My P-38 came this morning in the mail.

Here are the first pics

Thanks, Thunderbolt/Mike.  When it comes to Mk I Hurricanes in 1/72, there isn't much choice out there.  I appreciate your comment.

Thanks Owl

Hi all, just starting to get back to things after both my UK trip and a backbreaker of a house move. I have a workshop in the new place but my gear isn't unpacked yet, I don't have my lighting system, but my spraying settup may b arriving today...

Joe -- that has to be one of the finest 1:48 planes I have ever seen. You have done wonders and should be rightly proud of that Hurri!

CMK2 -- likewise with the two small hurris, especially the revell one -- to get a result that good from a kit so old and relatively undetailed is masterly work!

Trey -- keep plugging at that 'bolt, you'll get there! I share your trepidations re NMF, it's a long time since I dared try it as an overall finish, but I did a partial NMF a couple of months ago, with a clearcoat, and it came out very acceptable indeed, so I guess NMF is back on the agenda.

When I get unpacked I'll tackle that last antenna wire on the Raiden, do some touchups and post the pics!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

greentracker98

Hey, I'm doing the 1943 GB & the First Time GB w/ Major Gabreski's P47 Razorback & Monograms P 38 respectively. Can i join this GB too? Their in 1 48 Scale.

Thanks

Ken Worth

yup, front page updated!

CMK thanks,I usally have good results with this procedure.

Had an EPIC fail on the NMF. Masked up some panels to spray some different shades of aluminum and the clear pulled away from the base. So I grabbed some really strong tape and started using it to 'pull' the remainder of the clear away.

then wet sanded everything with 1000 grit,loosing a little detail but its better than binning it at this point.

Then sprayed it semi gloss black to check for flaws . I'm going to try Tamiya ts-30 silver leaf as I've had good results in the past with it.

If that does'nt work I'm returning it to kit form. Gee I'm so glad I got back into this hobby to relax.

Nice finish, TREY.  I didn't know you could put NMF over primer.  I've always just polished the plastic and put the NMF on.  Yours looks really good.

Hey, I'm doing the 1943 GB & the First Time GB w/ Major Gabreski's P47 Razorback & Monograms P 38 respectively. Can i join this GB too? Their in 1 48 Scale.

Thanks

Ken Worth

Bish thank you kind Sir appreciate that!

I'm going with Testors aluminum for the base of the NMF. First shot some Testors clear over the canopy to help seal down the mask and avoid 'creep'. Followed by a shot of the green interior color. Then the aluminum went on. I had to stop and fix some blems inspite of all the extra care I still missed a few spots. I then shot some Testors clear over the aluminum ,hopefully this will keep me from damaging the finish as I add some various tints to access panels and the anti glare areas.

The props almost ready to hang

Panel color modulation followed by Invasion stripes and anti glare next,cheers Trey

Looking great as always TREY.

Wayne, thats looking really nice, not far off finished now. Looks like you have a long session with the airbrush coming up.

Thats funny my Tamiya Razorback just arrived in the mail today as well lol,watchya gonna do?

If you go to the tamiya link it shows up there.

Mike thanks all the same its appreciated,finding a pic with a view up that exhaust vent is next to impossible on the net. At least the searches I found were no help. Did finally get a view of a Has kit in 1/32 and went with something close. You wo'nt see much of it anyway;)

thats a lot of pipes

Trey, i need to check this more often. Im assuming you found out what the exhaust was? Supercharger exhaust.

http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/61086p47d/p47d_4.htm

Its a bit late, but looks like you got it right anyway lol.

Thanks CMK and Owl you're correct good ole silly putty!

looks like silly putty?

Looking good, TREY.  What's the pink stuff you used to mask the landing gear bays?

CMK thank you!

The wings next,opened the spent shell ports ,landing lights and ID light holes

Cleaned up the engine and firewall,opened the intakes and removed areas around the cylinder heads

Joined the wings and set the dehedral,its close but not exact

filled the minor gaps with green squadron putty

smoothed out the filler and painted a guide coat of thinned grey to highlight imperfections

I just had to touch up a few panel lines at the seams avoiding a major rescribe job.

Thinned MM enamel applied to get a uniform base before the NMF

canopy added

NMF is next,cheers Trey

Coming along very nicely.

B-17 in the stash gave up a turbo(more to come on that build later) and using the donated part I finished up the aft turbo vents.





 I also used some sheet styrene painted black to block light from passing thru the opened vents and installed the office.



Glued the fuse halves together


started working on the gun sight

after it sets up it will be time to decide what to do about the raised panel lines,not really wanting to rescribe this thing. Geuss it depends on how much detail I loose sanding the seams

Thanks CMK!

I'm still cleaning up the fuse and opening up tiny vents

Does anyone have a good detail picture of this area?Been searching for hours and coming up dry. Would be greatly appreciated

cheers Trey

But it's looking good anyway, Trey.

Office is a wrap,not a very accurate molding I might add. A lot of missing and misplaced components .Still trying to avoid resin replacements with this build so in it goes.

you could also use steel wool, instead of sandpaper. It works just as well

Thanks Cliff. I 've tried Owls tip and it works fine on some kits ,like all those Otaki kits I did in the Japanese G/B . Epic fail when I tried it on the XB70 tho. I'm a bit ham fisted so most of the fail was my own fault. A super light touch with some very fine wet (2000grit 3m) seems to work best for me.

CMK2: Wow, looks like a bear of a kit but you did a beautiful job on her! Kudos sir!!!

Trey: Nice work there, don't think I'd be brave enough to thin the cowling flaps like that. I'd seen what Owl described in FSM but again I haven't been brave enough to take even fine sanding paper to a painted model like that!

CallSignOWL

nice hurri's checkmate!

oh! for a tip with raised panel lines, I like to either prime in a dark color or preshade along the panel lines. Once the camo is finished, take 600 or finer sand paper and lightly buff the surface. The paint should come off the raised details revealing the dark lines

thats the process I used on my ZERO kit:

Nice tip. I don't normally pre shade but i have nightmares about doing raised panel line. This might be worth a try. As CMK points out, will need a very light touch.

CallSignOWL

nice hurri's checkmate!

oh! for a tip with raised panel lines, I like to either prime in a dark color or preshade along the panel lines. Once the camo is finished, take 600 or finer sand paper and lightly buff the surface. The paint should come off the raised details revealing the dark lines

thats the process I used on my ZERO kit: