Egilman
-
Posts
4,373 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Everything posted by Egilman
-
Well I've got the Liberty engines coming and the F2A, and yes when serving with the fleet assigned to Utility Squadron 1 attached to the USS Wright in 1922 they had Chrome yellow upper wing and Hor. stab surfaces with star with red dot insignias.... YEA TEAM!!!! She can be built as a yellow wing... Chrome Yellow photographs dark in the early film days... Overall navy grey with a black hull bottom, Silver doped lower wing + underside of the H stab, Chrome Yellow top of the upper wing and H stab... Should be pretty....
-
Will do brother, When I start getting my head back into modeling I'll give you a shout.... And I will have the Catapult files sorted by then as well... (Unless you want them now) There is another thing I leaned about the Felixtowne F2A's... The chief designer of the F.2A, John Porte, had co-operated with Glenn Curtiss for many years and Curtiss had great experience in designing and building flying boats. He was the guy that worked with Curtis on designing the H-12 earlier... His company Felixtowne gave a license to build the F2A in the US as the Curtis H-16, in fact the RN flew more Curtis's than they did Felixtowne's but this allowed Curtis to sell the H-16 to the US navy... In British service the Felixtowne's only lasted into 1919 until they were retired for good, but they served in the US Navy well into the late 20's... They were anericanized though using Liberty engines... So it's enitrely possible to have a yellowing Felixtown F2A disguised as a Curtis H-16, all we would have to do is substitute to a pair of Liberty engines for the conversion... During the war the US Navy flown versions pretty much only flew in the US and didn't arrive in England until the war was over, but the RN flew more of them than they did the F2A.... I haven't found a pic of a Yellowing version yet which is my new research mission... (and to find a Liberty engine in 1/32 scale)
-
Yeah I have the Kittyhawk Kingfisher and the Big Ed for it...The Catapult is the P-6 Standard US Navy catapult... It is a 3D print model, a bit basic but can be printed in any scale you want it in... It was a free download from the net but I don't remember where, I've had it for a while... I've combined the DOCX build log files into a single PDF so you can see what it is.... I remember it as free and there is no attribution in the file so I'm pretty sure it's public domain... I've uploaded it below for whomever wants it... I haven't checked the STL files for errors yet, but I will if anyone likes what they see and wants it... US Navy Standard P-6 Catapult 1933-52.pdf
-
I have the WWII catapult (3D print files) for my kingfisher, I was thinking of doing mine as a bird off the Arizona when she was a yellowing or off the Washington when she was three color blue.... The Catapult is the same whether the center deck one on the old battleships or the newer deck edge ones on the fast battleships... That's quite the collection of flying boats.... a biplane yellowing? {chuckle} just kidding... (there were no yellowing Felixtowns) the Felixtown was a British built derivative/development of the Curtis H-12 flying boat... (cause the Curtis company could not fill the RN's orders fast enough besides the guy that helped Curtis build the H-12 was an Englishman and when the war broke out he served in the RN and developed the Felixtown line of FB's directly off his experience and knowledge of Curtis's designs......) They look almost identical, you would have to do your research to figure out where they were different... (the hull, the F2A hull design became the standard for all flying boats built anywhere)
-
AS will I be watching, I have about a dozen WnW and others to eventually build...
-
Kool pic, nice shot as well... But I was wondering, how you gonna model that flat tire? {chuckle} I'm down for this one brother....
-
There is just something about Silver & Black with Yellow, Red and Green details that just work.... They combine to make beautiful looking aircraft... Well done Mike, and another yellow wing for the collection...
-
The buckboard is probably the easiest and it's mechanicals cross over to each of the others so in the end there will be fewer questions, The Conestoga is probably the simplest of the bunch but is heavier and larger... in a scale of simplest to most complex, Conestoga, Chuck, Medicine, Buckboard, Buggy, Concord & Pumper... When you get done with all seven you will be a master at the craft...
-
Spitfire Mk.Ia by davec - FINISHED - Kotare - 1/32 - PLASTIC
Egilman replied to davec's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice looking spit there brother... the spit was my first large scale plane way back in the day, it holds a special place... -
You metal finish is in scale and look good, at a bigger scale you would have to get finer with it but it's a nice result for getting your feet wet in BMF's... The presentation isn't bad either, not too many do in flight displays anymore.... Well done...
-
F-51D Mustang by ERS Rich - Tamiya - 1/32 - PLASTIC
Egilman replied to ERS Rich's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Tamiya P-51D/K in 1/32nd scale... and yes it looks very good... -
Milk delivery wagon by RGL - FINISHED - Miniart - 1/35
Egilman replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
It's gotta be a Volks-Luft 2146 thing... {Chuckle} -
Nice car... Foose is not really my cup 'o' tea but you executed it well....
-
Sounds good to me, this type of modeling is all about figuring a method to get the effect/look you want, any way of doing it is acceptable...
-
Time for a re-do? {chuckle}
-
Yep that Monogram release in 1/72nd scale is a monster, (B-36H, small wheels version) touted as the largest model aircraft available when it was released... (record is currently held by the B-1B lancer in 1/48th)
-
But then if you had taken a pic while applying the decals you ran the risk of it sticking in the wrong place, decals are tricky like that... So I asked the question and that caused you to explain the missing step... Excellent Work and a good technique I'm surprised I didn't think of that, layering decals just like layering paint... Thanks...
-
There is is brothers, the future of modeling is here...
-
I'm sorry brother, you just confused the absolute H**L outta me... I haven't a clue about the process you used... A black decal over the red pinstripe?, is as far as the description goes... When does the black decal come off to expose the pinstripe? certainly before you clear coat it correct.... It's an absolutely beautiful finished job on getting that pinstripe to show like on the real deal.... but I still haven't a clue about getting from A to B in creating it... I don't know, brother maybe it's the many drugs I'm on, I'm just not connecting here....
-
Ok Red Stripe, mask, Gloss Black, Mask, Metallic Silver over the black.... Did I guess right? {chuckle} question is how did you get that stripe so line perfect is the real question.... I understand not wanting to give up all your special secrets though.... Very Fine Work on that stripe, Nice....
-
I'm in, I wanna see how you do that red pinstripe between the Black & Silver...
-
B-25J Mitchell by Chadwijm6 - HK Models - 1/32
Egilman replied to chadwijm6's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I know, the bike takes precedence in the summer.... {chuckle} (nothing like wind in the face...) -
Martini Porsche 935 by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/12
Egilman replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Well it's a commercial model shop first, and a modeling forum second.... not hard to understand.... -
And that is an absolutely beautiful model... Well Done...
-
The Allerton Steam Fire Pumper (Engine) is a Model Trailways kit... There not showing in on their site at this time as it is out of production but you can get one on the auction sites in the several hundred dollar range ($400.00) right now which will go up as they become scarcer... The Horses are Breyer Freedom Series, as sold by Model Expo, the hitch is manufactured by Model Expo, and I'm sure the pumper was pulled by a single team at some point and places in it's life, but a four horse setup would be more apropos of common practice... (Model Expo also sells a four horse harness setup)
Our Emblem ®
