And a fine-looking bird it is, Sal!

"DITTO" what Clayton said. She look good Sal.

Bob

What more to be said? Great job! You've made me seriously wonder about building a JU 52 sometime.

Very nicely done indeed, Sal! Love the old "Tante Ju". Can remenber the days when one was flying in the skies over Berlin as a tourist attraction.
Thomas

Yes, Sal congrats to this one. I am always afraid to build a plane with pontoons but seeing Your built, i am eager to build one, again.




Yes, one is still flying across our city at weekend. Great sound!

Paul: Seeing just Your finished Hurri! Flawless! I like it very much!

Pasi: Great Tempest! Have You some more fotos of Your model?

Oliver

Hey Guys thanks for the comments and here I was thinking that It wasn't that great'
At Thomas spent 5 days in Berlin last August seeing the site, my 1st time to your city had a wonderful time would love to go back

@ Sal Great looking Ju
@ Thomas Tolle 190er!

and I've just finished my little "power-egg"


Just a little varnish and then the photos for the gallery

That's great and so TINY ! Well done Peter

I'm liking the idea more and more of doing some Luftwaffe birds with their easier-to-mask-than-RAF-wavy-line camo !!

Great work going on here!

Since we're more than halfway on this campaign and the CBI Campaign just ended, it's time to start thinking of which one should be next in line. The WWII 75th Anniversary campaigns still to come are:

Pacific Theater
Mediterranean Theater
Eastern Front

As we just recently had a Soviet WWII campaign, I'm thinking of leaving the Eastern Front till a bit later. I'm leaning towards Pacific next, but am willing to be persuaded otherwise. Start date probably 1 August.

Opinions and suggestions welcome!

Michael

Michael, I flipped a coin and came up with the MTO theater and I have plenty of P-40's.

Bob

Very good to come up with that question, Michael.
Already wonder what comes next...
So I flipped a bunch of Bf109-kits and came also up with MTO.

Thomas

Peter: What a cutie! Congrats for finishing. Beautiful build and a neat paint job.
... und "danke".

Thomas

The only other bird in my stas is a Revell B-25 J with Pacific Theater Markings so thats my vote

Peter: Very fine Komet, You built there ,with the Scheuch Schlepper. I remember having built this kit, when I was a teen!

Oliver

Michael: Looking through my stash, the MTO seems to be good, but, the Pacific theatre will not be wrong, too .

Oliver

I'm into armor, so either would be a change of pace....

PS.....Badass Komet!!!!!!

I just have this F6F itch that I need to scratch...

Michael

Would that be in 1/32nd scale Michael? Actually I have a plethora of P-40's which can be either MTO or Pacific, I quite like the MTO colour schemes. I have a couple of 1/48 Bf109F's that would look stunning in MTO camo as well. So I'm leaning towards MTO but would be just as happy with Pacific. Yeah yeah I know getting corrugations on my bum get off the fence already ...... so lets go with MTO.

Hey Sal you want something MTO I've got several AMT P-40's and your welcome to one of them as they're unboxed kits so would be easy to post.

P-40's were used in the PTO also

Bob

Ok folks, back to business and let's leave the MTO/PTO etc.-discussion for it's own thread...

Done some more weathering/wash, especially top side and fuselage. Than covered all with matte varnish. Here I used the first time (despite the issues I saw) Vallejo. Mixed with their own thinner and few water, well stirred and airbrushed in several thin layers. No frosting and a satisfying result.
Now close to assemble the rest (canopy, prop, wheels, bits 'n bytes, aerials...)





Thomas

Thomas, your Focke Wulf is looking really nice! Mine fell behind a bit but is back on the bench again.

Over the last few weeks I got the wheel well mostly fit with some minor adjustments remaining. I opted to leave the kits original landing gear mounting points and cut the resin wheel well set to match. This should simplify the landing gear attachment.

Today I worked on making a proper A-7 out of my kit. First I trimmed off the out gun covers that I mindlessly glued on at the start leaving myself a nice mess to clean up and rescribe. I also drilled new holes to relocate the bomb/tank rack rearward 8 scale inches or so. This like alot of the kits features are for the much more common A-8 variants. I also had to fill various fuel/oxygen ports and various other access hatches associated with the A-8s MW-50 boost system.


Initially I investigated to possibility of using the new exhaust sets geared for the new edaurd kit but some quick measurments between the kits showed this might not be the best
solution. So I started scratch building my exhausts from .040"/1mm styrene rod and a small sheet brace. Before gluing these were drilled individually with a #76 .020" bit. I planned to sand the sides to end up with a more oval shape but I may just be happy Ive got hollow pipes and open flaps, the new Eduard kit doesnt have either!


Next up is creating some MG131 spent case chutes and the underside exhausts then maybe I can glue some pieces together... for good this time

Id be down for the PTO, I'm thinking either a VLR Mustang or P-39/400. I've also got several MTO ideas, all rhyme with spitfire but Im unsure yet about what to build for an eastern front campaign.

Thomas, nice paint on the color scheme.
Mike, I like the Fw190, but could never paint one to save my skin. I will watch you and Thomas to see if I can pick up a tip or two.

Little progress on the Mk.1A





Bob

Thomas: Your Würger comes along very nice. I like the paint job You have done. Looks great!

Mike: Awesome work on these exhausts. This will be truly eyecatching.

Bob: Your Mustang comes comes along nicely, too. I am watching Your build of the Catalina in the flying boats campaign, too. I never managed to build two kits parallel!

Oliver

Oliver, one kit at a time is the better way to build. But I have retired and there are so many airplanes that I want to build and the desk is open. So! I started (7) campaign builds

I build on a kit then when it is time for some item to dry from glue or paint I then put it in a box and pull out one of the other kits.

Crazy. Huh!

Bob