OFFICIAL: Devils in the Dark: Nightfighters!

#243
England - North East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 08:56 PM UTC
Andrew
Pfalz DIIIa, Eduard 1/48 Uffz Max Hitschler Jasta 18 Late 1917

#226
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: February 20, 2012
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Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 09:51 PM UTC
Now that I have the base coat on the interior and instrument panel I can start adding the gauges

and after some careful placement of some drops of CA then dips in paint then in future I have some knobs on the control levers.

Although I don't know how well you can see them.
Cheers Rob.


Anything without guns is a target!
27 completed campaigns and counting :)
MichaelSatin
Campaigns AdministratorColorado, United States
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 02:15 AM UTC
Excellent work still going on here. With one month to to we have 10 finished models in the gallery and based on what I see here can expect several more masterpieces. Great job everyone!
Michael
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 03:50 AM UTC
Very nice progress on your P-61, the black that you used was it out of the bottle? If so it is too black, out of scale a very dark grey would have worked better.

#226
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 02:29 PM UTC
Got a better shot of the control levers.
Cheers Rob.

Anything without guns is a target!
27 completed campaigns and counting :)
Maryland, United States
Joined: September 30, 2010
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 04:00 PM UTC
This bired is done....my F6F 5N Nightfighter blasting a Japanese Betty bomber out of the night sky is finished.
Some photos................

I had a lot of FUN doing this group build.
@Andrew, the P-61 is looking great.
@Rob, the amount of detail you're doing to the cockpit is astounding.
Thanks for viewing everyone. Comments, positive or negative, are welcomed. Bill.
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 04:13 PM UTC
Wow, Bill really neat little scene you concocted there for us!! Thank you for sharing your F6F victory with us all. Russell
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#226
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 04:55 PM UTC
Bill,
Absolutely Fantastic!
Cheers Rob.
Anything without guns is a target!
27 completed campaigns and counting :)
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 05:04 PM UTC
Wow super-nice! I like the concept!
AKA "Tailor" -VMF'06 - German Gamblers
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 05:29 PM UTC
That's a really nice use of forced perspective. Have you thought about making it a shadow box diorama?
When once you have tasted flight you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward.
For there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
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Stockholm, Sweden
Joined: October 24, 2012
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 09:11 PM UTC
Wow nice job! looks awesome! I like how you did the blurry propeller, seems uncomplicated but still effective.
Jakob
New Hampshire, United States
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Posted: Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 12:52 AM UTC
Good job Bill.
Later
P-61 Black Widows, the Group Build
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Cordoba, Argentina
Joined: January 27, 2011
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Posted: Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 02:18 AM UTC
Hi,
Yes, it is a very intresting point of view...!!!
Congrats..
Diego
MichaelSatin
Campaigns AdministratorColorado, United States
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Posted: Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 02:37 AM UTC
Very cool Bill! Don't forget to post in the
gallery.
Michael
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#226
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 03:26 PM UTC
Ok,
This is frustrating

these tiny little levers are almost impossible to handle.

I am posting this so I have a record that it was together at one point.
Cheers Rob.

Anything without guns is a target!
27 completed campaigns and counting :)
England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 01:29 AM UTC
Cordoba, Argentina
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Posted: Friday, June 07, 2013 - 12:32 PM UTC
Hello,
Finally something to share this month...

After a lot of sanding and fitting, the office went into the tube...

Waps... Who says WAPS...!!!

And some of the technology involved, a lot of help from my Dremel tool.... Niiice...!!!

Thanks
Diego
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Friday, June 07, 2013 - 01:15 PM UTC
Muy bueno, Diego! That's really fantastic work
When once you have tasted flight you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward.
For there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
-Leonardo Da Vinci

#392
Hessen, Germany
Joined: January 09, 2013
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Posted: Saturday, June 08, 2013 - 06:38 AM UTC
@Diego
That steeltube construction looks awesome! Congratulations
@Panzerman
Fantastic photo shooting, really impressive!
On the bench:
EE(BAC) Lightning F.2A (Airfix 1:72)
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#392
Hessen, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, June 08, 2013 - 06:47 AM UTC
At last my "German Moskito" is nearing completion...
Still have to put the radar antennas on and some small parts. But first the painting and decals.
On the bench:
EE(BAC) Lightning F.2A (Airfix 1:72)

#392
Hessen, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, June 08, 2013 - 06:50 AM UTC
@Panzerman
German propaganda called them "Moskito" as an answer to the famous british fighter...
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EE(BAC) Lightning F.2A (Airfix 1:72)
Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, June 08, 2013 - 11:47 PM UTC
Update on my build.
Primer is on some touch up required.
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#243
England - North East, United Kingdom
Joined: March 21, 2008
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Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 01:03 AM UTC
Andrew
Pfalz DIIIa, Eduard 1/48 Uffz Max Hitschler Jasta 18 Late 1917
MichaelSatin
Campaigns AdministratorColorado, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 01:22 AM UTC
Really great work everyone!! Only about two and a half weeks left, I know you can do it!
Michael
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