Made In USSR GB

kg4kpg

Please add me to this GB.  I have 4 or 5 1/144 jets to add but I can't remember which ones.  I'll come back tonight when I get home with the list.  For sure a Revell 1/144 Su-37 Berkut and Revell 1/144 Mig 1.44 MFI.

Thanks,

Chris

try to pm the host probably are under the sun (me too want a vacacy )

No 1/144 bear in the stash

Milairjunkie the huge beast come out good

my ka-18 probably can be parked under the engines without the rotor touch it

A (little) bit of progress on the Blackjack;

The weapons bays & main landing gear bays are now fitted into the lower fuselage, I've used weld adhesive throughout here as the blended central section of the fuselage will have to bear the weight from the main gear as well as the extended wings;

The upright edges of all the bays has been painted to make masking easier when the time comes & the areas above the intakes have also been painted as would be difficult after the intakes are fitted;

The instructions suggest fitting the forward fuselage halves to their respective upper & lower main fuselage parts (as below) before joining the two complete halves together, but after a bit of studying I've decided to joint the completed forward section to the completed rear section - there just seems too much room for alignment problems in building in the suggested way;

The upper & lower forward fuselage parts are not that clever a fit, the upper section being about 2mm wider on each side than the lower;

I'm thinking about gluing some crap plastic locating tabs into the upper section in the hope that it will be pulled narrower when it's assembled. I had planned to make these quite robust, with plenty of surface area for strength, but looking at how close a fit the cockpit section is, there isn't much room to play about with (any suggestions on this one welcome?);

The canopy isn't that great a fit either, being narrower than the fuselage side by a noticeable amount, although I'm hoping that if I can get the "tab" arrangement sorted for the forward fuselage halves, that this should narrow the gap somewhat so that a minimum of work will have to be done sorting the canopy / fuselage joint;

The intake bodies are now built up & just need some sanding & finishing where the side panels meet the floor & roof;

Sorry for the absence.  Been in a bit of a depressive slump, runs in the family.

Everyone here has been exhibiting the kind of skills that I still struggle toward.  That being said, here's photos of my T-62A.  There's still some fiddling to be done, but I'm tired of looking at it on my desk.

I took the easy way out by applying a winter whitewash.  Weathering, as presented by other builders, was not appropriate here.  Red Army vehicles were normally stored under cover, so rust, faded paint, etc was not usually seen.  I used a mix of Master Modeler Light Grey and Testors Flat White thinned to about 75 paint: 25 thinner.  It was applied over a coat of USSR Armor Green.

A piece of surgical gauze painted green and white to simulate a camo net.  The net was rolled and secured to the vehicle with sewing thread to simulate rope.

The white trap is aluminium foil painted white.

The mantlet cover is aluminium foil painted tan.

May do some detailing later on, but its time to move on.  Thanks for looking.

hope nothing too bad in the family Mike

nice work seems to me on the t-62 , a weathering layer will improve all , you're near to finish it

the missiles and the bay looks really great Milairjunkie 

I finally finished a kit after 3 months, but for another gb, just now working on the little kamov

I am calling the SU-85 Russian Tank Destroyer (winter) DONE!

I must say I have found a new vise in Armor. 

This has been a great project for me.  My first tank has gained me an incredible amount of knowledge.

I had my share of problems but I tried to remedy them and hopefully produced a decent looking build. I do feel I over did it in the weathering and my paint results were too ruff and out of scale.  I know what I did wrong (paint was too thick) and will not happen again.

The deck tools/pieces are left off on purpose.  I ruined them!  LOL...  Still working on the tow cable though.  That will be added at a later time, once I figure out how to make it to scale.

Please critique away; my feeling will not get hurt.  I want to learn and do more so please bring it.

(again I apologize for the photo quality, still using my cell)

I'm a bit of an armour "know it nothing", but both of these look pretty good to me. If it's good or accurate is a mystery to me, but the weathering / shading on the SU-85 looks impressive.

Joeviz really great work as first tank

IMHO only the under tracks need a black lining to blow up better the various tracks components but looks great even so

Thank you bsyamato!

As for the under-track, I do not like the way the brown out but there was nothing I could do to repair it.  It also became very glossy after i added future to seal it.  Anyway, I will take your advice and add black to it. I think that will help it some.

Great looking armor MajMike and Joeviz.   I like the two different approaches to the whitewashing.

Build more armor, it's addictive.

joeviz

Thank you bsyamato!

As for the under-track, I do not like the way the brown out but there was nothing I could do to repair it.  It also became very glossy after i added future to seal it.  Anyway, I will take your advice and black to it. I think that will help it some.

just high thinning few drops of black (i use enamels, acrilycs does work in the same way) and place with a thin brush (0 size or less) at the star of tracks separation, the color will run in the grooves, with a q-tip remove the excessive paint. This method avoid drastic washes and the danger to ruin the rest of the kit . If you don't like an hard separtion can use a darker color respect the tracks main color . 

In any case the tank looks good without other retouches  

I want another russian tank to build but i've no time (and money) seen in some place the su-122 , looks really crude as i like !!

before to forget about, searching for ka-18 rotor details i found another russian site about walkarounds 

http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/index.htm

Actually working on the ka-18 rotor to resolve some vodka inducted error on the engineering of rotor kit..... if i followed the intructions the helicopter never could fly ( ..static kits don't fly )

today the report with pictures

heres the rotor:

added control arms to the down rotor, decided to not use the pieces of the kit for these control parts.

checking the upper i notice that blades glues same as the down rotor... it's impossible on real thing !

The Kamov helicopters particularity is the two rotor turn in inverse direction, the from the up rotor must looks specular, but putting the up rotor in this way he flow the air up ... the helicopter will never fly in this situation. 

I resolved the mess with some cut to the base of blades , holed the pieces and fit metal rods inside

and now the rotor is in right position , also added the others control arms 

actual situation of rotor, all control arms glued , need only to add last pieces to the top and cut and fix lower control arms.

soon some update

Nice work on the rotors, Bsyamato- they really do look the part now.  

thanx Dre 

latest pieces on the rotor: used again metal rods and sprue/plastic rods instead of kit pieces

the bottom command plate

and fixed with metal arms

top rotor bars and ..... lift hook (?) added

and final test fitting for the rotor

that's all for tonight, tomorrow hope to priming the rotor

Hi. Can everyone who has completed a model send me a message. I have not been able to access the internets for most of the summer so i lost track. 

Thank you,

Ozzman

not finished again! but updates and misadventures of ka-18:

Rotors almost complete

glued gears and tail

.... the girl not finished the drink...

the tail protector maded by metal rods, i drilled holes with right angle

and the finished piece before last painting

now explain why in the above picture the tail is not on

before:

..and after the copter hitting the under table :

x5

during a detail painting session the copter performd a landing without a take-off , and going under..

fortunately no great damages occurred but was really hard to fix again the two left seats with closed fuselage,

This night glued the main whells but some gear imperfection blow out

left gear is taller than the other main gear , need to cut a part of it or extend the other, pictures/draws consulting is needed, plus the copter easy sitting on the tail no add weight was reported on the instructions (the heatformed canopy i put on is the probably problem, have less weight than the original one), but probably the last pieces that need to glue on the forward will resolve the problem, at least i hope

Despite the misadventures, that's a sporty little runabout.   Cool.

What's the deadline on this?? 

I'm about to start workin' on the Dragon Scub-B kit.  I've also got the Trumpeter BMP-3 kit waiting for it's turn on the workbench.

Thanx dre, just now fixed the gears at right height, lots of fun/sweat with this little

RESlusher , gb just started on may, take a look at the first post of the group for more details

Duh, I got it! 

Sign me up for the Trumpeter BMP-3 then!

Doing a Trumpeter SU-15G now, just filling in some gaps in wings. It seems that the early Trumpeter kits have some fit issues

Guys contact the host with a pm for joining the, he probably located again in siberia for vacation

news on the giant kamov

adding door handles from metal wire (kit includes this pieces but..)

original cockpit steps

more scratches, the real steps are rounded on the ends  and not so thick:

after drilled hole i put metal wires with ca and bend with a clamp

step finished and other holes for litthe hooks near the front gears

results with others pieces added

painted all these details with first 140 as primer and exhaust with black

also i did the windshield wiper .

99,9% complete next pictures will be finished kit but left again the diorama

traveller

Doing a Trumpeter SU-15G now, just filling in some gaps in wings. It seems that the early Trumpeter kits have some fit issues

Stupid me!!! I just finished a MiG-23 a few weeks ago!!! Will grab some photos and post them if I feel better tommorrow.

traveller, can you send me a message with what you are building and what you have completed

Hi, All!

I'll jump in on the WWII armor side....  Have some USSR things in the stash, haven't built a "Russian" since 1973, and need to clear out space! And Russian builds look to be simpler than my usual German fare! So I stand a good chance of actually getting this done!

I'll post a pic of kit & sprues soon - Dragon T34/76 "German Army", Dragon SU-100 premium, AER(? some eastern-block kit) T-38A amphibious tank(ette, really), MiniArt T-70m?   From the CyberHobby T34 posted this GB - I'll guess one of these Dragon -34 derivatives could be my ticket!

How do I join / enlist in this GB?

Bob

panzerbob01

Send a PM to ozzman

Sure thing. Awesome to see moar armor in this GB

updates about the kamov:

heres the people chosen to fill the diorama

( don't tell anyone, are in 1/87 )

...

and the copter can called finished!

i found some washing error after taken pictures (the helo is really little ) and the rotors are just resting on without glue, i'll glue after according to the diorama.

i hope you like it

ozzman

traveller, can you send me a message with what you are building and what you have completed

Sorry about the delay, I have been really sick with the flu I have not been able to do anything except sleep I am a lot better now, and cannot complain as there are others worse off then me. I have completed a 1/48 Italeri MiG-23, and am doing a 1/48 Trumpeter Su-15G. As soon as I have a little nap, I will try and get some photos done!!