to the dark earth quandry, I recently (well, last year) sprayed my SEAC P-47 with a Humrol rattle can that was supposed to be dark earth and it looked very similar (if a little more orange) to your 4 paint mix. When I got back to the model a few weeks ago I had a few areas that needed touching up, so brush painted on some White Ensign dark earth which looks very close to your 52 + 64 mix. As WEM (now Sovereign) paints seem to be generally well regarded for 'accuracy' I'd go for a colour close to that. For what it's worth. Keith Thanks for your help Keith. your message came in as I was ordering the Mr Colour. Doh! Thank you anyway. 🤩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow8dirty Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Just read through most of your progress. Its builds like this that prompted me to join the forum, really well presented and inspirational. look forward to the end result. Matt 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaminCam Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Hi Jonny, i found this discussion helpful for raf colours: I followed dogsbody's suggestions and used 49 and 52 for the brown on a mk1 spit last year. I also liked his suggestion of 81 with a bit of 49 for the green. Love this wip, going to look amazing when its done! Sam 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 23 hours ago, slow8dirty said: Just read through most of your progress. Its builds like this that prompted me to join the forum, really well presented and inspirational. look forward to the end result. Matt You’re far too kind. Thank you sir. 22 hours ago, SaminCam said: Hi Jonny, i found this discussion helpful for raf colours: I followed dogsbody's suggestions and used 49 and 52 for the brown on a mk1 spit last year. I also liked his suggestion of 81 with a bit of 49 for the green. Love this wip, going to look amazing when its done! Sam Thanks. Yes I saw that one. I wish they would just do an RAF brown to match their green. Hopefully the Mr Hobby stuff will turn up soon. Glad you’re enjoying the lanc. Johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Hi Jonny Looking good in the shirt and that Lancaster is looking absolutely lovely too. I am afraid I cannot offer any assistance with your paint conundrum as I don't get on with Tamiya paints at all. Keep up the good work. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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