Pete in Lincs Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Another day, another session rubbing down bits of primer and another coat applied. Sigh. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 21 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Another day, another session rubbing down bits of primer and another coat applied. Sigh. You know you love it....... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 I'm on two days off, So, aside from spending time up a ladder getting all the moss out of the guttering at the back of the house, and unblocking the drainpipes.... Oh, and chopping lots of wood for the logburner due to a nasty rumour called Winter, I got a bit of modelling done. I got a couple of metres of self adhesive thin metal tape off the bay. Okay, so it's a blatant copy of what @TheBaron did to his Anson but if no one tells him.... Actually my excuse is that it's an anti icing device for cold nights aloft hunting the enemy. The tape is good and very thin but the backing paper needs to be peeled off very carefully or it tends to curl up and become useless. Ask me how I found that out. Oh well, it was only a couple of quid and I've lots left. If you look very carefully you may be able to make out that I've been scribing access panels on the wings and spine. The engines have had some modifications with extra intakes etc and a lick of paint. Well, rust actually. It wouldn't be kreiger without rust. So the intake ring and the exhaust cone had the treatment. Which doesn't really show up that well here as I only did a light smattering of the stuff. I figured that almost everything in kreiger is rusty, so why not a mild steel intake ring and exhaust which is also blued (Tamiya clear) from the heat. The taxi light got moved down the leg a mil or three. The main legs got brake lines and electrics and I found this ancient missile which will get kreigered. Under the port wing. Holes are for a pylon which will carry a sensor pod. More access panels and yet more typists correction fluid (the white stuff) as every time I tilt this to a new angle I see more gaps/divots in the otherwise smooth surface. (Note to self, stop tilting model in sunlight or work in the dark). I've found a 1/32nd pilot. The ex Phantom ones I had were too big but this guy is ex Airfix Porsche 917 and fits nicely. I know people come in different sizes but.... I'm mocking up an ejection seat for him and he needs a repaint, the last coat was in the early seventies! Will I get paint (besides primer!) on this at the weekend? I doubt it. Still lots of fiddly bits to sort out, but we are getting near. I still need a definitive paint scheme. I've seen WW1 lozenge on a certain other thread here in Sci fi and I may have to steal the idea. We shall see. The next project is bubbling away in my head and I'm eager to get started on it. No clues, but you can probably guess the general theme. As always, your thoughts are welcome, but remember this is a family forum! Thanks for looking, Pete 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 are you going to paint the metal tape or leave it as is? it might be a nice contrast to any camo' scheme you choose rgds John(shortCummins) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 John, I'm not sure. It's a night fighter so you don't want a reflective surface. I thought I'd paint it then micromesh so it just shows through in places? I was going for a typical He219 colour scheme. But now I've seen that lozenge scheme I'm not so sure, decisions, decisions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Nice work Pete. Beautifully rusty engines if I might make so bold! (and the foil looks good too - your idea about rubbing it back is a good one - a light Micromeshing is just enough to draw off the paint in sections in a controllable manner and looks quite pukka.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Another day, another update. (Stop yawning there at the back!) Some decent progress has been made too. Spots of filler yesterday were rubbed down today and, hey presto, Gunship grey happened to the underside. I'm happy with the finish (Tamiya rattlecan). Especially for @TheBaron a decent shot of the rusty exhausts (with Sooty ends. Need to get a Sweep). That ancient missile. Modded slightly and since this was taken, now in white primer. The gear has been painted in a thin coat of Humbrol cockpit green. Our intrepid jockey, awaiting arms and paint. The sensor pod. Much modified and very brown. And why not? The other side. Note the WW2 type radar aerial on the nose. Kreiger stuff again, don'tchaknow. And, we have an ejection seat! The 1/32nd Revell Phantom backrest merged with an Me262 seatbase and dressed up with greeblies. Yes, Lewis guns for greeblies. Fiendish stuff, eh? Wheels and tyres got cockpit green and dark grey respectively. And that is probably that for the near future. Busy tomorrow, work all week, so tune in again next weekend. Thanks for passing by, do try the fishpaste sandwiches. (ebay, y'know) Bye for now, Pete 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Especially for @TheBaron a decent shot of the rusty exhausts Pure filth! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 makes you wonder where that sensor pod has been to get that colour 😜 looking good rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Just got this add yesterday. Im not sure if its really new or a re-pop ? But thought that you may be interested. https://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/has64116.htm Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Why thank you, kind Sir. I narrowly missed out on an original Nitto 1/20th Fireball on ebay yesterday. I lost it at the last minute. Most of the Hasegawa kits are repops of the original Nitto kits. AFAIK. That is a decent price at Sprue brothers, but the postage would be the killer. I met a very nice man at the Southwell show last weekend who is looking out some part built kreiger in his stash for me. Cheers, Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Some nice progress there Pete, looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Blimey Pete, that was an epic of an update, much to take in from the back. She is slipping along at a nice pace now, nice weathering on the engines and that pod looks superb. That first picture in post 32 looks like it could be any kit from a mainstream manufacturer, fine kit bashing this is... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 On 10/19/2019 at 6:12 PM, Pete in Lincs said: who is looking out some part built kreiger I got a 1/20th Gustav and parts of Freidrich for a fair price in the end. And it's time for the weekend update once again. It's mostly been detail stuff this time. The mainlegs got taxi lights fitted as on a Tornado. While the noseleg got this nifty little mudguard that I found in the spares box. In the cockpit, I fitted the instrument panel (which meant filing a bit off the insides of the pilots boots so they'd clear the central column). The seat was taken to bits and rearranged. The Lewis guns fouled the rear canopy and the seat itself was slightly too tall. I broke off the control column and then lost it, so I made a sidestick, which can just be seen by the pilots right wrist. There's an add on pod on top of the coaming and a couple of bits added to the sight. Oh, and the pilot got his arms back. The filler in his arm joints needs rubbing down and then he can get a lick of paint. The seat has been sprayed medium sea grey. And I've been messing around in the spare pylons box. On the left here the big pylon is for that brown sensor pod. On the other wing the two pylons need missile rails fitting and one will get the missile seen in a picture somewhere above. The missile is now white and yellow BTW. Meanwhile, work has been horrific. No, that's me in the middle! Thanks for looking, and your (clean) thoughts are welcome. Pete 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 27/10/2019 at 12:48, Pete in Lincs said: Meanwhile, work has been horrific. No, that's me in the middle! Thanks for looking, and your (clean) thoughts are welcome. Pete The bird is looking very nice. How long before we see paint and what is next? If you were a bit closer I'd be happy to share some of my extra MaK kits just to see you build 'em but... I like your puppets too but the one in the middle is a bit creepy looking... (Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Just trying to be funny. Please feel free to insult me at your convenience.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 20 hours ago, Tzulscha said: How long before we see paint and what is next? Thank you for the nice words, and, in answer to your questions.... 1/ I'm not sure yet. I need to sort the cockpit and canopy properly first. Then I need another good think about masking for the scheme I want to do, if I can! 2/ What is next? I would like to do a scratchbuilt hover truck as seen in the Bandai Zeon set. Somewhere on BM is/was a rebuild as a MLRS carrier, amazing. I've seen the set going for about 30GBP on the bay and I was tempted, but I have the scratchbuild itch and fancy the challenge of having a go. Besides, what I build will be done using my spares boxes so will not be exactly the same, and I like that. That's not to say I wouldn't buy one for 20GBP if I could! I have pictures of the parts, but some measurements would be good if anyone reading this has one. Please feel free to have a word with NASA to see if they'd rocket some Ma.k my way. It may well work out cheaper than USPS rates. And as for creepy looking, you should see the colleague who took the photo! Cheers, Pete 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I like the looks of the hover truck so much that I ordered one. $60usd but I get a discount! Unfortunately it is back ordered. Have you seen this one? It looks both cutesy and terrifying to fly. Especially in combat... I gotta get the ship I'm working on done so I can work on more interesting projects like this. *grumble* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 23 hours ago, Tzulscha said: Have you seen this one? I've got one. Built it years ago in Saudi. It went on my original Misfit floaty boat. I built it with floats, like a 50's S55 helicopter. It's a lovely little kit that virtually snaps together. And it has the Bandai trick of multi coloured sprues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 Time for a weekend update but no pictures this time. We're speeding up downhill to the finish now. The seat got fitted. The Pilot got painted. Blue coveralls and red skidlid. The canopy got fettled and fitted. The mainwheels were glued to the mainlegs, Then, I hit the upperside with masking tape in a slightly mad 3 tone version of Luftwaffe splinter. I was thinking of lozenge, but changed my mind. It's just two colours at the moment (2nd coat still drying) so that will probably be it until next weekend. It will depend on getting an early finish at work. Thanks for looking. Pete 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 3 tone splinter sounds good to me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalekCheese Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Yeah, should work great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 On 11/3/2019 at 6:27 PM, rockpopandchips said: 3 tone splinter sounds good to me. On 11/5/2019 at 10:08 AM, DalekCheese said: Yeah, should work great Well, let's see, shall we? Here we have the freshly unmasked and micromeshed model. What you see here are grey primer, Luftwaffe grey/green and gunship grey. The latter two are fromTamiya rattle cans.The grey primer is Hycote plastic primer. I just cut low tack tape at weird angles, applied and sprayed the green, then removed some tape, re-arranged it and sprayed again. It almost looks black and white on my laptop screen. The green has come out rather dark. But as this is supposed to be a nightfighter that is okay with me. It's certainly a disruptive pattern, I think. I had painted the rear of the engines in Acrylic silver, but then forgot to mask that bit. After I sprayed I micromeshed the rear parts and this is the effect I got. I quite like it. It looks like the paint has burnt off and, are those rust spots? Next, I plan to do a bit more painting, gloss coat, sort out some decals and apply them, dull coat, fit the engines, landing gear etc and unmask the canopy. Next weekend perhaps, though we're off to Leicester for family stuff on Saturday. Hopefully I'll get something done on Sunday. Until then, comments etc are always welcome. Thanks for looking, Pete 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 that splinter looks great, it almost looks like a digital camo nice work rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I agree with John, it has really put life into the model and looks superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Nice paint! I hadn't realised how the engines would be mounted, but love the way they've come out. The bulbous engine pods are very Ma.K as is the rather nice sensor pod you showed earlier. W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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