Way Too Many Props GB April 18, 2011 - Extended to July 28, 2012

Hey, can you put me down for an Italeri C-47 1:72 scale. Its a crossover from the veterans build. Ill be doing it as the RNZAF VIP aircraft

Nice PE-2 baron.

Some interesting pics there hans. I just got a 72nd resin set of proposed German A-Bomabs and one of those is very similar to the US bombs.

B17Pilot

Hans von Hammer:

Just to let you know that I'm still in, or back in, at least... I had too many irons in the fire earlier, but things are falling into place now, and I think that the Monogram 1/48th  "Enola Gay" will be completed "on time, on target"...

 

Can't wait!!

I won't have the diorama anywhere near complete, mind you, just the aircraft.

Well.. It'll be 99% done, at least... I say that because, since it's wired for "electical stuff " (Bomb bay lights and panel/navigation lights w/fiber optic strands)...

 The wires will show until it's mounted to the base, where they get run down a bomb-lift to the "pit" where the "Little Boy" bomb was raised into the bay (in order to hide them as much as possible.)...

The bombs were too big to load conventionally, so "Enola Gay" (and Bock's Car", as well as all the other "Silverplate" aircraft that dropped bombs in cases the same size as "Fat Man", but were filled with conventional explosive, so the Japanese would get used to some B-29s dropping one big bomb. Those bombs were called "Pumpkins") could be towed into place over it and the bombs raised into the aircraft's forward bay.

A-Bomb Loading pit:

Pumpkin Bomb:

Some thought the name came form it's color, which was purported to be a "pumpkin" color, but the bombs were actually painted the same color as the "Fat Man"..

Baron - Looks great! Front page updated with your completed build.

Hans von Hammer

Just to let you know that I'm still in, or back in, at least... I had too many irons in the fire earlier, but things are falling into place now, and I think that the Monogram 1/48th  "Enola Gay" will be completed "on time, on target"...

Can't wait!!

Well the PE-2  is finished, this turned out too be one of my best, but airfix failed me once agian with thier dodgy clear parts.

here are the pics!

Just to let you know that I'm still in, or back in, at least... I had too many irons in the fire earlier, but things are falling into place now, and I think that the Monogram 1/48th  "Enola Gay" will be completed "on time, on target"...

Bish

the real red baron:

I finished the PE-2!

Sorry everyone, you'll have to wait until tomorrow for pics. My Internet is so slow I cant upload pics to the computer. But they will be up tomorrow (I'm going to upload them at school, shhh )

 

 

Tease

That's not nice making us wait like that!

the real red baron

I finished the PE-2!

Sorry everyone, you'll have to wait until tomorrow for pics. My Internet is so slow I cant upload pics to the computer. But they will be up tomorrow (I'm going to upload them at school, shhh )

 

Tease

I finished the PE-2!

Sorry everyone, you'll have to wait until tomorrow for pics. My Internet is so slow I cant upload pics to the computer. But they will be up tomorrow (I'm going to upload them at school, shhh )

Just started wondering if whether I should pull out the other A-20 kit I have or wait for that Ventura kit?  Decisions, decisions

TREY, from someone that builds kits as you do, that means a lot.

Baron-

You could try dry brushing in the direction of air flow to highlight your raised panel lines...just make sure the brush is REALLY dry!

Len

I forgot about that

Thanks.

RRB: you cant do a wash for raised panel lines. The whole purpose of a wash is for it to settle into recessed details. For raised lines, I make sure to preshade all of them, color the top coat, then lightly sand off the top color to let a bit of black show through.

Well the weekend finally came, so now the PE-2 is all painted up! Just a few little touch ups with the brush and it'll be done. The green was humbrol acrylic 30 and the bottom was humbrol acrylic  65. I pre-shaded for the first time with humbrol acrylic 33. And it turned out very good! Though you can only see it on the bottom… 

Anyone know how to do a wash for raised panel lines??

troublemaker66

My A-20G Havoc is all done!  I weathered her up pretty badly, well I think anyways. The first one I actually weathered this bad.

Wow, Len:

That's a 'keepr' for sure ... great job !! ...

I've finally resolved all my medical issues - I hope - and started an airplane for this build ...

I'm still going to do the PSA  Lockheed Electra, but have started off with a DC-6B ... the scale is 1/144 and the kit maker is Minicraft ... Man, those parts are so very small - whew !! ...

Here's a WIP photo ...

Just to show that I don't always build 'shiiny' aircraft, here are 2 snaps of an F7 Tigercat I just finished up ...

The silver craft is a model of only 1 of 2 Tigercats left in the NMF ... it was a test a/c, used by both Grumman and the Navy to test the concept of the twin-engined fighter ...

The second photo is of the F7F-3K, the prototype Tigercat target drone, which crashed on its last demo flight by the Navy ...

Enjoy ! ...

pepper

Bish she came out great ,give yourself a big atta-boy for overcoming the hurdles thrown at ya !

B17 pilot Awesome looking Havoc and the weathering is superb!!!

Howard off to a great start looking forward to seeing more!

Thanks, in 3-4 more days the plane will be painted, so in the meantime that will give me enough time to mask the model and paint all the landog gear, as well as some of the more fiddle bits.

Can't wait to see more, Baron!  I've got a 48 scale of a Pe-2, that I need to do.  But I said to myself once the A-20 was done, that I will not, repeat will not start a new one, until the old, half built stuff has been finished.  So far so good!

I've got the PE-2 assembled and ready for painting. But the only time I can airbrush is on the weekend.

I had some major & minor fit issues, one of the elevators seems to be angled a little higher than the other. 

Sorry for low quality pics, I'm using my iPod touch's camera, but I will use my real camera for the finished pics.

B17Pilot

My A-20G Havoc is all done!  I weathered her up pretty badly, well I think anyways. The first one I actually weathered this bad.

Pics (a bunch of them):

Nose art close up:

Cockpit detail:

And for all of ya'll to thought I would break off the rear gun barrels, they survived the whole process!!

Questions and comments welcome!

Len

T-rex - your FW-189 has been added! to the build!

the real red baron

The A-20 looks very good, did they really come in through the top??

Yep the pilot did, I still have no idea how the rear gunner entered. This was small plane, crew of two (three if it had a glass nose)

Thanks Howard, i am well happt iwth it myself. Thats some nice interior work there.

Don't be so hard on yourself! Some say someone's worst critic is themselves.

The A-20 looks very good, did they really come in through the top??

Sounds exciting!

Sign me up MPM Fock Wulf fw 189A-2 in 72 scale

Been wanted to start on that one.

My A-20G Havoc is all done!  I weathered her up pretty badly, well I think anyways. The first one I actually weathered this bad.

Pics (a bunch of them):

Nose art close up:

Cockpit detail:

And for all of ya'll who thought I would break off the rear gun barrels, they survived the whole process!!

Questions and comments welcome!

Sorry to hear about the Connie.  Let me know what you decide on.  The AMT A-20 wasn't to bad, just finished her up, pics will be up shortly

Hey B17pilot, im gonna have to pull my super connie. shes fighting me all the way to the bin and i dont know how im gonna make her look good. its just not working.

Id like to stay in the GB. But ill be looking for another kit.

Thanks.

Mike