I'll give that a try. Apart from anything else, i can cover up some of the thicker rain streaks. And i think its certainly appropriate for a 46 build. Thanks a lot for that link. I noticed that site seems to be down, but i did find the book at a UK wedstore for about £10, so i'll order that this week.

Hey Bish the TD and base are coming along great! 

The camo on the figures looks good, they could use a little shading which the wash should take care of. Not sure I'd go too crazy due to most people are going to be looking at them from a metre/three feet away so too much detail won't be even seen.

I did get a little more work done on the torii gate. It's so friggin' humid here I'm having issues getting the paint to just dry without running everywhere.

I think you'll be able to bring that camo out nicely Bish. THe overall concept is fantastic, I'm really following it with interest.

Re the Horten, I did a Pioneer2 kit recently. It's what modelling used to be like, day in, day out. Good on you for having a crack at it.

Here's the latest on my Spitfire XIV. The decals are from an old Aeromaster sheet (how long ago did they go bust ?) They were extremely brittle even after a cost of Microscale Liquid Decal Film. Some of them are like jigsaw puzzles. ha ha HA.

Next update will be the glamour photos.

Cheers

Tony

Hey, Tony really nice work on the camo and the decals look fine in the photos. Sharp work! 

Bish: Wow!!!

Ed: Whoa!!!

Tony: Sheesh!!

Seriously, great work from all.

Sorry I haven't been posting much in here over the last few days fellas. Been really busy with life. Our son is now in middle school football, my birthday was on Saturday and then I found out on my birthday that the windstorm insurance did an inspection of my dang roof and said that the whole dam thing needs replacment. Dammit!

Really trying to finish up the '54 Chevy without rushing through it and screwing anything up. Will be done hopefully within a month or so.

Nice job on the Spit Tony, looks good in those markings.

Tony,

The Spitfire really jumps out with the colourful Belgian roundels - really nice work.

Bish,

The horseshoe gives real perspective to the size of the base and the E 100.  The figures look good to me - there is always a risk in enlarging photos way past real size.

68GT

Looks like the 229 is taking a bit of wrestling there...

The MB5 cockpit is now complete. I had to hack a bit of width off to get the fuselage to close up, but this is what we are left with:

Next is the exhausts, then oil cooling systems, wheels, wings, props - hardly anything left to do...

So I got distracted last weekend - for my birthday I got to be flown in a plane:

Spent half an hour in a Boeing Stearman flying around above the Yarra Valley - great fun.

And of course there is a Stearman model available - there's another project for me!

Really nice job on the pit there lost. That looks stunning. And what a lucky guy, i can see why you look so happy.

I know what you mean about photo's. Its a balance between getting close enough that others can se the detail and getting to close and seeing things the naked eye can't. I did put a figure next to the vehcile ove rthe weekend to see if it was as big as it seemed. And o boy is it.

I was going to post some pics, but the vehcile is nearly done, just a flat coat and pigments. I normally try and time it to get the kit, figures and base finished at about the same time. But of course the delay caused in haveing to get more bits has blown that away. But its probably a good thing. Doing an urban scene isn't like a rural one where i can just lay down some celluclay and put some vegitation on it. So i think i will just finish the vehicle and figures and then i can focus on the building.

Hey Lost Again, that cockpit does look fantastic!!! 

And awesome about the plane ride, my birthday was Sunday and I didn't get anything one-tenth that cool! 

Hey Gents. No, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. Simply had to turn the majority of my attention to another project. I've still managed some bench time here and there though. Appears that I have a couple of pages of catching up to do. And, Man, is it ever a healthy load of fantastic modeling to acknowledge. 

Lost: First, Happy Birthday! Your cockpit looks excellent. The painting and detailing are very well done. I am so jealous of your ride in the Stearman. Funny, as I just went a small airshow on Sunday and a Stearman was supposed to be there. Unfortunately, it had left that morning and I missed it. My father spent hundreds of hours in the Stearman. I have the Revell 1/48 kit and I was really hoping to get some detail pics.

Bish: Amazing work on that beast. I love the camo scheme. You sure have an awesome base planned out. That's going to be boss when finished up. No expert here but, your figures look great to me.

68GT: Welcome the GB. Appers to me that your wrestling that 339 into shape regardless. Nice start.

Tony: The Spit looks fabulous in those markings. I'm really impressed with your choice and with the work you have done on it so far. Looking forward to that "Completed Look".

Matt: The 335 is looking sweet what with all that resin AM. You are doing some tremendous work and it is quite impressive.

Joe: Although it's been awhile but, your office and the harnesses are excellent. 'Bout time for an update, eh?

I hope I've touched everyone's work since my last post. I'll have an update on the Corsair very soon.

By the way, the distraction that has been keeping me from quality bench has been building a raised bed for my wife. This is something she has wanted for a very long time. Major hubby points have been scored.

Oh, and the other distraction was a 2 hr drive to have a look and tour of this:

Thanks Joe. Some nice construction you got going on there yourself. And sound slike you had a nice trip out as well. Did you get to go on board.

Hey Gamera,

Happy Birthday to you too! Father's Day and your Birthday on the one day, not sure if that's good or not?

Joe

Good to hear from you, that construction is coming along well, what scale is it, I don't recognise the kit...

The B-29, that must be something to see - and to hear. Just love the sound of those motors running (haven't seen a B-29 yet, much as I would like to) but we have a Constellation that does the shows down here and she sounds awesome.

LA: Lol, thanks. It's Sept 4th so I get Labor Day off, I'm not complaining! 

Joe: Always nice to score wife points! And same as LA I've never seen a B-29 in the flesh so to speak but have seen a B-17. And as big as it is a B-29 must be amazing in person. 

Lost: Man that pit really looks convincing. Lots of great detail in there. I envy you on the plane ride too. Always fun to go up. One of these days I'm going to take another Huey ride. It's now been 20 years since I last went up after 8-1/2 years of crewing one those beauties in the Army.

Joe: You lucky dog you. Nice score on the plant riser as well. I should be providing some updates soon. Almost done with the Chevy. Still have some wet sanding and polishing to go along with some fine details but we're gettin' there. I just got through Alclading the front and rear bumpers. I figure about another month and I'll be full steam ahead on the Blitz.

She looks sharp Mustang. I'm going to have to try a car someday, I've been working on trying to get gloss finishes to look good. 

Thanks Gamera. There's a whole lot more to them than I ever thought there was but they are rewarding to the patient builder. I've seen folks use Future as a gloss but I stay away from that because it can't be polished out.

Bish

Did you get to go on board.

Yes. Yes I did.

Now THAT..................be awesome right there.

JOE RIX

 

Bish

Did you get to go on board.

 

 

Yes. Yes I did.

 

WOW, now thats some nice pics. You lucky son of a.....

mustang1989

Lost: Man that pit really looks convincing. Lots of great detail in there. I envy you on the plane ride too. Always fun to go up. One of these days I'm going to take another Huey ride. It's now been 20 years since I last went up after 8-1/2 years of crewing one those beauties in the Army.

Joe: You lucky dog you. Nice score on the plant riser as well. I should be providing some updates soon. Almost done with the Chevy. Still have some wet sanding and polishing to go along with some fine details but we're gettin' there. I just got through Alclading the front and rear bumpers. I figure about another month and I'll be full steam ahead on the Blitz.

 

I don't know much about auto models, but that looks really nice Joe.

I've seen the one at Duxford, very impressive.

Whoa Joe!!! 

I've crawled though a B-17 but the B-29 wow, that's something else again!!! 

I am green with envy!!! 

Things seem to be coming along nicely! 

By the way JOE RIX, are you a member of Armorama? I know they do a lot of walkarounds, and I bet they'd love to feature some of those photos. 

Time to wrap up at least one part of this build. The final stages of the Jagd were all on the weathering. I started off with a light dot filter. I used less oil and lighter colours to get a lighter more dusty effect than i have done on previous builds and i am really happy with the result. This was followed up by a pin wash and some very light chipping. As you can see, i also have the antenna's and FG 1250 IR sight fitted.

One thing thats had me stumped is a piece of equpment that can go in one of the 4 mounting positions, 2 on eitehr side of the vehicle. One review i read said this was an ammo hoist, but that does not make any sense. Even from the rear position, it could not swing ammo round to the erar hatch, and the front positions would be useless.

So, anyone have any other ideas.

The FG 1250 is resin and come with the Voyager set. they include this in a few of their AM sets but this is the first i have used and its rather nice.

To finish off the weatehring, i used some MiG and AK pastels. The Voyager set also includes PE metal sheets for protecting the louvers. I painted this steel and tried to replicate some mild rust finish. It took several attempts, but i am pretty pleased with the end result.

And i finished off the cam on the figures by useing Tamiya NATO black to replicate the late war uniforms the Germans were developing that jack's link showed an image to.

So, now i can put the vehcile to one side and get the figures wrapped up. that should take a couple of days and then i can concentrate on the base.

That's an amazing job Bish. The detail to the rust on the weld seams is outstanding. the weathering on the deck also looks great. Did you use Mig washes?

Thanks Steve. No, i used some AK wash for the pin washes, but the rest was done with oil's.

Outstanding use of the dot filters on this one Bish. The hard work is really payin' off here.