AUSSIE/ANZAC GB 2006 Jan 26 to Sept 21st

Foiled the nose section of the Magister tonight

I reckon it looks ok, will have to take a pic tomorrow and post it.

Foil isn't as easy to work with as I thought either.

For masking no probs cause all you want is a nice small section to stay on, but covering large areas and keeping tiny bits of dust out is actually quite difficult

I had no idea an itty bitty fleck would stand out like dogs bits.

And forget about peeling it back and removing the offending part, 9 times outta 10 the foil will tear.

Strange as it may seem, I reckon I'm actually gonna enjoy the hassles

Finally purchased my kit for the group build.  Comparing the kit to the photos I have it looks like I will have to quite a few modifications to the kit to convert it to the Aussie version Im going to model.   Things like changing the side the fuel tank and spare tire are mounted on, filling in the gun hatch in the roof and changing the profile of the front mudguards. 

You could definately say that LOL.

The colour for the cowl is definately polished but i'm unsure of what exact colour it is. It will be good to see the end result of your build.

So it's safe to say it falls a tad short of a 'Snap' together kit.

Thanks for the info Dave

Where could I start!!!!

This is the Special Hobby 1/48 kit and it has some painful fit problems.

- The cockpit needs to be fitted very carefully in the fueslage as it is not that good a fit, this includes not only the firewalls but also the floor.
- The wings also need careful fitting as they need to have the inside wing/fueslage joint carved out to join properly. This is also needed for the wing/fueslage joint area as it mismatches and requires filling and sanding to get the right shape.
- The wing leading and trainling edges don't fit that well together and the trailing edges require thinning.
-The lower fueslage join required a fair bit of filler as I hadn't trimmed the floor properly.
- The engine cowling is also a bit tricky in joining all the bits together. The choice is to fit it to the fueslage prior to or after painting. I chose to fit it prior to painting and foiund out the hard way that the humbrol metal paints don't like to be masked ie it lifted the paint. I ended up painting the fuelsage then sealing it with 'one go' then painted the cowl and spats.
The decals for the RAAF acft are quite good and sit flush on the model. Be careful of them in that they stick to themselves to well and can be impossible to separate. This is why I had to paint the wing walk with paint rather than the decal. It managed to flip onto itslef and wouldn't come undone.

It's a limited run model and these are the sorts of things I expect to have to do with a kit like this. It actualy goes better together than the Classic Airframes kits I have.

I hope this helps.

Didn't know someone else was doing a Magister as well.

Harv, I thought the cowling would have been closer to chrome in appearance, thats how it appears in the images I have of RAF Magisters.

Have you had any fit problems, aside from the lack of locating pins on any part of the model!

These are some images of my (almost) finished Magister. I used the Humbrol 27002 for the fueslage (doped aluminium) and Hu 27001 for the engine cowling and undercarriage spats. The whole thing received a coat of 'One Go' to give it a good gloss finish. The Hu27002 is a good match  but the Hu 27001 isn't.

Here is the one and only image I have ever seen of the Magister in RAAF service.

About to make a start on the Miles Magister.

I'm quite surprised at how clean this kit is, considering it's a MPM kit I thought it look alot 'rougher'.

Just checked out the finish I need for an Aussie Magister and it says Aluminium Dope.

What pray tell is this???

And 'Glossy Aluminium' is the other thing I am not familiar with.

Would I be right in assuming Dope is like a Flat Aluminium finish, and Glossy would be sorta Chrome??

If the above is right then I reckon I'll give BMF a go and see how it looks.

Would be nice to compare it with an Alclad finish.

Ease of application, overall look etc.

darson wrote:

Tom the fact that you told me they were Vallejo was the main reason I got them .  I was looking through the Vallejo Model Air range and realised they didn't have RAF Interior Green or Azure Blue, so I figured the Colors of Eagles range should suit me very nicely. Cheers

Darren - yeah I like that they supply most of the WWII aircraft colors, I really wish they would supply the Japanese and Italian colors as well, but I can find those in Model Air I am sure.  Even better is that they are readily identifiable by name, unlike the Model Air!

tho9900 wrote:

Darren - when you get them you will realize they are nothing more than Model Air by Vallejo..  well, nicer colors IMHO... let me know how ya like them!

Tom the fact that you told me they were Vallejo was the main reason I got them .  I was looking through the Vallejo Model Air range and realised they didn't have RAF Interior Green or Azure Blue, so I figured the Colors of Eagles range should suit me very nicely.

Cheers

Nothing much to report at the moment other than the fact that I ordered a few of Tom's highly recommended Colors of Eagles from GMW today for my P-40E, so they should be here in about a week or so.

Other than that I have decided to go for an Ultracast resin seat with Sutton harness rather than the Eduard PE set, so I'll probably order that tomorrow.

Cheers

Like what you did on page 1 Jules!

Very cool.

Greetings Gentlemen!

I was feeling a bit bad about "hijacking" the Build by suggesting it go to ANZAC, so I looked in my stash and found a P40E to do up in Aussie markings in addition to the PV1.

I opened the PV up last night...not bad.  Not alot of interior detail though, seriously considering an interior details set or perhaps new flaps and engines, have to check the budget (a/k/a large coffee can filled with change).

Looking forward to seeing some photo postings...

I posted this in another thread but I thought you guys might like to know that the Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.IX has been re-boxed and released by Revell AG.  At my LHS the Hase kit goes for around $55 (depending on which release version you get) while the Revell kit goes for $38 which is a pretty decent saving.

As a question to the group, has anybody used the Eduard PE set for the Hasegawa P-40E before?  If so was it worth while or am I just better off just putting in a seat harness?

Cheers

I have started doing the research for the P-39 and hopefully i'll start work on it soon. I have also finished the paint job on the Special Hobby Miles Magister. I have only to seal it with 'one go' then decal it.

Thanks to Daniel (Pingtang) I can now do a 1/48 RNZAF Avenger! Thank you Daniel. I can now do a British FAA as well as the Kiwi Avenger, one of my all time favourite aircraft!

good to see ya back Jules!!  I hadn't seen you around for a bit so I just posted you an email to see how ya were!

Well I am in on this, I might not start my build for a bit as I am finishing up the Tiger II for the BoG GB and ready to start the S-100 for the BoA GB... that one will take me abit.  There's about 3,000 pieces to it!  (okokok I am a liar, more like 200 but still... it seems that way!!!)  I also need to locate some Schnellboot Weisse for this too to do it right... I might try to fake it with a custom mix if worse goes to worst.  I think White Ensign is the only maker for that color... does anyone have experience with their paint?  Just curious how it sprays...

I'm in with another long build... an AM SBD-x (have to check the model but believe it was 3's) of the RNZAF, hopefully the one with the colorful stomach holding a wine bottle nose art, but at least one of the other 14 given to the RNZAF but the USMC.. I might go search online and see what decals might be out there for that squadron if any (probably none but who knows?)

Sorry for my absence lately guys i've had one of those hell weeks at work, you know the ones where nothing goes to plan despite your best efforts......

Anyhow i'm back and i've updated page 1 with everyones details and i've even made a start on my Spit MK VIII, It was last years unfinished build that i'm determined to finish before i make a start on the P-40N which is going to be in John Waddy's scheme of overall green over grey with the white tail and wing leading edges... Ok so i pulled out the half finished Hasegawa MK VIII and to my horror the sharks fin rudder is missing so i stole the rudder from one of my ICM kits which seemed to be about a half a mil to long so i shaved a bit of the bottom and dry fitted it until it matched, it means that when i eventually make the ICM kit that i'll have to use the normal Spitfire rudder but thats cool i'll just make it as a MK IX in desert colours which i think were based in Italy.......

So thats the plan, work on the Spit VIII and my MK V at the same time and finish them both before i work on anything else.......

Worked all day today , but got the Magister out of the cupboard when I got home.

Kit looks ok inside the wrapping, but need to make some room on the bench so I can make a start.

Should be good fun!

AARGH ya beat me to it HAPPY Australia day to you guys "Down Under" i'm just waiting on my turret conversion to get here before i start on my Matilda so it may be a few days

Hey 3ggs, I haven't built the Hasegawa Mosquito personally but I have seen the RAAF version (the silver doped one) that was made by a friend of mine at IPMS.  Bottom line it is a good kit that looks great when built up. 

From the reviews I have read though, it seems that the Tamiya kit is the one to go for in either 48th or 72nd scales.

Tom I used to have (many years ago) my PC partitioned between windows and SCO UNIX so that I could play around with UNIX in my spare time.  The only problem I found was that I never used the UNIX portion of the system because I was always playing games, or in MS office, or on CompuServe (shows you how long ago this was), so I ended up just dumping the UNIX altogether.

Cheers

Bandha Boy wrote:

I converted my desktop to Linux over Xmas so I'm still figuring it out when I have brief moments between work duties.

Carl - which flavor of Linux did ya install?  I've though about putting Suse Linux on mine but the fact I couldn't play my games has stopped me... I am getting a second computer to put it on so I can play with Linux more...