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All Righty ... What's on the bench today?
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ij001
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Both the Dart and the Firebird are at the same stage now; both are on the final stages and this morning before starting work I dipped all the transparencies in Klear/Future for attaching later this afternoon. I'll leave them overnight.
Tomorrow should be final assembly and tidy-up for both, so with luck there'll be a pair of 68's finished simultaneously over the weekend.
Ian.
Tomorrow should be final assembly and tidy-up for both, so with luck there'll be a pair of 68's finished simultaneously over the weekend.
Ian.
These have been on my bench for awhile so trying to get them finished up before starting on my next project. The airfix kit (tropical) is one that I've had for probably 35 years or more and as you can see has suffered from years of being moved and stuffed in boxes so I decided to pull it out and redo it. One of the oldest builds in my collection so it has some sentimental value. The heller kit was given to me by a friend and had been started. Main assembly was done but the cockpit had not been installed. I think the guy who started it was into wargaming and wasn't too worried about the details. Really dislike the Heller kit. Nose is too fat, the the canopy is too big and detail is way oversized. Anyway, just have to finish up some weathering etc. and then they will be on the finished shelf.
Decals for the Heller kit came from a Aeromaster battle of Britain sheet and the Airfix decals came from a Tamiya kit.
Hot damn I like that 109, great job Dave!
MM2CVS9
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Duke Maddog
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As promised, I have a bit more to post today. These are the things I got done since the last time I posted about three days ago.
Randy, I found some painting time. I'll start out with the models I got painted first.
The C-46 had been sitting too long so I pulled out the engine cowling parts and shot them with some Olive Drab on the tops:
Later I assembled them; masked them when they were dry and shot the grey undercoat on them. I also shot the grey on the landing gear doors:
I also re-shot a coat of Olive Drab over the whole aircraft since it needed a second coat due to some irregularities I saw and had to fill and sand out:
You can see that I did that before shooting the grey.
Next, I re-masked and shot a Dark Ghost Grey topcoat on my F/A-18 Hornet again to fix the flaked paint:
Nest, I masked off the openings in the Stearman with Silly Putty to prepare it for paint:
It doesn't look like it, but that plane is still grey in that pic. Here it is after I shot the cream color over the whole thing, including landing gear parts as well as wing struts:
That reminded me to try and color match the red on the decal sheet. The one on the right is Testor's square bottle gloss red. The one on the left is Testor's Model Master Insignia Red:
They both look the same in this pic, but I assure you they are both darker in color compared to the decal. Personally, I think I might have to go with Testor's Model Master Italian Red. I'm hoping to get some picked up next week.
Moving on, I also shot a Dark Green over my T-54B:
This is glossy in these pics because I shot a gloss clearcoat over it before I realized I hadn't shot a pic of it after I painted it. I also should have finished the rear end before I shot this... oh well.
Speaking of clearcoats, I also shot a gloss clear over my Diamond T truck...
...and my Huey Hog:
The Diamond T doesn't look very glossy in the pic, but it is as shiny as the Hog. These will be getting decals soon.
Now on to the rest of the fun.....
I pulled out my Madge and set to getting the interior finished so I could get it painted and closed up inside the fuselage. First off, I managed to get all the bulkheads installed on the interior:
I purposely left that Exacto in the pic so you can see how big this monster is.
Now here are all the parts for the pilot's seat:
Now here they are all assembled:
I had to make two of them. Now I got them all installed and that completed the interior of this beastie:
Now I set that aside to dry and went to work on the engines....
What engines? There was only one piece to glue into the center of these cowls, so I cemented them in and got the propellers ready to go on after I painted the center of the cowls:
That was quick, so I pulled out the wings and sanded them a bit; then I started to assembled the empennage for the tail:
After this, the interior was all dried; so I got to work painting it. It is impossible to tell, but I shot a coat of light grey paint on these sections of the interior, as well as the tail which isn't in the pic:
After that dried, I started to paint all the details. These will later be drybrushed to bring them out; even though they won't necessarily be seen again once the fuselage closes up:
There's also some decals for the instrument panel that will go on this too.
Next I moved on to my two SCUDs. First I assembled most of the rear sections where the missile carriage is raised:
You can see there's some pretty prominent seams on these parts that got the Mr. Surfacer 500 treatment. I'll get those sanded smooth before I assemble these parts further.
Next I assembled most of the center section of these vehicles. I left off the outer panels so I could paint the interiors. Most of it won't be seen, but some might be seen through the small, round windows on the doors:
Look at all this sweet detail inside this section:
Too bad it's going to be hidden, but I have no room on my shelves for vehicles with doors swung open. Oh well, some of it might be seen through the little round windows....
Just for fun, here's a shot of everything all snapped together and sitting on the chassis:
These are really gonna look great!
Okay, moving right along, my final project on this post is my M1A2 Abrams SEP TUSK. I started out bypassing the part of the instructions where they say to add all the semi-clear parts to all the windows and periscopes on this model. Instead I went straight to assembling all four parts of the lower hull. Then I assembled the upper hull and put the two together:
Then I went and assembled the main gun:
Finally, since I had the main gun; I needed a turret to mount it in:
Wow, that looks so basic. Time to add all the goodies to this and make it look good:
All that's left to do with this is to add all the windows to the parts that need them; assemble the TUSK portions of the hatches and then I can paint this. I'll add all the breakable fiddly bits later on when this is mostly done. On the lower hull, all that is needed is to add the wheels and tracks and then I can paint it too.
In closing, I'll leave you with a shot of this tank all dry-fit together so far. Enjoy:
That's all I have for now. I'm gonna have a very busy weekend so I doubt I'll get anything more done until next week. Stay tuned for more and until then, comments are welcome. Thanks for looking in.
Randy, I found some painting time. I'll start out with the models I got painted first.
The C-46 had been sitting too long so I pulled out the engine cowling parts and shot them with some Olive Drab on the tops:
Later I assembled them; masked them when they were dry and shot the grey undercoat on them. I also shot the grey on the landing gear doors:
I also re-shot a coat of Olive Drab over the whole aircraft since it needed a second coat due to some irregularities I saw and had to fill and sand out:
You can see that I did that before shooting the grey.
Next, I re-masked and shot a Dark Ghost Grey topcoat on my F/A-18 Hornet again to fix the flaked paint:
Nest, I masked off the openings in the Stearman with Silly Putty to prepare it for paint:
It doesn't look like it, but that plane is still grey in that pic. Here it is after I shot the cream color over the whole thing, including landing gear parts as well as wing struts:
That reminded me to try and color match the red on the decal sheet. The one on the right is Testor's square bottle gloss red. The one on the left is Testor's Model Master Insignia Red:
They both look the same in this pic, but I assure you they are both darker in color compared to the decal. Personally, I think I might have to go with Testor's Model Master Italian Red. I'm hoping to get some picked up next week.
Moving on, I also shot a Dark Green over my T-54B:
This is glossy in these pics because I shot a gloss clearcoat over it before I realized I hadn't shot a pic of it after I painted it. I also should have finished the rear end before I shot this... oh well.
Speaking of clearcoats, I also shot a gloss clear over my Diamond T truck...
...and my Huey Hog:
The Diamond T doesn't look very glossy in the pic, but it is as shiny as the Hog. These will be getting decals soon.
Now on to the rest of the fun.....
I pulled out my Madge and set to getting the interior finished so I could get it painted and closed up inside the fuselage. First off, I managed to get all the bulkheads installed on the interior:
I purposely left that Exacto in the pic so you can see how big this monster is.
Now here are all the parts for the pilot's seat:
Now here they are all assembled:
I had to make two of them. Now I got them all installed and that completed the interior of this beastie:
Now I set that aside to dry and went to work on the engines....
What engines? There was only one piece to glue into the center of these cowls, so I cemented them in and got the propellers ready to go on after I painted the center of the cowls:
That was quick, so I pulled out the wings and sanded them a bit; then I started to assembled the empennage for the tail:
After this, the interior was all dried; so I got to work painting it. It is impossible to tell, but I shot a coat of light grey paint on these sections of the interior, as well as the tail which isn't in the pic:
After that dried, I started to paint all the details. These will later be drybrushed to bring them out; even though they won't necessarily be seen again once the fuselage closes up:
There's also some decals for the instrument panel that will go on this too.
Next I moved on to my two SCUDs. First I assembled most of the rear sections where the missile carriage is raised:
You can see there's some pretty prominent seams on these parts that got the Mr. Surfacer 500 treatment. I'll get those sanded smooth before I assemble these parts further.
Next I assembled most of the center section of these vehicles. I left off the outer panels so I could paint the interiors. Most of it won't be seen, but some might be seen through the small, round windows on the doors:
Look at all this sweet detail inside this section:
Too bad it's going to be hidden, but I have no room on my shelves for vehicles with doors swung open. Oh well, some of it might be seen through the little round windows....
Just for fun, here's a shot of everything all snapped together and sitting on the chassis:
These are really gonna look great!
Okay, moving right along, my final project on this post is my M1A2 Abrams SEP TUSK. I started out bypassing the part of the instructions where they say to add all the semi-clear parts to all the windows and periscopes on this model. Instead I went straight to assembling all four parts of the lower hull. Then I assembled the upper hull and put the two together:
Then I went and assembled the main gun:
Finally, since I had the main gun; I needed a turret to mount it in:
Wow, that looks so basic. Time to add all the goodies to this and make it look good:
All that's left to do with this is to add all the windows to the parts that need them; assemble the TUSK portions of the hatches and then I can paint this. I'll add all the breakable fiddly bits later on when this is mostly done. On the lower hull, all that is needed is to add the wheels and tracks and then I can paint it too.
In closing, I'll leave you with a shot of this tank all dry-fit together so far. Enjoy:
That's all I have for now. I'm gonna have a very busy weekend so I doubt I'll get anything more done until next week. Stay tuned for more and until then, comments are welcome. Thanks for looking in.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks guys! Gerry, I take advantage of the boxes by replacing everything inside them when I move on to another project. Lately, I've even taken to replacing the sprues inside the bags they came in just so that if any pieces fall off, they are still in the bag.
As for getting so much done at once, well; I just don't hesitate to pick something else up when I set something else aside to dry. Then I keep going until I can go no further; or until I get to the point I want to be at. If I still have time on the clock; I repeat the process.
I'm still working on the basics here so I feel that I can't agree on the high level yet, but I'm making every effort to get there.
Thanks again for the great and supportive comments guys! Stay tuned for more, hopefully next week.
As for getting so much done at once, well; I just don't hesitate to pick something else up when I set something else aside to dry. Then I keep going until I can go no further; or until I get to the point I want to be at. If I still have time on the clock; I repeat the process.
I'm still working on the basics here so I feel that I can't agree on the high level yet, but I'm making every effort to get there.
Thanks again for the great and supportive comments guys! Stay tuned for more, hopefully next week.
helios
Well-known member
It's a high level to me. Your work makes me look like a hack.
But hey, as long as we continue to set our respective marks a little further than the past project we can all hope to continually improve. Seeing everyone's work continues to give me ideas and inspiration...even if it will be a long time (if ever) I can put something together to that level.Anywhos, back to the bench. Got the music cranked up and the parts laid out. My goal is to have the Blackbird to 90% this weekend, and start getting some of the sub-assemblies together on the Mirage. B)
Duke Maddog
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Thanks Helios. I appreciate that very much.
Your Blackbird is looking pretty good already. I'm looking forward to seeing more.
Your Blackbird is looking pretty good already. I'm looking forward to seeing more.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Looking great Dave! I love the two Messerschmitts; extremely well done!
Looking forward to more on the Goat!
Looking forward to more on the Goat!
Prop Duster
Member
Well it is obvious "somebody" has bought shares in the model paint industry :frantic :pp :laugh:
Good job of catch-up painting I'd say. :dude
Helios, Dave, well done to you both.
Good thing all you guys can't make me jealous with all your completions and progress-es....yah, good thing OK back to the bench[sup]..........I'll show 'em just you wait n' see[/sup]
Good job of catch-up painting I'd say. :dude
Helios, Dave, well done to you both.
Good thing all you guys can't make me jealous with all your completions and progress-es....yah, good thing
OK back to the bench[sup]..........I'll show 'em just you wait n' see[/sup]
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Bring it Steve! I know you can do it! 
:geek
:geek 
Gator
Well-known member
Day 5 without my desktop computer at work. Windows failed to open last Monday. Today, the phone in my office stopped working. I think they fired me last week and emailed me the notice, just kidding. I did call our IT department last week to check on my computer and the office manager asked if I had gotten the email. 
Do you know how difficult it is to make an Excel document on an iPad? Thank goodness I have my personal iPad. I would be screwed without it.
Do you know how difficult it is to make an Excel document on an iPad? Thank goodness I have my personal iPad. I would be screwed without it.
