GazzaS
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1 hour ago, Kaireckstadt said:
I only have 2 WWI kits in my stash Gary:
A Meng Fokker DrI with a bust of Richthofen and a WNW Fokker DVII. Because the rigging is very few on them
The DrI will probably be on my desk after the Tornado and the Gina.
There is no need to fear rigging. Especially on most German fighters. Uschi and mig make great elastic line. Rigging is a bogeyman we've created with our minds. It can be as simple as 1 piece of elastic line between two holes with 2 dabs of CA. That's how I started with a 1/48 scale Eduard Roland C.II. Actually... it might be a useful way for you to start... something cheap and disposable to learn on.
Personally, I don't really find it an enjoyable experience until it is finished. Because most of the time you are afraid of what your fingers may do... or worst case, knock your model off of it's jig.
....speaking of jig.... do you have a biplane-capable jig?
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13 hours ago, Martinnfb said:
It's so Tubby!
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Loving all of your scratchbuilding! Love the little details... and the fact that the engine hangs on the bearer!
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12 hours ago, Jackster said:
Immaculate build!
Cheers
Kev
Thank you!
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That's very cool!
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On 5/23/2021 at 2:26 PM, belugawhaleman said:
Getting better and better. Nice work!
Thank you, Sir!
23 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:Great solution for the skull on the spinner Gary. Looks really nice!
The prop-painting is really awesome! Another eyecatcher on this beautiful bird.
Thank you, Kai! Getting the itch to to build WWI, yet?
22 hours ago, DocRob said:Nice and subtle like Peter mentioned, your Alb is getting better and better, I love the busy side shots of the fuselage, where all the details and different materials show.
The skull integrates itself more organic now and only just distracts a little from the nice wooden prop
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Cheers Rob
Thank you, Rob. I'm much happier with the propeller boss, too.
15 hours ago, Peterpools said:Gaz
You hit the nail on the head with the hub and prop - both looking fantastic
Keep 'em comin
Peter
Thank you, Peter!
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Great job!
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The interior looks great,Peter! I'm very glad that modelling has helped improve your manual dexterity.
...I'll tell you a story: We had to go to a family birthday party. They had some drinking games and one was like this:
The idea is to move the hook around the guy without hitting him and setting off a buzzer. While sober, everyone tried it and none of them made it half way around without setting it off. I consider myself shaky, so had no expectation of beating anyone. But... because of this modelling thing... I did it first time around without setting off the buzzer. Nobody wanted to play it after that. My wife said: "See, your modelling is useful for something after all."
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Hi everyone,
Not a huge update as I'm allowing the oils time to dry and harden.
I've finally dealt with the propeller boss question:
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On 5/22/2021 at 12:55 AM, DocRob said:
Amigos, I lave oil colors. As longer I use them, the more I like them. I applied a deep blue, a medium blue and some light bluish grey in dots, emphasizing panels, light and shadow vaguely.
Then I spread the oils with thousands of little dabs, to get a slightly uneven coverage. The synthetic saw brush was very carefully dampened wit fast drying thinner from time to time. Dabbing wise, I built up some fine layers of paint, with the base color still shining through, but got what I wanted an accentuated and more vibrant color rendition.Cheers Rob
Ughhhhh
The final result looks better
That looks quite nice, Rob!
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4 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:
My current dog wasn't a chewer. I still have all the stuffies she had as a puppy and they even have their content tags still on them.
My sisters have had chewing monsters though. Between the two of them( one a Doberman/Shepard mix, the other a lab) they've detroyed
- closet full of shoes
- Subaru rear shoulder belt (most expensive chew toy yet)
- solid wood school chair
- too many leashes to count
Ouch! How long was the dog in the Subaru?
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Just now, BlrwestSiR said:
Lots of chewing. Oh wait, I thought we were talking about Martin's dog.
I've got two large dogs here. But they get real bones every day. Either beef neck bones or beef marrow bones. Except for a few of my wife's shoes, nothings been chewed since my youngest was a pup... six years ago.
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ZM kits look like a bit more than I want to bite off and chew. But I think I will make an exception for these two.
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Looks good, Phil. I always get extra nervous on twin boom kits, expecting bad things.
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35 minutes ago, Kaireckstadt said:
Great progress Gary and the complete paintjob looks really awesome now.
The detailing on the front-section is stunning!
Can‘t wait to see it finished!
Thank you Kai. The finishing steps are quite few... but I still won't finish this weekend.
Paint the combing around the cockpit. Give oils a few days to dry. Seal the paint with clears. Add windscreen. ...then I can prepare for rigging.
I'm not sure I'm going to use turnbuckles. The real thing are so thin IRL that I might just use a little paint.
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35 minutes ago, Peterpools said:
Gaz
The subtle tones of the pin washes look so good and enhances the realism of the finish
Keep ‘em comin
Peter
Thank you, Peter!
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Hello friends,
Finally the pin wash is done. To keep it short, instead of using one color for the entire plane, I used shades of each color zone to keep things fron contrasting too unrealistically. The exclusion to this is the louvres on both sides of the engine and under the fuselage where I used black to illustrate an open space. Anyway... pics!
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Looks great!
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That will be an eye-catcher for certain!
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Some paints, thinner and a really expensive detail set for the Hobby Boss Seydlitz from the ever reliable BNA Model World. It's got everything.... and then some! I'm not ready to build it... but I didn't want the set to be gone when I finally got around 2 it.... and I wanted free shipping.
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10 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:
Wow that’s what I call large scale!
Is it R/C-capable?The figure looks good to me but the pictures are a little too dark.
Nice progress so far on the build!
Will follow this for sure!
Thanks Kai. There's nothing set up for RC work. Though, the tracks are workable, and with enough work it could be done as it's a large hull tub with nothing in the way.
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9 hours ago, GusMac said:
Nice job on the figure Gaz.
You could give him a goatee to hide the chin but probably not allowed in the DAK?
From reading, I know the Germans at the front weren't often put through the same crap a peacetime US soldier today might get regarding shaving. But a full beard is pretty rare.
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Soo.... What did you just get???
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