1944 Group Build

Bottom puttied and ready for paint.

Top taped for the bottom layer O intermittent blue Tamiya rattle.

You Go Matt!! Git er done!!

Time for an all-nighter!

I installed the quad 30mm gun bay.

Here's my work on the special double Jumo 004 engines.

I scrapped my first revell 1/48 me262 months ago and i had an extra engine to open up. The revell kits only come with one engine you can open up and show off. I put both engines on mine since I had one from each kit and oped both of them up so its one-of-a-kind I guess, I just hope the quality lives up to it.

Appears to be some rather fantastic work to me Matt. That is some sweet action opening up the gun bay and engine. nice detail work there. You have every reason to be proud of your modeling.

Great going so far Matt...good call on opening up the engine.

Thank you all! My first couple of builds might not be THE BEST but I'm VERY proud of them :)

That's really nice work, Matt-Joachim.  Gun bay and engine are looking very good.

Looking nice there matt.

I use Blue Tac often attached to cloths pegs to hold pars for painting. I wouldn't use Milliput as that sets hard once mixed.

I'm still fairly back new to modeling, but what is that material i see so many people using to hold small parts while they paint them? Milliput, stickytack?

Just getting things rolling...
fuselage halves glued and holes drilled for the rocket mounts.

Quad 30mm gun bay. I'm so happy this isn't the 2 gun model!

I opened up the Jumo 004's with my Dremel to expose the nice details...

Great detail on the landing gear, Joe.  Exceptionally fine work.  What would we do without Optivisor?

Sorry, too, Ken about your compressor experiences.  I also had two CH compressors from Walmart a few years ago--and both of them went belly-up in mere months, with very little usage.  Finally went back to a Paasche compressor.  The first one I had of those lasted me about twenty years.  Unfortunately, no tank--just the compressor.  

Hope things start going better for ya!

Thank You Ken and Rob. Much appreciated.

Great looking landing gear so far Joe

Thanks Joe.

I guess we all go through times like this.

It will work out in the end, I'm sure

The landing gear looks great Joe

Ken, I am indeed sorry to hear about your misfortune. Hang in there my friend as I'm sure good fortune will soon find it's way to you.

Well Gentlemen, I've got a bit of progress to share with you all. It took me a little while but I've finally got all the PE on the landing gear as well as the copper wire brake lines. Blessed be the optivisor as it was an absolute necessity for this endeavor. Here is a pic showing the work prior to shooting the gear with primer.

Hello Every one,

well There has been another set back . I seem to have quite a few of them latley.

My Rifgid air compressor had to go back. I floated a loan for it, but my expenses (Utilties) voted my new toy out. If anyone needs a new aircompressor, Home depot is selling the Ridgid Vertical Pancake for $169. And it's worth every penny

maybe I can get one CH air compressor out of my 2. I'll start on that project tomorrow

The paint work is excellent on the T-34, Raven.  Well done.  And maybe the box is new, with Lend-Lease stuff from Amerika.

Lost, You have done a very impressive job so far on your Wildcat. The paint job is excellent especially the streaking effect you've done.

Thanks, Lost - yes, it's the Tamiya T34/76 Chtz kit from lo, these many years ago:

I liked the box at first because it stands out and breaks up all the green, but now I'm thinking it stands out too much - have to tone down the light wood color a bit.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

It is an F4F 4 flying off USS Santee in the Atlantic, sub hunting. Most of the Wildcats were GM FM-1 and FM-2, which only had four guns, making the model inaccurate for the scheme provided. Finally found reference to the F4F 4s on USS Santee.

Thanks Bish..I shoulda known that!!

Pacific Theatre of Operations. I had assumed this build was from that region, or am I mistaken.

Bish

Lost, that is looking really nice. I don't really go for PTO builds, but that is a really nice scheme.

That's a little jewel, lostagain.  Exceptional results!

Lost, that is looking really nice. I don't really go for PTO builds, but that is a really nice scheme.

Nice T34 Steve - is it the old Tamiya kit? I swear I still have that wooden box in the spares 20 years later.

CMK - That painting is excellent - result justifies the effort.

Erik - the Hobson is looking good, keep at it even if you take a panzer holiday.

Joe, the engine is looking great. The oily look and the copper contrast is very well done.

Ken, happy birthday, had a glass of red wine for you in case you missed out... I have started buying my Xmas presents to me already. Can't justify a new compressor yet but let us know how it goes.

So the wildcat is glossed up and decalled. Academy decals set down well with Mr Decal Setter and Softer

Also got the remodelling of the prop completed and silvered to check the finish. Wish I had a before photo. White base coat next.

Glossed over the decals and let that dry for five days before the oil paint weathering. Trying to get a bit of a streaky look going.

Now another clear coat before the panel lines get done, exhaust staining, oil streaks etc etc

It's great to have you join us Matt. Your Nowotny 262 is going to be really fun to watch for sure. I'm looking forward to it.

Glad to have to have you on board Matt, look forward to seeing this one. Nice to have a last minute entry.