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Ceithearn

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  1. The whole build and photography is amazing Jack; great work and art. What really gets me is the figures. Having been working trying to "bring life" to them and it's not easy. Will check the WIP thread to see if there are some tips. Thanks for posting, fantastic build and photography. Robert
  2. Darby, have you noticed the drone with zoom lens patrolling your windows? Thinking you have some similar plans in the works? Robert
  3. Thanks Spurs, appreciate the tips. When bf109 is done will be on the build. Ambitious project but thinking the two vehicles and small desert dia. The Sdk looks really good; if my coming builds turn out half as well will be pleased. Your chipping, weathering with dust/sand and the accessories is convincing for a long term desert vehicle. What's next?. Robert
  4. Lovely build! Great recon vehicle, would like to build one, very successful and useful in Panzer Corp campaign. Desert theme will be next builds with a LDRG truck and SAS jeep at the same time. Will be my first time with hairspray too. Any pointers while fresh in your mind? R.
  5. Super nice build. Love the BBC with tunnel ram set up; plumbing is great. Are you sharing cold Sam Adams with us? What's next? Robert
  6. Congratulations building/creating with your teen son Les. My son and I built a few kits around the same age and although at the moment he isn't building, too much going on with the last year of HS, believe he has the bug and in the long run will return to the hobby or art form. Those kits we built together were some really fond and wonderful memories. No pressure, no "parenting", a little guidance/advice when asked, two guys hanging out creating, great times. Enjoy! Robert
  7. Absolutely loving the attention to detail. A great build, inspires me to return to the car kits in stash. Is the tub glued down on frame? Since it's not my time.....would it be possible to close the tops of the mufflers? Little tin foil or the thin aluminum from one of the prepared baking meals? Just hate the thought of the sound and exhaust fumes from the open mufflers given the efforts to date . As an engine guy, love what you have done/are doing. Keep going, a pleasure to watch! R.
  8. Loving the suspension work, very well done! Pen springs look great. Robert
  9. Coming along nicely Jusjay. Are you airbrushing? The Tamiya matt usually goes on quite well. R.
  10. Useful table Derek, thank you. Below is link to photobucket album with FW 190 pics. If there is anything in particular you are looking for and isn't there, may have a few more. http://s1347.photobucket.com/user/ceithearn/library/FW 190 R.
  11. Super nice work Fuad. 1/72.......great dexterity and patience. So much detail and superb finish, well done. R.
  12. Prefer "scale of lumber" on left and general appearance. Like horizontal supports of right....wouldn't be much work to transfer over would it? Believe with a touch of paint and weathering either or both would be good addition. Have some fairly good, by my standards, photos of the FW 190 from Luftwaffe Day at Paine Field. Could create photbucket album if they would be of use to you. Have a nice one of a static display engine too. No doubt you will by purchasing one of those very expensive after market 1/32 engines! Three interesting points on the FW for me, 1.) what a wonderful sound the radial engine makes, music to my ears, 2.) how much oil the engines leaked even in pristine condition, 3.) takes 15 to 20 minutes of warm up before ready to fly. Apparently straight from the factory the engines dripped a lot and this was evident after landing seeing the streams of clean oil running down and dripping off the cowl. Photo of oil leak, clockwise 6 to 8 on the white portion of cowl you can see the oil weeping. Not sure how to resize photo smaller..... Wonder if your service workers even bother to wipe the planes down given war time maintenance required, thinking not? Certainly a different perspective on leaks than an F1 pit crew. R.
  13. Everything is looking great Derek, really like the service cart already, much farther along on the project than would have anticipated. Would be a lot of work and there is probably an easier way, cutting bomb at some point and inserting lead fishing weight into nose area or lower front section of bomb? Be some cutting and putty work. If you aren't an "expert" on painting/detailing figures yet, there has been an excellent ongoing series of articles in FineScale Modeller regarding this, adding depth, realism and wear. Trying my hand on various pilots, troops and armor crew laying around. It really is another art form bringing life to these and would be rewarding to become proficient at (personally far from it yet). Following the build, looking forward to next installment. Very nice, keep going! R.
  14. What a work of art and engineering, one of my all time favourite liveries. With your three other kits, the making of a racing museum or shop diorama too? So many kits and ideas, so little time! R.
  15. Love the Focke-Wulf, should be a great diaorama, looking forward to seeing all the developments, hope you start a WIP thread. As an F1 fan have you thought of, or perhaps built, the 1/20 Tamiya Lotus 25? That looks like it would be a great piece to have in the collection. R.
  16. Looks great Derek! Have thought of doing a bike myself. Trying to show some discipline and quit buying kits though..... What's next on the bench? Robert
  17. Weather and life has kept progress at a slow pace. For many of you this certainly isn't ground breaking but several firsts for me: size/amount of detailing, painting instruments vs using decal, wash on interior or cockpit, bit of dry brushing and pencil highlights, clear for instrument "glass" Have decided against seat belts and rudder foot pedal straps as pilot will eventually be painted and installed. Thinking interior detail wrapped up as would like to move on to build and camo paint. Admiring the Eduard engine set for the 109, love engines. Revell kit down the road perhaps with engine and cockpit kit......... No decal! Began attempting to replicate original colours around gauges, buttons, then, became entranced with adding some red, yellow, white. Ah well, it is an art form. Before wash After Pilot: not finished Couple more before and after Hopefully with practice and patience will continue to improve. Thanks for the tips and looking. R. .
  18. Coming along very nicely! Fire extinguisher is new too I believe. Did not realize Cdn and US jerry cans were different. Between this forum and the Google machine, learn something new every visit. R.
  19. Museum diorama would open a lot of avenues. Different theatres, years, countries, definitely a plan. Nice to hear support for non weathering too. As long as a person is building, creating, enjoying should all be good and appreciated.
  20. Beautiful work Richard. Several thoughts: The chassis stands are great. You could start a full restoration shop there; I can pretty well hear the four banger idling away. Work space uncluttered, amazing. Setting the bar very high for coming SAS Jeep build. Really looking forward to seeing this develop, great art. Robert
  21. Back at it this evening for a couple hours. Did manage to stretch clear sprue to the appropriate diameter. However, an interesting development. Scraped the existing white paint off and had began some basic weathering with pencil. Noticed the area I had scraped clear of the white paint, once covered with the pencil, almost looked like clear reflecting light with grey behind. Quite similar to an actual photo in the Squadron book on building 109s. So, I've left it for the moment and it doesn't look too bad. The process of either cutting out or filing down the existing part weighed in this decision. Will continue to weather the interior of the cockpit and see how the process is looking. Stumbling on this pencil process sounds similar to what Lunar has discussed regarding shading with paint. Appreciate the tips, thank you. R.
  22. Thank you lunar. Haven't included pics of the other cockpit parts I've painted, but it's taken hours already. Will continue to refine, took a break for a couple days and feel re-energized. The clear sprue idea is brilliant. Will cut a small piece, hopefully can fit in adequately. Great build on the link you attached and the photography is very cool. Not familiar with the painting technique you have mentioned. Makes me curious, will look it up. All the best, R.
  23. ok...so simple, so brilliant...not even going to ask myself why I didn't think of that.... Thank you! R.
  24. Thanks Marco. Did/are you doing anything with the clear portion of the fuel line? Paint, clear tube? Thx. R.
  25. Hi, Debating what to do, looking for input/advice on Hasegawa 1/32 109 cockpit. The clear inspection portion of the fuel line, have painted it white, looks more silver in photo. Not super pleased with how the white looks. Apparently the Revell 1/32 kit actually has a clear line that you paint. Should I cut out the white part, use a portion of pen refill or something like that? Searched the forums but have not found a thread regarding this issue. Or, could leave as is, plan on having pilot figure sitting in plane. This will be first attempt at German airplane camo; a presentable final paint scheme would be a big win. That being said, certainly would like cockpit to look as good as possible. Thoughts? Regards, Robert
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