B17Pilot

Gamera - nice job on the A-20!  When I did mine I just painted the white stripe on the tail:

Used the same Zotz decal sheet, too!

B-17: Thanks! Your A-20 inspired me to pick up the kit and decals, hope mine turns out half as well as yours did!   

I kinda wish I'd painted the stripes too now though...

Gamera - nice job on the A-20!  When I did mine I just painted the white stripe on the tail:

Used the same Zotz decal sheet, too!

DoogsATX

I dunno. Whenever I shoot my WIPs with a pistol they always come out "overexposed"

Not yet Doogs, although I have been tempted to shove a couple of sticks of TNT under the bench once or twice.....

Ed: Thanks man!

Gamera- Daaaayuuuuum! Excellent work! I really like your shading and those decals couldn't have been easy. Very impressive!

DoogsATX

Gamera:

Thanks guys!

Ninetalis, I'll give holding my breath a try- thanks!

 

Try the opposite. Take a deep breath, exhale slowly, and shoot just as you've emptied the air from your lungs. Also keep your elbows at your sides. 

  That is a pretty universal statement. Are you guys talking about airbrushing? Take a deep breath, shoot. Ack!!  

I dunno. Whenever I shoot my WIPs with a pistol they always come out "overexposed"

Heh, yeah I suppose shooting a photo is like shooting a pistol...

Will give it a whirl

DoogsATX

Gamera:

Thanks guys!

Ninetalis, I'll give holding my breath a try- thanks!

 

Try the opposite. Take a deep breath, exhale slowly, and shoot just as you've emptied the air from your lungs. Also keep your elbows at your sides. 

Gamera

Thanks guys!

Ninetalis, I'll give holding my breath a try- thanks!

Try the opposite. Take a deep breath, exhale slowly, and shoot just as you've emptied the air from your lungs. Also keep your elbows at your sides. 

Thanks guys!

Ninetalis, I'll give holding my breath a try- thanks!

panzerpilot

Heck yeah, man. She looks really nice. Dig that "heart" decal.

I agree looking great and the decals are very cool !

Funny how that stuff works out sometimes, I have a kits, produced in the US, then shipped off to Japan, then found it in on an expo somewhere around here!
Actually pretty funny, it's writtin on the inside where the guys bought it before me,

About your 'blurry' picture, I noticed that holding your breath helps certain times to take a good picture instead of beeing blurry and all, maybe you should try it next time when you don't feel like using your tri-pod.

With regards, Ninetalis.

Thanks Tom, I had some problems tracking down that Zotz decal sheet but I'm glad I did. Funny, the sheet was made in Mexico, then apparently where it made it's way to China, then I bought it off Ebay and had it shipped back to States. 

Heck yeah, man. She looks really nice. Dig that "heart" decal.

YAH! Now I have more than one decal on her! Still you might be able to see where I messed up the white strip on the tail fin. Sorry the photo is a little blurry, I was too lazy to set up the tripod.

B17Pilot

Doogs: Thanks for that 1/32 B-25 link!  Now the only problem is I can't hardly wait for my kit of it to come in.

Dude, me either. I'm planning to start it the day it arrives. Or as soon as I can get the sprues washed (which sounds like it might take days!).

Hoping I can build slowly enough that the G-Factor gear struts come out in time for me to add them.

Doogs: Thanks for that 1/32 B-25 link!  Now the only problem is I can't hardly wait for my kit of it to come in.

Hey Panzer!
I guess you kinda missed the point, I asked permission to join with you guys, but I'm allready that far down the road so I asked if I could, so errrrrrrm....
It is okay I guess?

Regards Ninetalis

Gamera

Tom: I normally do a 'test' decal on the underside using one of the insignia first. If it screws up it's less visible and if I do have to scrape it off and replace it I've got piles of insignia in the spare decal drawer.

Sounds like a good technique. Especially if you are not sure of the quality of the sheet. I had to go through 2 decals on the top side of that P-47 I built. For some reason, the solvaset was eating them up. It woulda been nicer if that had happened on the underside, though it all worked out in the long run. I was just running out of decals!

Bondoman: Now that's something you don't see too often, those two French bombers are really cool.

Tom: I normally do a 'test' decal on the underside using one of the insignia first. If it screws up it's less visible and if I do have to scrape it off and replace it I've got piles of insignia in the spare decal drawer.

Doog's 1/32nd B-25 is super cool but I'll pass here, the 1/48th Monogram kit I have is big enough. Which reminds me, I still need to post those photos of the 1/24th P-47 - that's all the big honkin' plane I need right now.  

DoogsATX

bsyamato:

Doogs i hope you're enough insane to pick up and build this huge mitchel thing

 

Yep. Insane enough indeed! Got mine pre-ordered through PCM. 

Really hope I can use the kit decals (assuming they provide markings for "Who Cares? II") - olive drab over NMF + shark mouth? Perfection.

I hope you can too. Sounds like an awesome plan! ... shark mouth. Apparently, the AM decal manufacturers are also excited about the 1/32 B-25. Aeroscale has plans for a French sheme. Kits World has some now, with their usual "cheesecake". Zotz has some coming up. Their "Green Dragon's" comes to mind. Gamera, are you tempted??

bsyamato

Doogs i hope you're enough insane to pick up and build this huge mitchel thing

Yep. Insane enough indeed! Got mine pre-ordered through PCM. 

Really hope I can use the kit decals (assuming they provide markings for "Who Cares? II") - olive drab over NMF + shark mouth? Perfection.

Gamera

 

 bsyamato:

 

Wishing to get both one day 

 

 Gamera:

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The He-111 would be really cool if you get time to build her.

 

 

LOL i hope, need to replace the old matchbox in my shelf 

 

 

 

 

Hey wow! Did you do that crazy topside camo by hand brushing? 

Just painted single green stripes dunno why i choise this camo version and not the normal splinter one!!

wow you're already on a-20 decalling great Cliff!!

Doogs i hope you're enough insane to pick up and build this huge mitchel thing

Just getting started on the twin French Bombers...

Wow.. Lot of progress here.. Haven't started yet, m'self... Or re-started, as "Home Run" is a started kit, but only at about 15%...

Whoever asked me about the 2000 lb bomb-load on the P-38 Droop Snoot being factual, yes.. It is.. She could carry one 1000-pounder on each pylon...

Pretty good progress coming along here. Dig that He-111, and the Mossie.

Looks good Cliff. All cleaned up and painted! Nice looking....decal!

Doogs. I think quite a few folks, including myself, are looking forward to that monster B-25 WIP! Quite a kit !!

Doogs: Yeah, easy to ID if you're flying under her, not too easy from above or the side though

Thanks, read the review you linked over on the aircraft forum at work today but as I think I said before the keyboard on the work laptap is messed up and some keys don't work so I can't really comment unless my boss is out and I can steal time on his computer.

Really looking forward to your WIP or blog on her. From these photos and the others in the review this looks like a magnificent kit.

Gamera - those are the simplest markings I've ever seen! LOL...looking forward to seeing her all marked up.

My entry/moment of truth grows nearer and nearer. Came across a partial build review of the HK B-25 today that is threatening my computer's keyboard with all the drooling going on.

I knew it was going to be epic, but good lord.

And the wings are designed to be removable. Just look at this join.

And the size of the beast...

Whole thing can be checked out HERE

Guys, here she is with paint and one decal, hopefully I can get the rest of the decals on her this week.

Cliff

Thanks Gamera,

I hope I can finish it with the rest of you guys in this GB.
Got to say that this Revell kit is pretty neat, good detail in the cockpit and such (for a Revell kit).
I'm actually wondering if this is an original Revell/Monogram kit or a Tamiya rebox of some sort...

Regards Ninetalis.