Non-railway modelling

[33C]

7 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

 

It was developed during WW1 when the principle danger to allied capital ships was the U-boat. I would add that an important feature of dazzle camouflage was straight lines and sharp angles 

I found this scheme, carried by the actual craft, when trying to establish the origin of the "remains" i was given. The colours are as near as dammit plus, a coat of paint hides a multitude of sins!

[Steadfast]

I've been working on this 1999 Ford Focus for about 10 years on and off.

It's a Hasegawa kit, with a load of Tamiya bits grafted in from a kit I'd badly built as a kid, to improve the interior accuracy. It represents the first win for the Ford Focus, a classic drive by Colin McRae.

Interior done, to get a better finish I'd decided to spray the fluorescent orange bits of the outside of the body rather than the kit decals. Scan the decals, make the masks then trim the orange off the decals so just the blue stripes remain. The white is Halfords, the orange Humbrol enamel.

The decals were old and quite brittle, so I think this was the right choice, lots of setting solution needed. The decals have been on many months, so are fully dried and ready for a gloss coat. Halfords lacquer is my go to for things like this, covers well, sands well and has a nice gloss.

So imagine my surprise where it's eaten in to the Halfords gloss white underneath! This is the second time lately I've had an issue with their varnish (same can) which makes me wonder if they've changed the formula. Halfords customer service weren't any help on the matter. It seems to be 'hotter' than it was before. You can see in the photos that the decals haven't crumpled at all, it is the white paint that has reacted. The decals have sunk into the white, causing a groove around each decal! On the orange sections, there has been no reaction, so it must be the white paint. Anyone else had trouble with Halfords paint lately? Varnish was bought December 2020.

 

Gutted! Full strip and respray needed. Anyway, I found one set of decals for the '99 Focus on eBay, I'll have to draw up the Safari specific bits but at least it gets me all the logos, and nice fluorescent Martini logos that my printers can't print. I'm sure I'll get the masking and paint finish better at a second attempt too. 

On the plus side, if this is back in it's box waiting to be stripped, it means really I can start another kit from the stash. Hmmm, Rothmans Escort, 97 Scooby or 04 Scooby. Decisions, decisions...

 

Jo

 

[Northmoor]

Just weather it like it's fresh off the Sweet Lamb stage, that should cover up any blemishes.....

[Mark C]

Two of these beauties arrived today via Lowestoft, so this will be my non-railway modelling project until three Vulcans land...so, hurry up after market: I need paint masks, cockpits and more RAF options please!!

[33C]

Just a quickie! Not my modelling but it's been sitting on top of my stash with browning varnish. Made in the early seventies by a friends dad and passed to me "as i model" instead of going in the bin. Just did a quick coat of satin white to cover the worst and a second coat will come later. Took advantage of a sunny day........ 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by 33C
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[33C]

On 12/01/2021 at 23:35, cypherman said:

Hi Saxokid,

Love the panzers. I have a soft spot for German WW2 armoured vehicles.

I have a soft spot for Bergepanzers......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by 33C
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[railroadbill]

On 09/02/2021 at 16:51, sir douglas said:

not your average kind of modelling but still skilled work. 2 youtube channels ive been suggested recently

 

First one making figure kits with the painting being the main skilled part, especially the detail put into hand painting the eyes

https://www.youtube.com/c/sukimasangyo/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/c/sukimasangyo/videos

 

scratchbuilidng figures in clay to a high quality

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eET5RL7v1CYnZZv58zpnQ/videos

Interesting sites, thanks for posting those. Had a look at one at random about assembling and painting a manga or anime figure from a resin kit, as you say a lot of skill in doing it. One thing was that the figure was assembled using small magnets which meant it could be taken to pieces again very easily for painting then assembled again at the end.

There were some techniques, particularly in preparing the castings and spraying them, that I thought could be useful with ordinary models rather than large figures.

Materials, paint etc he used were a bit difficult to work out during the video as the captions are Japanese, but there were some notes in the comments. There was a masking material used, like bluetac but much more pliable that looked useful. Not sure what that was but it looked handy.

One tool that was being used to clean up the resin castings was a small powered detail sander, the size of an electric toothbrush with different sized abrasive heads. For working with a very hard material like resin that looked very useful. There was a link to the ones he used

https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07RPSYTY7/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=247&creative=1211&creativeASIN=B07RPSYTY7&linkCode=as2&tag=sukimasangyou-22&linkId=bf92ac6f1c7a9fbeda860d297a73b3ba

 

This is on Japanese Amazon, but I can't see anything like these on UK Amazon site. There are engraving tools but they are with rotary mini drills.  Anyone used a power detail "pencil" sander,  on assumption they are available in UK?

 

* Now found one, £25 on-line, but needs separate transformer.  Found them being discussed on a model boat site, used on static models to sand inside  of wooden hulls etc.

https://www.toolman.co.uk/acatalog/Proxxon-28594-Pensander-PS-13-290.html

Edited February 11, 2021 by railroadbill

[laurenceb]

That site could get expenceive

[railroadbill]

 

As there is still a bit of snow in the garden, (and influenced by 33c's tanks in the snow) I found a ski equipped model to photograph, rather cold outside doing this...

 

Auster Antarctic WE600, as used on the 1956 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition.  Original now preserved at RAF Cosford RAF museum.   Airfix kit, , first issued 1958, last reissue 2007.  This one's probably an early 2000s release. 

Edited February 12, 2021 by railroadbill

[laurenceb]

And if you want it (the fullsize varity) it is available. Not part of the core collection

[railroadbill]

 

Another aircraft used in Antarctica,  Walrus II HD874 of the RAAF.  (They were called Seagull V in Australian service). Used on the Australian Heard Island expedition to Antarctica  in 1947-48.  The expedition traveled on HMAS Labuan, a tank landing craft,  so the voyage must have been somewhat uncomfortable...  The aircraft made some flights over Heard Island but was written off in a storm in December 1947 and abandoned.  However, in 1980 the remains were recovered by the RAAF,  brought back to Australia and restored at the RAAF museum where it is on display.

 

Another vintage Airfix kit, first issued 1957.  Been some reissues, last one 2012.  Made this early 2000s I think.

 

[railroadbill]

14 minutes ago, laurenceb said:

And if you want it (the fullsize varity) it is available. Not part of the core collection

Read somewhere that the RAF Museum had some "spare" exhibits that they were looking to make available (ie dispose of).  Would have thought that the Auster would go well with a museum like Shuttleworth, although it's era and history would have made it a core item with the RAF museum one would have thought.

Edited February 12, 2021 by railroadbill

[laurenceb]

Some of the planes the have listed as surplus make no sence. An example of hiring an "expurt" to run a museum

[pete_mcfarlane]

2 minutes ago, laurenceb said:

Some of the planes the have listed as surplus make no sence. An example of hiring an "expurt" to run a museum

They are experts. Experts in running museums, rather than experts in what's actually in the museum. 

[PhilJ W]

16 minutes ago, laurenceb said:

Some of the planes the have listed as surplus make no sence. An example of hiring an "expurt" to run a museum

 

13 minutes ago, pete_mcfarlane said:

They are experts. Experts in running museums, rather than experts in what's actually in the museum. 

Definition of an expert, ex = redundant, spurt = a drip under pressure.

[laurenceb]

Nail, meet hammer

[Stuart Birks]

Miniart 1:35 London bus from 1919.

[BernardTPM]

2 hours ago, pete_mcfarlane said:

They are experts. Experts in ruining museums, rather than experts in what's actually in the museum. 

Corrected it for you.

[33C]

Trouble is, it's the 40 year effect. When did you last visit a museum? What did you look for? Me, now, old EMU'S, 37'S and parcel van's, the stuff i grew up with but, i love a steamer! My sons like old computer game consoles and original" Jurassic Park" merch, but they love TV comedy from the 70's to the 90's! Nostalgia is big business so, what do you put in the Museum to get punters in to keep the lights on? Last time we did the rounds in London, we could not move for disinterested school kids with clipboards just ticking things off when they could access anything the teacher wanted to know on their 'phones....I'm nostalgic for my dads old Wolseley 16/60, will my kids be the same about any of the cars i had or the consoles they had? What DO you put in the Museum and what do you store or sell because, as a few of us know, storage and preservation is expensive. At least if you sell it, the buyer has invested in the purchase and hopefully it will still be around to study by those yet unborn. Imagine if "Ben Alder" had been saved privately....Museum, runner, static or lock-up?

[33C]

On 19/01/2021 at 15:52, steve1 said:

Something a bit different. Monogram 1929 Ford T Pickup. Built 40 odd years ago. Box stock and brush painted. Has survived 4 house moves and 3 wives...

 

steve

 

 

Loving your work. Here's my survivor, done 36 years ago in Bedsit land...........

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by 33C
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[Gibbo675]

Hi Folks,

 

Here is are two Tamiya OW38's painted in the Mitsui Yamaha and Akai Yamaha team colours. My dad's cousin John used to run the Mitsui team which had Charlie Williams and Dave Dean as riders, he also painted the originals.

 

 

 

He also painted the originals for Barry Sheene until he didn't pay his bill.

 

 

Gibbo.

[Northmoor]

They are GORGEOUS Gibbo.  Yamaha still had a lot to learn about routing exhausts at that time, I could see the rider's inside right leg getting a bit warm.....

[Gibbo675]

12 minutes ago, Northmoor said:

They are GORGEOUS Gibbo.  Yamaha still had a lot to learn about routing exhausts at that time, I could see the rider's inside right leg getting a bit warm.....

Hi Northmoor

 

The exhausts are routed as they are so that the expansion chambers may be of equal volume and still allow ground clearance. The right hand cylinder is routed under the centre line, two centre cylinders go each side under the frame rails and the left hand one that arches around the clutch cover and turns 90* across the rear of the engine and 90* again to the underside of the seat. You may note that there is an oval hole in the fairing for the right hand cylinder's pipe shewing how tightly packed it all is.

 

Gibbo.

[33C]

On 12/02/2021 at 16:59, railroadbill said:

 

As there is still a bit of snow in the garden, (and influenced by 33c's tanks in the snow) I found a ski equipped model to photograph, rather cold outside doing this...

 

Auster Antarctic WE600, as used on the 1956 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition.  Original now preserved at RAF Cosford RAF museum.   Airfix kit, , first issued 1958, last reissue 2007.  This one's probably an early 2000s release. 

Guess the film.

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by 33C
added photo.

[Barry Ten]

1 hour ago, 33C said:

Guess the film.

 

Don't call me Shirley.