Going Big GB

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

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

Doug

Looks good from here :-)

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

Theuns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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! 

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

Thanks for the scale comp Wayne. That breach is certainly a monster for sure. Keep up the great progress.

Great job castel!! My fav tank too...you nailed it. Well done

That is a very cool looking "little" Stuard ;-)

Thanx for taking part in the G B, front page updated.

Wayne, that is going to be a monster it's so big! Exelent work sofar.

Theuns

the trucks are ready to overspray and camo. the trucks are sitting on a foot long section of track.

if you  have build artillery or anti-tank guns you  familiar with building breeches for the guns. to give you an idea of the size here are a couple of pics of the breech.

Well, lets call this one finished...

Dang that interior of the Stuard looks good!

I have not seen a Corsair like that, but it does make sense and makes for a very interesting scheme :-)

As for my Mig, I have rescribed it, and also put the wings on, I am not entirely happy with the rescribe effort, but I will have to live with it...

Theuns

Okay, can't remember what I last updated here, getting confused between the threads. But, at last some progress on the P34...

Blue done, first decals on. Know the decal is not entirely flat, will get those bubbles sorted.

The engine as it looked... until recently. Found a mistake over the weekend and had to break off the gearbox at the bond and now busy trying to smooth it all out, add missing part and then get it back to more or less this state. My hope is not high, but will give it a bash.

You guys are really doing some awesome work and I really like the other (than my usual builds) subjects! 

Some update on the ol' Stuart...

Interior and wheels installed

Top view with 5 MGs

And a front view. The plate behind the main gun is not glued yet.

Cheers...

Theuns, Wayne, jelliot... looking good fellas.

Slight change of plan for the Corsair.

It shouldn't be so hard to decide what to do with a Corsair.  It's not like the near endless German color schemes.

First you think how cool is the look of the Gloss Sea Blue.  Just beautiful.

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But then there is the also as cool and beautiful 3 tone schemes.  Classic.

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How about the best of both worlds.  Take 2 battle damaged air frames and make 1 bird.  Problem solved.

Here's the 1:1 after the "kit bash" was used up too.

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Well, I've finally got some more WIP pics for you all.  She's coming along, slowly but surely.

UPDATE ON K-5

per a suggestion from Karl in armor i tried mixing the DY with 75% white and overspraying from top down. The first attempt on the Kubelwagen was mixed success. It seems I still have to figure out the right thinning and pressure with Vallejo for that. OTOH since i had some issues, it was easy to mix paints in the airbrush and really lighten the DY which worked. I would post pics bit it really doesn't show in pictures but it is much lighter. I have to remember washes will darken it a bit too.

There were 4 wires that needed bending, guess they couldn't fit them on a sprue. The nail technique is something i use for bending wood planks and deck beams. it tends to work better with something stiffer than this wire but something to consider. WOW just had a brainstorm. I can use this technique to make cargo bed bows for modern trucks. If  plastic soak in hot water, mold and cool, if brass soften it with a torch.

The trucks are primed. The underside is german gray on the assumption they wouldn't waste paint there. like the Gondola, i am not going to spend a lot of time weathering it since NO ONE will be picking the truck up and looking at it, at least not more than once with that hand. a quick misting of red brown and gray mixture. fortunately i could pop the couplers off and brush paint them so they work. Not worried about some overspray except on the ends.

Most of the filling and sanding completed on My J-6, I need to rescribe all the last detail now.

Theuns

Wing nut that corsair is  looking beautiful !

Nomad great build! My armour skills are lacking,

Feel free to start another any time you want.

Theuns

Thanks Marc. Like I said it was a fun build.

Thenus, I do not have another model as of right now in the scales needed. I have plenty of time to get one tho.

Doug

Nice looking Pz IV.  Well done.

Cool, why not enter another build then ;-)

Theuns