DocRob
-
Posts
7,124 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Posts posted by DocRob
-
-
Our forum is a great place and that's because of you all here and specially the busy guys enabling it to be like that, mostly in the background, none the less time and energy consuming. Thanks to you all, you are my only modelling connection to the world, being a little isolated on my tiny island and surrounded by modelling ignorants
. Yeah, group hug it is.
Happy new year
Cheers Rob
-
5
-
-
Guys, I feel ashamed when I see your output and quality. It seems, I finished only three kits in 2019, but started some more, which consumed lots of time as an excuse
.
Char 1b Tamiya
My GB build RSO from Riich
Dottie Mae Hasegawa / Eduard
Happy new year
Cheers Rob
-
4
-
-
Hi Phil, today I took a closer look at my airbrushes for a short comparison. There are lots of differences between the H&S Infinity and Ultra, but nozzles and needles seem to be the same.
The main differences are the screw in color reservoir (Infinity) vs. stick in (Ultra), where I prefer the Infinity, because it's easier to clean because of the larger diameter and it's easier to exchange. With the Infinity you get the possibility to adjust the amount of Colour supplied with the brass part on the end and the knob on it makes it possible to do a blow out into a tissue for getting rid of blocked airways in the airbrush, which to me both are very important an often used mechanisms.
The Infinity's trigger works smoother, while I don't like booth too much, because I tend to cramp easy with both of them.
The needles of both are very easy to bend while cleaning and you have to be careful while screwing on the front cap. Even the slightest disorientation on the needles tip leads to terrible spray result. I once bent a needle tip slightly and bend it back carefully (only fractions of a millimeter) and honed the needle tip with a Japanese grinding stone for knives (6000 grit).
This picture shows a comparison between a H&S needle above and a Rotring needle below, both of them being 0,2 mm needles.
You can see clearly (well more or less, blurry pic) that the H&S needle extends the nozzle a lot more than the Rotring one. That is one of the main reasons, why clogging is such a big issue on the H&S (and I guess many others). The Rotring does only extent a fraction of a millimeter and has a rounded tip, which you can clean with your fingertip while spraying.
That said, there are other disadvantages to the Rotring's. First of all they are long out of production and you don't get spare parts anymore. They have a lot of seals which tend to leak, when they are not very well maintained.
I hope that helps a little
Happy new year to everyone.
Cheers Rob
-
3
-
1
-
-
Generally I like the engineering of the H&S airbrushes (I have an Ultra and an Infinity with differently sized nozzles) The metal surfaces are very fine and easy to clean.
What I don't like about is the tendency to clog very fast with pigmented Colours like acrylics. The tip of the needle is long and there is lots of space to clog for the pigments into the air stream. Other airbrushes are better here, like my old Rotrings which have other faults.
Diluting the Colours to a perfect consistence and adjusting the perfect air pressure is very important with H&S, specially with Colours which don't mix well with flow enhancers.Cheers Rob
-
4
-
-
4 hours ago, GazzaS said:
That engine detail is unreal! Merry Christmas!
Gaz is right, the Gotha is looking great, but the engine is something else.
Cheers Rob
-
2
-
-
4 hours ago, Jeff said:
Too much popcorn is not good for your health, take some beers to swallow properly
.
Cheers (and I mean it) Rob
-
2
-
-
Although it's almost a shame to cover your great PE work, I have to say the paint covered look is also very tempting. Can't wait for the finish line.
Cheers Rob
-
2
-
-
Looks great, specially with the faded parts and reminds me a little of a board game with that huge Austrian Lozenge.
Cheers Rob
-
3
-
-
15 hours ago, GusMac said:
Always think the A4 looks a bit 'weird' as a two seater.
Great build, painting and very dynamic setting with the blurry underground, nice, but I have to agree with Gus, the two seater looks wrong with the second guy sitting so close to the tail in such a small frame.
Cheers Rob
-
2
-
-
Looks great Carl, this Junkers is so ahead of it's time, I'm always in search for the second wing.
Cheers Rob
-
2
-
1
-
-
Did some interior work on my WNW Pfalz. The problem is I started the build many years ago and sometimes it's hard to understand what I did then. Anyway, for me it will be a learning experience.
I applied internal steering lines for the first time (EZ-line) and used HGW belts, which had to be cut from the sheet. I fiddled the belts into the loops still on the PE-sheet
, which helps a lot and cut the ends of the paper belts slightly triangular for easier threading into the loops.
That is where I'm right now, fuselage about to get glued together.
Cheers Rob
-
6
-
-
Like I said in the WIP section, outstanding. I would like to see some pics on a sun beaten concrete floor outside with flirring heat. Not easy to achieve in Scotland, but a Greek pilot would take your Corsair for real.
Cheers Rob
-
4
-
-
Looks Greek to me Gus, as close to the scrapyard as can possibly be
. In other words your Corsair looks great. I love the uneven and heavy weathered finish. The tonal variation in the camo is very rich and the whole appearance is supporting the tool like look of the Corsair, chapeau.
Cheers Rob
-
3
-
-
Others try to keep their canopies clear
, but great work on the dusted one, it fits perfectly.
Cheers Rob
-
6
-
-
On 12/13/2019 at 5:45 AM, BlrwestSiR said:
Not by a long shot. My bench "area" pretty much looks like that. I'm in the middle of trying to make room on my bench for my boys but I'm failing miserably.
That's when a HE-162 gets a Mustang tail and Lamborghini wheels
. I'm not overly organized on my bench, but could never work on yours. You must have a special talent for organizing the abyss of chaos. Good if you find your boys among the kits, prior to building a bench for them and where is the cat 
?
Cheers Rob
-
2
-
-
This is brilliant, the wood of the internal structure looks so, well, wood like. The modulation on the wings is great too.
I'm sure you have seen this new WNW offering, including a figure of William Barker
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/product?productid=3209Maybe somebody have the figure in spare and is willing to sell or swap.
Cheers Rob
-
1
-
-
I used Dymo tape lately as a sawing guideline for my Arado 234 surgeries. It worked ok, but I got some black residues left on the fuselage plastic and decided to apply a layer of Kabuki for protection on the clear parts under the Dymo. That way I had no problems with black sticky leftovers on the canopy.
Cheers Rob
-
2
-
-
On 12/9/2019 at 9:37 PM, TJTX said:
That's all I can figure out to say. You are the finest painter in the hobby in my opinion.
...and not only painter, the scratching involved is formidable.
Cheers Rob
-
2
-
-
16 hours ago, crazypoet said:
Looks a bit like someone one having a truly bad hair day at the moment!
He he, I remember that expression from my P-47 build, but used wire instead of Anyz. Somebody wrote here, that he fiddled thin wire through the Anyz braided threads to gain a little bit more strength. This way it would be easier to glue the lines into pre drilled holes, I guess.
Cheers Rob
-
3
-
-
This is looking great, Dale. Looks like you are on JohnB-speed, a new LSM measurement, with the Original JohnB calibrated as one, the rest of the world less than one and maybe one or two above one, but this is hard to think off.
Keep it rolling with that great kit.
Cheers Rob
-
4
-
-
Very nice rendition of the SSW. The paintjob looks great, the black and white lines enhance the elegance. I will never understand, why the Germans put in that much effort to camouflage their birds with weird Lozenge camo, only to paint the fuselages so brightly. Good for us though, because it is pure fun to paint these planes.
Cheers Rob
-
3
-
-
Nice Lightning Kev, I always liked the design of the bird, which put brute force and some elegance in a very attractive frame. You did this appearance great justice with that cool NMF look.
Cheers Rob
-
4
-
-
10 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:
Something I've wanted since Tamiya first released it back in the '80s:
Whooohow, that reminds me of my Tamiya RC Wild Willy Jeep, I owned when I was in my young teens.
Have fun with the kids with your Honda.Cheers Rob
-
1
-
1
-
-
Some days ago I released my years ago started build of the WNW Pfalz off the SOD and started some work. It is my first WNW build and it will be a learning experience for my others in stash.
What keeps me fascinated other then the great quality of their kits, is the possibility to transform plastic into lots of different materials like wood, leather, cloth, metal. A little sub interest in my modelling is to represent materials as best as possibly, not always to be crowned with success, but hey, the Pfalz is my canvas at the moment.My first wooden propeller turned out ok, I like the result. After a sand colored coat, I masked with 0,75 mm strips of Kabuki (Maketar pre cut) and added the red brown Colour. After demasking I used AK's weathering pencils to add some grain detail and overcoated everything with Tamiya clear orange.
If somebody has a clue about mixing the Pfalz typical Colour of silver white for wings and fudselage, feel free to enlighten me.
Cheers Rob
-
7
-
Airbrush Recommendations
in Modelling Discussion
Posted
God luck with the reaper, hopefully everything will be all right for you.
Airbrush wise it's hard to me to recommend one, I see them more as tools and all have their pros and cons. Personally as an ex engineer I prefer a very refined, well designed and easy to maintained heavy metal one. Overall the Infinity is that for me, but not without objections.
More important than the airbrush is the way to learn to handle it. Choosing the right Colours, thinners, air pressure thinning grade and maintenance / cleaning are the adjusting levers and it's still a hit and miss with me, even with the Infinity.
Cheers Rob