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6 hours ago, WeekendModeler said:
Flawlessly finished '152 and base.
What paints did you use?
Thank you. The paints i used were extracolour enamels the airbrush used was a badge 200 g .
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This is the dragon kit in the markings of green 3 + -- flown by obfw. Josof Keil. Who was the only ta 152 ace.
Dragon kit ( lower wing rescribed for ta 152 h-0 panels, and also below cockpit starboard side panel)
Fine moulds brass pitot tube.
Brass tube for mg 151 gun barrels.
Fusion propeller and radiator.
Aires cockpit,
Barracuda studios wheels.
Eagle cals 48134.
Thank you for looking.
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Hi this is the italeri 1/48 ju 87 d kit cross kitted with the airfix ju 87 b (the fuselage horizontal tail and tail supports and flaps and eirolons )the italeri cowling was shorted by 5mm and reprofiled
In the markings of ju 87 g-2 of 10.(pz) /stg2, +KH stammkennzeichen SO+FN was retained spanning the entire lower wing. on the 8 of May was surrended at Eschwege Germany
Aires radiators, 3.7 cm gun pods, cockpit
Masters 3.7 cm gunbarrels, mg 81 z gunbarrels
Quickboost , prop, exhausts
Truedetals wheels
Extracolour paints
Thank you for looking
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Hi this is the italeri 1/48 ju 87 d kit cross kitted with the airfix ju 87 b (the fuselage horizontal tail and tail supports and flaps and eirolons )the italeri cowling was shorted by 5mm and reprofiled
In the markings of ju 87 g-2 of 10.(pz) /stg2, +KH on the 8 of May was surrended at Eschwege Germany
Aires radiators, 3.7 cm gun pods, cockpit
Masters 3.7 cm gunbarrels, mg 81 z gunbarrels
Quickboost , prop, exhausts
Truedetals wheels
Extracolour paints
Thank you for looking
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6 hours ago, Walter said:
Very nice build but where are the guns on top of the engine?
Thank you, the fw 190 a-8/r2 was to be flown close to the enemy's bombers to shoot them down. It had extra armour to protect the pilot and parts of the aircraft which increased the aircrafts weight and affected its performance .so most r2 had the mg 131's removed to save weight. Nick
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Hi this is the eduard kit no 8175. In the markings of 5./jg300. Which was flown by Ofw Karl Russack. Based at Lobnitz, German 1945. He survived the war.
I was drawn to building this aircraft because of
The external weights on the prop blades and the extra ground concealment camouflage applied by the ground crew
I replaced the engine with an Eduard brassen resin engine. This was detailed with 0.2, 0.4 lead wire.
The 20 mm & 30mm cannon barrels were replaced with brass tubing.
The upper and wing bays were scratch build and detailed with lead wire and plastic card brass tubing.
The propeller with the external weights is an ultra cast item.
I over laided the cockpit armour with 5" plactic card..
Quick boost wing flaps
True details resin wheels.
The decals are from the kagero book fw 190'S over Europe
Extra colour paints were used for the rlm colours.
There are photos of this aircraft in Jagdgeschwader " Wilde 300 Sau" vol 2 on page 168.
Thank you for looking. Comments are welcomed. Nick
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Hi all, this is the Eduard fw 190 a-2. Flown by Oblt. Siegfried Schnell when he was Co of 9./ jg 2. Based at The ville. France 1942.
The kit is Eduard's profipack kit. The markings are supplied in the kit.
Masters mg 17 gun barrels and pitot tube have been added also true details resin wheels.
Extra Color paints were used for the rlm colours 74, 75, 76.( The rlm 75 from the tin looked to dark so I mixed the 2 parts 75 with 1 part 76.)
Badger 200 g was used fitted with a fine tip.
Stretched sprue was used for the aerial and head armour support cables
Thank you for looking, comments and feed back is welcomed. Nick
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Nice cockpit Ray.Mmmmm. I never thought of using the hair spray method for cockpits always dry brushed them. Think i'll try it. Hope the wife doesn't. Miss her hairspray.
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20 minutes ago, Ray_W said:
Hi Darryl,
On these last two builds I used Infini Elastic Black Lycra Rigging. On the E-3 the 0.082 mm and the G-6 the 0.048 mm. Really enjoyed the experience. Glues extremely well and quickly with CA. No accelerator. Made the aerial wire tensioner spring bodies with stretched plastic Q-Tip handle and the insulators with small dabs of CA/Talc mix.
Threading the stuff can be challenging, due to its flexibility. I found if I CA glued a fine piece of copper wire to the thread I could easily thread it.
When you tension it up it loads up nicely without putting too much force on the attachment points. I would say that for me the ultra fine fishing line and stretched sprue aerial wires will now go the way of polystyrene tube glue - rare and special circumstances. This stuff is too easy to use. There are a number of brands available. You can tell I was impressed.
Thanks Nick. Are you going to jump into this GB?
Ray
Was planning to build a bf 109 k-14 for this gb Ray, using the eduard k-4 and the antares conversion set...... Eduard haven't released the k-4 yet. I could use the hasegawa k-4 that the antares set is designed for. But as I'm on building a couple of eduard fw 190 a's a a-2 & a-8 r2. And converting another 1/48 airfix ju 87 b to a g-2. This time. I don't think I'll get it finished in time again.
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Excellent work as always Ray.
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Hi Ray, a couple of books that may help you identify your bf 109 are. Messerschmitt bf 109 f, g, k series by prien & rodeike. And messerschmitt bf 109 recognition manual by Marco fernandez sommerau. They are old books but still can be picked up second hand. Nick
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Me too. I'm waiting for the Dec, Jan, Feb, March issues. I've been emailing them since Dec. The replies if I receive from Mark just say. I'll send replacement issues out. But they never arrive. Nick
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1 hour ago, Harold55 said:
This is a very interesting scheme you have done here. It shouts out hand-me-down as it is a mix of the German markings with an attempt by the Italians to make it their own. I really like it and you have done a great job bringing it to life!
Thank you Harold 55, the painted out markings is what drew me to this scheme. Nick.
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4 hours ago, VolkerR. said:
Great finish. I love the wavy lines.
Thank you VolkerR. There are spayed free hand. Nick
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Hi all, this is the second bf 109 I build for the mto gb this year but did not finish in time. The link to the build is below
The kit used was eduard's bf 109 g-2, the kit markings were used.
A resin cockpit,& wheels were used.
Xtracolor enamels were used for the rlm colours.
Badger 200 g & sg fitted with a fine tip.
Thank you for looking comments and feedback is welcomed. Nick
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Hi all, this is the 1st of two bf 109's which I did but did not finish on time for the mto gb this year.
It is the eduard kit, in the kit markings for the aircraft flown by Ten. G. Gianelli of 365 squadriglia, 150 gruppo autonomo, Sciacca, Sicily 1943.
The link to the build is below
I used a resin cockpit, wheels.
Eduard's mg 151 gun pods.
Paints used were extra colour for the rlm colours & colourcoats for the Italian colours.
Airbrush used was a badger 200 g & sg
Thank you for looking, comments and feedback is welcomed. Nick
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11 minutes ago, dwh said:
Could we sadly be seeing the demise of these 2 magazines, I have contacted them several times and each time I get the same response(excuse) the magazines are in the post or they are being posted this week.
It all seems to have gone wrong since MA Publications took over the magazines. up until then I always had the magazines on time.
The last time last week I got the option of cancelling my subscription and getting a refund. Think I should of taken the offer.
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I've e-mailed them 3 times asking about the dec issue since 18 dec and have been told each time it should be with me nxt week . been a month now and still no issue. Im in Durham
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Hi all another update on the builds..the gunsights have had the lenses fitted these were made from. 5" clear plastic card. The clear lenses were coated in Johnson clear and the tinted lenses were coated with alclad's armoured glass
The head armour has had the lower attachment fitted using copper wire ready for fitting to the camopies
I have also used lead wire for the exectrical and pumatic connections for the mg 151
Eduard exhausts have been fitted to the g-2 as well as the trop filter and undercarriage
The mass balances, airiel masts, shoulder straps and pitot tubes have also been fitted to both aircrafts.
And I have managed to split the side of the 151 gun pod. When removing it from the sprue
Tripped up just before the Finish line arrrr! I think this will stop the builds being finished in time as this will need repaired sprayed. As well as the props fitted, aireals, weathering, head armour finished and fitted and the canopies fitted.
Thank you for looking comment and feedback welcomed. Nick
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3 hours ago, Ozzy said:
Coming along nicely Nick fantastic paintwork.
Thanks Ozzy. Second time lucky. Nick
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Hi all, another update. I have been adding the leather gators to the gun pods using miliput which was sculpted using a cocktail stick and a knife blade .the pneumatic lead has been added to the mg 151 .i used .3mm lead wire.for the electrical lead i used .2 mm lead wire.
When i went to fit the tail wheel i found out i had mixed up the fuselarges up as the g 2 tail wheel would not fit the yoke arrr! I had two options put the wrong tail wheels on them or swap the yokes over. I went with the second option. I removed the yoke where it meets the strut. I then drilled out the strut and the yoke and used copper wire to reinforce the join.this went fine on the g-4.
But on the g-2 the drill was off center so did not line up .so i desided to remove the strut flush with the fuselarge and replace the strut. I did this buy drilling out the kit 151 gun barrel cut a 2mm lenth and used a peace of copper wire to join them together ready for fitting to the g-2
The g-2 has had the upper surface resprayed and decaled ready for varnishing.
Thank you for looking commets and feed back welcomed. Nick
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Hi all, here is another update.I have decided to finish the g-4 then the g-2.
I have had issues with silvering on the upper wing Italian markings. The first thing I tried was coating them with Johnson clear then cutting the silvered area with a modelling knife blade. A coat of matt varnish. Better but still silvering! So I touched up the silvering with paint another coat of varnish
The exhausts have been painted humbrol 70. The weathered with grafite and ground black pastels
For the underwing mg 151s I have decided to have one open so have used eduard's underwing gun pods
These have been sprayed with a different tin of rlm 76 mg 151 have been given a coat of humbrol 53 then a wash of black then rubbed with grafite. Brake lines have been added to the undercarriage legs using copper wire.
The brake lines were then painted rlm 02 and the rubber pipes humbrol 67.the exhausts and undercarriage legs were then fitted to the airframe
This is were I had a norther issue when I went to drill out the barrels a bit more. The drill slipped and split the side of the barrel arrrr! So I decided to use brass barrels
These were painted humbrol 53 and fitted to the pod
Thank you for looking, comments and feedback welcomed. Nick
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On 27/12/2020 at 07:43, Broadway said:
It's my tablet changing words again. At lest that's my excuse 😄
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Hi all, the painting has continued...
the g-2 has had the rlm 80 wavey lines sprayed on using a badger 200 g fitted with a fine tip. The lines could do with been a bit darker not sure if I should go over them again.
The Italian green has been sprayed over the gray on the over painted German national markings
And finally the kit decals have started to be applied
Thank you for looking, comments and feedback welcomed. Nick
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Ta 152 h-0
in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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Thank you. Which 1/72 kit have you got?