Battle of Britain GB 2006 - 1 May to 31 Oct 06

Dave - lookin' good there on both models.  I am getting close to that point myself.

Hal - Ah the ol' coffee spray... I know it well.  Nice work on the pit so far.  I know what you mean about slow progreess.  Been so hot lately tough to move at the end of the day.  8:40 AM and 89 degress already which is OK for Phoenix... But I am in NJ

The pit looks real good so far Hal.  Keep on pluggin away, the race doesn't always go to the swift .

Regards,  Rick

Looking good Karl.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

KJ200 wrote:

Hal, nice job on the Hurricane pit. Ok, I took the Hase He 111 out of the cupboard to have a look, and before I knew what was happening.....

  I just hate it when that happens to me Karl.  Looks great though!  

As for everyone else I'm enjoying all the progress pics.    Wish I had some of my own but with holidays, company and home renovations I'm waaaaaay behind schedule.  I hope to get my current build finished before the end of the month and then I can start the Br 20M.

Cheers

Hal nice work on the pit

Karl both builds look great keep up the good work.

Cheers

Bear

Looking really good Karl.

Regards,  Rick

Nice c/p Hal!

Karl, excellent work as always but that is one uuuuuuugly Dornier.

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but Dornier must have been the beholder of a dozen beers when he thought that one up!!

(said with dodgy German accent)

'......ooond ve take dis bratwurst oooooond stick da rooler on top..........'

Well, the fuselage halves are together on the 109.

I feel quite good about this Tamiya kit, and after coming off the Magister kit it's nice to have things that line up like.....................the WHOLE kit!!!

Got the LED in place to illuminate the radio compartment. I hated the thought of folding the PE and it being to dark to see anything after the halves were together.

ATM I have a couple of bare wires hanging out at the wing root and was thinking about how to run them to the base where the battery will sit.

Then it hit me.......................... brake lines!

I'll use them as brake lines and poke them through the wheels after I drill a small hole in the bottom of them.

Gawwwd I'm a thinker eh

Sean Brake lines sounds like a plan, how about some pics.  I love projects that wire aircraft.

Cheers

Bear

Dave, Karl & Hal (& anyone else who's work I have viewed and envied over the last couple of days)-very nice work guys.  Karl-sorry to hear about the painting issues.  Been there, done that....and continue to do so.

Sean-great idea on using the brake lines.  I find it frustrating to spend a great deal of time on the cockpit on details that will never be seen again.

Question for the group-I picked up some MM acrylic for the RML (or is it RLM....) 65/02/71 for my bf109.  The 65 (light blue) looked almost white.  OK, it does look white in the bottle.  Stirred well, hoping that it would turn light blue.  Since I was going to paint a 'practice' model (an unbuilt Monogram 109) to test various 'sponge applied camo' for Wick's plane, I painted away.  It is white.  Whitter (is that a word) than the primer that I was trying to cover.  I'm assuming that I got a bad batch...at least I hope so.  I'm going to go to a different LHS tomorrow and view their selection.  However, to be safe, I may go with Tamiya paints.  If so, what are the corresponding Tamiya codes for 65/02/71? 

 Thanks in advance.

Bob you have a PM inbound.

Also the colors you are after are as follows:

RLM 65 = XF23

RLM 02 = XF-22 + XF-49

RLM 71 = XF-61

If you can get them, try Gunze acrylics they provide an excellent set of RLM colors OOB.

Karl you are putting us all (well me anyway) to shame.  Please keep posting more pics they look great.

Oh and a quick question, what scheme is the Dornier going to end up in?

Cheers

Darren-thanks.  You have a pm coming back also.  btw-is the RLM a 50/50 mix of XF22 & XF49?

Karl-yes, I just turned 50 and have to take my reading glasses whenever I go to the LHS!  I'm heading out now to a different LHS and see if their MM RLM 65 is correct.  If not, I'll go the Tamiya route.  Unfortunatly, MM acrylic & Tamiya are my only two choices (really don't want to go the enamal route.)

Nice progress on both builds Karl.  Looking good.

Regards,  Rick

Looking real good on both builds Karl.  Don't let the Do actually kill you... that would be bad

Slow progress on the 109.  Weather has turned a bit cooler and it’s has been hard to get thoughts of, and partaking of, BBQ chicken, beer ( if you only ken how long to took me to type this so someone could read it) and cigars.  But here is a little progress.

LG and doors done... pre-shaded with a Sharpie.

And detail added to the new rear deck.  The hinge for the storage compartment is a piece of stretched sprue softened with Tenax and textured with a knife blade and the latch is a PE goody that was in the Aries set.

Karl & Marc-nice work guys.  Very good progress.

I was able to find the properly mixed RLM 65 @ my 'second choice' LHS-they have a better (newer) MM acrylic paint selection but are 40 - 50% higher on their kits  (and not as good a selection).  Shot the proper paint over the test model-disaster (even though it is a test mule)-no adhesion-makes me think the first bottle was clear gloss acrylic.  Nothing that some Windex and more primer won't fix.

Karl-Seeing your sea rescue Dornier reminds me of a story I read in a Battle of Britian book (Time-Life series).  Seems that the British took to shooting down the German sea rescue planes (red cross & all).  Hitler order the Luftwaffe to shoot at parachuting British pilots at that point.  Adolf Galland refused and ordered the pilots under his command to not shoot at the parachuting pilots either.

Looking good Marc.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

Thnaks Rick

Optivisor? We don't need no stinking Optivisor!!!!

OH Yes we do!

Karl & Marc Great progress looking good.  Your right Karl it does look like a fly on a toothpick

Marc that's some mighty fine micro work.

Cheers

Bear

Karl-thanks for the rest of the story.  That's what I get for reading Time-Life 'summarys' rather than doing more research!

Marc-