FAA builds, 32nd Hawker Nimrod ,Seafire now finished, Malta Sea Gladiator now underway.

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More work on the Sea Venom with the last  item to go on and get painted, the one of the front U/C door, I lost the kit one!!! So made a replacement from plasticard

 

Thanks for looking 

Chris

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And it's finished

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your support , enjoyed putting this one together and it's another from my Dad's first ship, HMS Centaur. 

Chris

[mark.au]

Nice!  That’s a lovely result Chris and I reckon the gear door is likely an improvement over the kit part.  

[bigbadbadge]

6 minutes ago, mark.au said:

Nice!  That’s a lovely result Chris and I reckon the gear door is likely an improvement over the kit part.  

Thanks Mark, very kind, very pleased with the gear door, I can't remember if it had the recesses or not , I think you are right it's better than the kit part 😀 

I also made the centre wingfold mechanism parts as they are tiny details on the kit and not correct so a bit of a better representation hopefully. 

Thanks fella

Chris

[Dunny]

Lovely result Chris - you've managed to capture subtle variations in tone which I do not think many could achieve with hirsutus baculum (I googled it 🤣). Great to see this cross the finish line - have loved seeing it come together,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[keefr22]

Another beauty Chris with your trademark lovely finish! 

 

+1 on the nosewheel door too!

 

Keith

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6 hours ago, Dunny said:

Lovely result Chris - you've managed to capture subtle variations in tone which I do not think many could achieve with hirsutus baculum (I googled it 🤣). Great to see this cross the finish line - have loved seeing it come together,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

Thanks Roger, very kind as usual fella, I got worried looking it up until I added translation , then I got it😄

Really chuffed with the way it has turned out.

 

 

5 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Another beauty Chris with your trademark lovely finish! 

 

+1 on the nosewheel door too!

 

Keith

Thanks Keith,  very pleased with this one, cheers fella.  Must get back onto the 32nd scale one now otherwise Pat and Dave will be after me !!!

 

Thanks guys

 

Chris

 

 

[Quiet Mike]

That's a cracking build Chris, well done! Such a cool aircraft and livery.

 

And very impressed with the man cave display shelves. I like the fact there is still room for a few more! Really enjoy following your builds.

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27 minutes ago, Quiet Mike said:

That's a cracking build Chris, well done! Such a cool aircraft and livery.

 

And very impressed with the man cave display shelves. I like the fact there is still room for a few more! Really enjoy following your builds.

Thanks Mike, it's a very characterful aircraft and looks good folded or wings extended. 

Thanks the mancave was the last room of the loft conversion and I built the shelves out of scrap ply and some package batten for washing machines etc from a friend who has a shop and has an endless supply.  I will have to get inventive soon though!!!.

 

Thanks  

Chris

[AliGauld]

The Lightning is gorgeous and the Sea Venom is simply stunning.

 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[mick b]

Excellent results all round Chris

 

Mike

[bigbadbadge]

47 minutes ago, AliGauld said:

The Lightning is gorgeous and the Sea Venom is simply stunning.

 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Thanks Alistair,  very kind as always fella,  started cutting the Sea Vampire parts off yhe sprue last night too.  

 

34 minutes ago, mick b said:

Excellent results all round Chris

 

Mike

Thanks Mick very pleased.

 

Thanks guys

 

Chris

[bigbadbadge]

Hi all

 

Link to Sea Venom RFI

 

 

[bigbadbadge]

Hi all 

Whilst mucking around with the 32nd scale Sea Venom for the GB,  I started this little Cyberhobby Sea Vampire to go with the Sea Venom.  Its a lovely little kit which fits together beautifully  and it all sort of went together very quickly. 

I wanted to do a quick OOB jobbing but have added the seatbelts from the Eduard Sea Venom PE set.

 

 

 

It looks a bit Manky around tge nose as I have Sprue goo'd all the panel lines that Cyberhobby added but should not be there!!!.

 

I will start the Tiggie soon and once I get a bit further on with the 32nd Sea Venom I may start one of my other planned builds , an Airfix 48th scale Walrus and a Trumpeter 32nd scale Swordfish.   Been Itching to get on with some biplanes again .

Thanks for looking

Chris

 

[keefr22]

Good grief, you're a modelling machine!!

 

Nice work on the Vamp so far!

 

K

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21 minutes ago, keefr22 said:

Good grief, you're a modelling machine!!

 

Nice work on the Vamp so far!

 

K

😄 Thanks Keith, I  needed this one as am not feeling the love for the 32nd scale Sea Venom.   This is like a therapy build for yhe mojo!!!

Thanks fella 

Chris

[bigbadbadge]

Hi all

Just a small amount of progress on the Sea Vampire,  just painting the EDSG.  I have been getting the paint on the booms and the nose finished off. 

 

 

Sorry about the poor quality images

Also the photos below are of the cockpit of my 32nd scale Sea Venom that I am building in the Matchbox GB 

 

 

I accidentally started a Martlet too, oops 😬 

Thanks for looking 

Chris

[AliGauld]

37 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said:

I accidentally started a Martlet too, oops 😬 

You are a machine.

Looking braw in the paint.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[keefr22]

2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

I accidentally started a Martlet too, oops

 

These things happen....!! 🤣

[Dunny]

That's a cracking looking cockpit Chris - coming along nicely. Nothing worse than an accidental Martlet...

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[mark.au]

The cockpit looks great Chris.  I very much like the idea of a Marlet!  Looking forward to how you go with that one.

[bigbadbadge]

3 hours ago, AliGauld said:

You are a machine.

Looking braw in the paint.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Thanks Alistair,  it is starting to get there now, once the EDSG is done should look great.

 

1 hour ago, keefr22 said:

 

These things happen....!! 🤣

😄 Thanks Keith, not dure what happened there but just got it on Ebay and was fondling the plastic and just started it. 

 

1 hour ago, Dunny said:

That's a cracking looking cockpit Chris - coming along nicely. Nothing worse than an accidental Martlet...

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

Thanks Roger, pleased with the cockpit so far, just the control stick  pedals and a part of the Ip that goes to the floor to do and can get the fuselage together.  The accident Martlet, usually kits sit in the stash for ages but, I couldn't help myself 😉

 

21 minutes ago, mark.au said:

The cockpit looks great Chris.  I very much like the idea of a Marlet!  Looking forward to how you go with that one.

Thanks Mark  I just about got away with the trim wheel and the bang seat locations, phew, it would have been a shelf of doom model otherwise!!!

The Martlet is the Airfix kit and is very nice, not sure whether to do extended or folded wings though???

 

Thanks guys

Chris

[bigbadbadge]

Hi all

 

Some further progress on the Sea Vampire,  just got to clean up a few areas  and get the decals out

 

The accidental Martlet is progressing well, this is the little Airfix kit and is going together well.

Cockpit is lovely really and when together mot much visible in yhe Cockpit so is OOB 

 

 

 

Undercarriage unit goes together well

 

 

And installed

 

 

All buttoned up and wings assembled , got one folded and one extended.  Dug out the Wildcat F4F also to fo a Marlet Mk.V too

 

 

I also assembled the main sections of the Sea Harrier engine, which is bigger than the Martlet, cleaned up the joints and now ready for some paint.

 

 

Thanks for looking, I must get the Tiggie started too as all bits off the sprues .

 

 

Chris

[mark.au]

I’m as impressed by your organisational skills as I am by your modelling Chris!  Keeping track of three (four?) builds at the same time, at your quality of work is more than I could manage.

[Dunny]

Lovely work Chris - that Martlet is looking less than accidental with every update! I may need to compliment the stash with a 1:48 version...

 

Cheers,

 

Roger