Narses2's Blog - or what I'm slowly making progress on

[The Wooksta!]

3?  That all?  Try adding a zero and then doubling it.  Now that's a production rate!  It's what I managed for Telford last year...

[NARSES2]

3?  That all?  Try adding a zero and then doubling it.  Now that's a production rate!  It's what I managed for Telford last year...

Yup I know Lee. I'm always amazed you can do that  As I say 3 at a time (with a couple of hangar queens) suits me, I make progress that way.

[NARSES2]

Some progress plus I had to pay the carpet monster its dues for denying it it's dinner last week   Had to spend 15 mins fabricating a bit it eat.

The Ro is almost finished, just needs a few bits and bobs, the Ca 15 is now on its legs and has full markings. She's Mac III of 79 Sqd. She should be Mac IV as III was a Spitfire Mk VIII of that squadron, but what the heck   I may add a couple of kill markings, not sure yet.

The Doflug is now all together and the PSR was far less then I anticipated given the surgery, so kudos to RS   Get her primed at the weekend.

[NARSES2]

Right here's my latest 3

McDonell P67 Moonbat



http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37151.0.html

CA 15 Bruby

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37152.0.html





Ro 57



http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37153.0.html

[NARSES2]

Started painting the Doflug but she won't get much more work done on her before I go away.

Picked out the next 3 I'll be building 

[Radish]

Looking great.
"Go away"?....Men in White Coats caught up??

[kitbasher]

Top models, Chris.  Love the CA-15 - always thought of it as a mix of MB.5 and P-51D.

[NARSES2]

Looking great.
"Go away"?....Men in White Coats caught up??

Yup the thought of you in Bromley a mere couple of miles away was the final straw 

Top models, Chris.  Love the CA-15 - always thought of it as a mix of MB.5 and P-51D.

Very much so. It would be nice to try and make one of the other planned/schemed engine variants, but I'm not messing with expensive resin to that extent

[The Wooksta!]

Try and find the Eagles Talon vacform kit if you want to try re-engining the CA-15.  Or a cheap older CMR kit.

[NARSES2]

Well back from Up North and a quick trip to the Northern Model Show. Just got some new brushes and some thin masking tape, very restrained but in all honesty there was not much else that I was after and I didn't have time to rummage

[kitbasher]

Interesting.  Nothing really grabbed my interest at Hendon - spent £6 there.  Yes, that much!

Chatting with Tony eastwood of TAHS at the weekend and he said each of the shows he's been to this year have been pretty flat; people not spending much and lots more competition from the 2nd hand dealers.

[The Wooksta!]

Chatting with Tony eastwood of TAHS at the weekend and he said each of the shows he's been to this year have been pretty flat; people not spending much and lots more competition from the 2nd hand dealers.

Not surprising really.  Lack of cash, people losing their jobs and having to both rely on their stashes rather than buy new and release the equity tied up in said stashes.  The second hand traders are going to making more money because it's a buyers market if everyone is selling.

[NARSES2]

Bit of progress since I came back. The Doflug is having it's Future coats ready for transfers and I've started painting the internals on the Firebrand. Once again a Czechmaster kit without instructions. Again it's simple enough to figure out except for what at the moment is one small round, disc like object ?

Should make more progress over the weekend

[Radish]

Is that disc-like object a 1/700 flying saucer!!

Friend Ian Kerry turned up at the last Stafford meeting with 3 1/700 items:

Tamiya HMS Hood...beautifully made
A Nimrod Maritime Reconn
A diorama including a train on an embankment, a house, bridge and bus

[NARSES2]

Is that disc-like object a 1/700 flying saucer!!

Smiles to himself and says quietly "humor the loon" - "Yes it could be a flying saucer"