Sim......Mike, Great paintwork and excellent AB control

Gamera, stunning job on the Spit.

You've captured that care worn look that is spot on for BoB birn in my oppinion.

Spike, sorry hear about the troubles with your spit.

Have you used Gunze acrylics before?

If not you are in for a treat.

Mike, loving the camo!

I remember seeing this scheme in a book I had when I was a teenager, which means a long time ago, and thinking just how cool it looked then.

Looks even better on your build.

Karl

Mike, crazy camo but looking really coool , very nicely done.

Richie, "shake n bake" unless you give it to spike in which case you get a dogs dinner!! All going well again now.

Karl I've always used them before and been pleased with the results, tried something different this time and mucked up... hey-ho.... live and learn.

Cheers...

Gamera, That is an cool looking finish on the Spitfire! Nice

Lufftwaffe, Great looking camo on the 109.

Loving these builds guys!!!!!

Sim..

Fasteagle, nice start buddy, wiring looks good

Well i've also made a start on my Eduard Bf110....

And all the spare mags gettin tiny and eventually almost invisible when finished pe handles...

Julez72  nice job on the cockpit, there is lots of detail in there.

Nice office furniture Julez!!!! We all know the decorator, and the contractor is top notch!!! Looking good Mate!!!

Thanks gents there is a heap of PE going in this so i'm expecting a drawn out build....

Fasteagle and Julez-  Office space is looking good, nice work!

Bravo Julez72,

Your cockpit looks fantastic!  Really good work!

Gents - forgive me for the indulgence, but the work I've seen on this GB is just fantastic. 

Cheers!

Wow, I step out for a few days and the forum explodes with coolness!

Spike- sorry to hear about your paint problems, if there's anything I hate it's doing sometime time consuming like painting the model and then having to go back and redo it. Good luck with this run.

Luft- fantastic AB job, I love the complex German paint schemes. Sorry about the canopy, I've come very close to doing the same thing a few times myself.

F.Eagle and Julez- great work! Looking forward to seeing more!

Hey all....took some time off from building.....but now Im getting back into it....before I get into my GB subject I am loosening up with the Tamiya corsair and Moto tug...just looks like a fun kit and have been wanting to do it for a while....anyway...checking back in and finding some real nice work .....

The "turtle's" Spitfire came out very very nice...not bad for a guy who walks around with a shell on his back!! Nice camo job and the weathering is right on...

Mike....very nice looking 109..I like the camo scheme...I did one very similar to that a few years back...take a look....in fact I think we use the same decal sheet for reference...that particular scheme I had my eye on because I really liked the yellow gun troughs

Well back to the bench...I will start on my D0-17z soon...although I am also leaning towards a Ju-88a4 but dont have too much info on BoB schemes for an A4....any suggestions???

Glad to br back

Carlos

Last weekend I entered the Luftwaffe pilot in a contest held in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It was points format and 'Caen Airfield, France 1940' scored well enough to place gold in the figures category.

Excellent Group build!

 I will use these pages as reference material once i get to building the Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire I picked up this week after about a 5 month wait for the LHS to order it in. It will be NMF as seen online pictured as a PR aircraft, Canada 1946. (Mk I hybrid w/o guns)

ooo - all natural Spitfire coming up? Didn't realize there was such a thing in Canadian service... Navy or Air Force?

Congratulations Supp!!!!! WELL DONE!!!

hope its not to late count me in i gotta 1/48 tamiya 109e and a airfix paul defient 1/72 hope in can join

simpilot34

Congratulations Supp!!!!! WELL DONE!!!

Well done Jason You must be accumulating a very nice stash of gold medals over there

Matt Hill, Welcome to the forums....And i'm pretty sure you will be ok to join....Darson should be around soon to make it official

Congrats on the GOLD SF!!!   Well deserved!!!

VanceCrozier

ooo - all natural Spitfire coming up? Didn't realize there was such a thing in Canadian service... Navy or Air Force?

Here is the text that accompanied the picture I found:

'Enigma Bare-metal Spitfire'

'This photo was taken at a post-war air display in Toronto, Canada in August 1946. The bare-metal Spitfire Mk. 1a R7143 was something of a hybrid rather than "pure" Spitfire mark. R7143 was built in February 1941 as eight-gun Spitfire Mk. 1 with a Merlin III engine.

Various conversions and roll changes gave this plane a interesting history and the label hybrid. The last line of text states:

'Finally, it became the instructional airframe at RCN Air Electrical School and was reduced to scrap in 1949-50 by the school staff'

The book 'Canadian Aircraft of WWII' by Carl Vincent has some great photographs of WWII airplanes stripped to bare-metal in various rolls post war 1946. Its also my reference for a FW-190 F-8 that became a Canadian pilots personal aircraft for a few flights when he found it abandoned in a field June 1945. Of course he painted over the German markings before flight. I will be tackling the Canadian FW-190 later on this year in the GB 'FW 190 Reich defender III'

carsanab

Hey all....took some time off from building.....but now Im getting back into it....before I get into my GB subject I am loosening up with the Tamiya corsair and Moto tug...just looks like a fun kit and have been wanting to do it for a while....anyway...checking back in and finding some real nice work .....

The "turtle's" Spitfire came out very very nice...not bad for a guy who walks around with a shell on his back!! Nice camo job and the weathering is right on...

Mike....very nice looking 109..I like the camo scheme...I did one very similar to that a few years back...take a look....in fact I think we use the same decal sheet for reference...that particular scheme I had my eye on because I really liked the yellow gun troughs

Well back to the bench...I will start on my D0-17z soon...although I am also leaning towards a Ju-88a4 but dont have too much info on BoB schemes for an A4....any suggestions???

Glad to br back

Carlos

 

Carlos,

That's a great looking build, JG 54 really had some interesting schemes, they got even crazier during Barbarossa!

As far as paint schemes on bombers you're looking at RLM 70/71 schemes, no real variation other than unit badges although some units carried white stripes on the upper surfaces to aid in assembling the formation.

Also the Ju 88A-4 was not introduced until after the BoB, the A-1 was the primary variant used.  The differences aren't huge but they are noticeable, different prop blades, wing tips, engine nacelles and rear canopy section are the biggest differences.

Carlos the only versions of the Ju 88 that saw active duty in the BoB were the A-1, A-5 & C-5.

Gam that's a wicked looking Spit you posted a couple of pages back, and the fantastic wheathering really sets it off.

Jules, Mike, Bob & Fasteagle great looking progress from all you guys

Darson,

May I still get in on this build?  I think I have a Bf 109 Emile on the shelf that qualifies.  This will be my second GB . 

Of course Clebode, there's no cut off date for entry and your 109 certainly qualifies.  Can you please let me know the scale and manufacturer of your kit and I'll add you to the roster.

Cheers

Darson--Thanks!!  I will build a Hasegawa 1:32 Bf 109 E.  It will be either the E 3 or E 4.  It will be OOB unless I get carried away, as I usually do.  LOL    This should be a more soothing build as compared to the PCM Ta152H-1 I chose for the Fw 190 GB. 

Hey Clebode, to the GB......

Great Clebode thanks and as Jules said, to the build.

I've never built it but I gather the PCM Ta 152 is a bit challenging?

Darson---Thanks for the warm welcome!  The PCM Ta152 is a limited run kit with some fit challenges.  I compounded the difficulties by incorporating a resin upgrade.  I haven't worked with resin much.  Like I said, I tend to get carried away at times! 

Julez---Good to see you are here too!

SF: congrads on your well deserved gold!

Clebode: welcome to the GB, looking forward to seeing your one-oh-nine.

Carlos: Great looking 109.

BTW don't knock the shell till you try it. It keeps me cool in the summer, warm in the winter, dry when it's raining, and deflects some attacks.

And what city did you smash while you were gone?