Buzby061 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Absolutely fantastic. The attention to detail is incredible. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Absolutely stunning diorama, the mud looks incredible and the cloth on the windscreen finishes it off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 7 hours ago, tonyot said: Obviously I couldn`t see the underside,.....and yes,... it looks superb,...... but I was reflecting on the upper surfaces really,....... blokes with muddy boots on leave quite a bit of mud on the wings,...... many Spits had a cloth strip with wooden strips let into it like a ladder applied to the wing root on the ground to prevent too much wear and tear on the wing roots. I did also say that it was a superb model! Cheers Tony No hard feelings at all! Hope I didn't come off as defensive. That's cool to know about the ladder thing. Might be another good detail to incorporate into future builds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 8 hours ago, Work In Progress said: Oh, you should have seen the amount of mud I used to have to clean off the underneath of my Yak after flying it off a wet and fairly worn grass airfield in winter. Not excessive at all behind the wheels. I would hope that they would wipe it off before sending it off on its next mission, but that's perfectly credible for after landing / taxi-ing in a muddy environment. A huge amount gets thrown off by the wheels Thanks, that's good to know. I've never spent any time around real aircraft (except of course as a commercial passenger) so I guess at all of this stuff, best add I can infer from photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Buzby061 said: Absolutely fantastic. The attention to detail is incredible. Pete 1 hour ago, woody37 said: Absolutely stunning diorama, the mud looks incredible and the cloth on the windscreen finishes it off Thank you both! I was pleased as a modeller but upset as a user to see that the fiber structure of cheap TP looks exactly like a scale canvas tarp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todders Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Dioramas are so much better when the modeler gives attention to the smaller details that are around the main feature. Yours looks great! Hope I could do one as well done as this one. Todders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Todders said: Dioramas are so much better when the modeler gives attention to the smaller details that are around the main feature. Yours looks great! Hope I could do one as well done as this one. Todders Thank you for the kind words. This is my first one, so I'm sure you can do as good or better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Awesome build and dio` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 An absolutley outstanging build and vignette. Beautiful paint work and detail. I've always really liked the Spit VIII and the SEAC markings. Working in those conditions, during and after the monsoon had broken, must have been Hell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 12/23/2019 at 6:35 AM, Meatbox8 said: An absolutley outstanging build and vignette. Beautiful paint work and detail. I've always really liked the Spit VIII and the SEAC markings. Working in those conditions, during and after the monsoon had broken, must have been Hell. Thank you. I found the idea of this hard and unglamorous posting in Burma so interesting. Seemed like a great topic for a dio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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