Otto's Mobile - Some 1/144 Builds

[silverkite211]

I realize that the horse is out of the barn now, however couldn't the tires of the Spitfires been sorted out by simply removing the roof of the wheel wells where they sit?

 

This has been fun watching, you're a good granddad.

[Martian]

Will the sound track include "fnarr, fnarr, snurf, snurf"? There's nothing like personalising a build and then your Grandson will always know that it was you that built it for him.

 

Helpful of Mars 👽

[AliGauld]

Everything is going to plan.

Excellent stuff. I've sprayed Lifecolor just once with UMP Thinners and it went down with a really smooth finish but took a long time to cure.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[philp]

Looking good but won't the Spits be in the grey/green top sides?

 

Or were you showing the colors for the Hurri?

[CedB]

20 hours ago, giemme said:

Lifecolor! Nice paints, if a bit tricky to spray. I had great success spraying them through my PROCON BOY airbrush, as you might remember, and thinning them with a mix of IPA and water, or Future and  drop of Windex.

 

For brush painting, I almost exclusively use that brand. 

 

Ciao

Good news Giorgio - if it's good enough for the master…  

 

20 hours ago, silverkite211 said:

I realize that the horse is out of the barn now, however couldn't the tires of the Spitfires been sorted out by simply removing the roof of the wheel wells where they sit?

 

This has been fun watching, you're a good granddad.

Thanks SK - maybe, but I think the wheels are oversize, unlike the wing thickness, and I might have ended up with a really thin 'roof'.

Also, I'm used to the 'thin the tyres' method so better the devil you know  

 

18 hours ago, Martian said:

Will the sound track include "fnarr, fnarr, snurf, snurf"? There's nothing like personalising a build and then your Grandson will always know that it was you that built it for him.

 

Helpful of Mars 👽

I think Otto's a bit young to be introduced to Finbarr and his Viz mates.

I'll have to wait until he can read, but then…

 

15 hours ago, AliGauld said:

Everything is going to plan.

Excellent stuff. I've sprayed Lifecolor just once with UMP Thinners and it went down with a really smooth finish but took a long time to cure.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Thanks Ali - hopefully the brushed will dry faster; you know how impatient I am!

 

4 hours ago, philp said:

Looking good but won't the Spits be in the grey/green top sides?

 

Or were you showing the colors for the Hurri?

Good point Phil  

Although 'realism' isn't my primary goal it does mean I can paint the Spits now and not have to wait until the Hurri arrives.

And so…

 

 

I've also started assembling bits for the 'hanging':

 

 

I think a 'cross' of runners, or maybe the acrylic rod, supporting a ring of the green wire.

Then I can hang the planes around the ring 'chasing each other'.

I had planned to have them in pairs with, obviously, the RAF in attack but I think the 'all in a circle' will be more 'PC'.

Unusual for me I know, but I'm all for an easy life…

[corsaircorp]

On 5/8/2021 at 2:22 PM, bbudde said:

Yep Ced, you cannot begin to learn early enough!

I expect some RFI's later this evening?

Cheers

That seem De rigueur for little Otto !!

This idea of a mobile is definitely great however with movies music...

But a bit of wild guitars can help too !!

Keep carry on Grandpa Ced !!

Sincerely. 

CC

[CedB]

Thanks CC  

You heavy metal fans!

 

 

Finally:

 

 

It must be part of Leigh-Mallory's 'Big Wing'.

Single part tree:

 

 

…plus the canopy (in that lump somewhere) and transfers:

 

 

Look, wheels up/down options:

 

 

If only all manufacturers did this - in my dreams!

 

Very soon:

 

 

Of course I painted the cockpit. I've left the peg 'flesh' so it gives the impression of a pilot.

(I'm sorry, I don't do impressions. My training is in Psychiatry )

 

The RAF is mustering:

 

[CedB]

Having masked the demarcation line I started painting the DG and then realised I needed to mask the canopies:

 

 

No masking instructions. 

Hmmm.

Can I work this out?

 

 

That's zoomed in, a lot.

Now I can see the windscreen front, sides, two 'along the bottom and over the top' bits and the rectangles for the rear.

With a microscope strapped to my head, they're on:

 

 

I've Aqua Gloss'd the edges (good boy) and, when it's dry, I'll slosh some more paint on.

[AliGauld]

52 minutes ago, CedB said:

That's zoomed in, a lot.

That must be about the size of a postage stamp. Well done that man.

Incredible work so far.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[giemme]

7 hours ago, CedB said:

I've Aqua Gloss'd the edges (good boy) and, when it's dry, I'll slosh some more paint on.

Good boy indeed!  

Lovely paint job!

 

Ciao 

[CedB]

Thanks Ali and Giorgio

 

Of course there's no mask for the Hurri but it does have well defined frames so I used one of the engineering pens (or whatever they're called) that Heather (I think) uses:

 

 

If you get the nib gap just right and you get the angle on the frame just right you can draw paint along the frame.

Neat.

If you don't get it right you get a blob of paint on the canopy.

Rats.

Soon scrape off with a cocktail stick though.

I hope.

 

Green done using the Eduard scheme and an old Hurri template I had on the Mac:

 

 

Three coats.

Then the DE and Ocean Grey first coat:

 

 

Nearly there.

[AliGauld]

Looking really spiffy.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[CedB]

Thanks Ali

 

Ready for transfers in the morning:

 

 

Liquidex pen used for the yellow bits - who'll know?

[Pete in Lincs]

5 hours ago, CedB said:

Liquidex pen used for the yellow bits - who'll know?

Your Doctor when it doesn't get better.

Oh, on the wings? Ah, erm, nice paint, Mister.

I thought 'the old trouble' was back again. 

[Dandie Dinmont]

Very nice indeed Ced. Will you be providing a video of the finished item in action?

 

Craig. 

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

On 5/8/2021 at 11:44 AM, CedB said:

Crisp moulding too.

 

Nothing to do with me, Guv.

 

I’ve only just found this (you big softy, you).  Lovely idea.

 

Needs a Seafire.  Better still, a Swordfish - so you can perk up your rigging skills.  Plus no need for wheels-up surgery; bonus!

[The Spadgent]

Looking fantastic Mr B. Canopy masks. Wow that crackers at this scale. The wing lines are spot on too. 👏👏👏🙌

[keefr22]

13 hours ago, CedB said:

one of the engineering pens (or whatever they're called)

 

Lining pens I believe Ced - well done on using it on canopy framing that small! I bought one years ago to try and do lining on OO locos (1/76 scale) - complete and utter disaster! 

 

They're all looking rather nice indeed!

 

Keith

[CedB]

7 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said:

Your Doctor when it doesn't get better.

Oh, on the wings? Ah, erm, nice paint, Mister.

I thought 'the old trouble' was back again. 

 

6 hours ago, Dandie Dinmont said:

Very nice indeed Ced. Will you be providing a video of the finished item in action?

 

Craig. 

Thanks Craig - of course!

 

6 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:

Nothing to do with me, Guv.

 

I’ve only just found this (you big softy, you).  Lovely idea.

 

Needs a Seafire.  Better still, a Swordfish - so you can perk up your rigging skills.  Plus no need for wheels-up surgery; bonus!

Crisp you are wicked! Rigging at 144 would certainly do me in  

 

5 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

Looking fantastic Mr B. Canopy masks. Wow that crackers at this scale. The wing lines are spot on too. 👏👏👏🙌

Thanks Johnny

 

3 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Lining pens I believe Ced - well done on using it on canopy framing that small! I bought one years ago to try and do lining on OO locos (1/76 scale) - complete and utter disaster! 

 

They're all looking rather nice indeed!

 

Keith

Ah, lining pens, that's the ones, thanks Keith  

I think the secret is to get the nib gap / paint thinness / angle to the model exactly right.

I just got lucky…

[CedB]

Now then, I wish to register a complaint.

I applied the transfers to the first Spit then, when I came to do the second… no roundels:

 

 

Apparently you can't put RAF stickers on both.

Rats.

What do I have in the stash.

Not surprisingly, only 1/72.

But wait, isn't 144 half the size?

These will do on the bottom:

 

 

These:

 

 

 

Nope.

I'll have to make do with these:

 

 

Not to bad if you're not an historian!

The Hurricane got the supplied transfers:

 

 

Nice.

 

Now they all need a matt coat when the transfers are dry:

 

[CedB]

This post is a bit industrial so please feel free to skip it.

 

Two cross bars:

 

 

With notches cut out:

 

 

Glued and wired:

 

 

Holes drilled in the ends and flower arranging wire glued in with Araldite:

 

 

Now I need to work out how to mount everything so it can be taken apart for transportation.

Hmmm

[AliGauld]

Nice save with the transfers.

This is building to an amazing work.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[Dandie Dinmont]

Simply lovely Ced. Otto is a lucky lucky lad!
 

I have one question though. I see from your B17 thread that you are now in the habit of building one example for yourself and another for elsewhere. So when are you starting on your own mobile?

 

Craig. 

[keefr22]

33 minutes ago, Dandie Dinmont said:

So when are you starting on your own mobile?

 

I was hoping he'd make one for me....!!

 

Keith

[giemme]

Almost there, Ced - great job!

 

Ciao