Gamera Maria looks fantastic! I would have liked to see more WIP's to learn about your technique painting figures. I assume you use oils? Great job regardless, really like the color choices and how the hair highlights sets it off and complements the shin guards color. When you get a chance post a few more pictures ok buddy? Cool

That being said I consider the figure finished. Great work and thanks again for partisipating!

Spruce-ce Goose Sounds like you are putting a lot of work into the CF 104. When you get a chance post some pictures alone the journey.

Thanks for the replys fellas!

Thanks SP, but she's not quite finished- you'll notice she's still missing her right arm

I still need to finish the monkey and attach him and the top of the treasure chest. And I have no idea where the dang macaw got off to, I'll probably find him in a box with a jagdpanzer or someplace equally bizzare.

I'll try to get her finished off before too much longer, I was afraid it had been so long since I've posted someone might think I'd dropped off the edge of the earth or had a heart attack from shoveling snow...

The figure was done entirely in acylic except for the can of Kylon I used to prime her. Sorry I didn't do any WIP photos, I know you did with your figures but when I get 'dialed in' I tend not to think about anything else like the camera. Frankly from your figures I think you pretty much have painting figures nailed- they look fantastic but if you're still interested I'll see about doing a WIP on the figures forum sometime in the future.

Will get more pictures and angles posted when she's done.  

Gamera Ahh yes I fully understand being 'in the zone' or like you put it 'dialed in' The missing arm I assumed was the pose and the camera angle. Anyhow excellent paint job on her, really adds a 3D look to her assets! LOL Have a good day and looking forward to the completion photographs.

Jason

SuppressionFire: I'm actually still in the planning stage for the CF-104. I have acquired some resin parts and am still assembling resources but I won't actually know how much detail I will actually apply until warmer weather allows resin casting and painting.

BTW...for some reason I am having trouble uploading photos to photobucket. The website either won't recognize the files or just won't upload them even though I have dramatically reduced the file size.

Only a photo of a WIP MPC Mk9 Hawk uploaded before the problems started.

I will upload a photo of the WIP HAWK V-1 as an additional entry for this group build when I overcome the problems.

 SF, got room for another?

 I just started Monograms P-61(1/48) and would like to throw it in the mix here!

fermisHeh! Is it vintage 'Made in the USA?' If so please join!

...Now if I can only figure out how to edit to first post to list all the participants

Roger that, I'll post a few pics tonight.

To edit, click on "MORE" on your first post, "EDIT" then edit away!!!

 It is a newer boxing. On the box it says "FABRIQUES EN CHINE", I think that's French, maybe Spanish!!!!!

Anyway, it is Monogram, same old molds as the vintage boxings. From reading through some of the other posts, looks like I'm OK.....correct???

Fermis you are building a P-61 ???? Oh i gotta watch this build as it is my favorite kit to build, I have 2 built and 2 in the closet. Still trying to vacuform a good canopy for them on a home made machine, but I havent played with that in a while. Hope you will be generous with the pictures Fremis.

Hey V-man, I got this kit about the same time as you had your wip going(got a little inspired to replace an old one)

This is my 4th go at this kit over 20 some odd years, the last being about 7/8 years old and due for replacement, I'll be hacking off a cowl from the old one so that both sides will be the same(closed most likely), She will be dressed in green/grey (I've had enough of black), also trying my hand at a rescribe(found out already that I suck at this!!!!!) I just started on this the other day, so here's what I got so far.

IP, hand painted, clear glue inst. faces. Scratched rudder pedals.

R/Os bulkhead

Pit rear bulkhead with scratched ?tank and extinguisher.

Side panels, added wires and new o2 hoses from a 24 gauge guitar string, throttle levers/ stretched sprue.

I'm currently working on some scratched detail for the seats, should be done with them tonight.

Fermis WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when are you going to do a how to DVD ?? They look better than the PE I have for my next P-61 build. Do you use enamel for your fine paint work and a one strand brush ? Oh yeah the sad thing is half the lower panel on the left side of your IP will be hidden by the cockpit side panel you may want to dry fit them in the cockpit to check. I thought on my next one I would thin the left cockpit side panel down some so that wont happen. But then again you prolly already spotted that. I will be watching your build closely I know I will learn a few tricks from it.

fermis What the duce? OMFG thats a detailed IP You really have a nack for those. FSM could use a articl on your techniques for painting IP's. Anyhow excellent work, looking forward to more WIP's

Thanks SF & V-man!!!!

 Got the seats knocked out this morning, still need to touch up a few spots here and there, clean up the wash in a few areas as well.

I scratched all the framework on the seats. The pilot seat framework is stretched sprue, the other 2 are wire. I used thick(ish) foil for the seatbelts.

Wow, that looks fantastic!

It's a shame when you place it inside the airframe you won't be able to see all of it.

Fermis your work is stunning to say the least. Makes me feel like a complete beginner to be honest. I cant get over how real your detail work looks.

Gamera actually with the Monogram P-61's if you get good crystals with the kit you can see a lot of the work done inside. Fermis will be able to show off his fine work.

Woah you really are in the zone! I have a name for your comission cockpit painting business:

1/72 for YOU! Cockpits by fermis

Now you need some snazzy vacume formed canopys to set the interior work off

I made one yesterday out of a round tupperwear container, a old music CD and electrical tape. The CD is taped to the tupperwear lid, a hole on the bottem fits snug over the vacume hose. It is pinched between the stove and counter to hold steady and up right. The plastic sheet is CA glued to the tupperwear bottem, a roll of tape inside makes for more surface to glue to. Holes are drilled in the bottom of container to allow air in. I heated about 1" over element set to 7 /10 on the dial for about 1 minute or untill unbearable heat on bare hands. Press over the bottem half quickly, the sound it makes confirms it worked.

SuppressionFire: Cool canopy making technique and I'd like to try it myself for making parts for old kits in my stash......but I'm unclear about the "CA" term.

Fermis: Very nice work on the cockpit.  

Sure wish Revellogram could see it.

I'm unclear about the "CA" term

CA= Cyanoacrylate... AKA "Super Glue"..

Herr von Hammer: thanks, I'd forgotten about the abbreviation.

Hey everyone,

    Just got done reading all the posts, nice idea. I saw people scrounging around for alternative manufacturers and was wondering, is Accurate Miniatures made in the US? If so that would open some opportunities.

-Stephen

 Thanks again guys!

Send me your pits, I'll build em all!!!!!!

This beast is progressing slowly, the rescribe has stolen my soul, kind of a struggle to not throw it to the back of the stash, but that's not how I roll!!!!!

Fuse is together-ish, I forgot how bad this kit can be!!!

 Afew styrene wedges fills her up.

 All sanded smooth, scribed and replaced rivet detail with dabs of CA

And, a couple farewell pics of the old one before she goes on the chopping block

Bye, Bye, thankfully, she filled out an organ donor card!!!!

WOW! Excellent work fermis. There is a gap (no pun intended) between the WIP's, it went from filler to killer! Anyhow looks great and will draw viewers in for closer inspections for sure. Thanks for shareing your skills and tallent.

Accurate miniatures? Not sure on that one... for the sake of simplicity whatever country of origin is printed on the box and / or instruction sheet is good enough. I origionaly thought this group build would be easier to find kits that qualified, other than resin or vintage there are few plastic kits produced domestically.

Looked it up on Wiki, Accurate miniatures is located in Concord, North Carolina. Looks like they fell on some hard times and the original owners had to sell the business, but it is still owned and operated in America. They have some nice plane and car kits. Here's a link www.accurate-miniatures.com hope this helps.

-Stephen

Fermis: looking good, the older P-61 you did looks perfect to me.

NMT: Accurate products are molded in S. Korea but shipped to NC as you stated and packaged there. I think the boxes, instructions, etc. are produced in the States as well. I'm not sure what to call them, I'd leave it up to SuppressionFire to make a judgement call.

Suppressionfire,

Here are the photos that I finally got around to taking and uploading to Photobucket.  The boxtop shows the "Made in USA" graphic.  I have not progressed on the build other than the interior shown in a not so clear second photo.

I begin a refueling outage next week, so further progress will be greatly hampered for the next several weeks, but I will do what I can and will update with photos as time allows.

More Power Scotty:

Am looking forward to your comments about the kit as I've always liked the old Auburns.

Well, the deed has been done, the hammer has fallen!!!

The cowl has been cut off along with the engine and bulkhead.

Wired up the engines, will close them in shortly.

Interisting sequence of construction fermis. Was this a older build you decided to take apart and detail further? Im sure it will be fine in your capable hands. I have a box full of old models I built as a kid and one day would like to rebuild one or two. Kind of bogged down on my Trumpeter 1/32 scale P-51 D right now and vowed not to start any new kits untill this one is finished. Vacume formed 5 rear bubble canopys and still not 100% happy. Hopefully #6 will be perfect, last one almost was but a piece of lint marred it!

Accurate Miniatures ~ If the molds are tooled in the USA and packaged with the instructions there then I would consider it made in USA. Thats probally 75% of the effort to produce the kit and they probally inspect the sprue frames domestically before packageing. I hear they have a great IL II Stormovik kit in 1/48 scale.

SuppressionFire

Interisting sequence of construction fermis. Was this a older build you decided to take apart and detail further?

 I'm building a new one, to replace the old one. The kit comes with 2 different cowling/boom arrangements, one side has open flaps the other is closed. So, I cut off the closed side from the old one and will graft it on to the new one. I'm saving the fuse and wings of the old one for a future "what if" build. (thinking some A-10 engines / nacelles slung under the wing and a tail similar to the Cutlass(attached to the wings)

Fermis: Looking great so far!