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Luft '46 Group Build

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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Monday, October 1, 2007 12:09 PM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

Dave

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Posted by waikong on Monday, October 1, 2007 11:51 AM
looking forward to it
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Posted by traveller on Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:47 PM
Finished my 288, will do some photo's soon.Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by waikong on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 1:05 PM
Its never too late, would love to see your 288.
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Posted by traveller on Monday, September 17, 2007 5:01 PM
Almost finished a Huma Ju-288, is it toolate to post some photo's when I am finished?Propeller [8-]
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Posted by yeti0010 on Monday, July 16, 2007 5:18 PM
Ok thanks I will start a new one.
92% of teens have turned to pop and rap, if your one the 8% who still listen to music copy paste this
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Posted by razordws on Monday, July 16, 2007 3:09 PM
I don't think so Yeti. The actual end date for this was July of LAST year! Feel free to try starting up a new one though as I just purchased Revell-Germany's 1/72 Go-229. It's a really nice looking kit and I would love an excuse to move it way up on the build list. Wink [;)]

Dave

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Posted by yeti0010 on Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:30 PM

Is this build still going?

if so I would like to enter a 1/48 Tamiya Do 335A-O with an Aires Detail set

92% of teens have turned to pop and rap, if your one the 8% who still listen to music copy paste this
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 11:43 PM

The camera might be too close to the model.  Most cameras, unless set up for macro, have a focal length of at least three feet.  So you might have to move a bit further away when taking the pic and then crop to make the model bigger once you've downloaded the pic.

Apologies if it's something different but that's what it sounds like.

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Posted by PZL P.62 on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 10:04 PM

Ok. You post the pics of your Gotha, and I'll try to get clearer pictures of my Ta-183.

For some reason, I can't get the camera to focus on the small object in front of it, it always wants to focus on the wall or something larger and farther away.

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Posted by waikong on Monday, May 7, 2007 12:03 PM
That's a very interesting plane. I've built the 1/48 version of that, would like to see some more clearer pictures? I've actually finished yb Gotha, but neglected to put pictures up.
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Posted by PZL P.62 on Sunday, May 6, 2007 2:18 PM

Thanks Razordws. I found the kit on eBay. I thought it was a fun build, it only has about 30 parts, and only four of them are for the cockpit. However, the decals were horrible, so I had to buy aftermarket German insignia. Also, the area where the canopy meets the fuselage and the area where the vertical stabilizer meets the tail needed putty. Other than those minor things, I would say that it's a very nice kit. In fact, I think it's the only 1/72 scale Ta-183 out there.

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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Sunday, May 6, 2007 10:19 AM
From what I can see PZL it looks great Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]  How did you find the build?  I'm curious to knw what the PM kits are like.

Dave

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Posted by PZL P.62 on Saturday, May 5, 2007 11:15 PM

Here's my Ta-183. Sorry for not posting these earlier. Also sorry for the bad quality pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by CarnivourousDonut on Friday, June 23, 2006 10:38 AM

Thank you for the kind words.

 

The Splinter camo was my 1st attempt with Tamiya masking tape. I didn't like it much, the tape didn't stick very well, and paint had a nasty habit of oozing under the take, thus messing up the clean lines.

All the same, it was fun to do. If no one objects then, I'll add the Luft '46 GB icon to my sig.

 

Cheers!

 

Let's rattle the cage, crack the machine. Let 'em know who you are, shine to be seen.

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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:37 PM
That is pretty out there! Maybe it would fall in the Luft 2046 category!! Ha ha! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Dave

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Posted by waikong on Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:54 PM
Thats just too funny, great Splinter camo!
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Posted by CarnivourousDonut on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:02 PM

This is my mythical Nazi UFO.

It's based on the image located here:

http://www.zamandayolculuk.com/cetinbal/haunebuantartica2.GIF

The Monogram Invader UFO, on which it's based, doesn't have much detail (in fact, it's all on the underside) and I wanted to do....more with the kit, but other things (family, more job responsibility) gets in the way of my grand idea for this, so for now, here it is in all it's simple glory.

 

 

If you feel it's a worthy addition to the GB, I'll add the badge to my profile. If you don't, don't worry about it, this was a last minute bit of whimsy on my part.

 

Cheers!

 

Let's rattle the cage, crack the machine. Let 'em know who you are, shine to be seen.

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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Monday, June 5, 2006 11:04 PM
Thanks Waikong. I'm looking forward to seeing your Ho 229.

Dave

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Posted by waikong on Monday, June 5, 2006 1:25 PM
Exellent! Love that paint scheme. I

've actually made progress and started on my Ho229 last week.
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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Monday, June 5, 2006 10:42 AM

Well I managed to finish off my Revell 1/72 Ar 234C build this weekend so here it is.  The paint job was inspired by the fact that I had bought a bottle of RLM 78 paint instead of RLM 76 (my eyes aren't what they used to be) and the fact that I wanted to practice my mottle technique for an upcoming Itlaian build.  Anyway, lots of scratch building, raiding of the spare parts bin, some PE and lots of sanding, filing to get parts to look to scale.  Hope you enjoy!

Dave

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  • From: East Coast
Posted by CarnivourousDonut on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:25 AM

This doesn't really count as being in the Luft '46 GB, but I'm working on converting the old Monogram Invader UFO to the proposed (or just plain made up) Nazi UFO made mention around the web.

Going to do it in Artic colours, as the Nazis supposedly went south to hide out and start the 4th reich.

 

In any case, I'm a huge Luft '46 fan, I just can't find the model of my favourite plane.

 

Cheers!

Let's rattle the cage, crack the machine. Let 'em know who you are, shine to be seen.

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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Monday, May 29, 2006 10:42 AM

As promised here is a photo of the Ar 234 C that I am working on.  It is the old 1/72 Revell kit which I have since learned is a rebox of the even older frog kit.  I've rescribed the panel lines, stole some parts from the spares box for the interior and have generally put a lot more work into it than I had intended to. Anyway I wanted to have fun with this so I deceded to do something a little different with the paint scheme.  I have now put on a coat of future and hope to get the decals on tonight.

Dave

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  • From: arizona
Posted by cthulhu77 on Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:38 AM

I hope you don't mind that I alerted another modeler to this site...seems like you all would get along fine:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=10477

 

               greg

http://www.ewaldbros.com
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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Saturday, May 27, 2006 11:56 PM
Just wanted to let you all know that the Ar 234 is coming along nicely and is in the home stretch. I will try to get some pics up when I get to work on Monday (Can't post them from my ancient Mac at home). I decided to do something a little different with the paint Heh heh!!!

Dave

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Posted by PZL P.62 on Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:38 PM
That's fine, take your time. I just want to make sure people know about this GB.
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Posted by waikong on Saturday, March 25, 2006 5:03 PM
Agreed, I have to finish my cutaway Shiden for another group build before I can start on my Gotha
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Posted by razordws on Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:18 AM
I don't think its the subject matter its just that there are so many GB on the go right now. I should be finishing one project this weekend and then one more quick one before I turn my attention back to my Ar 234. I had 3 projects going for awhile there and just got too bogged down so I'm tackling them one at a time. The one I'm finishing up is an Airfix Sunderland kit that has taken forever so I'm looking forward to finishing it up this weekend and moving on.

Dave

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Posted by PZL P.62 on Friday, March 24, 2006 1:35 PM
*bump again*

I guess Luft '46 isn't the most popular topic here. We need to spread the word about this GB!

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