Charlie's Chop Shop

[Charlie_c67]

So after lurking on several other blogs, I thought I'd give one a go in an effort to get my backside into gear and actually crack on with some modelling! Little intro, I came back to modelling about 10 years or so ago and it's one of a few main hobbies that I seem to rotate through on a fairly regular basis. One of my problems is I'm my own worse critic and although I can produce things I'm happy with, not getting frustrated with how things go can be difficult.

So, what's currently on the table? At the moment, the following:

1/72 Smer D.520 which is/will be sporting an RAF Med type scheme.
1/72 ICM Su-2 which also will be sporting a similar scheme
1/72 Airfix Tempest which will be part of Royal Marine Air Corps
1/72 KP P-51B which will be a member of the Hanovarian Luftwaffe
1/72 Matchbox Gloster Schnitter also for the Hanovarian Luftwaffe

Of the five, four have got stuck at the painting stage so I think you can tell where I need the rocket. That said, I do finish some things...

2016-03-19 12.57.22 HDR by charlie_c67, on Flickr

[NARSES2]

Neat looker 

I like the sound of a Hanovarian AF 

[kerick]

Nice work!
And the others sound very interesting.

[DogfighterZen]

   

[Charlie_c67]

Sorry for lack of movement on this front guys. I suffer from the attentions of the black dog and sadly he's been hanging around rather a lot lately. That coupled with the heat has really given the old mojo a beating, but hopefully I'll be able to make a baby step or two on one of the above that needs some stickers put on. A nice easy task to help build up the confidence again.

[kerick]

We'll be here for ya!

[NARSES2]

We'll be here for ya!

Indeed, we're not going anywhere 

[Charlie_c67]

Well, it's taken 8 months, but I have at last started a little tentative modelling. It's been mainly repairing existing models that were damaged in a recent move and working through various weapons packs from Hasegawa and Italeri, the latter leaving a lot to be desired with some items (rocket pods I'm looking at you...) but includes things such as Exocets, Kormorans and the like. Perfect Whif fodder.

Not much I know, but baby steps to build up the mojo!

[Captain Canada]

That F-84 looks great ! Happy modelling ! Show some pics of what you're up to! 

[kerick]

Build what and when it gives you pleasure. That's the best part of this hobby.

[Charlie_c67]

So, as requested, a shot of my desktop. This is one of those "what was I thinking?" jobs at the moment. Trying to differentiate the different marks of Sidewinder and trying to fix the undercarriage on a pair of 1/144 Hornets.

by charlie_c67, on Flickr

Whilst I do have a magnifying set to help with the latter, the former causes much head scratching.

by charlie_c67, on Flickr

Now, whilst I'm pretty sure the extreme left of the top row is the 9B, the one below it a bit problematic. As are the cranked/non-cranked pair with a longer seeker head (9J & 9P's?) and the cranked/non-cranked/sort of in between that may be 9L/M's or maybe something entirely different. It doesn't help when, for a very common missile, no company seems to be able to agree how it should be modelled. The only ones I have been able to identify with any real confidence is the 9X...

Any advice is definitely welcome!

[PR19_Kit]

Remember our watchword here, 'This is WhiffWorld'.

If you do that it really doesn't matter WHICH fins go with WHICH warhead, or WHICH motor goes with WHICH nose fins. 

[Charlie_c67]

Whilst true Kit, these are also for RW builds so I do kind of need there to be a little bit of recognition!

That said, the AIM-4's are already earmarked for something the designers never intended 

[Rick Lowe]

It may be easier to find photos of what they should look like and break out the 5 & 10 thou plastic card...
I see much micro-surgery in your future if you go that way, but OTOH it means you're never going to be stuck if you can't find an accurate kit depiction of a particular missile...

[zenrat]

There are different types of sidewinder?
 

My advice is don't stress the identification, just ensure all those on the same airframe match each other.