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GazzaS

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  1. 19 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Great result, love the modulation and the careful enhanced panel lines, you nailed it.

    Cheers Rob

     

    14 hours ago, 1to1scale said:

    Love it! I like the way you have some life to the black paint! 

     

    12 hours ago, harv said:

    Wow, so very well done  !! The color is perfect....harv

     

    8 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

    Gaz, congrats on a stunning build, the black really does sing.........

    Thank you all!  I really appreciate the great compliments!  You've made my day!

     

    Gaz

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  2. 6 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Nice, the colour of grass enriches the whole palette and make the black look even more interesting.

    Cheers Rob

    Thank you, Rob!  I bought this mat pre-made, but am not really happy how it laid out on the base.  Future bases I'll cover with static grass.

     

    4 hours ago, harv said:

    Very well done sir !!......harv :151_41_44_712.09472830013627761

    Thank you, my friend!

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  3. Despite my lazy Saturday routine I managed to complete this one,  I want to get better pictures in real light.  I've decided that the current camera setup likes to be a little further away than I can in my house where I can have adequate lighting.

     

    Anyway...  it felt like I had to do a million little things to do today to get it finished.  Here is the furst run of photos:

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    I decided to worry about the chocks on a later build.

     

    Thanks for looking!

     

    Gaz

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  4. 1 hour ago, Wumm said:

     

    Gaz, you mentioned that the Stove exhaust vents to the outside of the house... May I ask, how are the spaces above the vents in your Bathroom / Toilets? These might do with a screen across the top of them if they're just an open gap into the Roof cavity.

    S

     

    No screens. 

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  5. 4 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

    Gazz, like Krow said, flies are attracted to rotting protein, so is it possible you have a buildup of animal fat inside from the grease fumes and splatter coming off the range? 

    Flies need a food source and I'd be going on a search and destroy mission until I found them.  They don't just "happen".

    That said, nothing bothers me more than "indoor mosquitoes".  I once traced them to the guest bedroom toilet bowl.  It never got used so the water served as a nice pond for the little buggers.

    To help you guys understand that I don't have filthy appliances...  you need to understand that construction codes you know in the northern hemisphere don't exist here in Australia.  The average house in Australia is unsealed and not insulated.  My house is clad in dark bricks.  Every four or five bricks there is a drain hole the height of the brick just one layer of bricks from the ground.  Easy entry and egress for anything smaller than a red squirrel.  

    At the roof of the house, there is no layer of plywood over the purloins.  No tar paper.  The concrete tiles have metal loops in them that hook over the purloins.  If you want access to the attic space, just lift the bottom edge of the tile and move it upwards until the loop disengages from the purloin.  And that's any tile, in any location.  There aren't 'special access tiles'. 

    There are a million places for bugs to get in.  Hell, one day we discovered to our horror that a swarm of bees had taken residence in our attic.   But, fortunately they were just there one night.  Gone the next afternoon.  They had gotten a bit excited when I was whacking flies with the fly-swatter under the verandah.  Otherwise, I'd never known they were there.

    In 2011 I added two whirlybirds to the roof:

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    I didn't even need a saw to cut a hole to install it.  (this is what my roof looks like except mine is red-brown....even the same tile profile)  There is no screen inside the whirlybird.

    The flies are coming from outside.  They smell whatever is cooking...  or dirty dishes...  whatever...  and follow the scent until it brings them into the range hood which vents outside and is screened. 

    I have dogs.  Little biting blood flies are always around.  ...but usually not too bad inside...  until I got the new kitchen.  I usually cook outside on the barbie.  I'd guess that the fan in the range hood has probably never operated more than 20 times.

    FYI....   there are different kinds of flies.  Blue bottles, green bottles...  they like rotting stuff.  They aren't the kind getting into my house.  We usually get the amber ones, or the gray-brown ones...  as well as some biting flies.

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  6. 23 minutes ago, GusMac said:

    Hi Gaz

    Must be the joys of a hot climate! Flies ain't a big problem in Scotland but the midges we have..... :o

    Anyway, we have what looks like a similar hood and on it the stainless steel hood is just held in place by a few grub screws. I was wondering if you could pop it off and apply a seal up the inside using a draught excluder type material which might be more unobtrusive? Silicon will certainly adhere to the stainless steel but getting neat bead is hard although you can get tools like this online which certainly make things easier

    Haquno 17 Pieces Kit Silicone Sealant Finishing Tool Grout Scraper Remover Nozzle and Caulk Caps (Yellow): Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools

    Thank you for responding.  I hadn't considered sticking something inside the the range hood.  I will have to investigate some possibilities....  Like weather stripping.  One of the complicating factors is that the lower half easily pops away from the upper half like a box that won't stay closed.

     

    I have seen those tools before.   When I tiled my bathroom I had forgotten to buy some and ended up cutting a radius on some scrap plastic, and it seemed to work alright.

     

    I appreciate the tip.

     

    Gaz

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  7. 3 minutes ago, GusMac said:

    And that picture sums up why I haven't had the balls to attempt my one and only WNW kit yet!

    What impedes you?  WnW is the only kit that you can turn over safely.  If it was a Roden kit and you tried that without somehow modifying the struts and cabanes, or clamping it all together ever so gently, but not too loosely, the top wing would shear off.

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  8. I know...  "go to a DIY forum, asshole"....

    But you guys are my friends, and I think you know more than plastic models.

    A couple years ago, we got a new kitchen installed with a stainless steel range hood.

     

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    Since then, whenever something aromatic is cooked, or when the dishes pile up, we get flies.  More flies than I ever remember being in the house.  Like the other day I broiled chicken thighs with the skin on.  It was very nice....   anyway...  by the time I was done eating and walked back into the kitchen there were around 8 flies in there buzzing around.

     

    Suspicious of the Range hood anyway, I had places some mesh over the side vents weeks ago....

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    Still the flies came....   My missus was sure they were using the dogs as aircraft carriers....

    So...  after my chicken dinner, I taped every joint on that range hood with 3M tape, and killed all of the flies.  In the last two days I haven't seen more than two flies at a time.

    Now...  here is my question...  can you think of any alternatives to seal this thing up other than clear silicone?  I can make neat beads, sometime...  using the soapy-water trick.  But I can't really think of any other neat, unobtrusive way of doing it.

    Thanks for your thoughts!

     

    Gaz

     

     

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  9. 6 hours ago, DocRob said:

    A great result all around, the blackness is modulated nicely with the oils and make the plane look interesting. I don't like the weathering on the wheels though, too mud caked for my liking, with no mud residues on the struts and mudguard. A little dust on the wheels could maybe blend the mud effect a bit better :2c:.

    Cheers Rob

    Thank you, Rob!  I appreciate the timely and useful information.  Sometimes, it gets easy to get into one effect and forget another necessary, complimenting effect. 

     

    Sometimes, late in the build, when you're searching for something else an inspirational photo comes up.  One that you hadn't previously found when using only the nomenclature of the aircraft.  For instance, I wanted to see what the revetments might look like at Gilze-Rijen, Woensdrecht, and other airfields used by NJG 1 in the early days of night fighting. Surprisingly, this photo appeared before me:

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    The tires of this early illuminator inspired me to go further in wheel weathering than I usually ever do, as it seems that all of these early night fighters were parked in grassy fields adjacent to the runways on these Dutch airstrips. 

    Truly...  I wish I had this photo when I started the build, and not now, so late in the build.  There is some detail there on the nose cap that I could have used, even though I would have had to scribe it myself.

     

    ....and shit...  this photo reminds me that I need to make some chocks...  somehow....

     

    Gaz

     

     

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