BomberGruppe GB - 2007 (Luftwaffe Bombers)

jeaton01 wrote:

Yes, there is always the possibility of things being worse.

You got that right!

wing_nut wrote:

I said...."WOW, what are the chancee of ever doing that again?" Well apparently pretty good.  As I am fitting the glass front on the He 111 I am saying to myself that it looked kinda empty in there.  NO COCKPIT  Nothing a major spit along the seam couldn't fix.

Ah, my sympathies.  At least you didn't find the cockpit was missing as you were removing the tape from the finished model's canopy...

Yes, there is always the possibility of things being worse.

wing_nut wrote:

3 is definately not the charmer.   A while back I forgot to put the cockpit in a P-40 befroe I glued on the bottom wing.  Not too long after than I am sad to say i did it again on another build.  I said...."WOW, what are the chancee of ever doing that again?" Well apparently pretty good.  As I am fitting the glass front on the He 111 I am saying to myself that it looked kinda empty in there.  NO COCKPIT  Nothing a major spit along the seam couldn't fix.

bummer, but we've all been there before.  I've had my share of "oh , that was supposed to go INSIDE there"

3 is definately not the charmer.   A while back I forgot to put the cockpit in a P-40 befroe I glued on the bottom wing.  Not too long after than I am sad to say i did it again on another build.  I said...."WOW, what are the chancee of ever doing that again?"

Well apparently pretty good.  As I am fitting the glass front on the He 111 I am saying to myself that it looked kinda empty in there.  NO COCKPIT  Nothing a major spit along the seam couldn't fix.

Wing_Nut and AggieMan: Wow...you guys are cruising along. Stellar looking builds so far...both of you!

I'm jealous! I've been sidetracked again, this time with a 1:1 scale model...I'm tiling the kitchen. WAY OFF topic, eh? Another thing holding me up is I ran across some rare Aeromaster decals for a desert scheme He-111 and I'm waiting for them to arrive. I need to buy some RLM 79, so I'll try to do that overthe weekend. With any luck I'll finish the tile tomorrow and have Sunday to model.

Great work everyone! 

I finally have some progress to report.  My Ju88 is taking shape, and I have started on the Do217 as well.  I am actually waiting on a shipment of canopy/wheel masks, so I figure that I'll go as far as I can while waiting for those masks to arrive.

Ju88 (pictures aren't great)

Ju88 landing strut and cockpit

With the Do217, I seem to have a fixation on putting in additional wiring detailing even though I expect that very little of it will be visible.  But a few years from now when I'm looking at this build, I'll know there is a bunch of wiring in there.

Cockpit shots

This last photo shows some of the wiring that I will run around to the back of the IP.

great work on the 111 so far wingnut.

very nice!

jason

Very nice Wingnut!

Finally some progress worth reporting.

Interior is done...mostly.  I may add some extra wiring to the instrumtents. And yes the paint on the bottom parts of the bombs is sloppy... only a msll part of the top can be seen in the windows.  When I getthat far... the gun barrels will be replkaced with some from Quickboost.  PE brass belt and gunsights is a nice addition Dragon put inthe Hasegawa box.

MOdelman8:

The color looks nice and smooth. One recommendation would be to fill in the seam a little more on the aft fuselage underside and shoot with one more cote  of paint...just my 2 cents.

I can't wait to see how she turns out!

Hey Guys, I just Airbrushed the bottom of my Stuka and cannons.

Don't mind my airbrush.  I have had it for four years and it cost twenty bucks.  It is difficult to use but it gets the job done.

hey all,

thanks for the kind words.

carlos: that pit looks awsome.

espins: i hope you pick up that do.17 kit i would like to see it.

i have never built a classic airframes kit.

Invertman and carsanab - wow, great work you two! 

I'm attempting to get my hands on one of the new Dornier Do.17 kits by Classic Airframes the first of which comes out next month.  If I can get one, I'll do that for this build instead. 

Great work, invertman and Carlos, and nice photos too.  I hope I don't get thrown out of the build when I start posting pictures.  Of course that will have to wait until I actually start building!  I'm in two other builds, but should start on my Ju-388K late next week.

Hey All...

 It took a while what with working late and all but here's an update of my 177...

 Got the cockpit built now I need to start the other positions gunners and gondola, then close the fuselage. The fuselage looks like its going to take some putty work, no guides or locate pins oh well lets see what happens..

Invertman....your pits are looking real good!!

Keep up the good work all!

Carlos

whats up guys,

test fitted the cockpit and gunners station in the fuse.

need to install all the windows and do a few other things,then

im going to join the fuse.

it is a shame your not going to see most of the detail when

the fuse gets closed up.

my i join in

i have 1/72 scale condor in my fat and clumsy hands

actually 3 but just one for this

ModelMan: Looking nice...keep those pics coming!

Thad: Dang that's nice! It provides inspiration, although I re-rediscovered over the weekend that when you know you are tired and low on patience, don't work on the model. I botched the white paint on the engine nacelles and now neew to sand and re-paint.

Marc: Poof!  Main page updated. If you can make a 1/144 scale plane look detailed, I can't wait to see the magic you perform on a 1/72 kit. I think one of the rules stated that the plane can't actually fly when you're done building....

hey carlos,

no i havent recived the scans yet.

no biggie..

whenever you have time.

thanks.

got the rear gunners station built.

getting ready to paint it tonight.

jason

Feldmarschall, I put together the monogram kit not long ago. It dose have fit problems but nothing that cant be fixed.

Thad

Hey Guys, here are some pics of my stuka

There was major fit problems with the right wing and small on the left put I fixed them both with Squadron Green Putty.

Let me know what you think, and by the way everyones builds are looking good.

Hey all!!!  your stuff is looking real good!!!

Ive been working on my 177 pit all weekend man there are lots of parts resin and PE up the pitot tube!!!! Just the main pit has three positions! also lots of instrument panels with PE that i like.

....it should come together in the next couple of days....that is asuming i got the time, since right now its 11:00pm sunday and im writing this from my office...been here all day. Oh well..jobs always tend to get in the way of nice builds.

Invert...did i send you the fw pics I scanned??

will post progress in the next couple of days.

carlos

hey guys,

here are some pics of the cockpit for the fw200 condor.

getting ready to start on the rear gunner station.

mucker,

sorry to hear the carpet monster got you.....

he tried to get me a couple of times already on this build.lol