Duncan B Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Some really tidy work on display there. Those super close up photos show that your panel joints are really very good. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 I painted the red tailenmarkenband (not actual name for it) and the yellow undernasenthingen (also not real name) tonight, and masked off the exhausts. So I used tape for the side exhausts, but decided to get fancy with the underside and use Micro-Mask (basically Maskol, but less foreign-sounding). Never get fancy. Not only did it not work super well with Gunze, the underside exhaust has vanished (even further) into the fuselage, where it rattles around awaiting the last trump, when all loose pieces will be raised, yea, and restored as well. More photos tomorrow, I hope. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Oh, and I've snapped the bloody pitot off! Why on earth, with all the complexity of this kit, they chose to mold that onto the wing, I will never know. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Oh, and I've snapped the bloody pitot off! Why on earth, with all the complexity of this kit, they chose to mold that onto the wing, I will never know. To avenge our lack of backbone at the 1938 Munich Agreement. It still rankles, you know. Cheers, Stew 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 To avenge our lack of backbone at the 1938 Munich Agreement. It still rankles, you know. That really does explain so much, about so many kits. The more one thinks about it, the more sense it makes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Bad luck PC. One of the dangers of trying 'something fancy' I guess but better to try it on something that's already lost your love and respect. I hope you'll be able to rattle it out and reposition with a sticky stick. And then you will have a piece in your hand - a piece in our time 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 That spell checker playing up again Ced. Molded to the wing! That's only for silly kits or really old ones surely.... I think a strongly worded letter is needed. I can understand stews comment and it does make very surprising sense! Not that you don't normally stew. Keep plugging on Edward and don't let it win!! It's what it wants!! You need to beat it... Just like the RAF did.... It's down to you now Edward, YOU are the RAF.... Cheers and good luck Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Oh, and I've snapped the bloody pitot off! Why on earth, with all the complexity of this kit, they chose to mold that onto the wing, I will never know. First thing I do with 190 kits is cut the thing off before I break it. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Not only did it not work super well with Gunze, the underside exhaust has vanished (even further) into the fuselage, where it rattles around awaiting the last trump, when all loose pieces will be raised, yea, and restored as well. More photos tomorrow, I hope. Seems to be a recurring theme, as on the Valiant. Dare I say you need more/better glue? Or just go belt and braces with those potentially vulnerable parts and slap a large dollop of epoxy or Milliput behind them. regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Okay chaps, Winston is asleep, after much work. Construction workers are building a house next door. Last night, Mrs. P stared out the window and said "how can their pants be so tight?" I drew the blinds immediately. Last night after a frustrating day I had a glass of Pusser's Rum and coke, and then an ice cream bar, because I'm worth it, and the combination convinced me I could do and be anything, so I stayed up until 2 AM and cleaned Madeleine's cage and did the dishes and worked a tiny bit more on the Fw190. The extent of my work on the Fw190 was in masking off the tail band (RDV band, I think), and then the undernose marking, and then spraying RLM76, which has the splendid quality of being incredibly hard to differentiate from Alclad Grey primer. Here we can see where the exhaust walked with god, and was not: See what I mean about primer? Seems to be a recurring theme, as on the Valiant. Dare I say you need more/better glue? Or just go belt and braces with those potentially vulnerable parts and slap a large dollop of epoxy or Milliput behind them. I generally clamp quite a bit, but the epoxy isn't a bad idea for future builds. And then you will have a piece in your hand - a piece in our time Cedric. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Construction workers are building a house next door. Last night, Mrs. P stared out the window and said "how can their pants be so tight?" I drew the blinds immediately. Not wearing trousers, on a building site, must contravene some sort of health and safety legislation if not public decency. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Not wearing trousers, on a building site, must contravene some sort of health and safety legislation if not public decency. Bah, yet again I run afoul of the pants/trousers dichotomy. But I merely quoted Mrs. P accurately here. And if we have bikini coffee places here (one of which blew up), why couldn't construction workers erect (aheh) buildings in their skivvies? Sauce for the goose cooks the gander just as well. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Madeleine - cute (she's getting bigger?) "Here we can see where the exhaust walked..." Tiny? How about a blob of something? "See what I mean about primer?" Er, no? Is the RLM76 just on the fuselage? Can't see, sorry, but it looks really smooth whatever. "Cedric" - sorry Mum! (No comment on trousers/pants!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Bah, yet again I run afoul of the pants/trousers dichotomy. But I merely quoted Mrs. P accurately here. I was merely exploiting the comedy potential of the differences between British English and US English, most of us British English speakers knew full well what you meant. [...] we have bikini coffee places here [...] We make do with cafes selling cereal over here. BTW. Here's a little tune about Seattle. (I'm going to see Robyn Hitchcock in the Autumn (or Fall, as my ancestors and our US friends call it) and I'm quite excited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Madeleine - cute (she's getting bigger?) Uh, fatter. Bad pet daddy. "See what I mean about primer?" Er, no? Is the RLM76 just on the fuselage? Precisely. I think. It's hard to tell, isn't it? BTW. Here's a little tune about Seattle. (I'm going to see Robyn Hitchcock in the Autumn (or Fall, as my ancestors and our US friends call it) and I'm quite excited. Many years ago, I listened to "Victorian Squid" and it's been stuck in my head more or less ever since. "Oh, Edward my love Is that a squid?" Why has nobody ever said this to me? It is a mystery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 "Oh, Edward my love Is that a squid?" Why has nobody ever said this to me? It is a mystery. Perhaps you weren't listening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 That's possible, I do tend to tune out when other people are talking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The notion of a bikini coffee bar has left me strangely conflicted. I think I need to go and sit quietly for a while and just think about this. It is either the worst, most disgusting, sickest idea ever, or it is the best. Two different parts of my brain are arguing it over, and I need quiet, stillness and darkness, until they are done. Cheers, Stew 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Two cups of coffee has me twitching and my head pounding, can't imagine what a bikini coffee would do but I'm willing to give it a try! Anyhow, nice work on the RLM76 and I wouldn't be fretting over the missing exhausts as no-one will ever notice (most other 1/72 Fw190 kits don't even bother attempting to reproduce them). Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The notion of a bikini coffee bar has left me strangely conflicted. I think I need to go and sit quietly for a while and just think about this. It is either the worst, most disgusting, sickest idea ever, or it is the best. Two different parts of my brain are arguing it over, and I need quiet, stillness and darkness, until they are done. Cheers, Stew The USA is the 'Land of the Free' and one of the admirable aspects, IMHO, is that the residents freely practice the 'pursuit of happiness'. In my youth I was very impressed by the fact that if, like me, you liked to fly you could live with other like minded people in places with hangers instead of garages. Bikini Coffee Bars are just another example of commerce providing such pursuits, like their ubiquitous coffee shops selling tens of thousands of coffee drinks to suit every taste. On one visit a US colleague asked if I wanted to go to Hooters. I'm still not sure if it was a test or not and no, we didn't go. I have to think of my blood pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Two different parts of my brain are arguing it over, and I need quiet, stillness and darkness, until they are done. Sounds like quite a chess match Stew. Good job on the Focke-Wulf PC. There, I said it. It is a testament to your skill, charm and erudition that I'm willing to compliment such a craft. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 The notion of a bikini coffee bar has left me strangely conflicted. I think I need to go and sit quietly for a while and just think about this. It is either the worst, most disgusting, sickest idea ever, or it is the best. Two different parts of my brain are arguing it over, and I need quiet, stillness and darkness, until they are done. Your writing on this site is consistently excellent, but this must be one of your most splendid formulations, Stew. The USA is the 'Land of the Free' and one of the admirable aspects, IMHO, is that the residents freely practice the 'pursuit of happiness'. It has its moments. Most of us seem to have forgotten that we're all going to still have to live together after the elections, though. I really am serious about emigrating. If I don't make it, Mrs. P is frequently reminded that I want my ashes scattered off the cliffs of Dover. In any event, I free-handed the camo on the 190 -- this is the initial pass, I'm gonna have to go back and clean it all up. I got some RLM 76 from my initial clean-up pass on the wing root, so that needs fixing: I need to go back with more 74 and 75 to mottle and clean up the uppersurface camo. Today we took Winston out for breakfast and he had eggs made by the son of an astronaut -- Captain Jim Lovell's son Jay has a small diner-style place within walking distance of our house. (My mother went to school with his sister, Susan.) I am sorry to say Winnie failed to fully appreciate the experience, and managed a truly impressive bit of vom that left the highchair dripping and his father attempting to phase his own atoms through the chair and thence to China. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 That's very impressive freehand work PC, your airbrushing has undergone a sea-change recently, is this entirely due to using a thinner mix? Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 That is indeed quality freehand work mr p, well done. As for the vomit maybe it was just his way of appreciating meeting the son of an astronaut.... Like showing off?? Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Very nice PC, quality airbrush work there old boy and mottling too - there's no stopping the man! I expect Winnie enjoyed the outing*, despite his digestive issues... This is one of the 'baptisms of fire' all parents have to go through (being the parents in a restaurant with the child that everyone else is tutting at) so well done - it will get better as your parental thick skin develops over time * In the 'old school sense' of a trip away from home, obviously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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