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  1. Revell 1/72 Fw200 c4/u2 conversion Initial look (again) this kit has been boxed for several years, the wing halves were already glued from this time. I quickly taped it together for a look at what I'm getting into. General fit of these parts is very good. For the conversion..... The bola gondola needs reducing in overall length to roughly 75.7mm. The glazing parts I'm using from the c8 kit (which had an even longer gondola) were pieced out so I could look at roughly where to cut...... Large amounts of time wasted on cross referencing and measuring. Hats off to those who do this sort of thing full time! The framing is almost correct at the front end, all the bombsight gear needs removing and the gun type and mount will need replacing. The front fairing needs reducing to fit the profile of the fuselage at the new location. The rear section is the worst part, it isn't even close. Revell 1/72 Fw200 c4/u2 conversion The point of no return! I'm committed now...... Where's that saw? For the first cuts and trial fit. The bomb bay needs removing plus one rib on the forward section. Two (out of four) windows need removing (forward area). The round window.... That needs drilling out. I made the glass insert from an old superglue pack. I drilled an appropriate sized hole in something (little paint tray) steamed the super glue packaging, quickly placed it over drilled hole and pressed a rounded tool into it. This was cut out, sort of. It still needs tidying. This is a first go effort for me! After the cuts were made it was all pieced together. Something didn't look quite right. Back to the drawing board! It's a little long overall. I managed to trace this fault to the rear section. Compared to the drawing, the fuselage matches up well! Revell 1/72 Fw200 c4/u2 conversion Cut take 2. I took off the rearmost windows where the rotating cupola fits on. First off I considered simply cutting the forward end of this piece but looking at the pictures......there were too many windows here! It isn't going to be an exact copy but something really close will suffice. The test fit of this cut makes the rear look about right when compared to the picture of CE+IB. The bombsight gear has been sanded away, this was faired over so a smooth finish will be fine. Size wise, we are in the right ball park, the overall length is good. It has been roughly placed with blu tac, the depth from the airframe is correct. I just need to figure out some sizes and make up a few fairings. Sounds simple but this is almost uncharted territory........ The view from the rear shows the original fairings which need sanding off. This piece also needs steaming to a more rounded profile and I can tell you that has not gone to plan....... Either way I'm hooked on this build now. Finally! Fw200 condor 1/72 Frame count. Top left, frames 2-3. This is the area where the front of the gondola sits on the c4. Top right, series unknown but the windows at the front of the gondola and the cartridge ejection chute? are worthy of note. I'm not sure if the extended gondola was a c8 fit or if it was on earlier models (c5 onwards). Lower left, short gondola being fitted to CE+IB at the factory. Frame 3 highlight. Lower right, where these frames appear on the kit. Frame 5 marked, this will be the datum for the cabin windows. C8 pic, f8+FR? Note extended gondola position. C4 pic, that's what I hope to achieve! GC+SJ
  2. Wow, the pinnacle of modelling management! Having several builds on the go seems normal to me, but, you're actually getting along with them all at a good pace! Well done! To say I'm inspired is almost correct? Flabbergasted may be better!
  3. Of course it's ok! (Bit of cheek) it's in the public domain! Everybody is welcome. You're like me, I've been looking at this build on and off for a few years now. I've forgotten where I've started but some of it has stuck in..... Yeah Immelmann III was Werk nummer 3099 (see above) I think that was eventually coded 26+00, not sure if/when the engines were updated. ive seen the decal sheet for that Spanish condor, colourful indeed! Yes a big project indeed, three fold! What put me off kits like this years ago was the laborious painting process with hairy sticks.....I got lucky and got an airbrush for christmas several years ago. (They asked what I wanted, I took a chance with airbrush, low and behold, Santa dropped off an airbrush/compressor, just like that!). The second thing was storage but I got lucky again, I found a cheap used display cabinet that came from the used section of a camera shop (ex display for lenses). The final thing that killed all Luftwaffe builds (temporarily) was the swastika, or lack of! Once I discovered the aftermarket side of modelling, well, here I am! (That's basically the last decade in a paragraph.) Love this, if they could play football in the 14-18 war then I guess jerry could wind us up knowing full well he was possibly flying with virtual impunity. Yah, vee hear you engerlander, unt about turn.....neeeeooowwwwwww! Tis a funny ol' business war, but even now stories turn up of old foes actually being friends, the period hate stemming only from orders and such. Thanks for this, it certainly belongs in this thread....... (I have been working on the bola gondola, almost there, but I virtually built the me262 in the same amount of time!) I have some pics to upload but I'm struggling with what to write as it isn't the finished article, I need to finalise the rear section which is a sort of bulge (in line with the turret) with a concave (return to fuselage) double compound curve (that tapers to the rear!). I'm not sure how to make it all fit whilst being able to keep the pieces separate for painting. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have something!
  4. Fw200 C-4/u2 1/72 •••••••• ((Drawn from kagero book 32, FW 200 Condor. (Pg41, 44, 61) Murawski states, C-4 series Production starts feb 42. 93 airframes, W Nr, 0096-0098, 0100-0132, 0134-0190,0192-0200 Based on C-3 standard, HD151 @ A stand 15mm mg151. Lofte 7D bombsight and improved radio equipment. Special variants C-4/U1 (W Nr 0137, CE+IB) hitlers aircraft with armoured hatch C-4/U1 (W Nr 9176, GC+SE)* no hatch C-4/U2 (W Nr 0138, CE+IC/F8+IT) C-4/U2 (W Nr 0181, GC+SJ) official plane for fourteen passengers. (The drawing suggests /U1 series had 11 seats and /U2 series had 14 seats) 3 airframes to UK, July 3, 45. C-4/U1 (W Nr 0176, GC+AE)* as AIR MIN 94 to Farnborough. (W Nr according to Nowarra, Eric Brown quotes 0137) Sept 15, 45. C-4 (W Nr 0110, NT+BJ) as AIR MIN 96 to Farnborough. No Date Given. C-4/U4**(W Nr 0181, GC+SJ) as AIR MIN 97. •••••••• (*Is c4/u1 9176 actually 0176? There is a picture of air min 94 as GC+AE) Are these both typos, S instead of A, 0 instead of 9? (** c4/u4? Is this a typo, c4/u4 (fw200 C-4/u4, 2 airframes W Nr, 0152-0153)) According to the aviation archive, Himmlers aircraft, FW 200 C-4/U1 GC+AE (air min 94) With pics of interior, notes state; "hinged wooden table adjacent to overwing escape window" (No mention of a hatch in the floor of this airframe, but mentions an earlier model with hatch) Also says this was the aircraft of dönitz, yet Murawski states C-4/U2 W Nr 0181 GC+SJ used by dönitz (pg 69)) Himmler and dönitz in 0176, dönitz also in 0181, could be different time frames. Now, wings of the Luftwaffe, states /u1 11 seats /u2 14 seats. Abbreviated gondolas. This matching the drawing. The text above pictures on page 97; "Fw200c4/U2 (CE+IB) (lower 3 images) fw200c4/u1 (below)..... .....the latter having been flown at the RAE" suggests to me, c4/u1 to Farnborough. Looks like CE+IC (which should be W Nr 0138 according to Murawski) Yet the airframes to uk do not match up (according to Murawski). Brown also states himmler and dönitz aircraft as Werk-Nr 137 Sole example of type C-4/u1 11 passengers in 2 compartments, hatch in floor. Also mention C-4/U2 as Werk-Nr 138, 14 passengers. Also notes; Fw200A-08 (Werk-Nr 3098) Fw200A-09 (Werk-Nr 3099) Special transports, latter being named Immelmann III, becoming Führersmaschine, personal aircraft for hitler. C-4/u1 &u2 differences over revells c4 (c5/8) models. ? Bola gondola, front gun different. Includes mount ring. Shorter overall (no bomb bay) and more pronounced at the rear end. Long version sitting more flush with the airframe. (Assumed, No interruption of forward fuselage tanks as per drawing) Upper turrets, old style fw19 turrets with different guns. (One drawing of albatross III suggests rear upper turret removed with white 8 on rudder) ? Cabin ventilation ducts appear to be in a different location. ? Aerial and cable configuration, twin cables to lower rudder position. Different masts/location and termination. ? Windows, there are at least 4 per side, some locations/size differences. Which leads to the interior! ? Complete rear cabins, lots of seats, over head storage, bulkheads, section between flight crew and passengers, looks like fuel tanks in the drawing because of the angle they are sat at. ( I think this list basically represents the changes to the revell kit to complete the LF models sheet! There is one fw19 turret in the trumpeter box, there may be more changes as it's possible I've missed/overlooked or simply confused myself) The kits, revell c4 has different glass parts over the earlier c5/c8, the original parts seem to be present (austaushlafette mount) with a void on the sprue being filled with a new front glazed section for the bola gondola (ikaria mount). Interiors well represented up to the bulkheads so I only need to build the missing section...... Already this is way above my pay grade for mods/scratch building! Other really obvious differences, hs293 missiles only in c5/8 boxing. Bombs 6x250kg? Only in c4 boxing. The most obvious difference between revell and trumpeter is the interior. (Also gondola is different (ikaria mount) and comes with 3 torpedoes, Trumpeter also have a full complement of fuel tanks in the fuselage. There may be more differences between these kits but revell C4 and the trumpeter C3 kits are still sealed. From the expiry date on the blue tub, I'm guessing this build has been shelved since late 2008. Most likely christmas time.
  5. Scale drawings. Found on web, adjusted for clarity (blue). Can't remember where I found this! External references fw200 condor Top left AIR MIN 94 GC+AE 0176 C-4/u1 Bottom left GC+SJ 0181 C-4/u2 (Dönitz) Right side CE+IB 0137 C4/u1 (Hitler) Internal references fw200B condor Passenger liner pictures. Similar seat shape in c-4/u1 and c-4/U2
  6. Glad you're here, I've seen a few of the revell c5/8 (master kit) built online. Some look cool! Yeah they're nice. But massive! Enjoy your popcorn...... Cheers, fish house on Flickr if you're interested. It was an accident, I swear...... It accidentally happened that way. There are a few on here? Like every search, you end on britmodeller at some point! Yeah I will take your luck, cheers. My head already hurts! yep. Not sure why I like this type so much. It has a great history.....
  7. Well good morning! Some of us are up real early! (Not me) CedB, of course you can join in, umm I'll say fun, but I'm dreading the hack job for the extra windows, and the short span gondola.....yes, eric brown, that should be a group build, plenty of options. His book is fascinating, I've only read parts of it, or them, I have wings of the navy too. That guy had nerves of steel, "yeah" he says, "I'll try that!" Brave and beyond. The condor interests me as a type from the battle of the Atlantic, that's how I got to know the aircraft, it did some amazing/impressive things for its time. Modelglue, is it the new tool? (Basic fit of the wings is excellent, if it wasn't for the weight, they'd hang on glue free!) About fish........I keep a good mixture; tank 1, clown loach, buenos aires tetra and a baby gibbiceps. (Did have a Bristlenose in there but it died earlier this year. Tank 2, betta splendens, tank 3 figure 8 puffer fish, tank 4 corydoras agassizii, black neon tetra, LDA1 (gold stripe plecostomus, should really say Loricariidae) and glass catfish. tank 5 corydoras paleatus, pair of panaque albivermis (white worm plecostomus), glowlight tetra. tank 6 (temporary) synodontis granulosa x polii not my fish, quarantined for my mrs.... and 2 snakes, a python called Monty (my snake) and a corn snake called nakoma (my partners snake) rift lake fish are a good choice for quite a lot of uk water areas, I wish I'd started there, life could be so easy! But no, I went with soft water species except the puffer which is in brackish. As far as colour goes, you really can't beat cichlids, unless you go all out on a marine tank. oh yes, aeroplanes.......... More to follow!
  8. Quick start on a long thread! I have in the stash a number of fw200 condors. The first was from a local shop which I acquired back in 2007ish! I started to hand paint it but gave up on the interior parts! This thing predates my acquiring an airbrush! It's been sitting for a while........ then i "saw" the newer boxing c4 bomber kit, I went home with that.....finally I found a trumpeter c3 on half price. Yeah, I got that too. My plan is to build dönitz personal aircraft, but the info seems confusing/misleading, I have the of decal set for it. I will need some more bits and a load of hacking to complete this build. It needs more windows, more seats, less bomb bay and a couple of turrets, or just one? Depending on where you find the profiles. The trumpeter box will represent the longer range conversion trials aircraft, or one of them. The third kit, well, that's still wrapped up nicely......for now. I will post some pics, but I need to shoot them first. I have the kagero book fw200, winkle browns wings of the Luftwaffe, something from osprey, another periodical and some internet references. I am going to need help, especially with scratch building..... For me this will be an epic conquest.
  9. Cheers. waiting for payday before this gets finished! Something along the lines of an eagle cal 262 hack job laced with a bit of fantasy printshop fiddling..... At least I now have a plan for the finish I wanted to achieve!
  10. FW 200 triple build makes it onto the bench!

  11. Me262 Paint I used tamiya tape and humbrol maskol for the canopy/cockpit, u/c bays and jet inlet/exhaust. Everything was given a coat of black semi gloss. After touching up a few seams that needed attention, mainly around the tail joint, I followed up with a full coat of RLM76. The upper surfaces were given a full coat of RLM81 after which I masked off the splinter pattern and followed up with RLM82. The wings were then masked off. I repeated the colours in order 76, 81, 82 along the fuselage and engine nacelles. I tried to refine the technique I used on the FW190. I gave up with blu tac and just tried to spray the smallest dots I could, cycling the colours until I was happy. (RLM 81= x7+xf64) (RLM 82= xf5+x28@40:60+1%white) (RLM76= xf23+x2) Mixes from IPMS Stockholm using tamiya. After removing the tape, I tickled it with 12000 grit micromesh, touched up where necessary then gave two full coats of alclad Klear gloss. Time for the decals! (Shot before sanding, touch ups and alclad) (The decals went wrong, I seem to have trouble with academy decals, which is why I took such care with the prep this time. The a10 thunderbolt decals went wrong, I assumed it was my prep. Both kits are academy. As such I can't continue with this build until I source some replacements)
  12. BBMF fly past, right over my house!

    1. Stosh65

      Stosh65

      Happened to me about 5-6 years ago. Makes you feel very special.

    2. It's a disease

      It's a disease

      Indeed it does, the Lancaster returned alone shortly afterwards. I manage to get a few (slightly more distant) pictures. One or two are useable!

  13. http://warthognews.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/latest-antennas-and-sensors-of-modern.html
  14. Academy Decals.......thoughts please!

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    2. Spookytooth

      Spookytooth

      Sorry about that, not all of their kits are bad just their decals.

    3. It's a disease

      It's a disease

      No, that's fine, I loved both the kits! A10 thunderbolt and more recently the me262. Nice kits!

      Both failed on decals, I made sure the 262 had a really good base but still, they silvered up. I removed them ok, but, well now I need some decals!

      I will build both kits again given a chance....... Actually I need at least one more a10 to make use of the sheet for that type!

      (Scale 1/72)

    4. Brad

      Brad

      Yeh, they're junk.

  15. .....and it's raining.......time to adjust my stash/built ratio

    1. Brad

      Brad

      Then you log into ebay or the sales page as the paint dies cos you can't get outside and end up buying 2 more kits.

  16. Haaahaaa, yeah that's my approach! I know that feeling, Concorde ain't my thing but that's one impressive model!
  17. If you don't finish this kit, all the work so far...... WASTE OF TIME! Good luck....... When it is done, you will be happy....at least in the knowing that you've finally finished it!
  18. Thanks Viitk, I'll check those references out...... (This is what modelling is all about) Thank You.
  19. That's come out good! I have one of these I've been researching the build on. Nice bits of chipping, subtle.
  20. Hi, you know, I was quite surprised when I saw pictures of the actual thing compared to the parts in the box. Very close indeed!Paint will be nothing fancy, standard late war colour. It will be rather boring but unique all at the same time. . . . Cheers.
  21. (Left pair) Laying down some basic colours. Started with RLM76 on the gear doors, inlet housing and starter motor cover. Then black for the wheel components and exhausts. Metallic grey was sprayed everywhere except the inlet blades which I brushed with a hairy stick! (Right pair) Weighting and double checking balance! This time I used two screws and blu tac, (bottom right pic) this makes a slightly better lever for the counter balance. I'm fairly confident this will sit on it's wheels......... Glue time! Me262 engines and filler! I must say this is the worst part of the kit for fit. Everything apart from the rear deck in the cockpit needs no filler, that area of cockpit only needs the smallest amount. I used plasto (white) which I found to be less aggressive vs squadron putty on the upper rear of the nacelles and milliput (yellow) where the nacelles meet the wing and also 2-3 little spots where the inlet cover meets the main nacelle and the nacelle to wing upper joint. Milliput was worked in with a cocktail stick and smoothed back with a damp tissue, great stuff, it's left ready to paint with, hopefully, no further work necessary! I think it should be a natural metal finish in the gear bays, the bottom of the cockpit and the insides of the fuselage. Too late, grey looks nice! Me262 Saturday.... I didn't manage much on Saturday. The gun covers, fill first (sprue gate) then fit, clean and fit transparencies. All I need now is masking tape.... There are about 3 small pieces to fit just before I paint this thing. I did research the markings option for the finish so it wasn't a wasted day.... Just not a lot of modelling.
  22. Me 262 build starts here! I started this build on Sunday 28th August. I've cleared up my environment so I'm free to make models once again, although it has been some time, so I thought I'd brush up on my skills again before I finish/ruin that harrier! So far I've been working on a mister craft hawker hunter which is near ready for paint and the aforementioned Airfix harrier which I've been dabbling with...... So, on with this build.... I decided it's going to be fast and from the box! A few parts make up the nose section and wings the fit is excellent, the wing/fuselage joint just clicks in, as does the cockpit assembly. This area was a bit fiddly! I superglued the console to my finger and I lost the control column to the carpet monster.......which, on a clean wooden floor is some feat.... (Oh yeah, there is also a big glue finger print melted into the port wing. Once dry I sanded this up. Looks ok now..... Glad I chose to practice!!,) After getting bored of searching for the missing part I picked out a few colours and laid down some paint.....first use of the gun in a while! Felt goooood! Went to bed, woke up, found the control column. Happy days. I used tamiya paints; German grey for the cockpit. RLM 02 for the undercarriage legs, doors and bays. Me262 round 2....... Cockpit. Some parts of this type I'm unsure of, I couldn't help but look for some pics to see what you should have here. Clearly seatbelts and seat cushion are missing. Also the gunsight is missing. There are a few more little details but I want this to be quick! The piece of foil that holds headache pills has a light embossed pattern. I've read about using this for belts. Why not have a go? It took longer than expected! Cut with a steel rule and scalpel, the "belts" were fixed with superglue. Seat cushion from styrene sheet, rounded a bit with a file so it looks more ummm, cushiony? Painted with games workshop acrylics. Browns on the cushion and bone for the belts. A few (because they were nearest) Airfix acrylic colors were used in the tub for switches and dry brushing. Tamiya flat black for the dials and green for the rediscovered control column boot. Looks ok. A fairly accurate representation of what should be. Except for the gunsight. Not sure about building one yet, I wanted a quick build. Sidewalls could do with something GAP filling... It should be fairly straightforward, looks to be parallel. Maybe next time? The fit of the tub assembly to the fuselage is excellent, it just snaps in... No glue! I just tacked it in with superglue. Me262 Weight and Luck! According to the instructions you need 5-8g in the nose. I found some appropriate sized weights. This time I'm using little screws, this turns out to be a lucky find! The small screws are about 0.5g and the big screws are about 1g. I could only fit two screws in the nose, so I had to remove the cockpit, that's the lucky bit, I'm glad I just tacked it with super glue. I got 8 small plus blu tac between the bulkheads, and I can fit 2 large into each engine nacelle. That's enough! This time I used the scalpel handle and blu tac to form a counter balance, just add screws! Me262 cockpit 2. I had to remove the cockpit to get some extra weight in! While it was out....... I broke the instrument panel off, by accident. While it was off....... I thought I'd add some of the wiring which can be seen through the glass... I discovered this detail while looking for the cockpit references. This took ages but I advanced my skills my a bit. I made some little instrument backs from the spares box, drilled some holes for the wire which was sprayed yellow and everything was superglued into place and trimmed to length with cutters. Then the panel complete was refitted to the tub. I think the wire was too firm for the task, I must try and get some lead wire. That's it for this part! Too much time wasted here....now time for the engines. (Pic to follow......)
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