1944 Group Build

Raven: Looks like your off to a dandy of start.

Jay: Very nice beginnings on your cockpit. Looks great.

Ken, be interested to see what you come up with.

Jorge, nice work on the pit there.

Some really good stuff in here! Sorry for my absence guys, but I had a LOT of stress lately. I'll get the roster updated tomorrow at the latest.

It is just really good to have you back slinging glue with us Clemens.

Hi

Finally finished the cockpit.

Here are the pics.

I painted the pit, pedals and seat alclad aluminium first then two coats of AK heavy chipping acrylic fluid. After that was dry i airbrushed Tamiya XF-63, chipped some of the paint and got everything real dirty with a oil wash of raw umber.

One coat of of clear flat and some dry brushing.

I am not too happy with how the belts are sitting, maybe I'll try to make it look better later.

Like always comments and suggestions are welcome.

Jorge 

Looks really good Jorge!  I agree with you about the seatbelts, they just look too well organized to me.  But based on how the rest of the cockpit looks I wouldn't complain if I was able to do that!

No matter how the seatbelts are arranged Jorge, that is one awesome looking cockpit. Very well executed. I like the use of Alclad with AK interactive. Quite new technique to me for a cockpit. It looks great.

Jorge,

That cockpit is a work of art!  Really!

Gary

jay, great work on the pit. Getting seat belts in the right position can be tricky.

Thank you guys, I appreciate the words of encouragement!

Jorge  

Jorge... Excellent! Beautiful work...

Doug

Wow Jorge, just awesome 

Wow!  The detail in that cockpit is amazing.

I wouldn't worry about the belts...They look great to me.

Ok here goes nothing on the B-24

Oh Boy Ken! I see something epic coming from you.

Will be nice to see this underway Ken.

Can't wait to see it Ken!

B-24 is on my 'to do' list, so, will watch this one with interest 

Sorry for my absence guys. I was way too busy to spend any time on the forums or at the bench, but everything's back to normal again. The front page should be up to date now.

Nice one buddy, you seem to have got all the stuff that needed adding. I will remove them from my post now. God to have you back.

Thanks Guys. I'll try

Does anyone have any idea how much weight ( I use lead sinkers) needs to be in the nose of the B 24? I used a ton of sinkers in the PBY last year. The nose wheel just touches the ground on it You can feel it. It feels like its balanced on the main landing gear.

Ken 

Hey all,

I would like to enter a 1/48 Tiger 1 in the group build. It is a Lindberg model. Just started it.

Cool Nomad, lookin` forward to that...Cheers!

Thank you

Okay here goes,

 I chose this model because it was the only tiger tank that Hobby Lobby had. It looks like it will be a easy build but thate are some important parts that were left out of the kit that I will have to scratch build. The figures have very little to no detail on them. That bites. Below are some photos of the build.

Still have a ways to go. touch up paint and more building and painting.

Thanks for looking.

Nice start Nomad. I don't think I have seen a Lindberg kit built before. Is all the running gear one piece including the tracks.

I know SS will add you to the roster next time he is on.

Yes the tracks and running gear are one piece. That is one of the things that I do not like about this kit. Also the exhaust pipes were left off or out of the kit. I am trying to scratch build them. Hope I can come close.

The exhaust pipes are on the back of the hull, they look in one piece to me.

I've never seen this Tiger kit either, but those figures are definitely Tamiya sculpts.   Interesting how the track detail has been simplified, but the kit includes some interior detail.  

Not sure of the mark either, but the feifel air filters were discontinued during the summer of 1943 - but I suppose a handful of these survived into 1944?

regards,

Jack

Here is a photo of the pipes I made. The kit looked like it was ready for the pipes because it had the points for them. I cut them off and bent some spur to fit. When the model is painted and weathered I might be able to hide some of the places that are not quite right.

Thanks for the replies.