Falklands/Malvinas War 30th Anniversary GB

I start with the wash

And now, with the rod to test the resistance. Is somewhat flexible but I think it will support the weight after the application of the additional tanks and tail fins.

Next step is to build the base. I will try a different approach in order to recreate the sea, using other materials.

I'll post a scan

With the zig-zag striping I assume?

No, and BTW the Neptune I bought on eBay had the box stuff with aftermarket Canadian decals if anyone is interested...

bondoman

They have not annouced any 1/72 except A-4. Need the Neptune.

No luck with the Neptune decals yet?

They have not annouced any 1/72 except A-4. Need the Neptune.

Azorean

Tomorrow, tomorrow... I want you tomorrow...

Azorean

The Mirage/Dagger(?) is a good-looking machine.

Hey Jeremias,

Here is a current shot, all mounted and ready for the airbrush, which I'll start tomorrow.

Cheers

Tony

taxtp

Hi Everyone,

Time for another status report on the Sheffield. After 6-7 hours of filling, sanding, scraping and filing I'm almost through the clean up and pre construction phase. The hull and deck and have been joined to the piece that blanks of the waterline underneath the ship, and all seams remedied.

I hope to commence airbrushing tomorrow with the deck colour, then some masking and the superstructure, which will stay in pieces for masking simplicity until later.

Hopefully will be worth a photo tomorrow sometime.

Cheers

Tony

We wants pics, we want pics LOL

Post some soon.

Cheers

Jeremias

VanceCrozier

Sanding & scraping taxtp? So all the barnacles have been removed now??

Yep, they're all under my finger nails now.

Sanding & scraping taxtp? So all the barnacles have been removed now??

Hi Everyone,

Time for another status report on the Sheffield. After 6-7 hours of filling, sanding, scraping and filing I'm almost through the clean up and pre construction phase. The hull and deck and have been joined to the piece that blanks of the waterline underneath the ship, and all seams remedied.

I hope to commence airbrushing tomorrow with the deck colour, then some masking and the superstructure, which will stay in pieces for masking simplicity until later.

Hopefully will be worth a photo tomorrow sometime.

Cheers

Tony

Hi Bondoman,

This is a model of the German Z-37 that I built a few years back. The base for the Sheffield will be something like this.

Keep the rum coming !

Cheers

Tony

Hey Tony, what are the plans for a base? The kit ones are usually nasty. I think clear acrylic might look sharp.

That's a bitty boatie!

Ration the rum, Vance!

The thankless dirty work that nobody notices if it's done right!

Thanks Vance. Day two update on the Sheffield: I've continued to potter around with clean up of some small parts, and puttied some areas of the deck that suffer from sink marks and flaws. It's not really worth a photo.

Cheers

Tony

taxtp

Cheers

Tony

And the drydock is officially open! Good to see you up & running.

Thanks Vance. Here's the first update on the Sheffield.

Spent a decent few minutes on it tonight whilst helping my son with his chemistry homework. As you can see from the photo's there is a bit of work in these early Dragon kits. It's not bad, just a little time consuming.

Anyway, here's what you get for your hard earned:

Interestingly, the name plate for the stand, if you choose to use it says "HMS York"

and here is the status at day 1:

Cheers

Tony

Vance that Marauder kit died a long time ago. But I stripped it of anything I thought would be useful... guns engines, seats, etc. And even then the wheel hubs had an appeal for something just like this to me. I just kept brainstorming last weekend until the solution came up. And it was simple but effective!

Stik - wow, nice work on the tail end of that Mirage, a nice little how-to. (Puts my "picture on a cardboard disc" method to shame!)

taxtp - no problem if you need to deep-six the original frigate, but we may have to confiscate your week's ration of Royal Navy rum. Keep your eyes open, you never know where you may turn something up. (I have a Heller Super Etandard that was purchased at a 2nd hand shop of all places!)

~EDIT!~ ahhh, glad to hear you've tracked down a Sheffield after all! Updating the front page for you Tony,

Stik, some great progress.

tax, nice one. Look forward to seeing the Sheffield.

Good work again Stik. Those tanks look a lot better.

I'm happy to advise that I managed to acquire a DML 1/700 HMS Sheffield at lunch time today. Work will commence tonight or tomorrow, depending upon my current build. It will fit nicely on the base I originally made for the Amazon.

I couldn't get the re-release with photo etch included, but I probably don't have time for it anyway. Beggars can't be choosers.

Vance - could you change my entry to the Sheffield please.

Cheers

Tony

Thank you tax & bsy.

Well I spent most of yesterday's bench time working on the drop tanks. Here are the originals. They came from an old ESCI A-7 and are completely wrong for that bird, but are close to what the MirageIIIEAs carried for long range missions to the Falklands.

The nose are too rounded so I cut off the tips of some tanks that I did not use on my AV-8B

Once those matched in length fro sanding I set tehm aside. The I sanded off the rounded tips of the ESCI tanks until those were the same size

Then I glued on the new tips and set them aside to dry

Once the glue dried I puttied the mating area and set that aside to dry. After the putty had dried I sanded them mating area to a smooth profile

I still need to do some touch up work and add the tail fins but the drop tanks are now about ready.

Today was just touch up on the instrument panel hood and a base coat of Flat Black on the afterburner

Today I've checked through my stash, which is ridiculously large, and also visited the only hobby store within range of work.

I don't have any kits that I can use, and neither did they, except for a triple pack of Falklands warships from Airfix which I didn't want. I was hoping that they had a DML/Cyber Hobby HMS Sheffield or at least a Harrier or Super Etendard.

As there only a bit over 3 weeks to go, I don't want to go with mail order, as it will chew up more time than I've got.

I might be able to get to one other hobby shop later in the week.

I really want to complete for this GB,  I'm sure I'll come up with something. I just wish I'd got onto it earlier.

Cheers

Tony

Fine work on the A/B Stick!!!

That Mirage is looking really good.

Vance - I've just spent an hour or so re-acquainting with my Type 21 frigate. Unfortunately I seem to be missing quite a few parts. It's going to have to go into the bin. I don't have another one to raid, and I don't want to buy another one.

If you are referring to the new 1/48 Aztek set, I am hoping it comes out and is in stock at the LHS before the end of this month. I really need the unit insignia for my Mirage. and it would be nice to know which Mirage the set provides numbers for as the early Mirage IIIEA's did not have R-550 Magic capability, but the later batch did.

Well here are my latest progress pics. First up what I did earlier in the week- I attached the air intakes

Then today was lots of work on the afterburner. The kit part was poor with same basic exterior detail for the petals, but nothing on the inner sides but a plain blank interior.

So I cut out the middle portion

Then I used a 1/35 55 gallon drum cut down to give it some depth, the center hub from an old B-26 main wheels for an improvised flame holder face, and multiple strips of plastic for some detail on the interior faces

once the glue for the strip styrene was dry I evened out their lengths and then glued the burner into the after  fuselage housing and glued that in place on the airframe

and a few angle shots for a better view of the improved afterburner in place

Next I created the fin filet antenna from sheet plastic- the Mirage IIIE kit I have is French/Spanish/Swiss and those did not have the fin filet antenna...

and how everything looks as of now

Tomorrow I should be able to get seam work done from todays add ons and finish modifying the drop tanks to the type used in the war.

I cannot find that decal set for sale...