Plastic Modelers in the IL-2 Community

[voncrapenhauser]

An oldie but goodey ,nice.

[STN]

almost there...

[voncrapenhauser]

Love that scheme.

[40plus]

1:200 JU-88 A-4 kit in progress. It's a kit made by Zvezda out of Moscow. Pretty simplistic in details but goes together nicely. I've got two of them to put together and paint.

 

I also bought two Trumpeter B-25 kits in 1:200 that have excellent detail. I'll upload photos of them when I start. Funny surprise, I ordered two B-25 kits without fully reading the description. Turns out each box has five B-25s in it so I have ten now lol.

 

1:200 I-16 3d print and 1:32 IL-2 cockpit for comparison ?.

[voncrapenhauser]

Cool Pfrances.

 

You have a squadron of b25's now lol.

BTW you will never get that cockpit to fit.....LOL?

[voncrapenhauser]

Figure finished....Glue still wet.

 

1/4 scale ish .Jill valentine from Resident Evil 3 Nemesis game remake.

 

From a 3d print mesh (probably lifted from game itself) because of lacking in fine detail ,textures would probably have been applied.

Still here it is.

[Heliopause]

On 4/25/2020 at 3:24 PM, ITAF_Rani said:

Me 262 just finished to build and paint.

Airfix 1:72, bought more than 30 years ago !!

 

 

 

 

I remember having a Matchbox Me 262 some 30 years ago. Build it straight away and has been long gone ?

Anyway nice to see this thread. Brings back memories.

 

[LLv34_Flanker]

S! 

 

Had a lot of Matchbox models too. My first one was a Bf110 with Wespe paint in the 1970's. Needless to say needed some help at that time to build it. 

 

Also built models from Monogram, Revell, Italeri, Hasegawa, Tamiya, Trumpeter, Academy etc. Some with the added Eduard detail kits. Maybe I should resurrect the old hobby, a Bf109G-6 in scale 1:48 by Hasegawa is waiting on the shelf. 

[Heliopause]

I remember making these btw ? Most I did was 1:72

The artwork on the box was worth watching multiple times!

 

 

[STN]

Finito. Really enjoyed the build. A nice little kit without nasty surprises. I tried to come as close as I could to the original, but there are still some discrepancies.

 

Lockheed Vega Y1C-12 C/N 158

36th Pursuit Squadron,
8th Pursuit Group
Langley Field. 1932-1935

1:72 MPM

Edited April 28, 2020 by STN
adding photo

[40plus]

Very excellent build STN. I love the color scheme.

 

If you're feeling so inclined one day, I'd love love you see a pulled back view of your photography setup. Your models always look great against the backdrop you're using and if like to learn how you do that.

[voncrapenhauser]

Excellent job as usual STN.

 

Tail stripe looks just right from photo mate.

[Gavrick]

Modelsvit Tu-91, 1/72. Work in progress, rebuilding cockpit:

 

 

[voncrapenhauser]

Wow now that,s different.

Look forward to seeing when finished.

I don't think I have seen a model of that aircraft before.

[Feathered_IV]

That’s a new one for me as well. I’m embarrassed to say, I had to look it up.  Nice one Gavrick!  Very keen to see more of it as It comes together too.

[voncrapenhauser]

Work in progress.

 

Meng Me 163 Komet 1/32nd.

[STN]

2 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

That’s a new one for me as well. I’m embarrassed to say, I had to look it up.  Nice one Gavrick!  Very keen to see more of it as It comes together too.

 

Had to look this beautiful  monster up as well. I had to chuckle when reading the following sentence:

Edited April 29, 2020 by STN

[40plus]

10 minutes ago, STN said:

 

Had to look this beautiful  monster up as well. I had to chuckle when reading the following sentence:

 

Ha, I had the same reaction. And for reasons, I picture Steve Buscemi as Khrushchev doing the inspection.

[cardboard_killer]

Just heard today that Wingnuts is going out of business. I've never done one of their kits as WW1 planes don't do it for me, but they surely made some of the prettiest kits out there. Here's Andy's clip where he talks about it.

 

 

[TheBlackPenguin]

19 hours ago, cardboard_killer said:

Just heard today that Wingnuts is going out of business. I've never done one of their kits as WW1 planes don't do it for me, but they surely made some of the prettiest kits out there. Here's Andy's clip where he talks about it.

 

 

 

Unfortunately if you haven't kept up with the news most WNW kits have been snapped up now, although worth still looking around as I think distributors are still finding the odd copy here and there. Actually surprised how long the Halberstadt's survived :).

 

If I wasn't already overspent I'd probably get the UHD...

 

 

[Feathered_IV]

I’m curious to see who buys the moulds from Wingnut Wings.  They would likely fetch a very high price. However their complexity and precision might pose a challenge to a lot of manufacturers 

[TheBlackPenguin]

4 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

I’m curious to see who buys the moulds from Wingnut Wings.  They would likely fetch a very high price. However their complexity and precision might pose a challenge to a lot of manufacturers 

 

Don't know at this time, from what I know the design and making of the moulds is the most expensive part and at least that is done. Must admit, its a reason why I am still tempted by the really offbeat UHD and Gotha G.1 as its unlikely any company will re-issue them, should the moulds be bought up.

 

 One of the moderators from the FB Wingnut fan page was also one of those people given pre-release copies to build to test out and they were very close to releasing the HP O/100:

 

https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/84725-wingnut-wings-handley-page-o100/

 

The O/400 may have been a little further behind and they weren't too far off with the Lancasters I think, maybe end of year would have been worst case....These we will probably not be seen, unless a major company like Revell or Airfix pick them up..I also hope the team gets wok within the industry as it would lovely to see their efforts continue on.

 

There will be another sale of kits from WNW when they 'open' up, but I am making a presumption it will be an inventory sale off.

 

http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/news

[voncrapenhauser]

Shame about Wing nuts demise, I always thought that although their kits were excellent,but they were not excellent value for money and this probably did not help with their sales.

Still their Quality WWI stuff was second to none.

 

Update on my 163 build, Walter rocket motor attached,cockpit finished and under cart trolley doohicky ready

This Meng kit is has high detail but some of the parts are soooo intricate but dont fit too well?.

 

 

Edited May 4, 2020 by voncrapenhauser

[Danziger]

On 4/24/2020 at 7:03 PM, Superflyer said:

Lawotschkin La-7 , M 1: 48, Modellbausatz von Pavla

Gebaut nach 2 Fotos und intensiven Internet- Recherchen. Maschine gehörte zur 12. Luftarmee

That looks great! I can't wait to get one of these in IL*2!

[6./ZG26_Audax82]

Hi everyone,

here my last works during the Covid time at home.

 

cheers!

 

tamiya t62a 1/35

takom king tiger 1/35

[40plus]

Wow Audax82, excellent weathering work!

Well done

[6./ZG26_Audax82]

Thank you, i'm just a beginner. Fortunately Il-2 and their users are a great source of inspiration.

[40plus]

2 hours ago, Audax82 said:

Thank you, i'm just a beginner. Fortunately Il-2 and their users are a great source of inspiration.

Have you watched night shift on YouTube? Very talented armor modeler.

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNM5EknY1XBA9buLmJqYLdw

[6./ZG26_Audax82]

Yes, also panzermeister. Very talented. Their way to applying chipping Is amazing.

 

I’m going to finish my last  kit, a jagdpanzer IV L/70 in 1:16. I will post few pictures later.

 

cheers 

 

 

 

 

[voncrapenhauser]

23 hours ago, pfrances said:

Wow Audax82, excellent weathering work!

Well done

Ditto nice stuff there mate  brilliant  for just a beginer

[6./ZG26_Audax82]

This is a Jagdpanzer IV L/70 in 1/16 Scale. 

Just a light weathering because it's an rc model. Anyway, I'm still thinking if adding details in the future.

 

Have a nice evening.

 

[HappyHaddock]

On 1/27/2020 at 8:57 PM, voncrapenhauser said:

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

 

Well I wasn't sure quite what had happened to my client, in the current circumstances you fear the worst when somebody stops responding to messages about the sculpt they'd commissioned as the finished piece has sat on my work bench for a few months now.

 

Anyway, I've been buried under a busy work diary of late with a mass sculpting for a variety of clients all wanting work in 1/72nd scale or below and had somewhat forgotten about the large figure. However, the collector for this large 1/9th scale sculpt has finally got back in touch with me, prompting me to post this picture.

 

Strictly speaking their budget only really paid for three days work, but I suspect I exceeded that a little given that it was sculpted from scratch using epoxy putty over a wire armature putting in an odd hour or two here and there along the way. It was also an odd brief in so much as the client said they didn't want something that looked like a modern refined and detailed model figure sculpt, but wanted it to capture something of the style of the artwork from the 1970's comic with coarse "outlines", with a simple rough and dirty finish using pale subdued hues... Interpreting that in a way that didn't translate as poor quality was... "interesting" …  especially when the graphic novel style of the comic used a lot of heavy black on a dull off white paper.

 

For a miniaturist working at roughly ten times larger than I'm used to, whilst not brilliant I didn't think the end result was too bad.

 

Cheers

 

HH

Edited May 15, 2020 by HappyHaddock

[6./ZG26_Audax82]

Work in progress...

 

Cheers

 

[andres43]

 Finally my 1:72 Hawker Thyhpoon IB leaving the assembly plant to cross the sky!. Please, don´t be cruel to me, I have not made a model for more than 15 years ; I'm re-learning everything with the new modeling techniques?

[Feathered_IV]

That looks Great!  Really nice finish, you've got to be proud of that. 

[andres43]

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9 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

That looks Great!  Really nice finish, you've got to be proud of that. 

 

Thanks you Feathered_IV ! ?

[voncrapenhauser]

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10 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

That looks Great!  Really nice finish, you've got to be proud of that. 

Ditto +1

 

I like

[40plus]

Just a minor status update. 1:200 I-16 3D print. Mostly done with an air brush and tiny strips of masking tape.

 

Having a bear of a time getting paint to stick yup the resin print but I'm getting there.

[Buglord]

Great Work Everyone... Im working on something new ......

[Feathered_IV]

Love the I-16

I would never have guessed it was 1/200. That’s a really fine job!