Night Fighter Nut

I would love to start posting photos of my plane but so far I'm still new to this.

Hey Night fighter Nut if you have a camera with a usb you can download the pics to a hosting site such as 'photobucket'. From there you can copy and paste them to the forum

DoogsATX

Wow - the work going on here is top notch, guys! Bravo! I agree with the sentiments of others - I may have to invest in some AM goodies to give my Mossie a chance!

I imagine I should be hopping on board sometime in the next two or so weeks. The Jug's into the home stretch now. Decals are on...still have to go back and do the invasion stripes, but other than that it's just weathering and final assembly. And once it's off the bench, the Mossie's coming out.

While I'm thinking about it, anybody got a lead on any AM decals for an all-black Mossie NF.II? Not having much luck, but I'm hesitant to use Tamiya's decals since I've never had great experiences with them, and on the black, any silvering will show like the dickens.

hey Doogs ,I was able to locate this source for decals hope it helps

http://flightdecs.ca/a_Capena%2048.htm

Big thanks for the compliments everyone much appreciated! I'm glad the ref pics are of use, there are'nt a lot of good interior pics to be found unfortunately.Great work Mo, Enerst and Nathan ,these interiors are looking great .

I got the gun bay finished

and the cockpit is installed

working on taping up the canopy ,thank goodness for precut masks ! Its still tedious work though

I have to agree with the quality of work here. this being my first group build I am wondering if I bit of more than I can chew.

Wow - the work going on here is top notch, guys! Bravo! I agree with the sentiments of others - I may have to invest in some AM goodies to give my Mossie a chance!

I imagine I should be hopping on board sometime in the next two or so weeks. The Jug's into the home stretch now. Decals are on...still have to go back and do the invasion stripes, but other than that it's just weathering and final assembly. And once it's off the bench, the Mossie's coming out.

While I'm thinking about it, anybody got a lead on any AM decals for an all-black Mossie NF.II? Not having much luck, but I'm hesitant to use Tamiya's decals since I've never had great experiences with them, and on the black, any silvering will show like the dickens.

I would love to start posting photos of my plane but so far I'm still new to this.

Awesome work guys

Afraid not much to report here, pulled the spues for the P-61 out of the bags and washed them with some dishwashing detergent. Went over the kit and have been filling and sanding injection pit holes. Probably most won't show but I like to eliminate all of the them just to be on the safe side. Will post photos when I have something to show!

Home from work and able to view the pictures.  What can I say exceptional work all around!

Greg, your P70 will make a cool build of a rare bird.  Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Mo, very nice job on the Uhu's office.  The painting of the seatbelts is especially impressive work.  I won't be able to use the weight for my build as I am using the Aires resin cockpit.  I am looking at ways to get enough weight to avoid my bird being a tail sitter.

Trey, really excellent work on the 110's pit.  The mesh seat looks fantastic.

Nathan, the paint job of the instrument panel is exceptional. 

The stnadards are indeed high, hopefully I can keep up!   

Ernest

Trey,

Thanks for the reference shots. I am not doing the 219 for this group build but Ido have one on the shelf to do.

At work right now and our browser security won't let me view some of the pictures so I will have to comment on the great work after I get home.  Strangely I can access and view Imageshack photos, so I can post some of my recent work.

In addition to the CMK Engine, I also brought the Aires cockpit set for the model.  The following photos show the progress of the construction.  This set has assembled very well so far and has been fun to build. 

Ernest

Holy Cow , Guy's

The level of detail work already going on is amazing ;

In-fact when I saw those awesome detailed cockpits , I broke out in a 'cold sweat' ;

I haven't taken the shrink wrap off my four 1/72 scale nightfighters as yet but after seeing everyone's efforts so far , I raced over to Hannants and ordered some Eduard pre painted cockpit sets for the F4U-1 Corsair,F6F-3/5N Hellcat,TBM-3D Avenger and the Pavla cockpit set for the PV-1 Ventura.

The standard of workmanship is so high , I'm really going to have to pull my socks up on this GB .

It maybe a couple of months before I start anything , that will give me time to 'psych' myself up ,

                                        John .

Trey, Thanks for posting the photo's. I have seen a few of them. The landing gear shot's are great stuff. I can see by the last photo that the headrest is angled to far forward,Thanks!

 Mo

Great work Greif and Trey!

Inspiring stuff!

Cheers

Mo here are some research pics I found while doing my 219

Trey, didn't notice the headrest angle is wrong, probably cause I don't have any reference material. Did notice a few ejector marks on the inside of the fuselage though. They would be located in a spot that even with the canopy closed they would stand out. The chunk of metal is ok by me as long as it keeps the front wheel down. Had to use at least a bucks worth of change to keep the P38 nose wheel down;). Thanks for the comments and the heads up on the head rest. Looking forward to seeing updates.

 Mo

Nathan that interior is awesome,you must have one heck of a magnifier lens,yea I was wishing for some pe when I did my ju88 as well.

Mo the 219 office is looking great as well, I repositioned my pilots headrest after  manstien  pointed out that it tilted forward too far.How do you like that big hunk 'o metal that comes with it?

Greif, amazing detail/paintwork on the DB603 Really like the looks of the Daimler

Trey, Outstanding detail/paintwork on the Bf110's office The wicker looks awesome

 Started the interior of the He219 last night. Only about a dozen or so parts involved and no PE. Everything fit and went together nicely. The cockpit is attached to a metal weight to balance out the tricycle landing gear. Most of the time spent on the pit was fixing the harness belts and hooks/latches/buckles, not 100% sure of the setup, but I plan on building a closed canopy anyway.

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 There are a few details on the fuselage halves that need paint and the armored screen installed. Have checked the fit with the fuselage and it looks good.

 Greg, Thanks for allowing multiple builds. The Ta 154 should be arriving soon.

Mo

Trey great job on the interior. Got my cockpit done and buttoned up in the nose pieces. real tedious work so hope it looks worth it. I wish there was pe available for the instrument panel, the one for the a-4 is alltogether different.

Nathan

thanks Stumpjumper, I used model master leather enamel followed by a wash of citadel flesh,then a light wash of promodeller black

Gregbear - thanks, I think my C-7 would be the most unsuccessful nightfighter ever (especially with white paint!). Therefore I'll withdraw that entry and have a think about something else in the meantime. I'm not adverse to running two 110 builds at the same time... 

TreyZX10R - wow, absolutely amazing stuff. Can I ask how you got the colouring on the whicker mesh (I assume that's what it is)? I have a Wingnut Wings Bristol F2B that needs that treatment and I was wondering how to go about it.

 Wow Ernest that engine looks great! I did the He219 a few months back so I'm eager to see your build The bar is set high already lol. Thanks eveybody for the kind words, I'll try to keep up. I stayed up late and got the cockpit just about ready to install,just a few pe goodies to add then I can button the office up

I've also got to add some color to the wiring harness

Fantastic start!  The builds look great.  That CMK engine is art work.  It even has the exhaust ports molded in, wow.

Mobious, multiple builds are very welcome.

Stumpjumper, yes your 110 does sound more like a day player.  I think that the 1/32 110 does have some interest here.  I'm sure several of us would like to see how it comes together.  Are you sure we can't twist your arm to a NF scheme?

As for me, your humble host, I finally took off the plastic yesterday when I came home from work.  I gave the sprues a bath, and I will begin in earnest today.  I had more ambition for yesterday, but my shift wore me out.  Between fireworks fires, car wrecks, and cold homeless people (they call 911 when they are cold), I didn't get a moments rest.  I can't complain though.  On most shifts as a firefighter, I almost always get a couple of hours of building time!

Again, great stuff.  What a great way to start off the New Year.

Cheers,

Greg

Great work on the engine Ernest, Can't wait to see it on the model. Good to know dragon kits get better as i plan on building a few more of em. The eduard color pe adds alot to dragons somewhat plain cockpit, but only some of it applies to the G-6, as no aftermarket for the G-6 is made so i robbed it off the A-4.

Nathan

Trey/Greif - very nice work there chaps. Day 2 of the build and already the standards are high

Greg - I know you accepted my 110 into the build but it's going to be a C-7 of ZG1 (the Wespengeschwader), so not really a dedicated nightfighter. I'm planning on putting winter camo on it too, so even LESS of a nightfighter. Do I still qualify? Feels like maybe I should be in the Ostfront build instead.

Very nice work on the cockpit Trey, the dashboard looks fantastic.  I like how you are linking your build to an actual plane and pilot.  I am doing the same thing with my He219 build.  I didn't think to post a short bio as you have, so now I have a good idea to work on!

Ernest

Hi Nathan, I built that model several years ago and ran into the same things you have.  Though it was a pain to get rid of the flash and enjector pin marks it did assemble into a nice model.  I built Dragon's newer Ju88 A-4 kit a couple of years ago and it was nearly free of the above problems.  You have some very nice aftermarket stuff by the way!

Ernest

Neat subject and awesome work so far Andrew.  I don't think I could have replicated your effort at that scale.

Ernest

A few more shots of the construction.  The last twp photos show the exhausts which I cut from the kir part that will not be used.  I don't plan to add the flame suppressors to the engine and I needed to show the exhausts.

Got started on the HE219 yesterday.  I decided to build the CMK engine first and completed it after a "few" hours of work.  The pictures show the progress of construction; I added some copper wire and a few pieces of scrap plastic to simulate tubing.  The engine was painted with MM Metallizer paint.

Ernest