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Posted by Bish on Monday, August 22, 2016 4:13 AM

Great work tehre Steve. And ye, how do you do that, i have not seen it done on a kit before. I wasn't even sure what you meant by oil canning until i looked at the pics, but i know the effect your going for and its working out really well.

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Posted by Theuns on Sunday, August 21, 2016 11:21 PM

That effect looks really good, how do you do it? 

Theuns

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Posted by modelcrazy on Sunday, August 21, 2016 8:00 PM
An update. I cut out the torpedo flood holes and finished the hull PE then I decided to add a whole lot more work to my build and try some oil canning. This is the first time to try this method and I think it’s turning out alright. Maybe not so deep on the rest of the hull. It’s too late to stop now, but it should add a really nice effect.

Steve

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Posted by modelcrazy on Saturday, August 20, 2016 12:19 AM
It’s taking a while and I thought I finished the drilling, grinding, filing and trimming, but the flood holes near the fore torpedo tubes need drilling. I was going to leave them undrilled at first but that was bothering me. I worked so hard on the rest of the limber holes, flood plates and drain holes, I just need to get it done. I also installed some of the PE and still have more to add to the hull including the rest of the flood plates.
I wanted to get something up picture wise so here it is. I’ll probably have the exterior hull done this weekend than on to the torpedo tubes.

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, August 18, 2016 11:51 AM

Theuns, thats some nice work in there.

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, August 18, 2016 11:46 AM

Duke Maddog

Theuns, excellent work on that ANT-5. You'll get it!

 

Bish, that Hellcat is magnificent! Congrats on getting it done!

 

Thanks Duke. It was a real joy to do.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:25 AM
That's no problem Dan, Wayne will get you changes when he can get to it.
He has been pretty busy of late with other obligations. The great thing about these GB's is they practically run themselves.
Theuns, looking good.

Steve

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Posted by Theuns on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 11:24 PM

Hye lads, not a whole lot of progress on my 53, still making "stuff" to go inside the cabin.

 

Theuns

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Posted by LocoDan on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 6:23 AM
Hi guys,
There has been some incredible modelling going on here and it looks like there is plenty more coming up. Progress on my Apache has been super slow, I think I looked at too many reference photos and started seeing lots of small issues that I wanted to fix. Turns out that is a slow process! I think I may have bitten off too much for my experience level. If possible, I would like to change my contribution to the group build to an Academy M25 Dragon Wagon. I will finish the Apache, hopefully with all the improvements I have noticed could be included, but at this stage I will enjoy something a bit simpler more. The box art is below.

 

Dan
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Posted by Duke Maddog on Monday, August 15, 2016 9:02 PM

Theuns, excellent work on that ANT-5. You'll get it!

 

Bish, that Hellcat is magnificent! Congrats on getting it done!

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Posted by Theuns on Monday, August 15, 2016 6:18 AM

Here is where I am with the ANT 5. The zvesda instructions are quite confusing but I will beat it into submition....

 

Theuns

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 13, 2016 7:07 PM

Thanks Steve. It was a really nice kit to buld, and not worrying about the figures and otehr bits made it a quick one. the deck is from Verlinden. Its a bit sheet, i could get anotehr two this size out of it, really nice and better than the old ones.

And yep, the big Jag is under way.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Saturday, August 13, 2016 6:58 PM

That was quick! It does look look a great kit. Where did you get the deck? Nice job on the finish I really need to try some of those Flory washes.

I see the next on you list is your 1946 build.

Steve

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 13, 2016 2:46 PM

Time to call the hellcat done. Really enjoyed building this. A great little kit that built up so well and really nice to do something different and not worry about figures or anythign else.

I got the decals added which were really nice and used some black craft wire for the brake lines.

And to finish off, some very light weathering. I used some flory washes for the panel lines and taniya smoke for exhaust staining. And after a flat coat, some Tamiya black weatehring powder for the gun staining.

This is my last aircraft build of the year, and realy chuffed with how its turned out. Time to get back to some heavy metal and black crosses.

Thnaks for looking and all comments wlecome of course.

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Posted by Theuns on Saturday, August 13, 2016 10:29 AM

indeed it does, just makes me like the shake 'n bake kits more and more LOL.

 

Theuns

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Posted by modelcrazy on Saturday, August 13, 2016 9:20 AM

Don't sweat it Theuns, life happens. 

Steve

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 13, 2016 12:40 AM

Thanks Tony.

I really like the look of that Fokker, nice looking build.

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Posted by Theuns on Friday, August 12, 2016 11:50 PM

Very nice work sofar lads.

 

I have been a tad lazy wrt my builds lately, work deadlines and bitter cold.

On my Zvesda ANT-2 I got the extremely spartan cockpit into the fuse. This kit has no locator pins and the fit of the bottom corigations is poor so trying to sand them to the correct shape will be interesting!

The bottom wing of this plane is so small I wonder why they even bothered to fit it.

 

Pix to follow

 

Theuns

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Posted by Rob S. on Friday, August 12, 2016 7:46 AM

Very sexy Tony. Love an unusual subject...and Finnish to boot. Love it YesCoolYes

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Posted by taxtp on Friday, August 12, 2016 1:46 AM

The Hellcat is coming up well Bish. It's one of those aircraft that I like well enough to just keep on building. The Eduard one is a massive improvement over the Academy one, which I think was the previous best. Then the Hasegawa...

I finished my Pioneer2 Fokker DXXI last week. It was built according to very strict guidelines for a club build, so a lot of things that I would normally do were excluded. It makes a pretty enough model for the shelf though. If you really want one, I think that Special Hobby had a crack at it...

Cheers

Tony

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 4:31 PM

Thanks Rob, she is loking much better now with the markings on, my favorite bit.

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Posted by Rob S. on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 4:12 PM

She's gonna be sexy Bish!! Lookin' great!

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 2:00 PM

Time for a short update, mainly been painting this week so that took a bit of time. All the assembly was done soon after the last update. This went together like a dream. I just needed a small bit of filler infront of the canopy, but i think that was more doen to me. I really like how the wings fit especially, no filler at all there.

And then off to the paint booth. After some primer, i used Xtracolor white on the underside and the two blues are Humbrol. I left 2 days between each coat before masking and then finished off with Alclad gloss on top, as the Xtracolor is gloss anyway.

I am just taking a break from adding the decals, so should have that doen tonight and then some detail painting.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Bish on Monday, August 8, 2016 11:16 AM

Thanks Rob. ye, it is rather nice, but the PE really makes it. Its nice to have these kits with the extras in there.

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Posted by Rob S. on Sunday, August 7, 2016 9:02 AM

Fabulous Bish. I can't believe the amount of detail in 1/72 on the Eduard kit! Yes

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, August 7, 2016 8:03 AM

Thanks guys.

I have the painting underway. Got the white underside done and the ligter blue, should be able to mask and paint the rest tomorow night.

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Posted by simpilot34 on Saturday, August 6, 2016 9:08 PM

Thanks MC!

Oooo Bish I am liking that!!! Love the office! Looking forwrd to seeing this one finished!!

Cheers, Lt. Cmdr. Richie "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace."-George Washington
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Posted by Theuns on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 11:08 PM

wow, really nice detail on the f6!

 

Theuns

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:23 PM

Thanks Steve. All the markings are USN so i will be doing one of those. I was drawn to an aircraft from USS Intrepid. Then when i realised that was the ship museum in New York, that sealed it.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:15 PM

Nice! A Hellcat, though that does seem unusual for you.  Are you marking it in USN or doing a Fleet Air Arm bird?

Steve

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