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Hi Honza, I like it, very nice ! Hey Ralph, any 163 news yet ? Cheers, Peter

It looks really great !

Yeah alright ! I'm looking forward to the green. Are those masks over the upper surface roundels or is it tonal variation in the red ?

Awesome work, as always. Enjoy your painting, Cheers, Peter

Thanks guys !

Hi All, here are some better shots of the rivet and panel line work with an acrylic flat black wash applied. I had to modify the original Hasegawa Mk.Vb wing into a Mk.Vc type so a few of the panel lines had to be filled and rescribed. I also used the Baracuda Studios resin cannon buldge for the Tamiya Mk.Ix spit as applicable for the "C" type wing. Judging from period pics of RAAF Mk.V spits, some of the cannon bulge shapes seemed to vary a little but perhaps this is an optical illusion due to different camera angles in various pictures. Most referances seem to depict a rounder shaped style similar to what was originally on the Hasegawa part (see further below)but in the wrong position for a "C" wing anyway. Mmm, so I just may have to correct my bulge.............."Thats what she said !!!" But enough of the Waynes World quotes. In the shot below you can also see how the original wing started out, sporting its 1970-ish "raised panel lines" ....... urrrrrrrrh yuck ! Another comparison between the old and the new. By the way, I fixed that fuselage cockpit frame issue ( thankyou Bevan) but there's still some sandling, filling, painting and weathering to bring it back to where it was. At least its in ! The fuselage is also waiting for more rivets and panel line treatments. As always, a few things to fix and some Model Master gun barrels are on the way ....... That's it for now ....... Cheers, Peter

Thanks guys, very much appreciated ! Honza, don't let me stop you doing a "tojo eats sh!?" I would love to see your take on it .You're right, no modellers home is complete without one! Don't worry about the strong "sh!?" smell Ted, I hear you mate, I would rivet every 1:32 kit I have if ...... well lets see... Jeroen, yes there are some nice builds kicking around at the moment Cheers, Peter

Alternatively you could used a series of gray washes to tone down the blue tint. Or if you don't want to do the liquid mask idea you could respray the photo etch and paint the fine details yourself. Cheers, Pete.

Very nice !

Is there an estimated release date yet ?

Looks great man, Going "full retard" pays off

Thankyou Bevan, thats a great idea, I hadn't thought of that ! Thats given me something to work with, very much appreciated, Cheers, Peter

Thanks Ted, I'm loving your 152 rivet work ... I'm halfway through riveting that kit my self, oh the humanity ! Cheers, Peter

-Have run into a bit of a stumbling block with the cockpit pit. Unfortunately the fuselage frame that holds the seat is to small for the cockpit and doesn't touch either side of the cockpit walls when I join the fuselage halfs together. Either the Aires part is to small or I've grinded the fuselage walls down to thin when I glued in the resin cockpit walls. Considering I started this build over two years ago I can't remember what I did in terms of test fitting but that won't help me now anyway. At the moment I'm trying to completely rebuild the frame and trying to get it to fit. Another solution may be to shim the part out with plastic strip but I think this may look to obvious especially near the cockpit door opening......( hard to know what I'm talking about without pictures) I hope I come up with a solution as I've done quite a lot of work on this one so far.... Fingers crossed and I'm opened to suggestions........

Ok, a small update but progress is made ! Actually this took a lot of time but I was able to work on it on my holiday back home to Australia in the warm QLD sun.Thank goodness the model made it all the way there and back to Europe again ! Well, as you can see in the shots below I've sprayed on the upper sirface markings. I went for a faded and sun beaten look ( I think the QLD climate influenced me there) but its not finished yet......The next steps of Future and washes will blend the markings in nicely with the rest of the work on the airframe. (which will also receive more work as well) I still have to fix up and respray the under side markings due to a mistake and there will be some touch ups here and there in other places but its coming along nicely. I'm also now waitng for more mask to arrive...... This next shot is not so nice but it gives you an over all look Thanks for following along. Cheers, Peter.

Hi Honza, I always love what you do ! I' m following with intrest, Cheers, Peter

Now thats a nice rivet job, well done Cheers, Pete

Lookin' good James ! I was checking this kit out at telford but I didn't buy it. I'm now really kicking myself. Keep us posted, Cheers, Pete

G-day Bevan, nice work mate, the vertical streaking in the exhaust stain is a nice touch. Lovely scheme choice, Cheers, Peter

Hi Bevan, I've got some of the markings on the corsair now so I should be able to make an update as soon as I replace my camera cable. Cheers, Peter

While Im at it I'll post my 1:32 Ta 152 Cockpit WIP pics . I know it doesn't exactly fit the theme of this thread but hopefully you'll like them .... Upgrades in clude Eagle Editions Fw 190 resin seat, HGW seat belts and Zoukei Mura etch ( but the Instrument panel isn't in these shots yet)

Rivets were made with the "Rosie the riveter" 1:32 scale -1mm-large wheel. Not sure if the large wheel is still available for the 1mm size though.

Hi Everyone, here is the start to my 1:32 RAAF Spitfire Mk.Vc. I've used the Aires cockpit to boost up the otherwise grim and barren detail provided in the Hasegawa kit. Yep, its an old tooling but most of the general shapes are quite good, besides, I thought it would be fun to do a complete rescribe and rivet and breath new life into an old kit. Kind of "a diamond in the ruff" if you will. No doubt there will be of plenty of aftermarket, kit pilfering and perhaps some head scratching ahead of me but I think the results will be worth it in the end ! Here's a pic of the A/C I plan on doing. It appears quite weathered thanks to the "top end" Aussie climate its been living in. Its the best continent on earth if you ask me, but hey I'm bias. Anyway onto the pics....... The work so far on the Aires pit. Quite nice detail if you ask me, except for the the seat which seems to be a little bogus due to its somewhat oversized nature. Mmm just like whats going on inside my pants but lets keep this g- rated shall we thanks Pete. Ok, so I would have used the seat from the 1:32 Aires set for the Tam. Mk. Ix Spitfire but it seems undersized compared to the Aires Mk.V cockpit . Mmmmmm what to do ? I still have more detail to add in the cockpit such as the oxygen tube, rudder pedals and fuslage frame and I've also thrown in some Eduard placards which really added some extra spice (sorry no photos yet ) I've gotten rid of those old raised panel lines by rescribing them and I've added rivets to the entire airframe aswell. This takes a heck of a lot of time and I still have a way to go yet. Apologies for the crap photography but it gives you an idea of whats going on. An ink wash will highlight it better for the pics, but thats for next time. Thanks for your intrest, Cheers, Peter Olsen

Hi everyone, here is my 1:32 Tamiya f4u-1 WIP. I've been working on this one on and off for a while now (amongst other things) and after following "DoogsATX" thread I thought I should also share my work considering we're both doing the same aircraft. I hope he doesn't mind....... Its quite interesting to see our two different takes on this A/C "White 126 Tojo eats sh$%" is a fascinating subject and from the look of the photo, quite worn looking. I've tried to capture the essence of the pic and generally how corsairs looked out in the pacific. its not perfect and theres still plenty of work left to do with weathering etc. but, I hope you like what I've done so far.... By the way, its my first trip to Telford this year and I'm pretty excited, so please say g-day I'm more then happy to chat . Only problem is ..... you don't know what i look like- no i'm not some faceless vampire like modeller, i don't have a picture of my self to post. If you follow this link you can check out my cockpit WIP pics http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/thread/1378388583/1-32+Tamiya+F4U-1+cockpit+WIP cheers, Peter olsen