Going Big GB

Thanks guys..this wood grain technique is compliments of Marc aka Wing nut..without his most excellent mentor ship I'd still be trying to drag wet oil paint around wit no luck at all! I have one mor bulkhead to do and I'll break it down step my step.

Please sign me up with a ROG 1/32 Bf-109G-6.

RobS - multiple dittos on the woodgrain! There have been so many how-to's based on dragging oil based paint on base coats, waiting to dry,etc, etc - your method is much appreciated. Looks like a lot of fine line work going in but a great result, one of the most realistic I think I've seen. Bookmarked!

Mike

Rob, I would like....no DEMAND  (LOL) you give us a short tutoral on your most exelent wood skills, even on a piece of plastic.It seems to be the simplest way yet gives superb results.

I need to learn for my SE5 and the wood has been holding me back.

I will post both badges when I return from rigging controll surfases tonight.

Yes I am in The big smoke AKA Joburg

Theuns

Rob that woodgrain looks fantastic!  It looks like you actually used a fresh cut piece of plywood!  Awesome job!

I've made some progress on my 109G-6, here are a couple of shots to show you all where I am.  Right now I'm working on the seams around the engine and a few on the wing root and in the center of the wing itself.  Nothing that a little acrylic putty wont fix.  Its actually starting to look like something.

stikpusher

I was wondering the same thing myself about the Wiki article on the F2G. I just know that she is a gorgeous looking bird! I wonder if development had continued if they could not have squeezed more speed out of it with more time to fine tune the design.

Well, I was cruising through and saw this conversation.  Hope you don't mind me butting in.

More horsepower affects rate of climb more than top speed.  And then top speed numbers don't mean much unless it is paired with the altitude the speed occurs at.  I think the F4U-4 or -5 was the fastest Corsair, but it was at high altitude and due to a better supercharger.  I think you will find that the F2G will be faster at sea level.  In rate of climb it could do 7,000 feet per minute which is way better than an F4U of any other type.

That's awesome man!  Looks like real wood.  I'll be poppin' my head in here to watch your work.

Craig

I got a good start on the Hansa-B. She's got a lot of wood, so, it was woodgraining night for me .

I layed down wooden deck tan and then (using a picture of real plywood on my IPad at my bench) started the task of hand drawing woodgrain using an art pencil direct on the painted surface:

Next, Tamiya clear orange which provides not only the richer colour but the 'varnish' that would have been used:

These few parts assembled, clear parts added and framed out with Vallejo aluminum. Same for fuel tank. Interestingly, the pilot's seat will be mounted DIRECTLY on top of the fuel tank. Oil wash for all and that's it for tonight. About 4 hours worth of bench time already and only 5 pieces actually glued together ....gonna be a long go, me thinks!!

With Theuns in the power thing. It's beyond funny. Traffic is "interesting" if this happens during peak hours, even where I stay. (BTW Theuns, I'm down in the WC area... are you up north?)

Some excellent work here! Great for me to be seeing the other types of builds that I am used to. I can learn a lot...

Theuns

Wayne, if I count correctly, we have a tie for the go big and biuld buid badges.

I will post both and those who want a badge can select the one they like, how's that?

Theuns

That's fine. I just looked at them again and thing they look fine without embellishment. simple badge for complicated builds. feels like some cosmic symmetry.

sorry to hear about your power issues.

It was "funny" some time ago, but it with food spoiling and fridges breaking due to constant on and off we are beyond that point now.

Ah well, is truly is dark Africa now.

Theuns

Look on the bright side Theuns,

When the big CME comes from the sun and knocks out everyone's power, you guys will be used to it.

I wish I could start my build but we have been without power at night  again. This is a result of the SA Gov's ONLY power supplier being unable to generate enough power to supply everyone so we get partial power to some areas some of the time......darn sad state of affairs here :-(

It happens if you don't do maintenance on the grid and "loose" the $ due to corruption and incompatance.

As they say here " what did we use to light our houses before we used candles........electricity"

They say it should start going better in 2019.......will nlt hold my breath.

The rest of you guys are making some exelent progress, keep it up :-)

Theuns

Rob without all the rigging in the typical WNW kit this should be like any other build.  It's an impressive pile-o-parts for sure.  Is this your 1st WNW kit?  If so, wait 'til you get going and start to see the perfect fit and engineering of the kit. They are a joy to build. If you've built one before, well, you already know then .

Damn Wayne, that's a VERY impressive pile-o-parts.  Every mold shot of that kits must put a dent in the world styrene supply.

modelcrazy

Rob,

Lets see you build that in 4 days.

I'm really interested in watching this build. That is going to be cool.

Wayne, if I count correctly, we have a tie for the go big and biuld buid badges.

I will post both and those who want a badge can select the one they like, how's that?

Theuns

het THEUNS do we have a badge decision?

here are the part sprues for the K-5. some of the bags have 2 or 4 identical sprues. guess i best be really good at sanding cylinders.

Well here is the almost finished pit. Had to scratch the instrument panel, seat belts, and the rudder pedals along with the side wall equipment. Just have the joystick to install after the pant dries then dullcote everything down a bit.

Rob,

Lets see you build that in 4 days.

I'm really interested in watching this build. That is going to be cool.

Um...this Hansa-Brandenburg's gonna be...Um...rather SCARY:

Good gawd.....

Glad to hear they had the piece you needed.

 Got the same kind of service from Hasegawa on a set of instructions for the Mustang build kit I have.  Only those are coming from the home islands and 6-8 weeks.  But that will work out as I get the RF started for this one first after i get done with the Betty.

Very awesome!

Wing Nut- glad it seemed to have helped.

Dre, I think maybe your finger crossing helped.  Just got off the phone with Tamiya USA.  When I told him what the kit was he said, "That's so new we don't have the parts trees yet for replacements."   I could feel myself starting to well up   But the CSR asked what I needed and I got a "Hmmm... hand on..."  Put on hold for a sec and comes back saying he has a clear parts sprues that had been cannibalized from em kit that was missing a bunch of parts.  One of the parts left on the sprue was a beautiful intact P16... JUST WHAT I NEED.  On its way at no charge.  And THAT my friends is how you run a customer service department.

And all the progress so far has been very impressive.   Looks like I'll be able to join n again soon.

Yes, it is impressive- the more I read and research Russian stuff the more I am impressed by their engineering and abilities.   And it is odd the the Chinook is faster than a Blackhawk.

I was blown away to find that the CH-47F Chinook's max speed is 196 mph (315 kph) faster than our attack helo's. That's pretty impressive for such a large seemingly lumbering helicopter. 206 is even more impressive.

Rob- I saw your Hind and it is very nice!  I would have thought it was a larger scale than 1/72!

I doubt that I'll do the engine bay doors open just because I don't want to detail out those jets, but I'll probably do one of the cargo/troop doors open if I scratch build some interior stuff.   The cargo/troop bay is probably the biggest weakness that I've found in the kit so far.

It is hard for me to believe that a Hind held the helicopter speed record (206mph, IIRC)  for quite some time, given how large it is.

No.

Dre

I've opened the box and begun work on my 1/35 MiL Mi-24V Hind-E...   this certainly is a BIG model!

Length on the sprue is over 20".   I don't have pics yet, but I've started to build up some of the smaller assemblies and parts while I spend some time researching interior colors and details.   While I intend to build this OOB, I may add scratchbuilt items along the way instead of using any AM parts.

I think that a smart person could make this body into an R/C copter with little effort...