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                        More very small aircraft...

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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        More very small aircraft...
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:44 PM
                        Here's a few more I've been tinkering with over the last week or so... the airfield diorama is still moving along, I've finished a pair of PBJ-1s (Trumpeter) but got bored with the project, so I tossed in a Guppy from White Ensign, an F-4 from Tamiya, and some shots of another SPAD from WEM and a S2F from Corsair Armada...these little planes are fun...one or two a night...





















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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:04 AM
                        Wow! Cool! Ever thought of superdetailling one, just for the fun of it..??!
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                        subfixer
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Spartanburg, SC
                        Posted by subfixer on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:00 AM
                        Beatiful work, Jeff. Do you use metallic blue for the canopies? I can hardly get mine to look that good even in 1/48 scale.

                        I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:20 AM
                        Great work. Jeff! No space problems for you. Keep it up and you'll need glasses-or a white cane.
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:22 AM
                        I use Tamiya X-13 Metallic blue over flat black...once the aircraft are weathered, I'll drybrush some silver over the top to increase the reflectance.

                        As for superdetailing one...I've given it some thought, but aside from adding some drop tanks to the F4, I'm not going to get too crazy. Most people have a hard time seeing the airplanes, much less the little details.

                        J
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:36 AM
                        Good stuff Jeff. As I said before, it's crazy the scale you're working with. But I can see the obvious space advantages, and this way you get the ability to model something that would be not very possible in 1/48 scale (unless you have a couple hundred square feet for a model :)
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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:11 AM
                        Looking good Jeff. I've never tried em, but these little guys look like fun. Looking foraward to seeing the finished Dio.
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:15 AM
                        Another fine job. I want to be just like you when I grow up....Big Smile [:D]
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                        fightnjoe
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                          September 2011
                        Posted by fightnjoe on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:41 AM
                        wow. you have a wonderful collection of tiny a/c. the time you spent on painting must be incredible. great job.

                        joe

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                        cassibill
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Indiana, USA
                        Posted by cassibill on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:47 AM
                        Nice work. You must like torture..

                        cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!!Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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                        nmayhew
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Kent, England
                        Posted by nmayhew on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 2:27 PM
                        jeff you have just got to be mad!!
                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]
                        regards,
                        nick
                        Kind regards, Nicholas
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                        Awood23
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Belgium
                        Posted by Awood23 on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 3:21 PM
                        wow.... the penny really puts things in perspective
                        [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Awood23/DarkSideBadge.jpg "your' not trying if your not cheating" "no one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor bugger die for his" 'never before have so many owed so much to so few" 1/48 Spitfire %80
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                        stinger
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Everywhere
                        Posted by stinger on Thursday, April 1, 2004 12:00 AM
                        Great work, Jeff! What scale is that exactly? The canopy work on the Mitchell must have taken some time to mask! Big Smile [:D]

                        As Dannyandre said, You know you'll go blind if you keep doing these.

                        May an Angel be your wingman, and the Sun be always at your six

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                        obiwan
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Malaysia
                        Posted by obiwan on Thursday, April 1, 2004 1:55 AM
                        excelent stuff!
                        you can keep them in your pocket wherever you go
                        or use them in a king kong diorama.

                        ps:whats the latest on your spitfires?
                        What baby wants baby gets
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 1, 2004 10:56 AM
                        Jeff :
                        that's some fine work in a tiny scale ! (1/350 would b my guess)
                        and when i think that some folks consider 1/72 2 b small stuff,
                        it really makes me smile 2 see these little beauties !
                        Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

                        thanx 4 sharing ur pix !

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 1, 2004 10:57 AM
                        Great job, you must have skinny fingers, great eye sight and a very steady hand.
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                        stinger
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Everywhere
                        Posted by stinger on Thursday, April 1, 2004 12:08 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by obiwan
                        you can keep them in your pocket wherever you go


                        I'll bet it would hurt, though, if that F4 went into afterburner! Shock [:O] Wink [;)]

                        May an Angel be your wingman, and the Sun be always at your six

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 1, 2004 1:06 PM
                        Excellent work on such small aircraft. I wish i could get my 1/48th aircraft to look nearly as good as those.Sad [:(]Sad [:(]Sad [:(]
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Thursday, April 1, 2004 4:21 PM
                        Thanks folks! They're tiny, that's for sure, but lots of fun to work on...more coming up, I just finished building an A-4 Skyhawk, complete with drop tanks, gear doors, fueling probe and arrestor hook, in 350 scale.

                        Jeff
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 1, 2004 8:10 PM
                        This is amazing. Where did you get the kits?
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                        paulnchamp
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Warwick, RI
                        Posted by paulnchamp on Thursday, April 1, 2004 9:24 PM
                        Spectacular, Jeff! Proof that good things come in small packages.
                        Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."
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                        Buddho
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Newport News VA
                        Posted by Buddho on Thursday, April 1, 2004 9:31 PM
                        Nice work Jeff!
                        You have an amazing talent to do such small scaled stuff....
                        Regards, Dan

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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Thursday, April 1, 2004 10:00 PM
                        Most of these 'kits' are nothing more than single piece aircraft, although most are fitted with landing gear, and some with drop tanks.

                        The Corsairs and B-25s are from Trumpeter, with White Ensign cockpits and PE props and gear doors.

                        The F-4s are from the Tamiya Aircraft sets for the USS Enterprise kits, and the A-4s are from Corsair Armada. White Ensign does a nice range of RN and RAF aircraft, and the rest are scrounged from ship kits and the like.

                        I've also found some 1/320 stuff from Academy in their Sky Giants line, I just picked up a B-52, XB-70, and Tu-144. There's a PBY and PBM from Iron Shipwrights in resin, and a group of F4U-4 Corsairs from L'Arsenal...

                        Jeff
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 3, 2004 7:35 PM
                        Did you hand-paint the Navy and insignia, or are they very small decals?
                        If decals, were they printed or bought?
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                        ChrisJH666
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Brisbane Australia
                        Posted by ChrisJH666 on Sunday, April 4, 2004 12:05 AM
                        You are one seriously sick individual!!! Seriously though, amazing work, they look great! Surprised you didn't motorise that prop job ................Sign - With Stupid [#wstupid]

                        In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)

                         

                        Chris

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                        Vautour
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Canada
                        Posted by Vautour on Sunday, April 4, 2004 11:33 AM
                        Excellent work. Makes my 1/144 look gigantic. What power magnifying glass do you use?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 4, 2004 2:53 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Vautour

                        Excellent work. Makes my 1/144 look gigantic. What power magnifying glass do you use?

                        What planes do you build in teensy scale? I've got a B-58 and two B-52's on the bench.
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                        Vautour
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Canada
                        Posted by Vautour on Monday, April 5, 2004 12:12 PM
                        b6dan, pardon the quality of the picture. I need to work on that aspect. in there are HE111, Betty, F14,F8,P51,Spitfire,Avenger,B36,B2,SU22 and an EA6B. On the bench is a 737 and a 727. In my reserve are 59 projects including the B58(HHC) and a B52(Revell). I will hone my photo skills and send you better photos if you send me your e-mail address at dvautour@telusplanet.net.
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 12:51 AM
                        Hello guys,

                        Been away from the forum for awhile, and noticed the thread was still active...

                        The decals are from the Tamiya and Trumpeter aircraft sets, but as of late, I've started printing my own. I recently stumbled into 1/144 and I AM HOOKED. So hooked in fact, that over the last 4 days I've bought about 40 kits...thanks to my local shop and 2 model shows this weekend, one in Long Island and one here in Jersey.

                        I've just finished the Fujimi 1/144 Tojo, and I'm sitting here answering you as I'm waiting for the drop tanks to dry. I think I've found my new scale of choice for aircraft...

                        I only use a magnifier for the canopy painting, which is all done by hand with a #18 liner brush. In some instances, for really complex patterns, I'll paint some decal paper and cut strips.

                        Jeff
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                        Vautour
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Canada
                        Posted by Vautour on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 12:47 PM
                        Some of those teensy scale aircraft are really not that small. Airliners (in progress) and bigger bombers still take considerable space. Scratch building is a challenge at that scale. With big fingers and bad eyes, making a seat and instrument panel glare shield for an F8 was taxing to say the least.
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