Frank this was a great GB. I went back to the first page and I was amazed at how many people that were signed up that never even posted work or posted anything period. I guess I take these GB more seriously than some. I know some people are a bit late in finishing and that never bothers me as we all know sometimes things get in the way or other GB run a bit long but there are some that did not participate in anyway shape or form. In this case it was quite a few. The one I have been wondering about is phoenix? I have not seen a post from him in a long time and I know he is a Luftwaffe nut. He would not have missed this one unless something was wrong. Anyway thanks agian for another great GB Frank. Cheers!

                                                                                    Soulcrusher

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I guess I am not the only one who misses phoenix. He was great for Luftwaffe info an a great fellow modeler. The last I heard from him was when we both participated on the Fw 190 GB last year. I hope everything is ok with him. If you do find out anything please let me know too.

Frank whatever GB you decide Fw 190 or Me 262 you know I'll be the first there to sign up! 

                                                                                    Soulcrusher 

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Hi Frank,

Just want to say I'll be aboard your next Luftwaffe build as well, I seem to have rather caught the bug as I've been stashing 109s and 190s in the last few months, including the 1:32 Hase G-4 in North Africa colors -- I never expected to nab that one for a bargain price!

More progress, masking is underway, with the wavy demarkation at the leading edge hard-masked and plenty of protection for the undersides:

I might try to get the top of the surfaces into 75 today, then do some more protective masking where necessary, and both free-hand and soft-mask the fuselage. The bad news is I have Jury Orientation all day tomorrow, so there's something else to cut into my bench time. Sigh, I really wanted to have this bird in the display case by now! Good news is she's not been fighting me so far, so when I get time on her I can usually make progress.

Cheers,

Mike

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It turned out I had a pack of blu-tack in my tool drawer, so I am now cutting light card masks. Yep, soft-masking, another technique I've read about but never done before. I'll keep you posted, and no doubt blog about it!

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Daywalker wrote:

Roger that Mike, I shall keep you in the loop as well!

Loop? What Loop!?!

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CPT Aaron McNeal

Thanks, Frank -- much appreciated. I don't think I'm going to be able to get back to painting for a couple of days, but I can be cutting the masks, I have six done so far. The fuselage sides will be the trickiest. The good thing is, I think they'll probably be reusable, I'll be able to use at least the generic wing and tail pattern masks for other K-4s in future.

The upper portion of the split flaps are now installed, ready for the 75 coat to come. With luck, I'll be decaling next week, then a little weathering, panel wash, MiG dust and carbon stains, and Ez-Line for the antenna. Oh, and that extra bit of decal on the spinner backplate, not white but a very pale gull grey to match the luminoscity of the white decal over black.

That's unless I'm on call for jury duty! Must keep my mind on the case, not on the complexities of airbrushing...

Cheers,

Mike

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Frank, great GB and enjoyed every minute of it. Even though I finished my kits a while ago I still enjoy keeping up with builds and all the posts. Whenever the next build comes to ya be it a 190 or 262 I am deffinetly on bord for it. Thanks for running the build, it was fun

Steve

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Steve- Glad you had fun here, that's what it's all about!  I shall look for you in the future for the next installment.

-Neu- Looking at the photos, I cannot see the problems you mention.  Looks great from where I'm sitting!  Glad to hear you enjoyed this one as well.

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Carlos, White 2 is looking great. I'm doing White 1 from JG 77!

Mike, that spinner spiral came out great IMHO.

I'm very impressed with your masks they look top drawer professional.

Neu, looks good to me mate.

Haven't got as much done as I would have liked this week as I've had to work late at least three nights this week due to it being quarter end in the software industry.

Any way decals are on. Took me three nights to do, and that's even omitting a number of the stencils.

I had to keep going back to the mottling as my first efforts were fairly subtle, but when compared to the photos of the real thing, the mottling was actually quite heavy.

The cannon ejector ports just aft of the oil cooler are decals, as the Revell ones are square!

I left the wing walk markings off as I couldn't see them in the photos.

Panel wash went on this evening, and now I'm just sorting out some of the smaller details.

Karl

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Currently on the bench:

Revell 1/48 Me 110 F-2

A quick update before I pop open a beer and man the BBQ.  Beer can chicken, pork baby back ribs and a cold Newcastle...life is good! 

OK, I have been plugging away on this thing, for a kit that's supposed to be kind of a "slammer" I'm spending a lot of time on little things.

Wheels wells all painted up, came out OK, but not entirely happy with the end product.

I made the storage box cover and hinge out of plastic stock.  A little blurry, sorry!

No master compass cover or oil fill cover so these had to be scribed.

Dropped landing and radiator flaps, had a real tough time getting these cleaned up and looking (somewhat) satisfactory.  Learned some lessons that will make the next one go smoother (I've got 7 of the 109F's in the stash, early war 109 GB anyone?? )

Ready for some paint tomorrow, Happy Independence Day folks, be safe!!!

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