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wizard179
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2012 - 12:54 PM UTC
@Diego - nice paintjob on the Corsair. can't wait to see the finished plane.

Quick update from me (no pics) I've put a gloss coat on ready for decaling. Will post some photos once the decals are on.

D.
woltersk
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Utah, United States
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Posted: Monday, October 22, 2012 - 04:10 PM UTC
Hey All,
I'm back. It's been a while. Where does the time go?

Work resumes and continues on the big 1/32 F-16A. Using pins and rods to hold and reinforce the major parts:



Added more plumbing to the gear wells to 'busy them up'. Not technically accurate, but they look less baren now:


Keith
wizard179
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Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 07:59 PM UTC
A quick update; finished decalling the 109 although a couple of touch-ups are required. It will then get another gloss coat for weathering.

(It seems that not entering the hobby room for almost 12 months has had a detrimental effect on my already limitied skills!)



D
Siderius
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Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 08:35 PM UTC
I think your 109 looks quite good! Russell
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GhostHawk
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Cordoba, Argentina
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Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 11:21 AM UTC
Hi,

Very nice 109...! Keeps pushing forwar...!!!

A lot of small work on my Corsair landing gear..! And My first Alclad experience...!!!



And the rear whit the hook...



So far it's the most complicate legs I ever built...

Thanks
mykroft
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 08:30 AM UTC
Got the paint on my He115


Matchbox He115 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

Now for the (lousy) Matchbox decals. But what can you expect from 40 year old decals.
Mecenas
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Posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 08:41 AM UTC

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A quick update; finished decalling the 109 although a couple of touch-ups are required. It will then get another gloss coat for weathering.


Hi Wizard!
Are you sure you have used correct type of balkenkreuzes? White crosses on the wings upper surfaces of an early 109 look quite uncommonly to my eyes...
woltersk
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Posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 11:47 PM UTC
Lots of good work and progress going on in this campaign.

Put a layer of primer on the ol' -16 fuselage:



I doubt this one gets done by the campaign cut-off date, but there is hope for the little Me-262.

Keith
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Monday, October 29, 2012 - 06:54 AM UTC
The F-16 is coming along nicely, Keith. Very nice details.

Nice He 115, adam. Looking forward to see more as your work progress.
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Monday, October 29, 2012 - 08:21 AM UTC
Here is my build for this campaign. The old 1/48 Monogram Do 335. I have seen a lot of good builds based on this kit so I hope it will treat me well.

I only got to do the cockpits earlier, so now it is time to pick this up. For a kit this old the detail is not that bad although not up to todays standards.

This will be build as a night fighter, so a little bit of "what if" included here in terms of markings although the prototype did fly, but never fought.





windysean
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Posted: Monday, October 29, 2012 - 02:06 PM UTC
I'm enjoying your work here, Keith, Diego, D, and Adam!

...and welcome aboard, Jesper! I remember that kit from way long ago. As a teenager, I didn't do it justice, but I remember one of my first camo paint jobs on it.

Keep it up, gang!
-Sean H.
woltersk
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Posted: Monday, October 29, 2012 - 03:09 PM UTC
From the big F-16 to the tiny -262.

Did some airbrushing!! Whoo-hoo! Not perfect, but I am happy and can live with it.





Thanks for all the kind words gents.
Keep the work coming. Time is running out.

Keith
wizard179
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Posted: Monday, October 29, 2012 - 09:05 PM UTC

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Hi Wizard!
Are you sure you have used correct type of balkenkreuzes? White crosses on the wings upper surfaces of an early 109 look quite uncommonly to my eyes...


Hi Michal it does look odd but this is as directed by the kit instructions. The only picture I can find of this plane is in Squadron/Signal Messerschmitt 109 In Action. There is a small glimpse of cross on the wing in an unusually close to the fuselage position and to my eyes the wing paint continues between the white of the crosses. Now I'm waiting for all the evidence to the contrary...

Nice builds and interesting subjects in the recent activity, can't wait to see them finished.

Keith how do you go from 1/32 to whatever the me262 is?!? (1/144?) The mental transition would do my head in not to mention remembering to dial down the airbrush!

Damian
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Posted: Monday, October 29, 2012 - 09:34 PM UTC

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Hi Michal it does look odd but this is as directed by the kit instructions. The only picture I can find of this plane is in Squadron/Signal Messerschmitt 109 In Action. There is a small glimpse of cross on the wing in an unusually close to the fuselage position and to my eyes the wing paint continues between the white of the crosses. Now I'm waiting for all the evidence to the contrary...


Ok, I buy it. The white cross in this form reminds me late war Luftwaffe fighters, not the early ones. If you say this option can be seen on some, even poor, photo that's good enought expalantion for me.
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 08:42 AM UTC
Nice job on such a tiny aircraft, Keith. I cannot even imagine airbrushing one....

Thanks, Sean. Great to be part of the campaign.

A little more progress on my Do 335. The cockpits are done and main shape of the fuselage is there. I have added a lot of lead weights in the nose of the aircraft. Hopefully that will avoid having a tail sitter.

More to follow soon.




woltersk
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Posted: Friday, November 02, 2012 - 12:36 AM UTC

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Keith how do you go from 1/32 to whatever the me262 is?!? (1/144?) The mental transition would do my head in not to mention remembering to dial down the airbrush!

Damian


Damian,
Difference in scale? What difference in scale?!
I guess there is a slight difference.


It does take some mental juggling, and a good pair of magnifying eyewear, to switch betwixt these two.

Keith
woltersk
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Posted: Friday, November 02, 2012 - 01:01 PM UTC
Good news, and bad news.

The good news--I found the canopy to the little Me-262. It was buried in the bottom of my spare clear parts box. Talk about your needle in a haystack!

The bad news--it is in pretty bad shape. Crookedly painted frame lines, scratches, and a chunk broken off of the rear starboard side.



I'm thinking of repairing it the best I can, give it a coat of Future inside and out, fix the frame paint, and painting the inside black, a la a static display "plane on a stick" style. There's no interior to look at anyway.

Opinions?

Thanks,

Keith
windysean
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Posted: Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 06:36 AM UTC
Keith, that sounds like a solid plan, given waht you're working with and the scale.
carry on!
-Sean.
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 02:18 PM UTC
A little more progress on my Do 335. A few fit problems with the wings but nothing a bit of plastic card cannot cure.

More to follow



mykroft
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 07:47 AM UTC
And the He115 is done. The decals were in poor shape, but I did manage to make them work.


Matchbox He115 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr


Matchbox He115 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr


Matchbox He115 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr
GhostHawk
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Cordoba, Argentina
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 09:23 AM UTC
Yes, It's a nice 115...!!!!

Congrats..!!!!

Bye
GhostHawk
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 06:03 AM UTC
Hello,

Here We go with some advances...











I hope to finish soon...

Bye
woltersk
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 08:28 PM UTC
Diego,
Wow! That is one impressive paint and decal job. Your model could easily pass for the real thing. Very nice!

Keith
Tomcat31
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 08:48 AM UTC
I've not been able to get to the bench for a while now but I did get there on Monday while I had a day off work.

So in a fit of madness I managed to get some gloss black on the Sabre.



Next up will be some Alclad.
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