Gla dto hear the damage is repairable Should have some WIP pics soon....This eduard 110 demands a lot of attention to detail.....

Gzt- congrads on your license! I wouldn't get much modeling done either.

B-17- cockpit looks great!

Spike- fantastic job on the camo! Great job on bouncing back after your earlier problems.,

Clebode- the engine looks terrific!

Thanks guys.

Got the decals going on slowly at the moment between other stuff and the footie.

Clebode I used blue tack (poster tack) for masking the camo, rolled into long snakey bits as suggested by Nomad. I'm glad your AB trouble hasn't proved terminal, it sounded baaaad!

Cheers...

Thanks for the sympathy Julez and Simpilot.  The good news is I had the right tool to extract the treaded insert from the AB body without further damage.  It turned out to be an easy operation.    Now I have to wait for the new head from TCP.  I have a second AB for large area work so I can keep going.  The broken AB isn't absolutely necessary until camo time.

Clebode your Daimler is looking good!!! Hope you get your AB repaired soon!!!

Clebode

Thanks Julez.  After the Ta, I am going pretty much OOB here.  However, I am weak and have a True Detail cockpit on the way.  LOL.  Of course just now I broke my detailing airbrush.  I forgot "righty tighty - lefty loosey" and twisted the threaded insert of the head off inside the body!    Now I have to try and extract that piece without ruining the body!!

Ouch, that wouldn't be an Oops moment for me, more of a moment....You should have heard the language coming out of my cave last night while trying to get the cockpit installed in my 110....Hope you get it all sorted with no permanent damage The detail kits, i know what you mean i'm very partial to the Eduard zoom sets...

Thanks Julez.  After the Ta, I am going pretty much OOB here.  However, I am weak and have a True Detail cockpit on the way.  LOL.  Of course just now I broke my detailing airbrush.  I forgot "righty tighty - lefty loosey" and twisted the threaded insert of the head off inside the body!    Now I have to try and extract that piece without ruining the body!!

Spike, wow that must be a releif getting the camo on after your troubles...Well done mate the paintwork looks excellent

Hugh, Nice work on the Daimler and after seein your 152 i'm looking forward to this 109 build....

Hi All,

Just finished my Ta152H-1 for the DoR III GB and will be providing WIP photos here for a while as I build a 1:32 Bf109E-4 for the 70th anniversary of the BoB.

Spike--Very nice paint work on the Spitfire.    What did you use for the tight mask.?

Today I have almost finished the DB601 and MGs.  Wash and dry brush tonight.  I added some wires and the breather tube.  My first stab at detailing an engine.

jmabx

Mike - Amazing paint work on the Spit! The edge on the camo looks perfect.  

Excellent demarcation Mike!!!

B-17 - Looking good! The Eduard bits can add a lot of interest to a build.

Mike - Amazing paint work on the Spit! The edge on the camo looks perfect.  

First up let me apologise to everyone for England's woeful performance  tonight at the world cup, England generally go about football tournaments the hard way but that was almost to much

B17, nice start look forward to seeing more updates.

Just a couple of pictures of my long drawn out progress

The underside is Tamiya sky as the Gunze was out of stock.

This is the topside that I had so much trouble with, it was stripped twice but Gunze came to the rescue and I just need a few little touch ups, I used blue tack to mask giving me a semi hard edge, thanks Nomad for the suggestion.

The Camo is the reverse of the Tamiya instructions but I got hold of some AM decals which I hope to get started on this weekend.

Cheers...

simpilot34

B-17 she is looking great!!!! Gotta love eduard sometimes!!!

Sim, Nice start 17

B-17 she is looking great!!!! Gotta love eduard sometimes!!!

Great work going on here!!

Got started on my Bf 109E3!  Finally right!  Anyway put Eduard's detail set in and got the side walls done this week, minus the weathering.  Currently working on updating the cockpit floor and seat, after that the IP.  Anyway here's the sidewalls:

Glad to see you've got your problem straightened out and are moving forward again.

Another way to do the camo (just so you'll have more options) is if you have access to a photocopier with different enlargement and reduce settings to blow-up the drawing in the instructions till they're the same size as the model and then cut the camo pattern out and stick it to the model with blue-tack or blue tape.

Thanks John, Darren and Nomad. I think I'd over thought the problem about masking and the poster tack seems like the perfect answer so thats what I'm gonna do, thanks again.

Cheers....

Mike  I masked my Avro Anson with poster tack. It is like putty. You roll it out like a string and place it where you want it and comes off easy.

I wish I had more time to start my other build the Fairey Fulmar. I hope to start soon. I am putting lots of hours in at work wich is a good thing.  

Mike I totally agree with you on Gunze paints they are my primary weapon of choice these days with only a few small exceptions like MM RAF interior green which I love.

In terms of camo it's as John said, pieces Spitfires and Hurricanes were built as various locations and pre-painted with rubber mats (masks) to a ensure uniform camo once the bird was but together.  I don't know if the mats were used in field maintenance depots, but British camo is always uniform and either the A or B scheme.  So in a nutshell, yes hard edged.

Cheers

As I understand it they used mats to apply the paint, so it was nearly a hard edge but not quite.  The colors blend just a bit.

Chaps,

Oh how I love Gunze Aqueous paints, they go on a dream and take me half the time to clean up, I'd have finished weeks ago if I hadn't switched brands.

Anyway before I spray the green I have a question, is this Bob period scheme Hard edged or soft edged? Its just the regular Spitfire Dark Earth/Green camo, if it should be hard edged I may try masking with Mr Masking Sol R. Hope someone can help.

Cheers everyone...

darson

Jules you have an excellent memory, it was a Spitfire from the 05 BoB GB, I trully didn't think anyone would remember.

Cheers

Darren Yeah i remember, that was the first BoB GB wasn't it....Back in the Kremp Days Actually another Aussie (Phil-H) found my old profile and it's still active, pity i can't remember my old email addy.....

I have been a "bad boy" and did not do any modelling for a long time. My Hurricane and Me 109 are at the pre-paint stage, still a lot of time to get there.

My excuse: I just got my license

I am not sure what will be next: more modeling time or more flying time

Greg

Rick don't sweat not posting I understand that other things get in the way of modeling especially for you guys going through summer now

Jules you have an excellent memory, it was a Spitfire from the 05 BoB GB, I trully didn't think anyone would remember.

Cheers

Boy, who started the thread a couple months back about not building in the summer months?  I've had a slow go of it for the past several weeks on my 109 .  I must say that reading along with this GB has kept me inspired to keep plodding ahead.  I've not posted any pictures since completing the cockpit several weeks ago, but I am now pressing through a tough camo paint job.  I've picked up a little steam this week and hope to have something posted here soon.  Thanks to you all for the great work and meaningful information in this thread.  With your help I've kept up the work.  Rick.

Thanks FastEagle and Julez, I've just primed the Spitfire this morning so at least it's all the same colour now, will do some preshade later today.

Cheers....

Darren, i think i remember that, was it BOB GB 05??

Spike, Thanks for the comments Happy to hear your Spit is back on track

Hey Fasteagle thanks for the tips with highlights and shadows

I know exactly what you mean about colors appearing completely different in photos than in real life.  I've posted shots here with a Spitfire looking like it was base coated in tan rather than Dk Earth.

FastEagle, outstanding paint, I really really like the finish and look you achieve so keep up the good work and enjoy the world cup (after Saturday ).

Julez72, sorry it was a few pages back but splendid 110 office, cant wait to see more.

I'm slowly getting my Spit back to where I'll be able to post some progress shots, I pretty much took the whole thing apart so it looks a bit untidy at the mo.

Cheers everyone....