Ted Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) I only have two WW2 airplane kits and one of them is a JU87, so I'd love to join if I may. Edited January 11, 2020 by Ted replaced photos 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) Only two, but at least one is a Stuka Not sure about others, but I only see some text strings instead of pictures. Cheers, Peter Edited January 8, 2020 by Basilisk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Same for me, no pictures visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan_Farsight Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 No images either. think this is some Google Images issues (im sure i saw this problem on a B-57 Hustler post on BM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Hmmm, I'll look into it tonight at home. The pictures show up on my work computer, but I'll sort it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 See here for an explanation: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 I moved my pictures to Flickr and replaced them in this thread so hopefully all is visible. Made a start on the cockpit. The kit figures are really good but don't fit the seats at all. I trimmed their butts and made a cushion with green stuff. I have to figure out the alignment of the pilot's left arm before gluing it on and painting the figures. The rear gunner needs to have his arms glued on after the fuselage is glued together so his arms can be fitted to his gun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Great to see this kit in the mix Ted,good start too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Got the crew done. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Great start. Very realistic crew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Good to see that you could sort out your pictures. And your crew looks smashing Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 21 hours ago, Greg Law said: Great start. Very realistic crew. Thanks, I like painting figures. 17 hours ago, Basilisk said: Good to see that you could sort out your pictures. And your crew looks smashing Cheers, Peter Me too, thanks! I got the fuselage glued together. It aligned really well, after some sanding and a bit of quick rescribing I only need putty in a couple spots. Primer may prove me wrong. A friend gifted the kit to me years ago, he's a proper airplane modeller so there were some Ultracast exhausts and vacuformed canopy. I think I would botch up the canopy so I will use the kit clear parts, but the resin exhausts look much better that the molded bits. It was hard to cut off the plastic exhausts without butchering the fuselage. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepboy Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 4:18 AM, Ted said: Got the crew done. I will always allow credit to Airfix for bothering to include crew figures. They don't have to be included on a model but you can't have a model in "flight mode" without a pilot. (Ok, if he has bailed out, but generally - a pilot!) A bit like radio control planes with empty cockpits, just wrong. Great crew figures, I hope they get home safe 🙂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 10 hours ago, Jeepboy said: I will always allow credit to Airfix for bothering to include crew figures. They don't have to be included on a model but you can't have a model in "flight mode" without a pilot. (Ok, if he has bailed out, but generally - a pilot!) A bit like radio control planes with empty cockpits, just wrong. Great crew figures, I hope they get home safe 🙂 Just for fun. Bring British, you should say, I hope they become Pow's safely. 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 7:23 AM, Jeepboy said: I will always allow credit to Airfix for bothering to include crew figures. They don't have to be included on a model but you can't have a model in "flight mode" without a pilot. (Ok, if he has bailed out, but generally - a pilot!) A bit like radio control planes with empty cockpits, just wrong. Great crew figures, I hope they get home safe 🙂 Thanks, me too, I get attached to them when I paint them. I found a new favourite tool for applying tamiya putty. I got a pack of these silicone sculpting tools and they work well for pushing the putty around - it doesn't stick to the silicone. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice progress Ted. The resin exhaust are definitely a great improvement. Interesting way to apply putty. I stopped using tube putty and use now Mr Surfacer 500 applied with a brush for small fills and a CA/talcum powder mix for larger fills. It is interesting how we all develop a way to come to the same result using different stuff. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Thanks Peter, I'll have to get some Mr. Surfacer. I do need something better for small gaps. I painted it! The dark green is too olive (XF-62) but it's the closest I have. The light green may be closer to the proper colour, it's XF-62 with lots of yellow. So much masking. Now I'll mask and paint the underside. Then the yellow and white bands. Then 50 decals. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 She's turning into a superb Stuka Ted, Great progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 7:13 AM, stevej60 said: She's turning into a superb Stuka Ted, Great progress. Thanks! For me, lots can go wrong with so much masking and so many decals. But so far so good. I painted the bands and put on coats of Pledge, again, no drama. Then all those decals, and more Pledge, then flat clear. Again, all was good except a thumbprint on the bottom. I sprayed a few coats of thin buff as a filter and put away the airbrush...which meant I could finally pull off the canopy masks! The front looks ok except for a scratch from my knife when I was trimming the masks. But then the first blunders of the build reared their ugly heads. I forgot to trim the masks around two bits of canopy framing. And worse, some glue on the rear bubble window!!! I'll fix what I can. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Wow , what a superb painting job on the crew and looking at hofar you have got on the splinter that looks superb too . It is good to see an aircraft with the crew in at it gives it so much more life and history. Cheers Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Brilliant Ted especially the demarcation between the splinter given all the riveting on the kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I think she looks excellent Ted, especially the splinter scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Some very neat and precise painting resulting in a superb finish Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Thanks very much folks. I was just happy that there were no big blunders. Now I'm tidying up a bunch of little things. I'm tempted to do some weathering because it looks a bit clean and plastic. Dot filters? Pin washes? Pigments? I just don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Ted did you miss painting the top of the dash above the instrument panel. Looks like it only has the under coat on it. I've done that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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