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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    On 9/13/2021 at 4:42 PM, HubertB said:

    That’s WHEN Gary will have spilled a bottle of Tamiya Extra-Thin and a pot of enamel, plus let a drop of hot solder fall on the mat, that he will really be able to claim he has joined the rest of the modelling world 😁!

    Just my :2c:

    Hubert

    Sorry Hubert...  I missed your comment.  I've been pretty lucky with the extra thin so far...   don't jinx me.   And...  my dearly beloved would never let me solder in the house.

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    New Spitfire Mk. 1 on the way!

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    Even though not my favorite plane...   it is my favorite version of that plane.  Thankfully they used their heads and didn't whip out some interwar &(**%$!^, some unarmed @(&%, or some civilian %()(@.

    I'm sure they'll be famous....   unless their next plane is a Fairey Battle, or Blackburn Skua.  Personally, I wouldn't turn my nose up at an early Tiffie....  or have those been "done to death"?

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    Gottfreid Weiroster Bf 109G6 R6 Revell 1/32

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    On 9/14/2021 at 5:42 AM, Martinnfb said:

    1930's

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    1940's

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    Great pics, Martin!  Thank you!

     

    17 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:

    Great progress Gary. The camo came out perfect to me! I love these 109 camos with the blotches on the fuselage side. Not easy to replicate but you did it perfect. 
     

    Chair is also stunning! Curious how it will look like in the end! 

    After trying to thin down the strip evenly, I decided to buy thinner strip.  The new strip will be .5mm X 1mm.  Should be interesting to work with.  There is a lot of work to do on the camo.  Step 1 of the weathering process will be to stress the paint by wet sanding.  This will eliminate some 1/1 scale overspray as well as show wear given to the fuselage in particular as the upper layers of paint on the fuselage were often buffed away in places showing the RLM 76 underneath.

    ...  then there will be touch up and more weathering.

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    What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)

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    3 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

    Buffalo is looking up…  I goobered up the tail decals, then made a mess out of painting the stripes on, now I’ll try it again, this time taking more care.  The Killer Egg was the result of getting pissed off at the Buffalo for a few days. I’m not a helo guy, but that little kit is a really precise and nice building kit.

    Haven't got as much bench time as I really wanted, simply because I’ve been enjoying the summer with the old cars.

     

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    For a half second I thought you had two of those egg plane kits on your bench.

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    Gottfreid Weiroster Bf 109G6 R6 Revell 1/32

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    2 minutes ago, DocRob said:

    Very ikeaesque Gaz :D. By the way, they have manuals to download, which could help with the proportions. The chair would clearly benefit from narrower strips.

    Cheers Rob

    It was hard to find the same-ish design of chair.  I may have already ordered the stock when I found the DIY article. 

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    It's not quite the same.   But it has a lot in common with Weiroster's chair.

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    JetMads Viggen

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    3 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

    Gazz, here in the USA, it’s 230 to my door with discounts. That includes around 35 bucks freight. Tamiya and ZM kits are often more expensive than that. 

    No worries, Ern.   I was just taking this opportunity to sob.

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    LED Klingon Battlecruiser planned... need some lighting advice.

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    11 hours ago, HubertB said:

    Sorry, I can’t help you much, but I know that the only thing that will last for 3 days are LEDs. 
    I also know that there are some fiber optics sets. With one led as a light source you can carry light to many points on you kit. I wish I did know where to point you at for those, though :(

    Hubert

     

     

    7 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Cool project Gaz, I only build one model with LED lights, the Nautilus submarine, where I bought a dedicated lighting kit, because I'm not much into electronics. It was easy to install with some required extra work. Most important is to check for unwanted light emissions.
    I don't know, which kit you have, but there are lighting kits out there for Klingon battlecruisers.
    I can imagine that my submarine with it's maybe 15 LED's would run for three days with one 9V batterie.

    Only one example: Amazon.com: Polar Lights - Star Trek Klingon K't'inga Lighting Kit 2T (Upgrades to kit POL950), 1:350 (MKA031M), White : Arts, Crafts & Sewing

    Cheers Rob

     

    4 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

    Gaz, check out CultTVmanshop.com 

    They specialize in sci-fi kits and carry lighting kits and supplies to make your own. 

    https://www.culttvmanshop.com/Lighting-Electronics_c_27.html

    Here's one for the K'Tinga that you have. It's out of stock at the moment though. 

    https://www.culttvmanshop.com/Lighting-Electronics_c_27-3.html

    Check out Paragrafix as they have a set of LED and connectors that are supposed to the easy to use.i haven't tried them so can't confirm that. 

    If you have the time Warren at Tirydium Models does custom sets that are plug and play and very reasonably priced. His sets I've used and they work as advertised.  

    Hope that helps. 

    Carl

     

     

     

     

    Thanks for the quick response, guys.  I'm really looking more towards a cheaper DIY solution from parts I can get locally.  I have a soldering iron yet need soldering practice.  I'd like to build my skill set without spending too much.

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    Gottfreid Weiroster Bf 109G6 R6 Revell 1/32

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    7 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Wow, very cool paintjob and it even camoes the false shapes of the kit ;). Gutsy call to spray the walk lines with masks, but it payed in the end. She will look great and will make you forget all the issues, this subpar kit has. 
    After all, it's somehow good to see, that not all the kits out there are perfect. Being in my third Tamiya build in a row, I have the feeling, that a kit which needs a bit more of extra work, should be next. The most fun generating project overall in the last years was the Mikro Mir Fokker D.VIII, where I could be very creative about finding solutions for the kits weaknesses.

    Cheers Rob

    Thank you, Rob.  The walk lines aren't exactly perfect.  But they'll do from a couple feet away.  It might be one of those techniques that has to be done last.

    The shape still bugs me.  Bugs me enough to keep thinking on how I might fix the problems on the Revell G10.  If scribing wasn't required, the simple answer would be putty.  I have filled 109 panel lines before.  And the major problem with that is what happens to the details you don't want to fill.  Invariably they suffer, and rescribing fuel hatches and handholds... is tough.  They never look right for me.

    If the ZM 109 comes out before I get to it...  I might have to give the Revell away.

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