Popular Post woody37 Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 It's been a long time since I finished something so it's nice to be doing this, although had to re-remember how to set the camera up and tidy the pics up! I've always liked the Marauder since being a nipper, inspired by the fantastic Matchbox kit artwork by Roy Huxley. That was the last B-26 I built, so snapped up the Eduard 'Wine, Women & Song' kit when it became available. It started as a Christmas build with the goal of experimenting with the hair spray method of getting a badly worn look that the Marauders were famous for. Had the usual fight getting things how I wanted it, 2 steps forwards, 1 step back but wrestled it to something how I wanted it in the end. The base layer was MRP Super Silver with Tamiya olive drab over the top, chipped away using a toothbrush. The weathering is predominantly oils with some soft pastel over the top. Quite a fun build, especially the weathering. Thanks for looking, hopefully 2022 can be more productive than 2021! Neil 108 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Hello This is very nice and your paint job is chipped as desired. Many years ago I built the same kit as "Flak Bait" but I did not realize what I was looking for in chipping, so I bought this new boxe last year to play once again. The best way would be to find 'Flak Bait" in after market decals but yours is very interesting as well. Thank you for sharing. Patrick Edited January 17, 2022 by VG 33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Super, smashing, lovely, as somebody once said, that interior is drop dead gorgeous and the chipping has worked a treat, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Magnificent work! How did you solve the problem of tail sitting? - have you found any place for bobs? Or you've made some trick with photos removing support? Regards J-W Edited January 16, 2022 by JWM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Very effective job. Superb chipping technique. And especially the underside is spot on. Don’t know so much fellows who pay attention to it. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick b Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, JWM said: Magnificent work! How did you solve the problem of tail sitting? - have you found any place for bobs? Or you've made some trick with photos removing support? Regards J-W Probably the lead boulders behind the cockpit bulkhead? Brilliant work as usual Neil. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, JWM said: Magnificent work! How did you solve the problem of tail sitting? - have you found any place for bobs? Or you've made some trick with photos removing support? Regards J-W Hi Jerzy Here is how I made to avoid a tail sitting kit. If woody37 doesn't mind. Patrick 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, VG 33 said: Hi Jerzy Here is how I made to avoid a tail sitting kit. If woody37 doesn't mind. Patrick Patrick, thank you! In mine Marauder the weight of bobs (made of lead) was that big, that after few years the both main and front legs of u/c deformed and finally get broken... I repaired them recently using steel needles put inside the main legs, but the front one gets bounded again.... Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Hi Woody. Well what can I say? Brilliant weathering approach and execution.i particularly liked the invasion stripes " ghost" effect. Very well observed and bravely done! I favour the two layer NMF with OD on top then removing the OD to produce weather effects. Your method clearly worked par excellence here! Well Done. i like the Marauder too. I seem to recall doing the Airfix editing about 30 odd years ago. May I ask which USAAF unit your example was part of? And where it flew from? Just curious.. thanks for showing this! Regards, Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Just had a quick look online and B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95903) nicknamed "Hard to Get" of the 344th Bomb Group. 344th Bomb Group.Associated caption: '"Hard to Get"- 497th Sqdn. Stansted , England, July 1944. London Stanstead is just down the road from me! So Local Boys! Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Great model and a great finish...........very convincing chipping and weathering. Well Done, Sir ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 WOW Neil,..... that is amazing mate,........ love the paintwork,........ the weathering and the removed D-Day stripes are the dogs mate,...... very, very impressive. It is a lovely kit,..... but you have bumped it up to an entirely new level,...... simply superb, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 4 hours ago, JWM said: Magnificent work! How did you solve the problem of tail sitting? - have you found any place for bobs? Or you've made some trick with photos removing support? Regards J-W 2 hours ago, VG 33 said: Hi Jerzy Here is how I made to avoid a tail sitting kit. If woody37 doesn't mind. Patrick Thanks, that was the approach I used. I used one large bolt (m8) and it only just sits on its nose, so more is definitely better, yours has more finesse than my 'stick one big bolt in the middle with bluetac & superglue' approach! 1 hour ago, Col Walter E Kurtz said: Just had a quick look online and B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95903) nicknamed "Hard to Get" of the 344th Bomb Group. 344th Bomb Group.Associated caption: '"Hard to Get"- 497th Sqdn. Stansted , England, July 1944. London Stanstead is just down the road from me! So Local Boys! Lol According to the instructions, it was over in France by the time the OD demarcation line was moved further up. The kit provides two options for this aircraft, one in the UK with invasion stripes and the one I finished it in later on. I could only find one poor photo of the aircraft so applied some 'artistic licence'! It took me a while to settle on which scheme to do, one of the first world problems when there's so many option in the box 🤣 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, tonyot said: WOW Neil,..... that is amazing mate,........ love the paintwork,........ the weathering and the removed D-Day stripes are the dogs mate,...... very, very impressive. It is a lovely kit,..... but you have bumped it up to an entirely new level,...... simply superb, Cheers Tony Cheers mate, thought I'd better get my finger out, but I keep getting distracted seeing all of yours coming off the production line 🤣 Believe it or not, the d day stripes are just a wash of oil, I just wanted a faint presence of them. All a bit of experimentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Beautiful job, Neil! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Phwoar - love that. Great job indeed. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Magnificent Marauder, superb modelling,a masterclass ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Cracking stuff Neil. Did you use all of that glorious PE detail or did you give it a miss where not needed? I have the kit and it looks like there's plenty of small PE parts to be lost. Great scheme too. Cheers, Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 mindblowingly good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Wow.!! looks fantastic Woody, the top side finish is awesome, then you go and turn it over..... how good is that? Beautiful work all round mate. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Realy nice one, congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murewa Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 WOW! 🤯 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Fantastic Marauder! That looks like the perfect reference for weathering for when or if ever I get round to build mine. Very nicely done. Very surprised at how much weight it needs & looks like I'll need metal undercarriage. Martin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Mike Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Magnificent build, the weathering is spot on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 That's a keeper. Great work with the chipping and weathering. And of course, the lady on the nose is a nice touch too. Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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