It's lookin sweet!
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All Righty ... What's on the bench today?
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Dave The Chef
Member
Thanks - the Spit is the new Airfix 1/48 Mk.I and the 109 in back is the old Revell 1/48 G-10 kit.
Dave The Chef
Member
I've not done any of the Tamiya Spits but it's British it must be superior 
Dave The Chef
Member
That's ok Ian I'm just dangling my danglers and seeing what comes to bite :woohoo:
I've not done any of the Tamiya Spits but it's British it must be superior
Nothing can beat the Grumman Wildcat for sheer elegance and performance. :evil: :tomato
reconron
Active member
I've not done any of the Tamiya Spits but it's British it must be superior
Nothing can beat the Grumman Wildcat for sheer elegance and performance. :evil: :tomato
Nope, that would be the Fokker G 1....
[sub]I bet some of you guys are going to Google Search for it now[/sub]
I've not done any of the Tamiya Spits but it's British it must be superior
Nothing can beat the Grumman Wildcat for sheer elegance and performance. :evil: :tomato
I've not done any of the Tamiya Spits but it's British it must be superior
Nothing can beat the Grumman Wildcat for sheer elegance and performance. :evil: :tomato
Nope, that would be the Fokker G 1....
[sub]I bet some of you guys are going to Google Search for it now[/sub]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_G.I
Very nice aircraft.
I've not done any of the Tamiya Spits but it's British it must be superior
Nothing can beat the Grumman Wildcat for sheer elegance and performance. :evil: :tomato
Yep, I CORNcur! pass da
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Okay, here is a small update from me for today. I'm also experimenting here with a Gallery on another site since the LEM went down again.
I started out with the Type 10 tank with Dozer blade by doing some sanding on the turret and other places. I also masked off the wheels and tracks in preparation for paint. Here it is awaiting touch up of the basecoat before I mask with Silly Putty for the second camo color:
Next I decided to start on the Russian Armored Train I'm doing for two Group Builds. I started out by doing the wheels and axles for the engine and tender. As you can see here, the axles that are provided in the kit are crap as they break when you look at them wrong! So, I got a piece of styrene rod about the same diameter and cut it to size to make my own axles:
Next I had to enlarge the slots where the wheels stick out on the bottom of the engine and tender. You can see the ones I enlarged already compared to the original size:
As I continued to build the wheels and axles for the rest of the tender, I happened to notice something. What's wrong with this picture?
The bottom left wheel was molded without the rim! Oh well, it will barely be seen underneath this train once everything is assembled. You can see that in this next pic where I finally got the engine and tender mostly assembled with the basic assembly:
Moving along, I finished the interior painting on the Atomic Annie tractor cabins:
Next I built all the interior components of the gun carriage:
While that was all drying, I assembled the gun. This was pretty tough despite the longest section being molded with slide molding technique so that it was all one piece. The lower section of the gun was two halves and the gun trunnion was two halves and second section of the gun needed to be glued to the first; leaving a big seam. After awhile, I think I had it filled, sanded and ready to go:
Just to be sure, I put the whole thing together. It looks pretty good:
Meanwhile, I went back to the main gun carriage and added the interior parts to one side of the gun carriage:
After I did that, I realized what a boneheaded idiocy I'd done. Getting paint into certain parts of that will be well nigh
impossible with my airbrush and any other paint applicator! Oh well....
I did figure that it would be cool to see this thing all together, so I dry-fit the other side to the above assembly:
It's only snapped together so I'll be able to paint it up when I need to.
Later, after I finished making sure the gun was fully completed sanding-wise as well as dry, I added it to the mock-up to see how this is gonna look:
She's nowhere near the size of Dora but she's still quite impressive! I'm looking forward to getting more done on this soon.
Until then, comments are welcome, thanks all for looking in!
I started out with the Type 10 tank with Dozer blade by doing some sanding on the turret and other places. I also masked off the wheels and tracks in preparation for paint. Here it is awaiting touch up of the basecoat before I mask with Silly Putty for the second camo color:
Next I decided to start on the Russian Armored Train I'm doing for two Group Builds. I started out by doing the wheels and axles for the engine and tender. As you can see here, the axles that are provided in the kit are crap as they break when you look at them wrong! So, I got a piece of styrene rod about the same diameter and cut it to size to make my own axles:
Next I had to enlarge the slots where the wheels stick out on the bottom of the engine and tender. You can see the ones I enlarged already compared to the original size:
As I continued to build the wheels and axles for the rest of the tender, I happened to notice something. What's wrong with this picture?
The bottom left wheel was molded without the rim! Oh well, it will barely be seen underneath this train once everything is assembled. You can see that in this next pic where I finally got the engine and tender mostly assembled with the basic assembly:
Moving along, I finished the interior painting on the Atomic Annie tractor cabins:
Next I built all the interior components of the gun carriage:
While that was all drying, I assembled the gun. This was pretty tough despite the longest section being molded with slide molding technique so that it was all one piece. The lower section of the gun was two halves and the gun trunnion was two halves and second section of the gun needed to be glued to the first; leaving a big seam. After awhile, I think I had it filled, sanded and ready to go:
Just to be sure, I put the whole thing together. It looks pretty good:
Meanwhile, I went back to the main gun carriage and added the interior parts to one side of the gun carriage:
After I did that, I realized what a boneheaded idiocy I'd done. Getting paint into certain parts of that will be well nigh
impossible with my airbrush and any other paint applicator! Oh well....
I did figure that it would be cool to see this thing all together, so I dry-fit the other side to the above assembly:
It's only snapped together so I'll be able to paint it up when I need to.
Later, after I finished making sure the gun was fully completed sanding-wise as well as dry, I added it to the mock-up to see how this is gonna look:
She's nowhere near the size of Dora but she's still quite impressive! I'm looking forward to getting more done on this soon.
Until then, comments are welcome, thanks all for looking in!
Okay, here is a small update from me for today. I'm also experimenting here with a Gallery on another site since the LEM went down again.
I started out with the Type 10 tank with Dozer blade by doing some sanding on the turret and other places. I also masked off the wheels and tracks in preparation for paint. Here it is awaiting touch up of the basecoat before I mask with Silly Putty for the second camo color:
Next I decided to start on the Russian Armored Train I'm doing for two Group Builds. I started out by doing the wheels and axles for the engine and tender. As you can see here, the axles that are provided in the kit are crap as they break when you look at them wrong! So, I got a piece of styrene rod about the same diameter and cut it to size to make my own axles:
Next I had to enlarge the slots where the wheels stick out on the bottom of the engine and tender. You can see the ones I enlarged already compared to the original size:
As I continued to build the wheels and axles for the rest of the tender, I happened to notice something. What's wrong with this picture?
The bottom left wheel was molded without the rim! Oh well, it will barely be seen underneath this train once everything is assembled. You can see that in this next pic where I finally got the engine and tender mostly assembled with the basic assembly:
Moving along, I finished the interior painting on the Atomic Annie tractor cabins:
Next I built all the interior components of the gun carriage:
While that was all drying, I assembled the gun. This was pretty tough despite the longest section being molded with slide molding technique so that it was all one piece. The lower section of the gun was two halves and the gun trunnion was two halves and second section of the gun needed to be glued to the first; leaving a big seam. After awhile, I think I had it filled, sanded and ready to go:
Just to be sure, I put the whole thing together. It looks pretty good:
Meanwhile, I went back to the main gun carriage and added the interior parts to one side of the gun carriage:
After I did that, I realized what a boneheaded idiocy I'd done. Getting paint into certain parts of that will be well nigh
impossible with my airbrush and any other paint applicator! Oh well....
I did figure that it would be cool to see this thing all together, so I dry-fit the other side to the above assembly:
It's only snapped together so I'll be able to paint it up when I need to.
Later, after I finished making sure the gun was fully completed sanding-wise as well as dry, I added it to the mock-up to see how this is gonna look:
She's nowhere near the size of Dora but she's still quite impressive! I'm looking forward to getting more done on this soon.
Until then, comments are welcome, thanks all for looking in!
Very nice lil update Mark
Would be interested in a pic showing the size of that gun :hmmm paint bottle perhaps? Love the detail on it... :captain
I made it to the bench. Got the control lines for the Spirit done and some of the glazing. Prop installed but I need to touch up some of the paint. Will get a better picture tomorrow. Found that I do go hitting it in the AM while I got energy, and after a good power nap.
Eyeballed the Thunderbolt and resin I got with it. The wheel well resin is for the Haswgawa kit so it'll not be used. Still not sure what scheme to do yet, we'll see.
Eyeballed the Thunderbolt and resin I got with it. The wheel well resin is for the Haswgawa kit so it'll not be used. Still not sure what scheme to do yet, we'll see.
Just been tinkering with a Hasegawa 1/48 A6M7 Zero I've had in the works for what seems like forever lol. Finally also decided what to do with the P-40 that the decals blew up on. I'm going to make her into a captured bird. :geek On another note I quit my job on Friday. Just had to much of the hostile work environment for my taste. Won't really go into details on what was going on but it was bad. Already had an interview elsewhere on Friday and two more tomorrow. Both for jobs that make more money and have better benefits :yipee
jknaus
Administrator
Well have lost all interest in everything I have been building. The T-62 and BMP-1 have been put aside, the Pfalz D.IIa put aside and I looked at all the kits I have littering my basement. And nothing jumped out at me as needing to be built. Finally I settles on the Tortoise by Meng and have made some head way on it. Wish it was June and my Spad was here. That has got my attention and I really want to get into it. Hmph
James
James
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
It must be that time of year James. I've seemed to have hit a bit bump myself. I'm still finding things to do but as I get into it, stick some parts together all the sudden I want to do something else :idonno I think I'll drag Grace to the bench Tuesday and see if having her there helps some. I end up watching her work and that is lots of fun.
Sending you some :zen :zen :zen
Sending you some :zen :zen :zen
