Neil's 1/32 Fine Molds Douglas Bader

[Steve Brodie]

Cheers Steve
Didn't you do a 1-10 scale Bader in his cockpit? don't judge my painting too harshly

hahaha, and yes i did do that one. No judgements from me.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

First coat of paint- the Sidcot suit

thanks for looking
Neil

 

[Jim R]

Hi Neil
Great stuff. Given that 1/32 is pretty small the detail is good and he does have the look of the great man about him. Nice to see the first splash of colour.
Jim

 

[Neil Merryweather]

almost there

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Looking very good indeed Neil.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Thank you Peter

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Well, Douglas is all done bar the shouting- by which I mean the crazy idea of creating see-through goggles.
I thought I would show him now, in case the goggles are a disaster.

He doesn't really look like the man himself, more like Robert Duvall, to my eye. But I am just happy his face looks vaguely human. Life is too short.
Annoyingly the camera really shows the washes on the Sidcot suit, which are not so stark in real life-even under the optivisor.
So, goggles next -here is a shot of the danger zone!

thanks for looking
Neil

 

[stillp]

Looks a good likeness to me Neil!
Pete

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Very nicely done Neil and looking just lke our man. Good luck with the goggles.

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Looks very nice Neil .

 

[JR]

Neil.
My word you do work in some small scale and yet do so well .
What about the glue you were going to tell us about, think I've seen the advert for it,nearly bought some , but will read your thoughts first .

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Neil.
My word you do work in some small scale and yet do so well .
What about the glue you were going to tell us about, think I've seen the advert for it,nearly bought some , but will read your thoughts first .

Patience, grasshopper

 

[Neil Merryweather]

This is the stuff, John.


U/V Glue
We use a very expensive version of it at work, but to be honest I think we were swindled as this is just as good for the little things we use it for. It's especially good for gluing two clear things together with a large surface area.
The great advantage is the glue doesn't go off until you cure it, so you have infinite repositioning time. It should be ideal for PE work, I would think, although I haven't tried it myself yet.
And for 11.99 including the torch it's worth a punt.
ANYWAY, back to Douglas.
My plan was to place something like release paper from double-sided tape behind the back of the goggle lens, fill it with the glue and remove the backing.
When I came to do it ,I decided on a piece of polythene, because NOTHING sticks to that. What I hadn't realised was how *&%$ing small it would need to be!

I had to bend this shard into a U-shape and fiddle it into place in a space about 4mm x 3mm x 3mm!
Then I added a drop of the glue to each lens and cured it, with my fingers mentally crossed....
But it worked, thankfully.
My photography skills are not really up to the job, but you can just see the reflection here

It would have been cleverer to remove the goggles altogether, really, but hey ho, next time, eh?
I'll just put him on a base and he is done.

 

[papa 695]

Fantastic work Neil.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Fantastic work Neil.

very kind, thanks Ian

 

[yak face]

Fantastic work neil , the likeness is excellent , as is the painting . The goggles look perfect , fiddly but so worth it , cheers tony

 

[JR]

Thanks Neil, that's the stuff, thought it might repair some glasses.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Fantastic work neil , the likeness is excellent , as is the painting . The goggles look perfect , fiddly but so worth it , cheers tony

cheers Tony

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks Neil, that's the stuff, thought it might repair some glasses.

yes it should do. I'm not sure about its resistance to stress, though. it's useful stuff

 

[colin m]

Splendid work there. His face, whether accurate Bader or not, still looks a right moody ....