tank152 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Here is my next project, it is the Profipack boxing of one of Eduard's first kits I believe. Great box art I reckon. I was intending just building the kit as is just for quickness, but in the end I couldn't resist adding some ribs and wires etc to the fuselage sides to complement the p/e supplied in the kit. Port, Starbord, The kit ejector seat was a little basic, I believe there was a resin one in the original boxing. Luckily Quickboost produce one intended for the Tamiya He162 was is near enough for me. With a bit of tweaking here and there it fit into the tub ok. I purchase some lead putty from a fishing tackle shop to use for the nose weight. To be continued. Tim. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks for the tip on the lead putty. Great start on the Heinkel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 Cheers Dennis. Thought i'd give that putty a go as I couldn't find any one with any of Ulcshi Van der Rosten 3 Green lead putty here in the Uk. Anyway. Moving on, the fuselage was closed up. With it being one of Eduard's early efforts the fit wasn't the best so quite a bit of work was involved on the seams hence the primer along them. The wing/fuselage joint was particularly bad and involved copious amounts of CA/talc to fill the gaps and 3 attempts to get them looking half acceptable. It was a good job it was 3rd time luck as I was starting to loose interest, fast! Next thing I did was grind out the moulded in Nav lights and replace them with a pieces of painted clear sprue, cover them with UV activated clear glue and sand/polish them up. Port. Starboard. The glue has lots of uses for modelling. Ready for primer. It was my intention to model it with the canopy open however the sliding part didn't fit over the fuselage spine to good and I didn't want to risk tacking it down with CA afterwards only for it to ping off taking the surrounding paint along with it! In primer. Time for some colour, nothing exciting RLM02 all over. More soon. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Looking great! I, too, use UV-activated clear resin for many purposes, nav lights being the obvious one. I've also used it as glazing for cockpit instruments, and as a glue for canopies and other clear parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Cheers for the complement, and thanks to all that have hit the like button. Yes the UV resin has lots of potential. I've had a couple of short sessions painting. These are the paints i'm going to be using. Since taking the pic i've managed to find a bottle of Gunze RLM02 which will also be thrown into the mix. I started with the tail unit. Using the Mr Paint as the base colour I then went over different panels to achieve some variation. up the elevator and sprayed that a slightly different shade. The result. Then made a start on the fuselage, using the same techique i've started to pick out different panels. Will carry on with the painting next weekend. Tim. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Got more done paint wise today Cheers for looking in. Tim. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Moon Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Kurt, Looks superb as always. You’ve got some nice subtle variations in tone there which really adds interest to the model. When did you start using AK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Cheers H, I bought those AK paints at Telford last year. This is the first time i've used these colours although i've used them to paint a Meng World War Toons Tiger! They're no different to Tamiya or Gunze so use Mr Levelling Thinners to thin them with. I just picked them out as they are in the 02 ball park. Hopefully when i've finished it won't look like i've just plunged the kit nose first into a pot of RLM 02 paint! 🙂 How are those 109s coming along? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 On 13/10/2018 at 11:44, tank152 said: Ulcshi Van der Rosten 3 Green lead putty qu'est que that? I suppose I should but seeing as I was going to say anyway, I thought I'd tag it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Thanks Mike. I always thought it was a random name to call it until I read the bumph about it, then I understood why. https://www.uschivdr.com/products-in-detail/three-green-flexible-nose-weight/ The things you learn through modelling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 19 minutes ago, Mike said: qu'est que that? I suppose I should but seeing as I was going to say anyway, I thought I'd tag it on. Probably the same as this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15g-tungsten-rig-putty-soft-lead-sinker-weight-carp-tungsten-mud-fishing-tackleR-/152886703674?var= But three times as much 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, tank152 said: The things you learn through modelling! You're not wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 minute ago, colin said: Probably the same as this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15g-tungsten-rig-putty-soft-lead-sinker-weight-carp-tungsten-mud-fishing-tackleR-/152886703674?var= But three times as much 😉 Well if you'd taken the time to read through my thread you'd have noticed that is what I did use, and actually it didn't work out any cheaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, tank152 said: Well if you'd taken the time to read through my thread you'd have noticed that is what I did use, and actually it didn't work out any cheaper! And if you had read mine you'ed see I wasn't refering to what you used, but what was asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 ...and if everyone had read mine, you'd know that I didn't know what any of it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Mike said: ...and if everyone had read mine, you'd know that I didn't know what any of it was. 😁 It makes me smile when some tight wad comes along thinking just because something is produced for modelling it is some sort of a rip off. I posted link for some Hiq scribing tape not so long ago only to be told by some other skin flint that Dymo tape does the job just as well and cheaper. Sorry it does not, it doesn't stick well, it doesn't conform well and you certainly can't get 30 metres of Dymo tape for £5.50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, tank152 said: It makes me smile when some tight wad comes along thinking just because something is produced for modelling it is some sort of a rip off. Sadly, it's not unusual for something "for modellers" to be a rip-off, so it's hardly surprising Lead fly-tying wire springs to mind quickest - man unrolls 5m of wire off a spool that cost £1.99, cuts it into 1m lengths, pops it in a ziplok bag and charges £2.99 per metre for the privilege 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, Mike said: Sadly, it's not unusual for something "for modellers" to be a rip-off, so it's hardly surprising Lead fly-tying wire springs to mind quickest - man unrolls 5m of wire off a spool that cost £1.99, cuts it into 1m lengths, pops it in a ziplok bag and charges £2.99 per metre for the privilege Fly tying, that was one of my past hobbies, i've still got all the materials, apart from the lead wire, wonder what that got used for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, Mike said: Sadly, it's not unusual for something "for modellers" to be a rip-off, so it's hardly surprising Lead fly-tying wire springs to mind quickest - man unrolls 5m of wire off a spool that cost £1.99, cuts it into 1m lengths, pops it in a ziplok bag and charges £2.99 per metre for the privilege Isn't that's what is called "corkage" Mike ?!! Enjoying the work on this model too By the way I have never heard of uv curing clear resin. Who, what, where, why and how? Sounds interesting. Can someone open a new thread on this maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, JohnT said: Isn't that's what is called "corkage" Mike ?!! Enjoying the work on this model too By the way I have never heard of uv curing clear resin. Who, what, where, why and how? Sounds interesting. Can someone open a new thread on this maybe. Thanks John. Theres a thread of sorts here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Moon Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 hours ago, tank152 said: Cheers H, How are those 109s coming along? OKish of sorts. The G-2 is built and I started painting however it wasn’t going the way I wanted..it’s now stripped back to bare plastic and about to get another primer coat. The F-4 is about 30% built. Might stick some photos up on a mini WIP That paint work of yours looks really classy, difficult to make single color schemes interesting without becoming unrealistic but I think you’ve nailed this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Funny you should say that, i've sanded this back to the primer in places as I wasn't happy with the paint work. A few years ago that would have put me on a downer as i'd have classed it as a major setback. Experience has shown me anything paint related is fixable. I'll look forward to seeing your progress. I'm going to mask a few panels up yet for a little more variation. Once again thanks for your compliments, also for all of those who hit the like button 👍 Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Been working on this again recently. Finished off the paint work with a little post shading etc. Detailed the undercarriage legs. Using copper wire, brass tubing for the brake lines and punched plasticard for the bolt heads. Then applied decals. At this rate i'll actually finish 2 models this year! Tim. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) looking really nice like this... sleek lines to for one of the first jets... Edited December 12, 2018 by Silenoz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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