Narses2's Blog - or what I'm slowly making progress on

[The Rat]

Special Hobby's recent new toolings are what I'd call "Third Period", getting up there and indeed surpassing some main stream established producers.

Never built a Special Hobby kit, but now I'll look for one.

[frank2056]

Special Hobby's recent new toolings are what I'd call "Third Period", getting up there and indeed surpassing some main stream established producers.

I have some of their early "Luft '46" kits. They were clearly short run, but they did the best they could with the technology available to them. Those early kits are very buildable - similar to early Huma kits.

[NARSES2]

I have some of their early "Luft '46" kits. They were clearly short run, but they did the best they could with the technology available to them. Those early kits are very buildable - similar to early Huma kits.

Totally agree with you Frank. I have lots of their early kits, not just Luft 46, simply because they made kits of aircraft that fascinated me and nobody else did. 

[NARSES2]

Special Hobby's recent new toolings are what I'd call "Third Period", getting up there and indeed surpassing some main stream established producers.

Never built a Special Hobby kit, but now I'll look for one.

Ratty their He 162 is superb 

[zenrat]

I'm currently working on one of Special Hobby's Northrop Deltas (2017 mould).
No location pins.  Clear parts for side windows don't fit in the holes (parts too big) but the cockpit canopy does fit and the fuselage halves match well with the (unmodified) interior parts in place.  Albeit with a lot of clamps.
And that's as far as I have got.  I'll let you know how the wings fit soon.



This boxing is a good one to get as it has floats, skis, wheels (with three types of spat) and a complete set of spare wings.

[The Rat]

Ratty their He 162 is superb 

Naaaah, don't do WWII Axis. No knock on those who do, I understand the appeal, but just not for me. But there's plenty of other stuff in their range that are interesting subjects for whiffery. The Douglas B-18 appeals to me, the FH1 Phantom, their Sunderlands (of course!), and the Seversky P35, and a number of others.

[NARSES2]

Ratty their He 162 is superb 

Naaaah, don't do WWII Axis. No knock on those who do, I understand the appeal, but just not for me. But there's plenty of other stuff in their range that are interesting subjects for whiffery. The Douglas B-18 appeals to me, the FH1 Phantom, their Sunderlands (of course!), and the Seversky P35, and a number of others.

I've built the P35 and it takes some work, but you do get there    I've got the FH1 in the stash, but no idea if it will ever see the light of day 

[NARSES2]

The May edition of SAM dropped through the letterbox this morning and as well as the usual interesting mix of articles there was a photo that struck me almost immediately.

In an article on the Jaguar GR.1 in RAF service there is a photo of an aircraft of 41 Sqd in 1984 taken during an excercise in Bardufoss in Norway. The aircraft has been re-painted in overall ARTF White, but with large blotches of sky/light blue. Looks stunning.

Now I've never built a Jaguar, but this temps me. I might even see what the purchase to pension ratio is at the forthcoming South Downs Show and get the new Airfix 1/48 kit - shock horror 

[Gondor]

The May edition of SAM dropped through the letterbox this morning and as well as the usual interesting mix of articles there was a photo that struck me almost immediately.

In an article on the Jaguar GR.1 in RAF service there is a photo of an aircraft of 41 Sqd in 1984 taken during an excercise in Bardufoss in Norway. The aircraft has been re-painted in overall ARTF White, but with large blotches of sky/light blue. Looks stunning.

Now I've never built a Jaguar, but this temps me. I might even see what the purchase to pension ratio is at the forthcoming South Downs Show and get the new Airfix 1/48 kit - shock horror 

The builds of the New 1/48 Airfix kit look really good. Fit of parts is reported to be about as good as it gets. Options to build the original pointed nose version as well. If you are tempted, I say go for it. I will at some point for sure.

Gondor

[NARSES2]

and a profusion of cockpit parts, almost half the parts on the single sprue - 23 out of 50 - are for the cockpit. It's the first kit I've built where I've made a concious decision to not bother with some of the tiny parts. I doubt if you'd see them anyway ?

So, after a couple of hours all the major parts are cleaned up and test fitted which is good, and the cockpit is assembled and awaits paint. So I'm pleased with the progress made. Soon have to open another box 

Well cockpit for the Boomerang is painted and fitted. I must admit I was slightly aprehensive when it came to fitting it and closing the fuselage as some of the parts were quite "delicate". However it went in very well and the fuselage halves closed nicely with the aid of a "G" clamp to close a small gap    Oh and can you see most of that detail ? Some has already disapeared from view and bearing in mind there isn't an open canopy option in the kit some more is likely to go the same way, but I'll know it's there 

[Old Wombat]

but I'll know it's there 

And that counts more than many realise to some of us.

[NARSES2]

Just to prove I am making some progress, here's the current state of "Project 23"

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Not sure how much will get done over the next week or so as I have other SIG duties to deal with, plus opticians and hospital appointments.

[Rick Lowe]

opticians and hospital appointments.

Hope those go well, without any surprises. 

[NARSES2]

opticians and hospital appointments.

Hope those go well, without any surprises. 

Me to, thanks Rick. Both are "routine", but.......

Mind you I will neeed new glasses so I can kiss £500 minimum goodbye 

[Rick Lowe]

opticians and hospital appointments.

Hope those go well, without any surprises. 

Me to, thanks Rick. Both are "routine", but.......

Mind you I will neeed new glasses so I can kiss £500 minimum goodbye 

I've been putting off getting new glasses for 10 years or so... by this time, my eyes may have stabilised... we shall see. Sorry.
Now I have a steady income I really must get onto it.
Sadly, whilst the Specsavers ads tout 'Two Pairs for X dollars', the fine print says only for the same prescription and non-graduated lenses, so... yeah.