PanzerWomble

Ok time to pick this one back up and complete another SOD . To be fair two days after the last post in this thread we moved home ...which stopped play for about 3 months, so it was more "there are no shelves to put anything doomed or otherwise"

I must say that type of modelling doesn't spark joy for me . Link n length, metal..... ever decent wubber bands ....but no way will I countenance numerous pieces just to make a link .

wowsers you've been busy .....that certainly puts the Revell Spit in it's place !

Sticking a fork in this one . Overall ....ok-ish ...this old Hasegawa (2003) is not a slick as the older tool from them for the Phantom (1987) . Personally not convinced with the gun smoke staining but in the end with was a practice job to try out MRP paint and continue with OPR practice. Make you realise what a big bird the Skyraider was . All this leads up to the final model of the Vietnam 3 .....

Cheers - I later found this pic where they look a biot higher ?? so no sure at all now. Im aware the French ones apparently went higher because their carriers were smaller. The Navy seem to keep their planes cleaner than the Marines as well lol !

Looking good !!! A link to some of my pix of Bovvies DAK Pz III (N) hope they are of any use. It was believed to have been captured at the Battle of Alam Halfa https://postimg.cc/gallery/zGxkt9P

At the basic paint stage ...minor detail painting and the ordinance to follow ...but first ....let loose the oils and the reference pics !. Does that wing look high ? In no F8 expert

+1 on the paint , very subtle .Your model captures the essence of the aircraft very well Nice one sir and welcome to the F'rum

I started with a old Typhoon and was going to take parts off the SH Tempest to glam it up a few years back ...That idea got shelved and have just completed a Tempest on it's own as part of a GB on LSP . It's on the RFI section on this forum ...leaving me with the old Revell Typhoon to make one day.....shortly to be on it's way to PENN USA ...

Fascinating , seems like a bad luck aircraft if the waterpark that bought it went bust , Do you remember the old Lightning at the side of A1 for many years ?

I'm not sure about the SOL but the SET is just mainly white vinegar I'm told .....bloody expensive white vinegar .

Done most of the decaling on the starboard side (barring the stencils) , also started on the ordnance. Kit Zuni's and Hasegawa MK82 dumb bombs on a multiple carriage. I bought a bunch of these weapons kits a while ago , before realising they all date from the 1980's and aren't as good as I'd hoped . Still impressed with the way that nose decal bends in 14 different radia . ! The framing needs touching up ...shhhh.

Jadlam had them on clearance when i bought mine , it was cheap.... £28 maybe ? ...which is pretty good value . I tend to trawl their clearance section once a month to look at any bargains , plus their rewards system is about the only one I know worth signing up to .

So pleased to bring some joy to an old pilot .....does he ...er .....know of any others stashed away in barns perhaps ??

Thats pretty good up close , did you re do a lot of those weld beads on the fender? ERA blocks are damn fine too . Not fancy using the Copium cage ?

I must admit I like when people put them on keel blocks like in a dry dock

Heya Are you going full hull or in water? I take it from that full hull . Weirdly very excited to see this build , itsa bit like me watching people climb Everest ....something I'd like to do but know I never will !!

Came all the way from India ! Link

I think I read about this tip on an old thread on this forum , it's genius , cost me nothing and works with my superglue as well .

An evening decaling . Cartograph decals got to love them ! Even though this is a curvy bird, they went on without drama. I needed a coupla shots of the old microsol to settle down those nose stars ....and that was all , the rest behaved. Now to do the other side. Only downer so far is the inside of the canopy looks marked ...I'm happy with the fit ...but it can't come off without probably destroying it . Hmmm.

I know Harwell as it's just down the road from us ( that photo actually is the campus) , but the catapult was a new one . Can't imagine trying to catapult a fully laden Lanc, they struggled at the best of times.

Yeah sure Maru ...aircraft catapult ......my ears ....thats a UFO landing pad for when the lizard people came in 1941. ...Harwell went on to be the centre for anti gravity ...the Nuclear Science government lab . Even today the saucer is still there , visible on Google earth.

Hmmmm.... fit was a bit hit and miss , can't say building this was any huge fun experience . Shame - looked good in the box. Just shows how little use all those "opening the box " reviews are 🙄

So this is vanilla start point . Thought I had "pre" pix, but obvs not . I've over painted the grey and white to knock the preshading back down . so will sit with a coffee in the morning and work out what next ! Didn't like the canopy fit on the first attempt , we will see how presentable it is when the tape comes off ...that may want work as well . zoom zoom ... PW