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Posted by simpilot34 on Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:27 PM
 jmabx wrote:

How 'bout it Lt. Cmdr. Richie? Do you have a video? I'm lovin' this! Big Smile [:D]

Somehow, sometime, I knew someone, was going to ask that question if I hung around here long enough!!!Sigh [sigh] The answer Jeremy is no, I don't have a vid that I can post.......yet! But, that's not saying I won't get it done.Wink [;)] Sooner or later. <Not asking, I'm telling.Make a Toast [#toast]

Cheers, Lt. Cmdr. Richie "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace."-George Washington
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Posted by Voidses on Monday, August 17, 2009 4:36 AM

Luftwoller is it just me or isn't the prop blades on backwards?

 

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Posted by Luftwoller on Monday, August 17, 2009 10:31 AM

Thankfully Voidses, it IS just you. LOL. I did whip upstairs and zoom to check though.

Jeremy, great work so far. If mine is anything to go by. You see diddly in the pit! You see a fair bit in the fuzz if you chose to have the door open though.

Crusher, ive got another quandry with my G.55. In the destructions, it calls for different paints for the splinter to the AM decals. The only one thats the same is the underside grey. Im off to Stormo to see what i can find out.

...Guy

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Posted by Luftwoller on Monday, August 17, 2009 11:28 AM

Right! Im sorted. I went to Stormo and found the plane im now going to be modelling. Heres a pic of it from Wings palette,

Fiat G.55/G.56/G.59 Centauro - Italy (RSI)

Pretty cool huh? I also read that the colours wernt exact like the luftwaffe. The paint colours varied from manufacturer to manufacturer. Which gives me a little scope with my guestimations. The only one im going to have to mix is the maroony colour.

...Guy

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Posted by soulcrusher on Monday, August 17, 2009 1:27 PM

You are correct Guy they are not Luftwaffe colors but I have found that some of the colors are a very close match. I painted my three colored camo Macchi 202 using Sandgelb for the sand Olivegrun for the green and then Tamiya XF 64 Redbrown fo the third color with just a little more red added to it. I could not find any color match for the Bluegrey underside in the Acrylics that my hobby shop carries so I mixed it myself using Model Masters Neutral Gray and Model Master Meduim Blue. So start painting there big boy. I guess I will not bother to send you that box of Italian chocolates I bought for you seeing as you are on a diet now. Sarge would probally take them I bet!

Voides Guy prop is correct. Most engines are built to rotate in a clockwise direction when running including the DB605A that was installed in the Fiat G-55 One example of an engine that the prop blades would be facing in the other direction is a Spitfire of a Hurricane. The Merlin engine rotates in a counterclockwise direction and the gear box os set up to rotate the prop conterclockwise also. 

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Posted by Voidses on Monday, August 17, 2009 5:45 PM
 Luftwoller wrote:

Thankfully Voidses, it IS just you. LOL. I did whip upstairs and zoom to check though.

Dammit! I was hoping someone else had screwed up when I noticed I had painted my gear bay doors on the wrong side Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] 

gonna go hide someplace a little while, see you around. 

 

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Posted by soulcrusher on Monday, August 17, 2009 7:58 PM

Do'nt sweat it Voidses. We all make mistakes. The difference is the real modeler has the ability to fix em' and still turn out a good model in the end. Look at poor Guy and all of the problems the G-55 gave him. Still he soilders on fixes the mistakes and keeps going without missing a beat. Do'nt be shy about asking questions either. With all of us here I am sure one of us will have the correct answer for just about anthing you could want to know. Back to the workbench now and man up! Guy can tell you I have completly stripped more than one model for a botched paint job. In the end I whipped them all into shape!

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Posted by Luftwoller on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:11 AM
Geez Voidses you should see the muff ups i do. On my 79 there is huge wrongun. The entry door on the fuzz has the int colour paiinted on the ext, LOL. Clever photography, thats the key. How cool am I? Im replying to a message on my new phone while at work, the wonders of modern technology. Its about time MacNeal made an appearance, those stringbags have him jiggerred these days, ...Guy
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Posted by soulcrusher on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:15 PM

I was wondering why you were posting at 8:11 am Guy. I hope you are not on the net while you are driving that big bus!

The G-55 is still sitting there all naked with no decals.Sad [:(] Just can't seem to get inspired at the moment. Mabye if Sarge was around he could give me a peep talk to get em moving agianBig Smile [:D]!

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Posted by sfcmac on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:49 PM

I'll tell you where to stick them decals!  Guy and his backwards propeller and your apparent lack of skill with the water slide progress has me losing confidence in the fact that I enjoy my french fries  with Mayonaise!  Sounds french but was a German invention that was stolen at Versaize.

I stick my tongue out at you!  Now get to work or face the consequences of the ANTI-Pasta!

 Bondoman will show you how we deal with you eastern Punks in San Francisco!

 Are you feeling lucky punk?

Well do ya?

Get them decals on!

From now on anyone refusing to put their decals on in an efficent and timely manner !

Will be skinned!

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Posted by sfcmac on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:07 PM

 Been 5 minutes! aRE YOU GONNA PUT ON THOSE DECALS, OR WHISTLE DIXIE!?

 

Ok time to pull out the big guns and really intimidate Soul Crusher!

You ask for it!

 

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Posted by Luftwoller on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:09 PM

Geez, Aarons started to threaten ppl now. I know that was his officiall job in the GB but geez, i dint expect him to get his Clint out!! Whats wrong with you SC, get those decals on...God knows who hes going to be threatening you with next? Jennifer Love Hewitt (She frightens me)

I thought that my G.55 was close to paint, but as with these things ive found a dozen little odds and sods that need fettling. Another job ive finished is the vacform canopy. It has been separated, as funnily with the kit, it only comes with a single piece canopy. Very strange. Ill post a couple of pics tomorrow hopefully.

...Guy

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Posted by soulcrusher on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:17 PM

Ok Sarge I give up! I will have thoses decals in place tonight and some progress pics posted. Man that was brutal. Especially that last photo! It looks like I might have to make that second video just to prove to all of you that I am not Scott Baio. I think I will do it at the rifle range. I bet Scott Baio does not own a Mauser 98K and know how to shoot it!

Where is Guy and his new phone? Now he has no excuse for not posting all day long.Big Smile [:D]

Thanks for the pep talk Sarge. I'm good to go now!Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by sfcmac on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:32 PM

 Dog gone right you both will!  Thought I was gonna have to open up a can of turtle wax on ya both! Laugh [(-D]

 are you done yet? Grumpy [|(]

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Posted by bondoman on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:43 PM
 sfcmac wrote:

What does this photo

and this one

have in common?

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Posted by sfcmac on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:31 PM
 bondoman wrote:
 sfcmac wrote:

What does this photo

and this one

have in common?

Hmmm my guess would be location? Perhaps with exception to that location being at the end of the movie as I don't remember the building in the background.

Hmmm your turn.. What does this photo

and this one

have in common?

It's a rum thing! Make a Toast [#toast]

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Posted by simpilot34 on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:49 PM

Laugh [(-D] Turtle Wax??!!! Now that's funny!!!

Cheers, Lt. Cmdr. Richie "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace."-George Washington
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Posted by razordws on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:16 AM
 simpilot34 wrote:

Laugh [(-D] Turtle Wax??!!! Now that's funny!!!

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

Was away for a couple of days but I am back and decided I better get crackin' before Capt. McNeal sends the Clint north of the border! Blindfold [X-)]

Major assembly is complete.  Rudder needs some minor repairs before it gets glued on and the elevators are not glued yet either.  Canopy dry fit looks promising!  Thumbs Up [tup]  Just got to sort out the seams and mask the canopy Shock [:O] and add the engines (more on that later Disapprove [V]).

Guy,  you asked earlier about the orange tint.  I masked the windows using some old architectural stuff called Letra Set.  It was widely used in the days before all the computer wizardry stuff.   Anyway, I inherited a bunch of sheets when my employer closed up shop in June and thought I'd give it a try for masking.  Worked okay, it's very low tack and cuts well but it won't wrap around curves.  I'm a little worried that some of the orange may have rubbed off on the window frames which may remain after I take the mask off.  I'm crossing my fingers that it doesn't.

Dave

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Posted by sfcmac on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:25 PM

 Dave  I am sorry I must be somewhat cracked as I am not recognizing the type aircraft that your building. I saw the big ol bombs but it looks like a big Avro Anson to me?  Great work though on whatever it seems to be.  I'll call it a Fiatireggiane Umbrella Bomber!

F-U _B for short!

Bondo ! You never told me if I was right about the location of your pic? Is it the End of the dirty Harry movie location? Or is the connection something far more sinister?

I am noticing there still is no decals from SC or paint from Guy?  A fine example of effort that shines just like slug slim if you ask me!  I see now that I am going to have to kick it up a notch or 12! Evil [}:)]Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by jmabx on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:39 PM

Dave - I think that I'm really gonna like this one! Lookin' great!

 razordws wrote:

It's kinda funny how it almost looks like a "normal" airplane without that huge canopy on it! Wink [;)]

Jeremy    Propeller

    

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Posted by jmabx on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:24 PM

Alright fellas... I've come for some advice.

Work on the Sparviero is kinda slow but so am I. I'm ready to toss in the seats and wanted to try my hand at making seatbelts. Since I can foul up pretty much anything you give me and there won't be too much to see in the cockpit, I figure this is the perfect plane to practice on.

I've heard of using tape for such things and I'm sure that the skills I gained in kindergarten a few years back would allow me to cut it to shape. Wink [;)] I'm curious about how to make buckles and all those other metal thingies attached to seatbelts.

Am I even on the right track as far as this goes? I would appreciate any help and I promise I'll let you guys be the first to laugh at the results. Big Smile [:D] Laugh [(-D]  

Jeremy    Propeller

    

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Posted by soulcrusher on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:40 PM

Sarge all decals are on and now under a second coat of Future. Could not post pics last night because the internet connection was not working properly. Three days and the cable company still has not found the problem why my internet connection keeps going in and out. Here are a couple of pics. Tomorrow panel wash and a dullcoat. Then on to the fiddle bits!

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Posted by simpilot34 on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:47 PM

Aaron, I was thinking the same thing about Dave's CA.311. Without the greenhouse it looks a lot like an Anson!

SC That looks awesome!!! Looking forward to seeing it in flat coat!!! Plus more pics!!!Thumbs Up [tup]

Cheers, Lt. Cmdr. Richie "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace."-George Washington
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Posted by Luftwoller on Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:31 AM

Wow guys, everything seems to be coming along swimmingly. Dave the flying greenouse, or is it somesort of Umbrella?, is looking purdy.

Heres an update with the confusing Fiat. I say confusing as im still a little unsure as to what goes with what. My main point of reference is the walkaround from pge1 The only problem with that is that its a G.59, backdated to look like a G.55. Mmmm. One of the probs are these bittys,

prts A34, and A37, the destructions say use them, but then again the destructions are for a series,0 and mines a series,1. Told you it was confusing, the walkaround pics dont show them anywhere,

FIAT_G.55_043.JPG FIAT_G.55_042.JPG FIAT_G.55_059.JPG

This brings me nicely to the red light, above. The kit has this molded in, but would this have been a post war addon? Heres the kits representation,

Anyhoo, i think ill do a little more delving on the net before a submit. I managed to detail a few more bits though. I did the rear of the radiator,

FIAT_G.55_011.JPG

I also cut out and separated the vacform canopy,

compared to the original,

Almost ready for paint. For some reason i cant help making problems for myself with this kit LOL

Seeing as im in full flow, i did a quick toot for Jeremy with the seatbelts. Heres how i bodge em together. First you need an old cake tin, mmmmmmmcake. and some lead wire or copper. As long as its thinnish,

1stly cut a piece of the tin off and burnish it flat with the blunt end of your scalpel,

next up cut a length roughly to size, (Good refs are vital) and add a half loop about half way,

I then make the buckle. To do this i use my tweezers and bend the wire around them, a side at a time to make a square shap roiughly the same internal width as the belt width,

this is then simply CA'ed to the belt over the half loop you made. I also cut the belt off to....err..belt shape and poked a few eyelets in it,

then a simple coat of Tamiya Khaki and its done,

The whole thing including pics, took about 10mins (And it shows) Take a little more time and you could have genius work in your hands. The good thing about using the cake tim, is the fun eating it, Obviously, and the fact you can bend and glue it easily.

...Guy

 

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Posted by Luftwoller on Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:43 AM

LOL, can you tell im at home, Alone, on a pc thats working fast?

I had a quick browse and found this great pic of a G.55 that doesnt appear to have the redc central light. In the walkaround pics, its inline with the front of the wheel wells, in the centre,

it also shows the bomb hangers that i was going to leave off. Doh, on they go i spose.

#EDIT# in this pic, it shows an early series,0 with the bumps in front of the radiator. Cool, those are being left off.

...Guy

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Posted by simpilot34 on Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:32 AM
Guy, thank you very much for sharing that tip for the belts!!!Thumbs Up [tup] In the pic , it looks to me like there might be something there just behind the oil cooler, but it's hard to tell.Confused [%-)]
Cheers, Lt. Cmdr. Richie "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace."-George Washington
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Posted by Voidses on Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:11 PM

Beautiful work everyone!Thumbs Up [tup] I'v been occupied with something on the odds and ends forum and haven't really followed this thread as of late. But now I'm back.

My mispainted gear bay door is now (you guessed it) repainted and the build is back on track, might post a few pics if I get to it. We'll see. 

Guy where can you acquire that thin lead wire? Good tutorialBow [bow]

 

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Posted by Luftwoller on Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:41 PM

Im not convinced. I reckon that you can make out the line of the under fuselage. Im pretty convinced that the light is the sort of thing that sensible people would have fitted to airplanes, rather than warplane manufacturers, trying to get the plane as slippery smooth as poss.

Voidses, I cant remember where i got the lead wire from. It was a british co though. I doesnt have to be lead though. Any thickish wire will do.

#EDIT# Heres where i got it from,

http://www.netmerchants.co.uk/product.php/8761/0/lead_wire_0_2mm

...Guy

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Posted by bondoman on Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:44 PM
Allright I'm tired of being Jonny Bystander. I'm coming in! After all my kit has maybe ten pieces, all a paint project!
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Posted by soulcrusher on Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:00 PM

Guy I would definetly agree the red lamp has to go. That pic is a good representative as to what a typical WWII G-55 should look like. Wing cannons no under cowl guns. I think Special Hobby based there kit of of that G-59 at that museam. Still the G-55 is a tough plane to research. I could not find any real pics of the one I am building so I had to guess as to how the mottling was painted on the fuselage sides.

Bondo Back! Alright we knew you just could not stay away long from such a cool bunch of model building dudes!

Guy what with the pie tin?! I though you were on a diet?

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