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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:10 PM

Thanks fellas, now on to the 2000 Thumbs Up [tup]

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taxtp

Member since
April 2005
From: Australia

Posted by taxtp on Friday, September 30, 2005 7:52 AM

Hey Folks,
I am cutting it a bit fine...living life on the edge :)
Anyone, primed it with Light Gull Grey after spraying the black canopy framing last night. I've almost finished the subsequent cleanup, then a rinse and re-spray tomorrow.
Then its up to the blue-grey upper surface, panel wash, decals, weathering, detail completion, tidy up, fix the previous steps etc.
Cheers
Tony

I'm just taking it one GB at a time.

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Friday, September 30, 2005 9:32 AM

Congrats on the 2000 posts Jules!!!!
I'll get there one day.

Well, finally finished the 129!!
(Actually finished it about 20 minutes ago)

So, this is supposed to represent Red F of 8 (Pz)/SchlG 2, Tunis El Aouina late January 1943.
We all know the hassle with the squiggle so I won't go on about that.
But I'd like to hear some criticism if anyone has any, as the painting and weathering stages were a bit rushed at the last moment, and I think they could have been better.
(Man do we judge ourselves harshly or what!)

Anyways....................................................

I have to say the Hase 1/48 129 is a great kit, a little light on the detail, but more than makes up for it in the quality.

And now I'm off to strip my model bench and pack it all up for the move.
Should be out of action for a month or so, but just in time for the next GB with the 'Usual Suspects'
Wink [;)]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, September 30, 2005 10:19 AM

It looks great from here Sean. Nice job Thumbs Up [tup]

. Good luck on the move. See you on the next GB Smile [:)]

.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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blkhwkmatt

Member since
September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Friday, September 30, 2005 3:11 PM

I'll say it again, Love the looks of your 129, I think that it is a very good representation of a cool aircraft. I can almost here it screaming in on straffing runs!!!

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Friday, September 30, 2005 3:20 PM

Sean I see absolutely nothing wrong with the paint job. It is fantastic!! Thumbs Up [tup]

Dave

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KJ200

Member since
July 2003
From: Bicester, England

Posted by KJ200 on Friday, September 30, 2005 4:01 PM

Sean Looks mighty fine to me.

The squiggle is spot on, you did a great job with the Omni.

Progress Update

Sludge wash is now complete, just need to matt coat and weather.

Oh...and need to take somes pics of course.

Karl

Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Friday, September 30, 2005 6:33 PM

Great job Sean. Good luck on the move. Would come over and help if I were just a little closer (at least on the same continent).

Bob

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taxtp

Member since
April 2005
From: Australia

Posted by taxtp on Saturday, October 1, 2005 7:09 AM

Hey guys, I've completed the priming with Light Gull Grey now, and will have to wait 48 hours before I mask for the uppersurface camo. The wheels and undercarriage are done, as is the engine and prop.
Have I told you how much I like Wildcats ?
No, I'd better not start down that road, anyway, this is my fifth.

I like that HS129, I've never been game to really have a go at the squiggle, but I think that's a great job. How do you avoid spatter at the starting point of the airbrush stroke ?
Cheers
Tony

I'm just taking it one GB at a time.

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KJ200

Member since
July 2003
From: Bicester, England

Posted by KJ200 on Saturday, October 1, 2005 8:09 AM

Tony Great to hear you're making progress. Post some pics.

And now some pics from me...

The different colour rudder, and fuselage patches represent the overpainting of the original French markings.

The funny looking marking over the fuselage roundel is a knight's helmet with feather plume, the unit symbol of Group de Chase 1.

Showing off the quasi-RAF camo. This aircraft only had the roundel on one wing, and even there it didn't cover the aileron, hence the cut out. Note radiator extended from beneath the cockpit, and the complete absence of detail within the wheel wells!

Now off to the paint shop for a coat of matt.

Karl

Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Saturday, October 1, 2005 8:13 AM

Sean that sure looks great to me, I wish all my builds could look as good as your "rushed" ones, congratulations Thumbs Up [tup]

Tony I'll look forward to seeing some pics of that Wildcat when it's done.

Karl you just beat me to the punch with posting an update. She looks great and you've really done a nice job with that camo. I'll be looking forward to seeing it finished.

:::Progress Update:::
I've been busily painting the last couple of nights and things are coming on pretty well. The only color I have left to add on the 109 is the RLM 80.
The camo is painted using my Mk 1 eyeball and some reference photos as a guide. I figure if they painted it freehand in the desert 63 years ago, so can I.

The Kubel is waiting for a clear coat which will happen at the same time as the 109.

Cheers
Darren

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KJ200

Member since
July 2003
From: Bicester, England

Posted by KJ200 on Saturday, October 1, 2005 11:37 AM

Darren Is that the Academy kit, that comes with the Kubel?

I built the Kubel a while back, great little model, along with the Kettenkrad, still have the Jeep sitting in the spares box.

Glad you like the camo, I really enjoyed doing it, and it stands out a bit more now I've applied a coat of matt. The 406 is now 'baking' in the airing cupboard, along with a 1/72 Revell 109G10.

Karl

Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, October 1, 2005 4:02 PM

Karl, the build is looking great. Around the last turn & into the home stretch Smile [:)]

Darren, looks great so far. Good luck on the mottle.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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taxtp

Member since
April 2005
From: Australia

Posted by taxtp on Saturday, October 1, 2005 5:09 PM

Hi Guys,
I've just realised that I didn't spray the drop tanks when I did the airframe, so now I've got to load up the airbrush again...annoying.
Cheers
Tony

I'm just taking it one GB at a time.

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, October 1, 2005 5:38 PM

Tony, I've been there done that. Really annoying.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, October 1, 2005 6:16 PM

wow!!! so much action in the last stretch...

Tweets - great looking! like the paint job.
Karl - Interesting camo.... I have to say I like the look of it!
Darren - looking good so far and that Kubel looks fabulous!

I actually sprayed some future thhrough my airbrush onto plastic today... I was so proud of myself until I noticed the fuselage had gotten a bit of dust on it so now I have to patch it up.... Disapprove [V]

It does feel good to get a little modeling in though!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Saturday, October 1, 2005 6:29 PM

Great work Karl & Darren. Especially like the camo work Karl.

Bob

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KJ200

Member since
July 2003
From: Bicester, England

Posted by KJ200 on Sunday, October 2, 2005 8:12 AM

Tony I know the feeling. Futured everything on the MS 406 last week, only to realise that I'd forgotten the under cart when I went to sludge wash it this week. D'oh. Dunce [D)]

Rick I really am looking forward to getting this beast off the bench and onto the shelf!

Tom & Bob The camo is the bit I'm most pleased with on this build. So much so I was considering a Hawk 75 in Meske's (sic) markings for the Allied Aces GB. He was the highest scoring French ace of the battle for France. Now is that 'Fringe' or what?

Progress Update

Matt coat went on the 406 yesterday, and I'll be applying post shading to the panels this afternoon. With a bit of luck, I'll have this finished next weekend!

Karl

Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 2, 2005 6:15 PM

Tweets Great looking 129 I love the squiggle it came out just fine Thumbs Up [tup]

Hmmm ithink you have just inspired me to do that Eastern front winter scheme for my Has kit..............

Karl & Darren Good progress on your builds fellas, theyr'e looking great Thumbs Up [tup]

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 2, 2005 7:54 PM

Jules - actually I got through the mottling on my FW-190, one piece to patch up and I think I might go for the winter whitewash overlay on it... only thing is I am trying to decide what to do it with... I would like to do it with something like a mop at that scale so I can try to get it realistic looking, then fade it and chip it like it's been on awhile... might be a bit before I pick up that one again as I need to think about it a bit... Airbrushing it seems too easy and too even all over...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 2, 2005 11:30 PM

Yeah Tom these temporary winter scheme's are interesting for modelers and getting it right would be a bit of a challenge, This Eastern front HS 129 appears to carry a standard RLM 70/71 scheme but the 71 seems to have had a white paint crudely applied over the top, there is also small white spots varied in size and randomly painted over the remaining RLM 70....Im not sure of the particular unit but it carries a Blue G and Blue spinners with white spirals..............As far as duplicating this camo job goes i'm not really sure, i think i read in an old FSM magazine that a modeler used either diluted chalk or it could have been pastels into a sludge type of mix and applied it unevenly, after that i think he just used a hard bristled paintbrush and removed it from the parts he thought should show the underlying paint......
I think before i ever try anything like this on an actual build i might have a go at it on the paint hack Thumbs Up [tup]

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Monday, October 3, 2005 2:44 AM

Karl both of the kits are Tamiya. The Kubel comes with a couple of Luftwaffe figures (a pilot and a driver) which I will do if I have the time.

Tom it's great to have you back posting again Thumbs Up [tup]

. I hope all is well with the family, house and your model room in that order.

:::Progress Update:::
I changed needle and nozzle in the trusty Iwata to the .35mm combo in preparation for doing the mottling and wouldn't you know it the gods are against me. As I posted in the air brushing forum, I'm getting only air out of the business end of the a/b and bubbles in the paint cup Angry [:(!]

. I couldn't believe it, one of the few times I really need to do fine work and the thing decides to c Censored [censored]

p out on me. Oh well back to the .5mm needle nozzle combo, no problems with this, it's just not quite as fine as I would have preferred so it's harder to do.
Anyway, one wing, the tail planes and the cowing were mottled (before I cramped up) and I'll attack it again tonight.

Darren

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Monday, October 3, 2005 3:04 AM

Darren which Iwata do you have???
How fine a line can you get with the .35 combo????

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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taxtp

Member since
April 2005
From: Australia

Posted by taxtp on Monday, October 3, 2005 5:44 AM

Got the drop tanks sprayed without a problem, now it's time to mask the airframe for the uppersurface colour. That is, after a couple of beers with my brother in law, whose birthday it is today. Should get a nice fuzzy edge anyhow !
Cheers
Tony

I'm just taking it one GB at a time.

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Monday, October 3, 2005 6:50 AM

Tony it's good to here you're making progress, when do we see some happy snaps?

Sean it's the HP-CS and I figured out what the problem is. I had the air pressure turned down too low to actually blow the thinner out of the brush Big Smile [:D]

. It worked with the larger nozzle but not with the .35mm. I played around some more and have found the minimum pressure the .35mm nozzle needs (yes I'm very embarrassed by this as I sould have known it was the operator not the equipment Tongue [:P]

)
The .35mm nozzle/needle combo is the one that actually comes with the airbrush but I don't use it very often. Mainly I stick to the .5mm nozzle for 95% of the work I do. You can very fine lines with the .35mm say approx 1mm but I've never actually measured them.

Darren

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KJ200

Member since
July 2003
From: Bicester, England

Posted by KJ200 on Monday, October 3, 2005 3:13 PM

Progress Update

I had today off work, which has allowed me to get the post shading complete, a final coat of matt varnish and the masking off the canopy.

I've had to retouch the paint around the canopy in a few places, which will mean touching in with some more matt varnish in a few days as the Gunze arcylics are gloss.

The sliding canopy portion is a very poor fit to the rest of the canopy, it won't even fit in the closed position, but with a little coaxing should sit over the rear of the fixed canopy.

I need to add heavy oil staining to the two panel lines under the nose, as these aircraft leaked oil like nothing on earth.

Just need to finish painting the wheels, and then it's final assembly time this weekend.

Karl

Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, October 3, 2005 8:00 PM

Looking great Karl. The camo came out really well Thumbs Up [tup]

.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Monday, October 3, 2005 8:24 PM

It looks great Karl Thumbs Up [tup]

and considering all you've been through with it you should get Kremps perserverance award at this years Happy Acres award night which is coming up soon I believe.

Dave

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Monday, October 3, 2005 8:30 PM

That's right Dave, next Sat night... attire is clothing.. meaning you can't come naked like last yr... Disapprove [V]

what a MESS!!!

Karl - looks GREAT!!! that is quite an achievment based on the issues you had with it.. it really does look good!!!

Tweets - the HP-CS gets some of the finest lines allowable with modeling paint there is... there are brushes that do finer but can't handle the pigments the paints we use have... even the HP-CR does some nice fine lines. 1.5 mm off the bat with no real practice!!! I want to primer up the milk jug again and have a go at it as I was MOST impressed!!! And to get consistent with it as well... the trick is the Iwata's have a very slight bevel to the needle... so there is a lot more control at the lower end of trigger pull... a lot easier to get a fix on than my Badgers!!!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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taxtp

Member since
April 2005
From: Australia

Posted by taxtp on Monday, October 3, 2005 10:26 PM

Hi All,
I've got the uppersurface sprayed on my Wildcat, I'll try to post some pics tonight. It always surprises how grey the blue-grey is, I keep thinking it will be more blue. Anyway, it's a clean job, so I'm still on track to make it by the 15th. There's got to be some problem soon though, its never this smooth.
I'll wait 48, no 36 hours more, then Future/Super Shine.
Cheers
Tony

I'm just taking it one GB at a time.

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