RAF 100th Anniversay GB

Coming right along, Toshi. I like the shot with the ruler.

Your finish and chipping are looking very good, Steve. Sure glad you got the airbrush back and all is well. I read so many great things about Badger, one of these days I think I'll buy one.

Tony, Spit interior looks good.

Gamera

I'm just going to start at the top of the current page and work my way down. My apologies if I miss anyone! 

Toshi: Great to see you keep moving at Toshi-speed here. I'm hoping you'll have the wings on her by this time next week. 

Bob: Welcome aboard!

AA: I'd try to help but probably would get you more confused. I'd best just leave it to Modelcrazy and the other guys. 

Steve: She looks good! Very good representation of the photo. 

Tony: Sharp looking cockpit! 

 

Bish

Coming along nicely on the Mossie Toshi.

Some more great work guys and another busy night, i am starting to look forward to logging on in the morning to catch up with whats been going on.

 

checkmateking02

MC:  nice results with the chipping; looks just like photos of the real thing I've seen

Jack:  very sharp looking; I'm kind of ignorant here:  what are the trailers?

Tony:  looking good; cockpit has turned out exceptionally well

Toshi:  looks like things are progressing great; and that is a big project!

 

Toshi

Greg

Coming right along, Toshi. I like the shot with the ruler.

Your finish and chipping are looking very good, Steve. Sure glad you got the airbrush back and all is well. I read so many great things about Badger, one of these days I think I'll buy one.

Tony, Spit interior looks good.

 

 

 

 

Toshi

Toshi

A ruler was added for scale.

 

 

 

Toshi, really like that you added the ruler in there!  Wow, it is a big one huh?  Wonderful work my friend!

modelcrazy

That's a big boy Toshi.

I finished the chipping and received my AB back from Badger last night. They replaced the needle bearing, no charge. It's so nice to have it back. I sprayed the hinomarus and rudder with it...so nice.

Next are the decals I believe.

 

WOW!  The chipping is great!  Looks awesome!

taxtp

I use Pinterest to organise the reference photos that  I find on the web, I find it's fantastic for that, but  I haven't used it as an image hosting site.

Toshi, I'm loving your Mossie, nice work.

I've built that Tamiya Mustang III kit. It's possible the best fitting aircraft kit that I've built.

At the other end of the scale is my ICM Spitfire VII, which is progressing, despite generally very poor fit. Here it is with the fuselage halves joined and the seams all tidied up, and some photos of the kit cockpit, which is quite nicely detailed. All I've added are some Extratech etched harnesses that  I had in the stash. My plan is to close up the canopy, so I know that most of this detail won't be seen anyway.

Cheers

Tony

 

Tony, that is a great looking cockpit!

Eagle90

 

 

Toshi

A ruler was added for scale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toshi, really like that you added the ruler in there!  Wow, it is a big one huh?  Wonderful work my friend!

 

 

Toshi

Here is the start of the two Merlin Engines.  They will be fitted with a magnet as well as the cowling.  This will allow the cowling to come off and on.

Toshi

I like that magnet idea, be keen to see how that works.

Bish

I like that magnet idea, be keen to see how that works.

 

Toshi

An interestign idea. I have the Airfix 1/24th Stuka and it has a nice looking engine but i am doing a yellow nosed aircraft so i would like the option of displaying it with cowlings on and of.  am keen to see how this goes together and might try doing a DIY version.

That sounds very very cool Bish.  I'll do a step by step detailed engine assembly for you.  

Toshi

Here is the crankshaft assembly.  In the next step the magnets attach to the rocker covers.

Toshi

For us Americans, I'll be doing certain scale measurements via the metric system as that's how Tamiya measures in scale. 

An example is the photo above.  The crankshaft assembly measures out to 4cm.

Toshi

To Bish,

Tamiya uses Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) or rare earth magnets.  Tamiya provides them in two sizes.  Small and large.  In the next photo I'll give you a scale with the ruler.

Toshi

Cheers Toshi. I just found some of those magnets on a hobby site. Look just like yours and come in several sizes, and not pricey either. Thanks for the heads up.

That's awesome!  Still, I'll go through the procedures.

Here is the magnet.  Don't use tweezers as the magnet will stick to the tweezers.  I use a jewelry wax tipped stick.  You can find these at Hobby Lobby.  

Actual size of the large magnet.

The pilots cage of the Harvard, not much to see, but some work done...

I'm almost done with the Zero. I need to do a wash, add the prop, spray a dull coat and add the canopy. The Rising Decals were excelent BTW.

castelnuovo

The pilots cage of the Harvard, not much to see, but some work done...

 

Toshi

modelcrazy

I'm almost done with the Zero. I need to do a wash, add the prop, spray a dull coat and add the canopy. The Rising Decals were excelent BTW.

 

Toshi

Good start castel.

Steve, great looking Zero, really pulled off the look of that.

Assembly #21

Superchargers

WHEW!  That was like running a marathon!  I missed out on a week or two of posts, and next thing I know, the post count had tripled!  I've been so busy , I haven't been able to get to the bench, but things should be settling down in the nest few weeks.....

Meanwhile, let me just say that these builds are setting the bar awfully high!  Just to avoid missing anyone, let me just say that all of the builds look fantastic! 

Keep up the good work, and keep hitting that inspiration buttom! o7

Justin

Bish, the Canberra looks great!

Toshi, I'm enjoying the build.  I got to work on one of the Tamiya Spits a while back as part of a group build (one person did two or three steps then passed it on), and they are beautiful kits.  Just the wrong scale.  I barely have room for the 1/72 A-26 I'm building for the Multi Prop GB, don't know where I would put that monster.

Steve, that is a unique take on the Zero.  Never seen anything like it.

Should be able to start on the Sabre mid summer.  Although I feel the need to do an Airfix build for this as well.

modelcrazy

I'm almost done with the Zero. I need to do a wash, add the prop, spray a dull coat and add the canopy. The Rising Decals were excelent BTW.

 

Steve.... That is a war weary looking aircraft! I like it!

Bish:  thanks for the info re: the trailers; nice little additions for a diorama

castel:  very good looking cockpit!

mc:  exceptional results on the Zero; quite impressive!

Toshi:  fascintating watching everything coming together; clever use of magnets!