nimrod54 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 The GB's I signed up to are coming up thick and fast now. I have just finished the BoB GB and this one starts, as a result I will be juggling my time between this, KUTA VIII and the Meteor GB and I will hopefully complete them all before or shortly after the P-47 GB early next year. So here is my entry for this GB 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Welcome aboard and another colourful colour scheme. It looks great and it should be a very pretty aircraft when finished. Well good luck with the build and hopefully it will be a nice trouble free one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Good subject! I´ll be this one because I saw them perform brilliantly last summer. Would´ve liked to participate in this GB and do one myself but it appears I´m not a jet builder and it´s better to stick with propellered things! Regards, V-P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Any tips for the White paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 Made a start earlier this afternoon, the fuselage is split into forward and rear sections for port and starboard and to ease assembly I like to join these to create two halves. That way I can be sure that the forward/rear sections need the minimum amount of sanding to give a good join. These have now been set aside to dry. Next the seats were assembled with one requiring a small shim at the headrest, the detail is adeqate but I may have a look to see if I can find something better later. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 If you need new seats, True Details has a set including two seats that is quite good and cheap. The Esci seat are not bad as a basis, but the resin ones are better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synopsis Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I have actually just taken delivery of a set of 1/72 True details seats along with a single Pavla offering so let me know if you would like to see photos etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 If you need new seats, True Details has a set including two seats that is quite good and cheap. The Esci seat are not bad as a basis, but the resin ones are better I have actually just taken delivery of a set of 1/72 True details seats along with a single Pavla offering so let me know if you would like to see photos etc Thanks for the info guys. I checked Hannants site last night and the True Details seats are out of stock so ordered two made by Pavla. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synopsis Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 They're almost identical for what it's worth, the true details comes on a larger 'carrier' block than the Pavla offering. Both in the same nice dark resin and mine have crisp detail with almost no flash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 This looks interesting, was looking at pics of these at the weekend. My brother was lucky enough to go to Turkey for the tiger meet this year and had some pics of the Turkish Stars too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Good afternoon Nimrod The resin seats will give a better look to your kit once completed .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thanks Patrice, my order turned up this afternoon, but I have to order another seat because like a numpty (idiot) I forgot that the Pavla seats are sold as singles . It won't slow me down though because I will fit them later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 When you order the seat I think you should order a 1/72 Hercules and the Turkish Stars decals for said Hercules as that would be an awesome diorama 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 When you order the seat I think you should order a 1/72 Hercules and the Turkish Stars decals for said Hercules as that would be an awesome diorama Great idea Skids just a couple of things that would stop me 1) We live in a 2 bedroom bungalow so limited on space and probably the main reason 2) Mrs Nimrod. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 hmmm...how do you hide a 1/72 Hercules from SHMBO!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 It will be good to see what the pit looks like with the new seats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 hmmm...how do you hide a 1/72 Hercules from SHMBO!!! It will be good to see what the pit looks like with the new seats. The extra seat is on the way so I should be able to get on with them soon. Looking at photos of the aircraft, the seats seem pretty basic and so to be honest the kit ones would be adequate in this scale when cleaned up, painted and with the decal harness added. I was able to get the decals on the IP's and tub earlier, they have been set aside to dry before I add a coat of varnish to seal them in. The tub needs a bit more work yet, the kit paint instructions call for a dark area behind the instrument panels so I will do that when I have added them and checked references to see if they are needed. After a stash check a couple of weeks ago I stumbled across this and so purchased this when I was at Telford last weekend. So if I get the time before the end of the group build, and providing I can complete some of the other projects I have going before the end of the year, I may try and put this together as the boxed version. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I have just got the same 1/144 F5. More chuffing white paint!!!! Any ideas on which Red your going to use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 I have just got the same 1/144 F5. More chuffing white paint!!!! Any ideas on which Red your going to use? H, I generally use Tamiya Italian Red from a rattle can for the red areas on a lot of my builds but I have been using Humbrol 19 too. I'll pull the decals out later and check them against some of my other builds to see how good a match it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Great idea Skids just a couple of things that would stop me 1) We live in a 2 bedroom bungalow so limited on space and probably the main reason 2) Mrs Nimrod. 2 very good reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 I have just got the same 1/144 F5. More chuffing white paint!!!! Any ideas on which Red your going to use? H I have done a quick check of Humbrol and Tamiya reds by comparing a couple of models. The Lightning was painted with one of new acrylic sprays from Humbrol - Gloss Red (19) - and the BEA Viscount was a Tamiya aerosol - Italian Red (TS-8). There is not a lot of difference between them, maybe the Humbrol one is a bit brighter. For me the Humbrol colour is probably the closer match, but I would be happy to use either colour when compared to the Patrouille Suisse decals. The photos were taken in natural light earlier this morning, HTH. Lightning - Humbrol Gloss Red (19) Viscount - Tamiya Italian Red (TS-8) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Cheers John, your a Star. Both look good, but good ol Humbrol looks closer like you say. Off to the model shop on Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 maybe just a dash of white to lighten/brighten the red, or better would be to first under coat in white, that'll give the red more punch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Got the fuselage halves together today, and I've added a bulkhead behind the front seat to stop the guy in the rear from having a draft blowing up his Khyber Pass. I then glued a short piece of brass tubing into the nose for when I add the pointy bit later, don't worry it will be a bit shorter than shown in the second photo - that's just to check that things lined up properly. Going to allow things to set up properly before I tidy the seams up. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 very nicely done!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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