Hercmech

Manstein's revenge:

Fermis is MIA....

 

Again?

 This is why I HATE summer, to much other crap that needs to be done (not to mention the bugs and sweating....I hate sweating!). I also hate vacations.....cost too much, and now I have 4 days worth of crap to catch up on.........stupid vacation.

Anyway, I'm hoping to get a moment this weekend to throw some paint. They'll be the standard IJN green/light grey, same thing for the "Pete". Daughters got a horse show tonight, so maybe I'll get some late night model time!

fermis

Hercmech:

Manstein's revenge:

Fermis is MIA....

 

Again?

 

 This is why I HATE summer, to much other crap that needs to be done (not to mention the bugs and sweating....I hate sweating!). I also hate vacations.....cost too much, and now I have 4 days worth of crap to catch up on.........stupid vacation.

Anyway, I'm hoping to get a moment this weekend to throw some paint. They'll be the standard IJN green/light grey, same thing for the "Pete". Daughters got a horse show tonight, so maybe I'll get some late night model time!

If you did not spit out models every other day, and built at my pace no one would notice that you were missing.

fermis

 

 ....I HATE summer, ....I also hate vacations.....

You, are a sick man.

i got one of these around a month ago, is mine the old one or the new one, i have no idea!

That is their oldest 1/48 Zero kit. Externally nice, but inside is basic and typical of its vintage.

the real red baron

i got one of these around a month ago, is mine the old one or the new one, i have no idea!

the real red baron

i got one of these around a month ago, is mine the old one or the new one, i have no idea!

It is older but it builds up ok. Here are some shots of the one I built...

It has lots of mistakes but it was the second kit I built when I came back to modeling a couple of years ago.

Not trying to hijack your thread Fermis

fermis

Hercmech:

Manstein's revenge:

Fermis is MIA....

 

 They'll be the standard IJN green/light grey, same thing for the "Pete".

 

BORING!!!

i picked this up for $25, its my first 1:48 scaled model.

i thought i had excellent detail inside... but thats probably because ive only ever build Airfix models...

Hey Hercmech, I dont know what mistakes you speak of on your build, look's like a damn fine build to me!

B-17 Guy

Hey Hercmech, I dont know what mistakes you speak of on your build, look's like a damn fine build to me!

Looks damnfine to me!

Here's one I did many years ago, along with an "adversary". It was rattlecanned and my first go at doing something to accent the panel lines.....pencil.

fermis

 

B-17 Guy:

 

Hey Hercmech, I dont know what mistakes you speak of on your build, look's like a damn fine build to me!

 

 

Looks damnfine to me!

Here's one I did many years ago, along with an "adversary". It was rattlecanned and my first go at doing something to accent the panel lines.....pencil.

Very nice looking duo you got going on there.

Hercmech

the real red baron:

i got one of these around a month ago, is mine the old one or the new one, i have no idea!

 

It is older but it builds up ok. Here are some shots of the one I built...

It has lots of mistakes but it was the second kit I built when I came back to modeling a couple of years ago.

 

Not trying to hijack your thread Fermis

Supposed to be 261st Air Group (Tiger Corps), Kagoshima Base, in February 1944

The Kit has been around awhile.   I have some old scale modeler mags I inherited and this quick review was in the August 73 issue. I thought for the price it is a very nice build.    [View:/themes/fsm/utility/:550:0]

 Progressing at a rapid snails pace.....

Pre-shade with dark grey.

Bellies painted in several shades of light grey.

Fermis tip #23.....Seperate canopy piece gets masked and glued to a sprue handle, so it can be painted at the same time as everything else.

Oughtta have everything painted this weekend!

fermis

 Progressing at a rapid snails pace.....

fermis

Pre-shade with dark grey.

 

Bellies painted in several shades of light grey.

 

Magnific work on both kits

Femis: Your rapid snail's pace is faster than my wide open throttle.

Keep the coolness coming!

Manstein's revenge

 

fermis:

 

 Progressing at a rapid snails pace.....

 

I've seen HO's built faster than this...

 

...not mine though...

fermis

 Progressing at a rapid snails pace.....

Pre-shade with dark grey.

 

 

 

Fermis tip #23.....Seperate canopy piece gets masked and glued to a sprue handle, so it can be painted at the same time as everything else.

Oughtta have everything painted this weekend!

Nice tip, what did you glue the sprue to and with?

fermis

 Progressing at a rapid snails pace.....

Fermis tip #23.....Seperate canopy piece gets masked and glued to a sprue handle, so it can be painted at the same time as everything else.

fermis, what do you have stuffed inside your canopy section??

VanceCrozier

fermis:

 Progressing at a rapid snails pace.....

Fermis tip #23.....Seperate canopy piece gets masked and glued to a sprue handle, so it can be painted at the same time as everything else.

 

fermis, what do you have stuffed inside your canopy section??

Looking Good Fermis.. BTW,, just had a "moment".. your avatar pic reminds me of Mark Knopfler(sp).. from the Money for Nothing days...

p38jl

VanceCrozier:

fermis:

 Progressing at a rapid snails pace.....

Fermis tip #23.....Seperate canopy piece gets masked and glued to a sprue handle, so it can be painted at the same time as everything else.

 

fermis, what do you have stuffed inside your canopy section??

Interesting way of doing it.  I suppose it makes more sense than just masking the section, sticking it to a piece of doubled over painters tape and then AB at the same time as everything else.

BTW, I believe the flap interiors as well as wheel wells are the Aotake color.

VanceCrozier

fermis, what do you have stuffed inside your canopy section??

 Just air! Why I did it this way, this time, I have no idea.....brain fart, lost a little PSI up there. Normally, I just stick a piece of tape to the inside of the canopy and CA it to the sprue. Anyway, the tape that is on there is a single piece that wraps all the way around. For the pit, I just taped across the openning.

 Got these bad boys painted. Pis don't really show the subtle paint shading on these, but it's there.

I'm still in the decaling process. Here's where they're at now.

The new kit has painted red/white tail band.

Like a ding dong, I attached the antenna on the old kit, and snapped it off within minutes of it being there. The new kit has a spare though!

I love your zeros and want to shoot them down with that Eduard Hellcat you built a while back...

Unusual markings for the "old" kit----what are they?  Also, doesn't the "new" zero get the recognition ID non-slip gleb on the leading edges?

Manstein's revenge

I love your zeros and want to shoot them down with that Eduard Hellcat you built a while back...

Unusual markings for the "old" kit----what are they?  Also, doesn't the "new" zero get the recognition ID non-slip gleb on the leading edges?

In my head, they have been blown up many times, by many Allied craft!!!

The markings are for 261st A/G, Kagoshima Base. The belly grey should come up the tail to the bottom of the tailplane but,.......eh..whatever, I'm just happy to get it outta the stash!

There's a few more markings to go on the new one yet, just hadn't gotten that far yet.

Fermis, Very nice green, the subtle shading is looking great.  Do you plan to dirty them up?  They look like a great addition to your collection. Rick.