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Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44
And here we are at the undercoat stage. And not how I originally planned... So, the PLAN was, just do the tail cross and the fuselage band areas in Insignia White, then the rest all over grey. But... this looks fine. It also showed up a few spots that needed extra filler. Using the Halfords...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #58
- Forum: Papa 695's Build a Bi-plane GB: Jan - April 2024
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Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44
A quick spray of Halfords black primer, some gun metal, aluminium and silver details, grey drybrush, and the wheels are done They'll likely be the last things to go on. There's a rear mudguard, not included, that I'll need to add, which appears to be held on by a long wire bent around it Now...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #57
- Forum: Papa 695's Build a Bi-plane GB: Jan - April 2024
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Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44
And the starboard wing struts took all of half-an-hour. Talk about a sharp learning curve And I did use entirely kit supplied struts here! Don't think I'll be adding the main struts until after the wings are on. That will make the main rigging easier too You might also see that the starboard...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #56
- Forum: Papa 695's Build a Bi-plane GB: Jan - April 2024
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Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44
Been a while, with all the other stuff doing at the same time (including a secret fourth biplane), but the Breda is back, baby! Well, I had to take off the v-strut to drill and fix a pin to the top so it would fit into the top wing. Pinning like this is really working out So, here we are with...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #55
- Forum: Papa 695's Build a Bi-plane GB: Jan - April 2024
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
D'oh. Not an Austin 'Tilly' but a Standard No-one noticed so I got away with it Well, here we are, shaded, marked, weathered. and matt varnished All that's left is the tilt cover over the back- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #26
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
While I'm on about colours, as I've said before I use the Starmer NW Europe books for kind of colour matching. Well, there are BEF paints available NOW..! So, here's a 'compare' set, covering 1938 to 1942 The Mk VI is pre-war Bronze Green (I use either IJN Green or Schwarzgrun), the Matilda is...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #25
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
Right, the colours are all blocked in. Next will be shading, marking, weathering. Oh, and the tilt cover And I've just found an old Military Vehicle magazine in my stack with photos of another CDSW restoration, this time in BEF colours! Although, there's something odd about his AOS plates...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #24
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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Latest Acquisitions (2024)
Well, with the amount of biplanes I've got / doing / BUILD ME! I've gone and got this The Hobbyzone AJ-01 Aircraft building jig. That's it put together ( a whole days work!), and the Hawker Horsely (1/72) In there for scaling. And ALREADY it's giving me problems with bolts and butterfly...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #203
- Forum: Chit-Chat
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
So, time to finish up my Bofors to sit with this. Spent more than an hour looking for the two missing crew figures, who SHOULD have been in the same box with the gun. But the search, in the very last box, also turned up my 28mm 2pdr I've been wanting. As the part is missing, I'm going to have...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #21
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
A good coat of rattle can dark green (Humbrol 163 here), mask the tyres and spray the wheel hubs And so, on with the wheels. I did try drilling some holes in the wheel centres for pins, but then the sprue I used for the rear axle wouldn't take the drill. Hmm. Of course, NOT pinning gave me...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #20
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
Right, on with the primer we go. Just needed a couple of coats of Halfords Black, which, as you can see, is VERY matt Did need to re-spray in a couple of places because, for some reason, the paint didn't like the glue residue. That's a rarity, I find- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #19
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
Well, having worked on this solid (I'll get back to the Breda soonest!), the build is about finished. So here are the final stages I realised the top boxes were too wide, so a quick slice with the razor saw, and there we go. I used the Airfix kit for the top hatch pattern, as no photo I've...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #18
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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Looking for my next
Well, perhaps not surprisingly, given that there have been like ten updates to Windows, none of which are reverse compatible, our PC won't even recognise the CD-ROM to access it. No wonder records just evaporate Curse you Gates! This being the case... Here's some scans of the first of the 72...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #27
- Forum: Chit-Chat
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Latest Acquisitions (2024)
This just arrived today. I first saw a listing for this about six months ago, and everywhere pre-orders were sold out, but then I found a specialist site in the UK who had one at a sensible (standard) price The Thunderjaw from the 'robot dinosaurs' game series, Horizon It should build about...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #188
- Forum: Chit-Chat
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Latest Acquisitions (2024)
Okay, technically this was a Christmas present, but what the heck I'd like to stress, this is NOT the OLD MPC/Airfix kit, but as much newer beast. truth be told, I don't know when or if this will get done- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #187
- Forum: Chit-Chat
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
Also, the side and rear hatch details have been added, simple 10 thou placcycard and strip bits Also now, the first of the top boxes have been added. Simple plasticard They will have hatches added in due course I've added some strip for the rear mudguard supports, invisible at these angles...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #17
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
So, after much surgery and two replacement arms, the driver is now in place The strips on the bonnet are to hold the aseroscreens in place as I'm going for the early version, even though the full windscreen version was in service before Dunkirk- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #16
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
Having found a video on YouTube of the restored one (I've been using a mag article as reference for) I've made a few alterations and additions The crew compartment has a step back between the mudguards. It is just visible on the one photo I have, but the lighting makes it less obvious until...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #15
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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'What if?' modelling
So how about these then BAC 'Eagles': Gr1 12 Sqn 1986; FR3 29 Sqn Operation Granby 1990 Calling it an 'Eagle' seems to come entirely from the book 'Lost Tomorrows of an eagle' from 2009- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #17
- Forum: Chit-Chat
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28mm Morris CDSW conversion
Finally, some extra detail in the cab. Gear stick, Handbrake, and another lever that's a bit of a mystery. All cut from the same pin Plus some strips for the stowage box bases on the rear bodywork. So, having cleared out all my 1/35 accessory sets a while back, I now have no random boxes to...- Steve-the-Duck
- Post #14
- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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