A Tribute to my Grandad

[White_Wolf]

I want to do a small vignette based on the only two photos of my mum's dad. He was a pilot, was killed in 1943 on the Eastern Front.
He was the pilot of a IAR-39, crew of three.

Two photos below, masterfully restored by SA Dave - thanks again mate

I will scan the originals and post them here later.

The kit is from Azure, the IAR 39 in 1/72 scale, box and some progress pics below.

Fuselage painted on the inside. I have the instruments and the two machine guns to paint, then weather. I will use three figures that came from Revell's Monty's Caravan kit. Have to process them a bit, remove the berets and change the pose, that's going to be fun

Hope I get it right with the plane. This has always been a bit of a Nemesis to me.

Thanks for watching,

Laurence

 

[Adam Baker]

Very cool. Looking forward to seeing how you progress w/ this.

 

[White_Wolf]

Very cool. Looking forward to seeing how you progress w/ this.

Thanks Adam, I am curious about it myself

Laurence

 

[Iron Mike]

A fitting tribute, I'd say. Excellent photos too.

 

[White_Wolf]

A fitting tribute, I'd say. Excellent photos too.

Thanks Mike

 

[moon puppy]

Looking forward to this

 

[White_Wolf]

Looking forward to this

Thanks Bob, so am I. Not sure at all about the plane, never managed to get one right so far.

The kit is a mixture of plastic, resin and PE. Already not 100% impressed with it. Lots of sanding so far, not to mention that the struts positions on the lower wing is off by 5mm according to the instructions - they tell you to move them :vmad
This is when I really get a lot more appreciation for a Tamiya / Revell kit to name just two.

Cheers,
Laurence

 

[SA Dave]

Oh thats going to be great :drinks

 

[phantom II]

I want to do a small vignette based on the only two photos of my mum's dad. He was a pilot, was killed in 1943 on the Eastern Front.
He was the pilot of a IAR-39, crew of three.

Two photos below, masterfully restored by SA Dave - thanks again mate

I will scan the originals and post them here later.

The kit is from Azure, the IAR 39 in 1/72 scale, box and some progress pics below.

Fuselage painted on the inside. I have the instruments and the two machine guns to paint, then weather. I will use three figures that came from Revell's Monty's Caravan kit. Have to process them a bit, remove the berets and change the pose, that's going to be fun

Hope I get it right with the plane. This has always been a bit of a Nemesis to me.

Thanks for watching,

Laurence

Outstanding ! Looking for more progress on this one

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

This is when I really get a lot more appreciation for a Tamiya / Revell kit to name just two.

Cheers,
Laurence

I heard that, you got a great support team here, sing out with any issues and I know you'll get a load of suggestions on how to get past it.

:zen

 

[chukw]

Great pics of your grandfather- and I'm sure you'll do him proud with this build. Tough kits can be a lot of fun, in the end. Cheers!

 

[moon puppy]

They got hollywood good looks, the guy on the right looks like a young Di Niro. Did you say that is your Granddad?

 

[Swordsman]

Very nice kit .... Laurence ...... Be

 

[Hippy Ed]

Laurence, I'll be Great tribute to your grandfather! Stuff like this is what keeps me going with my model building!! Having a personal connection to a subject. Thus, my "Theme Builds" thread.

 

[White_Wolf]

They got hollywood good looks, the guy on the right looks like a young Di Niro. Did you say that is your Granddad?

In this one, he is in the middle. The other photo, he is the one to the left.
On the original photos, he wrote a few words too. Those photos were taken in 1941, they are in amazing condition for 76yo material.



Thanks everyone for your kind words

 

[phantom II]

So nice to have such memorabilia from past generations

 

[moon puppy]

In this one, he is in the middle. The other photo, he is the one to the left.
On the original photos, he wrote a few words too. Those photos were taken in 1941, they are in amazing condition for 76yo material.

Ah the one who looks like John Garfield.

 

[Hippy Ed]

In this one, he is in the middle. The other photo, he is the one to the left.
On the original photos, he wrote a few words too. Those photos were taken in 1941, they are in amazing condition for 76yo material.

Ah the one who looks like John Garfield.

 

[Iron Mike]

They got hollywood good looks, the guy on the right looks like a young Di Niro. Did you say that is your Granddad?

Or Sean Penn. It's fun to find artifacts of ancestors, really brings them to life instead of being just old pictures. :drinks

 

[lupanzer]

... Nice!

Luiz