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  1. Thank you for the info and photos, Alan. I'm ramping up to do a Sunderland (Special Hobby Mk I/II kit) but I was hoping to do something other than the north Atlantic U-boat Hunters that usually get modeled. Im very interested in aircraft (not just Sunderlands) operating in southeast Asia, India, and over the Indian Ocean during world war Ii. I thought a 230 machine would be appropriate. Bit now I'm learning about squadrons operating from Kenya and Madagascar, which might be cool to model as well.
  2. Hi all, Can anybody point me towards sources of paint schemes worn by No, 230's Sunderlands when they were stationed at Seletar in Singapore, and then right when they first relocated to Ceylon? I understand they wore overall aluminum right before the war, and I assume a repaint would have been ordered as with the Vildebeests and several other types. There are a few photos floating around of the Ceylon based Sunderland "Black Peter", but those seem to be from later in the war after the establishment of SEAC and all that that entailed. Any help would be appreciated. All my efforts to find info on Sunderland operations in the area ultimately leads me to photos of postwar ops at Seletar, and not really what I'm after.
  3. This is super interesting. I've never seen a full resin aircraft kit in progress. A lot to learn here.
  4. Super cool! I love these Japanese orange planes. And what a cool looking airframe. Really well done. Nice and crisp!
  5. I feel very humbled by the extremely kind comments and likes that this posting has accumulated. Thank you, everyone.
  6. Hiya! It's been some time since I had a chance to share anything here. I started Airfix's 1/72 Beaufort in fall of 2022 but wasn't really feeling it, so it went back into a box for a long time. This weekend I opened it up and realized that the thing which was really irritating me; the poor fit of the glazings - which required CA - which in turn led to stress fractures on the clear parts if you look to closely (please don't look too closely!), wasn't that big of deal. Life is too short to get hung up about some imperfection on a plastic toy. So I added the final details. Did some touchup painting, and here it is. This is presented as a no. 217 sqn machine in 1941. I typically don't weather my aircraft this much, but I wanted to capture the look of similar Beauforts shown in period color photos. This was done with many different thin glazing coats of acrylics. By the way. all weathering and detail painting on this model was hand painted with Model Air acrylics.
  7. That's very very cool. I love Special Hobby kits, and it's always nice to see somebody tackle one so successfully. Beautiful paint job.
  8. Are your fuselage panel lines based on plans or conjectured? I recently got this kit and was a bit surprised to see no surface detail on the fuselage/hull.
  9. Along the same line of thought, would 3D printed uncut lengths of airfoil shaped rod be strong enough to make struts?
  10. Absolutely fantastic work, and very inspiring! All those rigging lines make me feel far less intimidated by the few lines on the biplanes I'm working on. It is also interesting to see the interior, and to see that despite its great size, it was mostly empty. The bomb load is surprisingly small.
  11. I try to be really mindful of it, then I also noticed it isn't always necessary to have dozens of little belts and different straps, making it look like a BDSM queen is on board . I've seen historic photos where stuff just looks thrown on. I guess if something was heavy enough and the tank wasn't going that fast, it wasn't always an issue. But I know what you mean. Packs and bedrolls don't just stick to the side of a turret. Even after the greasiest member of the crew just slept in one.
  12. Now you tell me! I'm not going to mess with it now, but something I'll be keeping in mind for future builds. And thank you, everyone, for the very kind comments.
  13. Presenting Tamiya's excellent A34 Comet tank built as "Celerity", a tank with the 29th Armored Brigade of the 11th Armored Regiment in April of 1945. Celerity was one of two Comets that knocked out a Tiger tank after crossing the River Aller near Essel, and assisted in the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Bergen-Belsen. The Tamiya kit is fantastically fun to build, and I pushed myself to really work with what I know of color theory to get a model with bright and vibrant, but still historically "realistic" colors. I really stepped out of my comfort zone and pushed to weather the tank with a somewhat more artistic approach that focused on color and pleasing contrast. There is much left to learn and plenty of room for improvement. Maybe next time I'll try zenithal lighting effects, and ramp up the color warmth even further. But I feel like this model was a step in the right direction. One thing I'm especially pleased with, is how the fabric on the figures and stowage turned out. The figures faces are a little gross looking close up, but their jumpsuits still look decent. Everything is a bit simplistic, compared to the master figure painters, but probably the best I can do, with my current abilities. I also like how the rust on the spare track is looking. I've been trying to get decent rust for ages now!
  14. Also with many so called "classic" kits that I have great memories of building as a kid. Sometimes it's best to let the memories stay as memories, rather than ruin them with an update
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