Jack12477
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Jack12477 reacted to Javlin in North American F-100C Super Sabre by Javlin - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC
I am moving slowly along on this one the LG's are in place kinda tricky all three!The LG's need to be built while stilling drying to get the proper alignment of three different actuator arms on the main gear and two on the front.The instructions are not the best in drawing or location and to do one side a couple times hence work while drying.I am hoping the decals work well on these curves or I will have to come up with a plan B?I can find lots of D's/F's decals C's hmnn....🤨
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Jack12477 reacted to DocRob in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Muchas gracias Ken and Craig, until now, it´s smooth sailing and I hope the rest of this 1973 kit is holding up. I was a bit young to see Emo racing in the Lotus 72, but just love iconic historic racers.
Cheers Rob
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Jack12477 reacted to Canute in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Those gold pin stripe decals lay perfectly on your gloss black paint. That all looks very smooth. Looking forward to seeing Emo in scale. I was a fan.
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Jack12477 reacted to realworkingsailor in Spitfire MkVb by realworkingsailor - Airfix - 1/72 - PLASTIC
Wait until you see the nose art that goes on this plane!
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Jack12477 reacted to ccoyle in Spitfire MkVb by realworkingsailor - Airfix - 1/72 - PLASTIC
Some people might think that the same two-color scheme applied over and over again to every type to enter service would be kind of boring, but it's such an eye-pleasing combo that it makes everything look good! Throw in some roundels, recognition bands, unit badges, and kill tallies and, as the English would say, "It just works!"
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Jack12477 reacted to realworkingsailor in Spitfire MkVb by realworkingsailor - Airfix - 1/72 - PLASTIC
Well, it's been a short while, but I have not been idle!
A major chunk of the painting has now been completed! Yay!
Nothing too fancy, just the typical mid-war RAF fighter scheme! The disruptive pattern on the Spitfire I'm intending to replicate (EN921) looked a little different when compared to the usual pattern's I've seen before. I did my best to follow the very few photos available online, plus I referenced diagrams from another decal set that seemed to agree with those same photos. Most other models I've seen built of this aircraft followed the more conventional RAF pattern, but EN921 had something odd going on around the cockpit. I guess the guys in the maintenance unit were bored with the same old same old!
Back to the Airfix kit, I eschewed the use of the supplied decal sky type "S" coloured band around the tail in favour of paint. I did this a couple years ago on a Typhoon and it produces a much better result. After a few touch ups, and once the paint has had a good chance to cure hard (Vallejo acrylics seem to take their sweet time to fully cure, until then the paint can be frustratingly soft.... ask me how I know....), there remains only to apply the yellow leading edge stripes on the wings.
Thanks, as always for the comments and "likes"!
Andy
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Jack12477 reacted to Canute in Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony" by ccoyle - Halinski/Kartonowy Arsenal - 1/33 - CARD
It's as fiddly as some of the aftermarket PE/resin cockpits. Wow!
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Jack12477 reacted to RGL in Renault FT-17 on a Renault FP artillery transporter by RGL - Meng/U-Models - PLASTIC/RESIN - diorama
Thankyou but I’m pretty mediocre at faces. Anyway, getting there
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Jack12477 reacted to MAGIC's Craig in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
What a treat to see, Rob!!
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Jack12477 reacted to DocRob in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
After the three jars of Tamiya LP-1 have cured, I started with the decaling. The TBDecals are very good to work with, the carrier film is very thin and they can be slipped off the backing paper within seconds. Some of the stripes folded over, but none teared. I used only warm water with a drop of detergent for decaling, luckily there are not many curves to contour the decals around. The multi piece pinstripes on the body and nose were applied quite rapidly in one go, to get them aligned perfectly and symmetrical. I hope the decals are not too sensitive concerning a later clear coat to seal everything in.
Cheers Rob
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Jack12477 reacted to DocRob in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Thank you, when I was a kid, I only built some Airfix kits or worse. The 1/12 Tamiya kits were too expensive for my pocket money. I built my first Tamiya 1/12 F1 kit two years ago, the Renault RE20 Turbo, a decent, but not perfect kit.
The Lotus 72D is surely a very old mold, but got updated in parts. There is a PE fret included, fabric seat belts and new decals, unfortunately without the JPS-branding. How it will build up, remains to be seen, but I´m optimistic overall. I will add some hoses and wiring along other details, like aluminum funnels and metal distributors.
The MFH kits I built are of a far superior quality, but I think, with a bit of love, the Lotus can be build into a nice replica.
Cheers Rob
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Jack12477 reacted to DocRob in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Thank you Alan, I have developed a hate/love relation with high shine metal surfaces in modeling. They are difficult to achieve and very fragile, but very rewarding, when properly done.
Cheers Rob
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Jack12477 reacted to DocRob in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Thank you Gary, I remember your great build and am on a bit of a Lotus track myself right now. Photos I have seen suggest polished aluminum for the tub, maybe not as shiny as mine. Not much will be visible, if my plan, adding the driver figure works out.
The gold color of the TBDecals sheet look good and I hope they are equally good to work with. Unfortunately there is no placement guide included, which would have been very helpful.
I don´t know, how you approached the upper cowl. I took the sidewalls, taped them to the floor part temporarily and then glued in the two upper parts permanently. There is no warping at all.
Cheers Rob
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Jack12477 reacted to DocRob in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
De nada Yves, I´m still in the learning process with car body finishes, but have established something like a working process, depending the used type of color. With the Tamiya lacquer paint, I start with a mixing ratio of about 40% to 50% of added levelling thinner. I always test spray, to see, if the paint is leveling well. The second coat got more thinner added (about 60%). It levels beautifully, but is very thin and therefore prone to color runners.
It´s a bit of a struggle, but worth it in the end. I think, the better the preparation, the lesser is the sanding and polishing work in the end, which is hard to achieve in some "hidden" places, like on the wings corners.
Cheers Rob
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Jack12477 reacted to kingslug in Bugatti Type 35b by kingslug - Italeri - 1/12 scale - PLASTIC
After finishing the Mephistophelese..we'll almost..still making the seat..I started on this. Starting to figure out how to correct things..The shop manual arrives today so that should help. The gear box needs work to correct. Some things are in the wrong place..plus I may add real nuts and bolts..and make the torque arm attachment. That's the red thing..I believe its made of leather plates. They also have the torque arm attaching to the frame which is wrong. Probably have to scratch build a whole new arm.
So it begins..
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Jack12477 reacted to ccoyle in Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony" by ccoyle - Halinski/Kartonowy Arsenal - 1/33 - CARD
Working on the seat. This is just a test fit. It's one of the more complex seats I have worked on. The seat itself has brackets that attach it to the support poles instead of attaching directly to the poles or to a bulkhead. The bottom portion of the seat, where the pilot's chute would sit, is a bucket within a bucket; I could not get the inner bucket seated completely inside the outer bucket, a fault that you can see in the photo. I touched up the portion of the inner bucket that protrudes. This will of course be virtually invisible in the cramped, finished cockpit. I still have some fiddly bits left to do.
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Jack12477 reacted to gsdpic in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Off to a great start. That polished aluminum on the interior is looking especially good. I used matte aluminum on mine. The replacement JPS decals look good too....the gold color looks pretty accurate. As I recall when I built mine, some of the third party decals looked more like yellow and not so much like gold. Your upper cowl looks good too; mine had a bit of twist/warp to it. Anyway, you are bringing back some memories. I am looking forward to see what you do with the kit, I am sure your efforts will outshine mine.
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Jack12477 reacted to Ian B in Arado Ar-196 by Ian B - PLASTIC - German seaplane
Started on the flying surfaces , first re do the trim tabs, next i will do the same but larger on the rudder,elevator etc
a bit of filing,a lick of paint should look 👍
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Jack12477 reacted to yvesvidal in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Fantastic. And thank you for detailing all the "secret" recipes for painting 🙂
Yves
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Jack12477 reacted to DocRob in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Over the last days, I did a lot of sanding and test fitting, to prepare the body and wing parts for painting and decaling. I decided to add the front wings to the nose and built up the upper side of the body along the radiator housings for not having to glue these parts later after painting and decaling.
This way, I could ensure a proper fit and alignment of the parts, which will help later in the build.
I primed the parts with Mr. Surfacer 1500 black primer and then sprayed Tamiya LP-1 gloss black on, heavily thinned with leveling thinner. Unfortunately, I had some tiny color runs, which easily happens with paint, thinned so much. After drying, I sanded away the imperfections and today, I resprayed the black body color. Now it looks decal ready with a near perfect high gloss finish.
I also sprayed the cockpit with Ammo´s polished aluminum, which is shining fantastic, even better to the human eye, than on the picture. I read rumors, these Ammo metallic are the same as Alclad, but I don´t know for sure. Anyway, polished aluminum sprays perfectly in very fine layers over a base coat of Tamiya LP-1 gloss black.
Cheers Rob
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Jack12477 reacted to DocRob in Lotus 72D by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
Hola amigos of the 70´s Formula 1 cars. For my next build, I chose the most iconic one of it´s time, the Lotus Type 72D, produced by Tamiya first in 1973. It´s an old kit, which will need a bit of attention. Tamiya re-released the kit a while ago, adding PE parts, seat belts and new decals.
The decals unfortunately don´t have the JPS branding included and therefore, I added a complete TBDecals sheet. Other extras will be MFH aluminum air funnels and distributor and maybe MFH seatbelts, if I don´t use the included driver figure of Emerson Fittipaldi.
Here are the extras;
For a start, I test fitted the body section, to see, how the fit is and what will be my painting and decaling approach. There will be a lot of sanding and maybe filling to get rid off the seams. I started with the air intake and it took a lot of sanding, to erase the parting line.
Cheers Rob
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Jack12477 reacted to Old Collingwood in Renault FT-17 on a Renault FP artillery transporter by RGL - Meng/U-Models - PLASTIC/RESIN - diorama
Excellent painting skills.
OC.
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Jack12477 reacted to Hubac's Historian in The Khufu solar barge c. 2566 BCE by shipmodel (Dan Pariser) - scale 1:10 - cross-section
Hi Dan - just checking-in, here. How is your cross-section progressing?
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Jack12477 reacted to GrandpaPhil in San Francisco cable car by kgstakes - FINISHED - OcCre
That’s absolutely incredible!
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Jack12477 reacted to amateur in Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony" by ccoyle - Halinski/Kartonowy Arsenal - 1/33 - CARD
Sometimes I think that Halinski should have the option to build the model with a ‘basic’ inside, so that you could display the cockpit-art next to finished model. It’s a shame to hide this under a plastic canopy ….
Jan
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