DocRob

Thank you @HubertB, @Martinnfb, @GazzaS, @Peterpools. For me the all blue oars looked wrong, not while painting them, but in the boat on deck, they were like a magnet to the eye, where the deck as whole should be eye catching with various detail assemblies on it. Therefore, I was relived to have it redone. Cheers Rob

Sweet Peter, but I would have liked the purple 'Silk Cut' livery even more, but then you would have to go AM for the decals. Cheers Rob

The beauty and the beast, Peter your GT represents both in great fashion. The painting and decaling came out perfect in that most beautiful livery for the GT40. You could build a MKII and set it beside for a laugh. A great model too, but design wise, well, it's modern . I wonder what's next on your agenda, now you have trotten the glossy finish path for a while. Cheers Rob

Great build and painting, but the subtle shading and weathering makes the Heinkel stand out. Cheers Rob

I tried them on several occasions, but was always disappointed by the results. To my eye, there is nothing, they do better than a good sable brush. Especially their paint holding capacity is next to none. I thought, I could use them for very fine details, but again, no advantage to either a good paint brush or, if the detail is too small, a toothpick. The last I have are only used for pigment application as an addition to cotton swabs, which are better, but not useful in tiny hidden spots. Cheers Rob

Some tools arrived last week, luckily in short time, as they will come in handy with my Duchess of Kingston build. A tiny three jaw chuck for my Proxxon mini lathe. The originally provided covets are made from plastic, are very bad produced, having burr and plastic residues all over. I also added the drill chuck for the tailstock. Drilling cylindrical parts centered will be no daunting task anymore. Some extra hands are always welcome for rigging task and soldering. The magnifying glass has integrated LED lighting with adjustable color temperature and brightness Cheers Rob

I didn't like the look of my blue PE oars and I had to do something about them, as they were too prominent on deck of the DoK. I de-charred the also supplied ones from pear wood, rounded them cautiously with sanding paper and files and gave them a cot of Wipe on Poly, followed by blue for the blades and gold for the handles. Now I like the look and it was well worth the extra effort to tear off the PE oars, rip of the seat planks, clean them from CA and repaint them. The supports were glued to the deck, but the boat will be removed, as it may is in the way, while rigging. Next is cleaning of the bench and then, it's rigging time . Cheers Rob

Great work on the UC and the intakes look great too, it payed off to go through all the masking pain. Cheers Rob

I became a member of Model Ship World two weeks ago. It's a very resourceful and helpful place for ship modelling. I was considering membership for a long time, since I prefer to be a contributing member in one forum only, that's why I ended up in the open world of LSM, but I have the feel, that I will need some more expertise in the next weeks. Cheers Rob

Fantastic build and painting, the two tone scheme looks specially appealing. Cheers Rob

Like Martin said, good to see one of the rare versions of the Corsair build. Both planes look extremely nice with lots of detail to catch the eye and the added figure is a looker. I have one question though, you nicely weathered both planes, but the wheels look absolutely clean, is that on purpose? Cheers Rob

Very nice and beautiful rendered. The wood looks the part and your work on plants and hedges is sublime. Cheers Rob

The Tomcat is coming together nice and quick Bill, your solution for the pitot tube is simple and effective, love it. I have also successfully used Future on non sticking decals, but have bought a bottle of Tamiya's decal adhesive softener, which I haven't tried yet. No decals on wooden sailing boats . Cheers Rob

A nice start with the Stuka Gary, the idea to place some figures in the pit is a good one. It looks a bit plane and there's a lot of glass above. Somehow, I like the pilots heads, I wonder how they will look under some primer. I'm still thinking about the Border Stuka in 35 scale. I've never build one and I'm astonished, how many others haven't done so. It's such a unique design and somehow iconic for the early goings in the war. Cheers Rob

Thank you Mark, have you found something interesting to build as a wooden ship? It's a great change after tons of plastic and I think, when DoK is done, I have a new hunger for some plastic kits. Cheers Rob

Thank you Gary, I have to admit, I'm a bit scared of the next steps and try to find excuses not to start with the rigging. I'm accumulating information and reading logs. Quite normal for me to ponder a lot about seemingly difficult tasks, but luckily there is a breaking point normally, where all the cumulated energy has to be directed to the build again and thanks to good preparation, all is easier than thought. Cheers Rob

Absolutely not modeling related, but modeling affecting, this heap of mirroring metal finally showed up on my doorstep. My fingers will shiver from caffeine the next time and hinder me rigging my sailing boat . The machine has also a record in her books, as the longest enduring shipping ever to my island. Bought in February as an available product from big A, it took until yesterday to reach hear. Interestingly the machine maker company is called rocket . Cheers Rob

Thank you Martin, you seem to have an infinite access to pictures of all ages and subjects. now about the decorations of oars, often to show the nationality of the boat. In my case it's historically not so far off, because the owner of the ship, the Duchess of Kingston left England after a bigamy process and the DoK sailed under French flag, with a French captain most of the time. Cheers Rob

Thank for helping me on different occasions Hubert and Peter. First for wording, it's oars not rows and second for your opinion about them. I found the blue a bit too stark and prominent on deck, but on the other hand the DoK is no ordinary plain yacht and I chose the boats colors according to DoK's livery. The other aspect was, I think I like the wooden oars a bit better, but they are a pain to refine from laser cut pear to rounded and contoured oars, a work, I hoped to spare, using the PE ones. Cheers Rob

Your Ferrari will look epic Marc. Your paintwork is exceptional. Cheers Rob

I scratch build my own supports for the boat from planking rests, cut with my trusty mitre cutter and sandwiched the MDF parts for the boats stand between them. After a coat of varnish, I added some eyebolts and decorations, which originally should be used at the hull sides, but I never liked them there. I like the look, as it fits to the other sub assemblies on deck. What I'm not sure about, is the look of the blue etched rows, which I may exchange for the also supplied wooden ones, painted differently, maybe whit and natural wood. What do you think. Cheers Rob

Muchas gracias Amigos, I don't know to much about the differences of the different boat types. I think most has to do with the size and maybe the possibility to rig and sail. I will dig a bit deeper as there are more types than mentioned as the pinnace, barge, yawl, ... Cheers Rob

Almost there with the Cutter. I painted the hull flat white, the seats flat red and the rudder, rows and stripe flat blue, all airbrushed with Tamiya's XF colors. The gratings, which are made from PE, were primed, airbrushed with Desert yellow and then received a oil color treatment with a flat brush and whit spirit, to emulate a wood finish. Last was a coat of clear matte. The colors were chosen to match the DoK's colors. Some minor touch ups and fitting the rows, hooks and anchors and this little side project can be called done. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gary, it has to, as it is very prominent on the deck of the DoK. Cheers Rob

Thank you Mark, it's an absolute fun project. I try to explain thoroughly, how I build up the DoK my way and was very pleased to see, that there was a lot of help coming from experienced members, which helped a lot. Cheers Rob