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Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 6th, 2017, 2:33 pm
by celt
Well tidy Harry Tate and very pretty narrow boat iggie.
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 6th, 2017, 11:02 pm
by iggie
Thanks Ken
Further progress; all assembly done and painted, I added some rudimentary elevator controls and rigging plus the undercarriage so she is up on her wheels.
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 7th, 2017, 6:00 am
by skypirate
Wow!
That is fantastic!
You are going to be particularly proud of this one.
Cheers,
David
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 7th, 2017, 6:19 am
by Clashcityrocker
That R.E.8 looks GR8.
Nigel
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 7th, 2017, 7:59 am
by Stuart
Very Smart!
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 7th, 2017, 8:56 am
by chrism
Whilst ship rigging doesn't phase me at all , the prospect of biplanes is a worrying thought. Looks good what you done with it
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 7th, 2017, 4:40 pm
by Softscience
Wow, Ig. I'm really impressed with how you pulled that off. If I had tried to paint after rigging, the lines would be coated in thick drippy paint globs. And thats just those that I didn't snap off in the process!
Very nice work.
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 7th, 2017, 5:12 pm
by ShaunW
Great job, Iggie - we all tend to end up with our own way of doing things and painting after rigging certainly works for you!
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 7th, 2017, 6:01 pm
by iggie
Thank you Folks! I'm hoping to get this finished later this evening as with the festive season rapidly approaching, my bench will be retired to the garage for the duration
The rigging being elastic is fairly forgiving if hit with the paint brush during painting, and so far it has worked out ok; that said, I'll probably ping it later!
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 8th, 2017, 12:39 am
by Ratch
Excellent rigging
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 8th, 2017, 6:23 pm
by iggie
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 8th, 2017, 6:31 pm
by ShaunW
I've seen this in the aviation section - you've made a first class job of that old banger, Iggie, the kit is about ready for its bus pass I think and certainly should be pensioned off if it hasn't been already!
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 8th, 2017, 6:34 pm
by Softscience
OUTSTANDING!
I know this is a much maligned kit, but for something that is but a few years younger than my parents, it looks fresh and current!
Goes to show how even a poor kit can be turned into something really nice in the hands of a skilled modeler. Even if said skilled modeler has a "particular" construction/paint/rigging sequence
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 8th, 2017, 6:36 pm
by iggie
Thank you Gentlemen, much appreciated
Softscience wrote:OUTSTANDING!
I know this is a much maligned kit, but for something that is but a few years younger than my parents, it looks fresh and current!
Goes to show how even a poor kit can be turned into something really nice in the hands of a skilled modeler. Even if said skilled modeler has a "
particular" construction/paint/rigging sequence
You were itching to say 'peculiar' there weren't you!
Re: iggie's modelling table
Posted: December 8th, 2017, 8:19 pm
by Ratch
iggie wrote:I give you the venerable Airfix 'arry Tate, dating back to 1957 according to Scalemates, but with a 1958 date stamp inside the fuselage (
). Maybe that was as long as they expected it to last?
It was indeed first issued in 1957
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixt ... f=41&t=151;
Airfix didn't add the date-stamp until later on lots of the early kits