More Pig Progress

Mah friends...still working on weathering.  #scalemodelling #tinytank

Plastic Model Mojo # 35

Vegas, baby!

Plastic Model Mojo Episode 35

Have I ruined it?

Mah friends...much like the Bay of Pigs op itself, things are starting to go off the rails. Testors Acryl British Interior Grey-Green hand-brushed for highlights. I have trouble staying in the lines.

Bay of Pigs T-34-85 progress

Mah friends......Zvezda 1/72 T-34-85. Spraying the AK Real Colors 4BO cut with AK Nitro thinner was pure joy. Now to plagiarize Uncle Night Shift on the rest of the finishing techniques. #tinytank #akrealcolors #zvezda

The RCAF's First Helo

On this day in 1947, the RCAF received its first helicopter, the Sikorsky S-51/H-5. (Photos courtesy of the Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada.)  

I just got the new 1/72 AMP kit, maybe I should do a review?

Plastic Model Mojo # 34

Weathering?  Who weathers?

Plastic Model Mojo Episode 34

Zen and the Art of Model Making

Well worth a watch. I'm not sure I have found Zen in modeling...yet... 

That being said, I was taken aback by his quote "Staying in one place in your head is a restriction on life" kinda blew me away.  I need to ponder that further.

EP28 of AScaleCanadianTV

AScaleCanadian Joint. A finished Spitfire, and another on the bench... #modellerbroadcastingnetwork #getbroadcasting #modeltalk #aviationisolation

Airfix Spitfire XIX

Airfix 1/72 Spitfire 19 out of the box. The original plan, was...I don't remember...but it got finished as a Swedish PR bird using the kit decals. (Wow, when was the last time I could say that?) Not my best work, but, well, it is done.  #onwardandupward

Special Hobby Kittyhawk I

After my appearance on Plastic Model Mojo, I could feel the shame of model-land directed my way due to my lack of focus. So, I decided to focus on two (...ahem...three..) projects at a time. The Spitfire XIX will be finished soon, but to give myself something else to assemble I pulled out a part started Special Hobby Kittyhawk. This kit was release a year or so ago and is quite nice. I'm not sure why I put it back in the box last time, but progress has been swift. Most of the cockpit work was done, so I focused on a few small details. Just to be silly, the control column was painted in RAF Interior Grey Green after seeing some photos of a RNZAF Kittyhawk survivor with some DuPont Cockpit Light Green 71-036 parts.

The only real issue I've had with the kit, and one I've not seen commented on previously, is that the intake splitter does not extend all the way to the oil coolers. (As illustrated below by ex-RCAF Kittyhawk AK933/RCAF 1057.) I understand there is a resin replacement part by Rescue Models, but I can't find any vendor for that product.  

This will be finished as a Kittyhawk that strafed an axis submarine off the coast of North America. Now where have I heard that story before...

Plastic Model Mojo # 33

They boys from Kentucky are back. They talk about model paint and model fluid. Hope they don't get them confused!

Plastic Model Mojo Episode 33

EP27 of AScaleCanadianTV

AScaleCanadian Joint. An attempt to have more focus and be less worried about...squirrel.... #modellerbroadcastingnetwork #getbroadcasting #modeltalk #aviationisolation

Plastic Model Mojo # 32

Those guys are PMM must have been hard up again.  I guest and talk about squirrels.

Plastic Model Mojo Episode 32

EP26 of AScaleCanadianTV

AScaleCanadian Joint. Tanks and 3D printing Oshawa armoured cars. #modellerbroadcastingnetwork #getbroadcasting #modeltalk #aviationisolation

 

Plastic Model Mojo #31 - Red Thread

On the latest Plastic Model Mojo Mike talks about the colours of Russian Uniforms. I'm confused, weren't they all just Vallejo Russian Uniform? Seems pretty simple to me.

Plastic Model Mojo Episode 31

P.S.:  Sorry Mike, I couldn't resist!

EP25 (1/2) of AScaleCanadianTV

AScaleCanadian Joint.  The oops I forgot stuff addendum. #modellerbroadcastingnetwork​​ #getbroadcasting​​ #modeltalk​​ #aviationisolation​​

EP25 of AScaleCanadianTV

AScaleCanadian Joint. The lost episode.. #modellerbroadcastingnetwork #getbroadcasting #modeltalk #aviationisolation

Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Vc

The new Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Vc arrived a few weeks ago from the UK and I started it right away. Really enjoying it. But all that cockpit detail gone... Still unsure if it will end up as a USS Wasp Malta delivery or a 417 Squadron RCAF desert bird.

Plastic Model Mojo #30 - Dr. StrangeBrush

Dr. StrangeBrush? Yep, I like that! The latest Plastic Model Mojo with special guest Dr. John Miller of Model Paint Solutions talking about airbrushing. 

Plastic Model Mojo Episode 30

British Columbia Sub Service?

It appears that Das Werk has a hit on their hands with their soon to be released 1/72 U-9 U-Boat kit. If they are looking for ideas on a follow up, how about the HMCS CC-1 and CC-2, Canada's first two submarines? 

The two Davids (DatGuy and Knights) are big fans of the Drachinifel YouTube channel. Yesterday, Mr. Knights suggested I check out their latest video on the Royal Canadian Navy which is humorusly subtitled "Sinking you, but politely." I enjoyed the video. While I was aware of the the RCN's Corvette story thanks to the 1/72 Matchbox kit (A kit I lusted after in my youth, but never got a chance to build); I was surprised by the story of Canada's first two submarines. Wow, how have I never heard this story before? 

Ok, I take that back, they weren't bought by Canada, but the province of British Columbia. While the thought of a province with its own military service seems rather shocking, it does make some sense that the province, so remote from the Atlantic Ocean and Canada's capital in Ottawa, would want to defend its shores. The CC-1 and CC-2 submarines were not identical, but similar versions designed by the Electric Boat Company. The Electric Boat Company contracted with the government of Chile to build the two boats, but, after completion, the deal fell through. Subcontractor Seattle Construction and Drydock Company looked to offload the boats and the Premier of British Columbia stepped in to purchase the subs. The two subs left Seattle without permission on August 3, 1914 and made their way to British Columbia, with the USN in chase. Within days, the submarines were transferred to the Canadian government and joined the RCN, being renamed HMCS CC-1 and HMCS CC-2 on October 1914. 

However, the RCN had a problem. World War One had broken out in Europe, and the subs were based Esquimalt, B.C., in the Pacific. After their refits in 1914, the two subs undertook patrols and training in the Pacific, but a decisions was made in 1917 to send the boats to the Atlantic. Leaving B.C. on July 21, 1917, the two subs had - in the best tradition of RCN second-hand submarines - multiple maintenance issues, failures, and problems, but the crews persevered and they were the first RCN warships to pass through the Panama Canal. Finally arriving in Halifax during October 1917, after many stops for repairs, the two subs were found to be in need of an overhaul. During their time in drydock, the subs survived the Halifax Explosion. But after all this work, expense, and time, the boats were used as training craft and never went on patrol in the Atlantic.

So yea, these things didn't do much to help the war effort, but hey, I'd buy one copy of a 1/72 CC-1 or CC-2. See Das Werk, a guaranteed seller!  

(Photos are courtesy of the Department of National Defence/Library Archives Canada. I'm unclear if the photos were taken in Seattle or Halifax, or even one of each.)

EP24 of AScaleCanadianTV

AScaleCanadian Joint. Happy New Year. New Airfix and Jim messes up the joke. #modellerbroadcastingnetwork #getbroadcasting #modeltalk #aviationisolation

Plastic Model Mojo #28

The title of the episode was my suggestion during an email exhange with Dave and Mike. I think I'll sue to get my well deserved royalities for being their creative director. ('Cause all modeling podcasters are filthy rich, right?)

Plastic Model Mojo Episode 28