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

Looks good Scott.

Regards,  Rick

Looking good Scott.

Regards,  Rick

I found where I got that idea from.  It's in Osprey's "Modeling the Messerschmitt Bf109 B/C/D/E."  There was a write up on building an E and they painted the gray and green camo first so that they could then mask it and paint the sides lichtblau.  On that particular scheme the blue goes pretty high on the fuselage so it allowed them to have a nice, clean straight edge between the green/gray camo and the light blue.

I did my preshading last night.  Camo work begins tonight.

Either way works, but I always paint the lighter colors first, which is almost always the bottom.  Some night fighter exceptions, & there I paint the bottom black last.

Regards,  Rick

tho9900 wrote:

Scott - I am also a follower of the bottom color then mask and do the camo for the top.  After ALL that masking for that disruptive pattern, Sky wouldn't look too good misted over it...  But it would be interesting to see how it works for you if you try it... who knows maybe WE had the wrong idea!!!

Normally I do the same as you, bottom first, then upper.  But here is what intrigues me about doing it in reverse.  Spray the upper brown, piece of cake all one solid color, no masking (other than cockpit).  Mask the camo pattern on the upper parts and spray the green.  Again, piece of cake although the masking will take some time.  Then, mask all the camo'd parts and one quick spray for the underside and I'm done.  In terms of masking it might be easier I would think, unless my logic is flawed.  I'm going to try to find that build I got the idea from and review that again.

Anyone see any issues with trying that?  I know one of you mentioned the posibility of overspray on all the nicely camo'd stuff, but if I just take my Tamiya tape, mask the edge between the upper camo and the lower, then us the super wide tape I have to mask the wings, sides and top, then there shouldn't be any risk.. in theory. 

I suppose either way is the same situation.  Going to get started on the camo in about an hour. 

wing_nut wrote:

I think about 3 1/2 years ago when I had my PE…Pulmonary Embolism… not Photo Etch ;o)… nearly bought the farm.  I would have disappeared from here too.

Marc - wow!!  yeah I know what a PE is, I was a Respiratory Therapist in a past life... we're very lucky to have you modeling with us!!!  Those things are quick and can be very deadly!!!

ALL:  Thanks for your worm... er... warm words... yeah maybe this is a good sign, I'll get back into modeling in reverse... after my almost 20 yr hiatus I started building, then bumped into this place while researching an aircraft... maybe I'll start back here and that will get me modeling again!!!  Good to see all of you, I haven't had time to go back and look at all your builds yet.  I have the 80-90% complete He-111 in a cabinet protecting it from the dust and if I can, I'll get pics even though I haven't finished it yet... my "almost" finished offering for the build...

Take care and thanks for being understanding!!!

Here's a question for those of you with multi-colored camo experience.  I remember seing a build write up recently where the guy painted the green and brown upper surfaces first, then masked and sprayed the light gray underside last.  I know the conventional wisdom is to start with the light colors, and work your way to the dark, but there seems to be some wisdom to this approach.  I can see the obvious benefit of only worrying about the camo masking on the upper surfaces, overspray on the underside be damned, then doing a clean mask all the way around to then spray the underside. 

Any thoughts on this?

Looks like a nice clean build Scott.

Regards,  Rick

Hey guys, I know it's not much to look at yet but the Spitfire has been primered!  Tonight I do the preshading, and tomorrow begins the camo. 

Hi Tom I'm glad to hear all is well.  It does seem like we've all been hit by the modeling slump to various degrees, just as long as your doing ok thats the main thing the urge to build will return ...eventualy.

Cheers

Bear 

Hey Tom... Just as long as you are OK.  Good to see you again.  Sometimes when people just kind of disappear and you never know why, I think about 3 1/2 years ago when I had my PE…Pulmonary Embolism… not Photo Etch ;o)… nearly bought the farm.  I would have disappeared from here too.  If it is just a slump, that’s no biggie, you’ll get over it.  And as others have said, I know what you mean.  I have had a couple that lasted 14 and 20 years.

Tom, good to hear from you!

Know the feeling, I've switched to 1/72 fighters, just can't face anything bigger!

If you can't face modelling, I'm sure you can still face yakking.

Karl

Tom- It seems to have been that type of year for most of us.

I finished the 109 barely, and really was in a slump by the end of her.

Now that I've turned my focus from doing ktis I like and for GB's to making an Airfix Concorde for my lovely missus, I'm getting a little more 'drive' back.

Between that and putting the new stereo in my car Im hoping to get my ying back with the yang.

Well, thats the plan anyways.

Sean,  Thanks Guy.

Tom,   Good hearing from you.  We all go through slumps now & then.  Back in the mid 80's I didn't build anything for about 2 years, but eventually the urge will return.

Regards,  Rick

hey yall!!!  just popped in for a bit... sorry for the long absence but I got into a fit of "low down deep, I don't want to model anymore blues"

One day I woke up and just had lost all interest in it.  A lot has been going on at work and home so decided I'd hold off on building for awhile... well that turned into longer and longer... so finally I decided putting all my stuff up, staying off here for a bit, and getting things together were called for.

Not sure I'm ready to model again but I'll try to pop in here a bit more.

I think what killed me was the super PE set for the B-25 I was building for the Memorial day GB... it was 110+ pieces and all interior.  It was driving me fits especially when I test fitted the fuselage and realized I could not see a single one of them!!!!  I am contemplating building one of my simple 30 piece little Academy 1/72 kits to get me in the mood again...

Anyway thought I'd pop in and let yall know what was going on!!!

Thanks Karl.

Regards,  Rick

Rick, great looking build.

Progress Update

Applied the RLM 65 to the Tamiya Emil on Sunday.

Can't believe how well this little kit goes together.

Still it didn't stop me cleaning too much off the base of the windscreen, so now I have to shim it with plastic strip.

The kit has yet to be produced that I can't cock up some how!

Karl