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Me-410 hornisse
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Posted: Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 08:39 PM UTC
Looks fantastic Gregax!
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 05:03 PM UTC
Great job on the camouflage, Gregax! I am sure it will look fantastic with the decals on.

Looking forward to see this project progress.
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 06:10 PM UTC
Excellent workmanship throughout the progress on your Me 410 looking forward to seeing this one completed.

I have the old 48 scale ProModeller Me 410B-1 kit, that has only the RLM 66 primer completed at present.
gregax
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 04:23 PM UTC
Here we go. After a coat of Tamiya gloss i started with decaling. Everything was going well, until i started (tried to) to place those wing stripped decals. They were way too short, and some of them didn't even come of the backing paper even after soaking for an hour or so. So I had to paint them. Lots of masking, but the result is well worth the work. Now i can continue with decaling.





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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 05:18 PM UTC

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Hi Gregax!

You are crazy! :-)

But the end result looks great!

I wonder if there are letraset like replacements for these German Luftwaffe walkways stripes? The decals are always a real pain to apply and never look right...

Jean-Luc
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 07:26 PM UTC
Thats not crazy,,thats how it should be done!
I agree Jean Luc,,those decals never seem to look right and painting them has got to be the way to go.
Your 410 is looking great Gregax. I love the work youve done on the cockpit and your attention to detail overall is excellent.Gives me something to aspire to.
Looking forward to seeing it finished.
A candidate for MOQ I believe!
Nige
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 07:54 PM UTC

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You are crazy! :-)


that is exactly what I thought ... great work gregax .. well, that is not superlative enough: distinguished art .. hmm .. better say it in German: hervorragende Leistung!!!!

thanks for sharing your art with us!

best wishes

Steffen


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I wonder if there are letraset like replacements for these German Luftwaffe walkways stripes? The decals are always a real pain to apply and never look right...

Jean-Luc


Hi J_L .. ever heard of hobby decal dry transfers ... http://www.hobbydecal.com/

cheers

Steffen
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Posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 12:27 PM UTC
Wow! Very impressive. Very cool, but time consuming way to get those walkstripes right. They look really great.

Looking forward to see more
gregax
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Posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 03:27 PM UTC
Thanks for comments. My wife said, and I qoute: "ok, you are definetly grown for mental institution"

Those walkway decals are allways pain in the [auto-censored], so i guess making some kind of cut-out templates from masking paper should sell like hot bagels. I hope someone from Eduard is reading this...... but I want some % from profit. :-)

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Posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 04:37 PM UTC

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so i guess making some kind of cut-out templates from masking paper should sell like hot bagels. I hope someone from Eduard is reading this...... but I want some % from profit. :-)


Hi Gregax!

Eduard could even make some PE masks for this as the surface is flat. I would definitely buy a set!

Jean-Luc
gregax
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 03:23 AM UTC
Decaling is done. No problems here, Microset & sol combo take care of everything. After decals dried for a day, i faded them down with thinned camouflage color, then i mixed brown-black mix and sprayed it randomly across the plane. That gives some contrast to the uniform looking base colors. Next, oils and some more weathering. Comments are welcome (as usually).





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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 03:31 AM UTC
Hi gregax

very, very nice!!!

... can it be that I have seen those pix on hyperscale plastic pix :-) :-) :-) :-)

cheers

Steffen
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 04:45 AM UTC
A wonderful looking model indeed. Makes me want to build one in 72 scale. Painting the red wing walk areas was really well done. Keep up the good work. Take care. Russell
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 12:16 PM UTC

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... can it be that I have seen those pix on hyperscale plastic pix :-) :-) :-) :-)


What? I hope the pictures were published here first! :-)

Jokes aside Gregax your model looks fantastic! I always liked the Me 410 because I think it's a beautiful looking plane, although it wasn't really successfull. But that's not the case of your model, it will probably have a lot of success once finished!

Jean-Luc
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 03:51 PM UTC
Looks great! Really nice work.

Looking forward to see more - thanks for sharing
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Posted: Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 09:41 AM UTC

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I've started ma next built, a Me-410 hornisse from revell-monogram. In 1/48 of course. When oppening a box, the parts look good, dryfit is ok, but i've decided to add some more details to that excellent model. Of course, it has it's flaws (engine
gondoles, air scoops etc), but it's hard to tell when everything is completed. Here are the parts i will be using:

I started off with riveting the entire fuselage and wings portions, and I cut off the plastic parts were the Aires wheelbays were later installed with no problems. I also did some setailing in the radiators section, i opened the cooler's flaps at the top potrions of the wings and I filled the gaps with styrene.






gregax'
Great kit choice. Your rivets are to be ENVIED by all. Very nice affect.
keep up the excellent work and keep us posted. Cheers
gregax
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Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 02:22 PM UTC
DONE and FINISHED.
After decalling I applied wash of artists oils, then a flatcoat followed and finally all the small parts were glued on. I hope you like it.










Lucky13
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Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 03:30 PM UTC
Looks fantastic Gregax!
alpha_tango
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Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 03:37 PM UTC
Hi Gregax

great model!!!

What finish did you apply flat or semi gloss? The pictures make it look glossy, but I guess it is not. Tthis is no criticism, I just want to know ... maybe you can shoot a picture outside without artificial lighting?

best wishes

Steffen
TedMamere
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Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 06:43 PM UTC
Hi Gregax!

Fantastic job! This must be published on Aeroscale as a Photo Feature or a Build Feature... you can choose! :-)

The finish may appear a little glossy but I think it looks better than an overall matt finish. Plastic models are small and don't reflect light as good as the original 1:1 scale subjects. Try to take good pictures of a model with a matt finish! I usually prefer to do my models shinier than the real aircraft.

Anyway, your 410 looks great! The wheel bays are fantastic and I just love those spinners!

Jean-Luc
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