A_J_Rimmer
SMF Supporter
It's in their genes Doug...
Just popped in to check progress - ' ... fescalised portion of the oleo chrome... ' Oooh, keep talking dirty sailor!Methinks you're right Jakko. It's definitely NOT on the canopy.
You are so right about small. I have had to use my newly acquired magnifying glasses all day to day. If I hadn't I don't think I would have made any progress.
And this is what I did today!!
I had a good session doing some 'brush' painting of the interior of the Wasp. Ended up dabbling a bit externally too. The problem really is the size and it is a busy little cockpit for such a small helicopter. Just trying to get the brush angle was a job and a half. Desk lamp got in the way, then my glasses!! Nightmare.
I painted the interior a lighter grey, the seat and seat backs were painted a blue grey colour as was the backrest for the rear seat passengers, which goes right across the rear bulkhead. Then a dab of red here and there, and silver. Externally I was stuck trying to decide how I was going to replicate the red bolts for a small panel which is the access for the fuel tanks, (one port, one starboard). In the end I decided to fill in the oblong indentation with red paint then wipe away the excess using a tissue soaked in water and the excess water removed. Seems to have worked so - happy with that as they say. I also painted the fescalised portion of the oleos chrome!!
Pic 1 Arrow shows the small fuel tank access panel. The white on the undercarriage represents white chord that is commonly wrapped around the four main lashing points to reduce wear on the actual metal. I did white but on a couple of flights I worked with we used red chord!! Same effect.
Not that you can see it but I put a red line on each undercarriage strut just above the wheel to replicate the small device which locks the wheel into position to stop it castoring/rotating.
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Pic 2 Different angle, I tried my hand at hand painting some detail in the cockpit!! Not too easy for me in this scale!!
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Pic 3
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Pic 4 I hand painted some black non slip patches on the undercarriage and also on the two rear winglets. Wheels have all been painted tire black!! Not that it is much different from the fuselage grey/blue.
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That's me for a few days now. Off for a family reunion tomorrow so Devon - be on your best behaviour, sun and liquid refreshments if you please!!
Any comments tips or indeed criticism please feel free. I will be popping in to read how everyone is getting on and will not in the lest be getting jealous - much!!
Thanks for looking in and to quote Arnie. (The big Austrian one). "I'll be back".
Doug
After looking at countless colour charts I’m surprised they bother separating them with a mere hyphen.!!!!Blue-grey, and grey-blue. Never the same colour!
I remember visiting a Minesweepers mess, all very comfy and close together, and with the same result you had....I lived in the Stokers mess on a few war canoes. You're all very sociable!!! Hiccy-burp!!! Fall down!
HI Joe where did you see warship on tv or dvd ? as i loved that programe an would like to see it again was goin to buy i on dvd but to exspensiveLooking good Doug, lots of detail going into this little Wasp.
I was watching an episode of Warship (the 1970's series) the other day. "Scramble the Wasp", thought of your build
Hiya Chris. It pops up on YT occasionally, there was a Channel that had the complete series on there but it was taken down (presumably by the BBC). There's one channel playing series 1. I won't name the channel, just search for "Warship 1973 tv series" like I did and it should come up.HI Joe where did you see warship on tv or dvd ? as i loved that programe an would like to see it again was goin to buy i on dvd but to exspensive
chrisb
Ah - the 'for tv' version. On board we responded to 'Action Wasp - Action Wasp'. Same thing, we scarpered up into the big blue yonder going who knows where!!!!! Only time I ever heard the 'scramble wasp' tannoy announcement, was for a medical emergency and the bosuns mate, (the tannoy man), just said anything to shut the officer of the watch up who was in full panic mode!!!Looking good Doug, lots of detail going into this little Wasp.
I was watching an episode of Warship (the 1970's series) the other day. "Scramble the Wasp", thought of your build
That is usually true of any subject you know well. I can’t imagine many real police detectives find much accuracy in TV crime dramas, for examplePersonally, I couldn't watch 'Warship'. So many artificialities and the characters were quite lame compared to some of the crew in the real world!!!
I enjoyed the first few series of Mr Robot. But either I or the series lost the plot. (I suspect it was me!!)That is usually true of any subject you know well. I can’t imagine many real police detectives find much accuracy in TV crime dramas, for example(One reasonable exception seems to be Mr. Robot, which, aside from being a solid contender for best TV show ever made, has computer hacking that’s about as accurate as you might expect in fiction).
Thanks Paul for your support. I feel a bit pee'd off about it (Doug,
That's a great pity it was a great build. You did the right thing though. Do something else the come back to it. It is to good to abandon completely.
That is indeed my intention Jakko. Thank you to for your support during this build. Much appreciated.My advice: Put it away for now, come back to it later when you feel you might be able to tackle it.
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