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FW-190 Reich Defender III 5/10-2/11

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  • From: Brisbane
Posted by Julez72 on Sunday, December 5, 2010 3:05 AM

Randy WOW you certainly don't dissapoint....Your 190 is going to look real sweet once it's all done, the freehand camo came out very nice indeed, can't see any spits or splats at all....Well done sirToast

 

 

 

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Posted by vetteman42 on Sunday, December 5, 2010 1:22 AM

Julez, Daywalker, Mobious, and Thunderbolt wow thank you all for your kind words and encouragement, you all make me want to build to the standards of this very talented group. I don't feel I have made it yet, but think I am getting closer with each build. I hope this next set of WIP pictures don't disappoint.

Thunderbolt Model Master does have a thinner for their acrylic paints, however I haven't tried it as it is rather pricey for a tiny bottle. What I have found is that you don't get near MM acrylics with alcohol, the stuff turns to marshmallow and clogs everything in sight. I thin mine with distilled water at around 25 or 30 percent and I clean my airbrush with lacquer thinner  and rinse with water, cleaning it with my normal windex and water for Tamiya paints doesn't seem to do the trick.

Now on to the trials and tribulations of my full day motteling this 190. As I said I had very good luck with my 262 motteling with MM acrylics. Today I spent all day trying to get a decent pattern out of my AB, it would splatter, then it would clog then try to empty the cup all at once. I tried everything I could think of and still had troubles. Went thru my first bottle of RLM 80 and ran and got a second bottle, I even tried thinning it with lacquer thinner geeze, it flowed great but dried before it hit my test piece. Bang Head Censored. Now I have gone through half my second bottle of paint and thought of acrylic retarder, a run down to the local Arron Brothers and back home with a bottle of the stuff in my grimy and cranky at this point mitts. I had no idea how much retarder to mix with the paint so a few drops at a time were added until my clogging problem was solved, anyway it ended up being roughly 15% retarder to paint that worked for me. It could also be that I was trying to paint too fine a pattern with my AB too, as the 262 is much bigger and the RLM76 didnt clog my AB. Ok so here are the pictures, not what I was trying to do but it looks ok to me.

 

Randy So many to build.......So little time

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Posted by Thunderbolt379 on Saturday, December 4, 2010 9:42 PM

Randy -- looking SUPERB mate! I love this kit and you're doing it justice bigtime! You said these are Model master's acrylics range? Do they have a proprietory thinner, and what's the ratio for spraying???

I think this'll be my next F-8, I have another copy of this kit on its way, after all...

Cheers, Mike/TB379

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Posted by Mobious on Saturday, December 4, 2010 7:09 AM

 Vetteman, The F8 is looking great!Yes That spiral decal is down nice and tight. Keep us posted on the weather/painting conditions, We're expecting snow here!

 Jules, Thanks for the comments. I'm really looking forward to seeing that BMW! Big Smile

 Mo

"It's a problem of applied physics" Roy Brown

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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, December 3, 2010 11:01 PM

Julez- LOL, no worries mate!  Plenty o' time for the Hornet, I haven't even started mine yet either. Embarrassed

Randy- SWEET!  Glad to see you were able to spray some paint on her.  Great stuff, especially that spinner- Nothing I like more than a well done spinner! Bow Down

Mo- Good gravy, didn't see that one coming!  Well done, and another one coming to boot!

Frank 

 

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  • From: Brisbane
Posted by Julez72 on Friday, December 3, 2010 10:29 PM

Randy, looking really nice mateYes great job on that spinner spiral decal, i gave up on them and ended up painting it on mine, just couldn't get the bloody thing to settle down rightToast So how are finding the Tamiya kit, it's your first isn't it??? Hope the weather clears up for you, it's rained all week over here again and half of QLD is flooded AGAIN!!!!!!Storm

Mo, WOW another great build, your certainly churning out these 190'sYes Your not wrong about the Eduard BMW engine it's a beauty, spent 2 days on mine and still have to wire it up and weather it, i'm leaving the panels open so i gotta do a good jobPropeller I'll be looking forward to seeing the next one come together....

 

 

 

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Posted by vetteman42 on Friday, December 3, 2010 9:31 PM

Mobious wow I like very much the camo came out great YesYes Man what a tough build to follow geeze.

Anyway here goes, some more WIP pictures cause I am on a roll today it seems. Got all the decals on it, there must have been a thousand of them. And got the spiral on the spinner, couldnt find the masks and my attempts at making one of my own, well lets just say the kit decal worked better. Not perfect but close enough I think to make me happy anyways.

The rest of the decals

Got the future on it tonight to seal the decals and with any luck at all I should be able to start painting the RLM80 tomorrow. If not it will be a few more days because rain is on the way again Bang Head

Randy So many to build.......So little time

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Posted by Mobious on Friday, December 3, 2010 4:21 PM

 

Vetteman, the 190 is looking cool!Yes Very smooth!!! Looking forward to seeing progress on the paint/decals.

 Thanks for comments Julez. I finished up the Eduard kit and managed to get a couple of photo's of it before breaking the pitot tube, boarding step, and the long range antenna off in a hard landing. Not real happy with the photo's, but here they are.

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 Another Tamiya kit is on the bench. Another JG300 aircraft, The late war A8 piloted by Maj. Walther Dahl is the plane I'm shooting for. Looking forward to seeing the A5 your working on. The BMW in the Eduard kit is amazing!

Mo

"It's a problem of applied physics" Roy Brown

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Posted by vetteman42 on Friday, December 3, 2010 1:26 PM

Thanks guys, progress has been slow but the weather finally warmed up a bit so the F8 has some color on it and some but not all the decals yet. I am hoping to get the rest of them on today so I can future it this evening and get the RLM 80 on it tomorrow. I am really starting to like the Model Master Acryl paints better than the Tamiya paints they seem to spray much better and smoother.

RLM 78 and 79 is on

Got most of the markings on last night, the camo will be painted over some parts of the markings so the decals had to go on first. Hummm I just might get this done by the end of the month Stick out tongue

Randy So many to build.......So little time

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Posted by Julez72 on Friday, December 3, 2010 3:44 AM

Matt, bummer about that D9, hope you get it sortedYes

Mo, love your build mate...An outstanding peice of workmanship, very cool....YesYesYes so whats next for you???

Randy, Looks like your making solid progress on your build, looking very nice so farYes can't wait to see that trop scheme done.....Camera keep em coming buddyToast

Frank i've made some progress on my Eduard A-5, almost have the BMW done, you know i should have started my Hornet instead but what the hay, plenty of time rightTongue Tied I'll take a WIP pic when i've weatherd and wired it...

 

 

 

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Posted by chewybr on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 9:48 PM

-Matt

 

facebook  me Matthew Browning if you'd like to talk about the hobby

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Posted by Mobious on Sunday, November 28, 2010 7:47 PM

Thanks for the comments razordws.

Daywalker, I really like how the Lifecolor paints go on really thin and have a great smooth finish. Having to make several passes to get good coverage can be troublesome, especially when doing the mottle. Other than that, I like them. They bond relatively well considering they are water based, which is nice for masking. I may have to consider masking as an alternative to free-handing the mottle.

 Mobious

"It's a problem of applied physics" Roy Brown

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Posted by Daywalker on Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:45 AM

Randy- I love it when the build is at that stage, ready for paint!  Do you have to paint outside?  That would be a real bummer here in the winter. Dead

Mo- I have never tried Lifecolor paints, what didn't you like about them?

Frank 

 

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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:11 AM

MO:  That's beautiful!  Bow DownBow Down

Randy:  Can't wait to see the paint on it.

Dave

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Posted by Mobious on Sunday, November 28, 2010 8:07 AM

Vetteman, Looks like some masking and it's off to paint. Nice workYes Looking forward to seeing progress!

Mo

 

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Posted by Thunderbolt379 on Saturday, November 27, 2010 11:53 PM

Nice work, Randy! That's a sweet kit, and I managed to score another on eBay not long ago. I see you needed some filler at the wingroots -- I don't recall wingroot problems, I got them squared up and close enough to pass in the same category as panel lines, so this tells me to not be complacent when I do the next one.

Cheers, Mike

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Posted by vetteman42 on Saturday, November 27, 2010 11:14 PM

Here is where my F8 is at right now ready for a bit of clean up and masking.

Now if only the damp cold weather would take pity on me and dry out and warm up just a bit. Stick out tongue

Randy So many to build.......So little time

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Posted by Mobious on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 4:55 PM

Hey, thanks for all the kind words.  Thanks for all the inspiring work that's been posted!

Stumpjumper, that riveting work is really amazing. To keep All the lines square and straight just amazes me. Looking forward to seeing progress!

Daywalker, thanks for the extension. The D-9 was painted with Lifecolor acrylics. Been considering switching back to enamels. 

Spike, had to try one of the Eduard A-8's after seeing that spectacular build you recently completed. My hats of to you for that one!

 Mobious

 

 

"It's a problem of applied physics" Roy Brown

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Posted by Spike190 on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 3:51 PM

Mo you've pulled off a real beauty sir, lovely clean work and the paintwork looks fantastic, congrats Yes !

Stumpjumper, nice rivet work, looks very neat and consistent, I've replaced a few with a pin myself after sanding seams etc but never a whole plane, you must be mad! well done Bow Down

Cheers...

Mike  Toast

 

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Posted by Stumpjumper70 on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 3:32 PM

Vetteman42 - thanks very much for the comments. I have tried rescribing and I would say it's ten times harder than riveting, so dont shy away from the rivets if you like the look of them. I have just picked up a copy of the 190D edition of one of the Photo Hobby Manuals 'Special Drawings' series. I never knew these existed but the drawings are amazing. I can really recommend if you have a need for technical drawings (there are a few B & W photos and some colour paint schemes), and i think much more worthy of the investment than some of the walkaround books i have got where frankly the photography is rubbish.

 

Mobious - wow, very very nice. Am inspired to try and get some paint on mine ASAP!

Next up:

Trumpeter 1/32 Me109E-3

Dragon 1/32 Bf110C-7

Wingnutwings 1/32 Bristol F2B 

 

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Posted by maxfax on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 1:36 PM

Mobious: Excellent work! Excellent finish!

Rob

On the bench:  Revell 1/72 HCMS Snowberry

 

 

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Posted by Daywalker on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:34 AM

Very, very well done Mo!  What paints did you use on this one?  They look so smooth, and the greens look just right.  Excellent build you have there! Toast

Frank 

 

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Posted by Thunderbolt379 on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 4:39 AM

Mobious -- stupendous! A clean, beautiful build, the paintwork is superb, the decals are perfect to my eye, weathering is subtle and realistic, and I wish I could an antenna wire as striaght as that!

Top marks in my book!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

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Posted by Mobious on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:16 PM

 I'm calling the D-9 finished.

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A few more shots of the finished D-9...

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Thanks for looking

Mo

 

"It's a problem of applied physics" Roy Brown

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Posted by vetteman42 on Monday, November 22, 2010 11:52 PM

Bomber Boy I really like your dio the figure adds alot to the build. I like the scale effect, well done.

Stumpjumper70 nice rivet work the spacing is nice and equal with straight lines too YesYes I havent worked up the courage to try scribing let alone rivet work

Mobious I am liking your D-9, very nice work on the camo.

Thunderbolt welcome back, kinda missed you around here on the forum. Glad to hear you are feeling better too.

I am still plugging along on my F-8 but feel a bit outclassed here so many wonderful builds going on. I dont have any new pictures worth showing yet. It is getting close to paint and I will post a few before I start painting. Just need to clean up a few small gaps with Mr Surfacer and get the canopy on her.

Randy So many to build.......So little time

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Posted by Stumpjumper70 on Monday, November 22, 2010 7:31 AM

Hah, I couldn't see any other way! Am open to suggestions as I have a 1/32 Bf110 on the way, and that might need riveting too... Geeked Please God, dont let it require any sanding or filling though. Or at least not at the wing root...Angry

Next up:

Trumpeter 1/32 Me109E-3

Dragon 1/32 Bf110C-7

Wingnutwings 1/32 Bristol F2B 

 

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q40/daywalker750/GB%20badges/FW-190GBsmall.jpg 

 

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Posted by Daywalker on Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:17 PM

Welcome Sign back Mike!

Sorry to hear you were under the weather for your trip, but I am glad to see you here.  It has been a while indeed.  Looking forward to seeing what you are doing next!

Stumpjumper70- A sewing pin?  You are crazy, riveting a 1/32 Dora with a sewing pin!  Still, it looks very good indeed.

Frank 

 

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Posted by Stumpjumper70 on Sunday, November 21, 2010 4:46 PM

Thanks Daywalker. Glad to be back on board!

The rivets are made by sticking a sewing pin a pin vice and just pressing out the rivets one by one, using masking tape as a guide. The pin makes a small indentation but for some reason the plastic around it raises up slightly giving the effect you see. It sounds tedious (OK, it is a bit) but you get get up a reasonable amount of speed with practice! Also, for those nights when I was pushed for time but got the modelling urge, I could knock out 20 mins on the rivets with minimal fuss. Oh, if only airbrushing was as simple!

 

 

Next up:

Trumpeter 1/32 Me109E-3

Dragon 1/32 Bf110C-7

Wingnutwings 1/32 Bristol F2B 

 

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q40/daywalker750/GB%20badges/FW-190GBsmall.jpg 

 

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Posted by Thunderbolt379 on Sunday, November 21, 2010 3:28 PM

Hi Frank,

I'm back from my UK trip (away since the first of the month, sorry I wasn't able to check in!), slowly getting over jetlag and fighting off an infection that saw me pretty under the weather while I was away. I'm starting to get the itch to get back to the bench and with the extended deadline I will do my very best to get an extra 190 or two to the finish line.

Cheers, Mike/TB379

http://worldinminiature.blogspot.com/

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Posted by Daywalker on Sunday, November 21, 2010 3:18 PM

Stumpjumper70

Hi Daywalker. Have not been on these pages for a while but I see you've extended 'til end of Jan? Can I enter my 1/32 Hasegawa D-9?

You got it, plenty of time to build!  I added your large scale Dora to the list.  The rivets look raised, are they?  Also, how did you get that effect?  I like it very much.

Mo- Now we're getting there, stunning work!  The weathering is really looking good.

Frank 

 

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