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1 hour ago, keefr22 said:

 

When I first scrolled down to that I thought you had a new pair of reading glasses...!!

 

K

If you ask him nicely he might let you borrow them!

 

Ian

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3 hours ago, keefr22 said:

you had a new pair of reading glasses...!!

Ha Keith, but with that cut in the middle it looks more like old age progressive power lenses. :whistle:

Cheers

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21 hours ago, keefr22 said:

 

When I first scrolled down to that I thought you had a new pair of reading glasses...!!

 

K

I could do with some new ones Keith :) I've ordered some of those 'adjustable spectacles' from the 'web and hoping it's not a fraudulent site - fingers crossed…

 

20 hours ago, Markh-75 said:

Pair of swimming goggles.😂😂

Could be :D 

 

20 hours ago, limeypilot said:

If you ask him nicely he might let you borrow them!

 

Ian

Thanks Ian :) 

 

18 hours ago, bbudde said:

Ha Keith, but with that cut in the middle it looks more like old age progressive power lenses. :whistle:

Cheers

Oi! Old age? Me? :D 

 

15 hours ago, rob85 said:

This is shaping up beautifully Ced, really great work on that canopy! 
 

Rob

Thanks Rob :) 

 

 

I've painted the de-icing strips:

 

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Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr

 

Of course the rivets didn't help with the masking so I have some touching up to do.

 

Can't face the framing today - a friend recommended 'Taboo' on the Tele and at first I thought it wasn't my sort of thing, but I persevered.

Binge watched five episodes last night :sleepy:

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I thought I could manage a bit of painting so brushed the depth charges with Hu91:

 

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Checking 'British Explosive Ordnance' for markings I scrolled too far and came across this:

 

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250lb Bouyancy Bomb by Ced Bufton, on Flickr

 

That's them innit? Not depth charges but '250lb Bouyancy Bombs'.

Dark grey overall (rats) with a red nose band (3" from the nose that's 1.05mm scaled) and green band at the base of the ogive.

What's an ogive?

Band 9.5" (3.35mm scaled) from nose.

According to Wikipedia 'An ogive is the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object.' Helpful. Not.

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6 minutes ago, CedB said:

According to Wikipedia 'An ogive is the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object.' Helpful. Not.

It’s the pointy bit, innit? 

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Ah, thanks heather! :D 

 

Redo:

 

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Something's in focus there.

Shaky hands this morning.

Any remnants of dark green are herewith to be referred to as 'pre-shading'.

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Thanks John and Adrian :) 

 

Some framing done before my nerves abandoned me*:

 

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I've learned to make sure that 'a run' of frame is done with the same cut of tape. Trying to get another cut exactly the same width is pretty impossible.

 

* Nothing medical, don't worry. It's just that I find this fiddly work hard to keep up nowadays.

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5 hours ago, CedB said:

'An ogive is the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object.' Helpful. Not.

About where the "felt washer" is, at a guess. ie. where it stops tapering.

 

That canopy is fantastic. I think you've found your niche!

 

Ian

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3 hours ago, CedB said:

I've learned to make sure that 'a run' of frame is done with the same cut of tape. Trying to get another cut exactly the same width is pretty impossible.

 

did you ever manage to find those 6 foot wide rolls of tape then ?

 

 

3 hours ago, CedB said:

Trying to get another cut exactly the same width is pretty impossible

 

Aizu !!!

 

 

9 hours ago, CedB said:

What's an ogive?

 

according to the ever truthful and enlightening  interweb:  (1) A Gothic or pointed arch, Or,  (2) a cumulative frequency graph. 

The choice is yours.   Choose carefully young grasshopper or this could be a complicated paint job

 

 

 

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Thanks Cookie, Rob, Ian, Adrian and Simon, very kind :) 

 

12 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

Oops. Forgot to mention give the stick a scrub with an old tooth brush. But I guess if it’s ground in. That canopy is truly next level work. Beautiful modelling Ced. 😇

Thanks Johnny - I guessed that what you meant but, as you say, that Milliput was stuck! More sanders on their way… :) 

 

10 hours ago, hendie said:

 

did you ever manage to find those 6 foot wide rolls of tape then ?

Nope, still looking :facepalm:

10 hours ago, hendie said:

Aizu !!!

9 hours ago, Heather Kay said:

Bless you!

 

:coat:

:laugh: Could try that - I do have some 0.4 and 0.7mm… how does it take paint?

 

10 hours ago, hendie said:

according to the ever truthful and enlightening  interweb:  (1) A Gothic or pointed arch, Or,  (2) a cumulative frequency graph. 

The choice is yours.   Choose carefully young grasshopper or this could be a complicated paint job

 

9 hours ago, perdu said:

Is it another way of spelling Olive Green, shortened?

8 hours ago, giemme said:

An ogive is something ogival... simples :D 

 

I love that framing, Ced :clap: Keep going this way!

 

Ciao

8 hours ago, perdu said:

Not a olive?

 

Thanks hendie, Giorgio and bill, helpful 🙄

 

 

When I did the bombs on the Sunderland, this worked:

 

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You need two brushes, one for the red and one for the green, because once the bomb is in the chuck you don't want to take it out!

 

Careful, careful:

 

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Done:

 

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More framing later, probably.

 

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