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Fokker Dr.I triplane by cog - multiple - 1:72
ErnieL replied to cog's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice! Talk about building on the head of a pin. Flawless work! I model in 1/32 because I’m half flippin’ blind... -
There’s plenty of AM out there for this kit as well. Guns, engine, carved and laminated wood props, streaky camo decals, cloth seatbelts, and all other kinds of goodys.
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We’re mighty close. I do the late 40s-early 50s In Vermont and NH. That means long coal drags, plenty of locals, varnish and rattlers. Long lashes of Alco/MLW oil burners, and all steam from ten wheelers, Pacifics, Mikes, and of course the big Hudsons. Plus the CPR/B&M varnish run through. Now, if you’re doing the light load branchline in NS and NB, I think you have license to use 4-4-0 Americans as well. I’m intrigued. OK, you got the other high iron nut all revved up here..
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I learn something new everyday. Awesome. And I was messing with Athearn trucks trying to get the coupler height and bolster height correct. So you’re doing 20s-50s? No lamp oil burners then, huh?
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that's the best part about modelling things at minimum, 100 years old hehehe. No rivet counters to pop your bubble
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Andy, I'm loving this. A number of years back I had bought a bunch of the Branchline heavyweight coach kits to convert to the CP heavyweights. They were almost a spittin' image of the CP 80' heavyweight other than some vestibule issues, no dividers on the door windows, and a different style of three axle trucks. I looked far and wide for the correct trucks and had resigned myself to scratchbuilding a fleet of them, until I finally found some plastic ones by, of all places, Athearn. A bit of bolster work and they're perfect. Then lowering windows and such, and suddenly we had an easy way to a fleet of heavyweights for 2816 or 3101 to tug around. You're doing this the hard way, and I LOVE IT!
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1/32 Polish PZL P.11c by ErnieL - IBG Models circa 1939
ErnieL replied to ErnieL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I was comforted to see it's used in ships as well. That's a skill I won't need to learn, although coppering looks like fun. -
1/32 Polish PZL P.11c by ErnieL - IBG Models circa 1939
ErnieL replied to ErnieL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I’ve never tried card, but someday. I’m just wrapping this up, it’s a review build for LSM, and it’s a splendid little kit. You better love PE, because this one is loaded with it. Fiddly doesn’t even begin to describe it. But it’s doable and it all fits well enough. -
The RNAS’s pride and joy were the Curtiss-Felixstowe Patrol boats. Twin Rolls Royce Eagles, five Lewis guns plus bombs, these were the original “flying fortresses”. I tried to replicate salt staining on the fabric and lower hull, along with the ever present paint chipping on flying surfaces. Aircraft generally show a lot of wear and tear, so I concentrated on showing occasional patchwork, paint wear on ribs and edges, and on a couple areas, at patchworkof continual paint touch ups. If I had to do it all over, and I might, I’d go for a more factory fresh look. Less controversy that way. But the model has had some continual minor touch ups since these pics and I hope to compete with it in the future. Taking full pictures of this monster proved difficult.
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Interior needed full rebuild and re purposing. Many little differences Here’s a big fuselage mod that is a huge spotting feature of Canadian postwar Lancs. All Canadian built Lancs with heMartin electric turret fitted had the extra fishplate doublers added under where the turret mounted. If you see a Lanc in a museum today, look for these plates. If they’re there, it’s definitely a Canadian built machine. Postwar, turrets weren’t needed for long anti submarine patrols so the turrets were eliminated at the Unit level. Often, the resulting patch was quite brutally done. Like by a monkey with duct tape and a screwdriver....
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IBG 1/32 scale aircraft. My current build in the process of finishing up is a PZL P.11c Then a heavily kitbashed Lanc Mk. 10MR
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Hehe. I’m trying to talk myself into it. Funny, I think I just talked myself OUT of it for now. Again
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I have plenty of those. Drawers upon drawers of them. Will need pins and a proper pin pusher. I don’t trust myself... I’ve been a lurker here for far longer than I care to admit.. I’ve been working on sub assemblies for a 1/16 scale Fokker Super Universal, and it has a cantilever wooden plywood sheathed wing, so I have many of the tools I need. A small metalworking lathe is one I keep talking myself out of, but maybe this will eventually sway me. One thing I’ve seen here is that you folks are true master craftsmen. Aircraft use a few skills, but ships seem to have many more to master. I’ve yet to find a copper clad aircraft, although some Golden Age designs used engine turned aluminum panels. I’m in awe, actually.
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Good deal. I’m nothing if not dogged. I’ve been looking for a decent tabletop lathe or mill for quite some time. I think this gives me some real reason to take the plunge..
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Absolutely. We do armor and aircraft. I’m not treadhead, but I do like things with wings. The goal here is to learn new skills, but mostly hone ones I already have in a new direction, and have a blast doing it. It should be a good time. What’s y’all’s opinion on Speedy as a first kit? The build threads I’ve seen look pretty trouble free...
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Hey folks, I'm a longtime model builder, first plastic aircraft kits as a kid, then caught the building and flying scale model R/C aircraft bug back in the 70s as a bigger kid, then, as an empty nester, got back into the scale plastic display model aircraft hobby. So I've been building some sort of model my entire life. I presently act as Administrator on two FB large scale aircraft pages, moderate another FB model Aircraft page, and also help Moderate Large Scale Modeller's web forum. So my online life is pretty full. Which means I'll be around a fair bit, soaking up info and learning from others. At the urging of one of the Admins here, I took a step into the Dark Side, and at the urging of this 'gentleman' (cough cough) bought my first wood ship model, the new Vanguard Models HMS Speedy. I'm pretty sure there's not many people, ship lover or not, who doesn't admire the incomperable Cochrane, and I hope to turn out a fair to middlin' result from this beautiful kit. I certainly lack some of the woodworking skills needed, and it'll be a learning curve no doubt, but I expect this kit will be a decent first ship for a guy who get's told he's a fairly decent enough model builder. So please bear with my idiot questions. One day, I, too will be building that trim 44 or 74, but right now, Speedy looks mighty tempting. Now I'm off to research a lathe... Ernie
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