BlrwestSiR Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 23 hours ago, DocRob said: The jig is in the Pheon decal set on the right. you get pre printed self adhesive paper, which you have to stick onto cardboard, cut the contours and put everything together as a jig for the wheel struts and the wing attachment Found it! Thanks, I forgot where it was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I've been working on getting the M60 lower hull painted. With that done, the road wheels are on. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, TJTX said: I'm beginning to think we have some weird modeling worm hole between our benches!! Mines being rigged right now. Ya merely coincidental. No way I can leave a half built WNW kit in the box now. After seeing Ernie's stash I got motivated. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 So having finished the Kubelwagen that’s been sitting around for probably 5 years, here is another from that vintage........I think what happened is that I built these but was concerned about finishing and weathering them. So now older and wiser my thoughts are clear the decks of all unfinished projects.........so here is Tamiya Matilda III/IV their milestone kit number 300...... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 17 hours ago, GazzaS said: What impedes you? WnW is the only kit that you can turn over safely. If it was a Roden kit and you tried that without somehow modifying the struts and cabanes, or clamping it all together ever so gently, but not too loosely, the top wing would shear off. Lack of talent mainly Gaz! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Bomber_County said: So having finished the Kubelwagen that’s been sitting around for probably 5 years, here is another from that vintage........I think what happened is that I built these but was concerned about finishing and weathering them. So now older and wiser my thoughts are clear the decks of all unfinished projects.........so here is Tamiya Matilda III/IV their milestone kit number 300...... That Matilda is a nice kit. I built it when I first came out. Of course I used the wrong colours for the camo... Carl 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I start the evaluation phase for my Fokker E.V build. The kit has flimsy wheel struts and even weaker wing struts, which have to hold the big parasol wing. Therefore I will substitute the plastic struts with brass. It doesn't look like much, but this step was important to me, because I wanted the brass struts to be flattened. To do so I used a brass rod inside the tube and flattened the tube in a wise, between two pieces of wood and got a perfect elyptic shape. Then I filed the angled end. The rod will later be cut to length and will be glued into drilled holes in the kit. Next up is soldering the wing struts, if this works I will do a WIP on the Fokker Cheers Rob 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Rob, if it does work out, please let the rest of know the diameter of the tubing you used so we can try the same. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 3 hours ago, DocRob said: I start the evaluation phase for my Fokker E.V build. The kit has flimsy wheel struts and even weaker wing struts, which have to hold the big parasol wing. Therefore I will substitute the plastic struts with brass. That's an excellent solution Rob! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 3 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Rob, if it does work out, please let the rest of know the diameter of the tubing you used so we can try the same. There are some excellent build logs from our member Sandbagger Mike, where he describes everything in detail. I recommend to look into, they are really resourceful and he does the logs in PDF format on his site, free to access. The idea of using brass to substitute fragile plastic struts was in my ex-engineer mind for a long time, but seeing how Mikes utilizes the method so well, made it easy to follow the pass. I varied slightly with the diameter, as I used 1,5 mm diameter tube for the wheel struts with an inserted 0,8mm rod. I was really astonished that the wood/vice method worked so good. I thought, I would have to take more tests, maybe with hard plastic pieces and a pre profiled gap, but that seems to be unecessary. If soldering works to my liking, I WIP the build and document what I have done. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Got back to working on the Stratos. The front suspension and bulkheads are quite the jigsaw puzzle. Dry fit on the chassis. I've decided to start with the side panels as they seem to have the most positive fit to the chassis and go from there. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Last minute gifts going out; The 2 in the back are maple burl with all the striations , birds eye, spalting , etc. The red one is a rare juniper burl. Almost ready for A Gotha onslaught. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Beautiful work buddy ! Oh yes, the Gotha !.....harv 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Got some time at the bench today so worked on the M60. Added the handles to the engine deck too. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 1:51 PM, krow113 said: Last minute gifts going out; The 2 in the back are maple burl with all the striations , birds eye, spalting , etc. The red one is a rare juniper burl. Almost ready for A Gotha onslaught. So, what are they? "Special ashtrays"? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, GazzaS said: So, what are they? "Special ashtrays"? Smoking Accessory Rolling Trays. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 More work on the Patton. AFV Club have make the turret bustle rack out a billion fragile bits. Not really a billion but close enough. This bracket is 5 parts alone. Turret halves are together. Once the front is dry, I'll glue the rear half together. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: More work on the Patton. AFV Club have make the turret bustle rack out a billion fragile bits. Not really a billion but close enough. This bracket is 5 parts alone. Turret halves are together. Once the front is dry, I'll glue the rear half together. Turret racks and hand rails.... the bane of modern armor modelling. I really need to spend a ton of time improving my soldering. You've done well! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJTX Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Oh, its THAT big 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, GazzaS said: Turret racks and hand rails.... the bane of modern armor modelling. I really need to spend a ton of time improving my soldering. You've done well! Thanks Gaz! They definitely haven't been easy to align. I'm doing them in stages which I think is the best way to approach them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Ok, the area around my work bench was getting a bit out of hand. Way too many kits puked up not on shelves and I was just waiting for an avalanche of plastic to happen. So I reorganized my shelf space, got things better sorted and it's much better. In doing so, I managed to get all my Tamiya single engine prop kits into a single pile: They e all found a shelf to sit on now. And more importantly, I have some floor space back for the cats and dogs. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Wish I had that problem....harv 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, harv said: Wish I had that problem....harv I know, first world problems eh? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Ok, wanted to get something finished before the end of the year so I naturally started something new. Pretty much one colour, and press fit. The instructions are even printed on the inside of the boxtop. Main hull halves: All the small detail bits. I painted everything in a mix of semi-gloss black, metallic blue and gun metal. Biggest pain is masking off the small detail colours. Hull together with the bridge attached. And finished! Not bad for 90 minutes work. Oh yeah, it's a 2020 release so I finally finished something that came out this year 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 That's cool buddy ! .....harv 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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