2016 OTS (1/72) SMALL IS BIG

jimbot58

Helo all!

I'm sort of searching for a new home as the group build I was in seems to have been mostly abandoned. I have always been a 1/72 scale builder, (with a few smaller scale thrown in when I could still see them!). I do have several WIP projects going, and often find myself jumping around. Currently my "main" focus is Trumpeter's 1/72 scale CH-47D Chinook, which at this point, I have just sealed the fuselage this week and currently am at the stage of seam mitigation. There are several other projects on the desk that I pick up and work on here and there but the Chinook is my focus right now. Could I fit this GB?

Jim

 

Hello all! That used to be me! Now my original profile seems to be gone and I can't get back into it. If the administration can't fix it, I may just be done with the forum. Good luck all!

Jim

modelcrazy

Yeah Jim, your post just showed up. I've been having to re-logon every time I get on the forum lately. There’s something going on.

 

i had that happen tha last few days but seems ok now. nice work everyone.

i have used 3 eggs of silly putty for a 1/35 armor pattern. besides you don't get extra pomts for using less. might be a paint day today. be nice to get base coat on MCV so i can do the tires. washed and dusted the SCUD missile. looks a little better but still a tad rough. may have to get a second kit of this or just move on to the 1/35.

modelcrazy

Yeah Jim, your post just showed up. I've been having to re-logon every time I get on the forum lately. There’s something going on.

 

Ye, they made a change to the lg in system to make it more secure. There is a fe wof us that have to log in every visit. We are supposed to get new passwords, but can't do that either. Theres a thread going about the issue

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/feedback_help_and_testing/f/10/t/170110.aspx

And an announcment by Aaron.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/announcements/f/11/t/170138.aspx

modelcrazy

Yeah Jim, your post just showed up. I've been having to re-logon every time I get on the forum lately. There’s something going on.

 

I had that happen a couple of days ago, and since yesterday I've been locked out completely. Since my cell phone doesn't do internet I'm posting this from my local library.

Wayne my German 8 Rad is finished but i'm still working on a smal diorama that really shouldn't take that long. I'm posting a few pics of the vehicle and a motorcycle that i'll be using. I'll get you finished shots when i'ts completed.

More to come.

Really nice work Terry. What did you make the flag out of? 

I'll echo Steve there Terry, a gret loking build. And ye, what did you use for the flag. I thought it was a decal at first, but it doesn't look like one.

It was one of those sheets with multiple size flags that I sandwiched together with a piece of heavier alluminum foil inside. 

I think it has relly worked well.

8 Rad looks awesome!

Fantastic work Terry, and so quick! Way to go! I can't wait to see what else you do. Keep 'em coming!

OK guys, here is an update on the P-40 and a start on the B-47.
The P-40 is nearing completion on the painting. I sprayed the light gray on the underbelly and the brown on the upper surfaces. Once this is dry I will use some Supper Putty to mask off for the green. The kit has gone together well.

Now while that is drying, I’m starting the B-47. This is another rudimentary kit with some flashing and very basic cockpit. I have however ordered a decal set with the 105^th and the 380^th BW. This build should also be a quick one as there are very few parts. The time consuming part will be the painting.

modelcrazy

OK guys, here is an update on the P-40 and a start on the B-47.
The P-40 is nearing completion on the painting. I sprayed the light gray on the underbelly and the brown on the upper surfaces. Once this is dry I will use some Supper Putty to mask off for the green. The kit has gone together well.

Nice progress. I was going to comment that your brown looked awful "red" but then I noticed that the "red" of the Airfix box was more of a neon magenta and realized that it's my cheapo work monitor that has the odd colors, not your model! 

Looking forward to seeing the camo done. Always when a plane "comes to life." 

Steve

That silly putty makes the camo masking look easy. Anxious to see it unmasked.

I have been using wall mounting putty (like blue-tac) but I find it wants to stick to my fingers more than to the model -- lots of swearing and re-doing areas. Is the silly putty better to use? 

Silly Putty is pretty easy. I do want to change the brown, it still looks too red and doesn't look right with the green.

Got some free time the last few days and made some progress on my scooter.

She's all buttoned up, primed, preshaded, and got the main colors on her.  I have a few spots I need to touch up and need to get some red on the slats.  That's my job for tonight. 

Overall she went together quite nicely.  The only spot I really needed to fill was by the cannons.  The antenna and pitot are both molded into the fuselage.  Was trying to be careful but still managed to break both of them off.   I scratched a new antenna prior to priming and managed to loose that one as well....   

Anyway, here she is at the moment.

Thanks for looking!

My diorama is almost complete so I thought I'd throw a few pictures out here until its completed. Just a few minor touches and i'll be finished and i'll do my best to take some good shots. 

Terry

Great work guys. I like the preshading on that A-4 and modelcrazy I agree that your Curtiss looks better with the updated brown. And nice foliage in that diorama!

Slow progress here -- a little bit of work each night, and then waiting overnight for things to cure. Getting work done on another kit in the meantime but it's painful being "this close" to done and it still taking forever. Here's about where I'm at. 

Undercarriage permanently installed (pay no attention to the missing wheels). 

Gargantuan out-of-scale kit aerial mast, and a brass one I made to better match the wispy look of the real thing. 

Photo of the real deal:

Meanwhile I masked and drybrushed the tiny exhaust pipes in Tamiya red-brown. 

Fade coat, shading coat, and dull coat are coming, but I gotta get that tail number done first. Maybe tonight, if my new second batch of custom decals works.... 

Suomi I love that little plane, prop planes that do battle a couple thousand feet in the air are so cool. Air combat was so close you could see your enemy, not like missles of today fired from miles away.  

This one looks like its ready to go at a moments notice maybe at the edge of a field. Is there more to the story of this particular plane? 

Your camo pattern looks awesome, very nice work. Are you planning on displaying it in a field like the photo? Forgine me if youve already answered these questions, I haven't gone through the thread yet.  

Terry   

You airplane guys are so good at these camo patterns thats always on curved edges, and BTW I love the colors. 

Terry

jibber

You airplane guys are so good at these camo patterns thats always on curved edges, and BTW I love the colors. 

Terry

 

What did you use for the grass?  I've used static grass on 1:48th scale bases, but think it looks a little out of scale for my 1:72.  Perhaps the stuff I have is too course....

been off the grid for a few days.

nice work everybody. i think the roster is now current. may get base coat on MCV on sunday. been working on a 1/35 S-tank (103C with a B and both in OTS in the pile). trying a winter pattern and a snow base.

i may have to do an aeroplane after seeing the builds here. i have a BV-138 and a whole mess of helos.

Love to see one of your helos Wayne. I will be updating the P-40 pic as soon as I can get new decals.