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1/32 Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Time for another brief update on the Seahawk. The sliding canopy section has a brace inside it. It's made from 2 pieces of OE attached to a central resin keel. I cut the keel off the pur stub and then drilled out the lightening holes in it. To keep it from flexing too much, I i put it on a piece of cardboard while drilling it out. I then glued the PE cross braces on. They mount at an angle to match the frames on the canopy. The instructions show the smaller rear brace at the end of the keel but that's not correct. It should be closer to the muddler where I've glued it. Turning back to the main assembly, I re-attached one of the beaching legs as it was splaying outward and causing the Seahawk to list. I also glued on the radar pod while it was upside down. -
Bonus entry, it seems they had VR-A taken apart more than I've seen previously for maintenance. The entire horizontal and vertical tailplanes were off.
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Finally, some of the armour on display. 1/6 scale I think. A masking nightmare: The Andy's 1/16 Tiger 1: 1/72!!
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The lifeboat is the Airfix kit I believe if that helps.
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Sci-fi: A number of MaK kits. The variety in paint schemes was great to see. SBY kits. Star Wars: What if they had Reno air racing. Gundam.
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Ships: A lovely looking Enterprise: . A piece of Canadian folklore, the Edmund Fitzgerald: I must have missed a table as there were more ships but I don't seem to have pics of the rest.
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Helos: There were a couple of the ICM CH-54 kits built up. Here's the first one with just about every bit of AM from Reskit and Screaming Toad thrown at it. The second one was in a civilian scheme.
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...more aircraft: Scratch built floats for the C-47. 1/32 planes were well represented. The Border Lanc kit done to represent the wartime VR-A. Bombs away:
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I just got back from our trip to Heritagecon. It's a great show with the goal of supporting the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Plus you have the awesome environment of being surrounded by various planes, many in flaying condition. Onto to the models on display starting with aircraft. This diorama was entered in the Junior category:
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I did my best Hubert.
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It wasn't that bad: For my wallet anyways. We'll see what happens to my body when Sue sees what I picked up. Then there'll probably be a second round when Rachael sees what I got for Martin. For clarity, the Stratos was won by our son in the show raffle. But he gave it to his friend who came along with us to the show. This was after Edward had won a NASCAR kit. I also found Spitfire: the Canadians so grabbed those.
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Trumpeter Abrams 1/16
BlrwestSiR replied to FullArmor's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Like Rob said, you've made a potentially dull monotone paint scheme have some character and depth. Have fun at the show. I'm off to Heritagecon myself today with our boys. Carl -
Cobra Coupe - Le Mans - Model Factory Hiro 1/12
BlrwestSiR replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
That rear glass looks stunning. Lots of work to get a perfect but worth it. Carl -
What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
BlrwestSiR replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
The railgun is now mounted. Now its in the danger zone. I need to push through and add the last couple parts, decals and call it down before I find something else that distracts me. Heritagecon is Sunday so hopefully I get it done before then as I'm sure there'll be lots of shiny new plastic there.