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Despite recently avowing to never do another seascape after last years 2 tonne monstrosity I once again have volunteered a scene involving the oggin.

This one infact:




I picked this kit up for £3 from Huddersfield missing its canopy, which was no problem as the Airfix spares department dutifully obliged with a complete new clear sprue , then last weekend I acquired the second piece of the puzzle in the form of this:



which was the closest approximation I could come up with whilst still using a CBK (a self imposed restriction, I am sure a Tamiya 1/700th waterline would be better/more accurate etc but thats not the point for me)


Inside the boxes reveals lots of 70's Airfix goodness :






But the decals are going to need some sunshine :




My plan is to slowly start this over the next month or so to avoid a rush like last year (yeah right, that isn't convincing anyone!)

Regards

Tom

I hope you've stocked up on polyfiller Tom

I've still got two packets left from last year


I did consider the 1:1200 Tribal but came to the conclusion that it is too small to achieve a convincing proportionality with the Ju-88, in fact to get the same perspective shot the plane and ship would be only a few centimetres apart which would look a bit daft. The 1:600 lets me use a distance of around 25cm which should help to avoid an overcrowding effect with the diorama.

Hope that clears up my reasoning

Regards

Tom

Great choice Tom, looking forward to following you along.

Cheers
Jim

Personally I would have gone with the Revell 1/32 Ju.88 and a 1/350 shippy-boaty thing. It would have been wrong on just about every count and never allowed on the CBK SIG table - but what a spectacle

This one looks really good Tom - can't wait to see what you do with it. Your Hudson base is fine btw - I am currently using it to chock the wheels on my Mondeo to stop it rolling down the hill...

Cheers
Al.

Time to show that there has been some small progress on this build methinks


Cockpit parts painted roughly:




And as this is an in-flight diorama I can do away with the toylike main gear and wheels and get the wheel-bays closed up nice and early in the build.


........or not :







Thats some serious gappage, time for the industrial buckets of filler again.

Regards

Tom

Tom you could try gluing the door halves together first with a strip of plastic card on the inside. That way they will be at least square on even if there are still gaps to fill.

Good tip James.

Hi Tom, I know you've your own SIG to look after now but are you going to be able to finish this one too?

This should be a stunning build. Most impressive

JamesPerrin wrote:Hi Tom, I know you've your own SIG to look after now but are you going to be able to finish this one too?

I hope so James, The Ju88 and HMS Cossack are built and just need painting up, then its the base, which will be quicker (and thinner and a LOT lighter ) than last years as I'll be making use of expanded polystyrene to build it up to depth rather than solid filler.

Photo's will follow soon I promise

Regards

Tom

Right then photo's.


State of play with the Ju88:






Just needs a little filler round the wing roots and a rub down along the spine and I can get painting that lovely splinter camoflage, can someone remind me of approx Humbrol codes for Luftwaffe colours please, I cant seem to find my crib sheet


Cossack:




Most of the superstructure will go on once the hull is fitted to the base, which incidentally looks a little something like this at present:







This is a pre-cut display base to which I have PVA'd a thin sheet of expanded polystyrene, this is deep enough that I can mount the Cossack on it by cutting out a roughly hull shaped hole and using the same filler techniques as last years piece (but it is much thinner and lighter ) to anchor it all in place. Lighter water this time round though so it will be fun finding the right shades.


More very soon

Regards

Tom

Quick update.

Paint going on both:




Im copying the box-art for the Cossack so the upper decks will be a wood colour (stained Oak??) with the rest of the upperworks in dark grey.


Ju88:







Colour call-outs in the kit were in the old Airfix paints which I've converted to Humbrol and have come up with 30 / 75 / 65 for the two greens and underside blue. No doubt these are hopelessly inaccurate ( I know they are but hey ho...).

Regards

Tom

Looks very good Tom, nice one. A word to the wise, Hu.30 is generally reviled by the cognoscenti as being a non-colour, an abomination, a match for nothing in either the natural or man-made universes - go with Hu.116 if you have it instead.

cheers
Al.

Thanks for the update Tom.