Vetteman,

You are putting OD on a mustang?? I could have almost sworn you would never put anything else than foil on a p51.....

Looking very very good indeed my friend! Preshading...postshading...it all looks spot on!. Do carry on sir!

Richard

Btw,... I have clamped the F5 into submission and everything came out workable. There is a nasty seam to  get rid of running through the middle of the fuselage from front to end (this kit works with an upper and lower fuselage part as opposed to the usual left and right routine...) but i think i will manage.

Downside is that i will probably sand down some of the raised detail... Perfect opportunity to try the technique where you create panellines with masking tape and putty inbetween in a fine line Looking forward to playing around with that. Pics soon boys and girl

Richard

RRB: that Airacobra is looking good. It seems that you got a nice smooth coat of paint from that spray-can too. Don't worry about that paint smudge, you could always make that area have paint chipping!

Vetteman: Im loving that splotchy look you have on that Mustang. Very nice! I might have to steal that technique for you.

Kermit: 

Kermit thanks for the complement buddy. The P-51D is modeled after Lt Arval Roberson's Passion Wagon, he became an ace in this mustang, and this one also made Cpt Weaver an ace so one could say this mustang is a double ace .This mustang will set along side Lt. Roberson's P-51B, he had a landing accident in the B then was given a D model as the B was a complete loss. BTW the B was rebuilt as a 2 seat trainer.

Hey hurry up on that F-5 man !!!!

vetteman42

Kermit 

Hey hurry up on that F-5 man !!!!

I am I am!! Geez...... You are a real slavedriver you.... You know how slow i work right?. Seriously, i am building the Heinkel 111 for the Ostfront GB as a primary and this one as a secondary untill the paint job is done on the former. Bear with me please...

Richard

Baron: Cool, she's coming right along!

Vetteman: Love what you're doing here, she's gonna look sharp when you're done.

kermit

 

vetteman42:

 

Kermit 

Hey hurry up on that F-5 man !!!!

 

 

I am I am!! Geez...... You are a real slavedriver you.... You know how slow i work right?. Seriously, i am building the Heinkel 111 for the Ostfront GB as a primary and this one as a secondary untill the paint job is done on the former. Bear with me please...

Richard

Yeah Richard I have been following that build too but I gotta say I dont see how masking all that glass would slow you down any geeze.

Seriously I know how that goes I have been messin with a 1/24 sprint car as I do the Mustang and that is coming very slowly, slower than the 51 if you can believe that. My 3 favorite things, airplanes, motorcycles and, sprint cars . I have built airplanes and did a motorcycle not too long ago, now its time for a sprinter

OWL - how do i do paint chippings?  I normally just paint the chips on with chrome paint, im sure theres a far more profesional way? with a better out come.

dont ask me where i got my skills with spray paint from.... 

the real red baron

OWL - how do i do paint chippings?  I normally just paint the chips on with chrome paint, im sure theres a far more profesional way? with a better out come.

dont ask me where i got my skills with spray paint from.... 

I use aluminum: its what most planes are made out of, and isnt as shiny as chrome. I use a toothpick dipped in the aluminum paint, and scratch/tap where I want the chipping to be. I also run the toothpick along raised rivets/panel lines to show some wear. Dont blob it on all at once, or it will look like you blobbed on silver paint. You can also try dappling it in layers--basepaint, chipping, gloss and decals, chipping, flatcoat,chipping. It will give different sheens to the aluminium.

As an example, here is some wingroot chipping I did on a recent Spitfire build:

Hope that helps!

Hey that looks great Owl! May I add you can also get silver pencils at craft stores that work pretty well too.

68GT: Will try to get photos up of the grey sludge wash sometime next week. Our club model show is this weekend and I'm running around like a maniac trying to get some other stuff finished in time. Plus the blasted home computer is down as well.

Hey guys,

Popping by to show you my latest. Pretty much done with the whole assembly part. I must say that everything that goes on the fuselage (engine intakes, exhausts etc.) seem a tad too large so thats going to be some sanding fun in a bit...

Especially the engine intakes were very hard to fit in as they were simply too large. Had to sand the wingroots a bit to be able to slide them in... Nevertheless i must say that it is a fun and swift kit to build

Stamp on the lower port wing says 2001 but i suspect the mold to be a heck of alot older

Anyways, just some more sanding and putty work before i can have fun with the Ghost grey/ light grey/ blue grey camo job

Richard

looking good, my fellow dutchman

Looking good there Kermit.  Which kit is that by the way? I may have missed that part.

Medicman71

Looking good there Kermit.  Which kit is that by the way? I may have missed that part.

the kit and scale of the participants are listed on the first page 

Thanks for the comments to one and all

CallSignowl to be honest I think I stole the idea from you but did ti with an airbrush and not a paint brush as you did SO you wont have to steal anything. Nice work on that Spit BTW.

Kermit seeeeee I crack the whip and we get F-5 pictures Now wheres the paint and decals ????

A quick WIP picture is in order me thinks so ....... I got the decals on and did a bit of fading as they were just too bright. Anyway here it is as she dries on the bench.

I will clear it again this evening and on with the weathering tomorrow.

Richard and Randy: Great looking stuff guys! Keep the photos coming.

Well anyway here's the Dark Shark with the light grey sludge wash. Still not sure I like it or not, think I'll go ahead with it though.

I see what you mean.  Maybe something like a gunship or darker would be better.

Thanks 68GT darker might work better, the more I think about it I'm thinking I'll take her by our model club meeting in two weeks and get some more people to look at her in person and see what they think before I wash it off.

Cliff,

Lovely model you have built there! Absolutely great work! the thing with this seemingly out of place light grey wash is the fact that it really strongly makes me think of a pair of jeans.

Yes...jeans....

It might be totally not what you want to do with it but you could make it an outrageous what if model by expanding on the jeans idea.... Maybe some more texture to the blue... some rivets like you have em on your pants....

Seriously, doesnt anyone else get a strong feeling like the grey resembles stitching like on your pants?

Anyone....?

Just a wild thought that i had to share when looking at your pics for the first time

Richard

RIchard: Hah, never thought of it that way but at a second glance I see what you mean.

Gee, maybe I'll see if I can wash it off then, not really the look I was going for

Gamera IMHO the gray is too light, maybe something like Nato Black would work ? Its really a very dark gray to my eye and would be very suttle I think. Just a thought anyways.

Passion Wagon is finished !! Hope you all like her.

And of course a B/W picture

I actually managed to build this one with out much surface detail being lost to sanding.

oooh, very nice vetteman! I'll get the front page updated accordingly.

Randy: Beautiful job! Love the shading you did on the OD green, and the chipping on the leading edges of the wings worked out really well. Plus you got the checker decal on the nose perfect- something I always have problems with. Only way I'd like her any better is if the nose art were a brunette...

Im adding a "Wildcat", from Hobby Boss. Its one of their 'easy assembly' kits with what seems like only 4 pieces....this will be a very quick build I think! This'll also be the first kit build in my dorm this year, off and on between classes and assignments.

OWL

V-Man did it again!. Excellent work sir! Every time i can see the time you have spent on your models, something that reminds me i should put a retarder in my bloodstream sometimes..... Or build with one hand maybe...

Seriously, this model can be regarded as one of your best. Love everything about it.

OWL,

Never built one of their EZ kits in 1/72nd myself but i do love their bigger brothers and sisters. Good quality, nice price Have fun miss OWL!

Richard

CallSignOwl Thank you for your praise I cant wait to see what you do with the Wildcat I hope school is going well for you.

Gamera thank you sir, the shading was a scary experiment that turned out well............for once. As for the decal it was a nightmare, the sheet is for a Tamiya P-51 and it seems the nose on the Monogram offering is just a bit different. So it took a bunch of kicking, cussing, and, well, the neighbors are still tryin to figure out just what was goin on in my mancave. Lets suffice it to say I got lucky

Kermit thank you my friend for your complements. Let me tell ya I can only wish I could build as fast and near as well as you do. Beautiful paint job on the hiney BTW I dont know why you want to take a retarder via IV, if you really want to slow down, stop drinking Red Bull with a coffee chaser.

Now I am off to the Eastern Front to build a Yak-7

Gamera

 Only way I'd like her any better is if the nose art were a brunette...

PS Gamera the next one in the series is a brunette, dont know when I will get to build it though.

Sorry about the double post

Classes look good so far, with German being my hardest class again. I have some really good teachers too: the ceramics professor is really funny and my US military history professor is very passionate about the subject and gives entertaining lectures (aka, rousing speeches).

During free time after moving in, I began on the Wildcat. Not many pieces in this kit, however!!

The cockpit is very bare and hard to get to, so I would be very hard-pressed to do any scratch building there. I decided to only add some masking tape seat belts and go with a closed canopy.

the fuselage is one piece, as is the wing/underbelly of the plane. Unfortunately they didnt fit together all that well and I got a gap. Nothing a bit of putty and sanding cant handle!!!

The gap was filled easily and now I'm ready for paint. That was quick!!

OWL

That looks like a nice kit.