Well, i have made some progress on the Ventura, albeit not a whole lot. Wings and tail on followed by copious amounts of putty and Mr. Surfacer. A coat of Tamiya white primer is on and sanded. Next up will be some pre-shading. I'll get some picks on here right soon.

Good deal. I've done next to nothing. Little League Baseball 5 nights a week kills modeling time. I did manage to get the first coat of green on last week. I'm going to go back and shade the panels. After that I'll put the darker color on in the splinter pattern. I'm planning on using flat black mixed with some blue and see how that looks. I'll experiment on my test bed (a PzIII I never finished).

 Here's a few pics of my progress. Unfortunately I totally spaced taking any before and after pics of the puttying and sanding. I can relate to the lack of bench time Axeman as I just started back up at my second job, part time at the used bookstore, and it definitely cuts into the liesure time. It's great to share with you and I am looking forward to some of your progress pics. I hope some of the other folks get back on this as i'd like to some other builds as well. More later (hopefully soon).

                                                   Joe

Here is the others.Here's the others.

Some pics of the pre-shading. I hope to get the paint on this weekend.

Now that little league is over (for now) I can get back on my Stuka. I tried an experiment with shading that I need more practice with. Looks like a street walker it's so over done. Will post pictures when they are family friendly!

 Glad to here your back at the Stuka Axeman. Hopefully you can correct the shading experiment. My Ventura is my first attempt at pre shading. I've got the underside insignia white airbrushed on and so far I am not displeased with the results. I'm currently masking for the itnermediate blue. I too hope to get pics up soon.

                  Joe

P.S. How'd the kids do in their league?

I think the preshading looks great. I've never been that good at not completely painting over it myself. I think I'm getting better at not over doing the layers of paint. I'm about to paint the camo on the stuka. Maybe yuo can see the fading I did on the green in this picture. I'm not a good photographer and I cant seem to get the camera set right to show a really good representation.

would what if tsr2s be elidgable?

if not iv got 3 victors and 2 vulcans in the stash

is there a badge?

 That's looking real nice there Axeman. I can relate to the camera issue as mine has its limits and I especially can't get good close ups yet I do the best as I can. It's good to see some activity in this GB I'm looking forward to seeing some of the builds. I.ve taken a short hiatus from the Ventura to work on my Spitfire Mk Vb for the spit GB but I'll get some work in here shortly.

eatthiis- There was a badge proposed on page 2.

fighterguru

I just ran across this post.  I'm wondering if it is too late to get in on this build?  I have a number of bomber kits that I could enter.  Most are navy patrol or carrier based bombers and a G4M Betty.  Please let me know.  Thanks.

John

Dont know. I posted and "joined" in because I was going through my bomber stash. I've done a val, sbd and working a stuka.

Here's my question fopr anybody following this thread. I dont want to use decals for anything on the stuka. I'd like to paint all of them, since there aren't many - I'm doing a night intruder. What do you use for a stencil? The expermiments I've tried have ended in disaster.\

Thanks!

This weekend I went to Kingcon here in Memphis. (local IPMS model contest)  While there one of the vendors had a bunch of aftermarket  accessories for models.  One of the items were some stencils for WW2 German aircraft in Stainless Steel.  They were a little pricey, but there was a ton of stencils in the package and it had quite a bit of heft to it.  The quality of the stencils is quite nice (Yes I bought the stencil set) Letters, numbers insignia and base level markings.

Check them out here:  http://www.am-works.com/store/aw001-wwii-german-aircrafts-p-13.html

Well, I;m fairly sure that would be OK, besides I would love to see some of your work and some additional builds.

...just getting a post in on this one so I can at least follow along, I may have something to add later this summer...

Thanks for the link. I ordered a set. These should be exactly what I want. I have 3 more german projects on the shelf so I can see these being worth the investment. I've got a 109e, 109g and 262 waiting to be built. Now the question is this.... is the 262 a fighter or a bomber?

It actually ended up being both.  It was originally designed and built to be a pure fighter.  The Fuhrer had other plans and insisted that it be built as a bomber.

It was redesigned and then built as a fighter bomber that could carry a 500kg bomb load  (1100 lbs).  It was able to carry the full bomb load but required the rocket assist packs to help get it into the air.

Thus while they were definitely fighters, they were also used as bombers.

Lots of great work here!!! Looking good guys!!!

Hi All,

A couple of new pictures. No reason I shouldnt have this finished shortly - unless I competely botch something of course.

http://www.wbracing.com/Scale%20Models/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2FScale%20Models%2FStuka

Stuka

Axemanwb

Hi All,

 

A couple of new pictures. No reason I shouldnt have this finished shortly - unless I competely botch something of course.

http://www.wbracing.com/Scale%20Models/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2FScale%20Models%2FStuka

DispForm.aspx?ID=25&Source=http

Hey Axeman, I would love to see your pics but I am getting error messages when I click on your links, thus unable to access the site. Maybe you could post some to our thread.

 The Ventura is on a temporary hiatus as I got all caught up on my Spitfire for the Spit GB. Figured I would get the cockpit completed abd fuselage halves toether then turn back on the PV 1 for a bit. Looking forward to those pics.

                                                 Joe

Sorry about that. I thought I did post them here.

Linky is still broken.  I don't know where you are posting them but it might not be someplace where they can be viewed off of a forum like FSM.

Photobucket definitely works better than this.

strange. All I'm doing is pasting the picture into the post like I have before. I wonder what's changed that makes this not work. Of course, it's working for me..... Let's try this one.

https://picasaweb.google.com/116382083351056887723/Stuka?authkey=Gv1sRgCNDz8au34NL90gE#5627769065948258898

Heavens Eagle

Linky is still broken.  I don't know where you are posting them but it might not be someplace where they can be viewed off of a forum like FSM.

Photobucket definitely works better than this.

Hey Axeman, Your last link worked and I got to take a look at your Stuka. NICE!!!!!  Excellent job on the camo and swastikas. Were the swastikas painted with stencils?

Thanks! I've not been successful with maksing camo patterns before - to be honest. I just refused to give up on it this time and I'm ok with it. I need to get the fading part done now. Hopefully just some light sanding to let the lighter shades underneath come through.

I got some great advice about stencils in this forum and it worked out awesome! I never want to use decals for insignia again!