Falklands/Malvinas War 30th Anniversary GB

Hi there guys,

So sorry for being out of the radar for so long, my work, then my vacactions, then work again have keeping me away from the bench LOL.

I´m glaad to see that the GB is moving along.

I made very little progress on my SUE but I´m close to finish the paint job. I used an Humbrol 01 primer and then gloss white for the undersides. For th topside gray I will use Humbrol 125 plus some drops of blue.

I also finished the Exocet missile and the pylon. I made some improvements in those items.

Well my friends that´s all for now, I hop to mask and paint the gray today.

Best regards to all

Jeremias

vance, thanks. I am rather proud of that 17 myself. Was looking like it was going to be a disater at one point. Bit it was saved with the help of the forum. Looking forward to seeing another Pucara. I had never really paid much attantion to that aircraft before, but i rather like the look of it.

I will get some pics up of the Chinook sprues later this week. I am not planning a diorama for this one, more something to commemorate the 30th of both the falklands war and JHSU. I still have a few other things to get. One thing is a decent base for it. The GR.3 is coming along nicely.

Azorean

Almost there!

The weight on the nose was not enough...

The solution is to glue the front tire on the base.

Until the finish here is more pictures.

Great work on this one! I love the scheme. Now if some manufacturer would care to make one in 1/48....

The SUE is coming along nicely Jeremias - very nice work on the Exocet as well.
details details details!!!

Azorean, sorry, i missed this one. That is looking amazing. I have given up with adding weight to nose wheel aircraft and i glue them all to the base now.

Jeremias, coming along great, very nice work on the Exocet.

The SUE looking very good El Jere!

Hi everybody, I'm new at this forum . Thanks to El Jere, that invited everyone in another forum to participate in this GB, I'm here to show you my 1:6 scale bust of an argentinian soldier in Malvinas/ Falklands war.

These ar pics of the bust as it is up to now:

I hope you enjoy them.

Mochilote- welcome and judging from your avatar, the background in your pictures and your bust, you are a head expert!

Azorean

The SUE looking very good El Jere!

great !!

Mochilote magnific work on the head it seems to me that you use milliput , i try something years ago with some 90 and 120mm figures scratched with it

Welcome to the forum, and more importantly to the GB.  Have i got this right, this isn't a kit, you have made it yourself.

Mochilote

Hi everybody, I'm new at this forum . Thanks to El Jere, that invited everyone in another forum to participate in this GB, I'm here to show you my 1:6 scale bust of an argentinian soldier in Malvinas/ Falklands war.

These ar pics of the bust as it is up to now:

I hope you enjoy them.

Mochilote - welcome aboard, looking forward to looking at your figures, when I get clear of the office web-filter!! And thanks to el Jere for spreading the word - the more the merrier!

Thanks to all of you. Yes Bish, I make my own busts, but I don't think I'm a head expert, Bondoman. I'm still learning. Grazie mille Bsyamato, I don't use milliput, instead, I use a two component epoxy putty, not as good as Duro but it works for me anyway. You should try with Duro. Thanks Vance, I really hope you enjoy them.

Bye.

Thanks for the coments guys,

I just painted the gray topside using Humbrol 125 plus a few drops of blue, it looks more or less right... I will post some pics when I get back home.

Mochilote! So nice to see you here, the bust looks great! looking forward to see it painted.

best regards

Jere

Welcome Mochilote. I already saw your figure at Kalkin. Looking forward to see the developments.

I hope to start my second built in this GB next month.

Well thats some talent you have there Really glad to have you on board.

Mochilote never heard about duro ( "duro" can be confused with some other things in italy ) but if cheaper than the milliput ... will search trough my vendors.

waiting to see more scratches  

Updates from the gr3 

i washed the cockpit.

On the ip tried something differents , i read here (don't remember the post) someone used gloss coat as glue for little pices, then searchin a good way to simulate instruments glass i proceded so:

after scratched the ip details on the black background i painted it with clear gloss and put on the upper part of ip

Also added and drybrushed the rudder pedals (scratched too)

Also added the ejection handle on the seat (a metal wire)

then i drilled the lateral camera "eye", and put from the inner side a piece of heated clear sprue ,removed the IR sensor on the nose to put something after .

and painted the inner nose with flat black .

then all main parts are glued!

the fit is not perfect here

that's all for now

A couple of days ago I panted the topside gray on my SUE but I´m not so sure to leave it like that, I used humbrol 125 plus somo drop of blue to chenge the hue a little...

When yu see som pictures it looks great, but then compared to another pictures it looks too dark! I´m not so sure about what to do...

best regards

Jere

ps:

Bsymato, the cammera looks good!

I think that if you used painted masking tape for the ejection seat harnneses will look better... I often use a thin lead (?) sheet fir that, I got those in my dentist office, the use it for taking radigraphys

How does it look to your eyes, thats the main thing. I have learnt not to judge colours straight from photos. Its looking nice from here.

bsymato, thats coming along very nice.

thanx guys .

Jere, this time not used tape because the ejection seat have it printed, really not good as the tape but now are painted, at least i leave the glue of ejection seat for last, in case i change mind. Also toothpaste jar or even the same tamiya putty ,when finished can be used as belt media. I need to check some dentist , i have lots of lead pieces but not in sheets

Sue looks good ,on mine i used a mix of humbrol 77 and 144. Honestly dunno if correct was ,pictures was really differents between others. Azorean picture seems to be from a really used sue.

Then.. 

GR3 updates.

Consulting some reference on internet, the italeri kit miss some piece from the falkland operative harriers,

mainly a sensor cover on the nose with an antenna, and chaffs dispenser rear the airbrake, both resolved, but the front fuselage really have a baaaad fitting, lots of putty needed to resolve and also a plastic piece to resolve a step under the cockpit between the two semi-fuselage pieces. And another inaccuracy (not only from falkland units) . The front gear have a too large little well door, when the gear is out the space opened is just the middle than on the kit . Iresolved with a plastic piece on the back of the gear and reduced the rear hole.

the pictures

the step and the gear correction

after sanding and added the nose sensor cover

lots of putty

the chaff dispensers

also started to engrave more the panel lines, they are perfect for the airbrush but with brushes i risk to cover all the lines  

a last shot before to paint it with 144 that will go even as primer

that's all folks () !

Prince Andrew talking about the attack on the Invencible?

http://24con.elargentino.com/conurbano/nota/60479-mientras-llovian-misiles-yo-solo-queria-terminar-mi-cubo-magico/

I´m ready to start my second built.

bsyamato  Thats a lot of filler you have had to use. I am sure there's a harrier under it all some where. Theres a lot of work going into that.

Yes bish here are an harrier just now painting the green camoufage parts after the grey

Also had re-engraved ll the panel lines :too fine engraved as the super etendard. If had time take some picture after finishing the session.

Azoren the 3rd academy (italeri) sue on this forum in short time  

Good goodies you add to it

Edit:

The gr3 updates

basic camo is on (humbrol 144 grey and 116 green), also re-engraved panels detail

Added the two holes near the wings base, engraved also A.p.u. doors and  other important panels missing on the kit in the above engine zone

Azorean

Prince Andrew talking about the attack on the Invencible?

http://24con.elargentino.com/conurbano/nota/60479-mientras-llovian-misiles-yo-solo-queria-terminar-mi-cubo-magico/

Thanks for the link, I didn´t know about tht interview.

rgards

Jere

ps: great second project. Ihave built one of those some years ago, it´s a easy build, and he Eduard PE set add a lot to a bsic kit. Great you have the aerocalcas decal sheet, the kit´s decals are useless

bsyamato

Yes bish here are an harrier just now painting the green camoufage parts after the grey

Also had re-engraved ll the panel lines :too fine engraved as the super etendard. If had time take some picture after finishing the session.

Azoren the 3rd academy (italeri) sue on this forum in short time  

Good goodies you add to it

 

Edit:

The gr3 updates

basic camo is on (humbrol 144 grey and 116 green), also re-engraved panels detail

Added the two holes near the wings base, engraved also A.p.u. doors and  other important panels missing on the kit in the above engine zone

 

Looks great from here, a gloss coat, decals and you are almost done!

I just have to paint my SUE again, the first colour seems to gray for me. The most tim consuming thing was to mask it again, I use th same colour than before lightned with white.

It´s close to the first one, but I´m much more happy with it now.

I also have decaled the main parts, I still have to add he stencils tomorrow. I used th kit´s decals, wich are quite poor, a bit translucent, some are off register and some are complety wrong, like the sun on the tail (wich should be golden instead of yellow and it do not have such an idiot look!!) The squad logo is algo wrog but I didn´t have a rplacemnt.

I used some decals from the aeroclcas sheet wich is a suplement for th kit´s decals.

Tomorrow I will post some more pics.

bst regards

Jere

there's again lots of pieces to paint but most work yes done

Sue blue/gray looks good as worn with year, lots of pictures looks so

Two lovely looking builds there guys. Great engraveing work on the panel lines, thats really some great work on the panel lines, what did you use to engrave them. Thats really somethin to do.

bsyamato - nice work on the Harrier, I'm really liking the paint, it has a nice worn look to it already.

el jere, good job on the colour match, that seems to be a tricky one to deal with as the photos from that time can be quite different from one to the next.

Azorean - setting up for a Super Etandard as well! Looking forward to seeing another.

Alright, I'm calling my Sea Harrier 98% done. I didn't like how the Sidewinders turned out so I'm re-painting them. And as always after pics are taken, there are a couple of tiny little things that are bugging me, a little touch of paint here & there before moving into the display case....