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Twin Boom Group Build 2013

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Posted by shivinigh on Sunday, January 27, 2013 4:43 AM

wow everyone's builds are looking incredible. I finished the base and figures for mine and wish to thank Bish for his input on doing my figures. Well here is the end result

unfortunately my skill in doing figures is really weak, but have lots of subjects to practice on.

 

 

 

 

 

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  • From: Oil City, PA
Posted by greentracker98 on Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:20 AM

Hi, everyone, Put me down for a Monogram 1 48 scale P-38 as well. I just started it for "My First Time" GB. It's at about 30% built

Here is a mock up pic to see how it looks. The Cockpit/wings aren't glued together yet.

Stoutfella: What is in your P-38 Landing Gear Bays?

Thanks: Is there any limit on how many GBs you can join with one model? I am building this for "My First Time" GB, "Force of Nature" GB, and "1943" GB. Geeked

Thanks

Ken

 

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, January 25, 2013 1:03 PM

Thats odd, mine only mention water. Maybe mine is labelebed for the UK marget and they know what us Brits are like with Alchol.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by stoutfella on Friday, January 25, 2013 12:12 PM

The bottle says to thin it with water or alcohol. I used alcohol and it went on pretty well. I'm decaling now and all seems OK. I only have it because I ordered decals from Microscale, had to add some items to reach their minimum order amount and thought I'd give it a try.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by Bish on Friday, January 25, 2013 11:00 AM

Trey, not sure if its classed as Acrylic. It doesn't say that on the bottle, and it is very different from the Acrylic paints i have seen. But it is water based. Not many people seem to use it. Some people say the Matt comes out more of a satin, but i don't think so. I have also heard people say it yellows with age, but i have some very old kits sprayed with it and they are fine.

The Bronco is looking great, i like the sharks teeth.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Australia
Posted by Helo H-34 on Friday, January 25, 2013 4:17 AM

I think the pre-shadding on the P-38 is really quite good , awesome stuff stoutfella .

Trey , the Bronco is also looking great .

I'm hopping to get some more done on my HH-43 Huskie this weekend and post some more WIP pic's

John .

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  • From: Borlando Fla home of the rat
Posted by TREYZX10R on Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:22 PM

Stoutfella the preshading really has given depth to the finish,looking awesome! I'm not familiar with microscale ,geussing from Bish's suggestion to use water its acrylic?

Should be posting up some finished pics of the Bronco tomorrow!

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:37 AM

Stoutfella, that is coming on really nicely. I use Microscale varnish all the time. I don't use the gloss much as i use gloss paints. I do like the Matt, though it can be a bit temperamental. My only advice is to make sure you thin it with decent water. It can glogg up the airbrush if not.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: East Peoria, IL
Posted by stoutfella on Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:31 AM

Greetings,

Moving along on the 38. After preshading, I sprayed the underside with Tamiya neutral gray, heavily thinned with 91% alcohol, then went back with a slightly lighter shade on the control surfaces and randomly elsewhere.. Overall, I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out. And I'm beginning to really like my new Iwata airbrush that Santa brought.

After the gray I did the topside with Tamiya olive drab, which seems really dark, darker than the pictures appear. I built it up very gradually with the paint again very thin, and then hit it with a lighter mix for variation. I spent an hour or so on this, as it's not the easiest bird to paint, with all the nooks and crannies created by the booms. But again, I'm fairly happy with the overall look.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Of all the things that have changed in this hobby since my early days in the 60s and 70s, Tamiya tape just might be the modeling equivalent of sliced bread. What great stuff! I remember trying to brush paint canopies and anti-glare panels with Scotch tape masks. The results were predictable and unsatisfying, even to my less-critical 12-year-old self back then.

Now that I've got the base colors down, I'll plan to hit it with a gloss coat later today. I was thinking of trying to use Future again (the first time I tried it didn't go well), but I just got a bottle of Micro Gloss from Microscale, so I may give that a shot. Gloss coats have been a weakness for me. I've been using MM acrylic gloss and can never get it as smooth and shiny as I'd like for decaling. But I'm actually starting with a pretty smooth finish here with the Tamiya colors, so I'm hoping for something good to happen.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by ww2psycho on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:36 PM

Ok sickness is gone and i should have a nice full weekend to work on things. I starting gluing the other boom together tonight so hopefully the wings will get done this weekend.

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  • From: Borlando Fla home of the rat
Posted by TREYZX10R on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:13 PM

Thanks Stoutfella!

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  • From: East Peoria, IL
Posted by stoutfella on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:57 PM

Trey: Looking really good. And thanks for the earlier rundown on your scribing tools. I'll try to remember that lacquer thinner trick.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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  • From: Borlando Fla home of the rat
Posted by TREYZX10R on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:33 PM

Bish thanks ,went with an overall USAF grey

Shivinigh thank you!

Shot some color on after a presahde of very dark grey

Then some decals went down,a mix of the kit supplied ones and some spares I had

next I'll deal with the props and exhausts,cheers Trey

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Posted by shivinigh on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:19 PM

That horse is looking great Treyz.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:30 AM

Thats looking sweet Trey, what colour scheme will this be in.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Borlando Fla home of the rat
Posted by TREYZX10R on Sunday, January 20, 2013 7:29 PM

Hope you get feeling better soon ww2psyco!

The Canopy fit turned out decent enough after I sanded the edges to a bevel on the top join areas and took off some length on the sides and top parts,at least it was too long instead of being short. I also added the small intakes to the port sides of both engine nacelles.

I gave up trying to replicate the tiny vortex generator tabs on the controls and just concentrated on scratching the small actuators arms and control horns along with the mass balancers.

Next I scratched up the aerials

After a shot of some thinned down MM flat grey enamel I wet sanded everything with 1000grt knocking of some of the fiddly bits and having to reglue them in the process . Now its ready for the final coat of light USAF grey and some decals.

cheers Trey

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Posted by ww2psycho on Saturday, January 19, 2013 3:19 PM

I don't think I'll be getting much done this weekend, got sick while at work so I'll probably be resting all weekend

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, January 18, 2013 5:40 PM

Stout, TREY, some really nice work on two kits that seem to be real challengers. Keep it going and don't let them beat you.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Borlando Fla home of the rat
Posted by TREYZX10R on Friday, January 18, 2013 4:41 PM

Stoutfella You're really whipping that kit into shape! Those fit issues are no small issue to deal with for sure. I rather like that you're not doing nmf on this one,looking forward to seeing the paint go on!

The rescribe tools that I use

As for the scribing tools its as follows;

Eduard makes the templates and they are a huge help. A simple sewing needle in the pin vise works well with the templates.

Dymo tape is great especially for working with curved surfaces. I use the Saw from UMM-USA for scribing next to the tape ,also with the thin metal straight edge. I also use a #11 blade with the tip broken off to clean up and go back over the scribed lines. Finally I apply straight laqcuer thinner on a small brush and allow it to 'wick' into the scribed lines to clean them up. Hope that helps Stoutfella

Shivinigh wow that Glider looks awesome! You've done a great bit of modelling on that and looking forward to seeing the base done. I'll wait to update the front page until you get it complete.

The Bronco is still trying to buck me me off. The booms did not want to square up so I had to apply a little pressure and mild heat with the hair dryer to get it aligned. Next up was dealing with the gaps fore and aft and some green putty took care of that.

The intakes on the engine nacelles are not correct 

 I scratched the second upper intake using the end tips cut from some old drop tanks.

Using layers of medium foam safe ca glue I then built up the areas around the intakes to shape. It took about 3 applications filing between each and then a thin application sanded smooth to get the final shape and fill imperfections

I've wet sanded the whole airframe and next will add the canopy assembly

cheers Trey

 

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Posted by stoutfella on Friday, January 18, 2013 3:19 PM

Looks really good, shivinigh! Makes me want to build a glider.

As for my P-38, I primed it with Mr. Surfacer 1200. Didn't look terrible, but there are enough remaining surface and seam flaws that I just don't feel like investing vast amounts more time addressing. I figured the NMF scheme would only spotlight the flaws, so I'm switching to the OD/neutral gray scheme for "Black Market Babe." I'll save the "St. Louis Blues" decals for the day Tamiya puts out a Lightning.

I sprayed MM enamel insignia yellow for the tail stripes and back half of the spinners. While I was at it, I tipped the props, then sprayed the blades with Tamiya flat black and decided to do a little preshading. I've never done much preshading and as the photos can attest, I didn't put a lot of steady-handed precision into the task. I'm only looking to create a bit of variation in the top coats.

A busy weekend awaits, with a Boy Scout campout and hockey games, so I won't be getting much done here until next week.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by ww2psycho on Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:27 PM

Wow thats some really nice work shivinigh.

I Haven't made very much progress lately. I'm hoping to get some building hours in this weekend, I did put one of the booms together, fit is very very good. I'll get the other one together before posting some WIP pictures. There really isn't much to see since I'm still waiting on a reply from squadron. I think I'm just going to try scratch building the broken piece. It will be very hard to see being a ceiling hanger.

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Posted by shivinigh on Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:19 PM
Thanks for the nice words. I'll try not to get modelling and martial arts mixed up. Besides knowing my luck the model would win. It would make giving planes that crashesd look eaier. "YAAAAAA CHOP" viola broken wing.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:42 PM

A nice little personal touch for the base shivinigh. Just be careful you don't get the modelling and Tae-kwon-Do mixd up, that could get messy.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:29 PM

shivinigh

the piece of wood it is sitting on is going to be the base. It is a piece of board that I broke in my Tae-kwon-Do class for my first belt.

Wow! Chop saw hands ehhh???

That is really cool. I have never seen that build before.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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Posted by shivinigh on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:15 PM

the piece of wood it is sitting on is going to be the base. It is a piece of board that I broke in my Tae-kwon-Do class for my first belt. Not going to do anything fancy just cover it with some grass so it is sitting in a field. Lost one of the ramps thanks to a surprise Cat Attack. I also have some German crew members for a Zepplin that I am using to load it on the Gotha.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:02 PM

Nice looking build. I have a kubel coming out of the back of mine as well. What sort of base are you putting it on.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by shivinigh on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:13 PM

Submitted for your approval. The decals gave me some problems cause they didn't quite want to sit right but lots of setting solution helped with that. Still have to mount it with the ramps and Kublewaggen but the glider itself is finished.

 

 

 

 

 

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:41 PM

stoutfella

Greetings,

Well, I'm already worn out. I've had just about enough trimming, filling, sanding and tweaking. As I said earlier, I'm just not gonna be obsessive about trying to make this perfect, but some things just weren't acceptable, such as the abysmal "fit" of the fairings on the big scoops on the booms. I mean, these just weren't even remotely close. Out came the Tamiya putty.

The gun bay doors and the nose piece were particularly hideous.

I've been fighting the good fight on those, and I'll try to do some more smoothing, but there's only so much I can stand. I know this kit can be turned into something excellent, but my skills aren't yet at the level where I can compensate for and correct brittle plastic that just doesn't fit.

So a little more smoothing and fiddling (not to mention about a cubic yard of damp TP to fill those wheel bays) and it'll be off to paint.

I'm still leaning toward the NMF "St. Louis Blues." I'll use MM Metalizer because I've used it before and it's what I have on hand. Which means I'll be spraying OD for anti-glare panels and blue for stripes first, as I don't want to mask over the delicate Metalizer. And that means I have to try to match the blue of the other markings. Unless I call an audible at the line and switch it to "Black Market Babe" in OD/gray, which would probably be the far simpler choice.

StoutFella!!! This all sounds very familiar to me! Took that kit & did the nightfighter conversion on it a few years ago. Nothing going on there that can't be solved with putty, styrene and time! ;)

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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  • From: East Peoria, IL
Posted by stoutfella on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 8:16 PM

shivinigh: Nice work on the glider camo. I'm really looking forward to seeing that one finished!

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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  • From: East Peoria, IL
Posted by stoutfella on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 8:08 PM

Greetings,

Well, I'm already worn out. I've had just about enough trimming, filling, sanding and tweaking. As I said earlier, I'm just not gonna be obsessive about trying to make this perfect, but some things just weren't acceptable, such as the abysmal "fit" of the fairings on the big scoops on the booms. I mean, these just weren't even remotely close. Out came the Tamiya putty.

The gun bay doors and the nose piece were particularly hideous.

I've been fighting the good fight on those, and I'll try to do some more smoothing, but there's only so much I can stand. I know this kit can be turned into something excellent, but my skills aren't yet at the level where I can compensate for and correct brittle plastic that just doesn't fit.

So a little more smoothing and fiddling (not to mention about a cubic yard of damp TP to fill those wheel bays) and it'll be off to paint.

I'm still leaning toward the NMF "St. Louis Blues." I'll use MM Metalizer because I've used it before and it's what I have on hand. Which means I'll be spraying OD for anti-glare panels and blue for stripes first, as I don't want to mask over the delicate Metalizer. And that means I have to try to match the blue of the other markings. Unless I call an audible at the line and switch it to "Black Market Babe" in OD/gray, which would probably be the far simpler choice.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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