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Modelers Lounge => Time to relax => Topic started by: Squiffy on March 06, 2015, 06:36:16 AM
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I was looking through some of my photos and found this, which I thought may interest some on here.
My pal, who I wargame my aircraft models with, wrote a set of rules for Nelsonian naval battles. He said we should build a ship-of-the-line each to test the rules. His effort was a somewhat rough affair made of balsa wood, not rigged and with cocktail sticks for masts...
I turned up with this:
HMS Mars (74), made entirely from scratch, using plasticard, plastic rod, cotton rigging and handkerchief sails. I can't remember the scale but she's about seven inches long from bowsprit to sternpost. The figurehead of the god Mars is made from an N-scale model railway figure, suitably chopped, given a sword and shield and a coat of gold paint.
England Expects...
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Man-O-War-006.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Man-O-War-006.jpg.html)
Beat to quarters!
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Man-O-War-007.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Man-O-War-007.jpg.html)
Run out the guns!
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Man-O-War-005.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Man-O-War-005.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Man-O-War-001.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Man-O-War-007.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Man-O-War-002.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Man-O-War-007.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Man-O-War-003.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Man-O-War-007.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Man-O-War-004.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Man-O-War-007.jpg.html)
She remains undefeated in battle to this day. ;D
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Well done Squiffy!
Warren
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Like this class, There are some 1/700 white metal ones of these
Roy
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You really do have a wide range of modelling skills. Did you make this one in less than a week? Very impressive.
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Hi, LM. It took me about a week, on and off but there's about 8-10 hours work in it all told.
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Since I finished my Felixstowe, for the Group Build, I have taken a break from WW1 kites and have built something that I've had in the stash for ages.
An Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIA, an old 1/72 Matchbox kit. It was a Matchbox Me 262 that was the first model kit I ever made, in 1979. It's a shame they are no longer available as they were brilliantly engineered. This 40-year-old kit went together perfectly and there wasn't a millimetre of flash on any of the mouldings, unlike a lot of the modern stuff I've been building in my WW1 kites.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/soddit36164/Siskin-001.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/soddit36164/Siskin-001.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/soddit36164/Siskin-005.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/soddit36164/Siskin-005.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/soddit36164/Siskin-008.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/soddit36164/Siskin-008.jpg.html)
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You did a great job with this old kit Squiffy, some of the old kits are still up there with the latest kits and are well worth building.
Des.
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Very nice indeed, Squiffy.
Best wishes
Nigel
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Great job Squiffy!
Warren
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I built this one as a lad, I used to love the old Matchbox kits. Some of them are still out there disguised as Revell.
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Brilliantly done! Those old Matchbox kits were very good at the time and are still good today - and they represent subjects that other manufacturers have not covered. The inter-war biplanes in particular are really interesting and colourful.
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Thanks for the kind comments, chaps.
I seem to have lost my modelling mojo. I thought taking another break from WW1 aircraft may find it but it hasn't. I've got a part-built Fee on the go, and a couple more 1930s RAF biplanes but they're all stalled. I can't seem to get enthused about progressing my model railway either.
I dug this out of the shelf of unfinished projects. I'm going to see if I can get worked up to complete it.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/HE-003.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/HE-003.jpg.html)
It's a 1:43.5 (O gauge) scale Hudswell Clarke diesel shunting locomotive. The whole thing is made from brass and nickel-silver etches. I've completed the bodywork but the frames (chassis) were hopeless so I had a friend mill new plates from 1/16th brass, and con-rods to match.
I need to get a motor and gearbox for it and I'm considering fitting sound to it.
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Nice engine, Squiffy. Model railroading was my first love from the time I was a very young kid. My father was into it so some of my earliest memories are of my father and I playing with HO trains. Brings back warm fuzzy feelings! :)
George
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Squiffy,
Outstanding Man Of War my friend. Your HMS Mars is truly impressive. Her rigging must have been fun, Well Done. The ancient Matchbox AW Siskin is a real blast from the past and so well done. I've built a couple of the same kit myself years ago and I can honestly report mine never came close to looking as beautifully built and finished as your example.I don't know much about trains in HO scale but from what I can see I'm impressed. Wouldn't mind seeing more of your Locomotive projects my friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Gregory - I shall see if I can dig out some more photos of my locomotives from my hard drive...
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Nice work on the loco Squiffy, like George, my first love was HO model railroads way back when I was very young.
Des.
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Pellew and Jervis, a pair of Manning Wardle saddletanks. These are brass models but were bought already assembled but unpainted.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/PellewampJervis2.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/PellewampJervis2.jpg.html)
Admiral Duncan, a Peckett class X2. This was a flat-pack etched brass kit.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Admiral-Duncan1.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Admiral-Duncan1.jpg.html)
You may have noticed the theme with my naming of my steam outline locomotives - British Naval heroes. I think the diesels may follow the theme of WW1 scout aces. The Hudswell may become Albert Ball V.C.
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More of an N Gauge man myself, but they are very nice.
Wargaming and railways...Are you sure you're not me in a different part of the country? ;D
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Squiffy! I love railroad modeling, and these are quite lovely. I'd be deep into it myself, but I don't and never will have the room.
Warren
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Squiffy,
Beautiful Admiral's my old friend. I hadn't a clue there were brass kits available. Are they in several scales?
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Beautiful work on Pellew, Jervis and Admiral Duncan Squiffy, you did a superb job with the paint work on all three.
Des.
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Great models, Squiffy!
a touch of nostalgy from the bygone era for me!
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Beautiful paintwork, Squiffy.
Best wishes
Nigel
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Thanks for posting these wonderful pieces of work! They are truly excellent. I especially like the RR engines! Beautiful Painting!
RAGIII
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Thanks for the kind comments, chaps.
I seem to have got my modelling mojo back. Today I drilled holes in the frames on the loco build for the current pickups, fitted the motor and gearbox and test-ran it on the rollers.
I also completed one of the 1930s RAF fighters that I had begun.
Gloster Gladiator of 73 Squadron, 1938. Another old Matchbox 72nd scale kit.
:D(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff/1930-003.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff/1930-003.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff/1930-004.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff/1930-004.jpg.html)
Not only that but I have made some progress on the Fee build. I will post in the 'under construction' of that build later this week. :)
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Lovely work on the Gladiator Squiffy, it may be one of the old Matchbox kits but it still scrubs up well.
Des.
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That Gladiator is a nice model, I've made a couple of them now. You've made a good job of it.
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Only just seen the loco photos - I thought that they were real until I had a closer look! Absolutely beautifully done and the settings are incredibly realistic - just wish that i could create scenery like that.
Stephen.
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Now this is something completely different! I sometimes use some of my 72nd scale aircraft for wargaming. I also, occasionally play land-based wargames and a pal of mine has been going on about how I should get an army. Instead of the usual Napoleonics that we play, we're going to do games based on the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 and so I've bought and painted some Zulus. I haven't done much figure painting and so it's good practice for when I get crews for my WNW kites.
The sentries have come in and they report Zulus to the Southwest... Thousands of them.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/ZuluDawn-001.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/ZuluDawn-001.jpg.html)
'Ere they come, thick as grass and black as 'ell!
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The figures are very well painted Squiffy, looking forward to seeing more.
Des.
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Squiffy, your figures do look great, and I think you'll enjoy this end of the "recreating history in miniature" end of the hobby. I loved playing miniatures-based wargames back in the day, wish I still had a club nearby to do it with.
Please keep posting updates like this.
Warren
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Hello, chaps!
I'm still on a break from aircraft modelling, except for an Albatros I have been messing with, and thought you may like to see the progress on my new railway.
The railway is set in Yorkshire, England in the 1960s and represents a coal mine screens (where the coal was cleaned, graded and loaded into railway wagons) and engine shed.
Building the shed and environs.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-001.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-001.jpg.html)
The other end.
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(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-006.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-006.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-008.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-008.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-007.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-007.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-010.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-010.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-012.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-012.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-012a.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-012a.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-Hall-Shed1.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-Hall-Shed1.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-017.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-017.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-021.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-021.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-033.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-033.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l5/soddit36/Stuff2/Royd-035.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/soddit36/media/Stuff2/Royd-035.jpg.html)
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Quite a range of modeling, Squiffy! I am very impressed with your
interests and abilities. I enjoy seeing your work on Railway subjects
as I spent most of my working life on the 1:1 scale. Your lit locomotive
shop is a great picture and as usual the detail is grand, my friend.
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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First class modelling - especially the tools scene and the rest area where the details are superb..
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You are doing an amazing job with your railway scene, as others have said the workshop with furnace and anvil, workbench and tools is simply superb.
Des.
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Lovely modelling Squiffy - very evocative of the real thing, just need some smoke aroma and you'd think you were there :)
Though I've never had anything to do with model railways I do enjoy seeing what others do with them. I visit the Southwold show most years and whilst the big layouts are very impressive it's the small 'diorama' type that appeals the most. I remember one on my last visit - a 00 gauge layout no more than about 2 ft x 2ft 6" of a coaling yard. Absolutely superb modelling and weathering in such a small space and a working model too. I can well appreciate your interest ;)
Keep up this great work and keep on showing it too
Tug
PS for some reason the images would not load last night - just blank squares - ???