Dave100TR Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hi All, I've been meaning to post some pics for months now but, since I tend to take them in natural light (and the dry), the weather has meant that this has been difficult to say the least! I must get around to getting some decent lighting!! Anyway, I've been slowly working through kits I started months & months ago but never seemed to get around to finishing. These represent some that I have managed to get done and our club has been to a few shows of late so this has spurred me on to putting these few up. I was going to put more until I logged on today and saw Arkady's Jaguar!! Talk about off-putting!! Seriously, he just sets the bar so high that all us mere mortals can do is our best to try & keep up !! The Frank is the 1/32 Hasegawa kit with an Eduard cockpit set (only really used the instrument panel which is stunning) and the first Spit is the Hobby Boss 1/32 Trop. This has some accuracy issues I believe but makes up beautifully and look the part as far as I am concerned. The rest are 1/48 - mixture odd Hasegawa, Tamiya & Airfix - I'm sure you all know what they are! Hope you enjoy them - comments welcome!! Dave Here's the Hasegawa Frank: This is the Hobby Boss Spit Vb: Various 1/48: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 As always very nice Dave and a great selection. Now where have I seen them before ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyn Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 great modelling there. glyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vally G Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hi Dave, Your Hayate is outstanding! Kind regards, Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sig226 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 All are excellent, but the Canberra is my fave, just gorgeous ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Some great work here- love the paint and finish on the Hayate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamcatcher Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Wow... all your builds are very very impressives ! Congratulations for all these very good jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Some very nice builds, great job on the paint and finishes, nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemessis74 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Weathering job is amazing!!!!Excellent work mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 They're all really good but another vote for the Hayate, stunning. Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 All great work, but theJapanesefighter really stands out to me. Regards Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Wonderful collection all superb but the Hurricane of special mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnylurve Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Dave, all are top notch mate. Great weathering and general finish on 'em all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynski Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 That Frank is over the top. Outstanding work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigarten Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Beauts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave100TR Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball1973 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Got to agree with the others, all are pretty fab and the Frank is outstanding - keep 'em coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Nice collection, I particularly like the B-57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Nice collection, top notch work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knikki Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Really like that Frank love the paint job on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Just awesome, all of them! Fantastic work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 All really nice but I especially love the weathering on the Frank. Great work. Anyone know why Japanese paint was so poor quality? Seems even early war aircraft were susceptible to this peeling so I'm assuming it wasn't necessarily due to wartime shortages of some ingredient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 fantastic collection,wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave100TR Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Hi all, Thanks again for all then positive comments! I intend putting a few more up today which I hope you will find interesting! In answer to MeatBox8's question about Japanese paint I'm not sure I know the answer - apart from the fact thgat the operating environment was pretty bad for all sides (look at Corsairs & Spitfire that operated in the Pacific)! I've just Googled the question & come up with this (haven't yet read it myself but looks interesting): http://www.j-aircraft.com/research/weathering_question.htm A brief look at the conclusion indicates that we perhaps shouldn't be weathering Japanese aircraft as much as we do! However, you can't argue with the photographic evidence that certainly shows extreme weathering in some cases! Anyway, it's just a model! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Hi all, Thanks again for all then positive comments! I intend putting a few more up today which I hope you will find interesting! In answer to MeatBox8's question about Japanese paint I'm not sure I know the answer - apart from the fact thgat the operating environment was pretty bad for all sides (look at Corsairs & Spitfire that operated in the Pacific)! I've just Googled the question & come up with this (haven't yet read it myself but looks interesting): http://www.j-aircraft.com/research/weathering_question.htm A brief look at the conclusion indicates that we perhaps shouldn't be weathering Japanese aircraft as much as we do! However, you can't argue with the photographic evidence that certainly shows extreme weathering in some cases! Anyway, it's just a model! Dave Hi Dave Thanks for adding the link. Interesting conclusions drawn by the author. As you say, photographic evidence would suggest that paint chipping was extensive. In fact some aircraft I have seen seem to have lost most of their paint. Having said that, in Osprey's IJA Aces book the Nates from the border conflict with the Soviet Union seem to be in pretty good shape. The point the article's author makes about lack of primer seems to have some credibility though and would be an obvious reason for paint not adhering well, as I have discovered myself through modelling. Nothing more annoying than one's beautifully applied paintwork peeling off with the masking tape!! Maybe they left the primer off to save weight. I would imagine that later in the War as the situation became more desperate for the Japanese they may well have cut corners in production which might explain why Nates and Claudes look to have very low weathering in comparison with later in the War. Certainly quite a few Tonys, Franks and Tojos only had a very rudimentary spray of camo over natural metal. As it's not a really an area I'm that strong on maybe some other BMs have some suggestions. Just to re-iterate though, I think the weathering on your Frank is excellent. Looking forward to seeing your other builds. Cheers, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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