De Havilland DH=104 Dove : 1/72 Amodel; Jersey Airport Diorama

[boatman]

Slow Chris. Eye problem all has to be done at half speed. With strong specs & a magnifier over the top.
Problem is in high magnification it is difficult to judge distance. How far, for instance, is the hand brush
away from the surface.

Another build log tomorrow HOPE :tongue-out3:

Laurire

OK Laurie look forward to it but dont do it if its to much on your eyes an yes i can imgine what its like with magnifers as i have a bit of trouble with them as you say it a job to determin how close you are to said objectcts when tryin to paint so i remove my mags an just use the ole mark one eyeball
chris
chris

[Guest]

OK Laurie look forward to it but dont do it if its to much on your eyes an yes i can imgine what its like with magnifers as i have a bit of trouble with them as you say it a job to determin how close you are to said objectcts when tryin to paint so i remove my mags an just use the ole mark one eyeball
chris
chris

If I remove my mags I have to guess who Pauline is.

Could be embarrassingly interesting.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Coming along nicely Laurie. You've managed to make the passengers all look different. Otherwise it would have looked like a secret agent convention.

[Guest]

Coming along nicely Laurie. You've managed to make the passengers all look different. Otherwise it would have looked like a secret agent convention.

Thanks Joe. yes copied all the figures from Grandma Ganddads. All from the 1950s. :tears-of-joy: :sleeping:

Unfortunately the wings goe right thro the cabin so legs, so buitifully painted, have had to have "procedures" applied. Actually taken away. :astonished:

Laurie

[Mark1]

Thanks Joe. yes copied all the figures from Grandma Ganddads. All from the 1950s. :tears-of-joy: :sleeping:

Unfortunately the wings goe right thro the cabin so legs, so buitifully painted, have had to have "procedures" applied. Actually taken away. :astonished:

Laurie

A sing song will cheer them up after the amputation,that song by madness!

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Laurie. Those figures are from moulds that are well over fifty years old. They look like old Merit offerings. Dapol seems to have hoovered up quite of lot of the old British model railway kit from my childhood….
Pity about the land of the legless, but you probably wouldn’t have seen the legs anyway LOL…

[Guest]

:astonished::tired:

Looking good Laurie. Those figures are from moulds that are well over fifty years old. They look like old Merit offerings. Dapol seems to have hoovered up quite of lot of the old British model railway kit from my childhood….
Pity about the land of the legless, but you probably wouldn’t have seen the legs anyway LOL…

Thanks Tim very kind.

Actually the firgures are very nicely detailed for 1/72. The detail stand proud making painting
easy (actually easier especially one eyed jacks here).

Despite big windows you will be lucky to see a shoulder so that is OK. 8 yelps as I amputated.

6 days & I will have at least one good eye. Looking forward to seeing what Pauline looks like. :tears-of-joy: :money-face::rolling:

Laurie

[boatman]

:astonished::tired:


Thanks Tim very kind.

Actually the firgures are very nicely detailed for 1/72. The detail stand proud making painting
easy (actually easier especially one eyed jacks here).

Despite big windows you will be lucky to see a shoulder so that is OK. 8 yelps as I amputated.

6 days & I will have at least one good eye. Looking forward to seeing what Pauline looks like. :tears-of-joy: :money-face::rolling:

Laurie

HI Laurie yes i use them 1/72 dapol figures on my ships as you say they are quite detailed an for my ships they easy to convert in to sailors as i just bought a 100 of them for crew figures for my tiger an i wont have to amputate their legs either just their hats an arms to different angles lol
chris
chris

[Guest]

HI Laurie yes i use them 1/72 dapol figures on my ships as you say they are quite detailed an for my ships they easy to convert in to sailors as i just bought a 100 of them for crew figures for my tiger an i wont have to amputate their legs either just their hats an arms to different angles lol
chris
chris

Yes there is quite a collection on very large sprues. Need help painting them :nerd: as need
a lot for passengers on the airport apron. Actually not that bad listen to music while painting.

Laurie

[Guest]

Well a little progress. But with both eyes in use in 2 weeks things are looking up.

This is a nice little kit & joint & joins are very accurate. No major difficulties.
Worst is the panel joints on the fuselage joint do not marry up with each other. But that can be rectified easily.

Laurie

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