JeroenPeters

Super cool banners Laurent! You've got some talent!

Thnx Marcel, The fuselage is closed and the radio sits pretty deep in the rear fuselage, making only the fronts of the radio's visible. In the meanwhile i finished building the Bristol Mercury engine:

Oh lord... I've seen your build on Facebook, but these larger pics really do it justice. That is one sweet Mig! It's actually a pretty good kit. Good fit and pretty detailed and correct from the box. Love to see some washes on it!

I use Cinema 3D and have ordered form Shapeways before. Excellent service. I can model most of the shapes I need, but am planning on doing an additional course soon..

Hihihi, I already removed them!

Supercool!

Just kidding. Serious question: do the decals for the stomach go over the textured part? And another one: Are you going to remove the gold and spray your own?

Really cool! But i just think 175 pounds is a bit steep for a kit like this...

Thats why you love me.

And started work on the engine:

Cheers guys! About to close the fuselage:

Started some detail painting in the pit and added control cables coming from the control stick. Also wood painted the floor boards and used masking tape for the rudder pedal straps. This is how the cables were attached (so i need two more on the bottom):

Yeah... read up on it this morning... Pretty cool stuff. On one hand you'd love to bring them up and put them on display. On the other hand you don't want to disturb the wildlife that took over...

Hi Wouter, I might start on the Bristol Mercury this weekend. I'm not planning on adding tons of detail, since i want to finish both the mosquito and D21 for Telford...

Tight work there! Started and stalled mine... What scheme are you doing?

Progress! I finished the fuselage frame by adding the headrest tubing. Check the reference above. The two tubes that run from the top of the headrest to the rear are depicted awkward in the instructions. They should meet at the top. This way the 'shelf' that houses the base of the antenna can be glued to all four tubes. Then I sprayed the whole thing dark black/brown. This functions as a base of the chipping effect in the light grey paint. And here's the light grey paint. (i used RLM 76) And here's the chipping: More soon!

nice one! love your paintwork...

That groundwork just looks alive. And thnx for sharing the Shapeways costs with us. Cant wait to see some paint on those tubes!

A japanese Do! Very unique! Will follow this for sure...

That looks impressive! Nice and detailed... Thanx for sharing! How's the fit ?

That... detail... is insane! Doesn't Eduard do fabric belts too?

Incredible! Did you have to do a lot of smooth sanding on the tubular frame? Just hope you get this done before Eindhoven. Would love to see it up close... Thnx for sharing this here!! Cheers, Jeroen

The pit in the D21 is tricky. Not soo much the assembly, but trying to understand what is what and lines up how. The basic frame is done, so it's time to add details. Throttle, oxygen bottle, fire extinguisher, etc.. The instrument panel consists of 5 separate pieces. I'm fashioning a frame that fits to the back and holds all these pieces together, in the right angle. Here are some shots of the 'real' thing. Well... repro thing...

Aces High Magazine (issue 4) THEATER OF OPERATIONS THE MEDITERRANEAN In co-operation with: AK Interactive Editor: Daniel Zamarbide Available from Aces High Magazine for € 9.00 We’re taking a look at issue #4 of Aces High Magazine. Since our own Jim Hatch is assistant editor (!!) for this magazine, I took it upon me to do the review. Just to keep things in a healthy perspective J With magazines appearing on the market like Air Modeller, we’ve seen the trend of good design and layout work making it’s way to the hobby and book stores. Suddenly the magazines turn glossy, feature amazing life-like photography, art-work, illustrations and advertising copy. The result is two-fold. On one hand it raises the prices of these magazines slightly. From an average of 7,50 euro’s to about 10,00 euro’s. On the other hand you get a magazine that doesn’t end up between old newspapers at the end of the month. I used to buy every single modelling mag that hit the shelves. Fumble through it. Read the articles on subjects that were in my stash (or soon would be) and only save the mags that featured a build I thought would help me in the future. Huge piles of paper would mount up to a reference library I would never be able to use, since it would be impossible to find that one article I know should be in there somewhere… Since then, I donate these old issues to the neighbors’ kid. The Aces High magazine is of a completely new calibre. A first flick through the pages reveal: High quality paper. Very well designed. And filled with step-by-step builds. A modelling guide that teaches us to weather, use new products, scratch build and detail. Definitely a publication that will find it’s way to my book-shelf, even though 90% of the builds featured will never see the light of my modelling lamp. On top of that the images are printed in a very high raster, which can be seen on close inspection, doing justice to the details pictured on it's pages. The contents The African Eagle Owl 1/72 Hasegawa Mosquito Deadly Desert Friedrich (See what I mean with the advertising copy?) 1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmidt Bf109 F-4 Trop Lybian Eisenseiten 1/48 Eduard Bf110 E The Shark Toothed Hawk 1/32 Hasegawa Kittyhawk Mk.1 Maltese Warrior Braille scale Tamiya Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop Mind the Gap – The ground section A tasty 1/18 scale figure vignette Mind the Gap – The Ground Section 1/35 Ford Maultier by ICM Step-by-Step Various modellers with pretty high standards have been invited to share their work with the magazine and document it step-by-step, revealing their secrets. My favourite definitely being the 1/48 Hasegawa Bf109 F-4 Trop on page 18, by Javier Lopez de Anca. He builds the old but still good kit in the colours of Hans-Joachim Marseille’s ‘Yellow 14’. The first spread of this build gives us a little bit of history on Marseille and is designed in a colourful and tasteful way. Well, just look for yourself: The weathering is explained with clear photographs, brands of materials used and used techniques. What I like is that baby steps are used. Meaning no huge leaps in the building progress are skipped, so you don’t go half-way: How the hell did he suddenly pull that off?! The English copy reads smooth (Jim Hatch’s doing??) and makes the magazine feel like it was written by one person, instead of a collection of hobbyists. In the middle of the magazine we see a little bonus. A pin-up poster in the style of Romain Hugault, but since this is a magazine I will want to keep, I’ll just leave it in there. Since this magazine is supported by AK Interactive it comes as no surprise that their products are used throughout the magazine. I always like to see this kind of product placement in perspective and realize there are also other brands on the market that do the trick. Nevertheless: The AK products do seem to hit the mark in these builds! 1/72 Mosquito build: 1/48 Bf110 E: Braille scale Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop: Et voila! Not all is found high up in the air: Verdict It has to be said. This is a welcome new title on the market. I can’t say it’s right up there with the likes of Air Modeller, since it’s not a standard kind of magazine. See it as a building guide that unlocks the techniques acquired by modellers from all over the world through years of practicing. The magazine will also soon be available as digital download, but personally I prefer the high quality glossy paper I can touch and lay on the bench. Somehow I would mind less if paint splattered over a magazine, than over my Ipad… All in all. If you want to master new techniques, rather than read on new releases and reviews: Very highly recommended! A special thanks to AK Interactive and Aces High Magazine for the review sample (and Jim Hatch, Assitant Editor, for helping out with the copy!) Get you copy here... Jeroen Peters

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