Crimea_River
Marshal
Oh my....
Saunders Roe A.29 Cloud. 1/72 by Valom
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- #43
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
The canopy didn't fit the hole so I have cut strips of plasticard to fill the gap at the bottom of the sides.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Ah, so it survived the drop kick. Glad to hear.
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- #46
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
Still a fair bit of work to do on the hull, I have given it a coat of grey primer as a witness coat to show where I need to fill.
I have drilled 1.25mm holes in the wing topsides to locate the engines and superglued in brass rods.
A shiny gold chocolate coin for the first person who can spot where I went wrong drilling the starboard hole
I couldn't work out were the exhausts went non of the photos I found were clear enough but I found a blurry photo that suggested that the exhaust were on the right of both engines
I have drilled 1.25mm holes in the wing topsides to locate the engines and superglued in brass rods.
A shiny gold chocolate coin for the first person who can spot where I went wrong drilling the starboard hole
I couldn't work out were the exhausts went non of the photos I found were clear enough but I found a blurry photo that suggested that the exhaust were on the right of both engines
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- #47
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
After some serious modelling time for a brew
Crimea_River
Marshal
Atta boy!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
That's a great model of the bottle and glass - it looks so real !!
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- #51
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
12 inches to the foot scale
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- #52
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
I had to scrape off one of the hull ribs because I damaged it. I replaced it with a length of Slater's styrene rod which I scraped flat on one side with a scalpel then superglued in place
Still lots of little gaps and holes to fill
I might be doing several layers of filler
Still lots of little gaps and holes to fill
I might be doing several layers of filler
Crimea_River
Marshal
Patience in abundance.
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- #54
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
Colour scheme needs thinking about. All the photos I have seen look to be all over silver. Probably natural metal finish on the hull and silver dope on the wings.
However that's a bit boring has anyone seen an alternative colour scheme. They were out of service early 1939 but I wonder if they were painted Coastal Command colours during the Munich crisis.
Or I can do a "my model my colours" what if and extend the service life into wartime service and strap some anti-submarine bombs under the wings. Maybe some ASV Yagi aerials as well.
However that's a bit boring has anyone seen an alternative colour scheme. They were out of service early 1939 but I wonder if they were painted Coastal Command colours during the Munich crisis.
Or I can do a "my model my colours" what if and extend the service life into wartime service and strap some anti-submarine bombs under the wings. Maybe some ASV Yagi aerials as well.
I know I would have bined it or at least back burnered it already. You are saint like.
Nicely done so far!
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- #57
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
Bollards and Hawes pipe to you. Just fitted the mooring bollards and the anchor cable hawse pipe to the bow. Getting all shipshape and Bristol fashion.
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- #58
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
Can't make my mind up which props to use, the resin or styrene. I think both are horrible and different rotation so might end up looking for some aftermarket jobs.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
That's assuming you'll be able to find something better.
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fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
Had a look and couldn't find anything in the right scale.
According to Google the Serval engine was left hand tractor which I think means I should use the resin props. Always been a bit vague on props I really should do some reading.
