Quote from: loupgarou on July 15, 2024, 10:04:56 AMPlease, could someone post a colour patch of an appropriate Tophe colour?  Rules say "He painted all his builds Sky Blue", something like this would be OK?
https://acrylicosvallejo.com/producto/modelismo/model-air-2-hobby/azul-cielo-71306/

Yeah, I wrote that.  and to be honest I did no research, I just remembered the look of his builds and knew I had used a sky blue myself when I built the Mitsuberican KP5146 Bitang based on his drawing.

ISTR he used a Humbrol enamel.  But I am often wrong.

There will be no judgement of paint shades.  Use whatever you deem appropriate,

Quote from: loupgarou on July 15, 2024, 10:04:56 AMPlease, could someone post a colour patch of an appropriate Tophe colour?  Rules say "He painted all his builds Sky Blue", something like this would be OK?
https://acrylicosvallejo.com/producto/modelismo/model-air-2-hobby/azul-cielo-71306/

I'm going to use Plastikote Baby Blue. It seems about right to me purely from my memory of Tophe's builds.

when doing this :



 I thought it might be relevant for the The In Memoriam Group Build,
especially regarding Tophe, as this is :

- assymetric

- challenging the laws commonly associated to the phenomena of physics

but then I have started it before july 1st.

It would have certainly fit the theme    and serves as a great example.

It's very nice Eric.
How much work had you done on it before July 1st?

Quote from: zenrat on July 20, 2024, 06:01:07 AMIt's very nice Eric.
How much work had you done on it before July 1st?

well, quite everything actually 
it just took some time to sort out and post pictures

but I now have another idea for him,
based on an old built incomplete BV141 I once got in a lot ...
asymetry will be there, and kitbash as well (incompletenes forces it somehow  )

Quote from: ericr on July 20, 2024, 11:23:56 AM

Quote from: zenrat on July 20, 2024, 06:01:07 AMIt's very nice Eric.
How much work had you done on it before July 1st?

well, quite everything actually 
it just took some time to sort out and post pictures

but I now have another idea for him,
based on an old built incomplete BV141 I once got in a lot ...
asymetry will be there, and kitbash as well (incompletenes forces it somehow  )

 

Thats good.  I don't think this GB will really be complete without you.

Agree absolutely!   

Mog
>^-.-^<

I have been thinking a bit slowly, but from the very beginning 

remembering Tophe is emotional to me, for his general contributions,
and for the more personal exchange we had

I get a bit sad every time I look at an old thread and see the comments he had made about one of my builds.
 

He certainly left us a legacy 

ill put this here as it seems every time i look one of the builds in the group build has added something, and they are all awesome.   

you are all outdoing yourself s folks

Quote from: zenrat on July 22, 2024, 05:41:27 AMI get a bit sad every time I look at an old thread and see the comments he had made about one of my builds.
 

Yes, exactly!

And it's the same with Robert's comments too, but he and I had loads of PMs, mostly about decals, as well.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 22, 2024, 10:16:39 AM

Quote from: zenrat on July 22, 2024, 05:41:27 AMI get a bit sad every time I look at an old thread and see the comments he had made about one of my builds.
 

Yes, exactly!

And it's the same with Robert's comments too, but he and I had loads of PMs, mostly about decals, as well.

Robert and I had quite a few PMs here and on BTS, mostly about technical stuff that was a bit esoteric
general topics. I also shared some Boeing drawings/data that I wasn't comfortable with publicly posting. 

We also met in person back in 2012 when he and family were down in the US on holiday, they put a lot
of miles on his truck that summer. 

Every time Tophe would post a new build my mind would always wonder what he'd come up with this time and as you blokes know all to well every one was a surprise 😮
There was no limits in his mind which would seem to be traveling ten times faster than our own ones because everytime we'd come up with a new idea Tophe's got ten ..damn I do miss that dude .
I only knew Robert for a short time compared to the rest of ya but did get a couple of comments on my builds from him and returned the favor to..another Gent I'll miss here .