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[DocRob]

Found some time the last days to continue the Wingnut Wings Pfalz and closed the fuselage.
I glued in all the eyelets as preparation for the rigging after drilling all holes with a 0,3mm drill. I then sprayed RLM 02 for all the hatches and masked them after drying.
Then the fun begun. Pfalz Silbergrau (silver grey) was mixed using Tamiya flat white and Tamiya dark silver 1 to 1. On the wings I used a darker shade foe a little post shading. After the application, I misted some AK dark aluminum on top and coated everything with Pledge.
I read a lot about the appearance of Silbergrau and decided to achieve a slightly matte very light grey with a little dull shine of aluminum in it. The result is exactly like I wanted it, historically right or not.

Cheers Rob

[GazzaS]

Back in October I posted working on this one.  I worked and worked on it...  dropped it...  But eventually finished it.  Meanwhile, I got the Forum blahs, and wasn't checking in so reg'lar.

Now I'm beginning Sturer Emil.  It's cannon was the same bore as the secondary batteries on an Iowa class battleship!  I've got metal tracks and a metal barrel on the way.

[GazzaS]

14 hours ago, DocRob said:

Found some time the last days to continue the Wingnut Wings Pfalz and closed the fuselage.
I glued in all the eyelets as preparation for the rigging after drilling all holes with a 0,3mm drill. I then sprayed RLM 02 for all the hatches and masked them after drying.
Then the fun begun. Pfalz Silbergrau (silver grey) was mixed using Tamiya flat white and Tamiya dark silver 1 to 1. On the wings I used a darker shade foe a little post shading. After the application, I misted some AK dark aluminum on top and coated everything with Pledge.
I read a lot about the appearance of Silbergrau and decided to achieve a slightly matte very light grey with a little dull shine of aluminum in it. The result is exactly like I wanted it, historically right or not.

Cheers Rob

That's a great kit, Rob!  Sure you'll make it awesome.

[DocRob]

6 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

Back in October I posted working on this one.  I worked and worked on it...  dropped it...  But eventually finished it.  Meanwhile, I got the Forum blahs, and wasn't checking in so reg'lar.

Hi Gaz, your night fighter is looking awesome. How did you achieve that camo. The worn appearance combined with lots of visible detail like antennas and Schräge Musik let it stand out.

8 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

That's a great kit, Rob!  Sure you'll make it awesome.

It definitely is and to my eye it's the most elegant plane of her time, even more than the Albatros, which is bulkier and has that ugly beaver tail. That is the main reason I picked the monochrome finish, to keep the elegant lines in the foreground, the other is, that it's pilot was from Berlin like me.
Next step will be decaling and then RIGGING  and this will be about do or die for this project.

Cheers Rob

[GazzaS]

19 minutes ago, DocRob said:

Hi Gaz, your night fighter is looking awesome. How did you achieve that camo. The worn appearance combined with lots of visible detail like antennas and Schräge Musik let it stand out.

It definitely is and to my eye it's the most elegant plane of her time, even more than the Albatros, which is bulkier and has that ugly beaver tail. That is the main reason I picked the monochrome finish, to keep the elegant lines in the foreground, the other is, that it's pilot was from Berlin like me.
Next step will be decaling and then RIGGING  and this will be about do or die for this project.

Cheers Rob

Hi Rob,

   The Wellenmuster was a lot of experimenting with MRP lacquers (I tried enamels and Tamiya Acrylics too, but they didn't work) and air pressure with a little Leveling thinner thrown in the mix.  I used an airbrush with a .3mm tip and I worked in two hour sessions once I had the pressure and paint flow right (There was a lot of adjusting while painting).  I wore colored latex gloves, and would test on the gloves before I started spraying.  There was a fair bit of dry tip, and all in all the pattern must have taken about 8 hours.  I tried to imagine myself as a 1/48 scale man painting lazy figure eights and sometime getting bored enough to fiddle with the pattern a bit.  I figured that having a heavy spray gun in your hand would limit your spray passes to about a scale meter (12.5mm-ish for my purposes).  Often I had to go over the pattern twice.   After that, McGuire's buffing compound and microfibre cloth to remove the 1/1 scale overspray.

 

Recently I've learned through experimentation that the best friend of air brushing unmasked camoflage is wet sanding with ultra fine micromesh or using automotive polishing compounds to get rid of 1/1 scale messes.  The micromesh is good for large flat surfaces, while the polishing compounds remove the paint slowly enough that you can avoid stripping the edges of raised detail.

 

Gaz

 

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, GazzaS said:

The Wellenmuster was a lot of experimenting

Thanks for the explanation, Gaz. Sounds like a time consuming and trying process, but you got rewarded with something special in the end.
Your Idea of using micromesh or polishing compounds for removing overspray is stored on my brain-disk. I will try that for the next freehander.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

Some progress with the Pfalz. I added all the little things prior to the rigging. I will pre-rig the upper wing first, attach it to the struts and then connect the pre riggings with the lower wings eyelets and add turnbuckles.
The typical Colour Silbergrau gave me some headaches while trying to mix. I tried different aluminum Colours from Alclad and AK and mixed them with Tamiya flat white. All these mixtures went lumpy, so I used the Tamiya white with Tamiya metallic gray and misted some matte aluminum from AK' Extreme Metals on.

It's hard to capture on a photo, but I like the effect, as the elegant Pfalz looks even more speedy.

Cheers Rob

[Sir Desmond Glazebrook]

Great stuff both models guys. Gaz, your Dornier is amazing.

[Bomber_County]

18 hours ago, DocRob said:

Some progress with the Pfalz.

Rob, this is going to be stunning when all the riggings are attached, congrats.....just wish I had more time to build.........

[Bomber_County]

On 1/7/2020 at 8:44 AM, GazzaS said:

Back in October I posted working on this one.  I worked and worked on it...  dropped it...  But eventually finished it.  Meanwhile, I got the Forum blahs, and wasn't checking in so reg'lar.

 

 

Very nice Dornier. Are they the schrage musik stubs on top of the wing root?

[Bomber_County]

Tiger 1 Late squared away for the GB. A bench clean later and that leaves these two who have been awaiting around far to long............

 

Unfortunately now that’s all the modelling I get to do before next weekend........

[GazzaS]

On 1/11/2020 at 9:23 PM, Bomber_County said:

Very nice Dornier. Are they the schrage musik stubs on top of the wing root?

Yessir that's exactly what they are.  I misinterpreted the photos and painted the fairings black when actually they should have been the same color as the underlying camo, either 74 or 75.  The picture I was interpreting was taken in bright sunlight.

[BlrwestSiR]

Some great looking builds there guys. 

I've got a couple Star Wars subjects of the bench at the moment. First up is my pre-shading experiment Millennium Falcon. It's getting closer to final assembly. Beside it is my Fine Molds Y-Wing fighter. The pilot ejected so I need to find him before I put the canopy on and call that one done. 

As for the neatness of  the bench, that's an anomaly. I'm in the midst of making room for my boys so they have space to build their kits. I just took the opportunity to use that cleared space for my pic. So no need to panic. 

Carl

[Ryan]

On 1/10/2020 at 11:27 AM, DocRob said:

Some progress with the Pfalz. I added all the little things prior to the rigging. I will pre-rig the upper wing first, attach it to the struts and then connect the pre riggings with the lower wings eyelets and add turnbuckles.
The typical Colour Silbergrau gave me some headaches while trying to mix. I tried different aluminum Colours from Alclad and AK and mixed them with Tamiya flat white. All these mixtures went lumpy, so I used the Tamiya white with Tamiya metallic gray and misted some matte aluminum from AK' Extreme Metals on.

It's hard to capture on a photo, but I like the effect, as the elegant Pfalz looks even more speedy.

Cheers Rob

Damn Doc, fantastic!

[GazzaS]

The pfalz is a beauty!  On Facebook I saw a piece of silbergrau trophy with cross that had been taken by an American airman in WWI.  It could only have been from a pfalz.  It looked as if it was painted with silver dope.  I think the term “silbergrau” confuses ppl.  I may have saved the photo, but am at work, so can’t check.

[DocRob]

Thanks Gaz, that pic would be well appreciated. The historic photos are very hard to read, because among the normal interpretation problems, Silbergrau changes it's appearance more than other Colours, because of the slightly reflective nature of the coating. Your assumption, that it was painted dope, is what I read too.
If that photo you mentioned is an actual one, it may help to interpret the right hue better.

Cheers Rob 

[GazzaS]

1 hour ago, DocRob said:

Thanks Gaz, that pic would be well appreciated. The historic photos are very hard to read, because among the normal interpretation problems, Silbergrau changes it's appearance more than other Colours, because of the slightly reflective nature of the coating. Your assumption, that it was painted dope, is what I read too.
If that photo you mentioned is an actual one, it may help to interpret the right hue better.

Cheers Rob 

 

HTH

 

Gaz

[DocRob]

4 hours ago, GazzaS said:

HTH

Thanks Gaz, it seems to be a part of the wing with the places, where the wing spars were imprint into the cloth.

Cheers Rob 

[BlrwestSiR]

I know, I know. For a rally car it isn't dirty enough. 

Buy I'm still working on it. 

[DocRob]

Rigging time on my Pfalz build. I managed to do all the pre rigging on the upper wing using Bobs Alu tubes and 0,12 mm fishing line. The line is fiddled into the tube, then into the eyelet and again trough the tube. You need some tweezer force to push the line trough the tube for the second time. The benefit is, that adjusting and securing with CA is easy, the downside might be the rigging of the lower fuselage with less maneuvering space.
Its an eye stressing work , but after three hours this step was done.
The Spandau MG's where added, which featured Master barrels and some smaller brass parts.

Cheers Rob

[BlrwestSiR]

Really nice work on the Pfaltz Rob. Especially the rigging. 

I started on the decals for the Celica.

Still needs side mirrors and mudflaps to finish it off.

Carl

[DocRob]

23 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Still needs side mirrors and mudflaps to finish it off.

...and DIRT . Your classic looks great.

Cheers Rob

[Bomber_County]

MORE dirt...........

[Sir Desmond Glazebrook]

My bench has been busy. It is as if a 5 year old student has recently left my studio. Chaos! 

[Bomber_County]

Looking good Dale.......