azureglo Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 8 hours ago, Nigel Heath said: When I started reading this I immediately thought you were referring to me and our meet up on Friday. I would have quite liked to be the light of your life + slave + desirable lap buddy but it turns but it's just your cat, princess though she may be....Oh well... Its not that bleak for you: When she doesn't need me I can probably make you a quick cup of tea, you'll have to sort out your own biscuits... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 A glorious sunny day in North Hampshire so a bit of spring cleaning: annual Benchvent filter change: And so equipped to freshen the airs of Kumar Towers, the Mr Color Dark Earth was sprayed. I'll let it dry for the obligatory 30 minutes before the Panzer Putty and the the dark green and then any remedial micromeshing. Later dudes and duddettes, A 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Her Highness decided to take a four hour nap so some modelling was done: Ah the joys of Mr Color Lacquer as espoused by @Jon Bryon in his fine blog. Touch dry in 15 minutes, masking dry in 30. @dogsbody, you were wondering about spraying with lacquer thinner, this is the kind of speed and quality even a ham fisted fool like me can achieve!. One of my fave things, peeling back the masking to see how it looks: (Nose just placed on and still in primer awaiting contrast grey) Mightily pleased, a few tiny touch ups to do and some of the shapes are a mix of Revells somewhat erroneous instructions corrected by looking at lots of online shots of this gorgeous little bird. Easily one of the best paint jobs I've done and no need to weather apart from some soot on the port fuselage vent. Here's the aftermath of Panzer putty waiting to digest the paint and get ready for future use. Some thoughts, if you have this kit or the decals to do it, don't even think about it unless your Masking-Fu is super strong: Look at all the contrast grey bits dotted around the airframe, my fave was doing the inlet at the base of the fin That said patience and accuracy will yield a good result and I think the recipient of this will be well happy for his £50! Tomorrow for gloss coat and a few days of decaling , this one has lots of wee stencils but its time I did some real modelling for a change...🙄 Have a fab week y'all. Anil 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Superb looking result on that camouflage. I award you with a Nigey Gold Star (the first ever awarded btw). 🌠 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Nigel Heath said: Superb looking result on that camouflage. I award you with a Nigey Gold Star (the first ever awarded btw). 🌠 I am not worthy: For this honour you have my word I will not get pie eyed and hug you in public on friday ... ( oh and I must take my anti-lying medication tonite). Seriously at some point think about getting a craft cutter, they make stuff like this easy opposed to cutting & measuring endless slivers of tape./fingers/priceless mahogany table..... G'Night Nigel! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 And duly glossed, dry and the decalling has begun...I've said it before but Mr Super UV Cut gloss is near magical- that high gloss sheen is one pass , left to dry for thirty minutes. Why people yutz about with acrylic this and polyurethane that, complain about blocked nozzles, frosting, decrease in grannys libido etc when they could be building still baffles me, use this stuff, IT WORKS!! I anticipate at two days as there are some custom grey stripes and greebles etc that need to be cut and go on. Revells decals behave well with the 70/30 Future/water mix and snuggle down nicely. Will see this in the RFI for March without any problems. Now to make obeisance to the Siamese Who Now Rules My Life... Slave Anil 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 I’ve decided to put all my WIP threads on hold for a few reasons: Now the Brexit is looming, I am going to a take a few European art and culture trips while travel is relatively easy. I also need get my ATPL back up and running as I want do some commercial flying and miss it. My true passion, jazz guitar sadly has almost withered as it’s a very time intensive and live performance thing that I really need to spend more time which is currently going on modelling. Lastly I have had a quite unsettling experience on this site and encountered some elements that I find deeply disturbing and very unhealthy. I feel spending a lot more time in the real world with real people and away from the rather strange and often hostile space of the internet and some of the unhealthy individuals who inhabit it , can only be a good thing. After all this is a hobby done to gain pleasure and relaxation and currently I’m find it anything but. I’m going to finish these current as well my backlog of paid for, builds then as and when I finish any interesting models, I’ll post them the RFI. Perhaps after a good break I may find this space healthier. Many thanks for all the encouragement and advice, stay safe, .enjoy your modelling and hopefully see you all again. Anil EDIT RFI added 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislowe Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Sorry to hear that fella, I've enjoyed following your builds. Best of luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 15 hours ago, azureglo said: I also need get my ATPL back up and running as What plane did you fly? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 On 3/27/2019 at 11:07 PM, Sturmovik said: What plane did you fly? Mostly bizjets on charters, Lears, Falcons, a smattering of King Airs and the mildly terrifying Daher TBM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I have enjoyed this thus far & the RFI, having both a HB Typhoon & the Revell kit in stock. I'd never heard or seen the Hasegawa Hologram tape before, guess whats just gone into my cart at HLJ. Enjoy you break mate, the world is a funny old place at times. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 14 hours ago, azureglo said: the mildly terrifying Daher TBM Maybe you can help me. Infinite Flight has added the TBM 950, does this aircraft land "flat," with the nose wheel touching down at the same time as the main gear? A couple of YT videos show that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/30/2019 at 5:33 AM, Sturmovik said: Maybe you can help me. Infinite Flight has added the TBM 950, does this aircraft land "flat," with the nose wheel touching down at the same time as the main gear? A couple of YT videos show that. This an interesting question: The simple answer is that what you'redoing is pitching the nose up to create drag to slow the plane down in a controlled way so its stalls gently. I was taught never to try put all three wheels down as the main gear is designed for most of the stress and the nose isn't, you can also cause the the planes to bounce up with alarming results. So outside of flight sims etc nose up pitch and backing off the power is the right way I believe to land anything from a A380 to a Cessna 172. The TBM does come in a bit flatter than most planes but I would always keep my AOA in a normal pitch up. My issue with it is that it has a relatively high landing speed and can be very sensitive to the use of flaps etc and some of ones I have flown had a slightly non linear throttle response which caught me by surprise the first few times but its part of its all in one throttle and pitch control system and works very well if you understand whats its doing. That and its bloody fast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 This is a super thread, thanks so much for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Ok time to fire this bench up again as I want to do a market tester for a certain auction site. I'm getting a lot of requests for the bread and butter collectibles - Spits, Hurris & 109s which I've been pricing ad hoc. I also wanted to see what my actual build times are, and as I have lot of time in my pseudo-retirement between moving stocks and shares on screens every day, thought it would be a good idea to put my idle hands to work instead of looking at Siamese cat porn... So first off let's see how long it takes to do one of these free Daily Mail Spits I picked up last year (?) I'm curious to see what a desktop, in flight and non- weathered plane will fetch as opposed to some fake grime encrusted blob with ridiculous pre-shading that makes it look like it's wearing the unwashed dirty tartan of Clan McJiminez 🤣 Completely OOB but will add a few stencils from spares and to prove I'm nowhere near as tidy as I make out, heres both workstations on the go: Interesting: same pilot but the sharply defined one hails from a 1974 issue of the Westland Whirlwind (plane), his paler contemporary descendant is distinctly softer and flabbier. Got all the interior bits ( and a few others), primed and color coated. Trying out a new RAF interior green as recommended to me by one of the restorers at BBMF and Duxford - Plasti Kote Leafy Rise...they apparently use it on the 1:1 versions... Well pleased, 1.75 hours in and we are humming along, let's get this in front of the paying punters this weekend eh? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 Spent another 2.45 hours on this as I decided it's going to be a "stock" item Found some flaws and easy fixes- main one is the cockpit, like the FW190 I did last year, its a little too wide at the IP end. The gunsight will also foul the canopy which incredibly seems to be a click fit! Lots of notes being taken as well , needed some material removed from the wheel wells for the wings to mate and there was some shrinkage of one the fuselage halves- nothing major, zap a gap, accelerator and Flexi Files dispatched the gaps quickly. Standard stuff not worthy of any pictures and will probably vary from kit to kit as Airfix QC is pretty patchy. I just found my old build from 2015 and if I had bothered to read it , it would have forewarned me about the IP issues and gunsight. Weird thing is, I don't remember even building that one even though its sat in the display cabinet reminding of my flightless three wheeled ground vehicle building days...Even weirder the Whirlwind that supplied the pilot is pictured in the mini stash as it was then. Pilot not as as well finished as my pony jockey , the lack of definition makes it much harder to paint this crisply. I have a large stock of the excellent Revell pilots building up so they will be flying subsequent builds. Red area needed attention and gunsight had to be removed as , one: the fuselage wouldn't close and two, if it did somehow, the snapin 1 mm thick canopy is fouled by it- some seriously pants CAD work here. Not a real worry as I wanted to spot all the errors for the "production line" builds New repositioned gunsight scratched but future ones may get those lovely Quickboost items I used in my 2015 build, to save time sadly the 1mm thick canopy won't let you see too much and no way are these production builds getting vas canopies. Note proper scale thickness sight glass and reflector lens in clear acrylic resin, a nice touch for a few minutes work. Basic cockpit painting and no weathering, again for the market its aimed for and the lack of visibility through the very thick distorting canopy, probably more than is needed. Had to chuck in the red "crowbar" though... Drilled out the exhausts, 2 minutes each side! Ran up some more accurate masks on my vinyl cutter and ready for primer after 45 minutes, this one is turning out to a smoother ride than I expected, apart from the canopy, the main wing assembly is also a click fit ( note U/C indicators removed for in flight) so that bodes well. Interesting to compare how I did in a few days what took nearly a month back in 2015: Life is much simpler after escaping from the corporate hamster wheel, being single and living somewhere where I can have space and time for what interests me instead of constantly having to please other folk...get a lot of flying and jazz guitar time in as well! Anil 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Superb work mate and at such pace. You and Ced have Soviet tank factory output. On 6/10/2019 at 9:18 PM, azureglo said: Interesting: same pilot but the sharply defined one hails from a 1974 issue of the Westland Whirlwind (plane), his paler contemporary descendant is distinctly softer and flabbier. I suspect the pilot has put on some weight and experienced the middle-aged spread since 1974, hence the extra flab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Tomoshenko said: Superb work mate and at such pace. You and Ced have Soviet tank factory output. I suspect the pilot has put on some weight and experienced the middle-aged spread since 1974, hence the extra flab. Know how he feels, back in '74 I had a trim 28 inch waist as a 14 year old, now I'm a porker at a bulging 30 inches...mmm, Shiraz...Y'know now you mentioned it I've never seen @CedB build a russian tank? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Tanks? Me? Nah… Nice work Anil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 32 minutes ago, CedB said: Tanks? Me? Nah… C'mon Ced, it's time to think outside of the box and think how cool this would look, menacing the Nimrod on your ceiling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 Another day, another one primed- still in love with Mr Surfacer 1500/Leveling, One pass, beautifully smooth and completely dry in 30 minutes So on with the Mr Color Sky a few hairs etc to micromesh out but they can be touched up at the end if necessary. Painting is pure joy when you've got your airbrushes and paints sorted, goodly progress and should see top camo done tomorrow. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Looking nice and smooth. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, Courageous said: Looking nice and smooth. Stuart The joys of Mr Surfacer 1500...BTW I'm assuming thats a Revell Hunter you're building, have you started a thread for this one? Anil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 I will have to give Mr Surfacer a try some day but may need to invest in a larger needle/ nozzle first. As for the Hunter, I have been looking at it as a fill in subject and not intending to do a WiP as their have been WiPs and I don't think I'll be adding anything to the pot but we'll see. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 14 hours ago, Courageous said: I will have to give Mr Surfacer a try some day but may need to invest in a larger needle/ nozzle first. As for the Hunter, I have been looking at it as a fill in subject and not intending to do a WiP as their have been WiPs and I don't think I'll be adding anything to the pot but we'll see. Stuart Shame as a good, concise '72 Hunter WIP would be welcome. If you go down the Mr Surfacer route, 0.4mm is what I use, but these days just about everything goes through that particular H&S Evo brush and hang the nozzle size. Speaking of said airbrush, today saw the Mr Color dark earth sans preshade/blackbasing- nice clean finish for this desktop ornament, Will be using the lovely AML masks that I used here: They're made out of Oramask 810, lovely stuff.. Note that I've labeled all the pieces with a sharpie, beats staring at the diagram while trying to apply them as I watched someone do the other day ( and get wrong!) BTW there a few pieces for the tailplanes and the starboard rudder that are not marked on the placement diagram, they are on the masking sheet and its obvious where they go. . Well it's back to the paint shop and some dark green for this baby and we'll be peeling and glossing later today hopefully. Love using Mr Color lacquers, zero tape lift and you can mask in an hour or less. Still wonder why folk battle with naff voodoo primers, acrylic this, polyurethane that and start endless threads about their woes: Find something that works, use it. Life's too short to get simple stuff like painting wrong. Anil 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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