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WW1 Armour, Artillery, Vehicles, dioramas, associated figures and Ships / Re: Mark IV Male 1/144 Brengun
« Last post by ondra on May 16, 2024, 04:12:09 AM »
Many thanks for your encouraging comment, Paul! I am also looking forward to seeing her in the vignette, but first I will have to study tons of tutorials. :)

In between I am getting closer to finishing the Mark IV - unditching beam has been chained in place and I made new gun barrels.

The resin parts in the kit are definitely not bad, but they are hitting the limits of the technology used, so I decided to turn my Micromote into a Microlathe and turned new barrels of the 57 cannons out of a brass tube.










Next up is rust.

Cheers.

Ondra
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Specific Aircraft Build Links / Re: Show us your - SE5 [not SE5a!]
« Last post by DaveB on May 16, 2024, 04:03:14 AM »
Grand looking SE5 you have created there, Sandy.

Nice and colourful!

Regards

Dave
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The David Wilson Memorial Group Build 2024 / Re: Luftschiffmotorboot 1/144
« Last post by Dirigible-Al on May 16, 2024, 03:36:38 AM »
Nigel, I have the ability to make cock ups of the same magnitude in both kits and scratch builds. The annoying thing about this is I needn't of bothered with making guide rails and a custom built file when I have ended up bunging loads of filler in it in the end. I put tape around the waste end of the pen refill I am using for the torpedo tube and shoved the filler around that. Now I just have to wait for it to harden.
Alan.
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Under Construction / Re: Pegasus 1/72 Roland VIb
« Last post by macsporran on May 16, 2024, 02:05:50 AM »
That looks a lotta work, Dennis.

I remember, back in the day, when confronted with a sow's ear like that I'd reach for the Harry Woodman scratchbuilding book and start scribing plastic!

Still, you've only got to make it halfway decent to qualify as a star modeller! I'm sure you'll bring it home to rapturous applause.
Sandy
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Under Construction / Re: Roden Spad XIIIc 1/32
« Last post by WD on May 16, 2024, 01:57:21 AM »
This is distressing news, at least to me. I had hoped that Roden had ironed out their decal woes from 20+ years ago, but I guess not.  :'( :'( :'( :'(

Warren
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Under Construction / Re: Pegasus 1/72 Roland VIb
« Last post by WD on May 16, 2024, 01:53:18 AM »
Looking forward to see what you do with this Dennis. You'll be fine corruption or no.

Warren
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Specific Aircraft Build Links / Re: Show us your - SE5 [not SE5a!]
« Last post by pepperman42 on May 15, 2024, 11:52:28 PM »
Very racy!

Steve
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Under Construction / Re: Billy Bishop's colourful 60Sqdn SE5 A8936
« Last post by pepperman42 on May 15, 2024, 11:46:04 PM »
Great looking model. Se5 always has a nice sit.

Steve
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Under Construction / Re: Jeannin Stahltaube - a scratchbuild in 1/144 scale
« Last post by William Adair on May 15, 2024, 11:30:22 PM »
It's definitely worth looking into. A 500ml bottle of silicone and resin will go a long way at our scale. I'd like to be able to build up a library of common parts eventually. So that I can get a head start on future projects.
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Under Construction / Re: Pegasus 1/72 Roland VIb
« Last post by djuggie on May 15, 2024, 10:58:57 PM »
Thank you for the comments.  Keeps me going.

Just think of where diamonds comes from.  Lumps of coal under pressure.  Ok, ok.  Maybe not diamonds but something that is recognizable.  And maybe no pressure but I do associate with a keen eyed group of people.

As far as the sanding of the lower wings, I starting to lean in that direction.  I will use a single swipe of a scribing tool to bring the ribs back to life.  And I have gone into my parts box and found an engine that will work.  Sigh.  See how you corrupted me!  Used to sit at my modelling table without a care in the world cranking out models.  Now I have to make them look good.  Woe is me.

Dennis
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