Egilman
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Under the heavy yellow light, it appears a very very dark grey.. But take a look at the bottom two pics, the vertical stabilizer under the background soft white light, appears the more correct bluish grey... In shadow it appears very dark... Hard to tell what is going on here, but yes, the type of light makes a huge difference... -
US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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Resicast has a huge reputation, I'll be very interested in your opinion of their work.... -
Yep, but for this bird you need that super smooth finish cause that is the way they were in real life.... It was worth the work believe me, the effort is showing...
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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Jan, that is very close, it's when he does the OD one is when the tale will be told.... I hope he finds an appropriate backdrop for the image.... This is artistry on so many levels it is stupendous... (if he's willing that is) {chuckle} -
Military aircraft don't need a type certificate to be operated by the military, they are trusted to know what is safe and what isn't.... And the go/no-go maintenance protocols are tough... But when placed in civilian hands, there are no such requirements... So the civilian authorities require that you get a type certificate which requires the same level, (or more for some aircraft) of maintenance inspections the military requires.... (it also requires the same level of repair facilities the military requires here in the US) A good example of this is the S-64 Skycrane, the type certificate is issued to Erickson Air-Crane, and when they acquired the rights to manufacture them from Sikorsky in 1992, they bought all the tooling as well... In the US, you not only have to have the type certificate, for the FAA, you need the aircraft engineering certification from the NTSB as well... (and the aircraft needs to be brought up to current standards & equipment for commercial service, collector pieces, like an all original P-51, have special historical warbird exemptions as long as all the maint. bases are covered) Extremely expensive....
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Especially since there aren't that many complete aircraft of the type left in existence... When the British government disposed of these aircraft, they went with a caveat... You have to get a type certificate if you want to make one fly again... The reason? The airframes were stress damaged beyond all recovery... It's why you read about a lot of cockpits being preserved, but very few complete aircraft... I've read about a gent in South Africa that's trying to get one flying again (or dreaming of such) As far as the British government is concerned, a flying Bucc, (with an original airframe) is an aircraft accident/crash waiting to happen.... They really really used those aircraft to the fullest extent possible.... The aircraft above I presume is US based cause that looks a lot like the Nevada desert mountains in the background and sponsored by Shell Oil as well... (very deep pocket) It's nice seeing one actually fly.... (If the British government had it's way, none would ever fly again)
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Geese, I'm going to have to up my game when I return to the bench.... Simple plastic hacking ain't gonna cut it anymore.... Beautiful work Brother... Beautiful work...
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I'm of two minds with panel highlighting as well, it should be very subtle to non-evident on dark aircraft and super shiny aircraft, on light colored aircraft you should be able to see it but it still should be very subtle... At standoff distance you never see it on real aircraft and as shipman said, up close, you only notice it when your eyes are drawn to it.... It's one of those artsy aspects to our hobby, it's there but can anyone say it's really "there".... And I hope everyone understands what I mean here... Perception dictates the application.... It looks good on some models, looks toyish on others... It's up to the modelers decision/preference on what he or she is depicting....
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
Egilman replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Unfortunately I can't find Captain Nightshift on You Tube... I did find a Martin Kovac who uses the handle Night Shift.... And it reveals his layering technique, kinda... Will do more research though... Thanks.. -
US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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That is stupendous.... Very well executed Brother.... I have several of those just like you, but mine will never look like that.... You have a singular talent... Well Done!!! -
Handley Page Heyford by RGL - FINISHED - Matchbox - 1/72
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Maybe you could do some work demonstrating your weathering technique for the rest of us that are less adept at such artistry.... I for one would greatly appreciate it... -
I wonder why they did it that way, most kits make the full flaps integral with the bottom wing, easy fix I know, but it shouldn't be a fix at all.... Sure would complicate things if you wanted dropped flaps... Not only the fill, you have to rescribe the rivet details..... Sometimes I just don't understand the engineers that design the molds like this.... Makes no sense...
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That is a decent Kit, +motorized? {chuckle} Anyway I'll be lounging around the log, any question feel free to ask... (there are several of us tank nuts hanging around).... EG
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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I'm so glad it was an easy fix, I figured you would want to know before you got farther into finishing... Outstanding work my friend..... -
US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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There is absolutely no doubt brother, you are one of the masters of scale weathering.... My hat is off to you... You took a what if idea and made it look real.... I'm in AWE... -
Beautiful work my friend, your getting that 1/72 scale stuff down.... Well Done...
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Absolute truth brother... Today they would bring them in in secret.....
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Nope, not for Rudel.... Transferred to a German hospital Rudel obtained his release in 1946. He spent his postwar years in Argentina along with all the other nazis providing german technology to the various dictators down there... (and helping keep the likes of Dr Mengle in hiding) He eventually became the German representative for Siemens in South America... In 1950 he emigrated back to West Germany and divorced his wife and got remarried... As a representative of Siemens he helped build the Argentine Air Force into the most powerful in south america working closely with the (very nasty) dictator Juan Peron.... It was as a representative of Siemens that he was called in to consult given his clear experience in close support flying.... Back then they didn't care from whom they got their data and advice from.... Would never happen today....
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Yep, in 1941 he flew the D-5 variant which was armed with a pair of wing mounted 20mm cannon, after 1943, he flew the "G" variant, the tank buster with 37mm gun pods firing HV tungsten cored armor piercing rounds designed specifically to destroy the KV-1 and T-34.... in '45 he flew the FW-190F ground attack variant... With those kind of weapons destroying tanks was easy... A side note, when Republic was designing the A-10, Rudel was brought in as a consultant (despite his neo-nazi background) as to what ground attack pilots wanted in their aircraft... His recommendations were strongly followed as was his insistence on a 30mm cannon firing the heaviest round possible as the best weapon for dealing with tanks on the battlefield....
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Most German armor as well.... (which is what the crews regularly did when there were Typhoons or Tempests in the air) those 20mm rounds into the 20mm deck armor on a Pz IV was like putting an ice pick through paper....
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Depends upon the paint, you want shiny but aluminum looking, Testors Chrome Silver, you want muted but reflective aluminum, Rub-n-Buff over grey primer & Future... Either will give the look of cleaned aluminum, IF, you want the polished mirror look Alcad chrome pen applicator over a perfectly smooth surface primed shiny black... Any of the alcohol based chrome gundam markers will work as well...
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He hasn't been on since January 27th, just over two months... That's unusual for him... I certainly hope nothing has happened... Now I'm going to worry about it...
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Amen!!!!
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S.2B's were flow by both the RN & RAF...
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