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Another shaped crib board file proves out:

Noice! Love the D series.

Bertyl; I tagged him for you on the fbook page.

Exactly as stated , you can search the suppliers. The flicking is good , and I set my airbrush to splatter as well. Lots of ways to do things. If I was you I would go back in with a wet brush and remove what you have applied. There will be a stain from it , that will bea good start. Then go on youtube and watch a few vids , pick one you think you can do and ffsake have some fun with it! WW! muddy!?

Wet effects fluid helps too.

Wait a minute , I'm confused , is it this rack: ...or this rack: ...couldnt possibly be this rack:

He's fine , you can reach him on RAy Rimmels Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1147483955323793/

I redouble my efforts after a 'walk awy.' A 'walk away' being a 'forced exit' , take some time to reflect and come back stronger. I recommend jigs for the work described. Not only does it secure the model , you can handle the jig instead of the model and get gravity on your side. Here is The Biff Piece in rigging:

Little bit every day as well as the contemplation of the more complicated work to come. The tidy litttle bomb rack gets some p/e and eyelet detail: Some careful drilling there , getting more used to the tiny drill bit handling and use.

TOOOOOFUNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYY!

Contemplating this ref pic today: I did observe the markings farther down the fuse are obviously white and the skull does not match that shade. The skull does match the engine pod behind it. The skull appears to be grey or the grey green engine pods came painted. The subject is a GIII as well. MY skull does not appear to be the same size , as GIV's nose' were smaller in height. I think I have it sized ok: I also didnt spray it a full white coat , there is gonna be a series of masks to get the detail into the skull shape , those paint applications will build up shades and maybe a little color.

Thanks Gaz! She clean up real nice...: ...looks like a little more work to get the bombs settled in ...

The 300 year old swamp cedar has a huge grain , never out of water you see , so it may not be best for some patterns. Here is the finished cobblestone base: One side a little wider for a nameplate. Easy enough to make a file form a plan view pic of the revetment Viet Nam PSP. Check it here : https://www.facebook.com/Custom-Model-Base-Service-2693828500632275/?modal=admin_todo_tour

A t t t toight little bit of fabrication results in a credible bomb rack beginning. I managed to use only the 4 grey parts of the AEG kit , all the rest have gone back in the box. I can now have the bombs in place , and ready to rig the release mech when the fuse and wing center section are joined , this means minimal time upside down in the jig. The Rack: Oops!

lol kaiser steel!!?? I could do this with my laser onto a piece of wood. Here is a base done in that fashion:

Thanks for the interest and looking in. Today's mission was scrubbed as the camera battery died right at the beginning of the work.... Here is the layout for the intended bomb load. 2 300kg bombs and their fuse/detonater tips. And a plethora of parts from the AEG kit , all of them numbered . I'll most likely sell or trade the AEG kit , it holds little interest for me and these parts will be missing , its a w/d kit too. These parts are for option IV of the bomb load. I'm robbing them because they are well moulded , better than the Gotha kit parts. Scratch building option is viable but tooling up a jig to bend the flat bar bomb racks would take some item , more than 4 items are worth. I include the p/e specific set because I have it , not because it is of any use ,as it is not:

Thanks Cmiester ; I can only surmise that is a new Franco/Texan expression. Thanks GMac And Bertyl , good to see you again. I must agree A Gotha does progress sporadically , in spurts , erratically , however you wish to put it. I do not get paid to model, and as I work at home in my private business , when I model I could be making money for the business. This creates the stop & go situation described. Here are the tanks as the rigging progressed, I've pulled the wires through and over , white glueing them in place: Step by step like this points out the way rigging can be approached , with patience and a number of steps with time in between to let glue dry. And coming back in here with the final step , drilling for a fuel line fitting. This will be installed later , this is the last operation before flipping the wing over:

Very nicely done!

Thanks Martin & Leo. In continuation of the fuel tank rigging I used a p/e guage bezel with a p/e nut and 1/32 scale metal tbuckles. I selected Prym for the actual cable as I do want to stretch the lines a little. In these two pics you can see everything in palce as I wick in th thinned white glue, several applicationds wont matteras it sucks right in shrinking right out of sight. The tbuckles have been glued along their entire length , You will also see that te rigging lines are not completed yet , following my way of doing things a little at a time , coming back to the work as the glue sets.

I cant even imagine and dont feel the same way about , my Anniversary Fisher Sea Fury . The WNW situation is unfortunate , not a tragedy.

Politicians don't inhale , remember?

Pryn is the elastic thread WNW recommends to use for the R.A.F. flying wires on British WW 1 aircraft. Easily gotten from sewing supply stores , it stretches into a racetrack or flat oval shape , the closest anyone has conme to the correct flyin wire profile. You could have gotten it from WNW at $16.00 , or this pic may help with procurement : The Biff Piece was rigged with a combination of a number of rigging materials.

GMac Thanks for that keen observation!? Lets face it , I have already from my studies of the aircraft , the Gotha G series of bombers were an utter failure. Despite brilliant engineering in some areas and decent supplies of some components the airframe as designed was unworkeable in the long run. The proof? A documented attrition rate of 70+% on LANDINGS , still they continued on with the airframes trying to make it work. The GV series showing the design changes around the fuel storage. Still installing two tanks at the apex of the CofG and one big one in the crew compartment! I real oxymoron of a plane , responsible for scaring the crap outta Great Britain yet unstable in flight characteristics to the point of near unservicability. Todays work started with the scrutiny of the source pics available for the 2 upper wing tanks. Maddeningly frustrating is the norm for Gotha ref pics and the fuel tanks dont disappoint. Some good pics in the R.R. book , Gotha! , and the instructions , the triumvirate of Gotha ref's , yet a definite answer cannot be settled upon! Specifically the hold downs for the tanks. Some show tbuckles and VERY thin cable. Some show the cable disappearing into the wing with no detail at all! Some show the square patches R.R. detailed on his model. So we can surmise that as with all things Gotha there is very little proof of any one method of securing the tanks. Todays fuel tank rigging tool/ supply setup : You got your 1/32 tbuckles , p/e nuts and guage mounts doubling as rigging mounts. I see you guys are all over this thread right now...

...sigh... I really fear for the planet...