perdu Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 I completely forgot I had 'em, moving a book on the bookshelf reminded me Thinks to self: Place the folder somewhere you will see it every day... 😠 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Okeydokey The above circle on a fuselage symbol which isn't the roundel... (For info of any passer by that has only just stumbled into this den of idiocy) Andy mentioned sending me scans of said marking from his cache of available Wokkadecals Since my discovery of the Ancient Stash Of Letrasettery and sheet 1s O I have also noticed the same tiny decal on my Model Alliance set But I dislike it intensely, from the above picture of a Chinook bearing, as I understand it, 8" lettering on the ROYAL AIR FORCE lettering the real circle looks to be about seven and a quarter inches by sizestimation The decal sheet's version looks closer to five inches Anyway to test the principle my favourite method is the time-hallowed 'suck-it-and-see' method So would house ladies and gentlemen's try a taste of this please The Letraset is where the actual one will rest, the potential imposter sits under the IR in Air Force Only the O shape works for me... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 O shape for me too Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) Definitely the Letraset O - initially thought that the 'Royal Air Force' title was its own height too low, when compared with the photo above... ....but having learned from the black demarcation around the DAS, just checked the pics of EX on page two, and your model matches those... ....which goes to prove that two aircraft photographed on the same day carried what should be standardised titles in two different positions! Edited December 28, 2019 by andyf117 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Always model the subject, not the aeroplane Been a maxim of mine for a long time. Blimey, a very long time. Wow Once you gave us the photos and I decided on EX that became the focus of the thread so I look at all the idiosynchracies in the pictures Of course I won't get all of it right but I do want to get as near as poss... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Another vote for the O thing* Bill * Shakespeare was sooooo naughty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislowe Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 16 hours ago, CedB said: Another vote for the O thing 19 hours ago, andyf117 said: Definitely the Letraset O 20 hours ago, hendie said: O shape for me In case you were one short of a quorum, I concur with these chaps. The alternative you have is the same alternative I had in my 1:48 Model Alliance set. Not surprising I guess as they come from the same source, but it makes me wonder what they've seen that made them include something so small. Anyroadup, cracking save on the undercarriage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Letraset. Just brilliant. You weave nostalgia and inspiration together in one wonderful fabric Bill. Hat doffed to you in this respect and in sundry recoveries that would snap the sinews of a lesser man. 👏 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 18 hours ago, perdu said: Always model the subject, not the aeroplane Been a maxim of mine for a long time. Blimey, a very long time. Wow Once you gave us the photos and I decided on EX that became the focus of the thread so I look at all the idiosynchracies in the pictures Of course I won't get all of it right but I do want to get as near as poss... A very quick investigation into the differing positions of the 'Royal Air Force' title reveals that - initially, at least - the 'lower' position was how it was applied to the ZA-serialled airframes, with the 'upper' position being how it appeared on the ZD block. Just in case anyone else was wondering (which they probably weren't!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Further (& probably after the fact) support for O. (By the way, have I missed someone saying what it actually is in real life? Static pressure hole vent thingy with mark telling you not to paint anywhere near?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 I guessed it was a static point I found the Belvedere And got some more stickers on Without flash I need to find out how Hendie gets his stickers on, even during his builds They just sit there, no visible backing even though we're looking at matt surfaces Beats me, anyway this is where I am before misting a flat green over the wrinkled bits to cover the valleys between the plateaus. I will have a few more stickers to go on but at this point I am happier with this than at any time since I closed the fuselage Let us see what horrors emerge next... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Looking very good to me Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) That's looking mighty fine there Bill 3 hours ago, perdu said: I need to find out how Hendie gets his stickers on, even during his builds Nothing special Bill. Sometimes the gloss coat isn't very good either. I put a dab of MicroS1 on the appointed area - slide the transfer onto that puddle then move it around cos it's never in the right place. Once I have it in position I'll press it down with a damp/wet piece of kitchen roll to remove excess liquid under the decal and sometimes add another dollop of MicroS1 on top. After a few minutes I'll press it down again and then apply some MicroS2. I'll add another few spots of MicroS2 over the next 10 to 15 minutes and that's it. I never let it get dry between applications of MicroS1 and MicroS2. Once they're dry, they're on there. I've tried tape and can't get anything to lift at all. On really difficult stickers I'll keep applying MicroS2 every half hour as long as I'm working at the bench. Edited December 29, 2019 by hendie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 That's the way I need to do it 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Just now, perdu said: That's the way I need to do it 👍 you do it differently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 9 hours ago, hendie said: you do it differently ? Nowhere near as well Must do better ( seeing which rockets my memory back to 1960, school report "M**** must do better, he can but constantly fails to try hard enough...) Many of such comments failed to get through, must try HARDER... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 And to digress further Trying harder, honest, the first two legs under construction Here we has two new legs, a very battered old one and some raw materials from the top: there is a length of Aeroclub 0.076" tube below that: the last remaining piece of 0.052" Aeroclub tube outside captivity in someone's private stockpile, sadly too short to make the upper main legs from below that: the pair of legs I am trying to take from sow's ear to silk purse/stocking (legs geddit) A cross piece of 0.076" with a length of 0.047" Evergreen rod in as an axle, then drilled to allow a piece of Albion alloys tube to make an upright below them: a length of Evergreen Rod at 0.062" which will be drilled out down the centre like the outer tubes on the undercarriage parts above it In the absence of the Holy Grail of fine diameter plastic tubes, the aforesaid 0.052" Aeroclub grey tube, I cut a pair of lengths of the Evergreen 0.062" and then drilled down inside the rods to make tubes I have the other MH-47E to make if I decide on making my green Wokka in the future, and having purloined its legs I need to make legs for it too and I might as well do that now So off I go, busy boy huh? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Nice work on them Legs Bill Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Thanks Rog, links to fathom out next huh... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 She's got legs... ....well, someone had to do it... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 I love a nicely turned out pair of legs, will these make the cut do we think? I need to work on the upper link and the hinge pivots. Then finish the second pair. Catch you later. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I think they'll make the cut just fine Bill! Very nicely done. Of course, you could always use Albion Alloys metal tube and solder it all..... (ducks and runs) Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Well I think they make the cut 👍👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 You've got a nice pair of legs Bill. Well someone had to say it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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