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Love that Vosper!

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Thanks Guys :grin: The Vosper will go into the cabinet next to my RAF Rescue Launch, where one day they will be joined by the Airfix MTB and (one day even later....) the S-!00 'E-Boat'. I have a Griffon Models PE set for the latter and it promises to turn the build into a lengthy one to do it justice! :shock:

Not sure what is going to be next up; I had thought to tackle the Revell Condor (new tool) after seeing the magnificent build of the old tool version by Vacant, but.....I'll go out to the stash later and have a ponder and a fondle of some plastic and see what inspiration occurs :???: :-D
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That Vosper is a proper tour de force, Iggie. Marvellous stuff!
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Cheers Shaun!

After nearly two hours perusing the stash this afternoon, I have decided on my next project: the Revell 1/350 Iwo Jima
This might take a while :shock:

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1428 parts plus the included PE. See you in about six months! :roll: :-D :-D
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1428 pieces!
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I take it that you're not going to enter the Iwo Jima kit for this month's Blitzbau then, Iggie :ha:
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ShaunW wrote:I take it that you're not going to enter the Iwo Jima kit for this month's Blitzbau then, Iggie :ha:
Well I was in two minds really....... :roll: :grin:
So far I have assembled the lower deck and am part way through the same with the hanger deck. I'm also considering lighting the interiors of both.....
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Some progress:
Lower vehicle deck
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View through one of the side lift openings into the aircraft hanger
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Aircraft hanger placed on top of the vehicle decks, looking forward
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Is it bigger than your canal boat? :lol:
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TobyC wrote:Is it bigger than your canal boat? :lol:
It isn't far off! :-D

In real life, we could have done donuts inside the flooded well deck of Iwo Jima :shock: But, I suspect our diesel bill is somewhat less.... ;-)
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Coming along very nicely there, Iggie. I did hear that at the time, the Iwo Jima's engine room computer was the most complicated piece of equipment known to man, other than the turret of an M60A2 tank. :)

Nice work, regardless.
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Very unusual car Iggie! Cool looking. Not sure where you guys find these little gems.

The Vosper is great too. It makes me want to try out a boat. Looking forward to the Iwo Jima build.
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Great start, Iggie. There is some very nice looking detail in that IJ kit!
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Cheers guys! 8-)
Spaceowl wrote:Coming along very nicely there, Iggie. I did hear that at the time, the Iwo Jima's engine room computer was the most complicated piece of equipment known to man, other than the turret of an M60A2 tank. :)

Nice work, regardless.
Thankfully, Trumpeter didn't provide parts for that otherwise there'd be another 200 or so bits to nail together! :shock:
PGAS wrote:Very unusual car Iggie! Cool looking. Not sure where you guys find these little gems.

The Vosper is great too. It makes me want to try out a boat. Looking forward to the Iwo Jima build.
The Aerosan was the product of too much time on eBay :shock:
ShaunW wrote:Great start, Iggie. There is some very nice looking detail in that IJ kit!
There is a lot of detail, and also some unnecessary part count; 4 bits when one would & could have sufficed kind of thing, but hey it keeps me off the streets and out of the pub, so who am I to argue? :-D

This is where I'm at now:
Lower deck and hanger installed, and a lot of parts assembled and added to the stern. The Phalanx CIWS is made up from 10 parts on it's own :shock:
I need to gloss this area once finished to avoid finger marks and dust later!

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That is mind-boggling amount of detail. I have seen these built and have to say You will be very very rewarded. The sheer size of this thing would send my cabinet to a crying corner. :)
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