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Roden 1/144 Vickers VC10 K3
David Hansen replied to Grant's topic in 100 years of the RAF Group Build
Very nice job, Grant. I can report i had exactly the same aggravations with the VC10 i just finished myself, but i think i've definitely "cracked the code" on building these things. -d- -
Hi Everyone, Another update on Gypsy 203. Painting has begun, but in a sort of cautious, halting manner... I hope to have another update soon. We're selling Mum's house and i've had to store away a lot of my stuff to get it out of the way. But that doesn't prevent me from painting at my friends' house. -d-
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Nice work, Brian It would look really good parked on one of those weird, hexagonal-style Soviet ramps. I think Uschi might make something for that application. -d-
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Hi Everyone, Hi, everyone. Just a minor update for today, as i'm about halfway through my 11-day deployment. A few of the glitches on the Tomcat seemed to work their way out with some minor sanding. Areas around the intake lips and forward wing glove area will take a little bit more work, but as i said before, nothing unexpected or too difficult to fix. Think it might even be fixable with just some white glue and a q-tip. The port side vertical fin and tail plane have been primed, inspected for defects, cleaned up, and wet-sanded back down to bare plastic in preparat
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Looks just wonderful, Dean. Brings back fond memories of the one i did in the late 80s, not long after it came out. -d-
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And now, a minor update. I wet sanded the model down with 1000 grit, masked off the bare metal areas on the back end, and made a couple passes over the belly with Tamiya white surface primer. Found a few glitches; most of which are in some 90-degree corners between the intake fronts and the over hanging wing glove and intake roof. Nothing insurmountable. Will let it dry a day or so before i go back and fix these places. -d-
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Hi Everyone, Another update. Something else i wanted to get out of the way, was to get at least some interior colour on the windscreen. I have since re-masked it after these photos were taken, to protect against "bonking" it into things while i continue the painting prep process. Hopefully, this little step-by-step narrative will make sense. Well... Hopefully this makes sense. -d-
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And now, an update on Gypsy 203. We are getting close to the painting stage; the airframe is together, the seams have been sanded, and i'm just attending to some things that gotta get done before the paint goes on. Not the most thrilling installment i know, but still important. Tune in next time, Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel! -d-
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Ooh! It's the Marty Feldman of Jets! "Hump? What Hump??" Definitely the first one of these i've seen built up. Crack On!! david
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Ooh! Long and pointy! But not as long and pointy as TSR-2, LOL. -d-
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Goes in a straight line very well!! Let us know how well it fits.... david
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Also known as, "The Battle of Stock Footage...." david
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I saw a nice N1K-1 at Colpar hobbies yesterday. Bare metal in Captured US markings. Something about those markings that work well on Japanese aircraft..... david
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Looks very nice so far; nice job with the re-scribing. Also, nice to see a Skyraider that does NOT have a bumblebee on the side. david
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That last photo is the biggest construction milestone, in a nutshell. david