David's Dithering Desk - Southern Edition

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Re: David's Desk

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Nice work on the the Stingray and also on the Flipper, an interesting little also-ran I know very little about. I saw that kit of it many years ago in a toy shop in Aberdeen Scotland but begged off of buying it as I thought it was some kind of fake MiG. Kinda wish I had bought it now. A few models did return home with me though.
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The Flipper looks OK from here David. Sometimes it's worth pushing one through to try and stimulate the modelling juices!
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Stingray has finally come back to the top of the heap. In fact, she's the only thing in the heap. I have no other partly built models. So, while I am between GBs, I am trying to get her finished. It should be stress free as the hard stuff is all done.

Call me fussy but I decided the provided periscope (on the right below) has got to go. So I made its replacement from the nose of an old AIM-7, a thin brass rod and two concentric aluminium tubes.

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Also I have added the Aquasprites (the dark blue bits with bubble canopies on each side of the hull and the rear fins.

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That just leaves some paint touchups, clearcoat, decals, clearcoat again and fit the Ratemaster in the opening behind the fins and the boosters under the hydroplanes.

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Excellent work David. I'm using my time between GB's to clear a few bench queens too.
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It would have been a shame to have stuck that frying pan on your model after all the hard work
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Good to see your Stingray build again and it looks great David. I agree, the OOB frying pan-alike periscope needed to be replaced. Yours looks so much better!
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Well, she's all glossed up but... nowhere to go as the lettering decals I ordered specially for her from the UK won't look right after all. I have ordered some more which should be here in the next week (sooner maybe as they only have to come from New York).

I did add the boosters under the hydroplanes.

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Now, can I resist starting something else before the Musketeer GB? :roll:

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Top dithering David. :lol:
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Stingray is done. I found some decals that, while not perfect, are good enough. The font isn't quite right for the white markings and the 'Stingray' name is a tad small but since there were multiple filming miniatures used that were all sightly different and the model itself is pretty inaccurate and has some bits I botched (notably the white lines), I can live with them.

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I'll post more pics in a new thread in the 'Real Space, Sci-Fi and What-iffery' forum.

I now have nothing started, in progress or on the 'shelf of doom'. Feels weird.

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Nice work.
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Hurrah! Great model Dave. Bath time should be lots of fun :mrgreen:
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I like it, great work David.
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Re: David's Dithering Desk

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Well that's different! And very cool.
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Lovely job.
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Re: David's Dithering Desk

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Well, it's time to reopen this thread.

Firstly the C-130K that was a DNf in the Cargo Haulers GB. It doesn't look very different in these two pics but the the first one is Tamiya XF-60 Dark Yellow. I was OK with it but then botched applying the Dark Earth camo. Since it had to be sanded a bit and repainted, I used Testors 4813 British Armour Light Stone and I prefer the result shown in the second pic, although there's probably not much difference.

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Also on the desk is a whatif based on a single fuselage from the F-82 Twin Mustang. It's had a Griffon engine transplanted on to it and an increased wingspan. I am thinking it will be a late 40s/early 50s high altitude photo-reconnaissance plane.

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