Lovely job on the beau BK. I think you have done a great job on the black which is not easy to get right. All round really nice build.

I have added it to the front, thanks for taking part, pleasure to have you and your build here.

That Spit still looks nice Steve even with the issues. i am surethe grandkids willlove it. I'll add the Tornado to the roster. Looking forward to that one.

Brandon, that beaufighter looks awesome!  And since the human eyes can see a much wider range of light and dark than a camera, I am certain that the photos aren't doing nearly enough justice!  ...and about that black plastic...I feel your pain!  My Lancaster is molded in black, and it is tough to see in varying light, it's tough to photograph,  just all around a pain in the butt!

Bish....this group build has to be setting some kind of record!?  I mean, over 1000 comments in three months?!

Steve, that Spit looks to make a great addition to the ceiling of some lucky little kids!

Justinryan215

Brandon, that beaufighter looks awesome!  And since the human eyes can see a much wider range of light and dark than a camera, I am certain that the photos aren't doing nearly enough justice!  ...and about that black plastic...I feel your pain!  My Lancaster is molded in black, and it is tough to see in varying light, it's tough to photograph,  just all around a pain in the butt!

 

Bish....this group build has to be setting some kind of record!?  I mean, over 1000 comments in three months?!

 

Steve, that Spit looks to make a great addition to the ceiling of some lucky little kids!

 

Its certainly the most active one i can remember running.

Fantastic work BrandonK!  It looks great.  Black is actually a hard color to paint evenly and you did a good job!

Toshi

Greg

Toshi, hope you enjoy you HP-CS as much as I have mine. My Harder & Steenbeck became my most used a/b for a year or so, but for whatever reason I tend to grab the Iwata more often lately.

I like Outback, the ribeye is my usual choice too.

 

Toshi

Hello All,

Toshi  -  What a nice present !   New toys - gotta love 'em !

Steve -  I'd be proud to have that Spit on my shelf.  And I agree - that pit is pretty amazing.  One thing I've noticed about certain Spitfire kits is that they seem to forget any detail on the little fuel cap on the cowling just forward of the cockpit.  Some kits just have a depression there - which makes it incredibly difficult to fill the seam that is in the depression.  I woulda thought that it'd be pretty easy for the manufacturers to come up with a clean solution for that !   Nice work man.  Looking forward to seeing what you can spin out of that Tornado kit.

BrandonK  -  Very nice Beau.  I can pick up on the black tone variations from the photos - nice work.   I can't really see much chipping in them though - except for the prop.  Is it just subtle chipping that doesnt show well in the photos ?  Or did you do the chipping after the photos were taken ?   Realy nice job on the wingtip lights too.

Greg  -  I had some of the same bombs (but unused and unassembled) from the Mk. IV kit so I dug 'em out to give you an idea of the "before" shot.   Scale-wise - it looks like the fin ring thickness is a couple inches ! 

Chris

BK: She looks fantastic! I can barely see the shading in the black but it's clearly there in the photos. Really nice work! 

Toshi: Guess I shouldn't question Tamiya, those wheels came together perfectly and great job there on the gear legs. 

Steve: Yeah, I know what you mean about wanting to throw a model against the wall. Still I'm sure the grandkids will be delighted. And cool looking Tornado. 

Bossman

Hello All,

Toshi  -  What a nice present !   New toys - gotta love 'em !

Steve -  I'd be proud to have that Spit on my shelf.  And I agree - that pit is pretty amazing.  One thing I've noticed about certain Spitfire kits is that they seem to forget any detail on the little fuel cap on the cowling just forward of the cockpit.  Some kits just have a depression there - which makes it incredibly difficult to fill the seam that is in the depression.  I woulda thought that it'd be pretty easy for the manufacturers to come up with a clean solution for that !   Nice work man.  Looking forward to seeing what you can spin out of that Tornado kit.

BrandonK  -  Very nice Beau.  I can pick up on the black tone variations from the photos - nice work.   I can't really see much chipping in them though - except for the prop.  Is it just subtle chipping that doesnt show well in the photos ?  Or did you do the chipping after the photos were taken ?   Realy nice job on the wingtip lights too.

Greg  -  I had some of the same bombs (but unused and unassembled) from the Mk. IV kit so I dug 'em out to give you an idea of the "before" shot.   Scale-wise - it looks like the fin ring thickness is a couple inches ! 

Chris

 

Thats deffinetly old school Airfix there.

Bossman, the chipping is subtle along the panel edges and doesnt show in the phots much, but you can see it well with the eye.

Thanks for looking and all the positive comments. I appreciate it. 

BK

Toshi, that last assy pic you posted looks good. She's coming along great.

Steve, your Spit looks good to me. Maybe someday I'll be able to do a bad job and make it look that good. Looking forward to the Tornado.

Chris, thanks for the bomb pic. That's pretty close to how I imagined them looking, and again you sure did a nice job hand filing down from the inside.

Ok gang, some of you already know I am a slow builder. Here's a pretty good example why.

So I'm working on the cockpit of my Eduard 1:48 Tiffy which has some PE with it. Seems to me most folk whip out a 1:48 cockpit in night. Even masterpieces like Lawdog's, one night.

So I'm trying to install some of the little levers from the PE kit which I've managed before, and lose 2 of them right off the bat. Time to re-engineer and scratch, right?

That's .020" dia styrene rod with little dabs of Gator's Grip thin acrylic glue on the ends for knobs. Looks like the white glue shrunk a little and they need more dabs. Still need to paint, drill out .020 in the PE, and insert.....

Then I notice I haven't whipped out a DSLR to take a half-decent focus stacked shot since Sept 2015!!!!!! It took me half the night and morning retraining myself how to do the half-baked Photoshop focus stack. And I see I blew the focus on the parts themselves anyway.

So you get the idea, right?

I know what you mean Greg, thankfully most of the Eduard sets I've used provided extra levers. In a lot of cases I just said 'the #@#$ with it' and just left them off. 

Gamera

In a lot of cases I just said 'the #@#$ with it' and just left them off.

Yep, I figure what most sane folks would do, Gammy. I've yet to have anyone look into a 1:48 cockpit and say "Ohhh! Look at those little tiny levers!!!!".

I'm trying a 1:32 or 1:24 next I think. I've been thinking about the talented 1:72 builders here and my head starts twirling.

Gamera

BK: She looks fantastic! I can barely see the shading in the black but it's clearly there in the photos. Really nice work! 

Toshi: Guess I shouldn't question Tamiya, those wheels came together perfectly and great job there on the gear legs. 

Steve: Yeah, I know what you mean about wanting to throw a model against the wall. Still I'm sure the grandkids will be delighted. And cool looking Tornado. 

 

Toshi

Greg

Toshi, that last assy pic you posted looks good. She's coming along great.

Steve, your Spit looks good to me. Maybe someday I'll be able to do a bad job and make it look that good. Looking forward to the Tornado.

Chris, thanks for the bomb pic. That's pretty close to how I imagined them looking, and again you sure did a nice job hand filing down from the inside.

 

Toshi

Greg

Ok gang, some of you already know I am a slow builder. Here's a pretty good example why.

So I'm working on the cockpit of my Eduard 1:48 Tiffy which has some PE with it. Seems to me most folk whip out a 1:48 cockpit in night. Even masterpieces like Lawdog's, one night.

So I'm trying to install some of the little levers from the PE kit which I've managed before, and lose 2 of them right off the bat. Time to re-engineer and scratch, right?

That's .020" dia styrene rod with little dabs of Gator's Grip thin acrylic glue on the ends for knobs. Looks like the white glue shrunk a little and they need more dabs. Still need to paint, drill out .020 in the PE, and insert.....

Then I notice I haven't whipped out a DSLR to take a half-decent focus stacked shot since Sept 2015!!!!!! It took me half the night and morning retraining myself how to do the half-baked Photoshop focus stack. And I see I blew the focus on the parts themselves anyway.

So you get the idea, right?

 

Toshi

Toshi:  still more nice work!

Steve:  in the photos, the Spit looks pretty good!

Greg:  clever work with the knobs and levers; looks like things should turn out really well

• Eurofighter Typhoon GR.4, ZK315, 41(R) Sqn 100th Anniversary, Wg Cdr S.A. Berry, RAF Coningsby, 2015;

• Boeing Chinook HC.4, ZA683, 27 Sqn 100th Anniversary, Maj G.J. Malcolm, RAF Odiham, 2015;

• Tornado GR.4A, ZA412, 12 Sqn 100th Anniversary, Flt Lt S.A.Jenkins/ Wg Cdr Nikki Thomas, RAF Lossiemouth, 2015.

• Tornado GR.4A, ZA548, 31 Sqn 100th Anniversary, Wg Cdr J. Freeborough/Flt Lt Lamb, RAF Marham 2015;

• Tornado GR.4A, ZG750, XV(R) Sqn 25 Years service since Op Granby, Desert Pink with shark mouth, RAF Lossiemouth, 2016.

• Tornado GR.4A, ZD788, 40 Years of Tornados, Gp Capt H. Smyth/Wg Cdr R.A. Connor RAF Marham 2014; and

• BAe Hawk T.1 XX188 or XX256, 208 Sqn 100th Anniversary Wg Cdr C. Kidd/Sqn Ldr Arlett RAF Valley, 2016.

I wanted something a little more up to date.

I will probably order it from Hannants in a month or so.

Bish, do you have a preference?

Thank you sir!

Toshi

Completed main landing gears and struts.  I'm now getting ready to add the brake lines.

Toshi

modelcrazy

I found this decal set. Looks great especially since it covers:

• Eurofighter Typhoon GR.4, ZK315, 41(R) Sqn 100th Anniversary, Wg Cdr S.A. Berry, RAF Coningsby, 2015;

• Boeing Chinook HC.4, ZA683, 27 Sqn 100th Anniversary, Maj G.J. Malcolm, RAF Odiham, 2015;

• Tornado GR.4A, ZA412, 12 Sqn 100th Anniversary, Flt Lt S.A.Jenkins/ Wg Cdr Nikki Thomas, RAF Lossiemouth, 2015.

• Tornado GR.4A, ZA548, 31 Sqn 100th Anniversary, Wg Cdr J. Freeborough/Flt Lt Lamb, RAF Marham 2015;

• Tornado GR.4A, ZG750, XV(R) Sqn 25 Years service since Op Granby, Desert Pink with shark mouth, RAF Lossiemouth, 2016.

• Tornado GR.4A, ZD788, 40 Years of Tornados, Gp Capt H. Smyth/Wg Cdr R.A. Connor RAF Marham 2014; and

• BAe Hawk T.1 XX188 or XX256, 208 Sqn 100th Anniversary Wg Cdr C. Kidd/Sqn Ldr Arlett RAF Valley, 2016.

I wanted something a little more up to date.

I will probably order it from Hannants in a month or so.

Bish, do you have a preference?

 

Now theres a question. I have looked at that set a few times (i spend nearly as much time on hanants as i do on here, and i don't know which is worse for my wallet). I like the idea of the Chinook because Odiham was my last base and i loved being under a hoovering hook. And then there is the Marham Tornado's because, well, its Marham. But if i had to pick just one, it would be the Typhon. Thats is one amazing aircraft. Love the look of that.

Greg

Ok gang, some of you already know I am a slow builder. Here's a pretty good example why.

So I'm working on the cockpit of my Eduard 1:48 Tiffy which has some PE with it. Seems to me most folk whip out a 1:48 cockpit in night. Even masterpieces like Lawdog's, one night.

So I'm trying to install some of the little levers from the PE kit which I've managed before, and lose 2 of them right off the bat. Time to re-engineer and scratch, right?

That's .020" dia styrene rod with little dabs of Gator's Grip thin acrylic glue on the ends for knobs. Looks like the white glue shrunk a little and they need more dabs. Still need to paint, drill out .020 in the PE, and insert.....

Then I notice I haven't whipped out a DSLR to take a half-decent focus stacked shot since Sept 2015!!!!!! It took me half the night and morning retraining myself how to do the half-baked Photoshop focus stack. And I see I blew the focus on the parts themselves anyway.

So you get the idea, right?

 

Now thats a nice trick. Actually, i think i would use these in 48th anyway. Even in 72nd the flat PE levers don't quite look right.

And don't worry Greg, you can take all the time you need.

Undercarrage is looking real nice Toshi.

At first glance I thought the Typhon was an F-16, then I saw the delta wing.

Wouldn't mind getting that one as well.  Need to get my money’s worth out of that decal sheet you know. Aaaand while I'm at it, maybe a Chinook.

I think I'll go with 31 Sqn 100 year anniversary, Marham 2015.