Plastic Modelers in the IL-2 Community

[voncrapenhauser]

On 9/7/2020 at 2:44 PM, Feathered_IV said:

AK Interactive just announced their latest "art" book.  They show you how to scratchbuild your own Nazi gas chamber and weather it appropriately with their new range of products.  They also show you how to create a diorama of Rwandan mass graves and paint a figure who is shooting up.  Plus they briefly teased a new resin figure of a drowned child...  wtf??

 

 

 

On 9/7/2020 at 2:54 PM, 216th_LuseKofte said:

The world as we know it has ended

Agreed.

That truly saddens me.

Why do a model building company feel it has to comment like that??

Truly hope it's some kind of sick joke...not by them I susspect

I agree with Feathered if it,s for real I will certainly be boycotting their products.....I mean WTF is wrong with the world?

Keys to the outrage bus in hand.

 

Nice Val BTW Birdman.

Edited September 8, 2020 by voncrapenhauser

[Lusekofte]

A while ago I saw a video about a video game where the player and his team walked around in a airport terminal shooting civilians. 
I was into fps games some years ago, so my morale goes more on what they where shooting at in a f***ing game, I call it terrorist training. And now this. 
I take great pleasures in the models I see build here, the fact that such sadistic “art” can be shown, just because it is called “ art. Pisses me off. It set our mind at a lower level and acceptance for tragedy of other people become new normal

[Feathered_IV]

The online book launch that AK did was beyond disgraceful. They did a live stream with a promo video of concentration camp victims being bulldozed into mass graves and prisoners being shot in the back of the head In Vietnam.  All this was presented as a teaser with a “can you guess?” message below it and an AK employee in the chat saying wait and see and it will be all worth it.  What they eventually revealed was their latest book, with guides to lovingly create things such as authentic looking fingernail scratches around the inner doorframe of your model gas chamber. 
 

If you search for the phrase AK Interactive scandal on YouTube you’ll find a 45 minute vid from a bloke in the UK who recorded the whole sorry mess as it went down.  It’s even worse than what I summarised above.  No way would I ever touch their products with a ten foot pole. 

[40plus]

15 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

The online book launch that AK did was beyond disgraceful. They did a live stream with a promo video of concentration camp victims being bulldozed into mass graves and prisoners being shot in the back of the head In Vietnam.  All this was presented as a teaser with a “can you guess?” message below it and an AK employee in the chat saying wait and see and it will be all worth it.  What they eventually revealed was their latest book, with guides to lovingly create things such as authentic looking fingernail scratches around the inner doorframe of your model gas chamber. 
 

If you search for the phrase AK Interactive scandal on YouTube you’ll find a 45 minute vid from a bloke in the UK who recorded the whole sorry mess as it went down.  It’s even worse than what I summarised above.  No way would I ever touch their products with a ten foot pole. 

 

I don't own any of their product simply because I'm deep into a collection of Tamiya and Vallejo products already.

Their depiction of an AK-47 in their logo is enough to tell me that they and I are not ideologically aligned. This scandal just goes further to prove it.

 

Edit: I watched the video you referenced....Jiminy Cricket....I home someone got fired for this epic screw up.

Edited September 9, 2020 by 40plus

[ZachariasX]

Question for the pros here: How do you prevent brush strokes when applying a layer with acrylic colors?

 

I used to spray surfaces using the Tamiya colors. That worked well for me until I stopped making plastic models like 20 years ago. Now I'm trying to get my son to do those models (and keep him from electronics), but as having kids spray color around in the house, that is sufficiently anti-marriage of an idea to rule out that procedure. The brush it must be for the time being.

 

But using them as they come, the color is often very thick, and although the color covers well, the result is clearly shows that I'm doing I am not supposed to. Terrible brush strokes. If I dilute the colors such that it doesn't give stokes, it's gotta be me who applies 3th, 4th, and 5th layer of paint. And that is not really the idea.

 

Is there a specific technique other than that?

[40plus]

2 minutes ago, ZachariasX said:

Question for the pros here: How do you prevent brush strokes when applying a layer with acrylic colors?

 

I used to spray surfaces using the Tamiya colors. That worked well for me until I stopped making plastic models like 20 years ago. Now I'm trying to get my son to do those models (and keep him from electronics), but as having kids spray color around in the house, that is sufficiently anti-marriage of an idea to rule out that procedure. The brush it must be for the time being.

 

But using them as they come, the color is often very thick, and although the color covers well, the result is clearly shows that I'm doing I am not supposed to. Terrible brush strokes. If I dilute the colors such that it doesn't give stokes, it's gotta be me who applies 3th, 4th, and 5th layer of paint. And that is not really the idea.

 

Is there a specific technique other than that?

 

I, like you, taken to thinning my acrylics down to prevent heavy brush strokes and then applying multiple thin coats with ample drying time in between. Not sure if there's any other way.

 

I airbrush any surface large enough that brush strokes are an issue that can't be resolved by the above technique.

[Guest deleted@188321]

WOW. Disgusting on AKs part.

 

all their products are going to the bin tonight. no holds barred 

[Birdman]

2 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

Question for the pros here: How do you prevent brush strokes when applying a layer with acrylic colors?

 

I used to spray surfaces using the Tamiya colors. That worked well for me until I stopped making plastic models like 20 years ago. Now I'm trying to get my son to do those models (and keep him from electronics), but as having kids spray color around in the house, that is sufficiently anti-marriage of an idea to rule out that procedure. The brush it must be for the time being.

 

But using them as they come, the color is often very thick, and although the color covers well, the result is clearly shows that I'm doing I am not supposed to. Terrible brush strokes. If I dilute the colors such that it doesn't give stokes, it's gotta be me who applies 3th, 4th, and 5th layer of paint. And that is not really the idea.

 

Is there a specific technique other than that?

Take a look at the "Quick kits" youtube channel, it has a bunch of tutorial videos that are not too long and iirc he talks about brush painting.

[ITAF_Rani]

On 8/30/2020 at 4:03 PM, FMF*BarracudaCZ said:

I will add a video from the complete construction of Pe-2

  

I hate fight against him??...but your model is so beautiful

Edited September 10, 2020 by ITAF_Rani

[STN]

Painting a few more segments of the Savoia.

[Matt]

I decided to take a break from Star Wars models (or painting, because they all all build) for now and started working on a new project. 

 

Leopard 2 A-6 in 1/35 from Border Model. 

 

It includes parts for two A-6 and also the A-5 variant. Torsion bar suspension works and is movable, as are the wheels, tracks, barrel and commander periscope. All main hatches can be left open or closed, but there are no crew models included, so i just kept them close. Overall very nice detail and fit is very good. I did not need to do any filling and sanding. I think the primer will take care of the few small gaps that exist on the model (mostly on the hull,  basically not visible).

 

But it was quite a challenge to build for me, because i had no experience with models with individual track links and PE parts. I only managed to finish one track for now and that took me around 2 hours (each track as around 250 parts), but i think the second one will be a bit easier. I also still need to add all clear parts (will paint them first). But apart from that, it's almost finished.

 

The manual is a joke. The kit already includes a single page with corrections of the original manual, but even some of the corrections are incomplete and some steps are really badly illustrated and confusing.

 

Painting the camouflage with the air brush will be interesting.

[voncrapenhauser]

10 hours ago, Matt said:

I decided to take a break from Star Wars models (or painting, because they all all build) for now and started working on a new project. 

 

Leopard 2 A-6 in 1/35 from Border Model. 

 

 

It includes parts for two A-6 and also the A-5 variant. Torsion bar suspension works and is movable, as are the wheels, tracks, barrel and commander periscope. All main hatches can be left open or closed, but there are no crew models included, so i just kept them close. Overall very nice detail and fit is very good. I did not need to do any filling and sanding. I think the primer will take care of the few small gaps that exist on the model (mostly on the hull,  basically not visible).

 

But it was quite a challenge to build for me, because i had no experience with models with individual track links and PE parts. I only managed to finish one track for now and that took me around 2 hours (each track as around 250 parts), but i think the second one will be a bit easier. I also still need to add all clear parts (will paint them first). But apart from that, it's almost finished.

 

The manual is a joke. The kit already includes a single page with corrections of the original manual, but even some of the corrections are incomplete and some steps are really badly illustrated and confusing.

 

Painting the camouflage with the air brush will be interesting.

Anyone else remember when Tamiya tank kits first hit these shores?, the Japanese translations were terrible and the grammar  also, but was always good for a laugh and their tank kits were so superior to anything we had seen at that time.

 

Good work so far Matt..

[40plus]

With the insane amount smoke blowing in off the Pacific originating from the US west, my crappy lungs and I couldn't go outside this weekend....That meant progress on models instead of yard-work.

 

First is is my 1:32 Il-2 cockpit, clear-coated, washed and assembled.

 

Next is some more progress on my 1:200 JU-88. The model didn't include exhaust stacks so I made some out of 0.5mm lead wire that I pressed with the back of a blade to form individual peaks....It's not perfect this scale hides alot of imperfections....like the painting of the canopy frames which I can tell you was a PITA. I'm not really happy with the result there so I think I'm going to tray and improve the canopy frames using washes.....I think the clear could stand to be tinted a bit without ruining the appearance.

 

Next will be washes, some more detail painting and then finally propellers.

[Feathered_IV]

Taking a break from the Magister.  The blind flying hood is giving me the willies and I need to put it aside and try something else for a bit.

I decided to pick up the Pfalzs again and see if I can nut out the engines.  Soldering up the inner portion of the exhausts using sterling silver wire and sprue shots of a gigantic Wingnut Wings kit as a guide.

 

 

Edited September 25, 2020 by Feathered_IV

[Matt]

Did some painting on the Leopard today. I chose light grey primer instead of the usual dark-grey primer, which was stupid. I had to use way more green color as base coat to hide the primer and also couldn't do any shading yet. I also couldn't keep up with the source photos for the camouflage scheme (way too much looking back and forth between model and photo), so i decided to just to get close enough to the original camouflage scheme and either keep it that way or fix it later (probably with brush). The brown on the front of the turret is definately wrong, but i was still using the completely incorrect paint scheme from the manual at that point. Will have to fix that atleast. I'm also not too happy with the green color tone (should probably be a little bit more yellow), but i think i'll use a dust layer to simulate dust and sand and that should help. And all colors will look a bit darker after washes and clear coats.

 

[voncrapenhauser]

Loks great so far Matt.

 

That Engine looks cool feathered too , so far so good.

[AKA_Big10]

Eduard 1/48th P-51D. Custom made mask.

 

 

Edited September 19, 2020 by AKA_Big10

[voncrapenhauser]

Awsome AKA ,love your metal finish.

[AKA_Big10]

[Hoots]

As a teenager I made a B25 by using cut out aluminium foil sheets and sticking them on. It looked pretty good but nowhere near as good as that!

[Lusekofte]

2 hours ago, AKA_Big10 said:

I just love that B 26

great job. It is also clear that the top gunner had a awkward posission , that tailfin right in front of him. Well they where not bothered that much by fighters in Europe compared to the heavies

[Birdman]

The Val is moving along slowly, re-scribed lost panel lines, finished the cockpit and put the landing gear on:

 

[STN]

Another part painted. Lots of touching up to do.
Any tips how to remove fingerprints from a glossy surface apart from wearing gloves?

[Hoots]

2 minutes ago, STN said:

Another part painted. Lots of touching up to do.
Any tips how to remove fingerprints from a glossy surface apart from wearing gloves?

That’s the reddest red that ever redded. 

[40plus]

11 minutes ago, STN said:

Any tips how to remove fingerprints from a glossy surface apart from wearing gloves?

 

 

Depends on what type of paint you are using...alcohol does a great job of cleaning up after greasy fing-ies but will be unkind to an acrylic finish.

[Guest deleted@188321]

On 9/19/2020 at 12:43 PM, AKA_Big10 said:

-snip-

 

WOW! killer work.

howd you achieve the affect? Alclad?

[STN]

42 minutes ago, 40plus said:

 

Depends on what type of paint you are using...alcohol does a great job of cleaning up after greasy fing-ies but will be unkind to an acrylic finish.

 

Yes, acrylic finish. So nothing aggressive. I thought ZIPPO lighter fluid might do the job, but it does not seem very effective. 

[40plus]

Mild dish detergent solution and a soft brush

Edited September 24, 2020 by 40plus

[XQ_Lothar29]

My last job done.

It is the well-known A6M3 type 32 [HAMP] from Tamiya at 1:48 scale.
a mold from the year 1982 that despite being an old mold, has a high quality, a perfect assembly and good detail.

If I have to put a problem, it would be the panel lines, which are positive / embossed, which adds some

Negative paneled work overtime. but all this is a minor problem if we consider that it is the only negative, since

Although its price is very good, in Spain it costs about € 15.00.

 

a bit of History, about the Plane and the Pilot:

 

manufactured by Mitsubishi on June 30, 1942. Painted in the Typical Green Gray "XF-76" color, With black fairing and delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy IJN as type 0 / A6M3 model 32 with manufacturing number 3030. On the cigar we observe Japanese Cyrillic writing accompanied by the number 872. Meaning: Houkoku Gou (Presentation number to the Navy) Which indicates that it was paid by a group of Japanese civilians for what was designated as "Houkoku Gou 872" that is, it was the A6M 872 paid with civil funds. Assigned to the second Kõkūtai with queue code Q-102. During the summer of 1942 it operated from the Buna Aerodrome in Nueva Guinea. Assigned to PO Pilot Kazuo Tsunoda, on August 26, 1942 he took off to intercept an Enemy Bombardment Attack composed of 14 P-400 Airacobras escorting 7 B-26 Marauders, Kazuo Tsunoda with his A6M3, they closed against the P-400 but the Japanese pilot and his Zero were damaged and were able to land safely. later the plane was left in a state of abandonment. today being the only A6M3 TYPE 32 left and being rebuilt for flight status. The Model: used to Tamiya lace almost to the mm, it is still old, it does not fail, a very good price for a model that if you want to use all your static modeling arts you will achieve exceptional results. the bad. It has to be repaneled in its entirety, as it comes with an engraved or positive panel, on the other hand the mounting system of the cabin is somewhat messy, since you have to decide between placing the antenna mast and the cabin before starting to paint since the interior is in another tone. or not to mount anything and then manage to paint the interior. I chose the most logical one. To paint the interior, attach the antennas and the cockpit. But this decision can be costly during handling in the course of work by breaking the antenna mast. In the end, a great plane with a great story and a happy ending too. since the Pilot who occupies this privileged place KAZUO TSUNODA was born on October 11, 1918 and happily passed away on February 14, 2013. An honor to have managed to finish this shot of this young Pilot.

 

I have had the great fortune of being chosen in a couple of modeling groups on Facebook, as model of the month and in another, selected as model of the day.

I wish you like it, here are the photos of the A6M3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I leave here the hidden assembly process, in case someone wants to see some detail.

Revelación

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope that some of all this work can help someone.

 

 

Thank you all.
To say that I really like this corner, where we show our love for plastic and the art of turning it into a plane, tank or whatever we like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 2020 by III/JG52_Lothar29

[Buglord]

Fantastic Work everyone,  iv`e been busy that`s why i have not been around for a while... but i have finished my latest project, will put some pics up over the weekend.

[Birdman]

So I invested in an airbrush and put it to use this week end, I used a super cheap P51 model I found as a test bed before going to the Val:

Nothing fancy but I do like to learn new things so I'm having a blast

 

[Hoots]

7 hours ago, Birdman said:

I'm having a blast

 

Sounds like you need to turn the airflow down... geddit?!

[Birdman]

4 hours ago, Hoots said:

Sounds like you need to turn the airflow down... geddit?!

Hehe ?

[hetstaine]

On 9/25/2020 at 10:40 AM, III/JG52_Lothar29 said:

My last job done.

It is the well-known A6M3 type 32 [HAMP] from Tamiya at 1:48 scale.
a mold from the year 1982 that despite being an old mold, has a high quality, a perfect assembly and good detail.

If I have to put a problem, it would be the panel lines, which are positive / embossed, which adds some

Negative paneled work overtime. but all this is a minor problem if we consider that it is the only negative, since

Although its price is very good, in Spain it costs about € 15.00.

 

a bit of History, about the Plane and the Pilot:

 

manufactured by Mitsubishi on June 30, 1942. Painted in the Typical Green Gray "XF-76" color, With black fairing and delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy IJN as type 0 / A6M3 model 32 with manufacturing number 3030. On the cigar we observe Japanese Cyrillic writing accompanied by the number 872. Meaning: Houkoku Gou (Presentation number to the Navy) Which indicates that it was paid by a group of Japanese civilians for what was designated as "Houkoku Gou 872" that is, it was the A6M 872 paid with civil funds. Assigned to the second Kõkūtai with queue code Q-102. During the summer of 1942 it operated from the Buna Aerodrome in Nueva Guinea. Assigned to PO Pilot Kazuo Tsunoda, on August 26, 1942 he took off to intercept an Enemy Bombardment Attack composed of 14 P-400 Airacobras escorting 7 B-26 Marauders, Kazuo Tsunoda with his A6M3, they closed against the P-400 but the Japanese pilot and his Zero were damaged and were able to land safely. later the plane was left in a state of abandonment. today being the only A6M3 TYPE 32 left and being rebuilt for flight status. The Model: used to Tamiya lace almost to the mm, it is still old, it does not fail, a very good price for a model that if you want to use all your static modeling arts you will achieve exceptional results. the bad. It has to be repaneled in its entirety, as it comes with an engraved or positive panel, on the other hand the mounting system of the cabin is somewhat messy, since you have to decide between placing the antenna mast and the cabin before starting to paint since the interior is in another tone. or not to mount anything and then manage to paint the interior. I chose the most logical one. To paint the interior, attach the antennas and the cockpit. But this decision can be costly during handling in the course of work by breaking the antenna mast. In the end, a great plane with a great story and a happy ending too. since the Pilot who occupies this privileged place KAZUO TSUNODA was born on October 11, 1918 and happily passed away on February 14, 2013. An honor to have managed to finish this shot of this young Pilot.

 

I have had the great fortune of being chosen in a couple of modeling groups on Facebook, as model of the month and in another, selected as model of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you all.
To say that I really like this corner, where we show our love for plastic and the art of turning it into a plane, tank or whatever we like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous work, i love those old Tamiya kits, better than some of the newer more expensive stuff that comes out and more enjoyable to build

 

 

 

 

The latest two i just knocked out. The Airfix Gloster Meteor 1/48, terrible nose fitment that meant a bit cut and shutting as well as putty work, sanding and rescribing. Some issues with wing gaps and other minor problems, the biggest being the poor finish of the kit plastic overall, very rough surfaces. Weathering i left down to just pre and post shading, slightly heavy in some areas but i loved the box art and wanted to recreate it and not worry so much about authenticity.

 

 

 

 

 

Next one, i built alongside the Meteor, was Tamiyas He162. I've never really been a fan but it was under 20 bucks...and it's Tamiya. I mainly did this one to add some detail to the engine via stripped twist ties for shi/s and giggles and see how she would turn out. Nice little fun kit.

 

 

 

 

[XQ_Lothar29]

3 hours ago, hetstaine said:

 

 

Gorgeous work, i love those old Tamiya kits, better than some of the newer more expensive stuff that comes out and more enjoyable to build

 

 

 

 

The latest two i just knocked out. The Airfix Gloster Meteor 1/48, terrible nose fitment that meant a bit cut and shutting as well as putty work, sanding and rescribing. Some issues with wing gaps and other minor problems, the biggest being the poor finish of the kit plastic overall, very rough surfaces. Weathering i left down to just pre and post shading, slightly heavy in some areas but i loved the box art and wanted to recreate it and not worry so much about authenticity.

 

 

 

 

 

Next one, i built alongside the Meteor, was Tamiyas He162. I've never really been a fan but it was under 20 bucks...and it's Tamiya. I mainly did this one to add some detail to the engine via stripped twist ties for shi/s and giggles and see how she would turn out. Nice little fun kit.

 

 

 

 

 

very good work, I like how you apply the lights and shadows and your work is very fine. Excellent

 

[LukeFF]

Nice job! I've seen that particular He 162 at the Planes of Fame Museum. 

[STN]

Very little progress. One step forward, three steps back. Managed to destroy JA VOLTO decal... twice. Managed to damage the decals in the front.Not sure what happened. The decals were ripped off by the Tamiya masking tape. Probably the varnish layer was too thin... And to top things of,I have crushed the tail middle section...

[40plus]

Bloody hell STN, is the tail repairable?

[Buglord]

A bit of scratch building is needed then STN... 

Now ive seen that Meteor i want to build one now  looks really cool.

[Guest deleted@188321]

haha, dont mean to be off topic but i think you guys will get a kick out of this one