Courageous Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 2 hours ago, azureglo said: this is not that kit. Considering that those there decals have nothing to do with the kit, that cockpit looks brilliant! Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Courageous said: Considering that those there decals have nothing to do with the kit, that cockpit looks brilliant! Stuart Brute force can fix all things... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Anil just to say have you checked that the canopies will close with the seats. I have not built the Revell kit but l am building the Fujimi British Phantom and the Quickboost seats are taller which foul the canopies. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Very nice cockpit Anil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 15 minutes ago, Tomoshenko said: Very nice cockpit Anil. Ain't a patch on your efforts, Tom but a good representation what bog standard components and what us mere mortals can achieve ( with chemical enhancements)... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 15 minutes ago, azureglo said: ( with chemical enhancements)... Ain't that the truth 😂🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 55 minutes ago, azureglo said: ( with chemical enhancements)... Would that be the ethanol or cyanoacrylate derived ...? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Cyanomethylate? Siennamillerated? Dude wot you bangin' on abaht? Ugnh, I need some more Balls, eh Bells itsh Bells yer honour, I meant. Wow me carpets really shoft I fall face down into it ... zzzzz. 1 hour ago, Tomoshenko said: Would that be the ethanol or cyanoacrylate derived ...? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Rum appears to be my weapon of choice ce soir, with old episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 33 minutes ago, 06/24 said: Rum appears to be my weapon of choice ce soir, with old episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey... My poison. Chris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) ...and this mine, think Anil is quite partial to this tipple. Stuart Edited March 13, 2019 by Courageous 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 A small update as much delicate de-seaming is in progress which is suitably too dull to watch. You need to drill a lot of 0.8mm holes for these wingy balance greebles. A perfect chance to use my Tamiya mini power drill, I think of @CedBeverytime I see it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 A smallish update, put everything together and found small but annoying gaps at the wing/fuselage join: Mr Surfacer 500 wiped off with levelling thinner took care of that without harming the exquisite detail, Surprisingly these circles were out of register ( I checked the fuselage alignment and its spot on). Filled with CA and re-scribed, Drove myself totally crazy making the insides of the intakes ( yes I know the camo should extend in by a scale foot or two). A bit more filling and sanding than I expected but my first big damn spook is coming together nicely. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 That cockpit does look rather lovely, most impressive. Quote with chemical enhancements I have an inkling as to what this might be, possibly beginning with a letter J. Am I close? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 33 minutes ago, Nigel Heath said: That cockpit does look rather lovely, most impressive. I have an inkling as to what this might be, possibly beginning with a letter J. Am I close? Filthy stuff Jamesons, rubbish at diluting paint or cleaning surfaces for priming. I've relegated it to mouthwash duties... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 It does work rather well as a leveling compound though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 More seam checking today but noticed a nasty seam behind the "GIB"s seat. As per my EF2000a on bench 3, did some greebling to hide it. More assembly tomorrow, a gazillion intakes and aerials to sort out, I'm itching for some three colour SEA Camo airbrush action... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Nice greebling AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Andwil said: Nice greebling AW I bet you say to that every modeller... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 I’ve decided to put all my WIP threads on hold for a few reasons: Now the Brexit is looming, I am going to a take a few European art and culture trips while travel is relatively easy. I also need get my ATPL back up and running as I want do some commercial flying and miss it. My true passion, jazz guitar sadly has almost withered as it’s a very time intensive and live performance thing that I really need to spend more time which is currently going on modelling. Lastly I have had a quite unsettling experience on this site and encountered some elements that I find deeply disturbing and very unhealthy. I feel spending a lot more time in the real world with real people and away from the rather strange and often hostile space of the internet and some of the unhealthy individuals who inhabit it , can only be a good thing. After all this is a hobby done to gain pleasure and relaxation and currently I’m find it anything but. I’m going to finish these current as well my backlog of paid for, builds then as and when I finish any interesting models, I’ll post them the RFI. Perhaps after a good break I may find this space healthier. Many thanks for all the encouragement and advice, stay safe, .enjoy your modelling and hopefully see you all again. Anil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 And it's time to park this: I can't figure out whether this is a keeper or a seller so instead of dithering any more, its neatly packed away and the bench is ready for the next one in which I'll be trying out a neat way to do feathered edges without the hit and miss of blu tack and freehand just is too soft and diffused to be credible in 1/72. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 And looky here, another sales piece based on a silly price I saw paid for a dreadfully built old Hasegawa kit with torn decals and artexed paintwork. Kit is a repop of the old Italeri kit with a stunning decal sheet and can be done wheels up as is the current house style, without any grief. It was an impulse purchase as I put it in my shopping cart and promptly forgot about it then the seller sent me an abandoned cart email and offered it at £4.99 including delivery…I’ve paid more than that for a coffee at LAX recently. I will be trying a much easier way to do feathered three colour camo and first job is to source a pilot. Before anyone chimes in with “ooh the AMK is way better etc.”, already have some… It’s not better, it's different, i.e. designed to be a three wheeled ground vehicle with opened canopy, large amounts of tiny bits and piles of optional munitions etc. for many, many hours of fiddling - currently not my thing but if it’s yours, AMKs enormous parts count should provide months of hermit solitude like to pore over. Man, looking at those bulging bags of parts actually gives me a headache... My take on models is learning to build paint and decal them really, really well so as to capture the sense of the actual plane with some of its excitement. Spending three months building a single 1/72, doing stuff like moving a missile fin 0.75 of a millimetre and adding the correct flux capacitor housing for a JG21 Oktoberfest Squadron plane is totally without any interest for me, planes fascinate me, rivets don’t. Anyhoo, this needs to be airborne next week as my ebay store is now empty after five built kits sold in 15 days... tsk tsk. Toodle pip Anil 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT7567 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 7 hours ago, azureglo said: My take on models is learning to build paint and decal them really, really well so as to capture the sense of the actual plane with some of its excitement. Spending three months building a single 1/72, doing stuff like moving a missile fin 0.75 of a millimetre and adding the correct flux capacitor housing for a JG21 Oktoberfest Squadron plane is totally without any interest for me, planes fascinate me, rivets don’t. Well put. I'm inclined to agree with this philosopy every time I survey my stash, especially if I do the math compared to my abysmally low build rate. Look forward to seeing both the Kfir and the Phantom proceed with haste ☺ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 22 hours ago, CT7567 said: Well put. I'm inclined to agree with this philosopy every time I survey my stash, especially if I do the math compared to my abysmally low build rate. Look forward to seeing both the Kfir and the Phantom proceed with haste ☺ You might be waiting some time for the Spook. Re: modelling its each to his own, one of my real world friends is Nigel Heath on this forum who super details 1/72 models over 50-60 page threads that I thoroughly enjoy but would never dream of doing. My take is folk feel that they have to pre-shade, smear on silly amounts of chalk dust and eyeshadow, glue in lots of over scale etch, have the wheels down and canopy open. I reckon you can go your own way, all of those things leave me cold and I don't want the same cookie cutter models that folk are trying to imitate the from mags. That said you won't win any prizes at shows, get many followers or likes but hey, there if you can't please everybody, might as well please yourself...This guy sure do: http://nyx.meccahosting.com/~a0008aa9/alcladthoughts.htm Now back to my pilot search... Anil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Man I underestimated how much effort is involved in selling built models on fleabay: custom packaging, instructions , tracking, updating portals etc still five models sold in eight days for a yield of £201.75, not bad so that my excuse for being tardy with my build threads: Now to the Kfir, pilot test Nice chap seems 'armless enough🥁 All important flight test, oy Moyshe she flies already!! Pilot assembled, deseamed and pit ready for for paint. Y'know when you dry fit a kit and it just happens, and you think yeah this one is gonna be fun, well this Revellari is one of those, this is gonna be one sweet buld...now that , that is a thing, oy. Anil 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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