Bomber GB ' 18 - '19

That Thud came out very well indeed. Like the weathering ,nicely done

Thanx for taking part

Theuns

Plasticjunkie: Many thumbs up! The painting and weathering are both magnificent and I also believe the dot technique weathered the camo colors in a very realistic way.

The last couple of days, I had been struggling with the SB-2.

I had a couple of alignment and fit issues with the fuselage halves and especially with the engine cowlings. These were augmented in difficulty by the very soft plastic, which allows plastic deformations after glue and pressure.

Eventually I managed to assemble fuselage and port cowling, leaving some substantial gaps (and glue fingerprints) on some areas.

The small clear parts in the nose and fuselage needed substantial cutting to fit and I decided to construct them with clear fix later on.

I know this looks like a (very) ugly duck for the moment, I have the ambition and hope of making a decent bomber out of it.

plasticjunkie the THUD turned out great! Appreciate the extra details on the build too, especially the landing light tip for the nose gear. Will have to find a few of those for myself.

The dot filtering looks suttle. I have trouble with that myself, can you tell me what colors you chose to combine?

Bish Zvezda and Theuns, thanks for the positive comments. 

Zvezda looks like regardless of the issues you have it under control.  

Let me jump in here with a Blenheim update.

I've been working slowly on the Blenheim due to some other builds that moved ahead for everything. With being said, I was able to work on the seams left over from the canopy/nose attachment. I need to attach the masks and get on the painting. 

Finally getting started on the Monogram, 1/48 scale He-111.  The flight deck is starting to take shape:

As promised, here is the box art for the kit I will be building.  I still am determining if the wings will be folded or not. but it will have a good loadout.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2egtW8E]

I have the cockpit primed and will be painting it shortly.  I replaced the ejection seats with resin copies from Aries.

Thanks,

<Matt

blkhwkmatt

As promised, here is the box art for the kit I will be building.  I still am determining if the wings will be folded or not. but it will have a good loadout.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2egtW8E]

I have the cockpit primed and will be painting it shortly.  I replaced the ejection seats with resin copies from Aries.

Thanks,

<Matt

 

 

John

I just saw that, received this as a Christmas gift last year. Finally getting around to bu it.  Seems like a fairly detailed kit so far.  

<Matt

Ooo that A6 looks good :-)

Theuns

This A-6E kit was reviewed on FSM and in print.  The link is below:

http://www.finescale.com/product-info/kit-reviews/2015/12/hobbyboss-a-6e-intruder

I have loved this aircraft since reading flight of the intruder as a kid.  It was a great purpose built aircraft.

<Matt

TheMongoose

plasticjunkie the THUD turned out great! Appreciate the extra details on the build too, especially the landing light tip for the nose gear. Will have to find a few of those for myself.

The dot filtering looks suttle. I have trouble with that myself, can you tell me what colors you chose to combine?

 

Sorry Mongoose for the late reply. I shot MM clear flat acrylic as a barrier. Then letting the flat cure at least 3-4 days I then used yellow ochre, browns and several shades of greens of artists oils. I have a Reeve’s artist’s oil paint set from Hobby Lobby that I bought several years back for under $20. It has something like 30 colors and they last a lifetime for what I use it for.

Using a thinner damped flat brush the tiny dots were streaked and scrubbed till I got the desired effect. I used a toothpick to place the dots on the areas. The tan areas got more browns and yellow ochre oil dots. The green areas got more green dots and fewer yellow ochre ones. You want to leave a very subtle effect removing most of the oil paint.

I have the Italeri/kinetic 1/48 AE6 prowler and even than looks nice in the box

Theuns

Agreed PJ, great thud.

Matt Intruders are so cool.

Here is my update for the Blenheim. After fixing the nose mess-up and masking, I black based and added the tan base color. I plan on adding the green tomorrow.

I used Vallejo putty for the masking and love it. It works similar to PPP but doesn't get stuck in the nozzel.

And I got the green on.

Very nice indeed, I love the shading :-)

Theuns

Thank you Theuns

I'm done with my second build for this GB. Other than the nose issues, the kit went together great! The new Airfix decals are so nice and easy to work with.

I still would like to get my Betty done but I have so much on my plate I'm not sure. We'll see. I might surprize myself.

As i said before, great looking build Steve. Will update the completed builds shortly.

Cheers Bish.

Working on the interiors of the fuselage halves:

Steve looking at your model I need to go get one now and do it in Saaf wester desert colours LOL

Theuns

Work continues on the fuselage of the He-111:

Her's my second entry, Hasegawa 1/72nd Ju 188A.

I am adding quite a few extras, starting witrh an Eduard Biged PE set. So far i have the cockpit together and painted and then added all the pre coloured PE.

Then got it added to the fuselage.

Now i have a bit of clean up to do along the seam. Won't be easy as there is quite a bit of engraved detail which would be easy to fix.

wow that is really nice cockpit detail :-)

Thanks Theuns, got to love that Eduard PE.

Steve: . And the nose looks perfect.

Many of you are completing or advancing on your second build and I am still wrestling with the ICM kit.

In the hands of a more skilled builder this kit might have seen better days, but in my case, the result until now was Cramer Vs Cramer

Since the last post, I have done the following

Assembly of wings, engines, horizontal stabilizers and their struts (struts not provided by ICM thus had to be scratch built), ailerons, etc.

Filling seams with acrylic putty, CA glue, melted sprue, etc. I haven't used reinforced concrete nor a sledgehammer yet, but you never know ...

Sanding

More sanding

I will not bore you with gory details, the result up to now is this

This still looks ugly and there is lots of work to be done, but I have taken the vow that I will NOT give up and this plastic mess will become a bomber.

My pet hate is filling ans sanding! I am now busy  with a 1/72 Airfix new tool Swordfish and the fuselage had to  be wrangled into position, this means filling and sanding AARG!!

Theuns

Looks like you got a challenge on your hands there Zvezda, the effort does seem to be paying off. FGilling and sanding is the one thing i don't like doing.