@Tim- Your P-47 pit looks wonderful. Anxious to see your engine painted. Well done, all around.
@Sam- I'm so glad to see your back at the desk with a project. The best hobbies are just to hard to leave. I'm really looking forward to your 'Tony' progress.
@Naseby- A fine looking JU-88. Your at the masking stage that seems to torment me in my builds. I hope you have a greater patience level than myself.

A great campaign with many fine builds happening. Good to see!!

Thanks Ben! When I saw this scheme on the sheet there was no doubt this was going to be the one. Plus, this A/C had 66 missions over the Reich.....incredible.

Best wishes,

Ian

Some great looking builds occuring here, Russell would be proud.

Here is my little Camel coming together, prop is not attached yet, just placed on for looks. And I made a huge error with decals, and did not notice it till it was too late. Oh well, while I like building planes, I think my forte is armor.




Just waiting on my ezline to arrive so I can add the rigging.

Kevin----The Camel looks really nice. No easy feat in 72 scale.

Best wishes,

Ian

Attached all the various subassemblies to the Lanc today. Also began work on the ordnance. RoG was kind enough to mold the GP bombs as one piece so that cut down on the seam work.

Best wishes,

Ian

Kevin , nice job on the Camel .


Ian , Awesome !



Terri

Thanks Terri!

Regards,

Ian

It's been a while since I posted an update. I managed to get some time on the bench after a long time. So right now the painting part is over. I am waiting for some masks to arrive for the greenhouse, hopefully I should get them by next week or so. I had a tough time with the decals. Most of them were damaged by the high humidity of my previous house. Now that I have shifted to the middle east, humidity will be the last of my worries Anyways, enough talk - time for some pictures

Various sub-assemblies


The fuselage


Dry fit


Camo is on


Decals are on as well

Once I get the masks i will paint the canopy, various probes and aerials and do a bit of weathering

Nice paint job on the 88, Raj. Well done

My Tony is together and has been primed and some pre shading done on it. I do have pics on my camera but will have to wait until after I get back from holiday next week to get the pics off camera and uploaded. Thoroughly enjoying building this nice little kit

Really nice job on the camo !



Looking forward to your pic's Sam





Terri

Hi all
The air intake below the engine block is made up from three parts. Although the prop looks good, it is a pain to remove from the sprue. The sprue attachment point is spread across two blades and the boss. So the key is to cut away the prop with plenty of excess plastic. A sharp blade and some patience will result a good looking prop. The engine cooling flaps and oil cooler shutters are separate parts.
The internal parts were sprayed zinc chromate. The two slots on the belly are for the fuel tank clamps. Hopefully I will button up the fuselage tomorrow.
To be continued

Alright, I have given a shot at adding rigging to a 1/72 scale bi-plane for the first time. Not sure about adding more, it is a little frustrating.




I may give it a try to add some more of the prominent, but for my first attempt, I think I am happy.

Raj----Nice work on the -88

Tim---That is really beautiful crisp detail on those pistons.

Kevin---Good work on the Sopwith. The rigging looks good.


Regards,

Ian

A 1st coat of aircraft grey,



Wheels & Weapons Bay in progress too...

Hi all

There are some excellent builds:
-Raj your solid nose Ju 88 looks great.
-The rigging you have attached to your Camel Kevin has improved its looks massively.
-Ian’s Lanc looks stunning particularly with the shark teeth on the nacelles.

Managed to button up the fuselage and add the wings this weekend. The plastic seems to respond very well to liquid glue so there is a nice bead of melted plastic on all the seams. The only slight gap is the join along the upper wing root. I was very dubious about butt joining the horizontal tail surfaces, but they seem pretty solid. I did read Gerald Voigt excellent article “Reading the seams” just to revise my gluing techniques.
Well worth a read, it’s pinned here on Aeroscale forums under Start Here [for beginners].

I was hoping to apply a primer this weekend, but the weather here in the UK has been poor. Applying primer here at home is definitely an outside job.

To be continued….

tim

Tim----The Jug is really coming together well.

I did some sub-assembly work on the Lanc. The wheels were painted with Vallejo Dark Rubber and given black hubs. I also worked on the ordnance. I painted the striping on with a brush and then masked off both stripes and painted the bombs Bronze Green. The 4000 pounder was sprayed with bronze green as well.

Best wishes,

Ian

You guy's are making me want to break out another one .
This time Tamiya's ME-109E 4/7 in 72 scale






Terri

Well that would be some kind of wonderful!!!

Thank you Ben, Terri, Tim and Ian

I got my masks today. Hope to get some time on the bench today and finish the lady.

Cheers

Minor update on the Lanc. Ordnance was installed in the bomb bay and the doors were added. Slight issue with getting them aligned right on the actuator arms. Also added the landing gear and wheels. Gear struts were very complex but they did fit well.

Best wishes,

Ian

As promised back from holiday and a couple of my progress photos first two show it fully together and primed and the final shows some pre panel shading

Hi all

I have made some rapid progress over the last few days. All seams were cleaned up and a coat of Halfords grey primer was applied. It was then sprayed with Halfords gloss black in preparation for using Alclad II Aluminium. I normally use Alclads II black gloss, but the cost of the postage for this paint is as much as the product itself. So the Halfords gloss is a bit of an experiment. Anyway as you can see it’s worked very well. The natural metal sheen is not too intense. I will weather some of the panels once the decals are applied. The blue and olive drab are Tamiya paint.

One negative was me breaking the fragile resin 0.5 gun barrels. The barrels are attached to a plug that forms part of the leading edge. They were broken as I was blending the plug into the wing. I might be able to glue the barrels back on or I may buy some turned metal barrels from Master.

To be continued….

Tim

Nice job on the NMF, Tim. You are moving right along.

Sadly, its garden planting time for me; the wife's got a gun to my head. No modeling likely until it's done. Perhaps Tuesday.

Tim---The blue trim really looks sharp with the NMF. Nicely done.


Regards,


Ian