Mighty 8th GB 1-Nov-2010 - 31-Oct-2011

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Being snowed in is great.  Besides a dentist appointment and a run to the LHS I spent most of the day building and suprisingly got alot done.  Yesterday the only thing I had done on the P-47 was the green base coat on the cockpit......today I closed her up.  I got the wheel wells painted and the wings assembled, so at this rate I may get to painting the Jug before the P-51 (I'm STILL waiting on Ultracast for a package).

 Just a couple pics of the cockpit

Scorpiomikey  I haven't built any 32nd scale kits myself yet, though got 4 waiting. Think i will wait till i get out of the Army and get a proper space to build in. Looking forward to seeing yours.

Red Looks like you have made a great start, looking good.

Doogs--Your P-47 is a masterpiece.  Very nice finish with the filters.  Nice subtle chiping on the wing leading edges too! 

Redraider--That is one fine looking office.  What plane does it go in?

Thanks guys

Clebode

Doogs--Your P-47 is a masterpiece.  Very nice finish with the filters.  Nice subtle chiping on the wing leading edges too! 

Redraider--That is one fine looking office.  What plane does it go in?

The P-47

Scorpiomikey

Ill hopefully be starting mine next month. cant wait to get cracking on a 32nd scale kit. Its my first one.Just gotta clear the bench first. 

I'm right there with you! 

A few months ago I decided to ask for a 1/32 P-47 for Christmas. You know, as sort of a "flagship", since my cabinets are nowhere near deep enough for any but the smallest 1/32 kits.

Fast forward to today, and the P-47's been joined by a Hasegawa P-40E, Wingnut Wings Sopwith Pup, and Tamiya Spit Mk. VIII. Oh, and I've got an Eduard Bf-109E-7 on the bench. And Wing-Scale's B-25J on pre-order.

Now I just need to figure out the shelving situation. But the wife wants to trade up to a house with a more kid-friendly yard before the oldest gets too much bigger, so it may be a moot point anyway...

Got started on the engine today...I havn't any patience left....

Almost done (sorry for the bad picture)

O, house move on the cards Doogs. Might be a good chnace for a better modelling room. Maybe with more display space.

red, now thats some wiring job. I used the Eduard PE ones on my B-24 and i could only do one at a time. Nice job.

Thanks, I did the same thing with the engines on the B-17 and that took me pretty much a whole day to do.  I can only do it for so long though, because drilling all those holes can get to you pretty quick.  It is tedious but the end result speaks for itself

I must admit it does look better than the flat PE from the Eduard set, i might try that on my B-17. What size wire did you use.

I actually have no clue what size wire it is. I just found a big spool of it in one of my Dad's old model railroad boxes and I found out that it comes in quite handy. All I can tell you that it's a very very fine gauge

Thanks red. I reckon for 72nd scale 5 amp fuse wire should do the job.

Finally, painted and glossed. Decals tonight. Then I get to start beating it up.

The spatter on the underside comes from running out of gloss... got to get a gravity feed airbrush. I think I can polish that out.

The Mustang is looking vey nice. I should have started my P-51 first because the Marauder interior is kicking my butt

Nice recovery on the Stang. those white stripes look spot on to me. A gravity brush is on my to by list when i get back to the UK.

Little, looking forward to seeing some pics.

Just a heads up guys. I am off to the Falklands on Fri. While i am there i should get decent net time. But i am not sure about uploading pics as the connection can be slow and intermitent. So if i can't get completed build pics up on the front page, i will do it when i get home. So please don't think i have missed yours or forgotten.

jbrady:  the Mustang is looking good; the whole paint job is excellent.

redraider:  congratulations on wiring that engine; it's why I stick to 1:72 to avoid that kind of thing; my eyes would cross and my head would ache; on another note, do you attend college in state (Wisconsin)?  I attended UW-Whitewater (Go Warhawks) and Concordia University--Wisconsin (Go Falcons). 

I spent the weekend working on the 2nd Fortress while the paint cures on the first one; I installed the starboard waist window with gun position--that was a headache, trying to avoid getting glue on the clear window part; then sanding down the superglue; I managed to scuff the windows, twice; buffed them out--and now will have to use Future to restore the shine.  What makes them so tricky is that there's so little frame around three sides when they're detached, there's very little margin for error when installing them.  I'm thinking they might be better installed from the inside, as I used to do (before I found pictures on the net that show them installed on the outside of the fuselage).  An inside installation almost seems what they were engineered for. I'm not posting pictures since they'll look the same as the first B-17 already here on the thread (I hope they come out that good). 

Bish:  if you didn't find it, the windows measure 10 mm X 14/15mm; and compliments to you if you can wire a 1:72 engine, repeated four times

Yes, sorry if i didn't reply before, i did get that. Going to measure up my B-24 windows on Wed when i get back. I wired up the B-24 engines with the Eduard PE, that was a struggle lol. But its to flat. I think the extra effoft of useing wire will be worth it. I am finding the same thing with PE  lines for undercarrages, look ok but flat.

checkmateking02

redraider:  congratulations on wiring that engine; it's why I stick to 1:72 to avoid that kind of thing; my eyes would cross and my head would ache; on another note, do you attend college in state (Wisconsin)?  I attended UW-Whitewater (Go Warhawks) and Concordia University--Wisconsin (Go Falcons). 

Yup, I go to St. Norbert College in De Pere

My first experience with Kits World decals... easy to work and respond well to MicroSet and Sol.

and they seem accurate

Now I got to beat the hell out of my paint and decal job... that's the fun part.

jbrady--Nice looking exterior paint job on your P-51.  I like the camo color.  What is it?

Redraider--Looks like you have engine wiring down to a science.  Nice job!

All--I have the P-38 J glued together.  A couple of photos are attached.  There were no major fit problems with the minicraft kit.  The biggest issue was the rear joint of the engine nacels to the booms.  Some big gaps there but they filled nicely with thick CA and microballons.  The main gear wells are a bit dodgy too but shouldn't be too visible when the gear doors go on.  I just hope I have enough weight in the nose.  Test balancing tells me it may be close.  I have put weight in the noses of the drop tanks just in case.

Clebode

jbrady--Nice looking exterior paint job on your P-51.  I like the camo color.  What is it?

Thanks... The question of what color... well it's basically my version of OD. I start with Model Master enamel Olive Drab+a few drops of "leather" for the base coat. Then I add white to fade it. The gloss makes it look darker and browner. I'll tone it down with a panel line wash over the gloss then a grunge wash over the flat coat. Enamel dries slowly so I've got two or three days of painting (actually waiting for paint to dry) before I can add all the little bits.

What scale is your Lightning?

Finally got the airbrush and compressor in the mail and got some work done. Finished filling gaps between fuselage and the canopy and then put the airbrush to work. Did some heat distortion around the engines, the blueing didn't come out in the pictures for some reason, then had to hand paint the tail and RE on the sides since I don't have decals for this particular plane. Maybe I'll get to building the turrets later tonight.

Thats looking nice Hook. I can see some distortion around the engines, but not blue. Nice job on painting the letters.

Hookdriver: That's looking good. Hand painting the lettering... very ambitious.

Got the first round of weathering in... post shading, panel lines, and a satin coat to ready for extensive paint chipping.

I'm on a roll.

I need some opinions In this photo

does it look to anyone else as if the exhaust staining was scrubbed away from the nose art for the photo? The area under the kill markings is very dark and looks consistant with exhaust but the figure is clean.

Ye it deffinatly looks like it has been cleaned. I would imagine these ground would be proud of there charges and probably kept these clean anyway, not just for the photo. So you either do it clean prior to a mission, or after a mission and slightly stained but not as stained as the rest.

BISH- I'm not really sure why the blue are not visible in the photos, it looks much better in person. I used clear blue in the center of the panels and clear orange around the edges.

JBRADY - It does look like the exhaust stains have been cleaned around the nose art, then again it could just be darker paint. Judging by the amount of paint that is missing in the bottom left corner of the photo, she looks like she has been rode pretty hard. Have fun with the weathering!

My thinking was that the area was cleaned just for the photo-op... but you're probably right. Still that is one beat up airplane. You can see where there are missing fasteners and a lot of missing paint. I'm trying to paint the fasteners with a toothpick right now... it's making me cross-eyed.

Hook Thats a bit different, not heard of doing that with an NMF before. Pity it doesn't show. Last NMF i didn, P.1101, i used Alclad and i used a touch of jet exhaust to darken Aluminium for the metal around the engine, and that seemed to work ok. Are you useing the Tamiya clear colours.

Yes, tamaya clear, I'm going to try and mess with my camera settings to see if I can get a good photo. I'm also going to wait until tomorrow and try taking the picture during the day with no flash and natural light to see if that works.