Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Hello Roger ... Glad to see you back safely. The Dark Earth turned out well in my opinion. The whole build is going quite well actually. Not much on my front. I currently have two going on down in the Group build area, and a sci-fi build going. The rest of my builds are off line right now. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 32 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hello Roger ... Glad to see you back safely. The Dark Earth turned out well in my opinion. The whole build is going quite well actually. Not much on my front. I currently have two going on down in the Group build area, and a sci-fi build going. The rest of my builds are off line right now. Dennis Thanks very much Dennis. I'm currently deliberating whether to do some work on the landing gear or a turret, or maybe turrets. Leaning towards landing gear at the moment but we'll see what happens. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Very nice Roger, very nice indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 1/31/2019 at 7:18 AM, CedB said: Very nice Roger, very nice indeed. Thank you Ced. (I'm sure I have already posted a thank you, something either went wrong or I imagined it 🤔) Landing gear on and given a bit of a dry brush. I'll be painting some more detail work in situ. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Oooh! Treaded tires? I'm not too sure wartime Hallys had treaded tires. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 1/27/2019 at 6:42 PM, Roger Newsome said: By the way, the Reap the Whirlwind book is highly recommended! 👍 Is it much of a photographic reference (ie loads of lovely and hitherto unpublished piccies) or more of a narrative history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Seahawk said: Is it much of a photographic reference (ie loads of lovely and hitherto unpublished piccies) or more of a narrative history? More narrative, lots of firsthand accounts from crewmembers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 11 minutes ago, dogsbody said: Oooh! Treaded tires? I'm not too sure wartime Hallys had treaded tires. Chris Oh dear. I bought aftermarket tyres because I read the kit ones weren't particularly accurate, that little plan may have backfired. 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 13 minutes ago, Roger Newsome said: Oh dear. I bought aftermarket tyres because I read the kit ones weren't particularly accurate, that little plan may have backfired. 😳 I know Freightdog had some smooth replacements. You could check with Colin and see if he has any. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 15 minutes ago, dogsbody said: I know Freightdog had some smooth replacements. You could check with Colin and see if he has any. Chris Cheers Chris, you're right, https://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk/freightdog-1-72-hp-halifax-b-iii-replacement-mail-wheels.html The landing gear put up a bit of a fight so at the moment I'm tempted to leave it be and live with an inaccuracy, however that view may very well change once it starts playing on my mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Having given it some thought I'm going to order the Freightdog resin wheeels and replace the treaded ones I used, which incidentally look suspiciously like the wheels on the Elvington Halifax. 🤔 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 I'm a bit annoyed with myself for buying the wrong replacement wheels, poor research on my behalf but I've ordered the correct ones from Freightdog, I'm hoping the surgical removal and replacement will go ok. Maybe I could have lived with it being inaccurate but when I've invested in a correctly shaped H2S dome and been gifted the correct size machine gun for the nose it would be a shame not to have the correct wheels. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Sorry for urinating on your circus, Roger. I just felt that I should bring it up to you, as you always do such a great job with your kits. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 40 minutes ago, dogsbody said: Sorry for urinating on your circus, Roger. I just felt that I should bring it up to you, as you always do such a great job with your kits. Chris It's not a problem at all Chris, I'm glad you did. Correcting it at this stage is going to be a lot less painful than having it pointed out when it's in the RFI section. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 The correct wheels/tyres from Freightdog arrived and have been added. My worry there was freeing the incorrect resin resin wheels which I'd glued in place with Gorilla superglue, however my wife's Boots nail polish remover applied sparingly with a brush did the trick and interestingly to note is the stuff comes in varying strengths. Who knew? Fortunately for me hers is specifically for weak, dry nails, (she had no idea 😁) preventing collateral damage to surrounding plastic. Mid upper turret also added. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Almost time for some decaling. 🙂 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Almost? Looks like it's about time! It looks gorgeous too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 16 minutes ago, Christer A said: Almost? Looks like it's about time! It looks gorgeous too! Thank you. It's not quite ready yet, the gloss coat hasn't cured properly. I know that because there's now fingerprints on the fuselage. 😩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 What great work. The 'black' that is not quite black undersides is particularly effective for this scale, I think, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 13 hours ago, Michael51 said: What great work. The 'black' that is not quite black undersides is particularly effective for this scale, I think, Michael Thanks very much Michael. I used Mr Hobby H77 Tire Black, a much better choice of "black" in my opinion than black black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Decals on today followed by a coat of gloss and the plan is to do some washes tomorrow. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP42 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Looking fabulous! Very tempted to buy one myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 hours ago, HP42 said: Looking fabulous! Very tempted to buy one myself. Thanks very much. Despite some easily made corrections the kit goes together beautifully, if you're not overly concerned about accuracy you'll still have an impressive representation of a Halifax. Go on, give it a go. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Very nice Roger, she's looking splendid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 35 minutes ago, CedB said: Very nice Roger, she's looking splendid Thanks very much Ced. Into the final stretch now and planning the next project. 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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