Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary GB

Great paintwork and the use of pastels on the Hurricane Rooster.

Excellent work everyone, in the past day or two I have started airbrushing my two Spitfires.  I airbrushed Model Master primer on, then pre-shaded the panel lines with Tamiya X-1 Black, then Tamiya XF-21 Sky for the Mk.IIa, and a mix of Tamiya XF-18, XF-66 & XF-23 to make Humbrol's 230 PRU Blue for the PR.XIX.

Rob and Andy, 

A hearty well done gents to the both of you!  Just let me know which pics you want on the front page, and I'll get it updated.

Dan,

The Spits are looking good sir! Keep up the good work.

CallSignOWL

I was able to finish up a couple of builds on the bench that now allow me to get crackin' on the Bf-109! Again, its an Airfix boxing. Im really digging their new line of kits!!

no aftermarket, just what's in the box.

The -109 received a black base and grey drybrushing, followed with a wash. The kit includes the option to have the engine displayed, and Im sure a bit of wiring would help detail this area to the brim! But for me, I simply gave it a black paint job, follwed with a drybrusing of steel. There are two little vents in the cowling that allow you to see inside, but not much is visible once the piece in in place.

 

Im building two kits alongside each other here...

paint!

gloss coat for decals!

Amazing job Rooster...she's a true work of art!! Well done

Thanks lewbud.

CallSignOWL: Great work on your Bf109 and Zero.

Been lighting the blue on my Spitfire PRXIX, and started the free hand camouflage on the Mk. II. I'm using Tamiya Dark Green 2 (RAF), thinned more than usual, with about 5 to 8 PSI. It'll take two or three coats to darken the areas.

Hey OWL, I happen to be building a 1/48 Zero alongside my Hurricane.  

the Emil is complete!

Owl, your Emil looks great! Which pic do you like for the front page?  Rob and Andy, I still need your pic choices for the front page.  As for me, the wings are together, and plan to shoot some RLM 02 for the pit as soon as  I clean my airbrush.  Keep up the good work y'all.

lewbud

Owl, your Emil looks great! Which pic do you like for the front page?  Rob and Andy, I still need your pic choices for the front page.  As for me, the wings are together, and plan to shoot some RLM 02 for the pit as soon as  I clean my airbrush.  Keep up the good work y'all.

 

hmmmm, you can go ahead and use the last pic on that post. :)

The last one it is.  Thanks.

lewbud, I think I'll go with this one for the front page. Thanks again!

A little work on my Hurricane last night.

OK Lewbud, back to your GB.
I'm going to display my He 111 in flight mode, so after some serious gap filling I finally got to the paint part. Reserching KG 55 during the Battle of Brittin, it seems that some of the ships had an underside that was painted in a temporary dull black for night operations with toned down crosses. Sooo that's what I'm doing.

Steve

Good to see a HE111 joining the fray.

Very cool photos Steve.  Thank you for sharing.

Kim

Ladies and gentlemen, apologies for taking so long but the front page is finally updated!

Does anyone know what happened to ajd? Did he finish his 109?  Maybe I'll duck on over to the 109GB and see if he's posted there.

Modelcrazy, that 111 is the bee's knees.  Can't wait to see it done.

An update on my 110, she looks like an airplane now. Got the RLM70 and 71 on yesterday, but discovered I was out of 65 for the underside.  Pics to follow later.  Keep up the good work folks!

Did my painting this week.  Man, I got to get a new camera, and one with manual settings.  My old digital just is not doing it anymore.  This is the brown coat and beleive me, its much lighter than the picture shows.

Now the green.  Again, dang camera.

A little better,

This is the first time I am using Vellejo acrylics and am finding that I really like them.  Both the undercarraige and the top green are Vellejo and the brown is Moldel Master enamel.  MM is so much harder to work with and clean.  Not to mention my Paasche never liked enamels. 

CallSignOWL: Nice job on completing your 109, this looks like the Tamiya kit? Built one years ago, it went together very well.

Modelcrazy: Your He-111 is looking good. I've tried two times on building the Revell 1/48 version, for one reason for another couldn't finish them. Picked up a third one so hopefully I can complete one. And great B&W photos of the He 111.

Scottrc: Nice painting on your wheel wells and insides, and your two ton camouflage.

I'm finally on the decal stage for my Spitfire Mk. II, the Airfix decals are a little thicker than I'm used to, but the model master solvent is working on getting them to conform great. Worked on the top side yesterday and today, I'll start the under side Tuesday. My other Spit needed a little more touch up with the airbrush, so that will set it back a few days. Don't think I'll have time to get the Lancaster started before the group build is over, it has around 200 parts. Oh and I'm happy the free hand camouflage I did on the Mk II., first time I've done that.

I'm on the finishing leg.  Start touching up, decal, some light weathering, final coat, and she may be a wrap.  Hope to finish today since I have the the day to myself.

Sorry lewbud, I'm awaiting paint from Taiwan for the He 111 and to date I still haven't received them. As soon as I get them in I'll complete the build.

Steve 

Sorry Guys, I am way behind on this GB.  Between completing a build for a friend and his father-in-law and a new job.  Has me way behind.  I will get pictures up tonight.  I have the pit done and started to join the fuselage together. 

I am still going to finish this build and will not just rush through just to get it in on time.  I want to do a job that I am happy with.  Just a reminder to all I am building a Bf 109 E-4.  Though I might do a different plane other than Gallands bird.  Namely is eveyone builds his.  I like to build odd ball things. So I am going with Ofw. Fritz Beecks bird.  It looks cool and I really like the markings.  Also the camo shouldn't be to overly difficult to paint.

Kim

Well, I did it, I finished another model.  Here is the new tooled Airfix 1/72 Huricane that I attempted to look somewhat presentable.