Hunting After Dark, 2011-2012 Night Fighter Group Build

Here's my entry simulatenous with the That's Amore GB.  It's Cr.42 LW Falco - Italeri 1/48 kits - in Luftwaffe markings.  Admittedly not as cool as the all black scheme that was posted earlier.

I have more finished and midbuild pictures here http://waihobbies.wkhc.net/models/cr42_Falco/cr42lw.html

wow.. very nice !!

Ejector seats finally done. I might go for resin next time. The PE belts are extremely fiddly.

Here's a comparison shot with an F4-N in 1/48. The phantom in 1/48 is still quite a big model, almost the size of BF109s or a Spit in 1/32.

Cheers

Decaling all done. These decals were actually pretty good. my last Tamiya decals (Spitfire Mk.VIII 1/32) were far from ok.

Cheers

Gregbbear

Hi Guys, here is a small update on the Airfix B-57.  I have the wings done as far as I can, until I get my painting area up and running.  Should be tomorrow.  That will also help the Corsair towards the finish line too.

In the pictures, I have the flaps still in pieces for ease of painting.  I also haven't secured the pieces for the floor of the wheel wells for same reason.  I have some plumbing that runs over the floor inserts that I can paint seperately.  Before paint, everything lines up really well.  Unlike the main gear bays, the nose wheel bay actually has some nice detail.

Cheers,

Greg

WOW Greg , That's some mighty impressive scratch building with those wing flaps on the Airfix Canberra

I copied those pic's into the computer for reference as I have a couple of the Airfix kits myself .

The boxing for the gear wells is excellent as well .

Casper's massive F-4 Phantom is looking great , nice work on the camo scheme

The cockpit detail on the other builds is just amazing , the dials , switches and Knobs look very realalistic

Great stuff everyone .

John .

Awesome WIP guy's .

Keep the great work coming

John .

Enrico that is some terrific detailing.  :)

That Phantom came out great..  :)

Painting is all done;

Rear exhaust area is all done. I did several different coloured panels for the Alclad aluminum. I used Alclad jet exhaust for the exhaust cans and Alclad Magnesium for the ribbing under the rear wings.

I think the gloss spray did something to the Alclad on some parts. I may just respray a bit more.

Cockpit all good and canopies needs just a little bit of touching up/cleaning;

Cheers

Hi all..........guns and undercarriage bay..........Ciao Enrico

painting almost done. Just need to mask off and do the exhaust areas underneath. Did the silver paneling in Alclad Aluminum and it came up well.

She also stands well on her landing gear. No weighting necessary for the nose.

Cheers

Waikong, that is one nice front office!  Very realistic looking.

I am going on vacation (holiday for those of you down under) for a couple of weeks, so I apologize in advance for any slow page updates. 

Cheers,

Greg

Night Fighter Nut

Nice!!

Those Falcos are looking terrific guys. Keep it up.

Cheers

Tony

Very nice.  :)   If you can get them, you could use mid size hypo needles for the gun barrels.

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NFN.. thats coool...

Night Fighter, that Falco came out great - love that black finish.  

Okay, here's my falco in progress that I'm entering as a dual GB entry (That's Amore GB) . I've made more progress since this pics, should post finished pics by the weekend.

First the cockpit with Eduard PE

Top paint on and bottom bottom Camo added to wings

Finally, initial camo pattern cut into frisket paper, ready for paint.

NFN, looks great!  I updated the front page too. 

Enrico, cockpit looks very good!

Cheers,

Greg

My next plane is already in the works.  A WW2 Russian night fighter...   Pe 3 Bis.   After that I'm considering either the Potez 631 or the correct version of a P-61 snuffy smith.  :)

thanks guys...   Ok, here are the rest of the pictures...

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@NFN:...........beautiful Falco!!!!!!!Ciao Enrico.

Casper looking great!

Enrico stunning office,killer looking IP!

NFN Well worth the wait she came out awesome,very nicely done Sir!

I'm getting back in here soon fellas just have'nt decided which build to do next!

finally finished my Fiat CR 42 CN.  first a couple of photos to show where I was and then the finished shots.

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More to follow as I get time...  :)

Hi all....little progress.............Ciao Enrico.

Ordinance is all done, This bird is going to be carrying MER and TER racks, AIM-7Es, AIM-9Es and an AQL Pod.

Cheers

Tony, welcome aboard!  The Eduard Hellcat looks like a nice kit, and I look forward to seeing yours come together.

Caspar, Tyke looks great!  Being in 1/32, it must be a sight to behold in person!  What ordnance are you going to hang on it?

Cheers,

Greg

Hi Greg,

I'd like to join please. It'll be an Eduard 1/72 F6F-5N Hellcat in the Profipack release. Note sure if it'll end up USN or RN yet.

Cheers

Tony

Despite a couple of areas that need a tocuh up, I am pretty happy with the way the camo pattern turned out. This is the first time I've done a tri coloured pattern.

Let this dry overnight then mask off and do the black area tomorrow.

Cheers

So I've laid down the tan coat, then the olive green with feathering. Blu-tak and paper to get this effect. Once this is dry I'll mask off for the 3rd colour of black green. Underside on this bird is black and then there's all the complicated exhaust and wing panels to do in various metallics!

Though that stuff should be easier once the camo is done and cured.

Cheers

Great updates Gang keep 'em coming!