The Radish Blog

Radish · April 16, 2013, 11:36:30 AM

Busy floating on several coats of Bilious Brown on the '190 upper surfaces

Radish · April 17, 2013, 01:10:34 AM

Main construction on the Canberra done....u/c later, but a few bits need tidying up and filler needed here and there.
I'll add a bit of general weathering, wheels, etc., to the '190 today.
We have tiny dwarf Daniel to look after me today (he's 2) and the gardener's here today too.

NARSES2 · April 17, 2013, 07:15:37 AM

Quote from: Radish on April 17, 2013, 01:10:34 AM
We have tiny dwarf Daniel to look after me today (he's 2) and the gardener's here today too.

Flippin' eck a gardener....obviously in the presence of Derbyshire royalty

Radish · April 22, 2013, 08:50:37 AM

Gardener..... dwarfs, etc......

Radish · April 22, 2013, 08:53:40 AM

Milton Keynes was great.
Built main parts of another Canberra PR9 today.....almost certainly an RB-57K in SEA colours.
I'm knackered.....out again later tonight though.....

LIVE WHILE I'M ALIVE, SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD

Radish · April 23, 2013, 01:53:54 AM

Built the bulk of another PR9......I can see an article for Chris and the Newsletter coming along.
So far I've 3 options for the RAF and one USAF RB-57K to build......a 5th model will receive rather more "doing to it" with various destructions/additions and diesel-punking....

The gardener is around today, after daughter Ria's finished with him......he's trimming a tree. I was going to say "bush" but I know how your minds work!!!

So I'll soon be photocopying and drawing Canberras.

I've also got a sideline in Fokker D.XXIs going for Biggles....first a Danish one that fled to Norway. Should look cool with German troops around it.

Still no email or Facebook so cut off from the world, mostly.

Also, I've only logged on for an hour as I seem to "Time Out" if I log on for longer?

Radish · April 23, 2013, 05:08:42 AM

Want decals for What If? P-38 Lightnings??

Look no further than Vampire decals....Xtradecal have 3 sheets pending.....

Rhodesian? Austria? South Africa? Brazil? Chile anyone??

NARSES2 · April 23, 2013, 07:16:47 AM

Quote from: Radish on April 23, 2013, 01:53:54 AM
The gardener is around today, after daughter Ria's finished with him......he's trimming a tree. I was going to say "bush" but I know how your minds work!!!

Are you accusing me sir ? Pistols at dawn it will have to be

You've still managed to double entendre the sentence however

NARSES2 · April 23, 2013, 07:20:39 AM

Quote from: Radish on April 23, 2013, 01:53:54 AM
Also, I've only logged on for an hour as I seem to "Time Out" if I log on for longer?

Rad. When you sign in there's a box underneath your user name which has the drop down for how long to sign in for. You can change it to suit

Chris

Radish · April 23, 2013, 10:24:12 AM

Cheers....don't forget that apart from being bonkers, I'm a pc-luddite.

Meanwhile, I'm sitting typing this while topless

PR19_Kit · April 23, 2013, 12:35:38 PM

Quote from: Radish on April 23, 2013, 10:24:12 AM

Meanwhile, I'm sitting typing this while topless

Too much information perhaps?

My car registered an outside temp of 24 (!) this afternoon!

Radish · April 24, 2013, 01:32:35 AM

It's been glorious weather.......... good watching the gardener toil away in the sun.

Meanwhile, should complete the glueing/sticking on the second Canberra, and after the gardener's gone home, I'll get in the shed and prime the first one in black. It's to have South East Asia colours on top and be an RB-57K. Naturally, it'll be filthy, worn and stained.
Tomorrow I'll spray the second one in all over white, ready for its pink scheme....RAF of course.
I'm tempted with a light blue RAF one too....heavily used, stained and bleached by the sun.

Another couple of ideas are an updated Canberra on drone duties, minus a cockpit of course, and with lots of aerials and uprated engines...possibly a bit dieselpunked? RAF again.

The other idea is for a German "Afrika Reich" version as the lower half of a "Mystel" with perhaps a, OA-4M above? All in nice Desert colours. Perhaps remove the fin/rudder and add substantial finlets?

Radish · April 24, 2013, 01:54:43 AM

And how about the Tu-95 in USAAF 8th AF colouring?

Kits-World decals??

Radish · April 24, 2013, 04:16:34 AM

Mmmmm...liking the idea of an Olive Drab/Neutral Grey Tu-95....

Radish · April 25, 2013, 03:26:01 AM

Added a couple of extra bits to my RB-57K....anyone else just keep adding bits, aerials, etc., wherever they feel one or several should go?

Meanwhile, for our May club meeting we're taking "possible" display items for our SMW13 display.
At the moment I'm considering my trio of Apollo 27-based RAF rockets...one blue, one orange and one red. All are now 1/144th and have slight or major alterations.
But I have an intergalactic Warspite to complete, and I'm thinking of an intergalactic Missourri

But I might begin my massive project based on 3 large "water blasters", linked together and verticle. Luftwaffe of course.