Going Big GB

I have managed to shoot pirmer on my mig....however my AB seems to splutter a little bit and it is not nearly as smooth as I would have liked - especially using alclad so allot of sanding will be needed.

Theuns

Some progress from my side on the Tyrrell P34.

Wiring, still to be nailed down (again - it got loosened when I had to break the engine in two to add some stuff) - here's the engine mounted on the floor:

Next up, still in initial phases - Jody's helmet starting to look more colorful.

Some progress on the decalling of the body. Rear wing decalling done, somehow I did not take a pic...

Not quite motivated for the P34 after that engine mishap, but will get there... And no, not worries about the sink holes on the floor, it will be covered! 

No those holes are "lightning holes" :-)

Looking good there. Nice to see Jodi's ride.

I got the Mig all sanded down and added the last few lumps and bumps....the canopy is also on.

Next I will shot some black and then the alclad.

Theuns

Very sexy Seabe...I've always loved the elf logo on race cars.

Hey all sorry for nor being here but health reasons kept me from doing much of anything. My wife got me a birthday present yesterday and here it is. It is a Revell 1/32 F4-G Phantom ii. This thing is a monster. So put me down for another build here in Going Big.

From  what I have seen looking back thru the thread there are some epic builds going on. I am so far behind on seeing them I will not try to comment on all one at a time bur keep up the great work.

Doug

Ohhh that is nice. I am not personally a Phantom fan but that is a cool looking kit :-)

I will put you on the front page.

Theuns

Theuns

Ohhh that is nice. I am not personally a Phantom fan but that is a cool looking kit :-)

I will put you on the front page.

Theuns

Thanks Theuns, Like I said it's going to be a monster lit. The fuselage is in two parts.

Doug

Wicked amount of work ahead for you on that monster, Doug!! Good luck...and have fun with it!

I can believe it is big, my Mig is already long and I recon the F-4 was way bigger than the Mig!

Okay all here is an update on the Wild Weasel. My dry brushing is not up to par like the most of you but I am trying. I used 5min epoxy for the dials. Tell je what you thing and any tips would help.

Doug

Looks good from here :-)

I would just paint the seat belts to make the seats look busy.

Theuns

Good Idea. The color chart calls for silver. That might look to bright. What do you all think?

Doug

I think the buckles would be metal therefor silver but the straps themselves would be a canvas of sorts....usually a brown or green

Found this link - s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/.../c750ab9ea55f800174d0f4412b5fe58a.jpg

After painting the cockpit detail, put a gloss coat over everything and do a black or dark grey pinwash in areas like the tub's corners, in the seat's recesses ,under the pannel ect, when wipe the worst of just leaving enoug to give some shadow.

Theuns

Theuns, I'd like to join up please.  Revell 1/16 Beebe and Mulligan Top Fuel Dragster.

Welcome  :-)

Theuns

Theuns

I think the buckles would be metal therefor silver but the straps themselves would be a canvas of sorts....usually a brown or green

Found this link - s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/.../c750ab9ea55f800174d0f4412b5fe58a.jpg

After painting the cockpit detail, put a gloss coat over everything and do a black or dark grey pinwash in areas like the tub's corners, in the seat's recesses ,under the pannel ect, when wipe the worst of just leaving enoug to give some shadow.

Theuns

My internet was down yesterday so I did not get your post until now. Already got the tub buttoned up in the forward fuselage. Dangit! 

My hands are getting bad so the fine painting is suffering for now. Got a medical plain to see if I can get my hand movement back. I will strive to to better.

Doug

Here are some update photos:

Holy cow that front section is almost a foot long!!This will be a real monster of a build  wow!

That office looks good to me, and if you have fun with it you have succeeded in your goal :-)

Theuns

Theuns

Holy cow that front section is almost a foot long!!This will be a real monster of a build  wow!

That office looks good to me, and if you have fun with it you have succeeded in your goal :-)

Theuns

Thank you Theuns,

Yeah it's big alright 23" long. I have got more done yesterday and am looking forward to working on it today.

I had a problem with one part of the seam that became misaligned. Any suggestions on what I can do to get this fixed with out to much work. It buggs me that it is on top pf the fuselage where it can bee seen by all.

Doug

What seam does not line up? The ones that run span wize look good to me, you refering to the centre line joint?

If so just sand the hight area off and re-scribe the detail, that is pretty much it I recon...

Theuns

Thanks.

Theuns

What seam does not line up? The ones that run span wize look good to me, you refering to the centre line joint?

If so just sand the hight area off and re-scribe the detail, that is pretty much it I recon...

Theuns

That is what I have done. Thanks Theuns. I have got more done on the plane yesterday and this morning. Coming along nicely. Some fit issues but not so much that it is driving me crazy. I have some filling and more sanding to do but here are the photos.

Doug

Nomad, you are making some seriously rapid progress on your Weasel! Nice work so far!

I hit a brickwall with my builds...the "want"  just is not there lately:-(

Tomorrow I will force myself to mask the canopy and atleast get the gloss black on my mig.

Theuns

stikpusher

Nomad, you are making some seriously rapid progress on your Weasel! Nice work so far!

Thanks Stickpusher. It's been a real fun build so far. I am really liking this scale of planes. Gonna have to get another one.

I have all day to build if I want to. I do take time off from the bench to resupply and charge up my dremel too and play with the grand kids.

Doug

Theuns

I hit a brickwall with my builds...the "want"  just is not there lately:-(

Tomorrow I will force myself to mask the canopy and atleast get the gloss black on my mig.

Theuns

boy howdy i hit the wall so hard on my K-5 i started building a 6 pack of 1/35 Velociraptor dinosaurs. 

speaking of big picked up the 1/200 oil rig to go with the BASTE (Big Ass Saw Thingie Excavator). and i saw Takom is coming out with a twin 128mm FLAK.

I know what you mean, I mostly try and force myself to complete a "stalled model" before starting another....otherwize it is to eazy to just leave it in the box and work on better ones LOL.

Theuns

Well, I got the gloss black on but my AB seems to  be spluttering a bit and the surface is not as smooth as I would like....I will let it cure a few days and then pollish it for alclad.

I had hoped to avoid having to sand again as it has allot of places you can't really get into, but that is how it goes.

Theuns

Well, this beast has been taunting me for the past few weeks I completed the last sanding and started with the alclad.

I didn't have lots of the airframe allu I usually use, but like on the F-51 I started off with dark allu. This does not have the shine like the airframe allu but gives a nice used look to the model.

I wanted to try something different than my usual way of masking some pannels off and doing some others in different shades.

This tine I simply free handed the different panels with my fine air brush in different shades of dark allu, some in lighter airframe allu and a few in pollished allu.

The "softer" edge actually made it look better in my opinion, with a pannel wash it will "pop" a little more.

pix to follow

Theuns

working on barrel and elevation mechanism  for K-5. that's a 2 foot, 610mm  ruler. the KV-2 and figure are for size.

got 12 powder bags painted gray white and 12 canisters german gray. when they dry will paint black rounds and brass end casings. (ran out of clips). also painted ammo cart german gray instead of yellow for some contrast. here is the elevation mechanism set together. going to be a lot of individual priming and painting. ig it looks a little rough remember 1. i will clean it up some more, 2. all of this inside the carriage won't be seen, especially down in travel mode and 3. i'm assuming they would leave the inside gray to conserve paint. pity as this is a pin wash dream.

ON A SIDE NOTE. vallejo paints nicely but i find, even after cleaning, if i let the airbrush sit for a couple of days it gets stiff. had to field strip mine today. easy enough to run anything like water though it each day to prevent that.