Model Aircraft-From a 1/350 Carrier!

Tanker-Builder

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         I don't know about you, but, I find the building of aircraft in 1/350 and adding P.E. Parts is somewhat of a night-mare! I have the U.S.S Nimitz and a few others and the Charles DeGaulle is my latest. Omigod, what a flicking  nightmare these little guys are, Had to make a special holder because the wings were so rounded, they'd pop right off the tweezers!

         I will say this though. I definitely really like the Clear Planes.They just look so much better than the ones that are molded in solid colors. I even experimented with putting clear canopies on the grey and brown ones, by using larger clear sprue as my canopy source. Just for the Heckuvit!! It worked, way better than I expected. I took a piece of sprue(clear) glued it to a piece of plastic after I flattened one side(The Bottom) of said canopy. Just make sure the piece you carve and sand doesn't have an air bubble in it!

          Then using sanding sticks and an Ex-Acto, carved the shape, sanded it to final shape then polished to a hard shine. Used an Ex-Acto to remove them from the flat piece, slid them over sandpaper to make sure the surface was flat and installed them. Not to bad, but tedious work! I have always been willing to try something, Many times I didn't the end results, but, I tried it  anyway! Tried to define the details on one of the old Chance Vought Corsair Twin Tail Fighter,  from a Revell Carrier, "Oooh, whatta revoltin development that was"!

 

That'd be a 1/542 Cutlass. Where else you gonna get a "gutless Cutlass"?

Oh I met a guy the other day with a CV-41 ball cap,

I showed him photos of my model on my model on my phone.

"Corner of 41st and gray" he said.

Never heard that one.

Bill

Tanker-Builder

Okay!

         I don't know about you, but, I find the building of aircraft in 1/350 and adding P.E. Parts is somewhat of a night-mare! I have the U.S.S Nimitz and a few others and the Charles DeGaulle is my latest. Omigod, what a flicking  nightmare these little guys are, Had to make a special holder because the wings were so rounded, they'd pop right off the tweezers!

         I will say this though. I definitely really like the Clear Planes.They just look so much better than the ones that are molded in solid colors. I even experimented with putting clear canopies on the grey and brown ones, by using larger clear sprue as my canopy source. Just for the Heckuvit!! It worked, way better than I expected. I took a piece of sprue(clear) glued it to a piece of plastic after I flattened one side(The Bottom) of said canopy. Just make sure the piece you carve and sand doesn't have an air bubble in it!

          Then using sanding sticks and an Ex-Acto, carved the shape, sanded it to final shape then polished to a hard shine. Used an Ex-Acto to remove them from the flat piece, slid them over sandpaper to make sure the surface was flat and installed them. Not to bad, but tedious work! I have always been willing to try something, Many times I didn't the end results, but, I tried it  anyway! Tried to define the details on one of the old Chance Vought Corsair Twin Tail Fighter,  from a Revell Carrier, "Oooh, whatta revoltin development that was"!

 

Ordinarily I do like the clear molded stuff.  However the Langley aircraft are all open cockpit so the opaque ones are okay.  I painted the windscreens with a light blue. On canopied planes that are molded opaque, I paint the canopy tops light blue and the sides medium blue.