FSM New Years Resolution — Build More Models GB

Bish excellent finish on the shuttle. Base is just right

Steve the first plane coming off the deck makes the whole thing look alive

Theuns, thanks. Doesn't take much for me to hear the Imperial march

Cheers Jack. For the base i was just thinking of the hanger on the Death Star, but your right about how it helps the kit stand out.

Steve, another really nice water build, and can't believe you have done this in 3 weeks. And great job on the Hornet. Had not realised it would be camoflaged like that. Really nice display all round.

Thanks bad. Thats a lot of blue there. Be nice to see all that come together.

Hi Bish, great job with the shuttle, and good call with a dark base - helps pick out the intersting lines of the subject.

regards,

Jack

"Fantastic ,that shuttle looks hmm"

I can just about hear the dark march that playd when the emperor gets off the ramp to inspect his Imperial gaurd in their red uniforms :-)

The water on that carrier build it just so cool!

Theuns

I love the shuttle, Bish. I remember building that one back in the day when I was a kid!

I put a couple coats of dark blue on some of the Dom parts:

Thanks buddy.

Bish...brilliant!  Simply brilliant!  Love it!  You are a credit to the Empire.  LOL!  Great base too!

Bobby

Thanks guys.

Well John, you never know, its been a while since we saw one in a movie.

Steve, he is a bit over shadowed by my other one, but i like him.

Looks great Bish! And I love your Darth.

Bish, maybe we will see your shuttle in the next movie, eh?  Well done!

Nice work folks.

Got all the antennas on the BUFF fuselage, and the horizontal stabs on.  Wings, flaps and pylons are together. Once the wings are on and the main gear doors are on, off to paint.  Engines are together and seams are sanded, as are the tip tanks.  Not going to make the end of month deadline, just too much going on at work, and add in being gone for four days in the next week.

Pics will be up once the wings are on.

I am calling the shuttle done. After the re-paint, i added some flry wash and then went over that with a thinner coat of the base colour to give a bit of a grubby finish. Some of the panels were done in a slightly differant shade of greay then the whole thing was finished with a couple of coats of Alclad Light Sheen. This has brought out some of the colours and i really like the look.

I also removed the canopy and sanded down the front edge. It was sticking up quite a bit. Its still not perfect but better than it was.

The last thing was to finish off Darth himself, and the figure really shows how big the shuttle is, even thoguh darth would have to duck to get under the front.

So here she is.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the great work come together over the next week and a bit.

Man, there is some spectacular work here.  Awesome work everyone!

Have a couple of progress pics.  Got some paint on the I-16 's.  Doing one in the traditional Dark Green over Light Blue and going to try my hand on a "winter washed" plane!  Wish me luck!

Bobby

Nice Spitfire, Theuns. I haven't built a WWII airplane in a long time, but I'm being inspired! Lots of really nice builds on here! In contrast, I've just gotten the dark blue parts of my Dom primed and preshaded. Hope to get the dark blue color on them today!

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Getting the engine to fit was really an issue, It had the wrong upwards angle when mated to the firewall, this had the effect that the side cowls had a gap between the top and bottom cowls at the front.

Eventually with enough cyno and force I got this sorted out but I can still not get all of the cowls to fit correctly at the same time, my P-51 had the same issues.

My plan was to leave off the one side and bottom anyway so i can live with that. Sofar this is the second "issue" I had with the kit but overall a very pleasant build.

I started exactly 2 weeks ago and I plan to complete it this weekend :-)

Theuns

Hi John, thanks, and excellent work on yours - looks to be a fine example of the Meteor.   I like the the splash of yellow on the tail.

regards,

Jack

Great work there John, she's looking really nice.

Jack, the 109 is going to be exceptional as always from you.

Thanks Jack. Its just about done now, just sitting in the shed drying after a clear coat last night. Just got the base and vader figure to finish off.

Nice work there, looking forward to seeing how you do the moving prop. I have never done that either and want to do one on the floatplane later this year.

Bish

Jack, greats posts as always and again great attention to detail.

 

Hi Bish, thanks.  Look forward to more of your shuttle work - I like the slight staining of the main colour you have got going on there.

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Construction of the 109F-1 is pretty much done.  Wheels, exhaust and prop nose will be painted separately before final assembly.

The kit had no gunsight nor balance arms for the ailerons, so those were scratchbuilt.  I've filled the holes in were the prop blades would sit in the nose.  Trying this method for the first time, as the build will be an inflight pose.

regards,

Jack

Steve you are truly the master of water. Bish nice save on the shuttle. Bobby the I-16 twins are coming along nicely. BD now that's a paint job. John great Meteor.  Theuns really like the desert scheme. Scott you've really done justice to the old kit. Dave good start

Dang that water looks so cool, I have never tried it , but oneday I will have a go LOL

Theuns

Theuns

Funniest movie he ever made was "Clockwize" where he is a school head master...can just see it now LOL

As for the decals, I used tamiya thin cement applied CAREFULLY to the stencles and the walkways to desolve the carrierfilm. It was risky but I think after this and an application of microsol it will be OK I hope.

 

 

Theuns

 

 

 

I like that but its not my favorite. I do like his Centurion in Life of Brian.

Thats looking really nice, didn't realise you were doing a US version. Nice job.

Looking really nice there BD, great job on the paint work and those decals look to have gone down really well.

Just a small update on the 1/48 Hobbycraft French Hawk 75 – decals and panel line wash are on.

-BD-

Great info Steve, thanks. I am planning to do a 72nd Ar 196 on the ocean for the float plane GB, so i'll be picking your brains