Plastic Modelers in the IL-2 Community

[hetstaine]

On 7/4/2020 at 10:37 AM, Tyberan said:

What's the issue with eduards fw190 dora, generally curious as I was thinking buying one over the tamiya kit. Don t tell me the got the gun cowl wrong as well

 

I believe it's one of their early kits so not up to the standard of their later stuff.

 

Wings, lower cowl were very average fit. Big gaps that needed putty and sanding and some trimming removal with the wing spar. The cowl had a gap to the fuselage that needed fixing, engine needed trimming, had to place a spue spreader in the fuselage to help wing gap and alignment..it's probably easier if you check through my build thread.

 

It still ends up looking decent, just needs a bit of lovin'

[Tyberan]

That's annoying. I'm more into the shake n bake kits these days.

[voncrapenhauser]

On 7/4/2020 at 12:46 AM, Buglord said:

Great work everyone...

hetstaine... wow Great models m8 Love the skyraider....

Von... That looks cool... i`ve been looking at some meng tanks but i`m not familiar with them , your comments have put me off them ..lol.

 

Meng kits I heard are Good Generaly.

This Is my 1st one so I can only comment on this one....I hope their tanks are better.

 

[hetstaine]

On 7/5/2020 at 9:12 PM, Tyberan said:

That's annoying. I'm more into the shake n bake kits these days.

 

I'm feeling ya.

[STN]

Finally gave myself a push to continue.

 

[Buglord]

Cheers Von... ill look on You Tube to see what they are saying.

[Feathered_IV]

More Magister. Looking a bit more like it now.

 

 

 

 

 

[STN]

Let the filler orgies begin!

Goodbye surface detail...

[40plus]

Going through some really intense "should I, shouldn't I" turmoil right now......

https://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/products/sws08_Ho229horten.html

 

Just gorgeous. Their HS-129 kit is insanely detailed too.

[STN]

I will give You Your own advice

 

Do it. You know you want to ?

 

Edited July 9, 2020 by STN

[hetstaine]

Just finished up the Airfix Sea Fury, she pretty much falls together besides the sloppy cowl that requires rework. This one has an interesting little story to tell, which explains the Auster 'kill' marking on the fuselage :D

 

 

On the morning of 30th August 1955, one of the oddest 'shoot downs' in the history of military aviation occurred; No 805 Squadron would be called upon to fire on an unusual 'enemy' in the skies over Sydney.

That morning, Mr Anthony Thrower hired an Auster J.4 Archer light aircraft registered VH-AET from Kingsford Smith Aviation Flying School. He had completed a short training flight when the aircraft's engine failed as he was coming in to land at Bankstown airfield, 26 kilometres from Sydneys CBD area. Having successfully landed, Mr. Thrower jumped out and swung the propeller (there was no self starter). The Austers engine roared to life and started to motor down the runway. Mr. Thrower made a brave attempt to board the aircraft as it gathered speed, but was forced to jump clear and could only look on as the plane lifted off and gaining height, started a lazy circle around the airfield.

After circling Bankstown for about 15 minutes, the Auster began to climb and drift towards Sydney and then crossed the coast. A nearby RAAF Wirraway had been called in with orders to dispatch the runaway when it was five miles off the coast, however, by the time the Wirraway had contact, both aircraft were at more than 10 000 feet. The Wirraways initial shots missed and with temperatures approaching minus five degrees, the gunner hands were sticking to his hand-held Bren gun and he was unable to reload. The Wirraway left the scene and an RAAF Meteor F.8 was called into the fray, but its canons jammed after firing just a few rounds. The Auster, it seemed, was living a charmed life.

At around 11.35am, two Sea Furies from 805 Squadron arrived on the scene and Lieutenants John Bluett and Peter McNay, flying VW645 109/K and WZ650 107/K respectively, duly opened fire sending the 'little plane that could' into the sea approx 10 miles North east of Broken Bay.

Lt. Bluett was awarded the 'victory' and his aircraft, was marked with a yellow "Kill" symbol in front of the canopy. Just to top off the episode, the Sea Fury pilots weren't even Australian, they were Royal Navy officers on duty with the RAN.

 

 

[40plus]

41 minutes ago, hetstaine said:

Just finished up the Airfix Sea Fury, she pretty much falls together besides the sloppy cowl that requires rework. This one has an interesting little story to tell, which explains the Auster 'kill' marking on the fuselage ?

 

 

On the morning of 30th August 1955, one of the oddest 'shoot downs' in the history of military aviation occurred; No 805 Squadron would be called upon to fire on an unusual 'enemy' in the skies over Sydney.

That morning, Mr Anthony Thrower hired an Auster J.4 Archer light aircraft registered VH-AET from Kingsford Smith Aviation Flying School. He had completed a short training flight when the aircraft's engine failed as he was coming in to land at Bankstown airfield, 26 kilometres from Sydneys CBD area. Having successfully landed, Mr. Thrower jumped out and swung the propeller (there was no self starter). The Austers engine roared to life and started to motor down the runway. Mr. Thrower made a brave attempt to board the aircraft as it gathered speed, but was forced to jump clear and could only look on as the plane lifted off and gaining height, started a lazy circle around the airfield.

After circling Bankstown for about 15 minutes, the Auster began to climb and drift towards Sydney and then crossed the coast. A nearby RAAF Wirraway had been called in with orders to dispatch the runaway when it was five miles off the coast, however, by the time the Wirraway had contact, both aircraft were at more than 10 000 feet. The Wirraways initial shots missed and with temperatures approaching minus five degrees, the gunner hands were sticking to his hand-held Bren gun and he was unable to reload. The Wirraway left the scene and an RAAF Meteor F.8 was called into the fray, but its canons jammed after firing just a few rounds. The Auster, it seemed, was living a charmed life.

At around 11.35am, two Sea Furies from 805 Squadron arrived on the scene and Lieutenants John Bluett and Peter McNay, flying VW645 109/K and WZ650 107/K respectively, duly opened fire sending the 'little plane that could' into the sea approx 10 miles North east of Broken Bay.

Lt. Bluett was awarded the 'victory' and his aircraft, was marked with a yellow "Kill" symbol in front of the canopy. Just to top off the episode, the Sea Fury pilots weren't even Australian, they were Royal Navy officers on duty with the RAN.

 

 

Great model and loved the story. 

[cardboard_killer]

Check out this collection of 368th Group Jugs in 1/48th. Ideas for skinners?

 

http://www.hyperscale.com/2020/galleries/368thfg48kc_1.htm

[Feathered_IV]

Nice one Hetstaine. That’s one of the nicest Sea Furies I’ve seen!

[voncrapenhauser]

On 7/9/2020 at 8:29 PM, 40plus said:

Going through some really intense "should I, shouldn't I" turmoil right now......

https://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/products/sws08_Ho229horten.html

 

Just gorgeous. Their HS-129 kit is insanely detailed too.

I have the Horton 299 ._._in the box its simply awsome.

Just gotta get brave and build the bugger. 

 

12 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

Nice one Hetstaine. That’s one of the nicest Sea Furies I’ve seen!

Ditto

Edited July 11, 2020 by voncrapenhauser

[Feathered_IV]

Looks a bit rough right now, but I swear I am going somewhere with this!  

 

Working with thick pieces of styrene sheet feels a bit like timber joinery sometimes.  Started off with a parallel strip of 3mm styrene and cut it to the width of the centre section. This got double-sided taped to a block that was held in a vice. Then I went at it two-handed with a big coarse file that was about 30cm long. I rounded the leading edge first. Then worked over the back. Flipping the piece over and sticking the wing down again with a fresh bit of tape makes it easy to shape the wing evenly. It took about 40 minutes to get the basic shape.

 

 

The wings are marked with some scalpel lines and two deep score marks underneath where I'll bend them to create the dihedral. Then the excess is sliced off.

 

 

Then it was back on the block with some tape to shape the outer wing panels. Once this is done the styrene is easily tidied up by wet sanding.  A piece of the centre section was cut away to accommodate the fuselage, but I left a bridge running between the two wings to preserve their alignment. A corresponding notch was cut out of the lower fuselage. Somebody once said I was a frustrated carpenter. They may have been right   

 

 

 

[Buglord]

A Cheeky Chaffee for you................ 

1/35 M24 Chaffee of the 81st Calvalry Recon Squadron. 1st Armoured Division Italy April 1945  Tamiya/Italeri. + Some added stuff & a few scratch built bits...

 

[O_DesoLunatic]

Great models in the thread here.

My friends got me 2 kits for birthday and effectively got me back into the hobby (if you count butchering some builds when I was 13 years old ages ago as getting into it for the first time ?) and here is my first proper attempt after all the years:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underside of the left wing made look messed up, patched up and dirty to hide some oopsies with primer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 14, 2020 by desolunatic

[40plus]

17 minutes ago, desolunatic said:

Great models in the thread here.

My friends got me 2 kits for birthday and effectively got me back into the hobby (if you count butchering some builds when I was 13 years old ages ago as getting into it for the first time ?) and here is my first proper attempt after all the years:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underside of the left wing made look messed up, patched up and dirty to hide some oopsies with primer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ooo, she's a dirty girl!! Nice work

[Feathered_IV]

Being in lockdown is fairly productive in many ways.  Plus I think my body has become such an unholy temple of Gunze lacquers and Tamiya extra thin over the years, that no virus can take hold.  *touch wood*

 

Here's some more work on the Magister.  I had grand plans of detailing the cockpit, but I'm damned If I can see anything in there.  Apart from the instrument panel and wing spars plus seat and harness, I decided to leave well enough alone.

 

 

 

 

Added the headrest from scrap plastic card and started thinking about the tail.

 

 

The rib tapes on the tail are masked and sprayed the same way as was done on the little Sparrowhawk some pages back.  The ailerons look oddly smooth in real life so I left those as they are.

 

 

Once the fuselage was flushed in and the wings were attached, the wingroot fillets could be added.  These are just thinned out Tamiya putty that is floated on with a brush then sanded back.  It takes several coats but it gives a much better finish than just trowelling the stuff on.  I realised my outer wing panels were a bit too thick at this stage too but was able to catch it in time.

 

[STN]

Taking small steps with the Duck.

[dbzero]

Any RC tankers out there? I just got a Heng Long Leopard 2 today to go with my M1A2 and T-90 also from HL. I have a Challenger on order. I like them, but they do seem to have problem on occasion. I had to fix the front guide wheel on my M1 and the Leopard I got today seems to have a defective main gun. They aren't super pricey, but they aren't cheap either. I've hear HL has upped its game from the stuff they first released, but out out of the 4 I've got 2 have had some issue so we're looking at 50% batting average.

 

The M1A2 was the upgraded version with metal gears and tracks and the Challenger I just ordered is also the metal upgraded version and LCD combat ready. The leopard I just got today came with the LCD attachment.

 

The M1A2 and T-90 didn't come LCD combat ready, but may be up-gradable.

 

In spite of the issues, they do look nice and are loads of fun to drive around. They also freak out the neighborhood cats.

 

On youtube you see some people really go to town and upgrade their tanks. I've seen some Mato steel with rubber padding track for my M1 that go for $142

[voncrapenhauser]

Both Duck and Magister looking good so far guys.

 

Can see your point Feathered,with adding detail you can never see always seemed a bit pointless to me also.

 

On another Sci Fi forray ATM.

1/12th ish/ studio scale ish Rebel snowspeeder conversion/accurizing with many replacement parts.

An ambitious project I know but with my best mate making 3d printed replacement parts arrowed ,it's coming along nicely.

This is in the Black series 6" figures range hasbro toys as a basis.

Is going to be 19" long when finished.

 

Hi Tiger also.

Yes look a few pages back there are a couple of guys are into tanks and Modded R/C tanks.

I personaly have in the past had the 1/16th Tamiya Leaopard and their King tiger.

I remember both fondly especially the Tiger as it had all the bells and whistles,revolving turret simulated firing gun etc, I think the newest version has sound and smoke too.

 

 

Edited July 18, 2020 by voncrapenhauser

[dbzero]

Hi Voncrpenghauser - thanks for the reply. Looking at all the excellent work done by these modelers brings back memories as a kid when I would go with friends to the hobby shop to buy models and build them. Never came close to the work done here. Many of our models ended up being blown up with firecrackers or doused with lighter fluid and set alight!

 

Also was a wargamer back in the 70's and 80's.

 

Now I just occasionally go on Ebay and buy old plastic model catalogs and Strategy and Tactic magazines to collect. Like looking at the artwork and the articles in S&T magazines.

 

I see your a glider enthusiast. I dabbled a little back when I was in CAP decades ago. I recently contacted a local club to see about getting back into the sport. Gliders have come a long way since I was involved. 

[Feathered_IV]

VC, those snowspeeder and figures look great.  Are you going to give them an upgrade?  They look like they have a ton of potential.

[voncrapenhauser]

On 7/18/2020 at 7:23 PM, tiger_0988 said:

Hi Voncrpenghauser - thanks for the reply. Looking at all the excellent work done by these modelers brings back memories as a kid when I would go with friends to the hobby shop to buy models and build them. Never came close to the work done here. Many of our models ended up being blown up with firecrackers or doused with lighter fluid and set alight!

 

Also was a wargamer back in the 70's and 80's.

 

Now I just occasionally go on Ebay and buy old plastic model catalogs and Strategy and Tactic magazines to collect. Like looking at the artwork and the articles in S&T magazines.

 

I see your a glider enthusiast. I dabbled a little back when I was in CAP decades ago. I recently contacted a local club to see about getting back into the sport. Gliders have come a long way since I was involved. 

Hi.

Yes I did wargaming for a while too.

  Think we all have blown up a few models in our time lol.

 

I did not start gliding until my 50s ,got just to cross country standard and aerotow before health issues  had me stop,was an awesome time in my life and would recommend any budding pilots to try it if you can drive a car you can learn to fly, I am not the smartest guy and I did it..

On 7/19/2020 at 4:36 AM, Feathered_IV said:

VC, those snowspeeder and figures look great.  Are you going to give them an upgrade?  They look like they have a ton of potential.

Damm feathered,The figures are already done,  They look that bad?....Lol

 

 Filled in the joints and re painted where needed ,they were quite good right out of The box but not quiet  up to modellers standards .

 

 

Just about to start re assembly just need rear canopy section best mate is 3d printing as the glazing on the Hasbro toy is very opaque as you can see in photo,s.  

Edited July 20, 2020 by voncrapenhauser
Spelling

[voncrapenhauser]

Snowspeeder progress.

Interior fully repainted as toy interfior is strangely very accurate but just molded in silver only so a few screen caps of The movie later and voila!,as close to screen accurate as possible.

The best way to describe this model is "A studio scale,ish outside with a representation of The full scale mock up prop Interior."

Any one who has studied the actual FX models will know that the actual pilots were over scale and only exist down to the waist.

 

 

3 Pictures at bottom of post are of The actual studio scale FX models.(as you can see they were actually quite terrible as were only seen for moments on screen) LOL.

 

My model will be better detailed and stands up to close scrutiny in comparison. I hope.?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 22, 2020 by voncrapenhauser
Bad spelling.....AGAIN!

[Feathered_IV]

5 hours ago, voncrapenhauser said:

Damm feathered,The figures are already done,  They look that bad?....Lol

 

Oh shit, no!  They look really good. 

 

[voncrapenhauser]

On 7/20/2020 at 3:07 PM, Feathered_IV said:

 

Oh shit, no!  They look really good. 

 

Lol.

 

Yes they were allredy good ,out of the box but still had room for improvement IE jonts needed hiding ETC extra shading  and touch ups here and there..

Compared to the FX ones, which look like Picasso painted them blindfolded lol. 

Edited July 28, 2020 by voncrapenhauser

[Hoots]

Lancaster is still slowly coming on, finding acrylic paints tricky to use. 1/72 and it’s still taking ages...

canopy isn’t fitted yet btw. 

[voncrapenhauser]

Nice Lanc ....Revell?

Edited July 22, 2020 by voncrapenhauser

[Hoots]

8 minutes ago, voncrapenhauser said:

Nice Lanc ....Revell?

 

Yep, going together pretty well, not much work needed to get a good fit. Which is very fortunate!

[Feathered_IV]

Great looking Lanc and pretty nifty brush painting too!  What markings are you going to go for?

[Hoots]

1 hour ago, Feathered_IV said:

Great looking Lanc and pretty nifty brush painting too!  What markings are you going to go for?

 

Thanks! The kit has parts and markings for a B1 or a B3. I'm going for the B1 (my Grandad was a W/Op in one) but can't remember what squadron it is off hand, soz.

 

Edit, 9sqn

Edited July 22, 2020 by Hoots

[Feathered_IV]

Starting to look like something now.

My new favourite thing is making raised panels and such like from layers of primer.  The metal strips that cover the Magister's wing joints were represented this way by masking them off and spraying a couple of coats. 

 

 

Started working on the intakes on the cowling too.  The biggest one is about 1.8 x 0.5mm.  Still some work to do there. 

 

 

And some scribing too, using a sharpened drill bit and strips of scotch tape as a guide.   

 

 

Still need to add a few more beads of primer to fair the tail in properly,  but a base coat of yellow is almost in sight!

 

[THERION]

Great job, mate! And I suppose you do it in 1/144 scale, don't you? Anything else would be too rough, too coarse - right?

 

Anyway, I always admire your work and even more your patience - it is art what you're doing here. Thanks for sharing.

[Hoots]

1 hour ago, Feathered_IV said:

Starting to look like something now.

My new favourite thing is making raised panels and such like from layers of primer.  The metal strips that cover the Magister's wing joints were represented this way by masking them off and spraying a couple of coats. 

 

 

 

Started working on the intakes on the cowling too.  The biggest one is about 1.8 x 0.5mm.  Still some work to do there. 

 

 

 

And some scribing too, using a sharpened drill bit and strips of scotch tape as a guide.   

 

 

 

Still need to add a few more beads of primer to fair the tail in properly,  but a base coat of yellow is almost in sight!

 

 

 

 

Looks at own work...Looks at Feathered's work... Looks at own work... considers putting own work back in box...

 

Only joking, i love seeing your creations Feathered, simply outstanding work.

[voncrapenhauser]

Magister looks great,What colour Feathered? Trainer yellow? or 50/50 with Camo.

 

Saw a Miles Messenger and The Gemini a few years back at an airshow the messenger did a short landing any Fiesler storch would be envious of.

It was into wind and looked like a Harrier as it almost dropped vertical.

Edited July 23, 2020 by voncrapenhauser

[40plus]

3 hours ago, Hoots said:

 

 

Looks at own work...Looks at Feathered's work... Looks at own work... considers putting own work back in box...

 

 

One can look an another's superior craftsmanship and choose to be either discouraged or inspired......Me, I chose to point at Feathered_IV and scream "WITCH!!!"

[Matt]

Bandai Star Wars A-Wing 1/72

99% finished, i think i'll change the color of the cannons and will try to close the gap on the front plate and tone down the decals a bit.

First model i build in 15-20 years, also first time using an airbrush. But i'm quite happy with the result. But then the Bandai models are near perfectly made and very easy to work with.

 

I want to build up a small Star Wars collection. I'm currently working on the Tie-Figher, Tie-Interceptor, Snowspeeder and X-Wing simultaneously and i just ordered the Tie Advanced and Y-Wing too.