Hi All, heres my entry.

Hey guys, I think my apartment situation might be quieting down which is good news as I've been neglecting this campaign terribly.

Tomorrow morning I intend to read through the thread, start to finish, comment on all of your progress and settle back in. Although, I'm not sure I'll still be able to enter an aircraft this late in the game.

Good to hear you are back on top, Vertigo. The campaign ran pretty well on auto-pilot while you were out, and still weeks to go.

A little more progress on the He 70. I have researched the Hungarian camouflage, but have come up with a number of different interpretations of what the colors really were. I decided on two greens, a light grey, and a medium brown. It looks right to me.

More to follow

An update on my Arado Ar196. Just about everything is glued together. Have put undercoat on and some masking and painted the RLM65 on the underside.

@ Michael (flyboy92187)

That’s a great finish on the Pave Low, I love the patchy grey. What I especially like though is the weathering effects behind the engine, it turned out perfectly. It’s probably a bit late to be asking, but how did you go about doing it?

@ Trevor (Snorri23)

Great work on the panel lines of the glider, the weathering pulls it all together. I like the base as well, I’d be stoked if I could make a base like that.

@ Sal (ltb073)

That is a fantastic finish on such a huge aircraft, I don’t think I’d have the confidence to build something that large, then finish in natural metal and then decal it with that many decals. I get frustrated enough with the number of decals on a small jet like a BAe Hawk. You must have a lot of room to store that beast.

@ Frederick (cinzano)

I just have to say that cockpit looks amazing.

@ Ken (oraora)

All I can say is wow, your work with an airbrush just impresses me to no end. I’ve only recently started using one myself and I’d be happy if I could get half as good results as you have.

@ Adam (mykroft)

I love the Spitfire. I love the colour and I love that it’s in Swedish markings.

@ Jesper (SGTJKJ)

Looking good, I like the fact you’re going with a Hungarian scheme. I’m a big fan of alternative camouflage and marking schemes.

@ John (shorty53)

The Arado is looking great, it must take up quite a bit of room?

Some more progress on the Trojan. It's up on its rickety nose leg and all the basic painting is complete now.


A peek into the cockpit, showing the only aftermarket parts used; a set of Lion's Roar seat belts which really dress up those otherwise plain seats.

There remain many fiddly detail parts and the decals.

The Trojan is a fine looking aircraft and yours is coming along nicely Jessie.

Spreadsheet

I've updated the spreadsheet and I'd like everyone to check it to make sure I haven't missed anything.

Sean,
sorry, I dropped out. I wasn't excited about my choice, and I couldn't make a decent go of it by August 11, so I pulled the plug. I wasn't sure about forming a new canopy shape or coming up with decals for it.
I'll definitely catch you all on another campaign down the road.
thanks for the excellent campaign idea. I'm resisting joining too many campaigns in the future, although there sure are a lot out of cool ones out there!
-Sean H.

Alcatraz, Thanks for the complements,it took several days to get all those markings on her and she is now suspended form the ceiling in my basement weight room
You also dont have me down as being posted in the Gallery. I have 1 picture up back in May let me know if I need to post additional photos,
Thanks again,
Sal

Sorry about that Sal, I must have missed you in mix. I've updated the spreadsheet again.

I think the minimum picture requirement for the campaign was two but if it's hanging from the ceiling I'll let you off, I don't want you trying to wrestle it back down.

@ windysean

Don't worry about it, as it is I'm not able to even start a build for my own campaign. In fact I've had to drop out of every campaign I enlisted in.

I'll have another campaign idea sooner or later.

Not a problem I will just get a good photo of it in flight, dont want to buck the rules on an over-site on my part

Don't worry too much the rule of having two pictures in the gallery is more for me to have a choice when it comes to doing the campaign feature, but a in-flight picture might be cool...

Ok 1 from each side

The major decals are on. Roden says that there are 4 decals #8; two of which are the BuNo for the yellow scheme and two are a rectangular rescue marking for below the cockpit. The rectangles don't exist. This will cause some consternation for inexperienced builders.


More importantly, the white is not opaque enough and the orange-red shows through. This is most noticeable on the wing insignia.

It's unfortunate when decals do not meet expectations, especially as they're really key to bringing the plane to life I think.

The emergency markings below the cockpit is an odd thing to leave out though as most, if not all, military aircraft carry them. Do you have any spares you can use?

Jessica, I really like the way your build is turning out, shame about the decals and maybe it's the lighting but i didn't notice the red/ orange showing thru Looking forward to seeing that 1 finished

Jessica, do you have another wing insignia of relatively the same size in your spares? You can either apply it over the one already on, or remove the prior decal, mask, paint a white base to the shape of the insignia, then redecal. The tail letters are probably stuck that way.
I've used a brush before to touch up decals like that, but I don't recommend it on a build as nice as yours.
(I know you already knew that, an experienced modeler like you, but maybe the kids at home were wondering. )
-Sean H.

Ordinarily I would, but since this is a sample build it's going to be right out of the box, warts and all.

Ah! Then after you take your final review photos, but before you put it on your shelf among your other builds...

Final assembly is nearly done. All that remains on the airframe is touching up the various bits that need it. The canopies suffered catastrophic paint failure when I removed the masking; much of the paint came up with the masks
The canopies are now soaking in a baggie filled with Easy Off and I'll try again.

Slowly getting closer to the end with the Arado AR196.

Hi All
I have finished my 1/144 CP-140 Aurora convertion to a
CP-140A Arcturus.
The kit was made by LS-E4(Japan).
Spray painted with Tamiya Acrylic paint and i used CanMilAir Decals.

Progress update, 1/48 RA-5C Vigilante.

Beautiful build, Richard. Very clean build.

Nice progress, John. It is going to be a great looking Arado.

I have made some progress on my He 70. The main camouflage scheme is done and the details made. The next step is a clear coat and then the decals.

More to follow over the weekend