Clunkmeister

you know what we say around here… better to ask forgiveness than ask permission. We accept 1/48 as an LSM as well, but I go one step further as in seeing it as “LARGE scale models” instead of “LARGE SCALE models”, if that makes sense. About the only thing I’m careful about is how I display the crooked cross. Obviously, on a model, it’s historical and accurate, but on, say, a plaque for a display base, I tend to be a bit more careful. But there’s a whole lot of adulting going on on LSM, which really makes moderating this site 99.99% boredom, and .01% pissed off beyond belief. 😂

Should look like theirs.

There is an unfortunate short shot on a lower wing tip, that I’ll whine about for a few seconds. OK done. now I’ll fix it, and any person who can’t fix this in an hour or two shouldn’t refer to himself as a modeler.

We have a bit of an update. A bit more fitting and jiggling has been done. I don’t think excessive weathering on the interior is called for on these. They were fairly new when the IJN shot them all down, so I’ll keep it fairly clean. The bombardier’s windscreen and bomb aimer‘s doors seem decent.

As y’all know, there were problems with the update that kinda crashed the website for a couple days. ButIT guys fixed it and now they’re working on the header and Gallery. Check your threads and verify all is well, y’all. It’s all perfectly useable but just missing the pretty stuff.

Otto von Bismarck looks on with approval.

The Big Kahuna and a few of us overworked staff members have been working behind the scenes to bring a few extra features and upgrades to the forum. One of the things we’re doing is adding the moving Gallery section which will feature your completed builds. This should work much like our regular forum features and should be updatable by all y’all. In other words, no third party hosting, just upload directly to the forum. I dunno about y’all, but I love that feature all by itself. Nothing needed but just to upload to the forum. If only all forums could be that easy. Pay attention in the next bit as it becomes active, and post away! Also, software updates are being incorporated on a regular basis as they become available. Thanks! Ernie

It’s easier to swipe the rivets a couple times with a fine board than to add 27,000 rivets

Hubert, nope, they’re divots as regularly done by Trumpeter. Personally, I’m one of those people who believes that external detail on aircraft is grossly overdone by many companies, with some Trumpeter models being the star studded showcases in that realm. Rivets are absolutely invisible from 20 ft away, as are a lot of panel lines, however things like skin ripples and oil canning are visible from much farther away and should be represented where indicated.

Depending on the amount of angry pushback and offers of graft and gratuity, I may extend it a week or so to allow you rabble rousers to complete your builds.

Trumpeter rivets abound, although they will tone down quite a lot with the application of primer and paint. This kit just cries out to be carefully built with a silver cockpit and as a pre war yellow wings aircraft.

Yes it is a model that seems like it’ll really benefit from at least some interior upgrades. I’ve never been a fan of PE seatbelts, and Airscale decals have spoiled me rotten as well. 3D instrument panel decals will really made the interior pop here as well. The consoles are ripe for upgrades. I’d so love to see the R2D Helldiver treatment done to this one as well. And of course, those rubber tires need to GO!

Let’s look at the canopy. You get a 1 piece canopy for the closed look, and a multiple piece canopy for an open canopy. This canopy is an absolute work of art. It is absolutely crystal clear with NO blemishes at all.

Well, so far, it appears that the throttle quadrant may be missing, although I’m not that far ahead yet. The cockpit is missing quite a lot of pipes, tubing, wires, etc, and a few levers, etc. that is simple dimple for someone with a few hours of time on their hands. This kit will massively benefit from a Quinta set or similar. The cockpit itself is tailor made for a Company like Resin2Detail to 3D print one like they did the Helldiver. The interior is definitely simplified to some extent.

Here’s the basic 3 person cockpit and the fuselage halves. The fit is pretty decent, actually. At least so far. I did lighten up the green a fair bit.

I just moved this to WIP, where it needs to be, folks

Thanks. I’m not happy with that cockpit effort and am redoing the details. Yes, it’s way to monochrome for me and looks toylike. I gave it a strip, and now a thin coat of green. Tonight we get an oilwash. My forté is not fast slap them together builds. Those who can, and have it look good, have my respect.

And here I didn’t even have time to finish mine! 🤣. But I expect in the next couple months, I’ll have an RFI for it.

Rog, we need to remember that these are an extinct aircraft, and unless you’re doing a pre war yellow wings bird, there is absolutely no documentation out there on these. I’ve simply made it sorta pretty. It got an oil wash tonight to bring out the detail, and that’s about it. In typical Trumpeter fashion, there are a lot of internal details, much may very well be invisible when complete, I have no clue, but for now, all goes in it. The oil wash definitely helps tone down the starkness seen here in the pictures.

Hey Rog, I’ve been taking plenty of pictures as I go, as I am doing an “all ahead flank” quick build for what I hope will be a decent review, and am so far quite happy with the fit of this kit. I’m going 100% OOB here and doing whatever the blue scheme is in the kit, kit decals and all, warts and everything. I have to keep telling myself “NO!” as I lustily and longingly eyeball my stash of Airscale instrument decals and Barracuda placards, but I may yet cave.. I DID use the kit PE lap belts, though! Mr HGW has scratched me off his Christmas Card list, I reckon. I hope you’re right regarding the Avenger, Dauntless, Wildcat team being the team unleashed on this kit. As of right now, it seems to remind me of a bigger GWH Devastator in engineering and fit. Other than the separate control surfaces, it’s like an old friend here.

Agreed. I have never built a Trumpeter kit to completion. I have an F-100 built 90% and that’s it. Sad.

Gaz, are you using the kit gun covers, or the Eagle Editions part? Somewhere, I KNOW I have Henri Dahne prop for this kit. I can’t believe that after all these years, the only 190s I ever built were the long with 152H’s. 🤡

Mr 190 comes through again. Is there a 190 detail that Martin DOESN’T know about?

Thanks Kevin! I sanded the Milliput today, and I’ll apply one more tiny bit tomorrow as well. I want the forward wind/fuselage join to be perfect.