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    And the winner is.....

    in The HK Models Official International Contest initiated by LSM

    Posted

    On 5/10/2019 at 8:44 AM, Mikester said:

    First of all thank you to all who participated, even if you didn't finish.  So without further ado we're happy to announce our winners:

    First Prize: Kent Karlsen's B-25 Diorama "Old Ironsides"

    Second Prize:  Tigger's Meteor T7 conversion.

    3rd Prize; Padubon's Do 335B-6

    I will be sending you all PMs to get your address to arrange shipping for the prizes.  Congratulations on some truly superb work!

    I just received this! Thank you so much.

     

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    P-47D questions colors

    in Modelling Discussion

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    5 hours ago, mark31 said:

    Hello to you all

    im thinking to build a P-47D bubble top

    Now tru my search on the net i found a lot off difrent colors for the pit but i found out that it will be dark dull green

    now for the engine compartment

    the fire wall will that be the same color?

    i have seen zinc chromat yellow,intirior green,.....

    the inside off the cowl seems metal to me

     

    thanks for the advice

    Mark

    Be careful with the colors. The -47 was built in Farmingdale NY P-47 -RE, Evansville IN P-47 -RA and in Buffalo NY P-47G-CU.

    Republic build -REs and RAs. Curtiss built CUs.

    All three used different interior colors, from almost yellow to almost onrange on the airframe interior. The cockpits also used different interior greens. Curtiss built -47s are the easiest as they used more or less the standard interior green and yellow.

    Evansville and Farmingdale is a whole different deal, since colors changed with the different versions of the -47.

    The first thing you need to determine is who manufactured  the original -47 you are planning to build.

    I will find some literature to inform myself a bit better and to share with you later today.

     

     

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    I must be crazy, B-24J on the bench.

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    On 12/22/2018 at 11:26 PM, MGunns said:

    Okay folks:  We now have beaten the Wing and Glazing horse pretty much to death.  We have no idea the motivation, the amount of rearch or lack there of, the intent the motive or profit tipping point of Hobby Boss to produce this kit other than to produce a 1/32nd Liberator.  I give them an A for effort and C for execution.  We can slam Hobby Boss for the errors of the kit but what It boils down to is the kit worth the money for the modeler to buy?  I for one have always liked the Liberator from the moment the "Lady Be Good" story hit "Life" Magazine back in about 1960 or so when I was a lad of about eleven.  I couldn't wait to get my hands on the Revell B-24, how disappointed I was when I saw the photo's of the "Lady Be Good" and it was a "D" not a "J", still I had my Liberator in the odd Revell box scale of 1/100 and was happy to bomb the crap out the "enemy" flying at least four feet off the deck  So here we are 58 years later with a 1/32nd "J" on our hands.  I don't care about the wing being off, albeit would that it be more representative of the Davis wing, nor am I happy with the turret glazing, but some fine sandpaper, Brasso and Future and it will be fine, the wing will be fixed as is; to me neither are show stoppers.   Maybe the AM will provide a better turret and other things, but until that time, I am going to proceed to build the model.  Anyone have the box art to the Revell "Buffalo Bill?"  Post it as that's the markngs I want to do.

    This same hue and cry went up with Roden kits after Wingnut WIngs started flooding the market with their superb WWI offerings.  Roden were putting out some pretty interesting and esoteric  WWI models, but then the naysayers, rivet counters and blatherskites started bashing their models.  Roden stopped making WWI kits and I doubt they will ever do another one.  I have built several Roden WWI models and with a little "modeling' they turn out quite well.  This Hobby Boss B-24 may not be the be all end all, but it's here, it's big and when it's finished it looks like a B-24, no one would possibly mistake it for a Betty.  If anyone would criticize the model after the effort to build it, I would tell them to pound sand.  I build for the enjoyment of the hobby and I will enjoy this model.  If per chance someone comes up with a fix for the wing, share the info and let the modeler decide.  Rant mode off.

    This time in life is definately the "golden" age of modeling, let's model.

     

    I applaud your comment. This hobby requires some level of skill and effort. The perfect model does not exist and never will. 

    Sadly, we modelers, have become too picky when it comes to building flawed model kits and I think is because we lack of the necessary skills or simply we are too lazy.

    I invite modelers to leave the “inaccurate” models alone.

    Most of the people bashing the HB B-24 don’t even owe one.

    • Like 4

    Former Guatemala AF Commander Visits Special Hobby

    in Special Hobby

    Posted

    On 8/23/2018 at 4:46 AM, petr@specialhobby said:

    http://www.specialhobby.info/2018/08/a-surprise-visit-from-distinguished.html

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    I am immensely proud. I was born in Guatemala and seeing a fellow military “Chapin” fills my heart of joy.  

    I have 48 cousins on my father’s side and only three of us served in the military. My cousin, Maj. Orlando Dubon Moino was a Guatemalan AF helicopter pilot (Killed in a crash, 1993). Another cousin, Col. Mynor Pazos Dubon is a Guatemalan Army officer and I am a Chief Warrant Officer 2 helicopter pilot in the US Army. 

    • Like 3

    Speed build Hasegawa Tony

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    6 hours ago, DocRob said:

    At least you are back at the bench, no tents no Tigers :D. Your Tony is really looking fine and six days are next to nothing. My Raiden took me a month till now and that's a speed build for me and it is not even finished yet (Two days went into rescuing my PB-pictures, getting rid of my account and rework all my LSM picture links, grrrrrrr :angry:). Back to your Tony, I like the very even finish of the carmouflage, not easy to achieve. The white around the insignia looks very bright, do you plan to weather them a little?

    Cheers Rob

    Thanks! To be fair, two of those days were my day off and the wife and kids did go somewhere, Therefore the score:

    "honey do list" ......0

    "Tony"....................10

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    Hasegawa J2M3 Raiden - In Between Build

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    Nice cockpit. Can you show your technic for the painting of the dials? You've done a terrific job on it.  I really enjoy those 1/32 Hasegawa models, they are easy to build and are well detailed also. I was doing a similar build a few weeks ago, unfortunately I had to stop because I became sick, then I started some military field training. I hope to resume soon.

     

    King Tiger build in an Army tent

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    6 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Looks good so far. As for the 'what if' scheme, I may suggest painting the first Tiger in US-Woodland-camo-pattern :D.

    Cheers Rob

    Hmmm, I did not think of that, it may be a neat scheme.  What I was thinking was a what if Luftwaffe airfield defense unit, painted with RLM colors, kind of a 1946 idea.

    Now you made me think about your sugestion, dark brown, brown, tan, dark green and olive drab.

     

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