Roger Pellett Posted August 28, 2020 Share #31 Posted August 28, 2020 I bought a set of brushes for painting military miniatures. Included were Liner brushes in several sixzes. These are longer than usual with a pointed tip. Roger popeye the sailor, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin Posted August 30, 2020 Share #32 Posted August 30, 2020 Yes the glazing passes mustard now Egilman, popeye the sailor, Edwardkenway and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted August 30, 2020 Share #33 Posted August 30, 2020 Nice job! That canopy looks cool, but the modeler in me cringes at how difficult it was to paint. Excellent work! Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Edwardkenway and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share #34 Posted September 16, 2020 She has 2 wings now😁 marktiedens, Jack12477, popeye the sailor and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 17, 2020 Share #35 Posted September 17, 2020 Looking great! popeye the sailor, Edwardkenway, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share #36 Posted September 19, 2020 Tried my and at the weird camo. I think it came out OK hof00, Canute, mtaylor and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 20, 2020 Share #37 Posted September 20, 2020 That came out great! I see those camo schemes and wonder if I’d ever be able to pull off such a complicated paint job. Did you use an airbrush? Edwardkenway, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share #38 Posted September 20, 2020 The base coat, a light blue Tamiya color, was brushed on. 2 coats with a very light sanding between. The dots were done with a micron pen (picture). I drew a wiggly line of single dots and then redid the same line about 2 more times at a slight offset. The trick is not to get too repetitive or create obvious repeated patterns. It went remarkably fast. I have never been successful with an airbrush. They always clog up before any paint actually comes through. And it takes forever to clean them out. All of this is probably due to operator error and ignorance. Landlubber Mike, Canute, popeye the sailor and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share #39 Posted September 22, 2020 The engines are in place. The landing gear and some small details (which I would surely break off if not done at the very end) and the decals are all that’s remaining. I am going to finish her before returning to the Morgan. GrandpaPhil, Egilman, marktiedens and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 22, 2020 Share #40 Posted September 22, 2020 That is looking so nice. OC. popeye the sailor, Canute, Edwardkenway and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share #41 Posted September 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: That is looking so nice. Thank you. Canute, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share #42 Posted September 24, 2020 The landing gear is in. A bit messy as the mounting points were about 5-10 Planck units wide, and the plastic so thin that a single glance would bend it in half. I’m waiting for the paint to dry before installing the landing gear doors. These have no mounting points at all😬 Edwardkenway, GrandpaPhil, mtaylor and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share #43 Posted September 24, 2020 For you non-physicists, one Planck length is about 0.000000000000000000000000000000000016 meters (should be 34 0s if I counted correctly) Landlubber Mike, Edwardkenway, Egilman and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted September 25, 2020 Share #44 Posted September 25, 2020 Like fur on a gnat's backside, eh? Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted September 25, 2020 Share #45 Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Canute said: Like fur on a gnat's backside, eh? No, smaller.... Old Collingwood, lmagna, Edwardkenway and 3 others 6 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted September 27, 2020 Share #46 Posted September 27, 2020 winter camo........came out great to me I've been tempted, but never felt I could ever pull it off. super job.......it will look real good with the insignias in place does this one sport the letter codes that the Germans were noted for? I have a book that I think you might want to add to your collection........ it cover many planes that they flew in the war.......gets even more interesting when it talks of how captured allied planes played a role in some of the missions Egilman, Old Collingwood, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #47 Posted September 27, 2020 12 hours ago, popeye the sailor said: does this one sport the letter codes that the Germans were noted for I haven’t yet paid much attention to the decals. I’ll be starting them today, and maybe I can figure out if there are letter codes. I originally purchased this kit for 2 reasons: 1 it was on sale for about $12, and 2: it looked interesting. I don’t really try to “collect” any specific type of aircraft. Just whatever appeals to me at the moment. Thank you for the compliment on the camo. I didn’t know it was “winter” camo. I was, to be honest, quite puzzled as to what it was supposed to be. The book looks interesting, but we are trying to reduce our collection of stuff, not add to it😁. Maybe I can find it in the library. Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #48 Posted September 27, 2020 Many of the decals are too tiny to distinguish from the camo and the decals on the undercarriage are all black and I painted the undercarriage black. So I’m only going to use the larger decals on the wings and fuselage popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share #49 Posted September 29, 2020 Finished. Now back to the Charles W Morgan popeye the sailor, oneslim, Landlubber Mike and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 29, 2020 Share #50 Posted September 29, 2020 Very nice work. OC. marktiedens, Canute, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted September 29, 2020 Share #51 Posted September 29, 2020 Definitely looks the part. Ready for the hanger now. Old Collingwood, Edwardkenway, marktiedens and 5 others 8 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktiedens Posted September 29, 2020 Share #52 Posted September 29, 2020 Looks ready for take-off! Mark Canute, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted September 29, 2020 Share #53 Posted September 29, 2020 Very nice job. Egilman, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share #54 Posted September 29, 2020 Thank you all for the nice comments. Canute, mtaylor, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted September 29, 2020 Share #55 Posted September 29, 2020 great camo for bombers.........most winter camo was made up of flat black blotches on a lighter color backing........light blue to the lighter shades of gray. there was no modulation on the blotches, primarily what made it so interesting. bombers were common with the camo pattern that you chose...not sure if it was done to distinguish the difference. it's the perfect camo for nighttime bombings the decals worked well with the underbelly color you chose. superb looking model.......airbrush would have to use a fine tip and the paint would need to be retarded, so to keep the paint from drying as it leaves the nozzle. I once built a Heinkel 219 'Owl'........I haven't seen this kit in a long time. I've seen other kits that probably came from the same moulds though. it's a very beautiful model Egilman, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted September 29, 2020 Share #56 Posted September 29, 2020 Very nice work and a great looking bomber 👍 Egilman, popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 29, 2020 Share #57 Posted September 29, 2020 Nice work, great job! Even more impressive that you did it at such a small scale! Edwardkenway, Egilman, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin Posted September 30, 2020 Share #58 Posted September 30, 2020 Very Nice and an excellent solution for the camo Kevin Edwardkenway, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share #59 Posted September 30, 2020 21 hours ago, popeye the sailor said: it's a very beautiful model Thanks. I’ve never been successful with an air brush. I probably need a good instructor; but you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Edwardkenway, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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