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[Peterpools]

Gaz

As always, some mighty spectacular foiling - looking simply stellar

 

 

[Peterpools]

Pau

Nice work on the T55 ... always enjoy seeing arm or both weathered and as they would be seen in a museum.

 

[Bomber_County]

21 hours ago, 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  

 

Ian, great to see you back at the bench hopefully this will stimulate the mojo..

[Jeff]

5 hours ago, 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

I was going to ask the same thing.....  inquiring minds need to know..............

[GazzaS]

14 hours ago, 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

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.

[GazzaS]

8 hours ago, Jeff said:

I was going to ask the same thing.....  inquiring minds need to know..............

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.

[GazzaS]

12 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Gaz

As always, some mighty spectacular foiling - looking simply stellar

 

 

Thank you, Peter

[mark31]

A few hours off fun with decals and parts.

Mark

[BlrwestSiR]

56 minutes ago, mark31 said:

A few hours off fun with decals and parts.

Mark

Nice work there Mark. I'm having a similar level of fun with decals on my Millennium Falcon.

[GazzaS]

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.

[Peterpools]

Gaz

Nice research and the mod surely looks good.

 

[belugawhaleman]

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.

[harv]

Looking good !....harv 

[Martinnfb]

52 minutes ago, 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.

Those housings are flawless 

[GazzaS]

6 hours ago, 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.

That T-55 looks real good!

[GazzaS]

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.

 

[DocRob]

59 minutes ago, 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.

Your foiling job turns the plane into something magic, Gary. One day, I have to try it.

Cheers Rob

[Bomber_County]

Gaz, your attention to detail is amazing, this is going to be a stunner……..

[Jeff]

Gary, what are you using to burnish it down so smoothly without any lines or distortions?

[Martinnfb]

Recreating fabric surfaces 

[BlrwestSiR]

Martin, what are you using to do the shaping?  It's nice and subtle, not overdone like you see on most kits. 

[harv]

Really nice work Martin....harv 👏 

[GazzaS]

4 hours ago, Jeff said:

Gary, what are you using to burnish it down so smoothly without any lines or distortions?

My number 1 tool is a wooden coffee stirrer.  After that, a q-tip.

[Jeff]

43 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

My number 1 tool is a wooden coffee stirrer.  After that, a q-tip.

Thanks, I will give that a go...

[Martinnfb]

2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Martin, what are you using to do the shaping?  It's nice and subtle, not overdone like you see on most kits. 

Proxon rotary tool. Then taking down the edges by hand.  Starting with grid 220 up to 2000.