Recent content by Heavens Eagle

Just don't touch it till it's ready.

So, You are building Ursula. Should be interesting. Yeah, the working tracks are great for getting the nice smooth drape and droop, but they really have to be freely moving. The 251 tracks required a lot of fine file work to get them to work smooth and not kink. The result was worth it as now...

Looking good Mark, keep at it!

I get it John, I am 69 and still working. Mainly due to an early divorce and 10 years of under the gun to pay for it early on. I am looking at another 4 or 5 years and then I can retire and maybe do what I want when I want. Hopefully that plan will work out and I will be able to move back to...

My trick to blend the edges of the wash (placed only where I want it) around raised parts, louvers, handles, and panel lines is very simple. Note this is the Vallejo washes, not their regular paints. The washes are a bit of a different formulation which allows you to do this fairly easy. Yes...

Occasionally while working with it the white tack would come unstuck, but all I did was push it back in place. Once I was ready to glue the retainers in place I had to make sure the white tack residue was all cleaned off, but that was all. Here you can see the white tack holding the wheels in...

Oiy! EEts Graen! Year movin' right along there matey! Edit Ack! thought it had paint on it already! NOT!

The one I did last year I didn't finish till May. Not a biggie, just one of those things. I also use it to try and build efficiently and to learn to build a little faster.

I had the same problem with my 251. I solved it by using some white tack to hold the most prominent wheels on while I worked stuff out. Didn't need to do all of them, just a couple of the outer ones which then kept the rest in line.

Whatever floats your boat John. Personally I like the blue color as the red is washed out too much per my taste. The other thing is that the blue would tend to blend with forest background better if he was trying to go all guerrilla fighter.

Tis all voluntary John. Just thought I would put up something to inspire folks to try and get through it. I am doing a model all in Vallejo colors this time and having pretty good results and learning some things as I go along. Which is mainly why I do these quick one month things.

Leave it to Bob to find the one way to make the paints go poof. Sorry you had an issue my friend. Been there done that. My old He-51 build from the 80's had some issues with the paint that I didn't like. Decided to strip it. (note it was pretty much assembled at this time) All I knew to use...

Here you go Barney

I did go out this weekend and bought the wood I wanted to make the CA plate. Once I get my Puma finished (and it IS getting close) then I will get the items put together for the "prize". I will see what all I can come up with to go with it. There might even be a consolation but that will...