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    Gottfreid Weiroster Bf 109G6 R6 Revell 1/32

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    Thanks for the great pics and video, Martin.  Fewer G-rated things look better on film than a sleek fighter aircraft.

     

    I've just run into an unhappy situation.  I've realized two things about this 109 kit.  The first is that the shape at the forward part of the wingroot and fuselage is all wrong.   The wing comes up too much up front extending the fuselage area behind the oil cooler.  But...  I sanded a lot of it away.

     

    Worse still is discovering that both wings have a bow in them.   So...  port wing was worst, so I broke it apart and now it is clamped, glued, and taped, hopefully drying in a straight shape. 

     

    This in one of those situations where I need a kit to ruin before I build one, right.  Sadly, I spent too much on this one to justify binning it.

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    P-40 / Kittyhawk Mk I 112 Sqn Neville Duke - GA-V / AK578

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    15 hours ago, nmayhew said:

    TopNotch will make to custom order, and i have used them for three previous projects

    for this one, they goofed the sharkmouth (only did one side, and that wasn't a close representation of the real thing either) and upper wing roundels too small, which they are working to correct; I should point out that the masks remained unopened by me for 7 months, and only then did i see their errors - I won't make that mistake again!

    my strong advice is get yourself a silhouette cutter thingy - it's what i've just done. Jennings (from LSP) is the only guy i have ever found to cry 'cant make them work' - I just haven't tried yet lol...i have zero patience to learn stuff, and just want to know how to 'do'

    i think this Youtube vid may be the solution:

    https://youtu.be/d2z45-4b7k8

    Hope this helps

    Nick

    Love your work!  I am a Silhouette portrait user.   A lot of it is similar to working with MS paint.  I never mess with the setting and use Oramask 810.  I love the import function.  You can import any jpeg or png file and then use the copy function.  Then just drag and drop into the working area.

     

    I haven't seriously modelled any desert war aircraft before.  I've always wondered how beat up they got from flying sand.  Sadly. super close up photos of wing edges aren't plenmtiful.

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    Gottfreid Weiroster Bf 109G6 R6 Revell 1/32

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    16 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:

    Ltn. Weiroster looks really awesome Gary. The uniform and the face are spot on.

    Good surgery also on the wingroot.

    Looking forward to seeing the progress  of 4 days lockdown…

    Thank you, Kai.  Is it me, or does his uniform look like velvet?

    2 hours ago, Peterpools said:

    Gaz

    What an eye for detail, looking just so good.

    Keep 'em comin

    Peter

    Thank you Peter.  It's all part of my plan to improve.

    2 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

    Looking good 

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    Thank you, Martin!  Damn, man!  You certainly have a great collection of images!

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    Gottfreid Weiroster Bf 109G6 R6 Revell 1/32

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    After a uniform correction pointed out by a friend, and another dose of matte coat, our pilot's uniform looks much different:

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    By eliminating the glare, my attempts at shading finally show.  I just wish he had a younger face.  He looks more like Geschwader Kommodore material.

    Heady stuff...   wings and empennage on.

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    I decided to look at Herr Weiroster's 109 and noticed that in photos, whether he's chilling in his custom lawn chair, leaning on vertical stab, or preparing to take off, the position of flaps and cooling flaps on his radiators is consistent.

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    So...  the point is that part of the wing root is visible.  You can see I filled that joint with black CA and sanded it smooth.   But I will have to paint test it tomorrow...  or later.

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    After work tomorrow, I'm on a four-day weekend.  I hope to make major progress.

    ...We'll be in lockdown...   I'll be short of excuses.

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    Question about Trumpeter P-51B kit

    in Modelling Discussion

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    19 hours ago, Drifter said:

    I built the Trumpeter 1:24 P-51D IV. was not bad at all. 

    My biggest problem with Trumpeter is the rivet holes.  On both the P-40 and the 109F(G), many of the rivet holes are elongated because the riveter doesn;t always come from a direction perpendicular to the Aircraft's skin.   So...   you get some holes near the bottom and top of the fuselage that are very oval.  Twice-bitten, permanently shy.  

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    Share how COVID-19 Quarantine has affected you.

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    On 8/2/2021 at 8:32 AM, BradG said:

    A vaccine so safe we need to indemnify the doctor from liability if he kills you.....yeh, that's really encouraging for people....yeeeesh. From what I hear from friends, you get asked 15 questions relating to your health and clotting now, which I think both my parents would fail.

    I am also opposed to this vaccine passport they want to introduce. What a good way to create two classes of people within society and what about those who do not carry a smart phone, like me.

    Smart-clay-tablet?

     

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    Gottfreid Weiroster Bf 109G6 R6 Revell 1/32

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    1 hour ago, HubertB said:

    Your figure is hundred times better than what I could achieve. From what I read from the experts like Marion Ball, the secret with acrylics is to use multiple very diluted layers to achieve the same blending effect as with oils.

    Keep going. You’ll prevail on that pig of a kit in the end.

    Hubert

    Thank you for the very kind words, Hubert.  I was actually trying to emulate the technique.  But it just doesn't look the way I'd like.  Perhaps my layers were too heavy.  I just end up with textures I don't want.

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