Flyingbabydoc
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Very nice indeed! Excellent job! 
I really like your collection of despicables. :v :v
Alex
I really like your collection of despicables. :v :v
Alex
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Doodlebug
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Swordsman
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Thanks Dave, Dave, Gerry, Luiz and James .
waiting on the oils to dry now
cheers, Christian B)
Thanks Chris, I was trying pipettes but very messy and uncontrollable, I've been using a metal tool with My Tenex7R for application of same. I take it the stainless steel stuff is very easy to clean, with my Citadels I just dip brush in pot then to the pallet where I add water with a pipette. Getting that into the AB is a problem, so the SS cup would be great, thanks for your help ... Nice Doodlebug excellent paint, all I need now is to get over my fear of AB's ....
G'day Gerry
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Christian, that looks great! I love the whole collection too! Amazing work!
phantom II
Master at Arms
Thanks Chris, I was trying pipettes but very messy and uncontrollable, I've been using a metal tool with My Tenex7R for application of same. I take it the stainless steel stuff is very easy to clean, with my Citadels I just dip brush in pot then to the pallet where I add water with a pipette. Getting that into the AB is a problem, so the SS cup would be great, thanks for your help ... Nice Doodlebug excellent paint, all I need now is to get over my fear of AB's ....
G'day Gerry
Don't shoot your eye out with that thing kid Good luck Gerry
Cheers, Christian B)
G'day Gerry
Don't shoot your eye out with that thing kid
Good luck GerryCheers, Christian B)
iambrb
Well-known member
Thanks Sherman . Nice of you to tag along.
I'm gonna put this one to bed today
Lots of bits of decals were found in the surplus box to try and make this look more like the real item.
Please don't try to read them as they are meaningless and you will only wind up hurting yourselves
Not a bad little model after all with a bit of TLC . Decals would have been a plus :idonno
I do need to make it it's proper stand though but I'm calling it done as this is all that came out of the bag.
Now, I can add it to the rest of the despicable items
Hope you like it. Cheers, Christian B)
that is some great work, Chris! Did not realize that the Germans had a piloted version of this!
phantom II
Master at Arms
Thanks Mike , Bob , James , Alex, James, Dave , Gerry and Duke .
I sort of wish I had not drug out the antiques .
Although the Ohka is a little jewel , the Natter and the FI 103R are really shabby .
I must have built them both in an afternoon and it reflects it .
Cheers, Christian B)
I sort of wish I had not drug out the antiques .
Although the Ohka is a little jewel , the Natter and the FI 103R are really shabby .
I must have built them both in an afternoon and it reflects it .
Cheers, Christian B)
phantom II
Master at Arms
that is some great work, Chris! Did not realize that the Germans had a piloted version of this!
Hi Bruce .
Approximately 175 Fi 103R-IV’s (the standard jet powered variant) were manufactured by October 1944. There were also some unpowered glider variants and two-seat powered variants for training which were fitted with landing skids (variants: R-1 basic unpowered glider, R-II two-seat unpowered glider, R-III two-seat jet powered trainer and R-V a jet powered trainer for the He-162 jet). There were numerous crashes during test flights and even famed test pilot Hanna Reitsch crashed them on a number of occasions. Several pilots died following test flights just trying to land the Fi 103R. Following a number of test flights Hanna Reitsch determined the Fi 103R had a very high stall speed and pilots trying to land at too low a speed was what primarily caused the accidents. The training program was changed immediately for pilots to increase their landing speed.
Not sure what to believe . I have also read that Germans did not have the same mentality as the Japanese, therefore were not likely to commit suicide.
Just glad it came to naught .
The Natter was not used either as it killed all it's test pilots before that project was shelved.
Cheers, Christian B)
Hi Bruce .
Approximately 175 Fi 103R-IV’s (the standard jet powered variant) were manufactured by October 1944. There were also some unpowered glider variants and two-seat powered variants for training which were fitted with landing skids (variants: R-1 basic unpowered glider, R-II two-seat unpowered glider, R-III two-seat jet powered trainer and R-V a jet powered trainer for the He-162 jet). There were numerous crashes during test flights and even famed test pilot Hanna Reitsch crashed them on a number of occasions. Several pilots died following test flights just trying to land the Fi 103R. Following a number of test flights Hanna Reitsch determined the Fi 103R had a very high stall speed and pilots trying to land at too low a speed was what primarily caused the accidents. The training program was changed immediately for pilots to increase their landing speed.
Not sure what to believe . I have also read that Germans did not have the same mentality as the Japanese, therefore were not likely to commit suicide.
Just glad it came to naught .
The Natter was not used either as it killed all it's test pilots before that project was shelved.
Cheers, Christian B)
phantom II
Master at Arms
Surely you meant to say Natter and FI 103R . It's a Heller kit and could be made into nice subjects with a little TLC
Cheers, Christian B)
phantom II
Master at Arms
Meanwhile, back at the work camps, people were assembling crude transport carts from spare material ( me in this case.
Not exactly a replica from the picture I found , but this is crude none the less.
On to the primer
Cheers, Christian B)
Not exactly a replica from the picture I found , but this is crude none the less.
On to the primer
Cheers, Christian B)
phantom II
Master at Arms
I managed to shoot a bit of paint yesterday
Let see if you can say this five times real fast : Doodle bug buggy....
Hope you enjoyed it , I certainly did even though I was doubtful .
It's outa here ! Cheers, Christian B)
Let see if you can say this five times real fast : Doodle bug buggy....
Hope you enjoyed it , I certainly did even though I was doubtful .
It's outa here ! Cheers, Christian B)
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
GREAT FINISH!
phantom II
Master at Arms
Thanks Mike and Sherman . The kit was fun but building the acrt was equally fun .
It gave me a chance to test my inabilities of building armor.
Thanks for looking . Cheers, Christian B)
It gave me a chance to test my inabilities of building armor.
Thanks for looking . Cheers, Christian B)