Thanks Bish. Tonights effort, I touched up the undercoat on his face and painted the boots with oils, they're still wet and too shiny. I've also commenced on his dog with oils as I want a sheen to the coat, it will be a red setter.

Cheers

Tony

Hey Tony, sharp work there on the pilot and doggie. Looking forward to seeing how they come out. 

Bish

I am not sure what the deal is with the engines, couldn't find any info on it. I think the bump under the chin is an H2Sradaras carried under the Lanc. And i notice there is no ball turret either.

 

Bish,

Don't know the type, but there is an antenna under the chin.  As for the nacelles, I found a build that said the B-17s assigned to 100 Group were sent to Scotland to have flame dampers installed on the exhausts, so that may explain the different shape of the nacelles for the Fortress III.

Every dog has its day

and a bit more progress on the pilot

cheers

Tony

Love the fur on the dog! 

Real nice Tony, like the dog.

Bish, Gamera- thanks guys! 

Tony- Great job on that pilot and that dog!

Scott- Yes pretty much everything needs to meet the cat's standards...except tonight he slept for three hours while I worked and listened to a hockey game. How he slept through my ranting and raving at the blown calls by the referees, I'll never know. But I digress.

Aside from working on a pilot for an X-wing, I worked on the gunner for my Defiant. I painted the figure and did a bit of research on the "Rhino" suit that Defiant Gunners wore. The Rhino suit was a combination of a flotation device and parachute. There wasn't enough room inside the turrets of these planes to accommodate conventional parachutes, so the Rhino suit is what gunners wore. Most of the photos I've found online show these suits in a khaki or tan color, so I painted it with model master US army/marines sand. I also painted the turret parts, but didn't take any photos of them. I'm hoping to assemble the interior of the turret tomorrow night. 

Never heard of the Rhino suit, thanks for that info. He is looking nice.

Looks cool Rocker.

I'd never heard of a 'Rhino' suit either, interesting.

Me too, good info on the 'rhino' suit, thanks for sharing it.

I've basically finished painting the figures and I'm working on a simple base. 

Here's a deliberately 'WIP' photo so I can display the final thing properly in a day or two.

Looking back, I've used Tamiya, Andrea  and Vellejo acrylics. Humbrol enamels and oils for this.

Feedback welcomed :)

Cheers

Tony

Tony,

Nice job on the figure and the dog!

Rocker,

Like the others, never heard of the Rhino suit.  I wonder if something like that could've been adapted for the ball turret gunners in the B-17?  Probably not.

Here's the latest on the Tempest.  Beamont's markings are on, and she's been hit with the Dullcote.

Found some areas I need to touch up, but she's just about ready for the landing gear and canopy, and then she'll be done.

Looks quite spectacular Lewbud !

Really nicely done on those Tony. Looking forward to seeing the final pics.

lewbud, from the pics i have found, i think even the Rhino suit would be to bulky for a ball turret.

Vey nice work on the Tempest, looking great.

Tony: Those figures are coming out great! 

Lewbud: Great job there, I hope my Tempest comes out anywhere as well as yours. 

My pilot is done, I hope you like it :)

Cheers

Tony

I do, i like that a lot. Thanks Tony for bringing us one of the men of theRAF to go with all the machines. I'll get the front page updated tonight.

Front page updated, and even managed to get Eagles pics back up.

Thanks again Tony, i hope we will be seeing that Chipmunk soon.

Fantastic job there Tony on one of 'the few'! 

And very professional job with the base too. 

Hi Tony, nice job on the RAF pilot and his four-legged friend.  I was expecting this to be posed with an aircraft, but your presentation is smartly done.

regards,

Jack

Tony - Excellent job on the pilot and his pup! They look amazing. 

Lewbud - Like Bish said, I don't think there'd be enough room in a ball turret for a rhino suit, it'd probably add to claustrophobia of that already cramped environment! Great job on your Tempest! 

I put together the turret ring and gun mount the other night for my Defiant. Let me tell ya, this is the toughest part of this kit. The fit of the gun bracket into the turret ring is a bit tricky, and I'm interested to see how the turret glass will fit over it. I busted off one of the gun barrels putting this thing together, but a bit of super glue solved that issue. I'm just glad the hardest part of this build is out of the way. I've since treated the clear parts with PFM and They'll be ready to go tomorrow night. 

Nice work there Rocker! You broke off only one of the gun barrels? I'd probably have snapped off at least three the way I've been moving! 

Nice work Tony!

Rocker, dealing with details that size, I'd have quite a few emtpy bottle caps lying around. 

Thanks everyone. I think I need to get my hands on one of those Defiants, your turret is looking good so far Rocker.

Cheers

Tony

Here is a new update on my saga with the SE5.

Rigging is about done.  I am sure happy that I pre-tied everything, it made it soo much easier and everything seems to fall into place.  

And now it looks like an airplane.  Its little buddy the Albertross is checking it out.  

Except, the Roden decals are not going to work.  On my Albatross, it seemed the ink will deteriorate over time after the dull coat is applied.

I applied a coat of decal sealer, and then tested it and the decals still won't work.  I tried applying the decals on the rudder and it was a disaster.

So I am on hold and have ordered a set of new decals from Wingnut Wings.  Its not worth fighting the Roden decals anymore, and I am too late into the build to try to mask, cut templates, and try to paint the roundels on.  

Cheers, 

Scott

Looks good Scott, but those decals. Never seen that before. So they just fall apart under a clear coat.

Yup, after a few months, blow on the decal and it just falls apart and turns to dust.  I used  a very docile acrylic clearcoat (Hanemuhle) used to restore old photographs and protect ink lithographs.  Try using an enemel or laquer on these decals and you end up with a colored blob of goo.  The best I can explain is that whatever ink that was used somehow reacted to the paper it was printed on, and once introduced to water, will begin to deteriorate no matter what surface finish or decal restorer is applied to it.  

I'll make a note of that if i even do a Roden kit.

Hey guys been awhile but here is my latest meteor pic

I like that crown, nice camo job.