80 Years of Airfix GB

Chad, Nick, nice work guys, looking good.

MrStecks

Chad, looks like the Lightning is coming along nicely.  Is the long piece on the port wing a refueling probe?  I'm not familiar with the Lightning, so I'm just guessing. 

Cheers,
Mark

 

Nick, the cockpit and instrument panel are looking great. And in the background of the first picture I see some really fine glasswork.  Nice work.

Cheers,
Mark

Chad, looks like the Lightning is coming along nicely.  Is the long piece on the port wing a refueling probe?  I'm not familiar with the Lightning, so I'm just guessing. 

Cheers,
Mark

The center cluster of 5 one piece ,the right side two dials each the left are two single dials.

Thank you Nick!  Did you cut those dials out and place them individually or is there one solid decal over the instrument panel?  

chad thats some fine preshading...

started on the seafury and many shades of black except for seat backing. I used the decals from the kit pretty good I must say the decals that is.

Preshading is done. Time to lay down the base colors on the fuselage.  The shade lines on the wings are still a little dark in my opinion so I’m going to add another layer of color.

Yes, it's the superfine white.  I probably won't get around to playing with it until next week.  Going to watch a few YouTube videos on using it. 

I have used Milliout quite a bit. Mainly for Zimmerite but i have also made canvas covers with it. You have got the white stuff haven't you?

lewbud

Mark,
You're killing it with that Omnibus. Very impressive build.

Thanks lewbud.

Bish

Mark, that just gets more impressive with every post. Great idea clamping that to the bench and i love those woden seats. Great idea about a newspaper.

Thanks Bish.  I've purchased some Milliput putty to use for making the newspaper.  Never used it before, but have been meaning to try it sometime.  This seems to be the perfect time.

Cheers,
Mark

Mark, that just gets more impressive with every post. Great idea clamping that to the bench and i love those woden seats. Great idea about a newspaper.

Defiant is coming on really well John.

pat, its coming on nicely. I have just started my HMS belfast for the British ships GB, which i will add here as wel. Its from the same period and has that brittle plasctic. Trying to be extra careful with it, but i am sure to break somthing soon.

lewbud

Unwary Paladin,

Nice job on the 262. I should add one of those to my stash, even though I usually don't build the losers. It would be the final addition to my yet to be completed Heinz Barr collection.

Keavdog,

The Defiant is looking good. I should get started on mine ASAP (after september, april probably by then the gb will be over).

Mark,

You're killing it with that Omnibus. Very impressive build.

Bish,

Could you add a 1/72 F-86D (MPC boxing) to my list? It snuck in whilst I was bringing in some wayward Tamiya P-51's from the outdoor storage closet. It's so cute I don't have the heart to put it back. I'm thinking Phillipine markings for this one.

 

Done.

Unwary Paladin,

Nice job on the 262. I should add one of those to my stash, even though I usually don't build the losers. It would be the final addition to my yet to be completed Heinz Barr collection.

Keavdog,

The Defiant is looking good. I should get started on mine ASAP (after september, april probably by then the gb will be over).

Mark,

You're killing it with that Omnibus. Very impressive build.

Bish,

Could you add a 1/72 F-86D (MPC boxing) to my list? It snuck in whilst I was bringing in some wayward Tamiya P-51's from the outdoor storage closet. It's so cute I don't have the heart to put it back. I'm thinking Phillipine markings for this one.

Tales of the Omnibus - Chapter 3 (cont.)

Finally got the upper deck walls attached and painted.  The glueing process was a bit difficult, partly due to the design of the kit and partly due to my fumbling hands.  hahaha.
At one point I had to clamp the deck to my bench to keep it from moving around while glueing up the walls.  That actually helped a lot.

I like how it's looking.  Still a lot of finishing work to do.  Such as the hand rails that need to be glued together at the corners.  I think some sprue goo will work well there, then I can carefully sand the corners smooth... hopefully.  Haven't decided yet what color to do the rails.  I've seen both brown and brass versions.
Also need to paint the button/box and wire on the rear wall (for calling for the bus to stop) and the wire and bell located on the other side of that wall.

I finished building, painting and weathering the benches.  Each bench only has a leg on the aisle-side, and is supported on the wall-side by those strips of stryrene I added.  The wood effect was done with a base coat of Tamiya XF-55 Deck Tan, and two shades of brown water color pencil drawn over the Deck Tan.  A black oil wash was then applied and wiped off.The metal parts of the bench are the same Tamiya X9 Brown as the floor and walls.

I couldn't resist setting up all the benches where they will go.  They aren't glued, just sitting precariously.  I think I set them up five times, and knocked them all down trying to adjust the scene for a picture.  lol.

I might have to scratch build some sort of newspaper to place on one of the benches.  I've never been on a bus that didn't have a newspaper left on one of the seats.  Surely that was the case back then too? 

Update on the figures... have started on the face of one of them.  I'll have some pics in the next post.

Cheers,
Mark

John, I have a 1/6 scale Cub that has scale hingeing, and even with the same differential as the real thing it still needs a lot of rudder.  I'm lazy so I use a radio mix.  I've flown all the Cubs but the early J-2 made the J-3 and later seem like Cadillacs in comparison, as the ailerons were not friese type and adverse yaw was remarkable.  Add to that there was no pulley on the aileron cable that ran up the strut where it left the fuselage so control forces were terrible because of the drag there.

keavdog - Nice work on the Defiant.  I always like to see control surfaces moved a bit away from neutral, gives a nice look.  So many of the kit's I've built have them molded-in, and I'm too lazy (and anxious about screwing up) to cut them out.  

PFJN - Hey Pat, really like how the Humber is coming along.  I've had the same feeling about buying a second Omnibus, because there's so much different I would do if I made another one.  The urge usually passes each time I draw blood with my x-acto trying to get rid of ejection pin marks.
Wow... I was just about to ask what the big blue part was for when I realized it was your sander.  I'm so dumb, sometimes.  hahahaha...

Cheers,
Mark

I learned what adverse yaw was when I maidened my RC cub.  When that tail dropped I panicked.  That's when I learned to use both thumbs.

With the defiant, its mor.about attachment points when the ailerons are deflected.  Just didnt look right. 

keavdog

Only goofy thing so far was positioning the ailerons.  Wasn't exactly sure how they should sit but I wanted them at a bit of an angle.

 

John, except for early airplanes, ailerons usually move up about twice as far as they move down, that helps reduce adverse yaw.  Modern jet fighters are a whole different thing, of course.

Bish

Pat, i seem to recall that the kit that came in that style of box were more brittle. I think that was the period that Airfix kits were made in France and i guess it must have been due to the materials they used.

 

Hi,

I managed to get a fair bit of work done this weekend on my Humber, but the brittle plastic has been giving me fits, especially since I'm a bit clumsy.  So far, at least four pieces were broken in the kit when I got it (a bumper, a steering lnk, a window frame, and the exhaust pipe), and I managed to break three more trying to get them off the sprue (two seat front seat brackets and the gear shift lever).  In addition, while building the kit, through my own clumsiness, I managed to break another window frame, the two seat brackets (again), the connection points for both front wheels, and the other steering link. 

Fortunately though, they all are hopefully fixable, and I actually am very happy with the kit.  It appears to be surprisingly well engineered for its age, and many of the parts are very finely cast, and thin. 

With regards to the kit assembly it appears that Airfix made a fair amount of effort in casting some parts separate (where they could have likely just as easily made them all part of a single larger part).  Specifically the bottom of the car includes the frame, floorboards and a few other items, but the gas tank, engine bottom, gearbox bottom, and two other pieces that I think may be the starter and a fuel filter (or something similar) are all separate, which can allow you to paint them first before gluing them into place.  Similarly the tires are also assembled in steps, which allow you to paint the rims, prior to adding the tires.  Unfortunately I only discovered this part way through my build (after I had glued the engine and gearbox to the lower assembly, which is how I discovered how much of a pain it is to try and mask them off.

In the end, this is definitely one of those kits where I am almost tempted to go out and buy another one, so that I can start fresh, and apply all the lessons that I learned in my first attempt.  Unfortunately though I know that I would likely just encounter new issues if I did that.

Anyway, here are a couple images of the model as it currently sits.  It still needs a bit of sanding and a second coat, and you can also see some of the tape currently holding one of the front tires in place. Sorry about the poor lighting.  

Pat

Joe, your Messy came out very nice.

Mark, good save!

Blimey Mark, you did a great job on that engine cover, looks perfect.

Some more nice progress there. If it helps any i have just started on a new Takom kit that has some lethal pour stubs in very exposed positions, so its not just the old kits that have that issue.

UnwaryPaladin

Thanks for the compliments on the ME 262!

 

Bish- It's a 1/72

 

Thanks Joe.

Tales of the Omnibus - Chapter 3 (cont.)

The Fix:
I was able to cut the engine cover assembly off the chassis to make the repairs.  Yay!  It worked out well, and now it is back in place.  Lesson learned... until the next time it happens. 

Now back to the upper deck.  Before and after of the seat parts cleaned up and ready for primer.

Looking ahead, I am impressed by the stairwell wall.  Less than the usual amount of flash and burring, and actually has some nice rivet detail.  It's a good looking part.

Oops... never should have turned it over!  hahaha.  Unfortunately the stairs won't cover any of that, so back to the sanding and filling.

Also started cleaning up the small lights that go into the underside of the upper deck, technically the ceiling of the lower deck.  These clear parts are extrememly brittle, and had tons of flash around their bases, so it was a long and fiddly job to clean them up.  They're a bit rough around the bases, but a coat of paint, and their obscure position in the vehicle, will help hide some of that.

Cheers,
Mark

Thanks for the compliments on the ME 262!

Bish- It's a 1/72

Nice job on the 262 Joe. I always struggle with those tail decals and usually paint them. But the checkered RD bands would be tricky.

Got the front page updated, what scale is that as i still had you down as i didn't have your build added to thge roster.

For a plane that didn't exist, it sure looks good Joe. 
Great paint job.  Too bad the checkered decal wouldn't go on, but the replacement decal looks great.

Cheers,
Mark