DocRob

Seasonally well timed review. Thanx an cheers

Hi Ozzy, scrape the seam away with a sharp blade, scraping as much as necesary and try to avoid damage beside the seam. The next step is polishing. I use a micro drill with polishing (cloth) head and a polishing paste, but you can use micromesh or these very fine Albion Micro Finishing Cloth Abrasive Pads-Set http://www.albionhobbies.com/flex-i-file-precision-abrasives/ with a range from 3200-12000 grit. Moist the pads a little to prevent from damage by loose abrasive material. After finishing the polishing process with the finest grid, clean everything up and dip the clear part into future or something similar as soon as possible, before the static functions as a dust magnet , voila seamless canopy all clear.

Interesting approach with the "materialized" pre shading. I might try that in a future build.

The P-38 is beauty and beast, packed in a very beautiful frame The Plane of the King

Fantastic Paintjob. You took full advantage of the monochrome scheme. Because of that and the beautiful paneling the Komet looks really interesting and there is no way to be distracted from the powerful shape of the bird. Means something like "Like a flea, but great"

In the beginning there was chaos, now it looks a little like Capitan Kirks commando post at the bridge of the Enterprise . I like it a lot, these Organizers are really great. Congrats to your newly arranged workplace and there are some nice kits waiting to get attention.

Hi Jeroen, the first picture is taken on an abandoned airfield now serving as an open air museum northeast of Berlin called Finowfurt. The owner of the beautiful wingroot was former leader of the German Democratic Republic Walter Ulbricht. Said wingroot is part of an Ilyushin Il-14P, a kind of Air Force One of GDR.

Hi Ozzy, I'm sorry to hear that your gunnery got Id's you didn't want on them. Never leave prints on a gun . My build is declared a future build so I'm not decided yet as how the Uhu will show in the end. On me it is always a little fight between showing the shape of the flying plane pure an simple and the vanity to show every detail under the skirt super detailed to the last bolt. I will follow your build and might "rob" some inspiration. Cheers Rob

Ladies and Gentleman, get your cameras started. The fascination of airplanes and fighting the g-force to me had always an esthetical component. Since I was a kid the design of flying machines was like a magnet to me. Many Planes have their very distinctive way of showing elegance or purpose, sometimes both. The sheer brute force of a Convair Hustler e.g. reminds me always of a perfectly streamlined Bulldog, a Lockheed Starfighter makes me always wonder how these thin little wings might carry the bird. These thoughts in mind I’d like to invite you to take part in starting a little collection of artful (or not only documentary) pictures showing our favorite flying subjects. I was not sure if the placement in the Walkaround section would be ok, but in a way we do walk around the esthetics of flying and the fascination of technology paired with design. For me building a kit has always something to do with a personal interest in a subject on an abstract level. For instance building a Corsair was a lot of fun, because I liked the concept, I liked the technically solutions transforming to a certain distinctive design like the need of a large propeller leading to the bent wing design. My chosen pictures are mostly black and white, because I like the dramatic effect and the idea reduction. Feel free to add whatever comes to mind. Greetings Rob

Thank you for your nice comments Gentlemen. I will keep posting other finished models as well as WIP's when my stuff arrives and I found a nice place to do some modelling in my new house.

Hi Ozzy, thanx for the suggestions. I already bought a lot of AM-Sets for the "Uhu" so I have to wait and see. It's bad news that there are fitting problems with the Panels. I own the Panels, Frame, Interieur, Guns, Antenna and Wheels Set. I got the stuff for a good price, so no complaints here.

Nice "Test" so far , I have the ZM beast in my stash, so I will join your build and might get ideas for realising mine.

Sorry, pictures will not be saved in the forum the size they were taken. If you like I can mail you the pictures.

Thanx Gentleman, @Blupigracing: I'm not sure if I can be of any help on your Issue concerning the Dzus (never heard of these before) connectors. I will add two of the pictres above in their original size, so maybe through zooming in, more detail about the connection could be provided. My Reference material is still in a container and will arrive in the beginning of 2017. On the pictures the larger looking things with a slit in the head should be the Dzus and I think they connect the cowling with frame parts below.

Another T-6D Texan, It is a SN5-J and she is still flying I have seen the Rollout and Takeoff in Chino California. The sound of the Radial Engine is just awesome.

What a great idea. I'd like to see a Diorama with a Pilot jumping out of the car, arriving late to his Mossie or Spit.

Very good and clean build, but what strikes most is the great paintjob. You perfectly blended the strong vivid colors into a homogenous result, which is not easy to achieve.

Time for a little Striptease . The F4U-4 is still in restoration. Two years ago, when I visited Yanks Air Museum in Chino California, she looked like this: As you can see I did a lot of travelling to do my research, but I can assure you the Corsair was not the only reason. Hopefully I could encourage one or the other to leave some panels open on their build. Greetings Rob

Hello Friends of the Whistling Death, Some years ago i had the chance to take some Pictures of a F4U-1A flown by Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. I hope that might be of help to the many builders of that fascinating plane. I hope you enjoyed the tour. Greetings Rob

Lots of interesting shemes here. I read somewhere that the kit-decals are a nightmare to work with. I will build mine as a Portugese T-6 and avoid possible problems, while using Zotz Decals "North American T-6 Texan in the African Wars" #ZTZ32-062 Very unusal versions on that sheet. If I'm in the mood of building more Texans I would choose the paintshop of Biafra or Katanga or possibly Belgian Congo.

You built a beauty, very nicely done, very interesting subject! I never knew, that Jules Verne was a designer of Austrian Torpedo-Boats. The Falke looks like it has sailed only in a weired Steam-Punk Dream.

@towerpower, thank you. There is more to come from different airplanes. @Cees B, I actually don't now if that Cat has been embedded in a wall display. I noticed in different pictures in the Internet, that compared to my pictures changes have been made the way exhibits were displayed, so it is quite possible.

Quite some time since the last Post in this Thread. You may have noticed that there is a PE-Cockpit-Detail-Set in the Market (Yahu YML-3201) http://yahumodels.siemianowice.com/132-124 And there are Masks available for the clear parts (Fly NWAM0001) http://shop.fly814.cz/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=41_53_108_46&products_id=832&language=en I have the Nightfighter including the above mentioned Sets im my stash and I'm looking forward to build that bird Greetings Rob

By the way of introducing myself I wanted to show the mighty F4U I built some time ago. When I was young I was building all the MatchboxAirfixRevellandevensomeTamiya stuff. About thirty years later I decided to reenter the Hobby because I found it really relaxing to give my best in Modelling after hard days at work. I'm not fixed on special subjects, so I do Airplanes as well as Armour and even some Steampunk and Science Fiction Stuff and Figures and there is no special era which I prefer. A Subject has to be of some fascination esthetically, in a technical way, or just be the perfect Subject to learn new techniques. Most of the times I loose interest when a kit is finished, it is more the building, painting and weathering I'm in for. Actually Im not building because I'm moving from Germany (You already guessed that English is not my Mother Language) to Spain and not only my Modelling stuff is in a Container somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean. The Corsair attracted me by it's look of grace and sheer power an I liked the Early war colors of the bird.It was the third Modell of my new career and there were some goals to achive and techniques I wanted to give a try. I wanted to go multimedia and added a lot of AM so that there would be no excuse for fails. KIt: Tamiyas 1/32 Birdcage Corsair an excellent Kit AM: Not really needed except for the wheels - Brassin Cockpit, excellent, but not much of the work will be seen. Lots of scraping and grinding was necessary to fit the cockpit into the fuselage - Brassin Engine, excellent, but I had my Issues later to be mentioned - Eduard PE and Placards - Maketar Masks, I didn't want to Use the Decals for Insignia, Numbers and Walking lines. - SAC Metal Landing Gear, nice but definitely not a must - Brassin wheels as mentioned - Lifecolor and Tamiya Colors, I like to work with Lifecolor in my Airbrush, less sputtering then other brands So there she is. Don't judge to hard on the bird and on my photo-skills, both are on their way of improving. Still on the Bench: And finished: For sentimental reason I will stress the engine theme a little. I loved the build of the Brassin-Engine a lot, it was tempting an satisfying an was a first for me handling huge amounts of resin and metal parts. There were some really upturning Moments in that period of the build. I used blue Micro Mask to mask off the Aluminium areas of the Cylinders and spraying the black air guiding parts. I will never use that stuff again, because it sticks like hell and is nearly impossible to remove, but the worst was yet to come. I decided that I want to show the engine details through removable cowlings. I failed after different attempts first using the Kit plastic parts (even thinned), second using the Brassin cowlings and at last bending and soldering PE-cowlings. But it was impossible to get a god fit and just snap lock the parts, so I ended the nightmare gluing everything closed. One more thing I learned was that it is better to do the wiring by yourself, then using PE ones which always look a little to flat (like the great build of DannyVM). I hope you enjoyed the ride Greetings Rob

I want to share some photos I took some years ago at the NNA Museum in Pensacola Florida. Do I hear HPH-Models cutaway Catalina or to put it short Cutalina. It is not much, but it might help detailing your Cat's Greetings Rob