A bit out of the usual for me but it is a high wing monoplane. "Parasol" to some with a loose interpretation. Click Here.
I will post the finished images and my chosen image of the real gal here of course.
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JackFlash
Joined: January 25, 2004
KitMaker: 11,669 posts
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Posted: Friday, February 01, 2008 - 05:46 PM UTC
Well here it is folks 100 replies 3 months left and 22 dedicated members at this writing. Some with multiple builds. Now yours truely steps up to the plate. I will maintain a build blog so I am providing a link to the job.
A bit out of the usual for me but it is a high wing monoplane. "Parasol" to some with a loose interpretation. Click Here.
I will post the finished images and my chosen image of the real gal here of course.
A bit out of the usual for me but it is a high wing monoplane. "Parasol" to some with a loose interpretation. Click Here.
I will post the finished images and my chosen image of the real gal here of course.
CaptainA
Joined: May 14, 2007
KitMaker: 3,117 posts
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Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 12:56 PM UTC
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welp, I got it painted today. I actually slept through my classes by accident (forgot to set my alarm),
Yeah, I tried that excuse. My mom never believed it though.
ejclide
Joined: January 03, 2008
KitMaker: 150 posts
AeroScale: 119 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 01:01 PM UTC
That'll be a fun plane to see built. I have the Glencoe Models version of it, and I may just decide to build it if I get a week or two, as long as it's ok. It's been sitting around for probably 5 or 6 years with I think just the two fuselage halves together. no serious work done to it. Next time I go home I'll pick it up and take a pic of it and it can be decided if it would be allowed.
ejclide
Joined: January 03, 2008
KitMaker: 150 posts
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Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 01:20 PM UTC
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Quoted Textwelp, I got it painted today. I actually slept through my classes by accident (forgot to set my alarm),
Yeah, I tried that excuse. My mom never believed it though.
haha, well, my mom doesn't care because she's not paying for my school, I am! lol
Kitboy
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 258 posts
AeroScale: 256 posts
Posted: Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 08:42 PM UTC
@ Stephen; good luck with this one. Sure something different then your usual biplane models. You made it easy for yourself finding a picture of the original plane:)
Cheers, Nico
Cheers, Nico
CaptainA
Joined: May 14, 2007
KitMaker: 3,117 posts
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 12:52 AM UTC
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@ Stephen; You made it easy for yourself
Stephen never makes a build easy.
JackFlash
Joined: January 25, 2004
KitMaker: 11,669 posts
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 01:12 AM UTC
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Quoted Text@ Stephen; You made it easy for yourself
Stephen never makes a build easy.
Ain't it the truth. . .what the heck is anthricite grey? These colour references are, well - strange.
lampie
#029
Joined: December 23, 2005
KitMaker: 6,249 posts
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 06:21 AM UTC
I had originally planned to do the AZ Models Avro Tutor for this Campaign, but due to the short run nature of the kit thats going to be more of an involved build than I planned on doing this week.
As Im coming to the end of my P-47 build I wanted to do something simple,out of the box, and nothing too taxing on the old grey matter.
From the Airfix 70 Years Of The Spitfire set comes the old Supermarine S6B kit.
Im not sure what medium Im going to use for the bracing wires yet, but this will hopefully be a fun quick and satisfying build.
30 seconds after opening the plastic bag the major parts are dry fitted. A small amount of work around the wing roots but apart from cleaning up the parts this all fits together really well.
Im going to enjoy this!
Nige
As Im coming to the end of my P-47 build I wanted to do something simple,out of the box, and nothing too taxing on the old grey matter.
From the Airfix 70 Years Of The Spitfire set comes the old Supermarine S6B kit.
Im not sure what medium Im going to use for the bracing wires yet, but this will hopefully be a fun quick and satisfying build.
30 seconds after opening the plastic bag the major parts are dry fitted. A small amount of work around the wing roots but apart from cleaning up the parts this all fits together really well.
Im going to enjoy this!
Nige
ejclide
Joined: January 03, 2008
KitMaker: 150 posts
AeroScale: 119 posts
Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 10:12 AM UTC
and there's the P-47, hiding in the back, just waiting........
...... oh come on nige, I wanna see that thing done!
...... oh come on nige, I wanna see that thing done!
lampie
#029
Joined: December 23, 2005
KitMaker: 6,249 posts
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 10:15 AM UTC
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and there's the P-47, hiding in the back, just waiting........
...... oh come on nige, I wanna see that thing done!
So do I!!!,,photos of the latest progress are in the Halesworth thread.
Nige
vanize
Joined: January 30, 2006
KitMaker: 1,954 posts
AeroScale: 1,163 posts
Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 10:42 AM UTC
just a quick post to show my progress on the Arado 68F.
got the nose cleaned up, panel lines rescribed, and lower wings togther and attached to the fuselage.
I think it looks pretty goofy without upper wings on - like one of those mudskipper amphibious fish or something.
got the nose cleaned up, panel lines rescribed, and lower wings togther and attached to the fuselage.
I think it looks pretty goofy without upper wings on - like one of those mudskipper amphibious fish or something.
jaypee
Joined: February 07, 2008
KitMaker: 1,699 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 08:40 PM UTC
First post and first model to be completed since my teens. A SMER 1:72 polikarpov i-153.
I would like to do a Spanish Republician fighter but then is doubt as to whether it ever went there so I'll stick to the box decals. Lucky enough there is a picture online of one of the box decal options. Here it is
Wish me luck, it'll be done on the dining room table and painted with a brush.
I would like to do a Spanish Republician fighter but then is doubt as to whether it ever went there so I'll stick to the box decals. Lucky enough there is a picture online of one of the box decal options. Here it is
Wish me luck, it'll be done on the dining room table and painted with a brush.
vanize
Joined: January 30, 2006
KitMaker: 1,954 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 11:21 PM UTC
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First post and first model to be completed since my teens. A SMER 1:72 polikarpov i-153.
I would like to do a Spanish Republician fighter but then is doubt as to whether it ever went there so I'll stick to the box decals. Lucky enough there is a picture online of one of the box decal options. Here it is
Looks like a nice way to get your modeling hobby going again.
welcome to the forums!
Kitboy
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 258 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 01:20 AM UTC
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Wish me luck, it'll be done on the dining room table and painted with a brush.
Don't worry, did both my entries the same way.
Greetings, Nico
jaypee
Joined: February 07, 2008
KitMaker: 1,699 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 02:24 PM UTC
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Wish me luck, it'll be done on the dining room table and painted with a brush.
Don't worry, did both my entries the same way.
Greetings, Nico
Thanks Nico the quality of the models on show here is pretty astounding.
In my excitement and original plan to build a spanish civil war plane i forgot that this polikarpov isn't from between the wars, it was made in 1940. So my entry will have to be a 1:72 SB6. It is a polish kit I got of ebay for pennies to use as a hack.
The SB6 is much more in keeping with the glamour and razzmatazz of the inter war years anyway.
lampie
#029
Joined: December 23, 2005
KitMaker: 6,249 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 04:12 PM UTC
Looks like theres going to be a brace of S6B's 
Ive decided to attempt to do the rigging on this old Arfix kit with brass rod.
Some general mucking about with the floats section yesterday.
Now I know this section of bracing is going to work I'll paint the floats and make a jig to keep everything in position before I get the CA out.
Nige
Ive decided to attempt to do the rigging on this old Arfix kit with brass rod.
Some general mucking about with the floats section yesterday.
Now I know this section of bracing is going to work I'll paint the floats and make a jig to keep everything in position before I get the CA out.
Nige
JackFlash
Joined: January 25, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 - 03:21 AM UTC
Nice job Nigel!
lampie
#029
Joined: December 23, 2005
KitMaker: 6,249 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 03:56 AM UTC
Thanks Stephen
In order to hopefully make life easier in later stages of the build, partially due to the demarcation lines between the blue and silver Ive elected to paint the bulk of the S6B partway through assembly.
Consequently any "normal" assembly sequence has gone out of the window. I realise that Im going to be spraying over certain areas but generally theres a method to all the madness
Using brass rod has made the "rigging" pretty easy. Im hoping the kit struts will be up to the job or I may end up having to figure out a way of scratch building them.
The basic blue is painted and Ive dry fitted the top bracing wires. Im going to paint the 3 colour rudder and then protect it with Klear before adding the horizontal stabilisers.
Nige
In order to hopefully make life easier in later stages of the build, partially due to the demarcation lines between the blue and silver Ive elected to paint the bulk of the S6B partway through assembly.
Consequently any "normal" assembly sequence has gone out of the window. I realise that Im going to be spraying over certain areas but generally theres a method to all the madness
Using brass rod has made the "rigging" pretty easy. Im hoping the kit struts will be up to the job or I may end up having to figure out a way of scratch building them.
The basic blue is painted and Ive dry fitted the top bracing wires. Im going to paint the 3 colour rudder and then protect it with Klear before adding the horizontal stabilisers.
Nige
vanize
Joined: January 30, 2006
KitMaker: 1,954 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 04:49 AM UTC
ooo... looking good so far Nigel!
lampie
#029
Joined: December 23, 2005
KitMaker: 6,249 posts
AeroScale: 3,270 posts
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 04:49 AM UTC
Todays fun and games,,,
After a day in the woods digging up bits of a P47 (but thats another story
)
Nige
After a day in the woods digging up bits of a P47 (but thats another story
)Nige
goldstandard
Joined: March 29, 2007
KitMaker: 208 posts
AeroScale: 186 posts
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 01:55 PM UTC
I was burned out on modeling for some while, but starting at the beginning of this year I just dropped everything I was currently (not) working on and decided to start over on some new things. I remembered that I signed up for this campaign, and I am determined to finish something, so here goes. This is a Classic Airframes He-51, and the prototype I will be doing is of an aircraft captured by the Soviets:
I have no decals for this, but the scheme is simple enough to paint anyways.
I waited before deciding to post my progress, as I wanted to see if the burnout was really over this time:
Overall the fit was much better than the MPM He-45 I did last year. Classic Airframes makes some decent short-run kits.
As you can see I have almost finished the main body work on the fuselage. All that is left is to attach the bottom radiator and wheels, then I can mask and spray the primer on to inspect for any remaining seams.
I also have some other models in progress, but for now I think I will wait and just spring them on ya when I feel like it.
I have no decals for this, but the scheme is simple enough to paint anyways.
I waited before deciding to post my progress, as I wanted to see if the burnout was really over this time:
Overall the fit was much better than the MPM He-45 I did last year. Classic Airframes makes some decent short-run kits.
As you can see I have almost finished the main body work on the fuselage. All that is left is to attach the bottom radiator and wheels, then I can mask and spray the primer on to inspect for any remaining seams.
I also have some other models in progress, but for now I think I will wait and just spring them on ya when I feel like it.
vanize
Joined: January 30, 2006
KitMaker: 1,954 posts
AeroScale: 1,163 posts
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 11:28 PM UTC
Nice choice of aircraft, and looks like you are off to a good start.
I'm wondering if that aircraft was actually captured, or just supplied to the soviets before Germany and Russia became hostile with each other. German Pilots actually trained in Russia for a while as I recall, though maybe that was before the He-51 was made.
anyway, very interesting subject whatever the case is of how it wound up in Soviet hands.
I'm wondering if that aircraft was actually captured, or just supplied to the soviets before Germany and Russia became hostile with each other. German Pilots actually trained in Russia for a while as I recall, though maybe that was before the He-51 was made.
anyway, very interesting subject whatever the case is of how it wound up in Soviet hands.
lampie
#029
Joined: December 23, 2005
KitMaker: 6,249 posts
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Posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 11:28 PM UTC
Now the rudders painted I can attach the horizontal stabilisers, and then it'll be time to see if it all actually fits together
Although completely innacurate, Im considering leaving the brass rods as they are, purely because I like the way they look.
Nige
Although completely innacurate, Im considering leaving the brass rods as they are, purely because I like the way they look.
Nige
Kitboy
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 258 posts
AeroScale: 256 posts
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 12:26 AM UTC
Nice subject that He 51. One of those I'd like to do myself. Luckily I noticed this weekend Classic Airframe is again going to release this Heinkel in 48 scale this year and it's a new tooling!
Cheers, Nico
Cheers, Nico
vanize
Joined: January 30, 2006
KitMaker: 1,954 posts
AeroScale: 1,163 posts
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 12:50 AM UTC
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Nice subject that He 51. One of those I'd like to do myself. Luckily I noticed this weekend Classic Airframe is again going to release this Heinkel in 48 scale this year and it's a new tooling!
Cheers, Nico
yes! great news, thanks for sharing.
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