Peterpools Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 Gaz As always, some mighty spectacular foiling - looking simply stellar 2 1
Peterpools Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 Pau Nice work on the T55 ... always enjoy seeing arm or both weathered and as they would be seen in a museum. 1
Bomber_County Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 4:29 PM, FME erk said: Decided to give this ago . . . Its been some time since I put glue to plastic so I hope this will kick start a new phrase of interest which will lead me back to my 32nd scale Lancaster Expand Ian, great to see you back at the bench hopefully this will stimulate the mojo.. 2 1
Jeff Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 9:32 AM, HubertB said: It looks like you have beaten the hardest compound curves. So, what did you use in the end, standard foil, or the sticky pipe tape ? Hubert Expand I was going to ask the same thing..... inquiring minds need to know.............. 3
GazzaS Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 9:32 AM, HubertB said: It looks like you have beaten the hardest compound curves. So, what did you use in the end, standard foil, or the sticky pipe tape ? Hubert Expand Some places got the 'sticky pipe tape' Mostly kitchen and chocolate bar foil. for some of the access hatches I'm using BMF because it has a slightly different tint. 2
GazzaS Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 3:27 PM, Jeff said: I was going to ask the same thing..... inquiring minds need to know.............. Expand Some places got the 'sticky pipe tape' Mostly kitchen and chocolate bar foil. for some of the access hatches I'm using BMF because it has a slightly different tint. 2
GazzaS Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 11:28 AM, Peterpools said: Gaz As always, some mighty spectacular foiling - looking simply stellar Expand Thank you, Peter 4
mark31 Posted January 27, 2023 Posted January 27, 2023 A few hours off fun with decals and parts. Mark 5 2
BlrwestSiR Posted January 27, 2023 Posted January 27, 2023 On 1/27/2023 at 6:19 PM, mark31 said: A few hours off fun with decals and parts. Mark Expand Nice work there Mark. I'm having a similar level of fun with decals on my Millennium Falcon. 3
GazzaS Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 I had to take a break from foiling to at a feature. The plane I am doing originally carried the 40mm Ho-301 cannon which was found to be unsatisfactory due to low rate of fire and low muzzle velocity. So, the guys in the field replaced the Ho-301 with the Ho-103 12.7mm auto cannon, but still had to use the Ho-301 mounting. I wish I knew more about the Ho-103 and the ammo it fired. The only thing I know about it for sure was that it was copied from the Italian Breda Safat and had lower ballistic properties than the M2 Browning, but higher properties than the MG 131. Anyway... I bought 56 inches of 3/16 (4.8mm) Evergreen tube and ended up using only 1 inch of it. I used brass tubes to show the muzzle ends of the Ho-103's. 10 1
Peterpools Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 Gaz Nice research and the mod surely looks good. 3
belugawhaleman Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 Still working on my Tamiya T55a, -- on the wheels....finished up tonight. Using the Dspiae circle cutter, I cut masks for both sides of each wheel ..20 in total. It went well.....and quickly. 'Just got to figure out how I'm going to paint the tracks....then, I'll be done. 7 1
Martinnfb Posted January 29, 2023 Author Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 11:54 PM, GazzaS said: I had to take a break from foiling to at a feature. The plane I am doing originally carried the 40mm Ho-301 cannon which was found to be unsatisfactory due to low rate of fire and low muzzle velocity. So, the guys in the field replaced the Ho-301 with the Ho-103 12.7mm auto cannon, but still had to use the Ho-301 mounting. I wish I knew more about the Ho-103 and the ammo it fired. The only thing I know about it for sure was that it was copied from the Italian Breda Safat and had lower ballistic properties than the M2 Browning, but higher properties than the MG 131. Anyway... I bought 56 inches of 3/16 (4.8mm) Evergreen tube and ended up using only 1 inch of it. I used brass tubes to show the muzzle ends of the Ho-103's. Expand Those housings are flawless 2 1
GazzaS Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 12:34 AM, belugawhaleman said: Still working on my Tamiya T55a, -- on the wheels....finished up tonight. Using the Dspiae circle cutter, I cut masks for both sides of each wheel ..20 in total. It went well.....and quickly. 'Just got to figure out how I'm going to paint the tracks....then, I'll be done. Expand That T-55 looks real good! 3 1
GazzaS Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 I spent more time foiling the fuselage and the leading edges. Luckily for me, these planes had fabric covered control surfaces. Doing the P-47 with it's metal covered surfaces... would be a bear. The last picture... is my bench with the accoutrements and detritus of foiling. 9
DocRob Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 8:01 AM, GazzaS said: I spent more time foiling the fuselage and the leading edges. Luckily for me, these planes had fabric covered control surfaces. Doing the P-47 with it's metal covered surfaces... would be a bear. The last picture... is my bench with the accoutrements and detritus of foiling. Expand Your foiling job turns the plane into something magic, Gary. One day, I have to try it. Cheers Rob 6 1
Bomber_County Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 Gaz, your attention to detail is amazing, this is going to be a stunner…….. 5 1
Jeff Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 Gary, what are you using to burnish it down so smoothly without any lines or distortions? 2
BlrwestSiR Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 Martin, what are you using to do the shaping? It's nice and subtle, not overdone like you see on most kits. 3
GazzaS Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 5:26 PM, Jeff said: Gary, what are you using to burnish it down so smoothly without any lines or distortions? Expand My number 1 tool is a wooden coffee stirrer. After that, a q-tip. 6 1
Jeff Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 9:31 PM, GazzaS said: My number 1 tool is a wooden coffee stirrer. After that, a q-tip. Expand Thanks, I will give that a go... 3
Martinnfb Posted January 29, 2023 Author Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 8:24 PM, BlrwestSiR said: Martin, what are you using to do the shaping? It's nice and subtle, not overdone like you see on most kits. Expand Proxon rotary tool. Then taking down the edges by hand. Starting with grid 220 up to 2000. 3 2
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