Papa695s HMS Illustrious (Airfix 1/350) Started June 17th 2014

[scottie3158]

Looking very nice.

 

[boatman]

HI Ian well how you have laid out all the harries an merlins an seakings is brilliant an very well thought out as to me it looks like they are are all in motion eg. like the merlin goin down on the elevator lift all folded up to go to the underside hangars is brilliant an for their size they all are very well detailed this carrier looks just like the real thing very well done so far indeed from me the way you have put all your choppers an planes is just like i did on my big nimtiz carrier very well done an when finished take a bow an you certaintly deseserve it an i like very much indeed an hope greg gets his carrier lookin good like you have done BRILLIANT MODELING SIR
chris

 

[adt70hk]

Ian

That's coming on beautifully. Keep up the great work.

Andrew

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ian
Doesn't she look good with the deck decals. Well done Airfix for the replacement. A credit to you and so worth finishing.
Jim

 

[papa 695]

Thanks guys.

 

[papa 695]

Got the aircraft completed.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Those are really tiny Ian. The decals must have been virtually invisible! Love the prop blur, by the way….

 

[papa 695]

Got the weathering done on this, not much more to do, aircraft to fit on and make a sea base for it.

 

[scottie3158]

That is looking great.

 

[stillp]

Really nice rust streaking Ian.
Pete

 

[papa 695]

That is looking great.

Really nice rust streaking Ian.
Pete

Thanks guys

 

[papa 695]

All the vehicles and aircraft are on except the sea king in flight I’ll add that at the end when the seascape is completed.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looking really grand she is Ian. Brilliant!

 

[Mickc1440]

That's looking really good Ian

 

[Tworrs]

Brilliant Ian, very well executed.

 

[Airborne01]

Just caught up Ian, looks excellent - don't envy you the decals!
Steve

 

[papa 695]

Just caught up Ian, looks excellent - don't envy you the decals!
Steve

It didn't help when I put 1 decal back to front Steve. but they did go on very nicely in the end.

 

[Airborne01]

It didn't help when I put 1 decal back to front Steve. but they did go on very nicely in the end.

Noted! Decals can be a real buggers muddle! As they say 'Good Job ... !
Steve

 

[Crispier]

I wish I'd read through this before I started my build, I found the hull bent badly out of shape, getting the two halves together was a ball ache and the flight deck not much better. I'm just finishing up the last of the small parts to finish but I'm dreading the iddy biddy decals, any words of wisdom on best approach or should I clean my glasses and practise micro surgery?

 

[Waspie]

Just found this. Nice build. Loved the streaking, (rust). Spent a few weeks on 'Lusty' doing some 'shhhhh' exercises, not a happy ship. (Well I certainly wasn't - a lot of uncooperative folk). But Ian has done a cracking job. A war canoe ain't complete without the obligatory rust streaks.