All Activity

A while back I saw a YouTube clip in which a chap used a stiff paint brush to flick paint onto a base to represent splatters of dirt on concrete. I liked the effect and gave it a go using an old toothbrush. It's not bad, but overscale. Some of those splatters would be puddles 6" across. After grumping over it for half an hour I came up with a plan to tone it down a bit. That is much better. I used a damp, sponge, pan cleaner with a circular scrubbing motion to remove most of the splats leaving more subtle staining. Buoyed up by that I decided to experiment with some scenic grass scatter materials that have been in a drawer since a stalled railway layout project for one of my sons about a decade ago. I started by mixing a few drops of brown acrylic paint with PVA glue and then brushing that onto the corner that I wanted to cover. I had three different flavours of scenic scatter material: a very bright Spring grass, a very dark, almost blue, moorland grass and a medium green with brown, red and yellow flecks called meadow grass. I made a blend of the first two but left out the colourful meadow grass. No flowers in December. It's still a bit bright and summery looking. I will have a think about that, but not tonight. That's all for now folks!

He's a Runway Runaway

That's a nice looking lil Zero.

First coat of Tamiya X-1 black, looks a little rough but I'll work on it. And no, this colour is not a base coat for silver.

She's beautiful

There is an article in a journal where her mechanic describes painting the 02 on the fuselage of her Yak. This was the reference for a model in our club Aviatrix display in 2012. PM me your email and I will see if I can find the article.

The never-ending saga... I'm in one of these moments. No, not the murdery one, but wondering how does this and this... ...get me 'dis..? Yes, that roundish lump within the liquid is the paint. That's an acrylic and that is an acrylic, and so the two acrylics should be in acrylical bliss, instead they'd gone to the paint version of divorce court. Their child (me) is not happy... Confused in North East USA... Thom EDIT I just tried mixing a bit with Tamiya X20 and had the same result.

Many years ago in a pub in Queenstown, a regular gathering spot for tour drivers, one of our number did just this with his jug of beer. When he got back to the table, there were several other sets of teeth in there. A good laugh was had by all, teeth were retrieved & the owner of the first set of teeth went to buy another jug. Steve

Thanks Steve 👍 Dave

As far as I am aware it was related to the reformulation of Armour Yellow on their locomotives to not to involve lead (lead based zinc chromate) and cadmium yellow plus some other unhealthy products. Then it turned out the new paint was very weak so it had to be covered by clear coat, then it turned out that clear coat does not give the proper look of the old color so the color had to be modified to give an appearance of old armor yellow with proper layer of clear coat. That implies that the resulting color depends now on the application of the protective layer and that suggests the end result can vary. Not to mention that 100% replication of those not available anymore (zinc chromate and cadmium yellow) pigments is next to impossible.

That looks super. Your mud looks especially effective & really sets it off well. 👍 Steve.

I do want to build one of these in the B.o.B. GN*A Markings. https://i.imgur.com/MpkjLiy.jpg

I will get a start on this one soon, I have a couple of others on the bench that are more of a priority

I am slowly sorting out that wing root, it has been primed and reworked. The engines are primed as well now. There will be a bunch of masking when the wings and engines are painted because of the bare metal finish.

I retrieve my Airfix boxing of the PM Sea Fury from box "C" in the garage (thank goodness for spreadsheets!) and dry fitted some parts: It looks the part and matches the profile very well. I like the restrained panel lining, although I will sand back some of the more textured areas, and I will consign the crude undercarriage, stores and cowling/propeller to the spares bin. I have to construct a new cowling, propeller and radiators, and adjust the fin and rudder shape. I have just bought another PM kit and will make the Griffon engine version too, which will be a lot easier if Peter can find the engine he has so generously offered to me. Now I'm going to forget about the Fury until the "Project Cancelled GB" starting in June, and concentrate on my more immediate builds! Regards, Adrian

Not a film or tv, but I found this on Youtube, the 70th VJ Day commemoration. Recites the poem very well, doesn't he?

Just one thing: release this family in 1/72, I can wait.

Consolidated Mess apparently does have this information. Or some of it. @Graham Boak whose just refound his copy maybe able to confirm? True of many types.

Thanks.. I have a few decals from Aztec that I think can be adapted to fit.

Looking brilliant! With a bit of finesse as you’ve shown here, these Frog kits really build up into something that holds up to modern standards.

I dunno - if you stand far enough back and squint ...

Thanks so much Colin. I’ve messaged you my address.

and drifting into Cbs

“Land” might be a bit too optimistic a term for what will happen at the bottom of the slope! 😄 That said, I remember seeing a HUD video from an F-16 that managed to make a dead stick landing on an uncontrolled civilian airfield, dodging a Beechcraft Bonanza on final in the process. It took place in the mid-80s. Ben

Alistair, Lovely build and finish and a pleasure to follow along. I shall bank the use of yellow to lighten OD, and make no comment whatsoever on your use of Starship Filth, other than to say I may have seen that movie on VHS many years ago, Cheers, Roger