IBuild148

redraider,

I used Model Masters Interior Green FS34151 "ACRYL".

On Wisconsin! 

huh, that didnt seem like interior green....now i know.

and you, sir are correct- On Wisconsin!

Thanks guys! I am starting to enjoy this scratch-building stuff.   I only got a few things done yesterday (classes are starting to pick up)  and it involved the speed brake and the dorsal spine.  The speedbrake was the standard thick plastic of the kit with panel lines where the air-holes (?) in the brake need to be. So I carved them out with my hobby knife.  The holes ended up being a little bit bigger than what would be accurate (from photos) but it looks better than a solid chunk of plastic!

I also went over the Bondo with the Testors putty, because no matter how much I sanded, it still remained pitted... I have yet to sand it down, but here is what it looks like right now:

OWL

Yah, airholes for the highspeed brake. Just remember, it didnt sit flush on the real thing, if you look at the photos i posted you can see it hangs down a bit, But then that birds pretty butchered. A flush fit does look better, but think "soviet construction"

I can't keep up in here!

Steven and Ibuild, the metal finishes are looking good! I love seeing the builds when the finishes start to come together.

Ibuild - Is that an old Impala I spy on your bench? Looks great! My first car was a '65 Impala SS.

Not much in the way of progress but just to show that I'm moving along, here she is with the black undercoat. Only a couple of dog hairs to pick out of it.

Jeremy,

Your P-59 is looking good!

Yes that is a '66 Impala which was my first car way back when. I should have this finished by Saturday and posted in "Autos". Thanks for noticing.

Keep at it with your build.....its nearing completion!

Jeremy your P-59 is coming along well!!! Looks kinda menacing in black.

jmabx

I can't keep up in here!

This Gb just doesn't slow down......

Everyone, Great work it's awesome Certainly keeping Randy busy with all the updates...

WIP pic..

I have all the decaling done and all the bits on...Just waiting on the rain to clear before i put the final coats of future on....I'll post better pics once it's all finished...

Very well done, Julez! Matter of fact if you want you can send it to me and I'll put it with my Mustangs.

IBuild148 interesting masking method you are using there for the anti glare panel, looks much easier than the way I do it. Might just have to try that my ownself  Cant wait to see these Cats all in colors.

CallSignOwl lookin good, very nice work on the airbrake BTW be very very careful Owl, scratch building can become very addictive.

Jmabx now this is what I'm talkin bout !!! Been waiting to see some color on your P-59, really looks mean an nasty all black too, in fact it looks down right sinister it does.

Julez72 I see I am going to be adding another sweet build to the front page soon Nicely done, I love the markings you have chosen ( want to build that one myself one day) , and the different contrasts in the panels really makes it stand out

Jmabx - if Darth Vader flew an early jet age plane, it'd be that sucker! 

Julez - the 51 is looking gorgeous! 

It's all sunny and mid-80s here today, so hopefully I'll be able to throw the yellow on the Wildcats tonight. Closer and closer to the NMF part!

DoogsATX

It's all sunny and mid-80s here today, so hopefully I'll be able to throw the yellow on the Wildcats tonight. Closer and closer to the NMF part!

So the second I typed this, a dark cloud swooped in and started pouring. And now it's raining and the sun's out.

Ah...Texas...

DoogsATX

DoogsATX:

It's all sunny and mid-80s here today, so hopefully I'll be able to throw the yellow on the Wildcats tonight. Closer and closer to the NMF part!

 

So the second I typed this, a dark cloud swooped in and started pouring. And now it's raining and the sun's out.

Ah...Texas...

sounds no different than wisconsin...cept it may be snow instead of rain lol

redraider,

I love my home state for a lot of reasons but that four letter word (snow) is not one of them. If I want snow I can drive about an hour to the Sierra's and get my fill then back down the hill.

BTW the currant temp @ 5:30 P.M. is 73 and sunny.

Now to the bench.

WOW another beautiful pony for the stable Julez!!!

Thanks for the positive comments guys, much appreciated, i should have it all finished by the weekend

And then there were yellow wings!

Loved the Gunze Mr. Color paint. As always, though, I HATED spraying yellow, especially over such an area. It always seems like yellow takes a lot more coats to build up uniform coverage. Usually I get decent coverage in 3-5 light coats. With this yellow it was like 15!

And I ended up with some dusting. Strange because I was dealing with lacquer, but I was pushing through so much paint last night that maybe some dried in the tip, maybe I sprayed from too far away a few times, or maybe I can just blame humidity!

Either way, I'll see if I can knock it down with polishing. I'm NOT sanding and repainting. Again.

Looking good Doogs can't see any dusting from here...Blame the humidity, thats what i always do Don't be too hard on yellow red will feel left out...I hate that srpraying that colour as well....Not too keen on white either....

looking good DoogsATX. I cant see the dusting from here, but sometimes pictures hide details

I detailed the landing gear of the MiG. The kit parts were pretty basic. I added wiring, styrene, as well as a paperclip to give the added detail. There are still a few spots to touch up with the paint before I call it good, but here they are!

OWL

Okay...just realized I'd posted the same pic twice. Der! That's what I get for posting before touching coffee. The second pic shows the dusting. 

Also, vetteman, I need to sign up for one more build! 

This one's going to be a 1/48 Tamiya P-47 Razorback, done up in the markings of Lt. Col. Harry Holt's "Magic Carpet" of the 366th FG/390th FS, 9th AAF. If you've ever watched History Channel's "Dogfights", this is the Jug flown by Bob Brulle in the Y-29 episode.

Looking forward to these markings since they're so distinctive. Standard OD/NG fuselage, but with bare metal cowl, cowl flaps, canopy, and oh yeah, wings. Top and bottom.

May not get to this one for a while, but hey, I have until May!

Doogs, glad you found those markings...and btw, you're gonna LOVE the Tamiya razorback

redraider56

Doogs, glad you found those markings...and btw, you're gonna LOVE the Tamiya razorback

Me too! Been looking for them for awhile. Wouldn't it be useful if there was a database where you could enter pilot or unit (or browse by) and see if there were any decals for a particular plane? As much as I love aftermarket decals, browsing through "Big Beautiful Jugs" part I through part X and having to look at what graphics can be had is thoroughly tiresome.

Oh well. Ordered the decals today, and found me a Razorback on Amazon for $30! Got a bid going on a second one on eBay, but it's a semi-lowball so no biggie if I lose.

So even light polishing with a coffee filter ended up wearing off that thin layer that gave the orange yellow it's "final" coverage, and I ended up with little lighter yellow dots all over the wings. So I resprayed.

One of the issues I was having with the Iwata last night was getting uniform coverage. It just sprays too small. So, I pulled out the Paasche H. Haven't used it to shoot paint in a while, and geez. If the Iwata's a rapier, the Paasche H is something more like a battering ram. It hurled paint at the wings in a way that, now that I'm all used to precision double action, just felt, well, uncivilized.

But, it got the wings covered good. Next it's on to the black and then, finally, NMF...with a lot of masking in between!

Doogs, sounds like you've had a busy day with the Wildcats...Looking forward to seeing that Jug come together

Owl that is some excellent scratching work on the feet!!!! WELL DONE!!! Looks muchhhh better.

Doogs, glad you have tamed the Wildcats!!!! Man that is yellow!! Looks great!!!

Owl- great job on detailing out the MiG gear. The tough rugged gear on Soviet aircraft always gave a no-nonsense attitude to them to me.

Doogs- the yellow looks flawless to me. Sometimes a good solid whacking with a big honking hammer is the correct course of action. And owning a Paashe Millenium which is an updated version of the H - @#$% yeah it's a big honking hammer and I love my it!

Looking forward to seeing the P-47 too, great kit and what look like great decals. 

Well folks... I'm not too pleased with the way my black finish came out on the Airacomet. I was going to leave it alone but since I put in the resin cockpit, I'll try to fix it. I'm going to wait until this weekend for the paint to fully cure and then try to sand it down. Hopefully I can smooth it out without taking off too much black because I'm out of black paint.

Sorry to hear that Jeremy, your build seemed to be going very smoothly but i'm sure you will get it all sorted You were right, it was a trap

I've come to a grinding halt with my Mustang, 10 days of it was supposed to clear up this weekend but alas it's still pissin rain except for a break last night which i spent preshading my 190....

well, I made an oops. That's what I get for missing part of the instructions. There were two holes in the bottom of the wings that I couldn't figure out what they were for, so I filled them in. I quick glance at the instructions found me a step that I missed. the holes go to 2 landing lights. Si I had to dig out the filler and place them in.  However, they didn't even sit flush! I sanded them down and buffed them back up and applied future: Good as New!

and then put on the HUD piece. I'm focusing more on the finish, so I think I will close the canopy on this build.

OWL

Owl,

Great work and some really solid anti-booboo-thinkwork there. I take my hat off to your obvious fearlessness in your approach to the hobby. Already you are scratching like a pro. Took me three years to even start to think about that...

Can't wait for the NMF part Carry on ma'am

Btw, your signature quote really makes me think back about this quote i once read on one of the flight simulation forums:

"Any landing you survive is a good landing. Any landing after which you can actually use the plane again is a great one"

Richard

OWL - nice scratch building.  I'm just starting to dig into scrath building stuff

Doogs - good job on the yellow.  I too hate to paint yellow, along with white, both of those colors just make me

Anyway, my 757 is all decaled up.  needs a another clear coat some weathering and a semi gloss coat and she's done.  After that I got to work on the engines.  Doesn't have the AA.com on the winglets, but when I tried to make some the tests turned into a color blob so I decided to skip them.