Peterpools

John Your progress is amazing and looking mighty good

Rob I completely understand your feelings on why you do not display your plastic modeling and why you feel ships are different. I love airplanes, have been a licensed pilot over fifty years and the majority of my modeling reflects that passion. My photography is throughout the house as we look at it as art, while my display case is close to the bedrooms. Awards are kept and displayed only in my studio as they are a personal.

Rob I never put two and two together and literally lost sight of the fact howe small they are. Forget what I said about the eyes, I know I could even place a dot in the correct spot. Now going back and looking at the figures, taking into account the very small size, your painting is quite remarkable.

Rob Awesome painting on the figures. Highlights and shadows look very good, eyes need a bit more work. Of course, that's from a guy who has only painted one figure years ago, that doesn't come close to your efforts. From what I remember (right there and then I'm in deep water) I think the eye pupils should be a thin vertical line instead of a dot.

John Now that's what I like to hear.

John Looking so good and you're cruising along at your normal speed: always in high gear.

Rob Your background and evolving interests are the foundation and road course your hobby pursuits and explains so much. Your thoughts on the differences between plastic scale modeling and wooden ship modeling is close to my own feelings as well. A turning point came for me in my modeling is when I purchased a large glass display case, where they my models are presented of how someone would view small replicas in a museum, a store or even a school; it adds value and rarity. When I use to have my models just sitting on a shelf in my studio and collecting dust, almost no one ever saw them and rarely commented. What is on display in our home is my other passion; my photography and always draws compliments and created discussion. Now enter my glass display case which I feel is the best way to present and protect your work and as my collection grew, most who sees it, do stop, look and comment. Presentation is the missing key to displaying our work for others to see and appreciate. No question, wooden ship building is an art that goes back as far as ships themselves and how we feel about them. Most view wooden ships as an art form and built by skilled craftsman plastics are not. I find the manor of display and presentation is a game changer.

John Thanks for the correction.

John Absolutely is a nice touch for sure - I'm pretty sure in WWII it was called a plotting board.

John Nice to see the SBD is underway and scaling down the chart is a nice detail and touch.

Rob My money would have been riding on you to be more then prepared both modeling and historically to tackle such a demanding project. I just am amazed how you quickly adapted and embraced the talents and skills needed for wood ship modeling. Your approach to learning and absorbing new skills as a challenge rather then a roadblock, is how we should approach all projects.

Rob Did you ever imagine so much nautical knowledge, learning and homework would be needed as you approached this build? Amazing work for so many reasons besides bench time.

Phil Nice going - looks perfect

Oliver So very much appreciated. Right now, just a nice size bump in the road and I'm hoping by next weekend to have all the painting done.

Phil Undersides look really good, neat, clean and no seams at all. Color modulation ... hope you're pulling our leg. For me. looks great.

Hi Gus, much appreciated. Thank you for your thoughts on Mig and AK paints. White I've never used AK Real Colors (I do use their Real Metals), I've used Ammo by Mig for years and no issues with them at all. I'm just not sure why the two colors I used from their RAF WWI Late paint set are just so different then the Tamiya paint colors but I guess that is the way with all paint brands having different interpretations of the colors. Shame on me for not doing a quick test before or at least right before going at it with the Spit. I'm sure if I wasn't trying to match two models in color that I had already built, I never would have known the difference.

For those old enough to remember the TV show: Leave it to Beaver, Tony Dow who played Wally passed away today at 77. May he fly west. Peter

John Terrific choices for your next build and I'll be front and center for the journey which is always like flying on the Concord.

Phil Live and learn and after 74 years, I'm still learning. Thanks for help filling in their history as it does add a lot to understanding their product lines. The past three years or so, I've become so conscious of all the safety issues of model paints, my 'always' routine is to wear a very good respirator and shoot in my paint booth, no matter what the paint type. I keep bouncing back and forth between lacquers and acrylics mainly on the color issue and for which medium shoots best for me: lacquer wins hands down. Of course, if I had my choice and if the full range of Model Master Enamels were readily available, I would use them 110% of the time, but those days are gone. back in the day, I loved Pactra Enamels but they are long gone as well.

Phil Same here. I was hoping they would be conventional decal subjects just without the carrier film.

I've been reading reviews and have been to their seb site. It seems that the decals that do not have carrier film are letter and number sheets and not full aircraft sheets, or at least I haven't found them yet. Still a great idea and one better then Eduart's where the carrier film needs to be peeled off.

Rob Very nice progress on the first chapter of rigging. The wooldings (see I already learned something new today) look perfect and thank you for including the instructions showing how they are to be tied.

Rob No one to blame but myself. The AK paints are now on their way and hopefully by the weekend the Spit will be repainted. I've learned my lesson and before committing to air brushing a second time, I'll do a color test to be sure. Thank you for the info regarding Ammo by Mig and AK, I knew there was a connection in the past buy not that much.

Thanks Paul I've now been on the site and started looking for reviews. So far, the carrierless decals have had positive reviews and I'm still looking for more reviews. Thinking of giving them a try, especially on a NMF aircraft, which I think is the hardest surface to decals and have the carrier film vanish, especially if you are looking at the markings on an angle.

Phil I haven't heard of the company or read any reviews but No Carier Film Decals sound fantastic. I'll do a little checking and see what I can find out.