Airfix Ju-88 Vs British Destroyer

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Re: Airfix Ju-88 Vs British Destroyer

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NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!!

Brilliant work Tom - totally captures the box art, the motion, the excitement, The Vibe...

I reckon you may even get away with just gluing the falling bomb onto the front of the stand as well?!

Cracking!

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Aw, you guys are having tooo much fun. Tom, that is brilliant.

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You'll find that you can be quite heavy handed dry brushing white on the waves, it never is as much as you think it is while doing it.
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Oh, wow !!
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Cheers guys :grin: had another session on the diorama this morning.


Smoke on:


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And some beginnings of bomb bursts, I've had another drybrush over the ships wake as well, maybe one more coat to go:


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I have a nice set of prop blurs courtesy of Mr Perrin so I'll be getting them attached this afternoon and then go about rigging up a falling bomb, two options here; either attach to the stand with thin wire or hang from the aircraft with ez-line...choices choices :lol:

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From experience it will be easier to get the bomb to hang at the right angle and direction using two threads.
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Following James sage advice I can now present you guys with...duh,duh, DUH...a hanging bomb :ha: :


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I've also painted the area around the stand as you guys can see and got on with attaching some prop-blurs:


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I also tried to blend the cotton wool splashes into the base by flecking with the basecoat blue:


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Just a host of little details to go now but I'm happy that this will be finished in time :grin:

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It's looking great, Tom. Very dynamic. Well done!

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:wanw Oh my god, I didn't think it could get much better...

...the explosion is brilliant, the blue flecking a stroke of genius. The hanging bomb - now I know what to do with the same on my diving Stuka.

Genuinely Tom, words fail me mate :shock:

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It looks fantastic sorry I will not be able to see it the flesh.

:partytime:

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I'm grinning from ear to ear. :grin:

Sometimes good ol'cotton wool really does the job!
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Well gee thanks you guys, I thought it was looking okay, doesn't really match up with what the rest of you are producing, they are just astounding :shock:

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Great stuff, Tom! I think we'll have a great selection of different bangs and splooshes for other folks to copy when we're all done!
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Right then, I'm calling this one properly finished now. Photo's will follow on Monday evening once I retrieve my camera from work :roll:

James, I have a copy of the boxart for this that I'll bring on the Friday, what time will you guys be at the International Centre? I'm aiming to arrive at 3.

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That's lovely Tom! You've nailed another sea based scene again. Hope to see this properly at Telford!
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