Obscurity’s Obscurities - All at Sea !

[WardWorks]

I'm awash and I better watch the coffee, only got half a small jar between me and payday next week (uh-oh... this could git nasty real quick !) 😲..

Anhooo, after a long thunk about where next, I decided that teensy scales have lost their appeal, so I'm going upscale for a while... 4 Tigers to start the ball rolling... these 4 in particular 😎



Already dun one side's worth of wheels on the Meng KT before I put it away last time, so I'll pick up the threads on that one if ya's don't mind ! 😗🎵🎶

A Pantherfest (4-5 35th Panthers) will follow these, with possibly a 48th aircraft or two just for fun in the interval 😃 Sit back and enjoy the show folks !

Best
OB of big scale's the way to go 😈😉

[JCON]

Nice kitties!!!

[BUCKY]

Let the fun begin!!

[WardWorks]

Cheers Folks ! 😃

The fun begins fairly shortly - Meng KT will cop the wheels and suspension bits on the side I ain't dun yet and I might just start one of the others after that, turret first on the second one (will have had enough of interleaved road wheels and suspension arms by then !) 😖😈

Regards
OB 😉

[WardWorks]

Err... been cleaning up the unfinished objects again, I must confess, I've been having a fair bit of fun whilst so doing... 😎👍

Thus far I've got a small pile of painted but undecalled, a larger (and growing !) pile of unfinished but close enough to be painteds and a couple that just need final touches... 😳

All (except one) are 72nd wingys ! 😲

Once the building and paint desks are clear, the 35th fun might begin (or I'll do a few more 72nd wingys) - I think I might have fired up my 72nd wingy mojo, more or less by accident ! 🤔

Oooooh dear 😖 what's a feller to do but go with the flow ? 😗🎵🎶

Regards
OB of I think I know which way is up, must try harder to keep going in that direction ! 😉

[JCON]

Go with the flow...

[BUCKY]

'ang in there, mate! It'll all work out, and we'll be looking at yer fantastic finished wingy things!

[WardWorks]

Cheers Guys 😃

I just wish the flow would keep going straight in one direction for longer than a few weeks ! Maybe I've got too many choices (unbuilt kits) in too many genres in which I work ? 🤔

Didn't think that would ever be a problem ! 😖😈

Regards
OB of Still don't think that's a problem 😉 Although ... it could be 🤔😲🤯😖

[WardWorks]

Where I'm at so far.... 😆

On the paint desk, we have the following (L to R) Hasegawa P-47 D awaiting a blast of overall silver from whichever airbrush comes to hand first at paint time, Hasegawa P-40N waiting for a spritz of Dk Earth, followed by a brushload or two of Dk Green, Italeri 35th Puma awaiting small detail painting and overall  weathering, Hasegawa B-17 awaiting some light Grey underneath, and its glazed areas cleaned by sharpened matchstick method... 😈. All aircraft in this post are 72nd btw. 



Whilst on the build desk, there's (L to R) a Tamiya Zero type 21, A Hasegawa Spitfire IX "Clipwing" and a Fujimi Ju-87 B Stuka , all 3 are just about to cross the line and get promoted to the paint desk, so I'd better get a wiggle on and clear some room on the paint desk 'adn't I ? 😲



On the Decal Desk (table in the other room), we have (R to L just for a change !) the Zvezda MiG 29 SMT, an Emhar FJ-2 Fury and a Tsukuda Hobbies A1H Skyraider, all are just awaiting decals to be finished... 😎



Blowed if I know what's next, but I know which way I'm leaning, I've got puhlenty of unfinisheds in that direction too... 🤫😗🎵🎶

Regards
OB of cleaning up unfinished objects 😉

[BUCKY]

Very good progress, in my opinion. On clearing orfe the paint desk....a good, quick blast from the ventilation unit will take care of that! Hahahahahahaha!!!

[WardWorks]

What ventilation unit ? 🤔

The white base with the switch on it in the pix is actually a desk lamp, as is the silvery lump with a switch on it - that one's a halogen desk lamp, there's also a flat silver one with a switch on a black cable, that's an LED desk lamp - all 3 are on the paint desk ! 😆

Regards
OB of well lit desks ! 😉

[JCON]

Hey buddy any updates??

[WardWorks]

(Takes a few happy snaps, edits same and pauses for breath).. Err... not so's you'd notice... 😆 As follows

Decal Desk (table in other Room) Tsukuda Hobbies AD-1 Skyraider has most of its decals done, behind it, Emhar FJ-4 Fury is fully decalled and setting solution on both is drying off, Fury is ready for final touchups and wheels to be complete, Skyraider needs a few more decals yet (was working on both when you asked !) MiG 29 is now in the display case temporarily, will join these two for an official photographic session tomorrow morning.



Paint desk... Everything from the build desk except the Stuka (so that's the Spitfire, Zero B-17 and Warhawk) has now made it to the paint desk, all have had some paint added to them somewhere... Honest ! Stuka had a minor ground handling accident, necessitating minor repairs to be made whilst still on the line...



Build Desk... Lock up yer daughters, the fleet's in port again (Oooh - 'ullo sailor !) Roma and Fuso at left have both had some work done on them earlier today, whilst Dreadnaught was bought within sight of the finishing line today, and Barham's stack has been assembled and placed aboard, so clearances for fussy brass bits can be judged... ...Note Stuka discreetly hiding in the background ! 😲



Computer desk (90 degrees to the right of the build desk)... Exeter's had some more work done on her wake pattern (its clear drying pva and it has dried, but it is there - honest !) and will be rigged (finely stretched sprue) either tonight or tomorrow morning and will either then get one more layer of PVA "wake" added, or the existing two layers painted, only time will tell on that one ! Hermes has had her flight deck spot glued on, (got a tad too keen there and will have to carefully remove the flight deck, cos I forgot to rail inside the various hull openings before I added the dang deck 🤯🤬)... and HMS Badsworth (IBG) is about ready for rigging and wake making, but still needs a couple of fiddly brass bits added...



All aircraft pictured above are 72nd scale, all ships are 700th... and the 35th Puma is still on the paint desk (box is visible under the Spitfire and Warhawk !) and its still not finished ! 🤯😖

Ok back into it, wasted enough time with this post !

Regards OB of staying busy, busy, busy 😉

[JCON]

Thank you for your modest post, now I see why you have been quiet... been slinging lots of paint and gluing fingers!!! Most excellent!!!

[Dukemaddog]

Everything is looking good and certainly will be keeping you busy for quite some time. I can wait for further updates, after all you got a lot happening here.

[WardWorks]

Cheers Guys 👍

Just wait til ya see what's in the build queue behind the BB's and the CV (Mustn't forget Hermes !) and of course the CH and DDE

More soon !

Regards
OB of Seeyas 😉

[JCON]

Awesome shipways!!!

[JED]

Jun 12, 2020 12:46:47 GMT -6 Dukemaddog said:

My friend, it wouldn't be your speed that stops my production. More like the wife and life are already doing it, especially now that the wife lost one of her two jobs. She's around a lot more, keeping me busy and away from the Hobby desk. Then there are the current events that sometimes depress me to the point of wanting to crawl back into bed until the next day. Still, I'm fighting back to get into the Hobby Room more often, as the latest updates in my Maddog Manufacturing thread show.

I'll be looking forward to seeing your ships again. Maybe it will motivate me to get back to some of the ones languishing in my own shipyards.

Sort if with you there Duke,just had a week off work for home DIY and some time in the cave,wife had a tooth out leading to infection and dry hole,swollen face like she'd done 5 rounds with Tyson! In and out of bed,ambulance call out etc. Two days DIY no cave time. Chin up mate,the kits will always be there.

[JED]

If I didn't feel like I was going backwards,I do now after catching up with this lot OB 😳😳

[BUCKY]

Fine looking bit o' stuff, OB!