CedB Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Feel like a teenager now Adrian - like, like, like, like… That white looks amazing - great job, and on the canopy. Good luck with the legs - I'm gripped! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Great work Adrian, That's looking really good. Funnily enough my on going Ju 52 build has skis and winter finish... Cheers Greg 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, CedB said: white looks amazing I am really impressed by the Citadel Ceramite White! It was perfect for the job, and I've previously seen it provide a smooth finish (undercoat for the Breda to get the white for the insignia). I will find out more when I get to painting the MiG 3 (also white). 18 minutes ago, GREG DESTEC said: on going Ju 52 build Is there a link? I can't find anything. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 31 minutes ago, AdrianMF said: I am really impressed by the Citadel Ceramite White! It was perfect for the job, and I've previously seen it provide a smooth finish (undercoat for the Breda to get the white for the insignia). I will find out more when I get to painting the MiG 3 (also white). Is there a link? I can't find anything. Regards, Adrian Hi Adrian, I haven't done a WIP for the Ju 52 but will post an RFI once I have battered it in to submission 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Took the afternoon off (I.e. pushed my laptop to a corner of the desk) and did some more, starting with my hi-tech disc punch and the gun mount blanking window: Skis were next, carefully measured off t’interweb and made from plastic card scraps: Then the legs got sanded plastic card slivers fore and aft, with paper sheaths, all secured with lashings of superglue and sanded down: 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Markings next before I stick on anything too delicate. The objective is to make SI+FU out of this: Shouldn’t be too hard, he says tempting fate... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaCee26 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Hi Adrian, Both Storch and MiG-3 are familiar kits for me. I have built both of them and somehow like looka nd feel of the Airfix Fieseler over Heller and Academy but MiG less than the HobbyBoss. Well, the latter was not available when I built my MiG. At least one set of the Airfix Storch landing gears is molded in the flight position. And I have feeling, that the other one is too long too... I built the earlier MiG-3 which needed more modification to the nose. What I remember and what is relevant of the later ones too might be slightly too small spinner (I didn't do anything of it) but I recall filing the cowl cylinder banks a bit to match better to the photos. Also the rear fuselage has a continuous curve unlkike a slight "8" shaped cross section. Canopy I took from the Falcon kit but the fi was not stellar. Basic shapes are pretty decent as a moluld for a Soviet aircraftwith mould made in the mid 1970's. Cheers, AaCee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Wow. Fate was tempted, and came round with a baseball bat and a few mates: The transfers are incredibly thin and fragile, and were disintegrating around the edges where I had trimmed the yellowed carrier film. Humbrol Decalfix and Ceramite white do not mix - luckily I had forgotten to do my usual pool of Decalfix before adding the decal. The blemish by the port wing cross is where my brush merely touched the surface. And once they touch the model the decals really don’t want to move without disintegrating. I just got away with it - I like the slightly aged white of the insignia (and my reference photo suggests that the real thing had the same issue), and at least some of the frayed edges can be excused as whitewash overspill. I will scan and print my own decals for the codes, which thankfully I didn’t start with. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 “Well I’ve got a few skeletons in the cupboard. They watch me from boxes on the mantelpiece in the study, and now that I’m home all the time, they are starting to get inside my head.” Adrian............this is THE quote of the year!!!!!! Thanks for the laugh and continued success on your projects. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 29 minutes ago, AaCee26 said: Basic shapes are pretty decent as a moluld for a Soviet aircraftwith mould made in the mid 1970's. Thanks for the comments AaCee. For the Storch leg length I’m using 37mm instead of the kit‘s 45 or 48. The Massimo Testori website has a beautiful build of the Red Star/Emhar kit with a very comprehensive list of mods, almost all of which I am not doing! The MiG 3 is pretty much OOB, with a bit of cockpit detail and some thinning of the scoop and intake edges. I’m still debating whether to replace the exhausts altogether or just tidy them up a bit, but that will be it. @Sky Keg Thanks - I had forgotten how many kits I’ve started over the years! Scary... Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I had similar problems with the Airfix Storch over on the Nordic GB. Admittedly they hadn't been stored in the best of conditions but the wing struts were distorted to the point of uselessness. I replaced one Airfix kit with an Academy example but I'm persevering with the other one on the basis that I should be able to get one decent model out of 2 sets of parts. The Airfix Storch also seems to be short of some underwing struts and undercarriage supports, which will need to be added. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 28 minutes ago, John said: Airfix Storch over on the Nordic GB. I'm glad someone is doing a Nordic one! I will swing by and take a look later. I was tempted to do something to go with my Finnish FROG Blenheim but I decided I had enough on my plate. It looks like the missing undercarriage struts actually form a rigid structure with the upper part of the undercarriage leg, and then the lower struts flex with the shock absorber strut as it compresses, swinging up and out. So there must be a flexible joint at the top of the shock absorbers to join the rigid bit and the moving bit. Sorry, TMI, was wondering about it this afternoon while trying to figure out how much kink to add at the join. I'm also wondering whether to add the flap hinges (3 under each wing) and there seem to be two drains under the fuel tanks (too late for me to take off the fabric detail now). Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Did some home-printed decals, got the legs painted up (minus whitewash so far) and fitted. Tail ski, details, finish painting, weathering and that bloomin’ propeller again and I will be done: 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Looks great Adrian hard to believe this is the old Airfix offering! Stay safe Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Very nice Adrian, that's looking splendid! Well done on the legs too, looking 'proper' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Adrian that’s some great work! Well recovered on the decals as well. Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Looking good. I remember completing the Heller Storch more than once it always built into a lovely model. I’d love to do one in 1/48 but for some reason the Tamiya kit is very expensive, so waiting till I see one at a reasonable price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Hamden said: hard to believe this is the old Airfix offering Thanks Roger! I am surprised by how well it scrubs up. That's why I wanted to crack on with my Shelf of Shame - it's easy to get disheartened and put a kit to one side when it just needs a spot of perseverance. 1 hour ago, CedB said: legs Thanks Ced! The legs should have a small kink where the rod meets the oleo, as per my blatherings above, but I may skip it because everything is glued together and I want to keep it that way! 1 hour ago, rob85 said: Well recovered on the decals as well That could so easily have been a Decalfix Disaster! Thank goodness I forgot. I had scanned in the old decals (a bit tricky when you've already cut out the letters...) and was in the middle of pixel editing them when I remembered I have a "Blockschrift fur Flugzeuge" font downloaded. Type in "SI+FU" in 22 point and you're away, complete with cross in the middle instead of "+" (I kept the kit's original cross). The kit decals are a bit squarer (eg, more of a flat bottom to the "U") than the real thing in the photo, whereas the font is a tad rounder. But it's close enough for me! 1 hour ago, Marklo said: Heller Storch I have the Heller one in the stash and the plastic looks lovely. The fact that I have an Airfix one tells you volumes about the selling power of box art! 1 hour ago, Marklo said: for some reason the Tamiya kit is very expensive Well, it is Tamiya. Sometimes they come up cheap from Asia on Ebay (I got my 1/72 Mosquitos for 12 quid each that way) but they are steep. I even saw a Storch stand up there for 20-odd quid! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Those skis are really neat Adrian! Look great... SD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 That is a super job on the Storch Adrian. I recall pulling my one out for a GB some years ago & having looked at it & read a bit about Storchs, put it straight back. Seeing this, I wouldn't be quite so jaundiced towards it again. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 I’ve added all the final details: tail ski, flap actuators, extra undercarriage struts, step bars on undercarriage, exhaust and oil cooler, bullet fairing above canopy, and last but not least the underwing bracing from stretched sprue: 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 These all look great Adrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Marvellous, bloomin' marvellous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Excellent work on the Storch Adrian. Your shlf of shame is getting smaller and smaller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Now she's really looking good. Nice save! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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