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  1. spanner570

    Spanner's Revell 1/72 Dam Buster Lancaster. 1958 tooling.

    Time allowing, I hope to have ago at the various stages of the raid. Nothing fancy and long winded, just a couple of photos of each stage. Departing. The journey out The Dams Raid. The journey home. The raid + 1 day. All sounds a bit ambitious, and probably is, but I've long thought about...
  2. spanner570

    Airfix 1/72 RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat

    My original build thread for this model has vanished off the Forum, so I'll pretend and tag this on. Finally finish it. ....and afloat. Cheers. Ron
  3. spanner570

    Latest Acquisitions (2025)

    A delivery from the Easter Bunny (Well, a good mate of mine) A few days ago I happened to mention to him about using foam board in my model making. "Oh, right" He replied, somewhat dismissively.. Today he turned up with these.....It turned out he knew someone who made advertising and display...
  4. spanner570

    Ditched Devastator...... "Find us if you can, boys!"

    When I was building my recent Devastator model, I was reminded of the brave U.S. Navy aircrews who took off from their carriers during WW2 to attack enemy targets and then had to return to their ships across miles of empty ocean. Some didn't make it. One mission was undertaken in the knowledge...
  5. spanner570

    Completed.....Spanner's 1/48 Hobbyboss TBD-1 Devastator

    Great kit, well recommended. All brush painted using Humbrol acrylic 'Diddy Plastic Pots The decals bedded in well considering the corrugated wings. Slightly let down by the absence of a crew....They are available, but at a daft price! Here are the final photos of the build. Thanks to all who...
  6. spanner570

    Hobbyboss 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.

    Steve, Paul and Tony. Thank you for your comments. Good stuff... It's finished! Brush painted with the little Humbrol pots. I've kept the weathering to a minimum, figuring there would be no mud and stuff, just a bit of general staining. I wanted it to stay reasonably 'Pretty'! An all over coat...
  7. spanner570

    Hobbyboss 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.

    Cheers JIm. It certainly is colourful. Just the right camouflage to hurl around the Pacific in! Update. I hope..... I have farsan's of those little Airfix Humbrol acrylic pots. Every conceivable colour, so I've used them to brush on the required colours. I've not been too fussy re. the...
  8. spanner570

    Hobbyboss 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.

    Thanks boys. Good to read it's not just me having problems...... Anyway, let's see what happens this time. Middle wing section, first time fit. I'm doing the wings down position first. I've added two extended styrene plastic spar sections from some scrap stuff. I will then simply slot the...
  9. spanner570

    Timed out- Wiped out too!

    Due to being timed out and having to type in my password again, I've just lost a whole heap of my thread. It has happened to other members too. Can this bit of nonsense be removed? I don't want to have to rush my posts. If it has to remain, I seriously think I won't will be able to cope with...
  10. spanner570

    Decal Disaster!

    RESULT! Delivered today, so a big pat on the back for all Airfix's departments. I just hope someone at Airfix had the foresight to test a decal sample of this new batch. Cheers. Ron
  11. spanner570

    Hobbyboss 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.

    Don't know where all the ???? came from, sorry. Update..... I like to brush paint as many parts as I can, big and small on the sprues. It is easier, particularly the big bits and I don't have to hold them either. I can get going with my yard brush and get the paint on toot sweet! Painting...
  12. spanner570

    Hobbyboss 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.

    Thanks for your kind comments, chaps. Update.... Before any 'Bling' Decal 'Dashboard' Initially, the dashboard has the dials let in to the surface of the plastic. The 3/4 dial one piece decals are then supposed to be bedded into these. A recipe for disaster for me anyway! So I simply...
  13. spanner570

    Hobbyboss 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.

    Cockpit brush painted with chrome zinc (Humbrol diddy pot No. 90) Luckily, I have all the colours required in this range. Here's the first stage of the cockpit construction. The second stage.... There is P.E. involved. I won't bore you writing which is which. Suffice to...
  14. spanner570

    Hobbyboss 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.

    Thanks for the support chaps. The more the merrier. Just a quickie. Here's the three poor saps I'm going to try and turn into U.S. WW2 Pacific era aircrew! Cheers. Ron
  15. spanner570

    Hobbyboss 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.

    I spotted this on offer from a well known online retailer, at about half the usual price. Couldn't refuse! It also happens to be my favourite aircraft from the WW2 Pacific Theatre. It looks very nice kit. Let down a bit because it has no crew. However, I have a cunning plan..... I have a...
  16. spanner570

    'Pharos' A 1/200 card model ship. (Peter's Injection free G.B,2024)

    Hi Jim, best place for the bl**dy thing! Update... Fore deck started Tabs bent upwards to allow the fixing of the hull sides. Deck fitted. Two deck surfaces glued in place. Next, another deck level. Cheers. Ron
  17. spanner570

    'Pharos' A 1/200 card model ship. (Peter's Injection free G.B,2024)

    Slowly ,slowly, catch de monkey! Main deck cut out and glued in place. Then the first part of the superstructure. Tabs bent to allow gluing of the hull sides at a later stage Superstructure sides cut out and ready to be bent. Bent! In the kit you get optional 'extras' Here they supply...
  18. spanner570

    Decal Disaster!

    As some folks on here might have seen, I'm building the Airfix 1/72 RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat over on 'What's on the bench 2025' I'm now at the decal stage and this morning this happened..... This decal runs the whole length of the hull. The other side was fine! I've Emailed Airfix and am...
  19. spanner570

    What's on the Bench 2025

    Thanks Tim. Nice family connection and also an interesting and very tragic story. Thanks for sharing.... Update. Guardrails, hand rails, anchor and life buoys fitted. This is the stage that lets the kit down. The grey mid-ship rails are not solid but are stainless wire. I had thought to alter...
  20. spanner570

    What's on the Bench 2025

    All glued together and ready for the guard rails, etc. Cheers. Ron

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