"Oooh Matron" It's a P-38 Lightning with a saucy paint job in 1/48

[The Spadgent]

On 17/05/2017 at 11:46 PM, corsaircorp said:

Hello Spad,

Very nice painting and chipping ! Really enjoyed the thread.

I was off for some days, recovering from my battle wounds

Lots of brand new scars ! Jaw is easing a bit !

Will resume work in my P-38s

Great Thanks to Vadim, nice photos !

Very helpfull !

You did great

Nice house too and good poultry, I missed it but we have far too more foxes all around !

See you later,

Take care of your back, I know far too much how it can be painfull !

Sincerely.

Cordaircorp

Glad to hear your mouth is feeling better.

we have foxes here too but the coop is fox proof.  back is pretty much good now thanks bud. 

On 17/05/2017 at 9:58 PM, TheBaron said:

All these little touches are adding up to something very special Johnny.

T.

Thank you sir.

On 17/05/2017 at 9:52 PM, giemme said:

Subtle but effective, great job!

 

Ciao

Thanks, they seem to be going on for ever though. 

On 17/05/2017 at 9:34 PM, Spookytooth said:

Nice and subtle John mate.

She is nearing the end and screaming towards the RFI pages.

 

Simon.

Yes she is. And thanks. 

[The Spadgent]

Good afternoon you lot.

I don't know what it is but there is a point in every build these days where I slow down, mulling what to do next and almost not wanting to see everything finished. I think I passed the threshold today by getting the last few bits ready for assembly. I'm currently making s veggie lasagne and drinking wine so it looks as though she will go together tomorrow. Here's what happened today.

the Wonderful brass guns came out of the package.

these ones had to be assembled.

 

the little one almost got fed to the CM, luckily it boinged right pack onto my cutting mat.

 

together at last!

the prop hubs got a base coat of yellow. I'll pre shade before the red goes on.

 

Here are all the last little bits primed and ready for colour. (The tyres are done)

 

Waiting for that to dry I masked the canopies.

 

Then base coated in green. Ahhhh lovely green, for the inside colour.

 

then most of the little bits got there final coat. Prop hubs still to go.

 

right as I said, dinner is taking priority right now. More tomorrow, I'll try the secret lemonade drinker. 

thanks for dropping by. Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.

see y'all tomoz.

 

johnny funk!

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[Spookytooth]

All looks nice, and smells nice too John.

Have a great weekend too.

 

Simon.

[TheBaron]

Enjoying that last bit of metal show n' tell. Enjoy the lasagne Johnny, it's all looking mighty fine and under control.

In ^{vino _veritas}

Hic, etc.

Tony

[giemme]

Nice appetizer for the Lasagne Just had risotto with champagne, after a productive afternoon (mowed my lawn and scratch built more details on my C202, that is. )

 

Looking forward to when all those little bits go together

 

Ciao

[Victory-is-in-the-Kitchen]

Nice guns; detail on those bad-boys is pretty impressive. Lots of fiddly bits but you'll have loads of fun assembling shortly 👷🏻

[The Spadgent]

21 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

All looks nice, and smells nice too John.

Have a great weekend too.

 

Simon.

Thank you sir.

21 hours ago, TheBaron said:

Enjoying that last bit of metal show n' tell. Enjoy the lasagne Johnny, it's all looking mighty fine and under control.

In ^{vino _veritas}

Hic, etc.

Tony

All under control eh? Maybe. 

20 hours ago, giemme said:

Nice appetizer for the Lasagne Just had risotto with champagne, after a productive afternoon (mowed my lawn and scratch built more details on my C202, that is. )

 

Looking forward to when all those little bits go together

 

Ciao

Sounds like you had fun! Hic.  we need a champagne emoticon.

16 hours ago, Victory-is-in-the-Kitchen said:

Nice guns; detail on those bad-boys is pretty impressive. Lots of fiddly bits but you'll have loads of fun assembling shortly 👷🏻

Yes they are rather special, I think due to my birthday and the wife not wanting to buy me kits this one has turned into the most after market stuff ever. Great fun though.

 

thanks guys, one and all. 

[The Spadgent]

Afternoon gents.

As I sit here a few hours before I head off to see the MIGHTY Iron Maiden beer in hand I'm contemplating nearing the end of this my first Acadamy build and my most third party stuff build evah.

i really thought I'd get it today but due to a few slight hiccups I think it's one maybe two posts away from completion. Let's begin with this mornings secret lemonade drinker mission.

first off the tyre treads looked so ace I thought I'd pick rack one out with German grey.

 

took a while.

 

nice initial base though. Then the canopies got unmasked. Spot the error?

 

As I had spotted it before glossing thanks to @Vadim's pics I didn't gloss that hump bit. A few swipes with Mr Collour thinners and.

 

Blammo! There is the side panel to. 

The nose got a pre shade and a blast of red.

 

and done.

 

The tyres got a pigment pass.

 

then toned down and assembled.

 

the anti glare panels got Matt coated.

 

All the bits got painted. Even the prop tips. 

 

Now this is where all my builds seem to falter. I dread removing the canopy masking due to unknown CrAzY and this build is no exception. Taking off the tape the inside had some blotchiness so I cotton budded it. Big mistake, I pinged off the target sight, lost the glass part and also pinged off the steering wheel.

but to be fair she looked pretty good on it.

 

I managed to make a new glass sight and glue all the bits back on again. So no worries. Phew!.

fitting the wheels bought up the (oh hell the peg doesn't fit the hole) problem. So 20 mins later and lots of very careful scraping the wheels are on.

we are here and here she stays for another night.

 

thank you all for following my little build. I'm off on my holibobs the week after next so this will be my last until I come back. I'll contemplate my build while away although I have an idea.

take care Y'all and happy Modelling.

 

Eddie says hi.

 

up the irons etc.

 

Johnny.

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[Spookytooth]

Those little things that are sent to annoy us John.

Enjoy the Maiden mate, one band from back in the 80`s I have not seen live.

 

Simon.

[amblypygid]

Looking splendid, Johnny. All that AM stuff backed up by skill is lifting the kit to another level entirely.

[Victory-is-in-the-Kitchen]

Aces hiiIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHhhhhh! nicely done Johnny. Enjoy Maiden tonight - pretty jealous of you! 

[TheBaron]

Ya. Enjoy yer Maiden innings!

[corsaircorp]

Sooooo, Come on Johnnyxander the great !

Ask for thyself another Kingdom... Geeeenius ! I like that one !

Very nice job on the wheels

You're the one that cannot feel "the loneliness of the long distance runner" since there is a lot of followers

I'm also a fan of Eddie, look,

My favourite is the X factor !

Congratulations, Did the Maiden beer taste good, not tried it yet ??

Have a very nice day !

Sincerely

Corsaircorp workin' on the highway for 4 more evening !

[giemme]

Impressive job on the tyres  And that last shot (no, not Eddie, the aircraft  ) looks sooo realistic!

 

Ciao

 

PS: I see we've all been through an Iron Maiden phase, haven't we? Being a young boy in the eighties, I had it then (and I think it was their best time IMHO)

 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2017 by giemme
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[rob Lyttle]

Looking absolutely brilliant. Chipping on the olive panels looks perfect. It's always a relief when they stand up! 

How cute are those gun- barrels?!

Good luck on the final stretch.

 

Lemmy from Motorhead used to drink in the Union hotel bar in Penzance. Had a few laughs with him - does that count??

Edited May 22, 2017 by rob Lyttle

[Cookenbacher]

That looks brilliant Johnny.

[Biggles87]

The P-38 is looking great. I have to say that I was never big fan of Iron Maiden, more of a Pink Floyd man myself, although I did see Bruce Dickinson in his Dr1 replica  at Duxford a few years ago.

 

John

[The Spadgent]

On 21/05/2017 at 4:44 PM, Spookytooth said:

Those little things that are sent to annoy us John.

Enjoy the Maiden mate, one band from back in the 80`s I have not seen live.

 

Simon.

Indeed they are. You should really go and see them. They put on a great show.

On 21/05/2017 at 5:50 PM, amblypygid said:

Looking splendid, Johnny. All that AM stuff backed up by skill is lifting the kit to another level entirely.

Thank you. You're too kind.

On 21/05/2017 at 6:34 PM, Victory-is-in-the-Kitchen said:

Aces hiiIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHhhhhh! nicely done Johnny. Enjoy Maiden tonight - pretty jealous of you! 

Thanks! Here's one for you.

 

On 21/05/2017 at 7:02 PM, TheBaron said:

Ya. Enjoy yer Maiden innings!

I did indeed. Ears are still ringing now.

On 21/05/2017 at 10:53 PM, corsaircorp said:

Sooooo, Come on Johnnyxander the great !

Ask for thyself another Kingdom... Geeeenius ! I like that one !

Very nice job on the wheels

You're the one that cannot feel "the loneliness of the long distance runner" since there is a lot of followers

I'm also a fan of Eddie, look,

My favourite is the X factor !

Congratulations, Did the Maiden beer taste good, not tried it yet ??

Have a very nice day !

Sincerely

Corsaircorp workin' on the highway for 4 more evening !

Ha! Great taste in music I see. X factor eh. There's a different opinion right there. I was never a fan of Blaze but the music was still solid. "Trooper" is a pretty sturdy pint, a session beer if you will.

oh and thank you for your kind words. 

On 22/05/2017 at 8:07 AM, giemme said:

Impressive job on the tyres  And that last shot (no, not Eddie, the aircraft  ) looks sooo realistic!

 

Ciao

 

PS: I see we've all been through an Iron Maiden phase, haven't we? Beinga young boy in the eighties, I had it then (and I think it was their best time IMHO)

 

 

 

The early stuff if great, they have had a bit of a resurgence of late. Well the last 10 years. Oh and thank you also for the kind words.

On 22/05/2017 at 11:01 AM, rob Lyttle said:

Looking absolutely brilliant. Chipping on the olive panels looks perfect. It's always a relief when they stand up! 

How cute are those gun- barrels?!

Good luck on the final stretch.

 

Lemmy from Motorhead used to drink in the Union hotel bar in Penzance. Had a few laughs with him - does that count??

The guns are splendid aren't they. I got them in tonight. Look even better on the nose.

"Does that count" well that's a hell of an anecdote, I think it counts a lot, lemmy and Motörhead are / were amazing. Alas I never got to see them live. You're a lucky man.

On 22/05/2017 at 3:51 PM, Cookenbacher said:

That looks brilliant Johnny.

Tar muchly.

On 22/05/2017 at 5:36 PM, Biggles87 said:

The P-38 is looking great. I have to say that I was never big fan of Iron Maiden, more of a Pink Floyd man myself, although I did see Bruce Dickinson in his Dr1 replica  at Duxford a few years ago.

 

John

Thank you. I love Floyd too. Saw them ooh years ago. Now that was a gig. 

 

a little more done done tonight but I'll post about it tomorrow.

 

thanks for all your lovely comments.

 

Johnny.

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[shan]

UP THE IRONS!!!!!!

[rob85]

Looks like you had a great time with maiden!! Very jealous!! 

 

She us is looking amazing and the tyres look beautiful, I know they are just tyres but it's the little things that count!

 

Rob

[S5 modeller]

Brilliant work Johnny. 

I too saw pink floyd, on the division bell tour, must have been oohhhh about 1990 ish. Was a spectacular show.

Alas I don't get to go to concerts any more.

Keep up the good work. 

 

Matt 

[The Spadgent]

11 hours ago, S5 modeller said:

Brilliant work Johnny. 

I too saw pink floyd, on the division bell tour, must have been oohhhh about 1990 ish. Was a spectacular show.

Alas I don't get to go to concerts any more.

Keep up the good work. 

 

Matt 

94 I think. If it was London I was there with you.  great gig. 

Thanks for the kind words.

12 hours ago, rob85 said:

Looks like you had a great time with maiden!! Very jealous!! 

 

She us is looking amazing and the tyres look beautiful, I know they are just tyres but it's the little things that count!

 

Rob

Thanks Rob. And yes it was really good.

13 hours ago, shan said:

UP THE IRONS!!!!!!

Indeed! 

[The Spadgent]

Good evening gents. I have mostly been getting ready for my holls but I did manage a little more tonight and some pics.

The guns got added.

And the props got assembled. Just needs decals.

 

red nose day indeed.

they fitted on ok too with the offset plastic washer.

 

i also managed to fit one side of the UC doors.

 

i had to cut the hinges to fit and I still need to attach the little PE actuators but they look great on.

hopfully a little more tomorrow.

some ref books turned up for my next build today. I think I made a decision. It's small but BIG!

 

Thanks for dropping in its much appreciated. 

 

Happy modelling.

 

Johnny string.

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[giemme]

Almost there, Johnny!  Guns are looking a treat!

 

Enjoy your days off!

 

Ciao

[Biggles87]

The guns really do look good. I try not to go overboard with my AM purchases as it's easy to spend more on them than the base kit, but I think I will invest in them for some of my future 1/32 builds.

 

John