Recent content by Heavens Eagle

A Tomcat, peddle to the metal.... Mach 2 Less. Looks like it was a nice wedding and a good time by all I am sure.

It seemed at the time as if it was going to be a waste to do all the little fix it mods, but now that they are done, it really improved it over What I had originally. I guess I should see if I can find a decent BEFORE photo with it assembled and no mods then do an after photo with all the...

Here is the SE5 at Wright Patterson. Like I said, up in the air so not really able to get any detail shots, but you can see the prop well enough

Some of the props at Wright Patterson were painted as well. I saw tan on the outer half on a Spad, grey on a Thomas Morse scout, the whole prop brown on a Neuport 28, light tan on the outer half on the Sopwith Camel, and black on the DH-4. No telling what colors were really used on the original...

At this point I "think" I have all the corrective mods DONE! The last one was the shaft for the traverse mechanism which was jack legged by Trumpeter to "sort of" represent what it was supposed to be/do. I thought it out, came up with a solution where I made a couple "sort of " universal...

Some interesting builds there! Thanks for posting them Chris!

It seems they all have their issues and challenges. This is looking pretty decent and is something that you don't see very much.

I think that flat shank is supposed to represent the plate that some aircraft attach the rigging to. Here are some resized photos from the Air Force Museum. Hope they help. Spad XIII Spad VII Nieuport 28 Sopwith Camel DH-4 I am sure that some of these are reproductions and...

Yeah, I believe they are laser etched metal powder 3D print so they are probably a bit on the brittle side if they are metal. Not sure about the 3D resin ones.

It's a Trumpeter kit, but you beating it into ship shape just fine Tim!

Glad you are enjoying this build Paddy. The tank is looking really good! You are doing the wise thing to set it aside for now and let it fully dry out. The way I build, that tends to happen naturally as I reach a point then it is time for bed and I don't come back to it for a day or four.

Nah, this is the scale he needs.

I wonder if Alberta is still going to vote on seceding from Canada? If they do I wonder what will happen then. Who knows if they leave and join us, they might get some sooner.

Do a single line for the dark blue with a formed mask instead of the super fine line and thicker line. There are a couple of ways you could mask it and spray a soft edge dark blue along the mask, then once that is dry, add a second mask along the line and do the silver. Or do a first mask...

Ah, a water based putty. I use the old Squadron green putty. Squeezed it out of the tube into an old Testors square liquid solvent bottle, and add MEK to it occasionally and mix to get it back to the right consistency. It seems to work extremely well for me.