modelcrazy

Toshi, Bish, Jack, BK, Greg, Bossman thanks, it seems to be a big hit.

Toshi, those Merlins are looking great. I don't think I did as well on my 1/8 scale Merlin.

Bish, I'm back to fire spitting subject now that I have my beautiful airbrush back.

I saw an older British made program on YouTube yesterday on just that subject....insperation you know. Anyway, it had Douglas Bader on it. I see your point on the British point of view on it. They made it sound like the eliptical wing thing won the war by itself, all other planes were targets.

I still think its a beauty though.

 

Toshi

Toshi, Bish, Jack, BK, Greg, Bossman thanks, it seems to be a big hit.

Toshi, those Merlins are looking great. I don't think I did as well on my 1/8 scale Merlin.

Bish, I'm back to fire spitting subject now that I have my beautiful airbrush back.

I saw an older British made program on YouTube yesterday on just that subject....insperation you know. Anyway, it had Douglas Bader on it. I see your point on the British point of view on it. They made it sound like the eliptical wing thing won the war by itself, all other planes were targets.

I still think its a beauty though.

Steve that captured Zero looks awesome!!! I've got to do one someday myself.

Everyone else, everything looks amazing- I really don't want to leave anyone out by mistake.

Bish

 

 

Toshi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now i like those, really nice job on those Toshi.

 

Toshi

Toshi

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now i like those, really nice job on those Toshi.

Nice recovery Chris, looking good.

Armor_Aficionado

Thanks, Bish.  Yes, that's all of them.  Actually, I think I'll try to post another one, see if I can get this right.  Making progress on my Albion refueler, working on the engine and drive train, albeit with major fit issues!  The drive shaft, which is supposed to connect to the differential and another piece of the drive train, was about 2.5 mm too short.  So I had to drill into it, stretch and cut a piece of sprue, and add it to the drive shaft to make up the shortage. 

   On another note, thanks, that was a fuel cart and an accumulator trolley, both packaged in a box from Pro Modeller, but I've since bought an Airfix kit with the exact same pieces, so maybe it was orignally Airfix?

 

Right, a fuel cart, thank you. I have some 72nd German ground equipment which includes an oil cart, so i thought that was somthing similar. But not seen one of those RAF ones is 72nd.

Glad to see you got the pics sorted, nice work on the Albion.

Thank you Bossman!  Your paint job is superb!

An active GB for sure !

Toshi - those Merlins have a lot of nice detail.  I'm sure they'll add alot to the final impression of this model.  

Scott - that wood grain looks very convincing.  Nice to see a biplane added to the mix.

Check - Nice job on that Hampden tail.  Cool bonus that you were able to get it together and still have it be poseable.  Looking forward to seeing what you can do with this airfix kit - I might try it if I can find one.

Steve - What an awesome Zero.  Love the chipping and the uniqueness of the subject.  Great duplication of the reference photo.

Tony - "She who spews forth flames" is looking really good.  The PE harness is a nicely detailed touch and the IP looks great.

Castel - Great cockpit cage on that Harvard.

DasBeav

The interior is quite bland and will require some scratchbuilding which wouldn't be so bad IF I HAD EVER DONE IT BEFORE!!! I have purchased some basic Odds and Ends styrene and have been practicing my sprue stretching.

Beave - nice work so far man.  I have no doubt that your scratch building will easily make additions and changes to the kit parts that will be a significant improvement.  I was surprised when I found out how easy it was to just cut styrene card and rod stock into shape and get nice results that added to the detail.  Don't hesitate to try anything !  Boldly model where no injection molded parts have gone before !

Armor - That refueler looks nice - and like Bish's diorama - I'm sure you'll be able to create a cool "moment in time & place" with the different models.

Greg - When you gonna jump in ?   There's this really nice Beau calling your name . . .

Well, I got over the hump of "the lost part".  Sometimes things like that cause me to shelve a model for a while, but it was simply the next thing to be done before I could progress - so I bit the bullet.

Here she is in a bad cell phone shot:

Nice interesting work All !

Chris

Armor_Aficionado

Making progress n the Albion refueler:

 

Toshi

Thanks Greg!  I did finally Get them painted and weathered today.  I still got some work to do.  The magnets are in a zip lock bag.  LOL!

To to my fellow forum members,

Believe it or not, there's still some twenty more or so parts needed to complete the Merlin engines.  The other parts are to be installed after they go into the engine mounts of which is a whole affair in itself.  So far, I've got them partly weathered and there are a few more things I'd like to do with the Merlins prior to installing them into the engine mounts.  

There are twelve steps or three pages full of directions that are very interesting at best.  These I will document per each step with the assembly process for whomever can utilize them in the future.  Thank you so very much forum members for visiting my Mosquito thread!

Toshi

 P.S.  Just a FYI, the bottom engine looks more black than the top one does.  This is just due to lighting.  I'll take better photos later.  Please except my apologies on such poor quality photographs.

Toshi, those Merlins look amazing and you havent' even started painting yet. And keep those tiny magnets bagged until you're ready to glue 'em in!

Steve, your Zero is just great. Chipping is convincing and it is simply an overall neat model. Also, a unique addition to our GB. Good luck at the show indeed.

Beav, you're coming right along.

Bossman, as Toshi said, nice job on the save. I wonder if I've grown up enough to deal well with an important lost part like that yet? (I hope not to find out anytime soon)

Armor, your chassis is looking fine.

Making progress n the Albion refueler:

Thanks, Bish.  Yes, that's all of them.  Actually, I think I'll try to post another one, see if I can get this right.  Making progress on my Albion refueler, working on the engine and drive train, albeit with major fit issues!  The drive shaft, which is supposed to connect to the differential and another piece of the drive train, was about 2.5 mm too short.  So I had to drill into it, stretch and cut a piece of sprue, and add it to the drive shaft to make up the shortage. 

   On another note, thanks, that was a fuel cart and an accumulator trolley, both packaged in a box from Pro Modeller, but I've since bought an Airfix kit with the exact same pieces, so maybe it was orignally Airfix?

Wow, Steve.!! That turned out spectacular. Simply awesome looking work. That one is a show stopper for sure.

BK

Bish

 

 

Toshi

Here are the Merlins, there's still a lot more to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those engine look amazing Toshi, can't wait to see them painted up.

 

Toshi

Bossman

Hey all,

Still haven't found that cover for the wing's leading edge - so I decided to work with parts on hand.  Fortunately, as seen in a previous post, I had a few extra wing-leading-edge-parts that were unused in this kit.  And they have roughly the right curvature for the part I need to replace.  So I grabbed one that looked workable and began trimming it to size.

It didn'tmatch up nearly as well as I thought it would.  I guess that's the reason I have filler.  I'm glad its not a complicated geometry.  Should be easy to form and fill.

More later . . .

 

Crazy great work going on here guys !

Chris

 

Hi Steve, great job on the captured Zero.  It's both unique and smartly done - should do well at the competition.

regards,
Jack

Toshi

Here are the Merlins, there's still a lot more to do.

 

 

 

Those engine look amazing Toshi, can't wait to see them painted up.

DasBeav

Not much done today...Trying to find interior pictures of Supermarine Walrus not easily accomplished. I did some cosmetic work to seats (filed a space for stick move). "Scratched" rudder pedals and a boot for stick. I am in the process of building a new stick. Photo should be self-explanatory why.  

 

That can be a problem with subjects like, referance pics are not easy to find. Can see why you need to redo the stick.

Outstanding work again Steve. I was hoping we would get a captured aircraft, but was not expecting a Japanese one. You have really caught the look of that perfectly, down to the last bit of chipped paint. Thank you.

And be sure to keep us updated on the comp.

modelcrazy

I’m done with the Zero. I worked until I was done. Even though this started out as a bad paint job I think it turned out well. I believe I’m taking this to the Sep contest.

 

Toshi

Thank you everyone, there are too many to name and don't want to miss anyone. I'm just about done, just need to finish the canopy. Probably tomorrow.

Steve

Here are the Merlins, there's still a lot more to do.

Engine assembly

This is the size for the neodymium magnet.