Plastic Modelers in the IL-2 Community

[STN]

Almost done.

But it wouldn't be me if something did not happen. During applying / removing the wash I let the Horten fall to the ground.... twice... resulting in breaking the right wing off and the right engine coming off inside. Fixed the mess the best I could but it is still visible. Yep... I am the king of retards ?

 

[40plus]

15 minutes ago, STN said:

Almost done.

But it wouldn't be me if something did not happen. During applying / removing the wash I let the Horten fall to the ground.... twice... resulting in breaking the right wing off and the right engine coming off inside. Fixed the mess the best I could but it is still visible. Yep... I am the king of retards ?

 

 

You're not alone. In the final stages of weathering my 109-G10, after months of careful work, I dropped it. Like you, twice. Busted the gear and all the thin delicate antennas off the bottom......twice.

 

The Horton looks fantastic.

[STN]

Ok, I officially pronounce this build finished.

 

Horten 229

1:72 Revell/Dragon

scheme is... hmm.. let´s say "what if"

 

 

[40plus]

Awesome! I've always loved the giant balloon tire up front.

[STN]

Yeah one of the bizarre features of the plane. Never understood what is behind the design of the giant wheel. Does it have something to do with the weight distribution/centre of gravity?

[Hoots]

22 hours ago, pfrances said:

Awesome! I've always loved the giant balloon tire up front.

 

I was just thinking how beautiful and graceful it looked and then that front tyre came into view and it was ehhhhh... no.  

One only to be seen in the sky...

 

STN, maybe to get the right incidence on the ground? Lack of elevator control to rotate maybe. Totally guessing here

[STN]

...enough lollygagging. Time to move on :)
 

 

[[UFO]MachineHead]

Soooo clean

[Feathered_IV]

Very nice!

[MiloMorai]

Wiki.

The aircraft utilized retractable tricycle landing gear, with the nose gear on the first two prototypes sourced from a He 177's tailwheel system, with the third prototype using an He 177A main gear wheelrim and tire on its custom-designed nose gear strut work and wheel fork.

[STN]

An attemp of pre-shading. The kit has VERY delicate panel lines and bolts. I hope I don't clog them with paint.

[Feathered_IV]

Looks tricky.   It must have almost as much in common with car kits as it does with aircraft modelling.  

[STN]

Actually, the kit is very precise considered the fact, it is all resin. The few problems and need to use filler are solely due to my clumsiness this time.

I am definitely getting one or two more from this manufacturer. Gotta save some money though, they are a bit pricy.

[STN]

A few corrections will be needed.

[STN]

Done. I can only recommend this kit and the company. Very precise kit, easy to build. I managed to screw up a few things as usually, but this is solely due to my clumsiness.

I wanted to build the World Speed Record version, but noticed too late (after painting) that the world record version does not have the radiator below the cockpit. So instead I found a picture of some unspecified version that sort of matches.

 

Macchi MC 72 M.M. 179

1933 (?)

 

1:72 SBS model

Forgot to add the photo of the original

[A_radek]

Lovely STN!

Did you do the rivet lines or were those original surface detail?

[STN]

It is original detail. I was amazed at the fine details. Will be definitely getting a few more kits from this company in near future. 

[40plus]

My brother surprised me with these two kits under the tree this Christmas. Needless to say, I'm super excited to build them. They may just just the queue of four other kits waiting to be completed.

 

Mmmm ..... Porko Rosso 

[Megalax]

On 12/5/2019 at 6:00 PM, STN said:

...enough lollygagging. Time to move on
 

 

 

Love that paint rack. Have a link to it?

[STN]

Hi,

 

https://www.migjimenez.com/en/accessories/523-tamiyamr-color-ammo-storage-system.html

 

[Feathered_IV]

Been enjoying some Flying Circus lately, so I put a bit more time into my on again/off again scratchbuild of the Pfalz D.IIIa.  Adding some inlets and outlets, plus the circular inspection panels and locations for the cabane struts.

 

 

 

 

[STN]

Very nice and soooo clean!

Meanwhile, I continue reducing my boxes stash.

 

 

[voncrapenhauser]

2 Seat Okah?

[[UFO]MachineHead]

Almost done?

[STN]

On 1/1/2020 at 11:40 AM, voncrapenhauser said:

2 Seat Okah?

 

Yep, it is the two-seat trainer.

 

 

[STN]

Hmm, not quite happy with the green, but oh well, what the heck...

[40plus]

 IL-2 cockpit progress made over the holidays. 1:32 Hobbyboss kit.

 

I had never seen a dashboard like this before as it is made of clear plastic. I'm told it's not uncommon but was new to me. Instructions said to stick the decal on the outside front cafe as usual but I opted to hand paint the front and apply the decal "backwards" on the back side. That gave me rather nice looking gauge lenses.

 

 

 

The rest is stil just painted with based colours. waiting on some more clear coat so I can apply washes.

 

 

 

[STN]

Done. Not as clean as I would like to, but anyway...

 

Yokosuka MXY7- model 43 K1 KAI

Japan

1945

 

1:72 Brengun

 

 

[STN]

And now... for something completely different...

 

 

[Feathered_IV]

Made a simple jig to hold the Pfalz fuselage with the thrust-line aligned with the upper edge of the sheet.  An identical rectangle was superimposed over my digital drawings so I could plot the position of any detail and easily transfer it to the model. It also allows the shapes to be confirmed and tweaked as necessary.  Pretty happy with the shape now.

 

 

 

Also masked up the wings the same way as the Sparrowhawk a few pages back. 

 

 

 

A coat of primer...

 

 

Then unmask and polish the ribs back to blend them in.

 

 

Then do it again.  Ugh! 

 

 

 

Lots of subtle cleanup to do, but nearly there with the main assemblies.

 

 

[Tyberan]

What's the plan you got as the work bench, looks like a nice idea. I assume it's an albatross plan?

[Feathered_IV]

Hi Tyberan.  Those are Pfalz’s factory drawings for the D.IIIa.  They were very useful when doing the wings as the cross sections have all the dimensions on them.  

[voncrapenhauser]

Finally finished the figure.

 

From original artwork, to 1/4 scale action figure conversion.

With Major sculpting headaches.

1st time sculpting in this huge scale.

Sword and belt buckle detail is etched brass parts.

 

Nice practice for next big figure.

Edited January 23, 2020 by voncrapenhauser
added text

[Feathered_IV]

That looks amazing.  I've done a fair bit of sculpture, but nothing near that size.  You really make me want to have a go. 

Who is the character?  I'm not sure I recognise her.

[voncrapenhauser]

 

Thanks for the Encouragement.

 

I used Aves epoxysculpt, it has a working time when mixed of around 2 hours then cures as an epoxy normally dose.

 

You can also use a wetted finger or any tool to get a smooth finish, meaning minimal sanding needed.

 

The character is an old D n D role playing character from years back called "Tsu", a Half Elf Rouge thief type.

 

The artwork was drawn by a very good friend of mine the coloring was done with photoshop by myself a long long time ago and has taken a long while to finally do a figure sculpt.

 

I am not too displeased with the outcome considering its my first attempt sculpting in this scale.

 

But for sure the sculpting epoxy was way easier to use than I anticipated and for some of your models Feathered would probably be a godsend for making parts like seats and alike.

Edited January 27, 2020 by voncrapenhauser
Bad spelling....I think.

[HappyHaddock]

Sculpting figures for table top war games manufacturers  and other model accessories manufacturers has been a big part of my professional employment for many years, though always at the "miniature" end of model making; typically under 40mm tall (1/43 rd scale down to 1/300th scale) though the smallest I have so far created as a one off (rather than for reproduction and sale as castings) was 1/800th scale where I ended up carving human hair for the finer details

 

I wouldn't be without epoxy putty and would put in a shout for three brands, Kneadatite, Milliput and Pro-sculpt. All have epoxy as the active hardening agent but all use different inert fillers giving them different working properties, but in sharing the same active ingredient all can be blended with one another to achieve what ever working property I need to suit the style and detail of figure required by my clients.

 

However, like you mentioning that this was a first attempt at this scale, I too today have been working on a commission that's a big stretch from my usual work; a 200mm tall (1/9th scale) sculpt of a character form a 70's comic; that being Major Eazy.  If it turns out OK I may have to post a picture or two here.

 

HH

Edited January 27, 2020 by HappyHaddock

[voncrapenhauser]

I love the Trek figures  cool.Look forward to seeing The bigger one if you can show?

Edited January 27, 2020 by voncrapenhauser

[Buglord]

Fantastic work everyone , it wont let me like anymore of your posts today lol,  iv`e not been well that`s why i have not been around for a while its nothing serious its my leg , i`m into mountain biking and i tore a load of muscles in my left leg but the meds i had to take for it was making me ill so yeah, but im nearly back to normal now ,i cant heal as fast as i used to due to me being an old git ? & i have finished the grant , just need to take some pics. Again great work everyone.

[voncrapenhauser]

I know the feeling too, Get well soon Bug Mate.

 

Here is my latest project, !/4 scale Wonder Woman figure,

 

Scaled up from a 1/6th scale mesh and 3d printed buy my best mate.

Very little clean up needed primed and starting to paint whith alclad chrome.

[HappyHaddock]

58 minutes ago, voncrapenhauser said:

 

Here is my latest project, 1/4 scale Wonder Woman figure,

 

Scaled up from a 1/6th scale mesh and 3d printed buy my best mate.

Very little clean up needed primed and starting to paint with alclad chrome.

 

 

Nice looking model...  one of the varied model makers I know through work must have 30-40 years in the FX business and was heavily involved in the recent wonder woman movie... but hey you could name almost any Sci-Fi/fantasy/Superhero movie from the original  Star Wars onwards and there's probably a 50/50 chance that he had a hand in the FX work. Although he's UK based he's kind of the "go to guy" when Hollywood studios with big budgets need to quickly get a lot of pre-vis done prior to committing even bigger budgets to the actual stuff seen on screen... It's frightening how quickly he can spend a few million dollars making a "mock up" of a movie simply in order to help producers/directors decide how best to spend $100million or more.

 

Alas, although my own client list does include the odd Oscar/BAFTA winner here or there, my prop. making and FX work is more of a side line thing than a primary source of income. However the insane deadlines and turnaround times of TV film work aren't conducive to producing good work... so perhaps I'm happier with private collectors as clients after all.

 

Edited January 31, 2020 by HappyHaddock