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Ratch · Posted: Fri 28 Mar 2008 20:13 pm Post subject:

I shall be letting a couple of Bloodhounds loose

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 18 Apr 2008 21:37 pm Post subject:

Looking at various Bloodhound pictures, it would appear that early ones were painted white and later ones were green

The latest dated white one I've seen is 1963 and the earliest green one is 1977

so when did the colour change

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Ratch · Posted: Sat 19 Apr 2008 08:34 am Post subject:

Whilst appreciating that the Land Rover is inaccurate, particularly in the radiator grille area, it appears to be based on an early model Think

I've found pix of Bloodhounds in the early sixties in white/yellow and by the mid 70's in green, by which time (I suspect) you wouldn't see that Landie with it

Nearly all the Landie pix show it in green

is this right for an RAF vehicle, or should it be blue/grey

and again with the personnel's uniform, is RAF blue more likely or would the Erks be wearing green

Lots of questions.... any help appreciated

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Ratch · Posted: Mon 21 Apr 2008 15:54 pm Post subject:

Some of the figures have been re-posed a little

Landies going together

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Flash Flash · Silver Star Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 2938

I like the dogs.
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Spudgun · Posted: Mon 21 Apr 2008 20:05 pm Post subject:

Yeah, the dogs are good. They've still got their tails for starters. Mine always broke off.
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Ratch · Posted: Mon 21 Apr 2008 20:37 pm Post subject:

Forgot to say

the Landies have been glazed with clear Plastikard

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Ratch · Posted: Wed 23 Apr 2008 16:22 pm Post subject:

Painting and assembly continues, although not very speedily

I'm thinking of mounting them on a board in a sort of small diorama, utilising the two sections of boundary fence I bought at Duxford last year Think

The Bloodhounds might be too close to the fence for scale realism, but I think it will give a nice appearance

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Flash Flash · Silver Star Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 2938

Those fences look really really nice
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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Wed 23 Apr 2008 22:14 pm Post subject:

That all looks very nice to me!

Could you use the fence sections to make an entrance with a checkpoint? The dogs would be very suitable for that!

All the best

Ratch · Posted: Thu 24 Apr 2008 15:12 pm Post subject:

Cheers chaps

Ratch · Posted: Sun 27 Apr 2008 17:10 pm Post subject:

Construction is just about complete

Airfix's working features make construction of the trailer and launch pad a bit fiddly

considering the fragility of these features, they hardly seem worth while

although they could be fixed into varied attitudes

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Mon 28 Apr 2008 00:46 am Post subject:

I recently discovered just that while trying to make an 'All Action Bofors Gun'.....Fortunately one of our kind members supplied me with replacements for the parts that I totalled!

For what it's worth & all the best

Heinkel51 · Posted: Mon 28 Apr 2008 12:45 pm Post subject:

Lovely work there , Ratch.

Ratch · Posted: Mon 28 Apr 2008 20:18 pm Post subject:

At this stage there's a bit of touching up required to the paintwork

This is my flat field and fence concept

I found this vac-form and tried it for size

although I think this might be more suited to a pair of 88's or Bofors

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Mon 28 Apr 2008 20:24 pm Post subject:

I think you are right about the vacform base.....It looks more like a gun position to me too.

For what it's worth, all the best

Heinkel51 · Posted: Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:46 am Post subject:

The BBDA (back blast danger area) when the bloodhound was launched would be interesting, hope the brick work is fire proof.

Though given the scale and with dioramas we often have take poetic licence I like the effect. Top effort.

Ratch · Posted: Sat 03 May 2008 13:54 pm Post subject:

I think this is about finished now

I've quite enjoyed this build, especially the deviation from my usual subject matter

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sat 03 May 2008 19:09 pm Post subject:

I like it!

Nice to see the model displayed in it's various different configurations.

All the best