AdrianMF Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Hello All,I am currently watching the new Airfix 1/72 Hurricane fall together on my bench but I thought I'd try something a bit more interesting (=painful) for another build here. The selected victim: £1.25 from the late lamented Modelzone in High Holborn, so well inside the limit! I've compared it to the plans in the Harborough book "Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War", and it's 2-3 mm undersized in every direction but basically a very similar shape. Good enough for me. The pilot is great and a bit undersized too, so I could call it 1/78 and we are all good! The fuselage has some nice detail, the wings have massive ejector pin marks and the struts are all a bit spindly. Lower wing and tail fit is a bit hit and miss (mainly the latter). Targets for scratch building are: * Propeller (weedy blades, not even the same length as each other) * Engine (tragic even before the massive ejector pin sink holes) * Exhaust (a bit weedy, time for some stretched sprue) * Cockpit (needs a seat, instrument panel and possibly a bulkhead if I think anyone could see it) * Struts (only if I have to) I will be doing the scheme in the kit, with my first attempt at wood grain effect, and I will rig it using invisible mending thread. Thanks for looking, Adrian Edited May 22, 2014 by AdrianMF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Hello All, I managed to get the horrendous ejector pin marks off the lower wing just by sanding: Thanks for looking, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 This looks like an interesting little project. Glad the marks came off easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Hello All, I spent some time this evening scratching up a cockpit, using the Wingnut Wings website as a reference. Here's where I got to: But I'm not sure anyone will see much after it's closed up! Thanks for looking, Adrian 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin1980 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I have this one in the stash so will be watching closely. Cracking interior though, and great tip on the WNW website for tips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Nice little cockpit. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 nice work so far, the cockpit looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great job on the pit so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Hi Adrian, i see the box art shows the albatros with the "nature" wood. Today i was browsing over internet, searching for some "how to" step by steps and found this http://www.largescaleplanes.com/tips/davejohnson/woodgrain/woodgrain.php, showing one of ways how to paint wood grain surface. I imidietely got the D.V on my mind, so thought it could be handy to you or someone else reading your thread. Now i m thinking about it, you probably have already some way how to do it, but i hope you wont mind anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) Thanks Wolwe! That guy makes it look too easy! I shall be using large sections of my trusty Airfix Ju88 to try out a bunch of techniques. Regards, Adrian Edited April 30, 2014 by AdrianMF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Hello All, I scratched a new engine tonight, original kit part for comparison: Thanks for looking, Adrian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 That's quite a piece of work if I recall correctly how small the original engine part was... and the cockpit too This is looking really nice Adrian, I'm already looking forward to seeing how it turns out Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I scratched a new engine tonight, original kit part for comparison: Now that's impressive! That looks far better than kit version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Hello All, Having a day off work today, and I thought I would try out an experiment to make a more accurate Spandau than the pair of blobs provided in the kit. Anyone who has looked at my previous builds will know I am too cheap to spring for expensive aftermarket, so here's a first attempt to replicate the mainly-empty-space of the Spandau cooling jacket: The jacket is simply drawn on some clear sprue with a marking pen. I will stretch some round clear sprue and do it for real, then dip it in future to seal in the pen. Thanks for looking, Adrian Edited May 2, 2014 by AdrianMF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 very nice work on the new details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 Hello All, I think I've got an acceptable wood effect, seen here on my trusty Ju88 paint tester: Done with acrylic wash and retarder. It looks better in real life, I promise. The wooden prop is easily sorted by using wood to make it! DIY calls... Thanks for looking, Adrian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Looking excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Hello All, I have been doing some more wood effect practice with acrylic retarder over a light base: I think the most important thing I have learned is to keep the effects light, much lighter than here, as the real thing was made out of the highest quality plywood they could source. Less is more! Thanks for looking, Adrian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 wow thats amazing! could you explain how exactly you do it? at least in few important steps? would be great, thanks! I have plans to paint the mossie in its natural colours, paint camo over it and then chip it to the base. So it would be awesome with such a wood like you can do ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 wow thats amazing! could you explain how exactly you do it? at least in few important steps? would be great, thanks! I have plans to paint the mossie in its natural colours, paint camo over it and then chip it to the base. So it would be awesome with such a wood like you can do ! I agree - I'd be interested too. It looks very effective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Hello All,I managed to get a crack at the fuselage wood effect today. Starting point:I don't know if you can see it but I had painted slightly different shades of my white/yellow/dark earth/red mix on to each of the different panels. I have a selection of artist's acrylics: yellow ochre, raw umber and a light red; and a tube of slow-drying acrylic gel.So I squeezed out a bit of each and masked off the first panel:You will note that I have mixed up some yellow ochre and a touch of red (NOT TOO MUCH RED!!) with the gel. Then I painted on a glaze of this, and added shading and some patterns using the raw umber:Then I blended it all in. Note the tape to stop me running into the next panel:Then I continued on. You can see the raw colours followed by the blending in:About two hours later, we have this:You will recall that in the previous post I said "I suspect less is more". Well it would have been! Despite my best intentions, the panel demarcations (meant to be the subtlest hint) got more and more pronounced, and I ended up doing some frenzied undoing of some of the panels before reverting to a light touch for the rearmost panels. But I'm prepared to let it go for a first attempt (and I'm not going to strip it). Strangely enough, the underside is the best because I didn't over-think it. Next time it will be perfect, honest!Thanks for looking,Adrian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Coming along nicely,built this kit many moons ago for some reason I think it was in a purple scheme,wood effect looks first class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 thats trully amazing.. i ll have to read it again tomorrow, its too late now and my eyes keeps closing.. but thats realy awesome job what you did on the wooden surface! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Yes, I think you might be being a little harsh on your wood scheme, I think it looks really good Perhaps your impression of it was the result of spending two hours looking at it? Hopefully it will look better to you today. Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Very impressive!! I think it looks spot on......... remember we are usually our own worst critics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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