Falklands/Malvinas War 30th Anniversary GB

Great work Stik, should soon have this one wrapped up.

Mochilote, thats looks stunning, amazing work.

Looking good Stik. With all the colours used on the markings it may seem odd - but my eye keeps getting drawn back to those non-matching drop tanks. Love the mix'n'match that is happening there.

As of this evening, all washes done on my Mirage. Since all photos that I have in my references show these planes to be fairly well weathered, I did not skimp.... I basically used pin washes of Model Master Burnt Umber along all panel lines and in the gear wells...

lower surfaces

and upper surfaces

Wow Mochilote! He looks ALIVE! Most impresssive!

Today I have started the washes on my Mirage. So far the undersurface is done and now I am working on the upper surfaces. I should have some pics up later this evening.

Amazing realism, Mochilote.

Hi Mochilote,

I am very impressed with the face. It is extremely realistic. I have painted quite a few busts in my time, none are anywhere nears as good as this.

I hope you can push it through to completion this time around. Any WIP or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Tony

Hi everybody!! After a long hibernation, I took again my bust of a soldier in Malvina's war, and This is the way it is:

I hope you like it.

Tony - nice smooth finish on your Sea Harrier, nice to see her in-flight.

John! - best wishes from this end of the world as well. Just get those boxes out in the evening & check them out. May get your brain thinking about having a go at some small portion.

John - I hope your parents health stabilises soon.

Just thought I'd post a quick one on the Sea Harrier, with paint. It's mid way through my mandatory 48 drying period for enamels. It's a good camouflage for flying low over the bench top at least !

After saying I wan't going to fix anything, I dabbled around the canopy, and now I'm going to have t odo some tidy up and respray that area. I'm still a little troubled by the two blade aerials immediately behind the canopy too. I might have another go at them.

Cheers

Tony

I woundered where you had gone John. All the best for your for your mum and dad, hope its not to serious. We will keep a space open for you don't worry.

Thanks guys.my GB schedule is looking a little, er, hectic, shall we say,so I'm having to push myself. I kind of did that deliberately, makes me keep them ticking over. These days I'm finding that if a build goes longer than about a month, I'm starting to get distracted.

It got it's first coat of Extra Dark Sea Grey not more than 3 or 4 minutes ago, it's obvously not ready to handle to photograph yet.  I meddled with the colour a little bit, and I'm pretty happy with it as it currently stands.

I'll let it dry a little , then finish the job off before bed.

Cheers

Tony

Great work Tony on the Sea Harrier , you have made a lot of progress in tha last couple of weeks .

Sorry there hasn't been any progress on my builds . Dad has been in and out of hospitial a lot these past six weeks and mum has had a few ongoing medical appointments as well . So unfortunatly I haven't had any spare time to work on my builds . I'm just too tired in the evenings plus I have to get up a couple of times at night to help my parents with health issues and the like . Hopfully soon things will settle down a little and I can get back to my helicopter builds .

BTW , thank's for extending the GB Bish . I for one really appreciate the extra 6 months extension .

John .

Coming along very nicely Tony.

I have added the new dates to the opening post.

I've given it a really light prime, and for th first time in living memory, there is no real work to be done.

Tomorrow I'll mask the canopy framing and get on with the real colour.

Cheers

Tony

Here's the last shot of my Sea Harrier before paint. I've replaced a number of the kit blade aerials with etched metal and scratchbuilt items, so that they're finer. They're very delicate though, not sure that I like that.

I'll give it a prime after some quick masking on the canopy and intake.

Cheers

Tony

OK by me with the dates. I have to wait for a guy who will print a new set of decals for the Dagger but I am sure that I will have it finished by the end of december.

I can not countinue with my build until I get the decals because the camo job (and colours) difered a lot between aircrafts.

Stik, the Mirage is looking great! you are almost there.

I got my Aztec 48 decals today, the sheet looks great, although the !/48 version do not contain decals for the Canberra (I already have one in my display case but a few friends could use those) and the anchors and some of the squad badges looks kind of funny I have to check some references and pictures.

Cheers

Jere

ps:  Bondo, hope to the your Neptune before december LOL

Yes it does!

Bish

Ok, so what if we say till the end of Oct to start any new builds, no new ones started from 1st Nov and then end of Dec to get builds finished off. Would that be ok for everyone.

Suits me Bish, as long as the other guys can finish their planned builds.

Cheers

Tony

Fine here, see if that sounds good to the rest of the gang.

Ok, so what if we say till the end of Oct to start any new builds, no new ones started from 1st Nov and then end of Dec to get builds finished off. Would that be ok for everyone.

Stik - glad those decals were worth the wait, very nice.

el_jere, looking like you're ready for the final cam paint now, can't wait to see some colour!

I'd love to see this finished up at the end of the year as well. I still want to add either my SUE or Pucara this time around.

Ye, the end of the year is roughly what i was thinking. I will leave it for a day or so and see what others think.

Would be nice to end this GB in the end of the year.

I´m working in the base of my SUE diorama and I would like to buit one more model, the Mirage or the A-4P.

Is nice to see all the movement around this GB. The decals from FCM and Aztec appear a little late.  

Thanks Tony. Ye i know the feeling. I have a few other GB commitments as well. Just be nice to get this wrapped up rather than just let it fade and die. Maybe we can do another one in 5 years for the 35th if we are all still around. I'd really like to do a Phantom or Tornado from the Falklands myself.

Hi Bish,

I'm still going on my Sea Harrier. I don't have anything else planned for this GB, due to other GB commitments, although I admit to being tempted.

My intention is to finish the Sea Harrier during the month of August, hopefully that will help you to plan out the remainder of the GB.

Cheers

Tony

I'd like to try and get a head count of who is still in on this GB. See if we can put some sort of time line on it. I know Stik and jere are still building. Can we have a show of hands of who is still building for this, and who is about to start a build fo it within the next xcouple of weeks.

Good progress on the Dagger Jere.

Stik, that must have been a mighty night's work. The Mirage and the Hun in one sitting, that's something I've never done.

Cheers

Tony

Jere- great Dagger.

Neptune goes up on the bench once I clear off SIX models. We have spent the last year getting Mrs. Bondo's second house on the rental market, but it's chunking in the rent now.

So knocking off two ships, two FAA subjects and two French 1940 subjects gets us to the King (Neptune).

Very excited to make that guy up.

Thanks guys...

Bondo lets just say that I am tempted to do another Delta... but I do have a LOT on my plate now and in the near future...