Meng HMS HOOD toon

[TimM63]

Ok, since it's my fault, there's also wooden decks for all these kits too.

There. I said it.

Rob.

I saw those. I don't think I will be using them. Thanks for the heads up Rob.
I enjoyed building the little tank, still working on it actually, I think the plane will be the next egger I build.

 

[Eagle-1]

I saw those. I don't think I will be using them. Thanks for the heads up Rob.
I enjoyed building the little tank, still working on it actually, I think the plane will be the next egger I build.

Nope, don't feel too bad because it was ONLY a heads up! I have several of all this stuff and I've never opted for the wood either, but it does exist and I'll eventually just have to see what it looks like. They're half again as much as the kit, so I've been able to say "nah" so far.

Rob.

 

[OldManModeler]

The closest thing I had to these Toon toy kits was this... And that was a long time ago...



And also did many the Tom Daniels and Ed Roth kits. I have a second generation Rommel's Rod on my shelf. My first gen Rommel's Rod went the way of the firecracker. LOL.

Be well. Model silliness.

Eric

 

[Edbert]

Next thing ya know you old dudes will be watching Anime!

 

[OldManModeler]

Next thing ya know you old dudes will be watching Anime!

We already did as kids! It was called 'Speed Racer'.

 

[Eagle-1]

The closest thing I had to these Toon toy kits was this... And that was a long time ago...



And also did many the Tom Daniels and Ed Roth kits. I have a second generation Rommel's Rod on my shelf. My first gen Rommel's Rod went the way of the firecracker. LOL.

Be well. Model silliness.

Eric

Do ya'self a favor. We ain't here to judge.



Rob.

 

[OldManModeler]

Do ya'self a favor. We ain't here to judge.

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Rob.

Did I judge? You lost me Rob. Edit. I mean to say: I don't know what you mean.

 

[Edbert]

We already did as kids! It was called 'Speed Racer'.

You're right, but full confession I might have watched worse...I remember "Ultra-man".

 

[Eagle-1]

Did I judge? You lost me Rob. Edit. I mean to say: I don't know what you mean.

Not the same type of "judge".

It's a toon Sopwith Camel, I posted. Snoopy's dog house, you posted, was suppose to be a Sopwith Camel. I thought maybe you would like a toon Sopwith Camel model.

Rob.

 

[TimM63]

I seem to recall a Sopwith Camel GB not long ago. Hmmm
https://www.scalemodeladdict.com/threads/here-comes-snoopy-in-his-sopwith-camel.15132/

 

[TimM63]

We are getting off track here. Let's get back to the HMS Hood shall we?

 

[PatW]

Meng Toons are so good, I've built quite a few of them! They make a nice change!

 

[BarleyBop]

Let's get back to the HMS Hood shall we?

No worries, just shoveling snow while the last coat of paint cures... did I mention shoveling snow?
Oh, and shoveling more snow!
First naval ship since childhood... painting with a brush takes a while with all those nooks and crannies! Even a toon ship!


Just using up some old Tamiya paints; looks much 'pinker' in the photo.

Topolino is giving me the 'Nanny stare'.

My grandmother was a feisty little Irish orphan who raised 4 boys and 3 girls through the Depression.
As a young woman, she trained and worked as a nurse, was a 'flapper', drove a car and roared through the Twenties!
She loved to tell stories, laugh and smoke her cigarettes, in that order, repeatedly.
Mustn't forget to put the tea on!

Living through the war in a ship-building town, and into the 1960s and 70s when I knew her, she commanded 'Water Street', knew everyone and everyone knew her. Accompanying her to pick up some groceries, I remember encountering a town wino down by the wharf.
Could've been "Johnny the Jigger" or some other character; she just looked at him, all 5 feet tall of her, and he stepped down onto the street.
The "Nanny stare" we called it: never was there a gaze so fierce, so resolute!

 

[PatW]

Coming along very nicely!

 

[BarleyBop]

I'll be going with the dark hull variant... sort of

 

[Edbert]

My grandmother was a feisty little Irish orphan who raised 4 boys and 3 girls through the Depression.

Both of my grandparents were born in the extreme end of the 19th century. They each had siblings older and younger, but this means they were middle-aged during WWII but my great-uncle (grandfather's older brother) served in France during the final days of WWI, just long enough to lose his hearing. This also means they were young adults raising large families during the depression. They did not have much money as in cash, but they had cattle, so bartering was enough to keep it all together. They were hard people by today's standards, probably normal during theirs.

My wife is mostly Irish, and I am maybe 20% as well. But the rest is German with some Danish, and they can put up a stare that I think would rival the Irish.

Good thing stereotypes are often wrong, or I'd be an angry drunk, will not even try to say which belongs with which...LOL

Edit:
I hope nobody is offended, I offer no retraction if so, but apologize since offense was not my intent.

 

[BarleyBop]

First coat below waterline, wash on everything else, second coat tomorrow, mid and hilight drybrushing...



Then Sunday propellers, detailing (I hope!)