1945 GB

greentracker98

I was at home depot today. When I pulled I in there was a truck and on the side it said Bish's Plumming and Heating. Your really branching out Bish LOL

 

Well you know, got to keep all your options open.

I think the cobblestones will work perfectly well. If you want to improve them, check the YouTube Video "Tutorial: Building, Painting, and Weathering a WWII Street Diorama" by Panzermeister36. He spends several minutes illustrating how he turned his plaster-like cobblestones into a very realistic German street that had been hit by some artillery.

46 build?

People usually think of wartime as a great time for weapon design. It actually isn't. The press for huge quantities of weapons of all kinds led the combatants to improving stuff either in operation or very close to it at the beginning of the war. I think the Hellcat was the only heavily used major aircraft used by the US that was designed after Pearl Harbor. Even the German jet program was pretty well along on the drawing board by 1939 - ditto the Tiger as I recall. But it would still be an excuse to get to kits one could have made for this build. I'd guess that anything considered "state of the art" in January 45 would have been present in larger numbers in 46.

 You could chose from a number of US weapons that were either at the front in dribbles (Pershing and Jackson) or maybe a P-80. (Never done a jet - F-80 was very neat) and things like Bearcat. Germans would certainly have continued building the 262 (probably not the Komet) and the "people's jet" (designation eludes me - think there's one at the Smithsonian Maryland collection) or even the super U-boats. Japan would be interesting. I can't imagine that Japan's industry even minus heavy bombing could have made a version of the 262 - it taxed some kinds of German technology and they were years ahead of Japan at that time. A powered "Cherry Blossum" would certainly have arrived. All of the late 44 fighters would have been there in great numbers as well as the KI-87, a 430 mph supercharged fighter that was bigger than a P-47, but I don't think there's a kit for it at present.

Been assigned to confuse about 90 undergraduates in history courses and getting those off the ground takes up time. But I've proceeded on my planned A6M2 "Special Attack" plane. It's done, primed with Vallejo gray, and covered with Gunze buffable silver. (Alclad is too tough on the fumes for me. Doesn't matter because only about 10% of the black/green and gray base will be removed and I don't at all want a perfect NMF shine.) Wish me luck because the more I think about doing this the more I see that it's going to take some time and serious planning. As you can see, I'm doing my own hinomarunas and will probably only use numbers from the decal sheet. Nick Milmann at Japan aircraft has told me that Nakajima planes in late war carried a very dark green - almost black. I've seen enough color photos to convince me that it's right. And I'm anxious to see how a fractured finish made with worn effects can be sealed well enough to allow the manipulation of masking tape. Live and learn.

Eric

Thank You MC and Bish. I appreciate the positive responses.

Bish, I picked up that iso alcohol technique from Doug, Rigidrider, during the Butcher Bird GB. He used it for an overall "dusting" to kind of blend the paint/camo and the decals more uniformly. It also produces a completely flat sheen. I've since used it to create fading and moisture streaks. It's nice in that it dries very fast and you can just slowly build it up to create the effect your after. I might try it to create exhaust stains in the future. With some practice of course.

Eric: The Zero is looking great and I'm quite interested to see your overall effect when your done.

Thanks for that info guys, never come across that before. Joe, does the ISO have a colour to it, or is it just the effect of the clear liquid.

And i just want to confirm we are talking about Isopropyl alcohol .

Thank You Stik. that's high praise indeed coming from you.

Bish: Yup, I'm refering isopropyl. I've tinted the ISO with tamiya paint. So far I've tinted with buff, royal lt. gray and med. blue. The lt. gray and med. blue I used to produce some moderate fading effects on my F6F Hellcat for the '44 GB. I can definitely see where this would work well for weathering on armor, especially producing a dust effect.

Eric: That sounds like an interesting technique. Is there anywhere on the net to see it?

Thanks Bish, Stikpusher.

Joe Rix, Great painting and detailing on the cockpit.  That's one area that I'm improving on.

Eric, Nice work on your A6M2.  Been waiting to try my hand at a Zero.

Work on the Hezter and Easy Eight has been slow, ordered online Tamiya XF-84 Dark Iron and XF-85 Rubber Black for the Sherman.  And would also like to enter in my Eduard 1/48 Bf 110G-4 weekend edition.  I've heard good things about there model kits, this is my first Eduard kit.  Picked it up for $40.00 USD, my local hobby shop has stock up on them, along with Tamiya 1/48 aircraft.  So I feel like a kid in a candy store.  Think I'll hold off starting the P-51 and Bf110G-4 till the Hezter and Sherman are done.

Markings are for 1945.

Sorry i have been absent as of late, i recently lost my job due to the owner closing the shop without telling me... so that's been fun. I have other options just sucks. I have been busy with that and decompressing from it. Also my cat has realized he can jump onto my table ... lol

I will get some more stuff done this week :)

PS everyones progress is fantastic 

Thanks Bish, sorry to hear you lost your job TigerEP1.

Just glued on the barrel to the Easy Eight this morning, and assembled four of the six wheel assembly’s.  Think I'll try a red brown camouflage on the Hezter.

TigerEP1

Sorry i have been absent as of late, i recently lost my job due to the owner closing the shop without telling me... so that's been fun. I have other options just sucks. I have been busy with that and decompressing from it. Also my cat has realized he can jump onto my table ... lol

I will get some more stuff done this week :)

PS everyones progress is fantastic 

 

Sorry to here about your job Tiger. As far as cats go I have lost three models to my sons cat. One I spent over 100 hours on. I think I can fix it but there were some small pieces that went into the black hole.

Doug

I'm not part of this GB but this...........looks sweet! Great job Joe!

Joe The pit looks great

I've Narrowed down my '46 build to Y/X B-35 Flying Wing and/or a Soviet T-54/55 Tank Were these tanks pretty much the same?

Joe: Thank you very much for the high praise. It really does mean a lot to me.

Hey Guys, I admonish you all to take a moment to pop over to the automotive forum and check out Joe's '56 Ford pickup. The detail he is putting into it is truely amazing. You'll love it, I guarantee.

Dave: I am indeed sorry to hear about your job loss. Certainly not a pleasant way for your employer to handle things. I am quite sure that things will work themselves out for you. Hang in there good friend.

Ken: Thank You. I'm glad you like it.

Eric: Thanks for the clarification on Mike Rinaldi. I'm familiar with the Tank Art series I just did not correlate the book and author. I was rather excited when I ventured over to his site to find that he has an Aircraft Art: Allied Aircraft listed as a future release. That very well may have to be added to my library.

Dan: Very fine progress on the Hetzer and Sherman. As for building your first Eduard kit, well, I believe you will be thrilled. My experience with their kits has been nothing short of outstanding. I'm excited to see you build up the bf 110 as I also have eduards 1/72 bf 110 G-2 and the special edition 1/48 bf 110C/F MTO.

Bish: I have to admit that I'm highly anticipating to see what you are able to do with that technique. I know it's going to be all good.

That sucks about the job Tiger. One door closes and another opens. Look at it as an oportunity to make a change for the better. The only road we know is the one we have already traveled, not the one in front of us. Make the best of it where ever you can.

greentracker98

Joe The pit looks great

I've Narrowed down my '46 build to Y/X B-35 Flying Wing and/or a Soviet T-54/55 Tank Were these tanks pretty much the same?

 

The T-55 was an improvment over the 54. I believe most of the changes were internal. The 55 entered production in 1958, but i won't get to hung up on version yours best represents.

The latest dio pic. Thanks Bish. I still need to do more research on it

JOE RIX

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Bish: I have to admit that I'm highly anticipating to see what you are able to do with that technique. I know it's going to be all good.

 

Thanks for the vote of confidance. Not sure when i will try it out. Its to late for my 109 and my next build is an He 219, which i want quite clean looking, but it might be worth trying it on that.

A couple of questions. You say you tinted it with Tamiya, so i take it this won't mix with enamels and if so i imagine its safe to put on enamel paint.

Bish, you are absolutely correct. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Tamiya thinner is actually part IPA.

JOE RIX

Bish, you are absolutely correct. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Tamiya thinner is actually part IPA.

 

to me IPA is India Pale Ale...

very refreshing on a hot day like today... too bad I have 18 hours of duty ahead... 

I had no idea what it was until a few years back when I first had some. I had never heard of, seen, or tasted the stuff before that time. Then it sprouted up from several breweries, big and small.