Looking really nice Steve. When you make the base, do you do it around the ship or you you cut out the area the ship will sit in.

Ahhh, ok. I thought I saw some gaps but couldn't tell if it was just the way the light was hitting it. 

Gamera

What are you unhappy with on the base? I suppose the water could be tad touch greener.....

That and I need to fill in where the ship's waterline meet the water. I'll add some acrylic varnish at the waterline, repaint, revarnish several coats and add just a wee bit of cotton to the waterline to simulate lapping waves.

Looks awesome to me Steve! 

What are you unhappy with on the base? I suppose the water could be tad touch greener but it still looks mighty fine to me. 

BTW: I still need to get cracking on my base. I've got all the wood and stuff and can't seem to get motivated to build the darn thing. The figures are mostly done at this point except for my kitbashed geisha. I hope she comes out ok, I've never done anything like this before. 

Bish

 

 

Moff

 

Bish

Right, got ur. Well, at least you have the plastic one to fall back on.

 

 

 

 

 

Bish

Right, got ur. Well, at least you have the plastic one to fall back on.

 

 

 

The Trumpeter kit comes with a metal barrel, if that's what you mean.

 

 

 

 

 

O right, i was thinking it might be a solid plastic one. Even better thats you have a metal one then.

 

I was having some fit issues with the end cap from Voyager, so I decided to use the end cap PE pieces from Trumpeter. I also think the nice flat Trumpeter muzzle end looks much less clunky and awkward than the big Voyager one. And I don't know if I was just missing something about the way the Voyager piece was supposed to be put in place, but here did seem to be a fit issue...

Moff

 

Bish

Right, got ur. Well, at least you have the plastic one to fall back on.

 

 

 

 

 

Bish

Right, got ur. Well, at least you have the plastic one to fall back on.

 

 

 

The Trumpeter kit comes with a metal barrel, if that's what you mean.

 

 

O right, i was thinking it might be a solid plastic one. Even better thats you have a metal one then.

Steve: That's coming along great. I love the look you've gotten on the wooden deck. And that's some sharp detail painting between the wooden deck and the grey superstructure. 

Moff: Sorry if this sounds stupid but can't you take a file to the attachment peg and sand down the rough area a little? In any case since it was an ambush type weapon you could always wrap a bit of camo netting or foliage around the trouble spots. 

Bish

Right, got ur. Well, at least you have the plastic one to fall back on.

 

Bish

Right, got ur. Well, at least you have the plastic one to fall back on.

 

modelcrazy

A little more on the Eugen. Man I love the look of Gernam capital ships!

 

Looking nice steve, and i can agre with you on that.

GMorrison

Still in the mix, with the Tuskeegee P-80.

 

Is that an offical entry.

Still in the mix, with the Tuskeegee P-80.

That's fabulous Steve. Love the look of the wood decking.

A little more on the Eugen. Man I love the look of Gernam capital ships!

Right, got ur. Well, at least you have the plastic one to fall back on.

Bish

Moff, those figur smudge faires really do get everywhere.

I have not tried a Voyager barrel, is there no way to open the hole for it.

 

Moff, those figur smudge faires really do get everywhere.

I have not tried a Voyager barrel, is there no way to open the hole for it.

I received the replacement barrel two days ago. I would have posted an update with pictures earlier, but when I had finally gotten around to downloading the pictures, I discovered that someone had been putting finger smudges on the lens again.  

So, here's the rundown, currently without pictures.

The actual turned metal barrel that comes with the Voyager set seems decent. The details look like they could have been crisper, and it seems too light compared to the Trumpeter barrel, but it's okay.

The star of the show is the brass muzzle. Absolutely superb! It's just two pieces, and it looks great. I'll be fitting it to the Trumpeter barrel I think, since the connecting peg on the Voyager barrel isn't actually a good fit for the muzzle, and it looks like someone did a really bad job with the metal lathe, as it's really rough around the connecting peg. It takes a lot of force to jam the muzzle into place, and even then it's not quite flush.

This must have been an early product from when Voyager was a new company, because otherwise I can't explain the quality issues. Still, the muzzle is great, and that's all I care about. 

Yow Steve, I still don't see how you guys handle those teeny-tiny bits and bobs of PE -sharp work! 

Excellent work Steve. Namely on that PE radar. Impressive.

Looking real nice there Steve.

Thanks, Bish and Joe!

Joe - The first batch I ordered, I got from them directly at mrpaint.sk (they're out of Slovakia). Shipping was surprisingly fast.

Now, however, www.hobbyworld-usa.com carries them. That's where I got my most recent order.

-BD-

Nice work on the 162 Brandon. I know what you mean about the scheme, prety bland compared to most other German late war schemes.

Trabi: I'm sorry that you have met with such issues on your Tiger. Yet, I'm going to give you high accolades for your "sticktoitiveness". It is good to see that you didn't give up on it and just continued on. Yeah, the colors are a bit off kilter but, like Bish said, it is a what if build. I'm excited to see what you do with your weathering. Not sure what you turned your "some violence" on but, I'm glad it was not your Tiger. Gret work.

Brandon: Your 162 is looking right sweet. Mr Paint? Where do you obtain said product?

Steve, looking forward to the next instalment.

Ok, I got some time at lunch the past few days to do some work on my He-162.

Construction of this thing was easy. It basically fell together, and fixing the seams was pretty painless, even by my whiny standards.

I primed the whole model in Mr. Surfacer 1500 Black, and I shot the RLM 81 parts with Mr. Paint (not Mr. Color/Mr. Hobby/Gunze) RLM 81. If you haven't used these paints, you're missing out. They're crylic and prethinned for airbrush use, and I love them. They provide some colors that tend to be missing in a lot of ranges, like the MiG cockpit turquoise, Soviet AMT colors and RAF Extra Dark Sea Gray, for example.

Anyway, I got the RLM 81 on, then masked for the RLM 82, which is just Tamiya XF-5 Green. I'm using a color profile in Kagero's book on the Me-163, Me-262 and He-162, which came with nice Cartograf decals. While I like the scheme with the bare metal parts, I decided to go ahead and do one fully painted, since I imagine had the war gone on, they would have painted them to give more protection against strafing attacks while they were parked.

Next up is masking for the RLM 76 on theunderside, and then it's on to decals.

I have to say, I'm not a fan of the schemes on these and thought about varying, but I decided to keep it pretty much as it appeared in 1945, under the assumption that they wouldn't have made drastic changes going into '46.

-BD-

Very good posts Trabi. I wouldn't get to hung up on the colours, it is a what if after all. I like the choice of scheme.

Trabi - looks like you've done a great job overcoming some difficulties. I never would have guessed!

-BD-

OK Bish, I guess I have no choice now, back to the Eugen LOL. I don't have anything else on the bench....except the little Schnellboot that came with the kit. Ha, that out to make a cute little water scene.

To be serious though I need to get back to the Eugen if I'm going to take her to the Sep contest. I open the German radar PE set and studied them last night...yikes! I get some new pics up soon.