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55 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:
As usual, Fur wanted pets as soon as she saw me at the bench. Which is a bit of a challenge when you're airbrushing. Sigh...
At least she didn't contribute to the paint job.
No cat’s hair on the paint ?
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This is going to look tremendous on the 1/48 deck of the 1/48 Albatros (c’mon, why not a small challenge, now that you have plenty of time 😂 ? )
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The repainting of the wheels and wing certainly paid off. Far more convincing than the "chrome" plated parts.
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2 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:
I had a similar problem ....with a Takom part.....I was able to get the part
without much difficulty...I'm glad Heller is able to help you!
I've not had much experience building Heller (or Aifix) kits....recently
bought a Heller "petit gris" tractor.....not sure why!
Because the « Petit Gris » is as iconic to French agriculture post-WWII as, say, a Chevrolet Corvette for American muscle car lovers (or is it a Camaro, or a John Deer tractor ?)
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In the meantime, Heller have become a German-owned company, and the new management seem keen on relaunching the brand. Maybe this explains that
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On 8/14/2023 at 3:57 AM, ScottsGT said:
So how did one $2.99 bottle turn into a $62 order before shipping? 🤪
B#!&%y inflation 😡 !
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Count me in ! I need at least two of those.
How much, shipped to Portugal ?
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On 8/13/2023 at 5:29 AM, Clunkmeister said:
I don’t fart, I purr out me arse
You kitty, me Lion ...
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PS: Did you you know that farts smell so that deaf people can also benefit from them ...
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50 minutes ago, Winnie said:
it's not supposed to look that way!
Looks like a very early one, what happened?
It’s an Australian Sea King … you know they walk upside down, down under 🙃 ?
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Sorry to read you have been beaten by this egg-beater, Peter.
Oh well, it was the wrong scale anyway, and it had no wings, which are two reasons enough to have no regrets, IMHO 😉 …
You still have time to find a nice kit on which to apply your magic. And you got much better and more important news this week, so , with hindsight, you can say it was a great week overall …
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On 8/9/2023 at 5:09 PM, DocRob said:
Some new kits and some tools are the catch of the day.
Lately, I have developed a liking for strange looking race cars and this Tamiya Mercedes will be a first venture into this direction with the weird decal set from Racing Decals 43. Possibly this was ignited with remembering my airbrushing roots, spraying motorcycle helmets back in the late 80's with strange designs.
Next is another Tamiya classic, the Honda RA 272 a simple kit, counting the parts, but a bit to simplified around some parts. Therefore, I also bought two detail sets from Falcon Models, which address the engine and rear suspension with 3D printed parts
Last but not least, a hopefully decent soldering station for delicate PE jobs and electronic stuff. It comes with different tips and will replace my Weller station from the 80's
Cheers Rob
Love that Honda with its clockwork engine : 12 cylinders for 1.5 liter …..
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Noce progress, Kriss.
Regarding the engine, AFAIK, the pushrods’ fairings, the head covers and the reduction gear crankcase were black-enamelled on the Bristol Mercury …
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I’d never have bet that the original kit could turn out so beautifully. It’s a fantastic tribute to your skills, and a lesson for all of us
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Well done, Kriss 👍
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Wow ! Now, THAT is a spectacular scheme ! I like it a lot !
(Did you notice the slight asymetry in the wing root / orange fuselage / walkway area between the right and left sides ?)
This could almost push me in the « buyers » camp
Hubert
PS : I think your orange demarcation line is not the right side compared to the left one : missing a few mm outboard.
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46 minutes ago, Bomber_County said:
Thanks Gaz, it’s a very satisfying build. When you look at the new Devastator @ around £100 and this Mosquito at around £200 the differential in detail, engineering, moulding, instructions, decals is a millennium apart………yes, so please Mr Tamiya more 32nd …………..
Ahh. You know what, I’d have bought a Tamiya 1/32 TBD in a heartbeat. Ditto for for a glass-nosed Mossie…But I am in the « non-significance » percentile of Tamiya’s market researchers. Hence why I have spent a lot more with each of Special Hobby, Kittykawk, Fisher or HpH (or even Trumpeter) than I will ever with Tamiya
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This said, your build is top notch, Phil 👍 !
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2 hours ago, DocRob said:
No wonder you didn't finish in time Hubert, with so many precious extra detailing going into the front wheel well only. It clearly is more visible with that natural near tail sitter and will be eye candy with equally detailed landing gear struts.
You should move your thread to the LSM under construction section, as, I won't speak it out again, ...deadline, ... GB..., ...wet,..., finished.
Cheers Rob
24 minutes ago, KevinM said:That's a model in itself Hubert Nice Work
Thanks guys.
I am really enjoying doing this type of detailing. Although I know I should be like Johnb, i.e. focus on an impeccable painting (but I am not sure I could ever equal his proficiency at this work) with minimal extra-detailing, as most viewers will never know nor see what went into this detailing, I just can’t help trying to reproduce the technical details in scale
… That’s an approach that does not help reduce the stash quickly though 😂.
Rob, you’re right. If any of the mods read this, can you please move this thread to the WiP forum (when you have the time) ?
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Indeed, great improvement 👍 !
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Ok. In spite of the GB being finished, I keep making progress on this one …
The last weeks have been spent, working on and - mostly - off, on populating the front landing gear well. With the Cutlass high stance, there is a chance that some of it will be visible, and the truth is that the well was pretty full.
In passing, you can find a lot of walkaround pics on the Cutlass, most of them of the Cutlass in the National Museum of Naval Aviation. They are very useful, but beware, a number of elements have been removed from this museum item. In this respect, the pics of the Cutlass under restoration a few years ago, help fill-in - literally - the voids left on NMNA Cutlass.The front LG well is crammed with hydraulic lines, and mechanical linkage rods. Fisher has represented only a very small portion of this - as they readily admit on the instructions - and you can - as I did - spend a lot of time adding details.
I used some wire, of 0.4 mm diameter, to represent the hydraulic lines. Being a copper wire, it’s stiff enough to represent the hydraulic lines of the original, and be bent whilst keeping its shape. To represent the various connectors of the lines, I have used pieces of 1 mm square rod, 0.8 mm hex rod. Drilling those with a 0.4 mm drill to pass the wire through it is fun, and requires a steady hand . I am quite pleased that I used only one bit for this, and managed not to break it 🤪 !
Anyway, here is what I started with …
As I mentioned previously, the ram represented in the well , which is the ram operating the landing gear doors on the original, is a bit too long, and requires shortening :
Then I added progressively the various bits, pieces, wires, tods, etc. to try to represent the original. Fisher provides some PE parts to dress up the well, btw, like the dials of some pressure gauges, which could be consulted by the but not the maintenance crew, but not the means to fit them in the well. So I also made some additional parts in brass sheet, either to support the dials, or to represent the frame supporting some of the linkage rods.
Here is what I have ended up with tonight.
Now for some paint to blend everything together …
I still need to add, when the gear leg is in place, the final bit of piping for the compressed air of the wheels turbine, and the brake piping on the leg.
I will not do as much detailing on the main landing gear wells, which will not be visible. Just add some of the prominent pipes one can see on the original.
I hope you like it.
Some more pics to come when I have made progress.
Hubert
PS edit: replaced yesterday’s pics with sharper ones I took this morning …
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Good-looking Mossie, Kevin 👍 ! These glass-nosed Mosquitoes were definitely the best-looking ones.
And, strangely enough, the all-blue scheme alleviates some of the funky shape of the wing leading edge over the radiator intake …
Like it a lot !
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Although they seem worth inordinate amounts of money nowadays, I actually think the best tribute to Paul is to build them.
As for the specific Fisher stash, I think Ernie’s makes all of us look like amateur midgets …
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Beautiful build, Craig !
Watching at your detail pics, I realise that only the venerable 1/32 Revell Mk 1, released in 1969, got the rivets right. And that was the time of masters and pantographs, not of 3D CAD …
So, what’s next ?
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IT’S HERE !
After 17 years, I could finally lay my hands on a 1/32 TBD Devastator ! It’s basic, but the basics are good, and a good base for improvements, starting with integrating the Airscale set (but not the folding wings one, as I do not like folded wings).
I need to finish my Cutlass first, lest it returns on the SOD for another 6 years, but I can see a TBD build in a very near future
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5 hours ago, ScottsGT said:
[…] the modelers logical mindset […]
Exercise : find the oxymoron in the above expression.
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Be careful on Facebook
in General Discussion
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So you have been banned because both aircrafts are historically inaccurate (the 109 for sporting « 5 » instead of « 15 », and the Dornier for inappropriate swastikas, as very ably demonstrated by Martin ) ?
I never thought FB moderators would have such an historical acumen. Silly me, I just thought they were here to make sure hate, trolling, spreading conspiracy theories, letting « influencers » make a fast buck out of gullible teenagers, were striving constantly, so that FB can spot the best way to monetize the data thus gained …
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