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  1. I've made some simple research and find that reconstruction like that: or that, most modern: are based on wrong information. The main source of them was this photograph: but it gives no ideas how the tail part of aircraft was looked like. Nevertheless, it seems some ideas were taken out of it - I mean out of images of two other airplanes on this photo, seen under the wing of Hagiri's aircraft: Both of them have wide black stripes aft of Hinomaru, and at least that on the right also has slanted stripe on the tail. So, those markings are specific to some squadron. The problem is that this Hagiri's plane is known as part of IJNS Soryu air group, but no Japanese carrier air group is known to have such markings. Soryu's aircraft in particular in the late part of 1930s were marked by ether red or white (with red borders) single thin band - or they had no bands at all. At the same time markings of this Hagiri's plane closely resemble this: This is aircraft from Yokosuka kokutai, possibly from famous Genda's Circus (was this the reason of such flamboyant paint job?). Matsuo Hagiri spent most of his flying career with Yokosuka kokutai, Genda's Circus included, so it is almost certain that on photo in question he depicted on one of Yokosuka kokutai machines he flew after returning from China and before he was given new Zero. As of aircraft Hagiri flew off Soryu there is series of photos of Japanese naval pilots posing before different A5M4s onboard Soryu. After close examination of them I've found this: The rightmost fragment is part of the photo with Hagiri above, other three - from those taken onboard Soryu. There is no doubts that the man on all four is Matsuo "Mustashio" Hagiri, and on one of those photos, here he (in the middle) is seen sitting in front of A5M4 W-102, which was his mount during this cruise and had usual Soryu's air group markings of the time. So, well-known and widely published (decals included) reconstruction of Hagiri's aircraft seems to be the mix of Yokosuka and Soryu kokutais markings and is incorrect. I would advice those who seeks at least a bit of historical accuracy when building Fujimi or new Wingsy kits A5M4 to choose other variants of markings. A bit more on my research is here: http://snorska.livejournal.com/212238.html (in Russian, but with English abstract). Any comments are highly welcome. Thank you.
  2. Nice! I always like someone takes some old kit and make it shine! Esp when its airfix ww1 subject. I hope you, Adrian, have got no less fun than i had working on my Airfix Albatross
  3. Kes, yes, it was reply and a long one. Sorry for a lot of words and for making you do that search. My referencies are out of reach now, but anyway your model is very nice. Fish vs birds - its all the matter of feathers i have never seen feathered airplane (may be some are there, but havent come in my sight yet. I sow feathered helicopter once, but it didnt look like a bird ether) but i have seen those rays flying in the sea, and they look more like airplanes than birds. And the faster the airplane, it is more fish than bird in it. So I made some conclusions
  4. Nice choce of subject! I like exotic markings and multicolour camos, and Armenian are such ones. I still have this kit bought in 1990s for I could not rid of it by selling. It means I have to build it. Some day
  5. Hello! Couple days ago I've finished that thing: This is Revell's F-22A Raptor in 1/72, worst kit I've ever built. Ok, may be not worst ever, but with all these sinkmarks, traces of moulding's pins and poor fitting it definitely is not for pleasure and I have became very angry with Revell. But although it take me two years (of course almost all this time that abominable Raptor was laying on the shelf out of sight and of mind) I've finished it! It was OOB built, I was doing my best, but in the end could not do much with that tricky metal coat. Nevertheless on the photos it looks not so bad, doesn't it? A little bit of bigger photos you could find here: http://snorska.livejournal.com/208231.html
  6. Nice little thing! As for dimensions, I could tell you a story. Once upon the time Snorry started working on another early jet, BI-6. He, i.e. I, wanted to make best BI ever, so I cut fuselage of that small plane in several pieces and put between them countless pieces of plactic sheet of different sizes and thickness. And, after lot of filling, sanding and wasted time finally I made fuselage looks like BI on photos. Well, I was so tired of that kit, that when things come to applying decals, I put on that most correct in shape kit stars with slided white background - at that time it was all the same for me. I just had tired of that kit. So, the point is if you didnt like work too much, do not do it when the only desired result is fun. Just keep balance between how you wish to see your kit built and what you can do while keeping your modelling mojo on. In that case may be you should have invested some (little) time in sanding of the landing gear doors - they look too thick for me. But nevertheless now you get a cute silver fish! I have always thought that airplanes look not like birds but like fish. And by the way, anyone please remind me did E28/39 ever fly in that (missing ) livery?
  7. Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat 1/72 Cyber-Hobby The best photos I have...
  8. Altрough I clearly realize that I could not finish this kit till July 14, I still determined to start this build here. But you, I bet, have little idea why the Russian Sopwith (the later was Englishman, yes?) appears in French GB. OK, I will explain that! As you may be know, more than half of all 1 1/2 strutter production run was made in France under license. Those French Sopwithes had been built in several modifications, including two-place bomber called Sop 1B2. Less known about using such aircraft in Russia, but they were there, and were used not against Germans, but in Civil War, mostly on the Bolsheviks side. Here is definitely aircraft of the French origin - markings on the rudder on top of Russian roundel stated that this is Sop 1B2 No 2348. Some are presumably French, like that: The tail markings repainted, but silver painting speaks in favor of French origin. And there was even such aircraft: it silver-painted, but have windshields experts stated as made by Lebedev's firm, so it is not clear, is it rebuild French machine or Russian-bult. Available data is unclear, but the first two photos shows French-built Sop 1B2s. And, as rules stated that is eligible, so same is this Sopwith Here is the kit: What variant to chose I have not decide yet, but I like the second one, with stars and red circles above Russian Imperial cockardes, from the Bolshevik 1st Tverian air group. I do not want to build skies from scratch, so it will be on wheels, as it was in autumn 1918. My previous build was under Marseillaise, but that will be more brutal and now under Ça ira with famous les aristocrates à la lanterne! Russians in 1918 and later in Civil War liked to use lantern-posts in this manner very much And here is the first barricade: This is how the wings surfaces looks after spraying with surfacer, They are all in scratches! So I had to sand them off - and it will take some time.
  9. Thank you, Craig, about advice for using micro-mesh. I just find the shop sell it, what grades do you use? They have 1500, 2400, 3200, 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000, and I suppose I do not need all that (and they are not cheap ). About corsair. I do not want to start building it right now, my next french aircraft will be... You will see!
  10. Great BIG bird with nice weathering! What did you use to remove upper paint layer? Indeed, I want such weathering on my Corsair (I like F4U-7 almost as french AU-1, and some day, may be...) !
  11. Bon jour, Patrice! It is your work gave me inspiration to complete mine! So thank you very much!
  12. Thank you, Craig! This kit was a kind of testbed and my work really paid itself off by experience I receive! charlie_c67 That build already had (and have) so many problems that one another doesn't count. But that weird thing about the propeller is not a problem and not an optical illusion. The prop is simply not glued to the shaft! It is common practice for easy transportation - you just take the prop off and pack your model and prop separately - and have no chance to break the blades when move it to the new place! [Why this trick did not work with the landing gears?] But the shaft of Cyber-Hobby PW2800 is a peculiar one and looks like shaft of real engine. And it is conical at the tip - see upper photo! But the hole in the prop is cylindrical. So if prop is not put in place with considerable force, it slightly losened and skewed a bit. As I'm right-handed and afraid to apply considerable force to the models, prop systematically skewed to the right Here is what one of previous photos show: The engine is OK, prop not, I think this can be easily cured with small amount of blue-tak inside the prop - for I'm still afraid to use brute force and don't want to glue prop And, Indeed, thank you for your sharp eyes and for your attention to my model!
  13. Three photos from the contest: And it's FINISHED! More photos will be added after June 28 Now I think about second kit. I 'm sure I'm not able to finish it till July 14 - so is it worth to begin it here? What will be with the topics of uncompleted GB entries after Fall of the Bastille?
  14. After long and heavy disease, it finally going to pass away... For it is... er... finished. At least I had trying at my best to save it, but... And now we have that: Yes, it finished - the wings will be put in place without glue and after transportation to the local model contest. I hope there I will receive some advices on how to work with the gloss varnishes, that effectively ruined this model But, indeed, I had some fun with this kit before that disaster, and learn something... positive! Final photo session will be added later, with the wings in place.
  15. Patrice, if you pleased with the result, it is a good and desired result indeed. You get your fun building kits, and we (I'm not alone in that, i suppose) get our portion of it looking at your job. And it forced me to keep my build moving. Thank you!
  16. Indeed, Stephen, you can made your 1/48 Hellcat before I could finish my in 1/72! Good job and jet-fast progress!
  17. Yes, I will fight and it will be done!!! Here is fuselage in the rage of battle: You can see that water droplets - there is a constant battle with all that dust/ Problems with decals was resolved by Mr. Mark Setter - that japanese liquid is perfect for removing silvering effect on Italeri's decals. And the ammonium chloride is equally perfect for removing acrylic varnish from paint .
  18. So I have painted that plane: and even have placed some decals and blew wings in gloss varnish: and then i, as predicted, get some troubles with warnish, dust and other things. I'm working to resolve that, but, as always, when it comes to paint, I go crazy and there is no fun for me up from that very moment
  19. Corsair with the bisquits, bandit with a candy, murderer with an ice-cream! Where the world is going?! But the interesting scheme and rare aircraft (and kit) indeed. Looks similar to the Miles Magister for me.
  20. Yes, it's going on, but slo-o-owly. But going on! So, here is how it looks now: Canopy (only wind shield in fact) and horizontal stabilisers attached, all F&S finished. Sliding section of canopy will not be glued ether in the open or in the closed position, for there is the definite requirement for direct view into the interior. The obivous solution will be to make canopy open - but not in this case. While CH make two canopies, both one-piece closed and two-piece open, they are of identical size. So, when you try to put sliding section on top of hump, you see this: And the front view: The canopy section is too narrow for sitting on the top, and when you try to glue it in open position, you will have to apply glue right to the glass, not frame. For this I decide not to glue sliding part an all, just put it in a place in the end. But that end is still far away, and painting, on the contrary, is at the doors!!! A-a-a-!!! Sorry to disappoint you, Patrice, but I certainly will NOT do Hellcat in the Armee de l'Air colors. In fact I like naval planes, and if aircraft had ever fly from aircraft carrier, I will make it in the carrier markings. I plan to built several Hellcats, but all of them naval. Sorry. But one Ukrainian friend of mine not a long time ago made Hellcat precisely as you like it: I just hope this building story will not force you to dig this kit deeper in the stash in the end;)
  21. I like unfioded wings too, but there was a "strong request from high authorities" to make wing folged. And I simply couldn't resist.
  22. Oh, another one from you, Patrice! With such a speed it seems you will made all the Armee de l'Air aircraft in one GB! And this is camouflaged - will be a nice addition to the flock of silver birds you have built already!
  23. Patrice, GROWLER - thank you for watching for this build. It really helps me to keep the work going! And now the last sub-assembly of the kit - engine: And now the last thing on the wings: pivot joints! Here they are: You see, I had to glue plastic strips (white) to the edges to fill the gaps. Fit is "as usual" And what it looks inside consoles: Gaps is still there, but obviously they not so awful as before! And how it fits to main body: Some attention is needed when installing joints to align outer wings and centre-section right. After that I glued outer wings with joints, and left joining of consoles and center-section till last moment when painted. And that painting moment is nearer and nearer! I will then to fight with those crude panel lines (oh, mea culpa!) on the belly and...
  24. And let the work resume! Here are some additions to the wings, i.e. gun barrels and lights: Bigger view: At first I had try to make barrels out of injection needles, but find it too time-consuming and made another two pairs out of stretched sprue. When painted, there will be no difference (I hope). Lights made from canopy's sprue with "lamps" drilled out and painted.
  25. Hello, Craig! I hope I will finish this kit before the beginning of real "hunting" season. I have went on hunt just for two times this year, and, of course, find something First time - small, but rare (or considered as such) crinoid, second (and last for today) time - several fish teeth, all of carboniferous. And more to come! And here is a daily portion of Hellcat: Halves all are glued together, holes on the sides of flaps closed up by thin plastic sheet. And all looks perfect - until you do not looking through. And if you did, you see this: Sorry, but I do not want to make new ailerons from scratch for there is no tricolor and anchor to place up on. And I even reject the idea to shim existing ones and have let them stay as is - to the shame of CH!
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