Helldiver! 2/08/09 Post Script

Ah!  You came up with a solution for the formation lights on my Monogram T-6.  I also like the mapping technique. 

Thank you!

Dave

Chuk, gotta love the Waldron Punch  I like that "Mapping" thing you did.  Fantastic as always

I hate it when it does double posts

Thanks, you bunch o' nuts!   We're pretty much back to normal here- whew!    Sorry for my archaic use of language in the last post- by "music wire" I meant, of course,piano wire- the stuff you sneak up on sentiries with and- well... you know.   K&B sells it in those racks in hobby and hardware stores.   Mikey, I always manged to scratch my pe one way or another, so it's always paint for me. 

I trotted my old Heinkel He-111 to OrangeCon yesterday and garnered an Honorable Mention, if I may humbly say!  I met some great modelers, saw their amazing builds and had a great time.  Bought a few kits and stuff, too.   ;)

Needless to say, I was itching to get back to the bench today and made some progress.  Today's update is a bit early, as I have to dust off my tie and tails for a social engagement this evening.  Ta, all!  :D

chukw wrote:

Hang on, nam- hang on!  Well, it's been a wild week, but the missus is back on feet!  Thanks for all the warm wishes, my friends- this update's for you!

chukw did you ever notice on those steel PE frets that where ever you touched the metal turns a sort of gunmetal color which may actually be a blessing in disguise. I found that out doing the gun barrels for my B-17G which I haven't finished yet but I noticed that the skin oil tarnished the metal an almost blackish color which was close to gunmetal than any paint out there. So I guess some of the profound discoveries out there happen by pure accident.

Glad to see your wife is better, chukw.

I also like the idea of using drill bits as "rolling pins" to get photoetched parts the right size, plus the idea with the eraser and nail file. I'll have to keep that in the back of my head.

It was worth it, too! The machine gun is one of the nicest parts of the whole build!

Luftwoller wrote:

Daywalker wrote: Another great piece of work Chuk!  Glad to hear your wife is feeling better.  Thank you very much for all of your work, and the tips on rolling PE parts is worth it's weight in gold.  Brilliant!  Keep it up! I love PE and have used it forever (Ish) but the tip with the rubber is priceless Not long now you plastic manipulating GOD!!! ...Guy

We are all jazzed that things are happy health-wise in chukwland!

's for ALL the above.....for all your concern, the weathering on this version you had to settle for is absolutely superb and well-planned!

Abe the Penny......what do you do? Cut sprues on him?.....I realize he's old, but he's got bullet holes and gashes all over him!

Yes, music wire....I take it to be guitar strings/piano wire......makes a decent garrot too, I understand! But a decent drill index is the way to go!

Thank you for another fab installment!

Outstanding!  Thanks especially for the close-ups on preparing the PE for the twin-.50 mount, you really showed, very clearly, how you worked with those tiny, tiny parts.

For Smeagol's benefit, I'll ask as well:  music wire-is that guitar string?  Or piano wire, as he suggested?

And great tip, too, about using the drill bit set to find the right sizes.  How often do we look around our benches, when we're stuck for something, and something hits us, a tool, or a shape that was made for something else, but we have that "2001" moment and find the answer.

Can't wait for the next installment!

Brad

Daywalker wrote:

Another great piece of work Chuk!  Glad to hear your wife is feeling better.  Thank you very much for all of your work, and the tips on rolling PE parts is worth it's weight in gold.  Brilliant!  Keep it up!

I love PE and have used it forever (Ish) but the tip with the rubber is priceless Not long now you plastic manipulating GOD!!!

...Guy

I havent even finished reading the new week update, but I have to post this...

First, what the foozle is a 'music wire'  Im a music major (with a 2 year performance degree already) and I have never heard of a 'music wire.'  I can only suspect you mean piano wire?

Also, do you think enough time has passed to be making abe assassinatoin jokes, I mean he ONLY died in 1865, thats only 143 years ago, give the family some grieveing time, jeeze.

hehehe

Holy Moly, Chukie-Boy....this is startin to get serious!!!

How do you spell OCD???!!!!  LMAO...holy frijole, brother...said Helldiver is looking pretty darned impressive - and the grumpy little bloke with the beard has been a very welcome and entertaining visitor to the whole escapade....

Can't wait to see her finished....and what, pray tell, have you got planned for your next project?

happy to hear your wife is doing better.

Very well done sir, getting close to the end

Hang on, nam- hang on!

 Well, it's been a wild week, but the missus is back on feet!  Thanks for all the warm wishes, my friends- this update's for you!  

The Beast Within

My sleep sked sucks.....but I'm hanging out for more technicolor turds!

chukw wrote:

Thanks so much guys!   Lee, I only model what the voices in my stash clset tell me to model.   It's been a tough weekend- medical emergency and all!  About three hours sleep, a trip to the ER at 3AM, and I'm taking care of my wife who's suffering excruciating back pain.  I'm getting a bit done while she sleeps, but have all the other house and dog stuff to handle.    Things are okay, but I don't recommend this kind of weekend activity!.  Hope you enjoy this somewhat brief update!

Gee, it sounds like the kind of night Mother had when she had to take me to the ER the night after my operation.

I hope your wife's back feels better. My late father used to have back problems as far back as I can remember.

davew6003:  Well, life's just full of surprise, isn't it?  I fthe word "filter" throws you, just substitute "glaze"- it's all the same in the nd, Dave!  

namrednef:  You should give it a try- it's fun!  Thanks, buddy- and cheers! 

smeagol the vile:   Thanks, man! Yeah, maybe it'll make Photoshop Phriday at somethingawful.com, too...   Take a look at the first pic- it's artist's tube oil paint- from way back when, I might add...

mshaneyfelt:  Thanksto you as well, Mark- it's much appreciated, my friend.  

the Baron:  Thanks, Brad- and that's a very good question.  I have been spraying a coat of Future over each sucessive layer of weathering- good thing that stuff goes on thin.  Of course, I'm waiting for the oils to cure before the next coat- tommorow will be fine.  You also have to let the Future dry 24 hours as well.  That's when you work on the sub-assemblies and so forth- cheers! 

wyoroy:  It actually is a wlk in the park- and you can always wippe away an excess or add more of a single color.  The red flap interiors got additional hits of yellow ochre after the initial tratment, 'cause it just looked better, to my eye.  Thanks for positive thoughts- I'm getting a ral bag full from you and the rst of the guys!

Hi, Chuck, yes, I'm praying for your wife to recover quickly too, mate!

I like the color filter, the result looks very realistic, and subtly so.  A question occurred to me while reading this installment, and that is, are you sealing each coat as you go?  That is, you had just finished the decaling and the panel lines, so, did you also prep the surface for the oils you used in the filter, or will you seal the surface, after you've finished this step?

Regards,

Brad

Gol-Darned Technicolor Seagulls!

That will become the next meme of the internets, or it should!

Im learning so much chuck, so much.

What kind of paint did oyu use for the color fitler?