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JANUARY 2011
THIS MONTH
We are now into Romsey Modeller’s tenth anniversary year, how we celebrate is subject to discussions at our next club meeting , please have a think and come loaded with suggestions. There are a number of other subjects to discuss as detailed later in the magazine.
So what’s in the Romsey Modeller this month? We have details of the 2010 annual competition, which was won by Karol Wicinski’s excellent Spanish Galleon. I have a go at a BMF on a F‐86 Sabre with mixed results. Richard continues his build of HMS Eskimo to complement his USS Hornet. Russell continues his Nashorn and Gary provides two builds , one a Thai DC‐3 and the other something closer to home as he recreates the Spitfire statue outside Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport. Last but not least Steve tells us of his modelling or more precisely DVD watching month.
Tony…
This is the newsletter of Romsey Modellers a group of plastic modellers based in Southern Hampshire. We cater for all modelling genres and skill levels from beginners to well seasoned gurus.
We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 8pm to 10pm in Ampfield, Hampshire, where we often run workshops and club competitions but more importantly have a good chat about our hobby. We also attend most of the local model shows, where we exhibit our member’s completed projects.
We have an open door policy so if you want to sample how we can help you get more out of your hobby or just come and have a friendly discussion (tea and biscuits provided) please feel free to turn up – see the last page for details or visit our web site
www.romseymodellers.co.uk
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CONTENTS
January 2011 ........................................................................................................................................................... 2
This Month ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Contents ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Club News ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 2010 Annual Competition Report by Paul Adams .............................................................................................. 3 2011 Competitions by Paul Adams .................................................................................................................... 7 Website Update ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Wot I dun this Mumf December 2010 by Steve Edwards ................................................................................... 8 Academy F‐86F Sabre by Tony Adams ............................................................................................................... 9 January Club Meeting ....................................................................................................................................... 13 HMS Eskimo Part 2 By Richard Stewart ............................................................................................................ 14 Nashorn build part 5 by Russell Eden ............................................................................................................... 16 Display aircraft – my final two builds of 2010 by Gary Jarman ........................................................................ 18 Club Diary ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Contact Info ...................................................................................................................................................... 23
CLUB NEWS
2010 ANNUAL COMPETITION REPORT BY PAUL ADAMS
Our December meeting brought to a close the competition nights for 2010, with our overall winner receiving the John Cox Memorial trophy.
Following the first round of voting, at which club members judged a record 52 entries, the class winners were announced and these went forward to the ‘vote off, ’ with Karol Wicinski winning his second competition of the year and walking off with the big prize! Claiming second was last year’s winner Paul with another of his bikes, the 1998 Aprilia, and third place went to Tony’s superb Heinkel H6. The level was high in the final, but despite this Karol’s Spanish Galleon was a clear winner. Congratulations to him and the runners up.
I’d like to say a big thank you Brian for running the raffle for us once again and to Steve’s wife Lynn and Karol’s better half, who both organised the food and drinks table and cleared up afterwards. Superb!! Tony Adams gets a thank you too for recording the event for the website and we also need to thank Scalpels and Blades for the prize contribution for the third year and to our friends at Just Add Imagination for the raffle voucher prizes. More on that shortly!....
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2010 ENTRANTS AND VOTING
Entry No
Class Title Entrant 1st’s
(3 PTS)
2nd’s
(2PTS)
3rd’s
(1PT)
Total Placing
Aircraft 72nd and below
1 C1 Tornado GR1 Tony Adams IIIIIIIIIIIIIII III I 52 1st
2 C1 ME110 Brian Sampson II I I 9
3 C1 Whirlwind Brian Sampson I IIII 6
4 C1 ME162 Brian Sampson ‐
5 C1 AR 234 F Brian Sampson I 1
6 C1 ME109 Brian Sampson ‐
7 C1 Eurofighter Tony Adams I IIIIIIIII III 24 2nd
8 C1 P51 Mustang Steve Edwards III IIII 10 3rd
9 C1 AR234 Brian Sampson I I III 8
10 C1 DO235 Brian Sampson ‐
51 C1 ME110NF Brian Sampson I I II 7
Above Aircraft 72
11 C2 F‐16 Karol Wicinski IIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 28 2nd
12 C2 Heinkel III H6 Tony Adams IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I 49 1st
Military Vehicles
13 C3 Hummer Karol Wicinski IIII I 13
14 C3 LTP Karol Wicinski I 1
15 C3 Bradley Karol Wicinski I III II 11
16 C3 Fort TC Karol Wicinski II IIII II 16
17 C3 Greyhound on Patrol Russell Eden IIIIII II II 24 1st
18 C3 FTM KV1 Russell Eden III IIIII III 22 2nd
19 C3 KV1 Mark Metters II II 6
20 C3 Sherman Mark Metters I IIII 6
21 C3 ‘Just Practicing’ Melvyn Hunt IIIII II II 21 3rd
Figures
22 C4 Cromwell’s Ironsides DaveO’Meara IIIII III III 24 1st
23 C4 Nazi Zombie NataschaBaylor IIIIII I III 23 2nd
24 C4 American Minuteman Steve Edwards I 2
25 C4 Coldstream Guard Steve Edwards II II II 12
26 C4 Royalist Musketeer Steve Edwards I II II 9
27 C4 ’95 Rifleman Steve Edwards III IIIII III 22 3rd
28 C4 Mounted Royalist Steve Edwards I II IIII 11
29 C4 ‘Trouble’ Brian Sampson III I 7
Civilian Vehicles
30 C5 1998 Aprilia RSV250 Paul Adams IIIIIIII IIIIIIII II 42 1st
31 C5 1999 Aprilia RSV250 Paul Adams IIIIIIII IIIIIII 38 2nd
32 C5 Stephenson’s Rocket Steve Edwards I IIII 7
33 C5 Shelby Cobra Dale Koppi IIII IIIIIII 15 3rd
34 C5 Itasha Wagon Russell Eden II IIIIII 12
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Boats / Ships
35 C6 Type VII Submarine Steve Edwards II IIIIIIIIII IIII 20 3rd
36 C6 USS Feltcher Dale Koppi I IIII 8
37 C6 Seehound Brian Sampson IIIII IIII IIIIIII 30 2nd
38 C6 Spanish Galleon Karol Wicinski IIIIIIIIIIII III III 45 1st
39 C6 SRNI Hovercraft Steve Edwards I I 3
Dioramas
40 C7 Schnell Melvyn Hunt IIIII IIIIIIIIIIII 22 3rd
41 C7 ‘Lost on the Ost front’ Panther
Russell Eden IIIIIIIIII IIIIIII II 46 1st
42 C7 Sturmtiger at Bastonge
Malcolm Grant IIIIIIIIIII IIII I 42 2nd
Miscellaneous
43 C8 Ork Buggy NataschaBaylor IIII IIIIIIIIIII 19 3rd
44 C8 Ork Battle Truck Russell Eden IIII IIIIIIIII III 33 2nd
45 C8 F104 Cockpit Karol Wicinski IIIIIIIIIIIII III 45 1st
“I ran out of”
46 C10 1/32nd Spitfire IXc Tony Adams III IIIIIIII III 28 2nd
47 C10 Bell 47 Brian Sampson IIIIIII IIIIII II 34 1st
48 C10 Opel Blitz Mark Metters II IIIIII 10 3rd
49 C10 DBR9 Mark Metters I 1
50 C10 Lifeboat Keith Hawkins II IIIII 9
52 C10 USS Hornet RichardStewart IIIIIIII II 28 2nd
JOHN COX MEMORIAL TROPHY ENTRANTS/VOTING
Entry
No
Class Title Entrant 1st’s
(3 pts)
2nd’s
(2 pts)
3rd’s
(1 pt)
Total Placing
1 C1 Tornado GR1 Tony Adams I I 3 7th
12 C2 Heinkel III H6 Tony Adams II II IIIIIIII 18 3rd
17 C3 Greyhound on Patrol Russell Eden I II 4 6th
22 C4 Cromwell’s Ironsides Dave O’Meara ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Did Not Enter
30 C5 1998 Aprilia RSV250 Paul Adams IIII IIIII II 22 2nd
38 C6 Spanish Galleon Karol Wicinski IIIIIIII IIII I 33 1st
41 C7 ‘Lost on the Ost front’
Panther Russell Eden II III III 15 4th
45 C8 F‐104 Cockpit Karol Wicinski I I 5 5th
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JOHN COX MEMORIAL TROPHY RESULT
1st Place ‐ Karol Wicinski, Spanish Galleon
2nd Place‐ Paul Adams, 1998 Aprilia RSV250
3rd Place – Tony Adams, Heinkel III H6
1st Place ‐ Karol Wicinski, Spanish Galleon
2nd Place‐ Paul Adams, 1998 Aprilia RSV250 3rd Place – Tony Adams, Heinkel III H6
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2011 COMPETITIONS BY PAUL ADAMS
For 2011 we will hold our regular 4 competitions once more. The St Georges contest returns after a one year hiatus, any model that has an English connection is eligible. Our themed competition for the summer is ‘Tamiya’ which promises to see a wealth of entries judging by some of the models already underway in the club. We had a minor mix up at the December meeting which caused the vouchers from Just Add Imagination to be missing from the raffle!! These will now be used as prizes in the Tamiya competition.
Build a Model in a Day will return following another successful day of sweat and tears last September, which saw Russell grab the honours with his Kruppe Protze truck. Previous entrants are now getting a good feel for what can be achieved in 8 hours of modelling, so kit choice is very important. If you’ve any sense, you’ll just try and build one model.......eh Tony!!
Of course the year wouldn’t be complete without the annual competition, held during our November and December meetings.
The will of course be a 5th contest for models that are bound for the Tangmere Museum. We will announce a firm date for this once we hear back from Peter Lloyd.
Tangmere Competition – TBA (Probably Feb 16th)
St Georges Trophy – 18th May
Tamiya Competition – 20th July
Build a Model in a Day – TBA (Probably Sept 4th)
Annual Competition – 16th November
John Cox Memorial Trophy – 21st December
WEBSITE UPDATE
I have added a number of new builds have been added to our web site. They have been complied from build articles that have appeared in this publication over the last year. You can now access complete builds that were serialised in several parts which makes an easier read.
The new pages are:
Airacobra Mk I Il-28-Beagle EC-145 Itasha Car (No 2)
Sukhoi Su-25 Tornado GR1 K’s Workshop 1998 Aprilia RSV250
Jaguar 1957 XK SS
M8 Greyhound Waaarrgh-the-orks Willy’s Jeep
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WOT I DUN THIS MUMF DECEMBER 2010 BY STEVE EDWARDS
A happy new year to everyone, I hope you all had a good holiday.
Since my last missive we have had the results of the annual competition, in which I managed some respectable results, and of course the Christmas evening which I think was enjoyed by all. I did rather well in the raffle, and afterwards with Simon swapping the 1/32nd Phantom that I had my eye on with the 1/72 Voodoo that I had won. Also Mark very kindly gave me the Airfix Canberra that he had won as he felt he would be unlikely to make it.
I have to admit to having not done as much modelling over the last month as I should have, trying desperately to finish the models for Tangmere but struggling badly.
The Antonov has the canopy on now and just needs the wings and undercarriage fitting and spraying. After that it’s just decals and then the dreaded rigging which I must admit is still bothering me.
The Mil‐8 has been coming along nicely but I am having trouble with the top fuselage join. It did not seem to line up very well and I have to do a lot of work to get it smooth. Never mind, I guess they will be ready in time (fingers crossed).
So, what I have done is watch several DVD’s that my son gave me for Christmas, and although this is not a film club, members may find the subjects interesting.
The first was a film called Stalingrad, its from the German point of view and I thought was very well acted, I found it thoroughly enjoyable. For the purposes of
balance, it would seem, he also got me ‘Enemy at the gate’, which of course is based around a Russian sniper during the same battle. I would heartily recommend both films to anyone interested in matters military.
The two other offerings were both TV mini series from some time ago.
Piece of cake was a six part series broadcast on TV in the late Eighties about a Spitfire squadron during the battle of Britain. It seems that people either loved or hated this series when it was screened. Personally I think it’s a great series, it has a few flaws but for me these are far outweighed by the excellent flying scenes. A lot of the flying was done by Ray and Mark Hanna and Nick Grace, all three airshow regulars who are sadly no longer with us.
The other DVD was ‘Danger UXB’. This was screened in 1979 and I only vaguely remember it. What a little gem it turned out to be, 13 hour long episodes that had me on the edge of the seat most of the time. Superb filming and acting for its time.
So, that’s about it for now, time to get on with some modelling!
TTFN
Steve
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ACADEMY F‐86F SABRE BY TONY ADAMS
I am about ½ way through my Tamiya Spitfire build as documented in this magazine over the last few months. While I am very pleased with progress I am getting to the point where I wanted to do something else, in the past I have rushed to complete the model often producing disappointing results, this time I decided to take a break and do a smaller project in order to keep “my creative juices flowing”.
I recently added Trumpeter’s 1/48 Super Sabre to my stash which is a quality kit , but will require a bare metal finish which I have had little experience with, rather than dive
straight into that I thought it sensible to practice a BMF on a smaller , cheaper kit, enter Academy’s Sabre which I picked up recently at the Middle Wallop show for £7.
THE KIT
For my £7 I got a very nicely moulded representation of one of my favourite aircraft. The plastic was well formed with no flash and well proportioned panel lines. My original intention was to throw the kit together as quick as possible in order to test painting a BMF, but it didn’t work out quite like that. Although I resisted adding too much extra detail I still managed to do a little customisation.
The cockpit
The moulded seat belts were removed and a new seat cushion made from plasticard.
The cockpit was painted blue and the instruments picked out in black.
Etch seatbelts from my spares box where laid over the pointed cushions and the cockpit area dirtied by with Pro Modeller wash. Without too much effort the cockpit looked fairly busy ( and quite colourful)
The kit includes a nicely detailed engine which can be displayed by cutting the fuselage in half and using the supplied carriage to support the rear fuselage sections. I shouldn’t have bothered if I had stuck to my original
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plan , however I am a sucker for models that look a little bit different so out came the razor saw… something I would regret almost as soon as the fuselage was irreparably modified.
The engine assembly parts where painted with a selection of black and silver colours, sorry I forgot to take a photo of the completed engine. The front wheel well was painted interior green ( mix 50% X‐5 Green and X‐3 Yellow). Plenty of lead shot was pushed into bluTac to stop “tail sitting”.
The wing join required quite of lot of work, below it is filled with superglue
The engine assembly took some time, which proved to be quite a distraction. I had wanted to get the best of both words – displaying the engine with the fuselage on the stand and showing the aircraft complete, however the join between the fuselage halves looked huge, this model will not win any competitions ( but I have to remind myself, this is a test piece!)
The two fuselage parts were cleaned up as much as possible before being sprayed gloss black ( Tamiya X‐1)
Once through dried (on the radiator) , I stayed my BMF. A couple of coats of Alclad Polished Aluminium gave the base colour then some panels and the ailerons were sprayed other Alclad hues to provide a bit of contrast
The canopy had a prominent mound line down the middle, this was sanded out, and clarity restored by rubbing out using ever finer micromesh before being dipped in Klear.
The BMF was not too bad, there were a few areas that were a little rough (you can’t get away with any imperfections using Alclad) but in general I was quite happy.
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The various auxiliary parts ( wheels , drop tanks etc) were painted, so it was time for decaling, what a disaster …
I started with the national insignia on the fuselage using Mr Softener and Mr Setter decal solutions, when I checked the next morning the Alclad had been stripped off in a couple of places around the decal through what I can only assume was a reaction with the decal solutions. I masked off as best I could and restored the Alclad. I now moved to the large yellow banner around the centre of the aircraft which had to be cut in two ( one for the front fuselage section and one for the rear. Without doubt the Academy decals are the worse I have encountered they are very think , decal solution didn’t seem to touch them( I was back to using Microsol / Microset which didn’t seem to effect the Alclad) , so they wouldn’t bed down . To compound the situation they are very brittle, any handling made them break up into a number of pieces. With the air blue I managed to ease them in place , but the result is far from ideal. I had heard that applying Klear to Alclad tarnishes the finish, however I wasn’t confident that the decals would stay in place so a couple of coats were duly applied.
Academy decals are rubbish! That coupled with a reaction to Mr Softener which damaged the BMF meant that the overall finish of the model would not be first class.
Below Pro Modellers wash applied to the starboard wing to bring out the panel lines.
The panel lines were brought out with Pro modellers wash (which was also used to hide some of the problems with the decals). The rest of the work in adding undercarriage and building the rear fuselage stand was completed rapidly.
I must say I am far from happy how this model end up, it started as a test piece , progressed to something I would getting quite excited about but was let down by the problems in decaling. I have learnt a lot about BMF which will stand me in stead for my F‐100 , if I ever build an Academy kit again I will throw away the decals.
Before I get back to my Spit there is a small matter of Airfix’s 1/48 Sea Vixen that arrived at Xmas, more on that next month….
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PHOTOS OF THE COMPLETED MODEL
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JANUARY CLUB MEETING
At our first meeting of the year we will set aside a longer period than normal for “parish notices”. There are a number of items we need to discuss to set 2011 off on the right track, initial agenda items are set out below but if there is anything you thing we should discuss please bring it up.
• Club finances
• IPMS affiliation
• 10th Anniversary Events
• Romsey Modeller Show
• T‐shirts
• Show presentation for 2011 i.e. new cloths, shelving etc
• Membership recruitment drive
• Re‐elect club officials
• AOB
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HMS ESKIMO PART 2 BY RICHARD STEWART
Well things were going well with the ship. I made the ships pendant number by printing off the required size and shape on a matt varnished piece of decal sheet, I then varnish over the that and when dried applied as any other decal. I managed to weather the main superstructure, using pastels. The weathering is to be slightly more than the Hornet as the Eskimo has travelled half way round the planet to get to this theatre of operations!
DISASTER!
Now I mentioned on my last write‐up that I did not mind the fact the paints I was using were gloss matt of satin, as the whole ship would be painted in a matt varnish to finish. Well I was varnishing subassemblies before final assembly, and the solvent in the varnish reacted with the paint and produced the disaster right!
LESSON LEARNT!!
It took me a few hours of scraping and sanding to get the bridge structure back down to bare resin again to start from scratch
Once I had cleaned and repainted the damaged sections it was time to start assembling the ship permanently. The first part was the main bridge section and forward gun turrets, followed by the funnels, centre gun deck, torpedo tubes and rear superstructures. The fit was very good with no filling needed.
The next stage was to build the rear pompom which is a white metal with etch brass assembly and went together very well, just a little straightening of the gun barrels needed. Then it was a case of building up the stern depth charge racks which at this scale really look the part.
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I decided the main mast and ships boats were the next step in the build and so ‘attacked’ them with gusto!
As a typical ‘bloke’ I forgot to read the instruction fully, though WEM do really explain everything fully so when it came to fitting the mast I forgot to remove the rear portion of the Flag boxes on the rear of the bridge to accommodate the late war version which meant performing some very surgical like procedures while doing in place!
The ships boats were very nicely detailed and once fitted really do add to the ship, although the fitting was a bit on the fiddly side, it all turned out right in the end.
Next is fitting the railings on the main superstructures which at this present time are going on fairly well, once they are all fitted they will get a little weathering and to finish a matt coating to cover up any glue marks
After the railings I will fit the smaller weapons, aerials and antennas etc then start ‘injecting’ a crew, buts that’s all for the next write‐up!
Happy modelling.
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NASHORN BUILD PART 5 BY RUSSELL EDEN
PAINTING.
This is where I usually get carried away and forget to take photos. True to form I did so please bare with me.
With the Nashorn assembled I undercoated it with Halfords grey primer.
Once dry it got an overall coat of Humbrol Sand.
I gave it a couple of washes with various GW browns inks to bring out the detail– starting light and going darker for streaks and deeper recesses. I forgot to take any pictures at this point – DOH!
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I added the decals next – these were from a 1/72 scale panzer as for some reason the Nashorn had smaller markings than most panzers – maybe they were big enough targets as it was! The rubber road wheels were painted GW chaos black and the tracks then painted Humbrol anthracite grey.
This is where I get a bit carried away – I started on the paint chips as I had the anthracite grey to hand. With an evening with nothing to do I managed to do the paint chips, paint the exhausts rust colour and the gunners’ seat brown, and add some crew kit to the fighting compartment
Once done the this was all matt coated with Humbrol mattcoat and I eventually took a couple of pix.
Just a short one this month as I have numerous distractions at the mo and the Nashorn is currently at Dale’s awaiting a coat of hairspray and winter whitewash…..
Next month ‐ the hairspray technique – EEEK!!!
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DISPLAY AIRCRAFT – MY FINAL TWO BUILDS OF 2010 BY GARY JARMAN
My last builds of 2010 were both of display aircraft, although they were very different types of displays. One of them took months to build and the other was a quick one week job.
THAI DC‐3
The first was of a DC‐3 that is on display at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum at Bangkok.
I had two Revell DC‐3 kits in the stash and when I saw this aircraft at the museum I decided I had to give modelling it a go. I put some ribbing down the one side of the fuselage (I didn’t bother on the other side because you wouldn’t be able to see it as you looked in through the open cargo door) and then covered the ribbing with some side panelling made out of plastic card. I had some of the panelling showing as fallen off or hanging down.
I cut the wings on the kit and covered the gap with plastic card into which I drilled some holes and added some plastic strips.
The engine mounts were the hardest part to make on this kit. In 1/72 I couldn’t hope to accurately model the real thing so what I did put on had to look as realistic as possible. I used different thicknesses of sprue and wire and added them as closely to the real position that my reference pics showed.
You can compare the photos of my rendition and the real thing to see that I haven’t been 100% accurate.
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Doing the wheels was very interesting and if I look at the kit as a whole, those are the one part that I got pretty right.
The kit tyres are moulded in two halves so I first cut the rims out of the center, leaving the tyres separate. I glued the tyres together and then using scrap plastic built the rims up so that they were the correct width for the tyres. Next I used a small candle and heated one side of the tyre (and parts of my thumb ... but that's not a requirement for the build) and when soft I pressed it against a flat surface. I did this a couple of times rather than overdoing the heating in one go. Once I had the flat surface I warmed up the side of a tyre and using a brush handle I pushed the side in. I painted the rims light grey and then glued them into the tyres.
For painting I painted the tyres anthracite, and I applied a coat of dark grey oil paints all over which I wiped off, leaving enough for everything to look dirty. Once dry I put on a coat of clear and then generously dabbed some Tamiya rust powder (Modelzone sells it, it's the one that comes in make up style palettes of three colours).
The cargo door was made by putting some of my fake cladding onto it after having first roughened the bottoms to try emulate the gradual deterioration of the real thing.
This build was a learning experience for me as far as weathering goes. The real aircraft is faded after having spent years in the harsh sun. I mixed a lot of white into the brown and green to try mimic that fading. After a few coats of Klear I covered the kit with a layer of dark grey oil paint which I proceeded to wipe off over the next two days.
Finally I sprayed it with matt varnish which lightened everything.
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I also made use of assorted washes, particularly black, on the engine mounts. I used Revell acrylic black, watered down a lot and applied that a couple of times until I had the result I was happy with.
I also used the salt method on the black strips that run down each wing and which, on the real thing, are peeling. I painted a silver strip. Wet it slightly and poured table salt on it before spraying black paint over it. I waited an hour or so and then gently rubbed at the strip with a damp tissue. Some salt came off revealing the silver underneath, but there is still some salt under the black. I have left that there as it gives a bit of texture which, I think, adds to the weathering effect.
The control surfaces were cut off the kit parts and I put thin strips of plastic card around the edges before applying the supports, also made from plastic card.
The airbrake was made from a strip of plastic card with the framing being made out of yet more plastic strips.
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SOUTHAMPTON (EASTLEIGH) AIRPORT SPITFIRE MONUMENT
Having finished the DC‐3 I wanted to do a quick out the box type build just to help me remember that not all model builds have to be well researched, month long, projects.
I had an Airfix Spitfire in the stash and of all the kits I have, it’s the Airfix kits that I don’t mind wasting (I’m not an Airfix fan and any Airfix kits in my stash were bought when I first got back into the hobby and my
memories were of childhood days building Airfix and Matchbox kits and I hadn’t discovered the joys of Revell kits).
I’ve gone past the Spitfire traffic circle near Southampton airport a number of times. This traffic circle has a spitfire mounted on three poles and I’ve often thought that it would make a good model. And so that became my final build of the year.
I cut out the control surfaces, glued the parts together and filed off all the raised detail. A fair amount of putty was required particularly around the wing joins. The putty was applied and cleaned up. A rummage through the box of paints resulted in me finding a colour that was close enough. A few coats of paint were sprayed on over the course of two nights.
Three nights after starting I had the kit almost finished. I needed to work out how the poles supporting the spitfire ‘hung together’ and after some study of photographs that I found on the web I think I had it. I have loads of different thickness plastic rod in my workbox, and two different diameter rods were put to use to make the stand.
Next I dry fitted all the parts (the rods and the spitfire) together and to then attach the control surfaces to mimic those of the real thing. When happy I glued them in place and left to dry for a day.
A rummage through the decal box showed just how little RAF stuff I have built. I could not find any roundels that matched those of the statue so as this was to be a quick, cheap build, I just took what looked close enough and used those. I gave up with the serial number that is on the statue as I didn’t have decals for those.
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The trickiest part of this build was the propellers. On the statue the propellers are and arty type of thing made out of bent metal rods to indicate the spin of the propellers. I used some .2 mm wire and the handle of my x‐acto knife to bend the appropriate curves. When I was happy with the bends I put the wire into the holes I had drilled into the spinner earlier on. I used some pva to glue the wires together.
The entire build took less than a week and I am just as happy with this model as I am with the DC‐3. It isn’t 100 percent
accurate, the decals do not reflect the statue and for those of you that drive past the real thing, you’ll notice my propeller is a simplification of the real thing, but you know what? I really don’t care, I really enjoyed building it and I learnt something new in the process. And I do believe that, for me, as a hobby this is not all about 100% accuracy, it’s about relaxation after a day at work.
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CLUB DIARY
January 19th Club Night
February 16th Tangmere Cold War Competition
TBA Yeovilton Spring Show
March 16th Club Night
April 20th Club Night April 2nd
April 16th
Newmod 2011 (IPMS Newbury Show)
Poole Vikings Show
May 18th St Georges Competition
June 15th Club Night TBA Salisbury Show, Hendon
July 20th Tamiya Competition
August 17th Club Night
September 21st Club Night September 4th
September 17th
Build a Model in a Day
Farnborough Show
October 19th Club Night TBA Yeovilton Autumn Show
November 16th Annual Competition
December 21st Xmas Night
Next Meeting: Wednesday January 19th (8pm to 10pm)
Ampfield Village Hall Morleys Lane Romsey Hampshire SO51 9BJ
Thank you to this month’s contributors to this publication
Paul Adams Russell Eden Gary Jarman
Richard Stewart Tony Adams Steve Edwards
CONTACT INFO
Web Site wwww.romseymodellers.co.uk
Editor Tony Adams Tel: 01794 519153 email: [email protected] Competitions Paul Adams Tel: 02380 398858 Treasurer Vic Short Tel: 01794 511843