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Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Today, disaster struck, at least momentarily. I don't know what it is, with me and decals? There seem to be a bad surprise with them, with the only exception of the Aviattic made. I wanted to respray parts of the engine hatch on the lower side of the fuselage and masked with ten times detacked tape on the triple sealed decals for protection, while adjusting the tape, I realized to my horror, that all the decals on the fuselage side lifted and broke together. Somehow I was able to rescue them from the near non stick tape and put them in place again. It seems, I have to seal them even more, as I want to use a dirt clay wash on them, without ripping all the decals away. Beside this, I managed only to apply the crosses on the gloss coated wings and prepared and painted parts for the small 1/72 Fokker E.V. And now it is,... ... are you ready for some football?... It's Superbowl time with pulled pork burgers and homemade cole slaw . Cheers Rob -
Sunglasses Needed - B-24 Assembly Ship P.T.P.I 2nd
DocRob replied to seiran01's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
A true statement in colour. This plane can't get lost, bei it on the shelf or in reality. I have a soft spot for unique paint jobs and yours is eye candy . Cheers Rob -
Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
I use only oil colours from Abteilung 502, because I have no others. I can't tell, if there is a difference between them and other oil colours. Generally spoken, for a long time my oil colours wer rarely used, because of their relatively long drying time. Since a while, I start to use them more and more and they are just great and very versatile. Woodgraining, figure painting, using them as a wash, streaking, using them as a filter,... The technique used is quite different from other techniques, but well worth a try. Cheers Rob -
Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Progress is slowly at the moment, caused by lots of test fitting for spars, engine, cowling and wheelstruts and drying time as well. I glued the PE engine hatch under the fuselage and added my self made spars for stabilization into the front of the fuselage and added the PE firewall. Parallel I glued another self made spar into the cowling after installing the engine. All is secured with CA. Then I made the last bendings on the undercarriage struts and test fitted them with the small axle-wing, so far so good. The wings got a blending oil colour treatment with black or dark brownish black oil colour and fast drying turpentine, to thin them considerably. The mix was applied with a saw brush and then worked in, in the direction of the airflow. I'm really satisfied with the outcome, as the streaking blended better now and the colours match closer to the lozenge and fuselage olive tone. Cheers Rob -
Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Thank you Gentlemen, even if I will fail to finish this build in a decent way, it will be a standout for sure. This is by far the brightest spot in my shelf and I will need sunglasses for the final assembly . @Kai: Scale 75 is a Spanish company which started with white metal figures in 75 scale and the matching acrylic colours. The colours are a bit delicate to use. They are difficult to thin down and heavily pigmented and therefore, I never use them in the airbrush. The benefit of these colours lay in their absolutely matte finish, fast drying time, their great ability to cover and their brightness, which makes them ideal for brushpainting figures. Cheers Rob -
Stash stock take, I should be..........
DocRob replied to Bomber_County's topic in General Discussion
At least the counting didn't take too much of your lifetime , no Excel needed for doing the adds. It's quality that counts not quantity. Cheers Rob -
Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Today, the last fuselage decals, the lightnings were added, among some PE for the Oil gauge and oil tank caps. Afterwards the whole fuselage got a Pledge gloss varnish to seal the decals. Then it was time for the wings. I masked sections on the upper and underside and used a saw brush and an old stiff brush to cautiously brush on the colour in the direction of the airflow. I made thin layers with some drying time in between. The colour was spread on some plastic and only the top of the bristles were dapped in. I used exclusively Scale 75 colours, because they dry fast and absolutely matte and have a good opacity. Afterwards I sealed the camo under a coat of Pledge and when dry, I will decide about further treatments with oils or filtering. Cheers Rob -
Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Thanks Kai, the airmen must have had a lot of spare time, to paint all that bright colour schemes onto their birds. Cheers Rob -
Thanks krow, I hope that the other kits are ok, but logic is against it. I keep the double sprue of course, if there is somebody needing it to build his Gotha. I saw a few built, but neither in night camo. After my recent experiences with Aviattic's lozenge decals, the task of covering the whole plane in night camo decal, isn't frightening me too much anymore. If you want the prop pic, please send me your email address, since it's only possible to send a linked attachment in a PM. Cheers Rob
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Corsair Boyington Foto Session
DocRob replied to Kaireckstadt's topic in LSM 1/32 and Larger Aircraft Ready for Inspection
Great display of skills and talent. Love the little scene, which tells a story. The weathering is spot on and seeing the surroundings, absolutely believable. Cheers Rob- 25 replies
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Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
If it was brown, green or grey, it was British, if it looked like a parrot in a LSD dream, definitely German . Actually, that's what I like about them. Cheers Rob P.S. I have seen these weird schemes on Felixstowes -
Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
A little bit of black spraying today. In case of the cowling, a lot of masking was necessary to make the two black strips according to the Pheon manual. Changing from gloss black to matte, I sprayed the Gaspatch 08/15 with very thinned colour, as a base for metal pigments and highlights. The small 08/15 on the right are also from Gaspatch and will be used on the 1/72 Fokker E.V. Next was decaling the tail wing and the sides of the fuselage, where the lightnings overlay the today applied decals in the next step partly. Were there were holes in the fuselage cloth for the steering wires, I applied lozenge patches. The decal for the nose 'star' fitted very well and was slipped on the pre painted cowl without problems. The decals for the tail wing stripes, were a big wide. I will try to trim the overhangs with a razor blade, when dried. The lightning on the back of the fuselage was a little to big. Luckily I read about that issue before and made scalpel cuts in the two angles of the lightning and was able to slide the pieces into fitting shape. This is a sexy looking bird with these cool tailfeathers and cowling. There is not much camouflaging left with that black and white stripes. Cheers Rob- 217 replies
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Lancaster ND644 in 32nd scale
DocRob replied to FME erk's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
I hope, lots of your fine work will remain visible. You managed to get a very nice worn look to all the components. Cheers Rob -
You are a machine John fast and good. Your cockpit looks great. Cheers Rob
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1/32 Scottish Fishing Boat.
DocRob replied to BigDan's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Like Hubert said and yours is even looking lively, not so often seen on wooden ship models. Cheers Roib -
Some days ago a course was broken and I'm really happy about it. I never managed to buy a WNW Gotha, when they were available and when they were gone, I could have bitten my ... about not having bought one. For years now there is the Gotha course lingering, even enhanced, by great builds here, like the one by krow. I was not willing to pay the actual prices, which I couldn't have reasoned for myself. Last autumn, I spotted a 1/48 kit of the Gotha G.V with lots of goodies on the Aviattic homepage, but it was already sold out. A month later I looked again and there were three available. I bought one and thought, end of story, course broken. ...but, while browsing through the richly filled box, I realized, that one wing sprue was twice in the box and the upper wing sprue was missing, damn... I contacted Richard from Aviattic with not much hope, because meanwhile the other two kits were sold, but Richard told me, he has one set of primed sprues left, which he used, testing his night lozenge decals on and he was willing to send me the missing parts and a Fokker DR.1 cowl as a goody, what a great service. I have to thank Richard a lot, for having my Gotha burden loosened. This fairly plain, even smallish box includes a LOT of nice stuff There are four sheets of night lozenge camo decals, cookie cut for four different Gothas and a lot of reference pics, descriptions and drawings The plastic is from the old and sold out Hippo/AZ kit and is expanded by Gaspatch Parabellums and Lukgraph bombs, which were specially downsized from their 1/32 offerings for this kit. This is great, because there are no bombs provided in the original kit. Now it's up to me, to make something great out of this nice kit. Cheers Rob
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I bought the same ones some years ago for Vallejo and similar colours and they are really good to keep everything in order, but I still have to buy one for Tamiya colours. Cheers Rob
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I more than once thought about buying this behemoth. Good grab will there be a WIP? Cheers Rob
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Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Muchas Gracias Señhores, normally decaling is pure horror to me, as I always have various issues while doing it. With the Aviattic decals this has changed, they behave well in every aspect. They lay down perfectly, conform well, they are robust and don't fold over easily. I have no idea about silvering, as they cover the whole thing . You don't need any solvents, just lukewarm water and a drop of soap and of course a well prepared base layer. I have several sets for other WWI projects and am considering to even use a full decal linen cover on my Taube and Fokker Eindecker. Cheers Rob -
1:32nd scale Ansaldo A.1 'Balilla'
DocRob replied to sandbagger's topic in LSM 1/32 and Larger Aircraft Ready for Inspection
I don't know where to start, the little dio, the material appearance, be it metal, the wood pattern on the fuselage, replication of cloth, the unique camo,... It blends all together as another masterpiece, which was a lot of fun to follow. Besides, there is always a lot to learn in your WIP's. Cheers Rob -
Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Obrigado Hubert. ...meanwhile I applied the Lozenge decals to the fuselage. They are from Aviattic and a dream to work with. They lay down perfectly with only some water with a drop of dish cleaner. The key is the preparation, in my case with a primer coat of Tamiya X-2 gloss white. Awiattic decals are not cookie cut, so you have to do the cutting by yourself. No problem here, as the general fit of the print is very good. I decided to apply Lozenge on the inside of the wheels and the typical stripes only on the outside. The stripes were the first of the Pheon decals and received some Set and Sol to conform. I punched out a circle for the axis before applying and now it's drying time. Cheers Rob -
I use Dymo tape for these occasions. Cheers Rob
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Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Gracias Hombres, like you said Phil, there is a fine line... . The Fokker didn't cause a single curse until now, because mainly I was prepared for the kit. I had an idea of, how to tackle it and until now everything worked out. I don't mind an easy kit here and there, because that is not the main influencing factor to me. The kit of my AMK Mig-31 was very easy to build, because it was extremely well engineered. That didn't made the whole project simple, because I put some new and laborious techniques for painting and weathering on my shoulders, to get the look, I wanted. Cheers Rob -
Lancaster ND644 in 32nd scale
DocRob replied to FME erk's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Great effect with the painting, I was really astonished, when I read BRUSH . The result looks terrific and it's good to see, how you've done it with your thoughtful use of the brush technique. Cheers Rob -
Fokker E.V / D.VIII Parasol Mikro Mir 1/32
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
First colour is sprayed on. Metal parts were primed, wings and fuselage not using my last bit of Tamiya rattlecan primer for the struts and PE-hatches and firewall. The fuselage received a high gloss white Tamiya X-2 coat as did the wheel covers. The front part was then masked and airbrushed with Tamiya Olive green, which looked like a nice fit. The struts, engine hatch and firewall were also painted in olive green The wheels were painted with an unhealthy mix of 80% hellbound flesh and 20% of undead flesh from Scale 75, which dry dead flat. The wings were airbrushed in Tamiya's buff as a base for the four colour streaking. In front is the 1/72 wing from the Armas Hobby kit, which consists of more panels. I decided to let the who is right and who is wrong question behind me Cheers Rob