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Ah you have to love a big tail.I'm talking about airplanes of cousre. Guy looking foward to some nice one of camo job with a mix of NMF and mabye some non standard colors perhaps?
Soulcrusher
Top notch work masking the yellow band Frank! Maybe a pain in the rear to do but it came out perfect.
Nice start Dave! Herman will have a good time sharing fish stories with Guy!
Looking good Guy! Picking out the color scheme is the most exciting part for me!
Jeremy
Hugh- You're absolutely right- miss a few days or a week and you miss a lot here! The pace of this GB is incredibly quick, almost as fast as Guy. Building, that is LOL.
Speaking of, love that big-tailed best fella! I gotta build one of those for my collection someday.
Frank
Frank nice work on the paint I like that plane something different than the norm.
Dave I have built that kit before it is turning out good.
Guy nice work I want to build one of those kits in the near future.
I am almost done, all that is left is the gunsight and exhuast weathering. here are pics so far and I will post nicer final pics this weekend.
Frank, she's looking good mate!!!! Looking forward to seeing the decals on!!
Nomad, thats just beautifull. The mottle looks spot on. Superb job,
...Guy
Geez how did I miss that!!!???? That is just stunning Nomad!!!! WOW!!! As Guy said the mottling is spot on!!!
Thanks Jeremy and Damon!
That TA-152 is breathtaking, incredible stuff!
okay I just got my tamyia 1/48 fw190 d9 and i started work on it...wow theres not alot of parts in here. I will post WIP soon
-Matt
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WIP at long last, I've been able to get a spot of work done on the Tamiya F-8. I've got the last cockpit details sorted out in preparation for attaching the canopy, applying the masks and spraying the inside canopy colour (which will probably happen in the morning, it's late here). Here it is:
If the acrylic mixing works out okay I'm hoping to sail along to the end of this one and maybe the Academy bird as well. It'll be good to clear a few projects off the bench, it's pretty crowded at this time!
Fantastic work all round, guys, it's an honour to be building with such a talented crew, I feel I learn something every time I log on, and that's what GBs should be about!
Cheers, Mike/TB379
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Looking good Tbolt. I love that stage, empty canvas and all that LOL.
To prove ive actually done something today, heres the gratuitous spinner shot and the extra goodies i put into the gun bays,
Ive yet to weather the gun bays, but heres where they are,
Nomad thats a beautiful job there on your Ta 152.
Guy thats a spinner that Frank would be proud of. The gun bay details are looking good too.
Nomad, that is indeed a breathtaking build. Awesome!!!
Mike, coming along nicely too.
Guy, I think Herman was referring to the width of a particular part of a girls anatomy from the night before. The spinner looks spot on. Looks like you painted the spiral, Yes?
Wife is out tonight so I hope to get some more work done tonight.
Dave
All round awesome work peoples!!!! Guy that is a spinner for anyone to be proud of.
Bit more progress on the Tamiya F-8 today. Canopy on:
And masked:
Masking is a combination of pieces from the Eduard set and Tamiya tape slivers, this is because the set was designed for the standard canopy rather than the Galland hood. I've also masked the wheels ready for tire black.
It turns out I have at least three planes needing dark gray, four if I can cut masks for the small Academy bird -- I'll see about that, I have some precut sets on order at this time. The others are an Avia S-199 for IDF II, and the cockpit of the Gloster Meteor for Early Jets. I might try to get all of these done in one go, which also means a marathon masking session on wheelwells before I can press on -- but that includes my Tamiya 262 for RD II as well -- yay!
Cheers, will post as progress occurs,
Mike/TB379
Damon congratulations on your masterpiece Truly outstanding.
Mike I cant wait to see you get some paint on, the cockpit looked great.
Guy nice spinner sir and nice bonus detail in the gun bay.
Frank, congratulations on reaching the big 12,000
Cheers...
Mike
Mike/TB379- Great looking progress pics, exactly what I have come to expect from you! I feel the same as you- learn something every time I am here- great stuff everybody! Sorry I missed the F-4 Phantom GB you ran, I now have a couple in my stash and am really itching to build one of them!
Guy- You know my weak spot, don't you? Nothing like a photo of the spinner spiral to make a guy's day LOL.
Mike/Spike190- Thanks my friend, gotta stop talking and get back to building! No wonder I am so slow LOL.
Thanks Spike and Frank --
I'm hoping to spray the interior canopy gray today. Last night I masked the clear panel in the armored headrest of my S-199 -- trust Hobbycraft to find a way to complicate it, by casting the whole part in clear. That'll go into gray at the same time, then I can get the canopy onto that one, mask it by trying out a second usage on the Eduard set I used on my Bf 109 K-4 for RD I, then I can spray some more gray on 190s... It's a production line!
Frank, I was sorry you missed out on the Rhino build (and the eight-wheelers!). There was huge interest in building Phantoms but only a handful of finishers. It's in its overrun for those still working, I'm expecting another completion shortly. The ironic fact is, I'll probably be the very last! I'm trying out new techniques, looking at a mixed acrylic scheme with a clearcoat -- gulp! First time for everything... Never mind, there'll be a Rhinomania II, and I hope you'll come aboard! (If you fancy an early jet -- and what better excuse to knock out another 262? -- check out my Early Jets GB, it just got under way!)
PS: Thanks for the kind words!
Mike she's looking good mate!!!! am still hammering away on my 262 as well. Close to the finish line so want to get that one done! I must say that GB's are VERY inspirational to start things that would probably set in the cupboard for years. I may commit with intentions but sadly I falter sometimes to life and BAD FITS!!!! AHem sorry bout that LOL! GB's are for me modellings blood!! You get so much out of watching others and learn so much from kits and techniques!! Frank, you need to do something that cruises above 300kts mate, trust me it's addicting! I do love the perpindicullar whirly things!!!!
Thanks, Richie. I got the RLM 66 sprayed today. There was some overspray that I might sand away from around the canopy before I lay on the colours.
Here's a great reference:
http://falkeeins.blogspot.com/
It's a blog for a Luftwaffe expert, i found it searching on markings for SG-2 and finding my way to a close companion aircraft of the one I'm doing. Immediate post-war US colour photography of Fw 190s in service colors -- wow!
Interesting link Mike! Some great photos.
Mike,
I feel really bad about the Eight-wheelers GB. To be completely honest, I over committed myself this year on GB's. That and the fact that my current projects on the bench are taking a lot longer that I expected to finish. If I thought I had any chance of finishing a Phantom in the next month or two, I would jump in as I am itching to build one! I recently picked up a number of them for a song and I think one is SEA camo would look very good indeed in the display case! When you do Rhinomania II I am most definitely up for that!
simpilot34 Frank, you need to do something that cruises above 300kts mate, trust me it's addicting!
Frank, you need to do something that cruises above 300kts mate, trust me it's addicting!
LOL, like this?
I have two of these on my bench right now LOL.
Hi Frank,
I quite understand, I am so far overcommitted myself it's rediculous. I'm hardly ready to paint my own Phantom, a month after the build ended! As I type this I'm decalling a Trumpeter SA-2 missile that's been on the shelf way too long, and will be great to move off the roster at last. I'll definitely launch Rhinomania II, and there's interest in an Achtraden II as well, so there's two bites at the cherry.
Oh, thanks for my new desktop wallpaper, it looks fantastic! Will I see you at the Viper GB starting in a few months?
Thanks for your understanding Mike! I feel much better knowing that I am not the only one. If only we could all build at Guy's speed! What a machine.
I saw that Viper GB, but as mine are both built and in the process of painting ( a second time as I botched them both the first time around!) I figured that they did not qualify. I did receive my resin afterburner cans, seats, FOD guards, and Eduard masks for my Tamiya 1/32 F-4 yesterday so I am ready for Phantomania II!
Glad you liked the photo! I don't see the blue-tailed one in the air very often, but the rest of the squadrons' aircraft fly overhead regularly. I was fortunate a couple of years ago to spend a day with the Wisconsin ANG, and they let me crawl all over one of their aircraft. Even let me play in the cockpit!
Frank you are a lucky man!!! You got the right idea but I was thinking more like this!!!
Where mum and dad live. Sadly or not, depends on how you look at it, they fly A-10s now.
Frank -- no worries, I wish we could just build models all day, every day! I have about 10 Vipers in my stash so far and still collecting, so I'd better build a few!
Richie -- I have those markings in the Academy -C/Block 32 kit, can't wait to do 'em!
PS: Now have the SA-2 about half decaled...
Richie- LOL, I love those markings! Pretty sure I have a set of those in my stash. The boar on the tail is AWESOME!
Mike- You keep that SA-2 away from my F-4 LOL!
Thunderbolt379 Richie -- I have those markings in the Academy -C/Block 32 kit, can't wait to do 'em!
So do I!!
Daywalker Richie- LOL, I love those markings! Pretty sure I have a set of those in my stash. The boar on the tail is AWESOME!
Don't call it a boar if you ever go to Arkansas!!!! LOL, dems Razorbacks!!!
Funny thing is they finally got the appropriate plane for the Razorbacks, the A-10!!!
simpilot34 Daywalker: Richie- LOL, I love those markings! Pretty sure I have a set of those in my stash. The boar on the tail is AWESOME! Don't call it a boar if you ever go to Arkansas!!!! LOL, dems Razorbacks!!!
Daywalker: Richie- LOL, I love those markings! Pretty sure I have a set of those in my stash. The boar on the tail is AWESOME!
Right! Sorry 'bout that. Thanks for the tip!
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