Recent content by Heavens Eagle

Thanks Greg! O.M.G with the paints!! It would not surprise me if those were actually the old Testor's MM paints with more colors added. A whole lot of the names look VERY familiar. Getting the shield all reworked took a lot of work especially since it had already been assembled and them broken...

I am going to use this photo as one of my wear/weathering references.

Time for another update. I have the corrections to the shield done and it is all in paint now. Next step will be weathering with all that entails. With such a large scale the details become more noticeable and it becomes more problematic to get those details "just right". I have some things...

That is what I have been doing and it seems to be working fairly well.

Yeah, I usually sit and watch/listen to a movie or audio book while doing something like this. It's a pain in the can, but part of doing tanks. The half tracks will have a bunch of this to do as well. Oh and been checking in with Andy's on the M3. He posted that the shipment with the kit had...

I actually found one of the 75th anniversary panel van kits on Amazon of all places. Should be here Tuesday (or maybe Wednesday) Wasn't cheap, but wasn't ridiculous either considering the times.

Looks like an interesting build Paddy. I will be looking forward to watching you do your magic to it.

Oh, and there were 2 different Ju88 kits. There was the A1 which is what I am building and the A4 which had different wing tips and the rear cockpit was different.

At one point they were plentiful. I guess that Revell is just waiting till it is re-release time. I want to get several of their 1/16th early 50's split window beetle kits. I have one, but have some builds I would like to do and I would need about 3 more. Plus would like one of the 1/16th...

I had one line on my 1/48th Albatros that was a little loose once I had all the lines applied. I used a small soldering iron. Thing is I have used that iron for over 30 years and have a lot of respect for what heat it puts out. I held it over an inch below the line I needed to draw up and...

I also have the Leopold and Morser kits as well as the Arizona and Titanic. The largest is the 1/48th B-36 with a 5 foot wingspan.

That doesn't surprise me. They made their kits to be accurate and sometimes the kit weight is quite a bit more than the original plane would have been proportionally.

Set it in place like you have it, then measure the distance from the lower wing tip to the table top. They should be the same, if not then adjust. Of course I would probably use my crazy jig to get it all prepped before gluing. When it is lined up add glue and walk away till later.

The one thing about the Harder & Steenbeck airbrushes that I really like is how easy they come apart for cleaning. Where the Badgers are a pain to take the nozzle and tips off, the H & S is so easy and the parts are large enough that they are quite easy to handle and clean. The back part of...