Andy! Nice GIN turrets LOL!
Andy I know Jonathan has been at the bottle!wink,wink! but you have done a great job on those turrets!
I have finished the filler and sanding for now and the resin cockpit glaze is on:-


Up next some more work on the engines.

I was waiting for someone to spot that. Anyway, If I had to man a gun like that in combat, Id have a bottle in there with me..

Your not the only one Jonathan!
Happy new year to you!

I finally got all the fiddly bits on the Dornier 24T, so I guess we will call it finished. I used Fine EZ Line y Berkshire Junction for the first time for the aerials and rigging and I really like it.











Beauty shots for the photo gallery to come, but, at least it is done. And looking good.
Nice kit to build. The worst problems I had were operator error. I'll do another one someday, probably in the Spanish markings.

Later

Wow, some beautiful builds here fellas. One of the best looking campaigns I've seen yet.


Remember to set your camera to macro for those close up shots of fiddly bits - typically a flower icon on the setting wheel - and if you don't have enough light, try resting the camera on a book or something to steady it instead of using the flash if you can. I'm sad we're missing some of the finer details on some quality work!

Or if you have a DSLR like me, you'll need to get a macro lens....which I'm too cheap to do yet.

Hi Matt at least you have a DSLR! LOL I'm still working with SLR's and 35mm film. I do have a Fuji DSLR look alike that I use for my digital photography as it has macro and super macro settings, it doesn't however have a hot shoe so I can use a ring flash and remove all those annoying shadows.... but I'm looking for one that does!!

Nice build Bruce!

Way back at the beginning of this thread someone posted about the 1/48 PT-20 with floats. Here it is: http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=12136&manu=Hawk&searchtext=pt20&erl=Hawk-1-48-Ryan-ST-PT-20-510-100

@ Richard, thank you, as I said, it was a nice kit to put together.

@ Matt, I don't even have a camera. You guys, with your DSLR's have it easy when it comes to taking photos. I'm just glad my new cell phone has a flash option.

Later

Beautiful build, Bruce. Glad to see you finished with a great result despite the problems with the wing along the way.

I have almost finished the rigging, but it takes a long time. I fit a couple of lines and let the glue set until the next day with a weight to it to keep it taut. It works perfectly, but takes a long time.

Is there any chance for an extension for another month? The rigging is almost done, so after that it should be a breeze.

that rigging looks great!
This campaign runs to January 31st so still 33 days !

Nice work Jesper,
You have plenty of time left to finish.

Thanks for the comments, guys. For some reason I thought the campaign ended 31st December. I will finish for sure before end of January.

More to follow soon.

Happy New Year all. I'm the someone who posted the Ryan PT20 start. Well it has been ages but here is an update for the new year. I have a few things to add and it will be complete.



This is a great little kit!

Nice little diorama. North, I assume that the kit included some pilots and that is one of the details missing? Strange if they would include a diorama base, but no figures.

Looks great!

Ive finished decorating the TALOA PBYs

next to mount the wings and landing gear.

I seem to be lagging a little behind everyone so I think it's time I made an update.

I finally managed to sort out the problems with assembling the engine nacelle and struts. Needed quite a bit of filler to blend it all together and it was very tricky to sand back without damaging any of the struts! Wings are also glued together and cleaned up.


And that's about it for the main components. Still a few small bits to sort out but the bulk of the airframe is done and ready to be put together. With luck I should be ready for paint by the weekend.

construction complete on the PBY-5s.



I still need to make some exhaust streaks on the top of the wings.

Great looking models Jonathan!
Well done!

Nice ones, Jonathan.

Rigging is finally complete. I am very satisfied with the result.
Only thing I wanted to turn out better are the floats on the wings. The fragile struts made it difficult to get perfect tension on the wires.

Next is some masking of the windows and then painting of the camouflage. I am spraying on the aluminium undersides and brush painting the rest. Masking the camouflage in between the rigging makes me terrified, so the brushes will come out

More to follow soon.

Looking good Jesper! I have one of these in my my stash that needs building and I find I'm getting itchy fingers watching you build yours!

I tend to leave the rigging (what little I've done) till the very end after all the fiddly masking etc. There are some products out there that are slightly stretchy that allow you to anchor one end and then apply tension to the lines and then anchor the other end. I think that rigging the way you did it certainly has its advantages, simplicity being one. I usually avoid bi-planes for the simple reason I don't like rigging and don't do it that well.

However I've found that rigging is still in abundance in WW2 mostly with seaplanes and some biplanes that were operational in the time period, Fairey Swordfish, Henschel Hs123, Gloucester Gladiator and Fiat Cr42 Falco just off the top of my head. So I'm learning it as best I can. I know Jessica has some really great tips for WW1 subjects which still relate very well to most of the WW2 subjects.

I usually drill right the way through the wing and hang pegs off the thread after anchoring one end. I personally use a thread that gives the impression of wire after hanging several pegs off it it becomes gratifyingly taught (stretches only minimally), then it's a simple matter of using super glue and kicker to fix it in place and then snip off the excess, then it's usually just a little clean up and a touch up with a paint brush or airbrush if it requires no masking. Sill not perfect at the process but I'm persevering to become more adept.

Thanks for the tips, Chris. I will use that process with the Albatros I am building for the Canvas Falcons campaign.

Great rigging job Jesper!
Managed to get the engines painted and installed and canopy on and some filler applied:-

Hi Jesper I thought I had some pics of what I was doing but it appears I only have the finished article so here's what I manged to achieve with the "peg method". You can also see some of the plasticard spacers I made to keep the double lines uniform, something not used on the original but it is an aesthetically pleasing result.