War In The Pacific Group Build 2009 - 2010

Carlos, great work on the pit. Shes coming along great.

Jason, The KI-84 looks superb, a real purposefull looking fighter. Love the weathering on that one. Very nice. Ive not seen Jap planes with green props before just the usuall brown. Cool.

Bob, the green looks great in natural light. Bummer about the mouth decals. They dont look bad so far. Im sure youll kick em into shape.

Evil Jason, that is one hell of a view to wake up to. How many months of the year is it like that?

Karl, the KI is tiny. It has to be 1/144? Either that or you have hands like 'Jaws; in Moonraker

Disco Stu, apart from maybe nipping off the ends of the aerial wires , the Dauntless looks perfect. I love the heavy weathering/ fading on the paint. A real stunner. The Hein, wow, you finished that in 4 days?  You need to sign up for the weekend madness GB. Youll be able to knock out 2 or 3. Great work.

...Guy 

Jason that is good progress on the Jug!!!! As mentioned if it's just a dry fit, get it as good as you can then GLUE IT! Glue it good. Any remaining gaps if not too big I would use the super glue and baking soda trick really keeps the filling precise and minimized.

Mucker, Escellent recovery on the NMF!!!!! Looking forward to the variations!!!

Stu, those are two EXCELLENT builds mate!!!! WELL DONE!!!! The weathering on the SBD is spot on to me. and the camo on the Tony speks for itself!!

Stu-great job on both builds.  I especially like the weathering on the Dauntless.

Jason-here is a great article on a great website.  You've probably seen Swanny's site before, but if not..

 http://swannysmodels.com/Seams.html

I've not tried the adding baking soda to super glue (but I will in the future) but I have used super glue to fill many a gap.  Use some thicker gap filling CA, and while still wet, start sanding.  The plastic 'dust' will mix with the CA and make a nice filler.  Use care if you use a file though-the CA will render it useless....I learned that one the hard way....still can't get the dried CA out after repeated soakings in nail polish remover....

There is some awesome work going on here!  

Richie- Sorry mate!   I'll get those pics up tonight.

mucker wrote:

Jason the Frank is awesome!!! Well done and Frank...Jason is awesome!

  Good one Charles!

Jason- That Frank is gorgeous, I love it!  Well done.   On that gap, like Bob said CA glue with some baking sode would certainly do the trick.

Bob- Bummer about those decals, but I really like how it looks!

Karl- I really can't wait to see more of that little Tojo.  Your work is amazing, and I am sure this one will not disappoint.

Stu- Nicely done!  Especially that Tony, YOWZA!  I really like the finish on it.  

simpilot34 wrote:

Mucker, Escellent recovery on the NMF!!!!! Looking forward to the variations!!!

THank you. It was really tough but I managed to pull through.

Okay, Okay, I'll admit: it was Karl's fine work there, not mine

DiscoStu: Holy cow! those are both great builds. 4 Dyas for the Tony is almost Luftwoller-pace. Love the camo and overall colors on the Tony. The weathering on the Dauntless is great.

Stu Great work on the planes

the Dauntless looks great with that heavy faded look and the Tony is just a sharp looking plane

I will have to try the backing soda and super glue. The wing is just dry fitted, so we will see what happens

Jason

Stu, stunning job on the Hien & the Dauntless.

It takes me 3 days to paint a cockpit!

Guy, the Ki-44 is 1/32, it just looks tinyagaisnt mygiant hands!

Alright it's actually 1/72.

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

I highlighted a few panels tonight. I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

Karl

simpilot34 wrote:

. Any remaining gaps if not too big I would use the super glue and baking soda trick really keeps the filling precise and minimized.

Please inform me on the baking soda method. I have used super glue to fill gaps before.

Jason

Jay, awesome work on that Ki-84.  I've got one in the stash and I hope that it turns out have as good.

Bob, I'm sure you'll get those decals sorted out soon enough,  The rest of the build looks great!

Karl, great recovery on the Ki-44!

Stu, Awesome work on both builds.  I really like the Tony, the camo turned out great.

Sorry if I missed anyone.  Lots of great stuff going on here.  I hope to jump in soon.

OK, ok... a couple of pics!  Not a lot to show but here they are anyway.  Put the first wash on the engine

And a couple of the office inside the fuse.  Still hoping to get the wing on soon but other projects keep me busy!  I had no idea how much paint was required to paint a 1/35 Sherman! 

Hi everybody, apologies for not being around much of late but real life (work) is just killing me, I haven't even set foot in the man cave for weeks now let alone post.  I'm going to go back through the last 10 pages or so and pick up any completed builds to add on to page 1

Frank sorry I've missed your build so far but it looks up to your usual fantastic standard, especially that engine which looks spot on.

Cheers 

Thank you Darren, I appreciate that!   Must admit, radials sure are fun to paint and detail.  I tried something different on this one.  Went the NMF route with washes for weathering.  On the Corsair's engine from earlier this year, I used grays and browns with a drybrush of silver for "metallizing" and I think I like the way it looks better. 

Corsair...

Zero...

What do you guys think?

Frank..the engine looks great...I like the idea of starting with mettalizers...great finish....

Looks like we are going head to head....your zero and my rufe.....pretty much the same kit....did u see my engine a couple of pages ago?? We are both at about the same place... I just closed my wing to the fuselage....check that front fit, bottom of cowling..not too clean...same with the bottom rear edge....it tends to pop up out of alignment...just had to sand it down quite a bit....now it could be becuase I have a different wing bottom from the Zero..in any case keep an eye out..

CS

Sorry Karl I credited Mucker with your work inadvertantly!!! Great job still!!!

Frank that is some awesome work as always!!!!

For those enquiring minds that want to know here is a jam up videos showing exactlly how to do it..... the seam filling!!!! Geez you guys have dirty minds!!!! Also a great site for articles and how to vids!!!

http://www.spruecutters.com/techniques/120-video-tutorial-seam-filling-using-superglue-and-baking-powder.html

Enjoy!

Awww geeez, and i had my special modelling pants on as well. Great video though. Looks like a great sight, ive bookmarked it.

Frank those engines are fantastic. My fav has to be the corsair though. It looks superb. Is that the kit engine? I have the QB one for my corsair and it requires pushrods. What did you use for the Pushrods on yours. I thought of useing stretched sprue but thats always hit and miss as to wether you get them looking all the same.

...Guy

Guy, it can be done even in 1/72! This is the engine in my F4U-4B that i had started for the USN/USMC FAA GB and the Corsair GB. Pushrods are stretched sprue and the leads are fine copper wire.

Frank-nice work on the Zero.  I especially like the engine detail.

Richie-Impressive engine work, especially since it is 1/72nd.  I don't even think about doing anything that small.

Welcome back Darren.

Carlos- Don't know how I missed your engine/office pics earlier, but just checked them out- awesome work!  I know what you mean on the wing/fuse fit- not so great.  I have been fiddling with it trying to get it to fit better, but I think I will have to just glue it and snad and fill for a while.

Guys- Thanks for the input on the engines!  The more I look at them, I have to admit that I like both techniques.  Zero has that oily look, and the Corsair has that "running hot" look to it.  I shall keep on experimenting!  Thanks again.

Guy- That is the kit engine from the Tamiya kit.  I bought a Quickboost engine for it too, but ended up going with the kit-supplied version.  But, I did use the Quickboost one as a reference to add a bit of detail to it.  How are you liking that Corsair kit?  One thing to really watch out for- the canopy parts do not fit very well IMHO.  I modelled mine closed on this one as the fit seemed better that way.  Too bad, as I really wanted to show off the cockpit details I added.

Beautiful engines, Frank and Richie!

Frank: I can't pic which method I like better...they are both outstanding. But in your last post, that blue, crooked wingy thingy doesn't look much like a Zero...

Richie, that engine looks superb.   And especially seeing as its 1/72nd. I think my problem is i cant get the sprue to stretch exactly as i want it. Wire i have coming out of my behind....err...so to speak.

Frank, I can only hope that my bent winged Zero looks half as nice as yours and ill be well happy. Im in the finishing stages of a MC.200 for another certain GB but as soon as its done im here, big boy.  

...Guy

Richie...my eyes hurt just thinking about the strain of working with such a small engine!! Looks great though

general note... I think I know where I might be this weekend...check it out

http://www.miamiherald.com/508/index.html?media_id=6172688&genre_id=4216

Carlos

Frank and Richie that is some great work on those engines.

Thanks for the link to the video

Jason

mucker wrote:

Frank:...in your last post, that blue, crooked wingy thingy doesn't look much like a Zero...

Hehehe... good eye Charles!

Richie- Don't know how I miseed that engine pic- flippin unbelievable!   Now stop that- you're making us all look bad.  Sheesh!  Doing in 1/72 what the rest of us are trying to do in 1/48.

model maniac 96 wrote:

Hi there darson, if you could add me as a new builder to the front page that would be great! Thanks, Jim

Hi there Jim (model maniac 96) and welcome to the build.  Do you have any idea what you'll be building yet?

Cheers