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The Scharnhorst 1/200 by Trumpter-Operation Paderborn
Landlubber Mike replied to KevinM's topic in Non LSM 'WIP
That looks great Kevin - nice closeups! Excellent work my friend! -
Brabham BT45 - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
Landlubber Mike replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Wow, that looks fantastic Rob! Thanks for sharing your painting technique - especially with how you use the Number Five paints (and, I didn't realize that about resin and static). I'll have to look into those paints. -
Lukgraph J2F-5 Grumman Duck
Landlubber Mike replied to ScottsGT's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Looks great, thanks for posting this log. I'm a bit surprised they ship it with the 3D printing frames still attached? Doesn't seem too big for 1/32. Maybe I'll upgrade from my 1/48 I Love Kit... -
Brabham BT45 - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
Landlubber Mike replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Hope everything is cooperating on the fit - a really cool subject to model. -
Nice to see you back. Welcome to the Commonwealth! I'm in Northern VA, but Richmond is a really nice area.
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I have a similar tool from The Small Shop (I think recently closed up shop) that I use a lot on 1/350 and 1/700 ship models. Really helps to get curves in PE. I haven't annealed my PE parts before, but will try it especially with thicker brass (I think 1/700 brass is probably too thin). Rob is right about the springiness of non-annealed PE. To deal with it, I usually roll to a thinner diameter to account for the spring. Good to know that annealing takes away the spring.
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Brabham BT45 - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
Landlubber Mike replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Looks great Rob. I wouldn't have thought you could get that kind of result from polishing white metal. Very interesting. -
Brabham BT45 - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
Landlubber Mike replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Happy birthday Rob! And that engine looks spectacular, really well done! -
It looks pretty good. Someone said something about the wings and tail being a nightmare to fit though 🫣
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I have the I Love Kit Duck in the stash, but that Lukgraph kit looks amazing - I'm jealous!
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Glad to have you back Ernie!
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Really beautiful pens Chris! Love the woods you used - your perfect CA finish really brings the wood to life!
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Martin and Kevin, let me know if you guys want any aftermarket. I think between the Aires and CMK sets, I have some cockpit and undercarriage duplicates. Happy to send them to you for free. By the way, looking at the kit parts, they are quite nice! Lots of good definition on the control surfaces, and nice details. Probably don't need much AM but my kits came with them so I'll likely build them (plus, I seem to enjoy hacking up my kits for the enjoyment of making the AM fit). The one exception might be the canopy - apparently from notes I have, that might be a weakness in the kit.
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While soaking my parts, I'm trying to decide on which variants to do. The Pro Modeler kit allows you to do a B-1/U2, B-1/U2/R4, and a B2/R2. You can fairly easily do a bunch of the A-1 variants instead of a B variant. There are a ton of different configurations for the 410, so you have to check your sources carefully. I definitely want to do a U4 version with the 50mm BK-5 bordkannon. I'd also like to do an A-1 version as well. For the A variant, I'm leaning towards doing a scheme from the Aeromaster 48-359 decal sheet, in particular, a dark variant A-1 as #2 (or #3 from the Aeromaster 48-354 sheet below) or maybe the wolf version as #4: Or there are a few options on the Xtradecal X48185 sheet - see first, fifth and sixth options: For the B variant, I'm strongly leaning towards the B-2/U4 version that was captured by the Soviets as something different: Alternatively, if I end up doing the A variant as a U4, I could do #6 from the Aeromaster 48-359 sheet (above) or there are plenty of options from the Aeromaster 48-354 sheet: Or #5 from the Xtradecal sheet: Too many options! Sorry for the long thread, I just wanted to record my thoughts while fresh in my mind!