Going Big GB

jelliott523

Thanks guys!  Here is another view.  Everything is straight out of the box.  The only additional details are the belts and the seat cushion/parachute.  The belts are made of lead foil from a wine bottle and the cushion is a piece of tissue folded up and then coated with 50/50 white glue/water and then brushed with MM acrylics and MM enamels.  I then coated everything with Alclad Aqua Gloss and applied a wash of Windsor Newton burnt umber.

Thanks Rob!  I'm having a lot of fun with this one.  I've always wanted to make the office area of my planes look better, I think I have finally got the hang of it, or at least getting there.  

Still got a bit to go as far as sprucing up the cockpit. But I added some levers and boxes from plasticard and brass. I am still studying pics of the actual cockpit to get her as close as possible. Definateley better than she was oob.

Looks wicked, B-one!!

I think I'm going to break out the Hansa-Brandenburg. I'm waiting for a set of cockpit detail for the Crusader from UK, so, that'll be some time. Good chance to see what I'm in for during this monster build.

OK, here is what I'm going to start on. The 1/32 Hasegawa P-51D. My plan is to display in in a diorama with the pilot, William Whisner, along with a mechanic discussing the maintenance to his mount "Moonbeam McSwine" I want to lower the flaps, which will require some surgery, so this is the start of that process.

Steve

I've opened the box and begun work on my 1/35 MiL Mi-24V Hind-E...   this certainly is a BIG model!

Length on the sprue is over 20".   I don't have pics yet, but I've started to build up some of the smaller assemblies and parts while I spend some time researching interior colors and details.   While I intend to build this OOB, I may add scratchbuilt items along the way instead of using any AM parts.

I think that a smart person could make this body into an R/C copter with little effort...

Just getting started and already dead in the water.

A quick mock up of some of the it parts to check fit and to see if the DPF (Drool Precipitation Factor) is being adequately met.  There was sufficient droolage.

Then, in a classic movie style move when the nerd drops his glasses and there's a crunch sound, drool turns to tears after I crack the windscreen.

Beautiful cockpit in there, Wing Nut.   Sorry about the cracked windscreen- can you get a replacement?

Boy I sure hope so Dre.  Or else this becomes a beautifully engineered and expensive spare parts box.  i gotta wiat for the West Coast to get in and I'm gonna give them a call.  

Fingers crossed for ya!

The fruits of my labor so far, 16 working suspension units.

now for the rest of the suspension, not counting the road wheel tires and the am tracks (4 of them)...

'Then, in a classic movie style move when the nerd drops his glasses and there's a crunch sound, drool turns to tears after I crack the windscreen."

Man that sucks!  try using future on it...

Good luck!

Dre

I've opened the box and begun work on my 1/35 MiL Mi-24V Hind-E...   this certainly is a BIG model!

Length on the sprue is over 20".   I don't have pics yet, but I've started to build up some of the smaller assemblies and parts while I spend some time researching interior colors and details.   While I intend to build this OOB, I may add scratchbuilt items along the way instead of using any AM parts.

I think that a smart person could make this body into an R/C copter with little effort...

No.

Rob- I saw your Hind and it is very nice!  I would have thought it was a larger scale than 1/72!

I doubt that I'll do the engine bay doors open just because I don't want to detail out those jets, but I'll probably do one of the cargo/troop doors open if I scratch build some interior stuff.   The cargo/troop bay is probably the biggest weakness that I've found in the kit so far.

It is hard for me to believe that a Hind held the helicopter speed record (206mph, IIRC)  for quite some time, given how large it is.

I was blown away to find that the CH-47F Chinook's max speed is 196 mph (315 kph) faster than our attack helo's. That's pretty impressive for such a large seemingly lumbering helicopter. 206 is even more impressive.

Yes, it is impressive- the more I read and research Russian stuff the more I am impressed by their engineering and abilities.   And it is odd the the Chinook is faster than a Blackhawk.

Dre, I think maybe your finger crossing helped.  Just got off the phone with Tamiya USA.  When I told him what the kit was he said, "That's so new we don't have the parts trees yet for replacements."   I could feel myself starting to well up   But the CSR asked what I needed and I got a "Hmmm... hand on..."  Put on hold for a sec and comes back saying he has a clear parts sprues that had been cannibalized from em kit that was missing a bunch of parts.  One of the parts left on the sprue was a beautiful intact P16... JUST WHAT I NEED.  On its way at no charge.  And THAT my friends is how you run a customer service department.

And all the progress so far has been very impressive.   Looks like I'll be able to join n again soon.

Wing Nut- glad it seemed to have helped.

Very awesome!

Glad to hear they had the piece you needed.

 Got the same kind of service from Hasegawa on a set of instructions for the Mustang build kit I have.  Only those are coming from the home islands and 6-8 weeks.  But that will work out as I get the RF started for this one first after i get done with the Betty.

Um...this Hansa-Brandenburg's gonna be...Um...rather SCARY:

Good gawd.....

Rob,

Lets see you build that in 4 days.

I'm really interested in watching this build. That is going to be cool.

Well here is the almost finished pit. Had to scratch the instrument panel, seat belts, and the rudder pedals along with the side wall equipment. Just have the joystick to install after the pant dries then dullcote everything down a bit.

het THEUNS do we have a badge decision?

here are the part sprues for the K-5. some of the bags have 2 or 4 identical sprues. guess i best be really good at sanding cylinders.

Wayne, if I count correctly, we have a tie for the go big and biuld buid badges.

I will post both and those who want a badge can select the one they like, how's that?

Theuns

modelcrazy

Rob,

Lets see you build that in 4 days.

I'm really interested in watching this build. That is going to be cool.

Rob without all the rigging in the typical WNW kit this should be like any other build.  It's an impressive pile-o-parts for sure.  Is this your 1st WNW kit?  If so, wait 'til you get going and start to see the perfect fit and engineering of the kit. They are a joy to build. If you've built one before, well, you already know then .

Damn Wayne, that's a VERY impressive pile-o-parts.  Every mold shot of that kits must put a dent in the world styrene supply.

I wish I could start my build but we have been without power at night  again. This is a result of the SA Gov's ONLY power supplier being unable to generate enough power to supply everyone so we get partial power to some areas some of the time......darn sad state of affairs here :-(

It happens if you don't do maintenance on the grid and "loose" the $ due to corruption and incompatance.

As they say here " what did we use to light our houses before we used candles........electricity"

They say it should start going better in 2019.......will nlt hold my breath.

The rest of you guys are making some exelent progress, keep it up :-)

Theuns