Lockdown 2020 GB

Outstanding build of a subject I knew nothing about, I had to looked it up on wikipedia.

An interesting read. 

Theuns, Nice work on aircraft that doesn't get built much!

The paint is beautiful!

My LRDG truck is finally done!   Final reveal pics (you can post the last one as the front page gallery pic):

Calling it done. Black sea fleet 1943

Italeri 1/48 IL2 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Italeri 1/48 IL2 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Italeri 1/48 IL2 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Italeri 1/48 IL2 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

GT68. I love the metal look of your 47, well done. 

Grey snake that T55 looks menecing indeed ;-)

I will post pix of the completed builds.

Theuns

Sorry I havent posted much lately. I have been in a weird funk but great news...I broke the funk! Here is my latest work on my fishing trawler. Working on the little details now. 

Beautiful! 

Well done!

And I completed my NJ National Guard P-47N. Bit of an oddball the way things are engineered but it got done. I even did a pilot to find out I couldn't get him in after things were built. I should have checked the fit before I got as far as I did.

Great work on the Enterprise!

That looks like its ready for warp 5 ;-) Well done.

I will post a pic for you.

Theuns

I'm calling this done. There is still stuff I could do, but after a week of decaling I'm ready to move on.

I cleared it with Pearl clear and then flat coated it.

I would say it was a fun build, but the decals got tedious.

Impressive work all!

Sorry I've been AWOL from the GB.  I have progressed on my B-24, in the process of building the D, I pulled a J off the shelf of doom that has been there for years.  So I've been doing both versions of the Hase B-24 in parallel.  The D is painted and decaled I'm just working up the willingness to start on the weathering.  The J is nearing paint, I found a few seams and holes that need to be filled that I didn't do years ago when I first assembled it.  I'll try and get some pics posted shortly.

I like the pic of the flight deck in the background :-)

I got the basic airframe assembled. The intakes are going to give me hassles I see it now, the front and rear sections do not line up and I hve to either sand the front down or fill up and sand the rer section to match front, eiterway I will loose rivet and pannel detail so I will have to see what section will rescribe easiest.

IMG_20200527_071104 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

IMG_20200527_072209 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

The bottom joints also had gaps that I needed to fill with sprue. Hopefully this will result in a nice smooth joint after loads of sanding.

Theuns the paint on your fuel truck is outstanding! Well done sir.

All 14 million decals are on the Enterprise, and there was much rejoicing! 

They are still drying. I used A LOT of Micro sol and set. 

If all goes well I can trim a few decals tomorrow and then clear it with pearl clear.

I would do that Tiger, loads of thing to play with to weather it :-)

I dont do autos but this was a fun little build. Airfix 1/76 AEC Matador fuel truck used in North Africa by RAF 1940s.

Pastels for dust and oils for fuel streaks on tank.

airfix 1/76 AEC Matador by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

airfix 1/76 AEC Matador by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

airfix 1/76 AEC Matador by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

airfix 1/76 AEC Matador by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

airfix 1/76 AEC Matador by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Theuns

I extended till 31 Sept '20 :-)

We are being addresed by our prezz tonight to heat what the new rules will be for a evel 3 lockdown.

All good and well but there i till very little work now and the expert ay the unemployment may rise from 26% to close to 50% as the economy ha gone under in many sectors :-(

I also started this acaemy 1/48 F4b in the meantime

I dont kno why academy din't mold in throttles or suply a decal for the IP but in this size I think the painting wil be by\usy enough to look OK.

The seats are nice but I added the belts and chute harnass.

IMG_20200522_115557 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

IMG_20200522_115715 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

The Enterprise is getting close to done, but I have lots of kits in my stash to build!

I'll be happy to continue. 

All thats left on the Enterprise now is the engine decals. They go slow because I want them to completely dry between steps. I don't want to disturb the decals. 

Sure, sounds good. I'll order a new  gallon of Bondo!

The T-55 really looks good now. Ready to roll right through Checkpoint Charlie.

Great work on the tank :-)

Our losckdown is going into stage 3 by 1 June, til means only certain esencial people may work, no visiting friends or family, been 58 days sofar.

We wi be in it for a long time to come still...

So this gb can just aswell continue for some time more if you guys want?

Theuns

The saucer decals are very cool! 

GreySnake, The tank is looking good!

68gt the paint on your Jug is great!

How are the seams on the Caravele GMorrison? That photo looks daunting, but it looks like you are winning!

And your paint looks real nice Theuns!

Nice progress all around!

The decaling continues. It's time consuming, I'm almost half way through the secondary hull. 

The saucer decals went on flawlessly, but the rest are being a problem. Many of the decals shattered, the neck ones very badly. 

I completed the filing of PITA model and ecided to experiment with light spots and shading to h\give a faed look to the paint. I think it came out wel an am no waiting for the future to cure so I can decal.

IMG_20200518_095044 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

IMG_20200518_100817 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

IMG_20200518_144459 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Theuns

A lot of great work here.

So Caravelle went into the body shop.

Mask and Bondo.

Strip mask.

Sand.

I've primed it a second time and it's down to little gaps. Photos of those to follow.

And finally my jug has some new markings.

I realize I haven't postedd any WIP updates in quite a while!  So, the basic construction is done, but I still have to add the armament and a LOT of supplies/accessories, plus decals and weathering.  But here it is so far:

My word that is allot, but it does make it lool nice :-)

Theuns