1944 Group Build

Ah, PM. I had a couple of there kits but sold them a few years back when they were replaced with other makes. You did a nice job on it.

Bish- Hi there, May I enter a 1/72 Revell Germany FW190 A8 R11?  Thanks!

You certainly may Cody. I will make a note of it so SS can add it to the roster when he is able.

I see your on a bit of 190 binge at the moment.

Good to see you joining us here Cody. Given what I saw you do over on the Butcher Bird GB I'm looking forward to seeing your build of the R11. And in 1/72 nonetheless, NICE!

Cody, the penny has just dropped as to what kit your building. I don't think I have seen that version built, but I have thought about getting that kit, so will defiantly be watching that.

Thanks Guys!  You're right Bish I kinda am getting into the 190's.  Those and the 109's have been a big favorite of mine, along with some of the pacific guys (Dauntless, Avenger, Helldiver, etc)  I have always loved WWII Aircraft and have collected many diecasts, books, etc. However, for some reason I never made any Models of any aircraft.  I guess I always thought them to be too complicated.  Thankfully after watching some of these GBs,  the forums, and doing a bit of reading I think I kinda understand the procedure a bit better.   Its also nice to have a place where you can ask questions about it!  Anyhow, its been enjoyable doing something completely different!

Here is the kit and contents.  Looks Pretty good with quite a few parts.

I had a quick PM off SS last night. He has been really busy with work recently and expects this to continue for another couple of weeks. He only had a little time to send a PM but not time to go through threads and send replies.

He just wanted everyone to know he hasn't bailed and apologises for his absence, but as I am sure we all know, life gets in the way of the important things, like models, from time to time

Cody, look forward to seeing more of that. Until SS returns, I will add a temp roster and completed build pics to my opening post. Viejo, I will add your V-2 to that as well.

Greetings All. Well, it's about time that I have some progress worthy of posting. Through small snippets of bench time I have finally completed the cockpit for my Hellcat. I found some things rather odd about the detail in this 1/72 Eduard cockpit. First was that gunsight issue that I posted on prior. Then there were some panels on the side consoles that were neither molded in relief nor was there a PE part supplied. Namely the fuse panel located on the lower front of the right console. Just blank space. I hand painted the panels on and then painted on the details. All of this contributed to spending a bit more time than anticipated. As for the cockpit itself, the seat is a True Details resin seat with molded on harnesses. The overall cockpit is painted MM enamel zic chromate green. This was given a coat of MM acryl gloss and then an oil wash was applied. This was then subsequently hit with a coat of MM acryl flat. Raised relief and floor and panel lightening was achieved with Tamiya weathering pastel light sand. Scratches and wear on the seat, floor and pedals was done with a silver pencil. So, with all that said. here some progress pics. Thanks for looking.

Joe: nice job, the cockpit looks great.

Thanks Greg.

1/72?  Are you working with an electron microscope Joe?  

Wow, that looks great!

Allen

Looking really nice there Joe, some nice detail there.

Thank You very much Allen and Bish.

I don't know about a micron microscope Allen, but a magnifying glass on an articulating arm, an optivisor and some 2.00 power reading glasses are a must. Of course when I need to use all 3 at the same time it's a bit like a micron microscope.

Id need a telescope Joe! Looks good though...lol! Keep up the good progress...

Doug

Thank You Doug. It's really good to hear from you.

You too Joe! I'm always here some where! LOL... Just finishing up this week on my P40, in that GB and want to do another STUKA with Bish at that GB... Looking fwd to some more progress on your Hell Cat!

Take care!

Doug

i talked with bish and i am joining with the 1/35 TAMIYA GERMAN 4X6 KRUPP PROTZE towing  a 37mm FLAK 37. also want to do the 88mm FLSL 41 PZ.SFL,IVC spaa this year. i have been working on the truck in the duckhunters GB so it's coming along. wheel attachment was annoying, sepecially the front ones. cracked a seam putting the front end onto the frame so has to repair that today. broke the right hand mirror but who wants shiny things with JABOs all over the place. here are the finished construction pics. airbrush TAMIYA dark yellow and brush painted 2 slightly different schemes. got the initial pin wash and raw umber oil filter on it. going to highlight some areas with black pin wash over that and gray wash for the wood areas.

Wayne: not sure what 88 spaa you're talking about, but the GRILLE was only armed with the 15cm sIG.

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Wayne: not sure what 88 spaa you're talking about, but the GRILLE was only armed with the 15cm sIG.

RIGHT YOU ARE. i know about that one and every time i typed in the spaa i said to myself "self they must have used the name for 2 different guns." maybe i'll finally get it out of my head.

Hey Wayne, That is some really remarkable work there. Nicely done.

Amazing work Wayne!

JOE RIX, SILENTBOB33 thanks.

first picks of base. this is a very simple base to keep the build in soft skin category and not vignettes or dioramas. raised a little bit of non road with blue modeling clay. slop painted all the clay with cheap artist acrylics. mixed liquidtex and dirt and laid down the road. took scrap PZ-IV and made all sorts of track marks and knocked down the bumps a bit. tire didn't sit "in" the dirt enough so i marked and chiseled gouges where they went and "filled in" a bit with really flattened modeling clay.

airbrused enite base with MMA dirt. added some liquiidtex over the clay and repainted. painted white glue and added grass. (my dirty white socks in the bottom of the picture)

here is a closeup. the camera will see more than the eye and the slightly shinier places are where the tires will be. will let that dry and mist with dust.. adding some tall grass may push it into vignette. IPMS will be adjusting there new base rules for a while and may have to expand the vignettes categories to cover the overflow from planes and armor.

this is done. the base is not as fancy as i would like so as to keep it in armor soft skin and not vignette.

That is some spectacular work Wayne, well done!!

Holy Smokes Wayne, That is fantastic. Not only is your camo choice you followed that up with some outstanding weathering. Don't short yourself concerning the base as it appears to be rather spectacular to me. I can only dream to achieve such effects at this time. Thank You for sharing that gorgeous build with us Wayne.

That's a lovely looking build wayne, love it. Great base as well.

Wayne... that is just too cool! Bravo my friend, Bravo!

Doug

thanks to everybody's kind words. now to break thru my painting block on the LCVP and get the camo fdone on that so i can finish it. also have a DANA 8x8 spa and a 4x4 M-1117 basecoated and ready to silly putty and camo. oh and the bunker to finish for my 88mm, 1/24 UNIMOG , and JGSDF TYPE 87 spaa. and then i can start on my 2 GBs SCI FI and BRAILLE SCALE (hint, hint; wink, wink; nod, nod)

doug - how did you know my callsign on the MILES NET teams was BRAVO, as in  BW (BRAVO WHISKEY which stood for BOY WONDER)?

Great groundwork Wayne!

I finally ordered and received the figures for my LCVP dio, hopefully I'll get the chance to put it together this summer after school gets out.  I'll be using 10-12 figures from Dragon and Masterbox sets.