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

Tankmaster7 wrote:

Anyone else get that feeling... when you just can't seem to build anything OOB?! See for this build I had a nice easy Tamiya 1/72 kit with AM decals planned. Yay! No fit problems, and nice detail. But then.... look! Detail moulded directly onto the sidewalls? That can't be good. And... ooohhh look here CMK has some nice resin stuff. So now I have an Aires resin cockpit and a CMK engine set for it... There goes my nice quick build. But then again it will look nice to have a superdetailed 1/72 bf-109e to go along with my superdetailed 1/72 spitifre mk.1

Tanky I know exactly what you mean and I get that feeling with just about every kit I build.

For my Hurricane I already have the Ultracast seat with armour plate, wheel well and Squadron Vac formed canopy.  I haven't decided completely yet but I'll probably go for the Eduard Interior set, Ultracast Exhausts and control surfaces as well .

Pathetic isn't it.

Cheers

For my shed, I was thinking of going grey so maybe it will eventually turn out as a Luftwaffe universal storage shed, possibly from the Abbeville area of France.  

Actually my house is grey and I still have a lot of stain left over from when I did my deck last year.  I think the colour was called "stonehenge grey" it is a sort of blue grey but I'll definately take some progess pics.

bobbaily wrote:

tho9900 wrote: the Ju88 is cool... the Monogram Pro-Modeler kit is a nice one! Tom-my LHS has one that has been sitting on the shelf for a couple of years.  However, the box art shows it as a night fighter.  Do you know if the kit contains the parts to make the 'retro' version? Thanks

Interesting, I looked through the directions and they only show the steps to build the nightfighter.  However I looked at all the parts and they have several clear parts sprues with glass work for the A4 and A5.  There are also two noses.  The nightfighter version nose in a separate bag which includes the radar pieces, and also another nose with what look to be 4 machine guns/cannons.  So, I'll have to look at my references when I get home to confirm specifics, but I'd be willing to bet you could piece together a couple different versions from this kit. 

I'd forgotten how kick ****** this kit is.  It's really very nice.  I'm gettin' the itch to put this one together as it will make one impressive model! 

Hey all-My LHS ordered my Hasegawa bf109E-4 (Wick) and it arrived on Friday.  Kinda cool-they can order it and sell it to me cheaper than I can order it from GreatModels (or anyone else).  Nice to support a local business.  Anyway, I digress.  Next step is to order an Ultracast seat and maybe a 'backup' decal set.  Not sure if I can duplicate the camo scheme on Wick's planes.  I have read that the camo was applied with a sponge.  Can't seem to find a 1/48th scale sponge......  Did find some interesting paint brushes on sale in the Hobby & Craft section @ Walmart today.  Along with a toothbrush & Paint Dept. stipling brush that I will experiment with.  However, I am open to suggestions if anyone has a proven method.

Thanks

tho9900 wrote:

Bob - I have a brush that I think would work for that, I have no idea of the name of it but I will take a pic later so you can see.  It is about 3/16 round with not soft/not stiff bristles... the bristles are cut at about a 45 deg angle and I can imagine "dry dabbing" it to get the camo... do you have a pic of the camo?  or a review that is done in that camo?  It would be interesting to try to sort that out with ya...

tho9900 wrote:

Bob - I have a brush that I think would work for that, I have no idea of the name of it but I will take a pic later so you can see.  It is about 3/16 round with not soft/not stiff bristles... the bristles are cut at about a 45 deg angle and I can imagine "dry dabbing" it to get the camo... do you have a pic of the camo?  or a review that is done in that camo?  It would be interesting to try to sort that out with ya...

Tom (and Chris)-thanks.  Here is a link to a pic of what I'm going to try to accomplish

http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/32/2/4/55_b1

Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

actually for that Bob I would either use a "dry-sponge" technique..  where you dip the whole side of a sponge in paint just enough to get the outside damp then get the excess off and just lightly press it onto the side of the plane... you would need a synthetic sponge like those blue ones for the kitchen, they don't have very big pores...... 

or a 2 or 3 inch house flat house painting brush (no angle to the tip, just staight across at the end) with the same idea, did, remove excess paint then 1 dab on the side of the kit should do it.

Definitely something I would try on a milk jug first... I'll keep thinking for you, Chris is the commercial artist... maybe he can help ya out better than me...

Hi All,  I cam across this pic while doing some clean up in the basement and I thought I'd share it with you as the start is only a few days away.

Here is a picture of 401 Sqn CAF on march past during the parade for the 50th Aniversary of  BoB in London Sept 15th 1990.  Shameless plug I'm the tall one right behind the sqn colors, I was a standard escort.  We worked hard getting ready for the parade (the RAF don't mess about when it comes to royal parades) however what a wonderfull experience.

Cheers

Bear

Very cool Marc.  I've seen the changing of the Royal Guard at Buckingham Palace a few times, but never had an opportunity to see the RAF march.

Regards,  Rick

Bob - I had no real clear pic in my head of stippling (I knew it was dotted paint, that's it haha)  but a lot airbrushes are able to do stippling by taking the crown cap or needle cap off.  (the last little cap on the head assembly)  which model do you have?  Maybe someone here knows if it does or not...

It's be something fun to play with!

Bob,

I built this for the ARC BoB GB that we did a short while back.  I stole some make up sponge from my wife, dipped it in a little paint and patted it on a paper towel until there was just a trace of paint left.  Blotted it on the fuselage sides until it gradually built up into the desired effect.  I'm pretty happy with the way it came out.

Tom, Chris & luftwaffle (Mikester?)-Thanks for the suggestions.  I've got plenty of time to test out the brush & sponge techniques-and based on the picture that luftwaffle posted, that is the look I'm going for-and very nice work, I might add.

Tom-I'm using the Passahe H while the T&C Omni sits in the box awaiting some test time.  Hope to do that soon.

Agreed on Mikesters build... looks awesome!  I liked the effect as well.

Mike(ster) - was it one of those make up sponges on a stick or the wedge shaped ones?  (going to raid the wifes makeup drawer when I get the answer )

Bob - I can almost bet the Omni will do the stippling with needle cap off... I don't have one but it is very similar in design to my Iwatas...

Thanks for the comments guys!

Tom,

I think it's a natural sponge, my wife says it comes in kind of a ball shape and she cuts into smaller pieces.  The surface is very irregular.

HTH-

Mike

Bob good luck with the Helmut Wick build.  I think the stippling issue is now solved but here is a pretty good build up article of the kit on MM.

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/axis/luft/elejalde109e.htm

Mike nice looking Emil!!

Bear that's a cool picture you've got there, when did you get out of the CAF or are you still in?

Cheers

Darren  I took my release in 1995.  I did 12 years with the Airforce Reserves and I've been working for Air Canada for the last 18 years.  I guess I love airplanes.

Cheers

Bear

tho9900 wrote:

I know this is for another GB, but does anyone have any reviews for the Revell DE B-26 in 1/48?  Thinking about doing it as fringe for the Midway GB.  Or has anyone built it?  (Rick? - I think you've built about one of everything... can ya help a fellow out? )

Tom I have the Revell AG B-26 but haven't gotten round to building it yet.  However here are a few reviews of the kit in its Monogram boxing.

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/us/stewartb26.htm

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/us/kolb26.htm

The kit has some fit issues but aside from that I think it should build up pretty nicely.

Cheers

Sorry Tom, I've never built the B-26 in 1/48.  I'm mostly a single engine fighter fan.  From what I've heard & seen, it's pretty typical of a 30 year old Monogram kit.  Good detail for it's day but not up to modern standards.  As I recall, it may have more fit issues than the B-24 or B-25 kits, but I've seen a few built up that were pretty spectacular.

Regards,  Rick

wer all hurricanes sandy cammo

rjkplasticmod wrote:

Sorry Tom, I've never built the B-26 in 1/48.  I'm mostly a single engine fighter fan.  From what I've heard & seen, it's pretty typical of a 30 year old Monogram kit.  Good detail for it's day but not up to modern standards.  As I recall, it may have more fit issues than the B-24 or B-25 kits, but I've seen a few built up that were pretty spectacular. Regards,  Rick

I memory serves me right I believe that in the last year or so there was an article in FSM on the 1/48 Marauder.  Again, relying on memory the build was quite extensive, and there were considerable fit problems.  I will check my stacks (I have almost every issue back to 1992)

tornado wrote:

wer all hurricanes sandy cammo

What do you mean by "sandy" camo?  During the BoB, most Hurricanes were Dark Green/Dark Earth top side disruptive camo over Sky undersides.

Regards,  Rick