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Casper the Chihuahua

Ok, here's a weird question....

Has anyone ever had experience with wheels cracking? It's happened to the HE162 and it also happened to the Meteor. Both times I had affixed the wheels to the landing gear and after a couple of days the wheels had cracked almost through the middle.

Starnge inded...

Cheers

I could imagine the fit was too tight? Best thing i can up with for now lol... What glue do you use? Some people complain that the revell contacta glue i use is too agressive and turns plastic liquid but thats only when you use a heck of alot on it Maybe something like that...?

All things (and my rambling) considered.......no i have no clue

Richard

Hi Kermit, didn't think I'd jammed the wheel in too hard but you never know. I usually use CA glue for little greeblies like wheels and things.

Anyway, got a bit of work done today, gap filling, canopy masked and on and masking done;

After some pre-shading, RLM light Blue;

The both RLM light green and RLM violet brown;

Got her supported on her side to re attach the wheels. You can clearly see the crack on the port wheel.

Might have time to do the decals tomorrow but we'll see.

Cheers

metal fatigue?

il get me coat

The Salamander is in! I feel personally I may have rushed this one a little, a little bit of sloppy work that usually I spend a little more time on but I am happy with the engine. Some of the PE was quite fiddly and some of the parts didn't have the best fit. I was also a bit lazy with the ejector pin marks in some spots

But anyways, this is the first of five Luftwaffe kits I have to build in the next few months. Next is a JU 88 C-6, Dornier 335A, Bf 110 and the big 1/32 Eduard Bf 109

Enjoy!

Cheers

Casper nice work on that Salamander man The way you have displayed the engine with its added detail really sets it apart. The pit looks good as does the worn paint around the flaps and ailerons. 

BTW I really like your design of the holding fixture you used in the previous pictures I will have top try that one As for the wheels cracking I haven't had it happen nor have I heard of it happening. Sure is a head scratcher I am thinking. I will update the front page with your build shortly.

Thanks Vetteman! She was a fun little build, not the best offering I've seen from Dragon but some good stuff non the less. I bought the new 1/48 Bf-110 Dragon kit and that kit is AWESOME!! So much detail in the parts it's unbelievable and I've ordered the Eduard in and exterior kits for it. Stay tuned in the Nightfighter GB for the progress on that one.

Cheers

Casper the front page has been updated with your finished Salamander. Thanks for letting me know about the 110 I will be watching you, that is if I can find the light switch over there

Casper, that Volksjaeger looks really nice! Last week I even was in that part of Germany where they put them together in the salt mines (so that the assembly line can't be bombed). Keep 'em comin' & have a nice day

Paweł

a tsr2 shape parcel arrived today :)

Casper, wow man very cool looking Salamander, well done

Eat, looking forward to seeing another one of your TSRIIs come together

Well Tyler is at his moms house for the week so i've managed to do some work on the Biber instead of supervising his Stuka build...

I preshaded with black before painting the grey and then added some postshading with a darker shade which is hard to see under the futures shine but is there. i'll give it all a day to dry and then start adding some washes and rust ect....

slight change of plan i think its gonna have straight leading edges rather than curved purely because it doesnt look right

im currently making a cardboard mockup of it

im thinking of changing the carrier to 1/350 scale that would make it 8 feet long :)

iv made a start although its suprisingly complicated

i might make the intakes deeper i just dont want them to look to tall and thin

hey i finished my 190, it's the Tamiya 1/48 A-8...

that looks great mate especially the weathering :)

iv no idea how im gonna join the square intake to the round body yet

the basic shape is beggining to appear its an absolute git going from square to curved everywhere

it looks a little like a massive draken to me

Thanks Eat, i'm glad you like it

I'm finding your build to be very intriguing and i'll continue to watch with interest

its starting to look something like now

the more i look at it the more it looks like im making a bigger vigilante!!!

let the sanding/filling commence lol

im trying a hell of alot of new stuff with this besides all the scratchbuiling i think im gonna try to make the flaps and maybe the canopys movable

im trying ALOT iv never done before heres some pics of the flaps and pit modifications

iv given up trying to pivot the flaps iv decided to make them movable to either up or down by putting pins in the wing and 2 sets of holes in the flaps hopefully theyl be discreet enough

they move vertically :)

Well I see Eatthis is working another TSR-2-ET in an interesting configuration, cant wait to see how this one turns out Sorry you coulnt get the flaps working as you wanted them to but hey they look great to my eye. BTW I like the idea that you can pose them in 2 positions too.

Julez OH YEAH ! I have been waiting to see your 190 finished, as you know I really like the paint job on the  cowling. The rest of the paint and color scheme is top notch too, very nice weathering and attention to detail, a nice touch on the step too painting the red side rails. Well done sir well done. 

Looks like you are getting close on the Biber too , sweet.

Sorry I have been gone for so long all, health issues keep popping up and hopefully will be solved soon.

little bit of progress

ps what does tsr-2-et mean mate?

bit more progress

i think it looks mean as hell :)

id like to scribe some panel lines etc but iv no idea how to do it?

for rescribing I use a broken xacto blade (tip snapped off works best for some reason) and a steady hand with tape guidelines.

Vette, thanks for the comments sir, i'm happy you like the 190 and yes, the Biber is very close to the finish line....

Eat, looking great, love the extra detail around the inlets for scribing i use a sewing needle in a pinvise and dymo tape as a guilde...

i gave up on the flaps and fixed them down