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Wednesday 19 February 2014

Chaos...

... totally inappropriate quotation from Shakespeare to start with: 'If I love you not, chaos has come again'. For two adult sized chocolate buttons (new product from Cadbury's - doing its bit to make sure that the British keep up in the global fat race with the USA and Australia), who said that and in which play?  Actually, it just goes to show how the English Midlands (where Dottore Front lives) is a cultural powerhouse - Shakespeare and Cadbury's chocolate.

Anyway, as I was saying, chaos rules on the modelling table, with the hateful multi-poise horrors taking pride of place:


Oh, how I hate multi-poise!! But, on the up side, PSC provide a nice mix of gunners with smocks (excellent for LFD men), and in standard uniform.

Also on the chaos front:


The PSC PZ IVHs - sitting, sulking, in their undercoats, waiting for me to go through the usual dunkelgelb agonies. Do I go for more 'greeny', or more 'yellowy' ? Some time ago, DaveM posted on this blog with a range of options, but, sadly, I am still tormented when it comes to dipping the brush into the chosen pot.

Finally:


the chaotic Vampire (please, DO NOT 'CLICK TO EMBIGGEN' as the Irish peeler say).

O me miserum!!
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12 comments:

  1. Conrad Kinch19 February 2014 at 14:03

    Othello - I believe.

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    1. AlFront19 February 2014 at 14:26

      Indeed! But I scoffed the chocolate buttons before you posted. Yours, a fatty.

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    2. Conrad Kinch20 February 2014 at 02:12

      I should have expected nothing less of a treacherous low sort like you,

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    3. AlFront20 February 2014 at 02:16

      Caddish laughter at this end!

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  2. DaveM19 February 2014 at 20:29

    Nice dark undercoat - go Ochre !!! :o)

    Cheers, Dave

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  3. Mad Padre20 February 2014 at 06:16

    Kinch beat me to the quote and you scoffed the choccies, so all is moot ...

    I don't get overly fussed on shades of tank colours, especially as most Jerry tanks would have gotten a few pots of something from the QM, mixed it up with water, and slapped it on while keeping a wary eye out for Jabos. That is, assuming they weren't painted at the factory, which, considering that was done by disgruntled slave workers between air raids, probably wasn't that meticulous either.
    Your Vampire looks good, I'm pleased I encouraged/shamed you into revisiting it. Life is too short for regrets of this sort.

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    1. AlFront21 February 2014 at 15:36

      Yes, I agree with you, Michael. I think, on one level, I've been affected by the amazing things that larger scale AFV modellers do, the sort of work that fills the glossy military modelling magazines. They usually seem to take so much care over the right shade etc. Oddly intimidating.
      Thanks for the Vampire encouragement!

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  4. FalkeEins20 February 2014 at 09:20

    neat work Stephen! .. FWIW I tend to go with Hu 93 but always wash/filter with Burnt Umber oil, so I don't worry overly..PSC is a new one on me, they look very good...probably 'better' and a sight easier than the Zvezda snap-together Panther I'm still wrestling with...

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    1. AlFront21 February 2014 at 15:39

      Cheers! Yes, I've often used Hu 93 too in the past - and I have begun to wonder whether my perceptions of colour have changed with age. On the snap-togethers - it certainly makes dry runs very, very tricky!

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  5. Paul Foster21 February 2014 at 03:22

    Nothing wrong with that Vamp Stephen. Coming along nicely.

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    1. AlFront21 February 2014 at 15:40

      Thanks, Paul. It's a great looking aircraft, and I hadn't realised until I read up for this model that the fuselage was largely wood! Real late 40s/early 50s Cold War stuff.

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