2014 BRAILLE SCALE (UPDATE)

Handsome looking Hurricane so far, Rob! A bit of progress on my Airfix 1/72 Starfighter - wait, I didn't just go to the Airfix Tribute Forum, did I?? :-) I should go ahead and purchase another tube of Squadron Green - I know I'm going to need it! The wingtip tanks were shaped more like torpedoes, so I swapped them out for some "old box" Hasegawa ones. The Sidewinders came from the ESCI 1/72 F-100F kit I am doing for the Braille Scale GB on here. I snagged the wheels & tyres from the Hasegawa JASDF F-104J kit but what I am going to do now is build this one wheels up. I have not done that in a long time. I even have a nice clear plastic display stand from a KP Mig-17 to put it on!   Oh, and the Burner can came from a old New Years party horn - well the plastic part! I cut out the bottom part of the Airfix Starfighter exhaust and will use the nozzle part from the Hasegawa JASDF Starfighter. The "Can" even has lines inside it!!

Notice how the Hasegawa JASDF F-104J decal sheet is bigger than the Airfix Starfighter box itself! LOL 

Thanks WW. F-104, my fav plane of all time. I've done 3 of the Hasegawa 104J's, so, yeah, got lots of those huge decal sheets myself in the stash!! Really looking forward to this one coming together...go Airfix!!

Rob - looks like you're ploughing ahead with the Hurricane.

I have Airfix's old 1/48 Hurricane in the stash - doesn't look anything as good as that 1/72.  

Thanks Rob!

Chris - I feel for ya Man!

My apologies!! I'm still working on the F-100F for this GB. Sorry about my GB post mix-up! I meant to put up this here. Didn't get a lot done today as far as modelling goes but I had some places I had to be. 

cml

Rob - looks like you're ploughing ahead with the Hurricane.

I have Airfix's old 1/48 Hurricane in the stash - doesn't look anything as good as that 1/72.  

Hye guys, the F-86 is coming on well. I had some minor alignment issues with the fin to the fuselage as well as the wing to fuse fit. The fin was fixed with a little boiling water . The wing seat needs a little carving work.....can't recall the other same kit I built being the same.

Theuns

Rob Sherman

cml

Rob - looks like you're ploughing ahead with the Hurricane.

I have Airfix's old 1/48 Hurricane in the stash - doesn't look anything as good as that 1/72.  

Yeah, I`m steering clear of the older Airfix stuff. Their new releases are worth it.

Wiccan - coming along nicely!  You'll be laying down paint before I've even had the opportunity to crack out the sprues on my build!

Theuns - that cockpit looks beautifully painted - any close up pics?

Thanks Chris! Did manage to get the first coat of primer on today. 

Very nice progress so far. I really like the Hun...had a good build with Trumpeter`s D model (actually got this superb kit from my LHS from their bargain bin - water damaged box, but everything was perfect - $5).

The Trumpy Huns are very nice Rob! I have a couple that in the stash but I did open one to fondle the plastic! ;-)

I can concur that the Trump Hun C is really a nice model, good fit exelent detail and for me the slats "down" just makes it look "the bizz"!

I have done the major filling and sanding on the F-86, I will have to do a little building on the bottom of the fuselage. The South African AF had "sugar scoop" inlets where the NACA scoops were on the Canadair CL-13's, they needed the extra cooling in the Hot and high weather.

Pix to follow

heuns

Ok, so i finally sat down and cracked the sprues out on this one.

I picked this model up around 6 years ago from my LHS. i think i must have been from a donated stash, as all money was donated to a charity, the LHS was merely acting as the intermediary for selling the stash.

Anyhow, for $10, i think it was a pretty good buy.

I'm quite impressed with the molding of the instrument panels in this kit:

I'm a little unsure about the seat though - the headrest looks way too big for this scale.  Also, most pics i've found online don't show those protruding sides on the headrest - most i've seen show an almost flat headrest.  I'll probably file them down slightly.

Hoping to get the cockpit painted tomorrow - fingers crossed!

I managed to get a small amount of work done.

I added a little bit of framing to the seat as well as some ejection handles.  The framing is not 100% accurate, as it was a bit difficult in this scale, but i think it adds a little more to the seat than how it comes.

One error with the kit is that whilst the instructions call out the instrument decals, there aren't actually any included.  Hopefully i can dry brush them on.

The primer has shown a few pannels I need to better re-scribe. But not much to do before I can start with color.

Theuns, what do you use to re-scribe? Just curious....

I basically use a semy dull exacto blade. I have found that it gets into tight spots and use a pushing motion to scribe rather than cut a line.

It works OK for me :-)

Theuns

Thanks, I have a specific scribing tool that I`m not totally satisfied with. Looking for other options.

Bit more progress on the Hurri:

Bored out the 8 x holes for the MGs as the kit surprisingly left them as dimples. Some ferocious sanding on the leading edge and thinned out the trailing:

First preshade (quite easy as the fabric rear fuselage and wings are bereft of any panel lines :

Flat earth coat, cam pattern masked off and second pre-shade for the green applied:

[/URL[URL=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/kingtiger11/media/Tiger%20Tank%20-%20Braille%20Scale/DSC00383_zps4c3117fd.jpg.html]

Just received my Late Production Tiger I Tank by Dragon, I thought I'd show a comparison photo between this Braille Scale and it's bigger brothers in 1/35. This should be fun.

Some more progress last nite:

Both colours of cam applied, minor post shade, no clear coat yet:

Underside Valejo silver (starting to employ more Valejo in my projects) and oil pinwash:

Theuns, Rob, nice work guys.  Wayne, I was about to post a pic of my box, but you beat me to it!  Thanks.

Great job on the Hurricane, Rob!

Hurricane is coming along nicely Rob.

Is that the pre-shading showing through on the upper surfaces? I really like that effect.

Nice work guys!

Wayne, please put me down for this 1/72 Fw190.  Thank you!

My SAAF CL 13b with basic scheeme of "Buff and green over light grey"

I wanted to make it look less toy-like but then went overboard with the post shading! Also managed to loose 2 slat rails in the prossess.

cml

Hurricane is coming along nicely Rob.

Is that the pre-shading showing through on the upper surfaces? I really like that effect.

Theuns, just looked at a photo (was curious as I've never seen anything SAAF) of a SAAF CL13b sitting on the tarmac and yours is bang on! Nice paint twist on a classic airframe, good going and looking forward to more on this build.

i think both models have nice shading. some of it may be more pronounced in a photograph than in person. rust red always seems to be redder in photographs.

Clear coated, pinwashed and Belgian markings applied: