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  1. rtfoe

    Italeri Hudson Mk IV 1/72 scale.

    Thanks Richard, Jim, Joe and Nick...apologise for the late reply. It's taking shape even with struggles and mistakes. This makes building fun and challenging at the same time. More progress... This time its putty filling. I use Magic Sculpt two part putty for this process. This putty...
  2. rtfoe

    Tug Boat..... Revell

    Have fun with it Paul as I had many moons ago and a build blog was featured here but since closed I think. Not to put you off but to give you an idea of what to expect, here are four pics of the build... It can be a nice a nice little kit to build with patience, lots of putty and a bit of...
  3. rtfoe

    Italeri Hudson Mk IV 1/72 scale.

    Hate assembling the wings with the undercarriage pre attached as you need to guess the alignment and dehydral to get it to look right. Okay I got that solved... The engine nacelles were a bitch to fit with no locating pins or marks so I winged it. I did saw the nacele flaps as the engraved...
  4. rtfoe

    Italeri Hudson Mk IV 1/72 scale.

    Hi Guys, more work on the Hudson... Painted up the IP and stuck it in... Sanded down the turret fairing assembly...some dinks and gaps need puttying. Got the wing halves cemented and used tape to hold them together at the leading edge to align and not have a step...saves sanding and...
  5. rtfoe

    Richards Hurricane Airfix 1/72 GB build

    Finally I got this near completion...figures were painted within two hours with acrylics. They were secured to the base with tiny dots of CA and the shine removed with Matt varnish brush on. I will take more shots of the whole Dio when I can. Thanks for sticking with this misshaped filled...
  6. rtfoe

    Richards Hurricane Airfix 1/72 GB build

    Hi, more updates to the figures... The guy standing idle is now carrying Chocks made from plastic strip and thin wire for the ropes... After finalising the poses all three figures were primed black and got the zinethel effect with a coat of white sprayed from above at an angle. After...
  7. rtfoe

    Richards Hurricane Airfix 1/72 GB build

    Thank you Jim, had to keep it simple yet tell a small story...How was your flight sir?... I am having a heavy breakfast literally a One Ton noodle...wonton as I type... We're fine but it was a close call. The opposite bank flooded and we were spared with the help of the flood pumps, wall and...
  8. rtfoe

    Richards Hurricane Airfix 1/72 GB build

    Thanks Fellas, Worked on three figures...two from my stash and one from the kit. You guessed it the pilot is from the kit. The mods I did for him was to turn his head to the right and replace his arms. The other two needed shorts and a lot of mods to get their poses right... I posed them...
  9. rtfoe

    Richards Hurricane Airfix 1/72 GB build

    Thanks Joe and Tony, good to be back. The base... Mixed up some spackle with dirt, white glue and poster paints and spread it over the top of the based that had masking tape around the edges. Used the Hurri to make the tyre marks then while the mixture was still semi wet I coated the top with...
  10. rtfoe

    Richards Hurricane Airfix 1/72 GB build

    Thanks Joe, Rich, Paul and Jim, I've seen and done a similar scheme that had worm like squiggles instead of the large green patch. And yes the Hurricanes look better with the hispanos. Here are more images of the Future application... For obvious reasons the kit decals weren't the correct...
  11. rtfoe

    Italeri Hudson Mk IV 1/72 scale.

    Hi, continuation of the build. I made a boo boo by drilling out the Astrodome hole then finding out the version I was doing doesn't have one. A little strip and putty will fix that... Then I painted detail to the cockpit seats... And weathered the seatbelts. Next I glued the fuselage...
  12. rtfoe

    Italeri Hudson Mk IV 1/72 scale.

    Hi I'm back, apologise for the long disappearance. Other builds got in the way and hit with a rather loss of mojo. One of the reasons that put me off this build were the rows of windows and I procrastinated until I sat down one night and just fitted them. So here is where I left of ...Painted...
  13. rtfoe

    Richards Hurricane Airfix 1/72 GB build

    Hi Guys, I'm back with this cursed build. The enthusiasm of priming, pre-shading sought of fizzled out when I took on the unfinished large dio for the Penang Show. That included the Bedouin and Donkey dio as well. It's been 10 months since I posted this build and have actually nearly finished it...
  14. rtfoe

    Who has the oldest model kit?

    I don't know about old but I built a reissue of an Airfix 1/72 RE8 from an old mold dated 1958 on the inside of the kit...here it is together with the completed kit in a diorama. Cheers, Wabble
  15. rtfoe

    Rehashing Hurtgen forest diorama

    Hi Guys, I missed the boat on this one. I still had six figures more to paint and some strong advice from my friends not to rush it as many details were still missing on the dio itself. The M36 Jackson wasn't even weathered. So it'll be for next year... enough time for details and the snow owl...
  16. rtfoe

    Rehashing Hurtgen forest diorama

    Hi guys, Not enough time to work on the building...bit by bit. At least the tank guys are looking cold this time.🤭 Still got new snow to add. Groundwork still halfway. Cheers, Wabble
  17. rtfoe

    Rehashing Hurtgen forest diorama

    I'm at the Ford Motor assembly line trying to clear these 25 figures... Cheers, Wabble
  18. rtfoe

    Been thinking...

    Yup, I wouldn't be able to finish my factory of 25 figures for my diorama if it wasn't for the trusty old airbrush. Base shadows and highlights achieved... now only the details left for the hairy stick like the face, weapons and webbing. Get the airbrush...a decent dual action 0.3 standard...
  19. rtfoe

    Rehashing Hurtgen forest diorama

    Yup loads of weathering using my concoction of oils, kerosene and turpentine. Seems to work just as well as the AK products and great to get back to them. Here are shots of basic pin wash and rust. Chipping will come next and final highlights. Trying very hard not to overdo it. Compared to...
  20. rtfoe

    Rehashing Hurtgen forest diorama

    Hi Guys, More free time to concentrate on this Dio. I gave the M10 a second coat of winter whitewash with chipping fluid and the results were much stronger. I added new stowage to the rear to cover the awful tools... will add rope tie downs later. Then I noticed something awkward about this...

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