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Classic Aviation GB 1903-1938 (Feb 5-Oct 31, 2010)

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Posted by ww2psycho on Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:27 AM

Hey everyone! nice wip pics, I am getting work done on the 109, but my laptop took a crap on me and I wont be uploading pics to my parents comp so until mine is fixed you'll have to wait for pics. Nothing really different than the first time though.

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Posted by Aaronw on Sunday, July 25, 2010 11:29 AM

I finally got some more work done on the Seafox. The decals gave me a little trouble due to age, but they all eventually cooperated.

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Posted by B17Pilot on Sunday, July 25, 2010 4:52 PM

Well after the 15th round with no winner, I got the decision.  I have finished the Cub.  Even in the end the little Cub put up a fight.  The flat went on after a final coat of future andstill the registration number silvered.  Guess I shouldn't have put the flat coat on, wouldn't have silvered.

Ain't no contest winner, but still looks good

 

Really was a poor fitting kit.  The windshield cracked somewhere after I masked it.  Found that out after removing them.

  

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Posted by Aaronw on Monday, July 26, 2010 12:40 PM

It may have fought you, but the Cub looks nice so I'd say you beat it. Big Smile

Personally I find the cruder kits offer me more of a sense of accomplishment when done, the finished model may not technically be as good as others I've built, but I know I had to work harder to make it presentable.

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Posted by simpilot34 on Monday, July 26, 2010 8:09 PM

Aaron the Seafox looks great!!! Very nicely done mate!!!Toast

B17 that lil Cub is a gem.....to look at!!! Sounds like it was being a lil beast in construction!!! I too think you got the upper hand on her, looks great!!!!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 B17Pilot on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:35 AM

Thanks ya'll!  She looks good next to her cousin, the L-4 (Piper Cub in military service).  Though I did find out that the L-4 is not 1/48 has advertised when I bought it, turns out its more like 1/50, has she is smaller than the J-3.

Good job on the Seafox Aaron!

  

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Posted by Aaronw on Monday, August 9, 2010 2:24 AM

I'm waiting on some wire to rig my aircraft and this one started calling me so...

 

1/72 Revell Fokker DR1 with decals for Manfred von Richthofen's last plane.

 

I found that current thoughts for the color is a darker red than the red traditionally shown (and used on the box art), so I used Model Master Anti-fouling Red, a nice dark brownish red / maroon.

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Posted by B17Pilot on Monday, August 9, 2010 8:28 AM

I think the darker red does look better.  Good job so far!

  

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Posted by simpilot34 on Monday, August 9, 2010 8:57 AM

Aaron, she's looking good mate!!!Toast Have you found any fit issues with that kit??? I have the same one, and their D.VII.

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 hughes2682 on Monday, August 9, 2010 10:17 AM

B17Pilot,

Excellent job in showing the kit who has the bigger brain pan. Propeller Not to mention opposable thumbs. Yes. That is a well done Cub sir.  

Aaronw,

That is one tiny plane in that scale.  I've got a couple in 1/48 and they are plenty wee.  I'm liking what I'm seeing.  That darker red is fantastic!!!

Cheers

Dave

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With enough thrust, pigs fly just fine.

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Posted by Aaronw on Monday, August 9, 2010 8:47 PM

simpilot34

Aaron, she's looking good mate!!!Toast Have you found any fit issues with that kit??? I have the same one, and their D.VII.

 

Shortly after posting this I broke off the top wing, broke the left strut and crushed the center struts while trying to get the center struts to stay connected to the fuselage (they were hovering a hair above). Of course the real problem was holding the wing down and trying to open a paint bottle, a man has got to know his limitations Stick out tongue

I've almost got it back to where it is in the photo, just need to be more careful. Up until now there have been no real issues, the DR1 even has a moderately detailed interior. I've also built the DVII which hs a much more spartan interior. The two areas that were a little tricky on both have been the center struts, and the landing gear (I am assuming this one will also be a little fiddly). The center struts on both seemed to be a hair shorter than they should be, and you need to be very careful where you locate the landing gear. On the DVII I set it too far back because I misidentified the attachment points, I could vey easily see myself doing the same on this kit if I had not already dealt with it on the DVII.

I've built several of the Revell kits, and have some Eduard, and Roden kits as well. I think the Revell kits are very competitive with the others, a little less detail, and fewer decal options but also about 2/3 the price and less fiddly. Sitting on the shelf they are all nice little models.

The tan Albatross is Roden, the rest are Revell, I did the DH2 a few years ago (a horrible choice for a first biplane kit btw Dead ), the rest I did late last year / early this year.

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Posted by ww2psycho on Monday, August 9, 2010 8:54 PM

Very nice! I cannot work with something that small, i envy those that can.

I might have updates of the 109 2.0 this weekend. All my wip pics will be mostely of everything before painting, my camera does not take close up pics so cockpit shots are out of the question.

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Posted by simpilot34 on Monday, August 9, 2010 9:42 PM

Thanks for the info Aaron!!!!Toast Love those lil beauties!!!!! What a nice lil vignette!!!!Toast

WW2 looking forward to seeing the makeover on your 109!!!!!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 ww2psycho on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 5:40 PM

Sorry no upate pics yet. I have been taking pics of progress. I'm in the painting stages. I'm thinking I'll take pics as I go, and when I finish, post all at once, with descriptions of what I did. I'll post after painting and then after decaling.

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Posted by simpilot34 on Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:32 AM

ww2psycho

Sorry no upate pics yet. I have been taking pics of progress. I'm in the painting stages. I'm thinking I'll take pics as I go, and when I finish, post all at once, with descriptions of what I did. I'll post after painting and then after decaling.

Boo HooWe have to waittttt!!!! Looking forward to them though!!!

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 ww2psycho on Thursday, August 19, 2010 3:16 PM

Alright simpilot, I will post now..  Stick out tongue

Heres what I am up to before last night

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Posted by ww2psycho on Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:33 PM

This pic is of the plane painted in the greenish color the interior is and the color the spots will be. I used the interior color as a primer since i painted the canopy that color so when done it will look like the frames are the same color as the interior.

Now in this pic I'm trying to mask the green spots with silly putty to make them cleaner than doing it by free hand and they will be smaller and a greater amount of them.

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Posted by simpilot34 on Friday, August 20, 2010 6:16 AM

WW2 she's looking great!!!! Looking forward to seeing more pics for sure!!!Toast Sorry, I have to laugh at their representation of the engine looks like a couple LEGOS!

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 ww2psycho on Friday, August 20, 2010 2:28 PM

simpilot34

WW2 she's looking great!!!! Looking forward to seeing more pics for sure!!!Toast Sorry, I have to laugh at their representation of the engine looks like a couple LEGOS!

Thanks, I'm hoping to get the bown and blue on this weekend. Paintball might interfere with that though. And yes they engine could use some work.

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Posted by Aaronw on Sunday, August 22, 2010 2:07 AM

Nice to see the 109 coming a long again.

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Posted by ww2psycho on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:26 PM

I started applying the blue today, I'm going to put another coat on tomorrow, then touch up work with the brown. pics in the next few days.

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Posted by ww2psycho on Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:10 PM

Heres updates

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Posted by simpilot34 on Friday, August 27, 2010 10:58 AM

WW2 she is looking GOOOOD!!! What a nice paint job!!!Toast Not far from the finish line now!!!

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 Aaronw on Friday, September 10, 2010 12:52 AM

Psycho, the ME109 is looking great, you must be getting close to finishing up soon.

 

I've almost got the DR1 done, and my order of guitar strings arrived so I can get the rigging done on all my builds soon.

 

 

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Posted by simpilot34 on Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:52 PM

WOW Aaron, she's a lil charmer to be sure!!!! beautiful work mate!!!

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 ww2psycho on Sunday, October 3, 2010 4:33 PM

 i might not be able to finish the model for this gb, I turned on my compressor last night to repaint the 109 (silly putty was smushed in some places becuase i wasent carefull enough so it masked the wrong color in some places), and I smelled something burning. I'm not sure if its safe to use and I cant afford another one at this time.

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Posted by ww2psycho on Sunday, October 3, 2010 6:17 PM

Its confermed, the compressor is dead. I turned it on tonight and I seen a spark and it wont work anymore. It was an $80 2 gal from walmart. I'm going to get one from hobbytown or hobbylobby next time, much more quiet!

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Posted by Konigwolf13 on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:36 AM

Well the pace has been slow but steady since I've been away, some nice stuff and those tiny WWI planes a so sweet

Anways have finally had some more bench time with my beast. All wing issues are patched and sanded and even got the engine done today. I forsee LOTS of painting in the near future and not alot more assembly really, though the wings may be fun, my firstgo at bracing lucky its PE (even if its over scale)

Andrew

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Posted by Aaronw on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 11:13 AM

Psycho, you are just not having any luck with the 109s, sorry to hear about the compressor. You have made a good faith effort twice, so as far as I am concerned consider yourself finished as far as the badge goes. I hope you are able to get a new compressor soon, I'd still like to see the completed 109 whenever it is done, it was coming along quite nicely.

 

Andrew glad to see the Swordfish is back on the bench, it looks like you've made some good progress.  

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Posted by ww2psycho on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 12:46 AM

Finnaly good news! I got a compressor and the past few nights i've been repaiting the 109. I'm not repainting it after this! howevery it turns out it turns out, no more repainting! I have off all of this week so painting will be done by the end of the week, decals I can do a few hours after work if needed, otherwise its something to do this weekend.

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