popeye the sailor

amen!

love to see this in an armor diorama........some very fine work going on here

I thought these looked a little dark. I had plenty of light I thought, and I did use flash...... her are some I took in another room. I have two other Fokkers on my wish list for Christmas........love these planes!

I finally finished this one. I figured it was too much to bring out the airbrush just for a rudder, so I thought to use a brush.......it turned into a real trial! I painted it once..........then a second coat seemed to make the first coat release from the rudder in chunks! so........clean it off and repaint, only to have ghosting rule the day. I changed the paint to a newer bottle and the process went a bit better. once satisfied, the model was quickly finished off.....that meant adding the control lever in the rudder........gluing it on the model.........and connecting the cables. so Ltn. Josef Carl Jacob's plane is done!

it's a common affliction though.........I seem to be running low on flat black

good you had a great day........more glad that you all are safe

most of the time, there are tell tale aspects to be able to tell which production it is. it does make a difference to a savvy collector. I have been chatting with a fellow from the Netherlands, and he suggested I look at the Scalemates site. here you can see a production timeline and box changes along the way. I bought the Budweiser Clydesdale wagon model a short time back, and until the other day, I had been hard pressed to find out when it was produced. interesting to find that it was produced in 1978. the bad thing about the kit, is that it has stick on decaling and they are kinda degraded..beginning to peel off the backings. I've been looking for them, but it's looking like I'll be making decals and fudging the rest with paint. the site lists thousands of known models amazing how many Connie, Cutty, and Victory models there are out there! the do list the C.S.S. Alabama and the U.S.S. Kearsarge. they show you how many folks on the site have the kit......I guess it's up to you to see if they are willing to part with it.

sometime ya gotta just fly by the seat of your pants look'in good

don't ya just hate that ?!?!?! Murphy..........I knew it!

when I bought the U.S.S. United States back in the 90's, I paid $89.99 for it........I believe that's what the others in the series went for. I built the C.S.S. Alabama.....Also built the U.S.S.Constitution and the Cutty Sark. I've already built my second Cutty Sark, and I've got in my stash another United States and Connie kit. these were great kits back in the day......

the chassis looks awesome.......and the interior looks superb as well......very nice!

looking really good OC..........you've made quite a bit of progress

your making some great progress Kevin..........really nice !

look'in good !

I do the same thing at work.......I always have a tool in my hand. that way, if I'm shoot'in the sherbert with a co worker, and the boss sees me,.....he think I'm just answering a question, or help'in the worker out pretty spry.........right?!?!?! nothing too great at the moment.......I did the underbelly painting, and more on the narcelles.......but other than that, I've been help'in the admiral. pictures soon..........

I'm glad the houses aren't on the fault line....... no really.......stunning workmanship very well done!

my grand kids are into legos at the moment........but I think the oldest may end up as a 'gundam' kid. he love transformers and he does well with the 'science kits' {we got him a couple last Christmas}. never got to far with my two boys......the ground moved a few times, but nothing rock solid 😜

seeing the post commenting that they look similar to a british tank made me recall an article I read.......I believe it was in the beginning of the KG 200 book. in the beginning of the war, German armor was modified captured armor.......mostly British and Russian armor. they didn't capture just aircraft

thanks OC........and thanks to all who hit the like button not much more has been done, other than to cement the tail section on the fuselage. the upper part of the cargo door has also been added, since installing it depended on being able to spread the opening to slide the pins in place {unlike the bottom section}. the only unmatched area of the gunship gray paint is at the nose....I kinda figured that would happen. but, gluing the tail on......both sides are a perfect match but where are my manners........I can show you as I mentioned......the bottom section was put in place as the halves were joined......duly noted. the top section was put in place after the model had some time to dry. the door was already painted........ it was at this point, that the tail section was cemented in place. by this time, it was time to take the admiral to her doctor's appointment....and shopping on the way home. it had a few hours to dry. at this point in the assembly, the model is definitely tail heavy there is tape on the nose......can't show you the mismatch paint lines......but I can at the tail. so now it's clean up the messy glue lines and paint the bottom. I think that when the wing and engines are in place, the model will balance out. if not "ve have vays of dealing vith them..."

these two look really neat! the main tank bodies look fairly similar.........did the munitions tank have any armament?

that's going to be a very large set..........that will quite the model enjoy and have yourselves a great holiday!

there are a pair of vents that go on the outside of the fuselage. as I was cutting them from the sprue, one of them broke.....so it's on the mend at the moment. the cockpit was finally assembled and cemented in place........the passenger section was then added. it was allowed to set for a short......it didn't make sense to me.....so the fuselage was cemented together. the lower section of the cargo door snapped into place along with the assembly the exposed venting was painted flat black before the upper paint was done. I did some touch ups on the cockpit........I should do more. I started to paint the glass frame.........

hurray.......some progress .......and pictures too! I'm trying to get the cockpit done, so I can get the interior in. then I can close the fuselage up and finish the exterior painting. the camera is still something to get used to......I'm trying to live with the flash. pictures are darker if I don't.... I've also finished covering the gaping hole that used to be our cellar bulkhead.....I had mentioned about a month back that someone crashed into it. he missed negotiating the curve by our house, went out of control, went over the two driveways {ours and our neighbor's}. grazed the house, which sent him into the 'doghouse' that was the cellar entrance. the house shook........I scrambled outside, where I saw the car backing out of our driveway. I tried to flag him down, but he took off.........on four flat tires! they were flattened from hitting the curbings. he didn't get far.......I told the cops the make of the car and a partial plate number....they seemed surprised that I was able to give that much information. the landlord came by last week and took down the 'doghouse', and left the stairway to the cellar exposed........I asked him about it and he didn't think it was a big deal. leaves have already filled the bottom of the stairs.......the cold and accumulating snow should have been something he'd be concerned about. ......some landlord........sheeesh! the seats were painted.......I painted the cushions and the seat belts....and added the frame in the back. excuse the blurry...... I did touch up the passenger section a little.......with what you'll be able to see, I only did what was visible. the glass was added here as well...the one in the cockpit, the door, and at seat #18........ I painted the exterior before the glass was added. the bottom will be done when I get the two halves together. once the fuselage is together, I can add the tail section........that has also been painted.

I'm here tootrtrtttttttt { pizza sauce on the keys..... }

gonna look great when you get to that point