Secret Santa- WWII Aviation GB

Thanks for the kind words, jwb, and thanks once again for the kit, flippersdad, it has been a super build that I have thoroughly enjoyed!  Should have it completed in a day or two at most!

 Brian 

Nice job there Brian, it really looks good. I have always liked the P-51A.

Cheers ,

Eric

Well, the P-51A is nearly completed!  Here are a couple more prog pics - I still need to put on the exhaust stains, gunsmoke stains, oil leaks, etc and dull cote.  This is my first Acc Min build, and I am sold on their kits!  I have several others in the stash, and I'm looking forward to building them, too! Comments and constructive criticism welcome, as always, and thanks for looking!

Brian 

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Sturzkampf wrote:

this is how the Yak-3 is going now

Looking good Sturzkampf!

DrewH wrote:

Avus, RLM 66 is a dark gray, very very close to gunship gray FS 36118. If you have that , it will work great. HTH Drew

Thanks Drew, think I have gunship gray (who doesn't these days ) in my color stash so I'll give it a try.

Edit: Checked: no GunshipGray. So I guess I'll have to go to the hobby shop!

Avus wrote:

BTW instructions say the cockpit has to be in RLM066 dark green-gray. I lack this color in my stash so......

Avus, RLM 66 is a dark gray, very very close to gunship gray FS 36118. If you have that , it will work great. HTH

Drew

There's some real good modelling going on, here ... and some bad focus! ( just kidding) 

As for me I started working on the Henschel, but progress it not worth posting: just put the PE parts in the "Büro" (office in german!).
BTW instructions say the cockpit has to be in RLM066 dark green-gray. I lack this color in my stash so I was thinking to give it a coat of dark green, wash with black and dry brush with grey (maybe "feldgrau"); do yuo guys think it would give the same effect?

Hippy-Ed wrote:

Here's a few more pics.   Be honest, am I getting the hang of this camera yet?

Sturzkampf wrote:

this is how the Yak-3 is going now

wing_nut wrote:

Nice sturz.   Ed... what kind of camera do you have?  if you mentioned it already... I missed it.

Polaroid PDC 3070 is what I have 

Nice job on the Yak there Sturz, looking forward to seeing the completed project.

Cheers ,

Eric

Nice sturz.

Ed... what kind of camera do you have?  if you mentioned it already... I missed it.

Starzkampf she's looking Real GOOD !

Bud

Sturzkampf wrote:

this is how the Yak-3 is going now

Looks Awesome Sturz!!

this is how the Yak-3 is going now

Gentlemen,

I have done a little research on Hippy-Ed's camera and contacted him via email.  For every one else's information:  His camera does not have a macro setting and the camera is a fixed focus.  Therefore he is going to struggle quite a bit to get good photos.  

Hippy-Ed:  Remember no closer than 40 inches to the subject and use the digital zoom. 

Hippy-Ed wrote:

Be honest, am I getting the hang of this camera yet?

In the words of my old High School Photography Teacher (long before digital cameras even came about);

"I see a picture there, and I don't see your face."  

The beauty of a digital camera is that you can review your photo, and delete it if you don't like it.  I'd try the 'macro' setting on your camera if you have that setting.  Then you can get up close to your model.  Again, it's digital, so you can delete it if you don't like the results.  I would also try a plain background (no clutter, one or two colors only) to try on your next photos.  Just keep at it, the more you do, the better you'll get (just like model building).

Your getting there Ed

Bud

Here's a few more pics.

Be honest, am I getting the hang of this camera yet? 

Here's a couple more pics of my P-51B. I laid down some flat black on the panel lines and shot Neut. Gray on the belly. What do y'all think so far?

brain44 wrote:

Thanks for the kind words, all!  This has been a fun build and the whole Secret Santa activity has bee great!  My thanks to you, jwb, for ramrodding it all!   Brian

Looking good all!

Thanks for the kind words, all!  This has been a fun build and the whole Secret Santa activity has bee great!  My thanks to you, jwb, for ramrodding it all!

Brian 

good job so far.

i think i'll return to the Fw-190 i was working on before end the yak-3