Plastic Modelers in the IL-2 Community

[GiereK]

awesome 109

[luftwaffe48]

On 1/28/2022 at 11:09 AM, XQ_Lothar29 said:

Hello fellow Hobbyists, Modeling Artists.
Today I am here to present you a project that is close to completion,

but it is one of the most important steps to bring to life an aircraft in

combat conditions.
In this step by step, you will see some techniques that I use to achieve

certain effects. Currently it is more advanced than what you see in the

images, but it is to have a small advantage, I assume that in 3 days I

will finish it and move on to another WWII Aviation project.

My collection of Models is Very Large, I don't know if I'm currently

hovering around, the 500 and Some 1/48 Planes and about 70 or 80

1/35 Battle Tanks, if I count the 1/144 Models and the 1 /72 I go

much further.

All my models are from WWI and WWII.

So, I hope you enjoy my current job.

Without further ado, I present to you:
Manufacturer: Edward
Scale: 1/48
Plane: BF109G-6 R/6 of the Factory MTT Regensburg
Collection: Own/Not a job

 

here the photos Step by step of the painting process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If someone wants to see more photos of the process, I can upload them, but I think that here we are all very good modelers with great quality.

As I said, I wish you enjoy, and very soon it will be finished.

 

 

It's just a very nice and fine work.

[voncrapenhauser]

Looking great !

[XQ_Lothar29]

Hello companions of this beautiful art!
Last night I finished the BF109G-6 /R6 Manufactured by the Factory MTT Regensburg and Flown by the Oblt. Emil Josef Clade Serving with 7./JG27 Stationed in Kalamaki, Greece, 1943.

-Emil Josef Clade He was a Normal Pilot, like many Pilots, They hated the Political Party that put them in the War and they did not support the Pilots who were part of it.

Surviving the terror of WWII, his group and himself surrendered to the Americans, ending with 27 planes shot down.
After the war he wrote his memoirs, while he was a flight instructor for young people who wanted to learn to fly.
-It is a shame not to know the title of the Book of EMIL JOSEF CLADE.
From what I understand, a very limited print run of the Book was made, since on Facebook I met a Man who turned out to be a former student of Clade's aviation, and one day I gave him a copy of his book.
On May 31, 2010, the AS and Leader of the I./JG27, left in Peace with his old Enemy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you like the final work.
I have added some things made with evergreen.

[ZachariasX]

Stunningly beautiful work! Bravo!

[Feathered_IV]

I think that must be the nicest 109 I ever saw.

[voncrapenhauser]

1 hour ago, Feathered_IV said:

I think that must be the nicest 109 I ever saw.

Ditto.

[XQ_Lothar29]

Thank you very much for your words.
I really want to start the next one now.
I don't know if it will be an FW190, a P39/400, an I-153 or an F4F-4 Wildcat. I'm shaking my head in my stock looking at which one falls off the shelf! LOL

[DEDMANcjp]

XQ_Lothar29  that is really, really REALLY beautiful

[Lusekofte]

22 hours ago, XQ_Lothar29 said:

you like the final work.

Ok. How much ?? 

Just beautiful

[BladeMeister]

9 hours ago, XQ_Lothar29 said:

Thank you very much for your words.
I really want to start the next one now.
I don't know if it will be an FW190, a P39/400, an I-153 or an F4F-4 Wildcat. I'm shaking my head in my stock looking at which one falls off the shelf! LOL

An F4F-4 for sure.

 

S!Blade<><

[Guest deleted@83466]

I had no idea this was a thing. 

 

[Algy-Lacey]

Haha! Love it.

 

Iron Maiden was one of the first bands I got into, when I was about 11! My brother had the poster with Eddie in the cockpit of a Spitfire. Great song, too!

 

 

[Birdman]

The Zero met its untimely end after it slip from my hands and fell on the hard floor...pretty bummed but the show had to go on...

Speaking of Spits...

 

 

[Feathered_IV]

Two hours for each seatbelt.  Coming back up for air...  

 

[Lusekofte]

9 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

Two hours for each seatbelt.  Coming back up for air...  

 

Two hours is amazing.

I would have literary swallowed that fuselage  in frustration after 15 minute.

And never thought of it anymore, unless next day after morning coffee  during a ehm "brake"  I hear a mysterious ping 

Edited February 23, 2022 by LuseKofte

[carts]

Took a break from the flying thingies, and had a bash at a Diving thingie, Revell's 1/144th scale "Das Boot" with added Youngs miniatures Captain bust,seacape was made using the tin foil, paper towels, cotton wool and a ton of PVA glue and gloss varnish.

[Vig]

Dang, Carts, that is sweet!

[cardboard_killer]

 

[von_Tom]

 

Just a shout out for a very therapeutic youtube channel:

 

TOMs Modelling in Motion - YouTube

 

Though watching the rigging on this one gave me PTSD!

 

 

von Tom

[XQ_Lothar29]

On 3/17/2022 at 4:47 PM, von_Tom said:

 

Just a shout out for a very therapeutic youtube channel:

 

TOMs Modelling in Motion - YouTube

 

Though watching the rigging on this one gave me PTSD!

 

 

von Tom

This is your youtube channel?
I've been following this channel for a long time, and I'm actually subscribed.
It is a very singular and very special channel, due to the magic that Stopmotion gives it.

 

I congratulate you, because you do a job in duplicate or triplicate, building the model and doing the animation, frame by frame, is something very impressive.
I know because I studied fine arts, and among other things I learned animation, with the old pivots and tracers to go through each frame and insert the intermediate movement. with the acetate and painting from behind.
so again, congratulations.

[von_Tom]

1 hour ago, XQ_Lothar29 said:

This is your youtube channel?
I've been following this channel for a long time, and I'm actually subscribed.
It is a very singular and very special channel, due to the magic that Stopmotion gives it.

 

I congratulate you, because you do a job in duplicate or triplicate, building the model and doing the animation, frame by frame, is something very impressive.
I know because I studied fine arts, and among other things I learned animation, with the old pivots and tracers to go through each frame and insert the intermediate movement. with the acetate and painting from behind.
so again, congratulations.

Most definitely NOT my channel. 
 

Anything I ever tried to make always got hit by flak just after the cockpit got smeared with glue. 
 

Thinking about trying to make something and having the patience to set up stop motion footage of the event makes me twitch. 
 

von Tom

Edited March 24, 2022 by von_Tom

[DEDMANcjp]

Hello everybody.  Hope you are all well , aye.

I have completed the Apollo CSM moon orbiter. 1/32 scale

Hope you like.

 

I feel stupid for not noticing thatI knocked off a thruster on the side while photographing. Its very heavy. At least I found it on the floor before I vacuumed.

Edited March 27, 2022 by DEDMANcjp
add info

[BornToBattle]

Soooo…

 

After a 40+ year hiatus decided to go back to plastic and leave wooden models alone for now. Boat and ship models were uploaded here in an earlier post. So much has changed! The advent of the internet has helped immensely compared to when I was building them back then. The last time I took to a plastic model it was buy your Testors enamel paint set, brush, that stringy Testors cement in a tube, and if enough money the rattle can to paint bomb my 1/24 scale truck by AMT!

 

Of course the very first kit I dive into is the 1/12 scale Tamiya F1 series. I’ve got a handful of these cars to build yet in my stash. In high school I built several of them. Went into the service right after high school and over time they all disappeared. Anyways, this continues to be a steep learning curve after so many years. My “first” build was the Brabham #8. It wasn’t until after the final gloss coats were airbrushed over the decals I realized that the number 8 on the side panels were placed upside down! So naturally I ordered another same exact kit but this time made it as his teammate, the number 7 car. Meanwhile I figured out how to correct the decal issue of being upside down and viola, problem solved. So now I’ve got two models of the same race team. Oh well. The second build actually went worse than the first. Too many errors committed to count. Happy with results? Meh. Not really. But it was/is a learning experience. Many things I would have done differently.
 

These two nightmares are done now. I’ve changed up and decided to go dig into my quickly accumulating 1/48 aircraft stash.
 

As a side note, I’m having a real problem with getting the clear coat gloss to go flat again. The finish at best is a semi-gloss. I’m using Tamiya acrylics and for the clear a 50/50 of Tamiya Clear and Tamiya X20A thinner then tried 50/50 of same but using Tamiya XF-86 Clear Flat. No dice, Then tried 60/40 ratio of upping the thinner - still semi gloss. I’m thinking of trying 60/40 of ISO at 91% same ratio and see what happens. Anybody and all with advice on this PLEASE CHIME IN! It’s driving me nuts. Especially with 1/35 armor waiting in the wings!

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by BornToBattle

[No_85_Gramps]

1 hour ago, BornToBattle said:

As a side note, I’m having a real problem with getting the clear coat gloss to go flat again. The finish at best is a semi-gloss. I’m using Tamiya acrylics and for the clear a 50/50 of Tamiya Clear and Tamiya X20A thinner then tried 50/50 of same but using Tamiya XF-86 Clear Flat. No dice, Then tried 60/40 ratio of upping the thinner - still semi gloss. I’m thinking of trying 60/40 of ISO at 91% same ratio and see what happens. Anybody and all with advice on this PLEASE CHIME IN! It’s driving me nuts. Especially with 1/35 armor waiting in the wings!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Testors Dullcote, spray can lacquer based was good for getting a dead flat finish. I haven't used it in years, just do some research to see if what effect, if any, it may going on over acrylics. Gorgeous F1 rides!

[BornToBattle]

2 hours ago, No_85_Gramps said:

Testors Dullcote, spray can lacquer based was good for getting a dead flat finish. I haven't used it in years, just do some research to see if what effect, if any, it may going on over acrylics. Gorgeous F1 rides!

Thanks so much! Got some other feedback too saying he uses Mr. Color Flat Matte. I’m going to experiment with both. For whatever reason Tamiya “flat” just doesn’t seem to be working for me. Most likely “operator error” much like everything else in my life I guess.I’m wondering if going by the spray can would have any benefits over mixing it yourself with thinners (I guess it would except for cost). I do know it is cheaper airbrushing your own but then coming out of a can everything is set to go, no guess work.

 

Thanks for the comment too on F1’s. I’m “so-so” happy with them. You would think building the second one things would have been easier especially being the same type of car and kit but nooo. At one point I actually had hot thinner splash out of the airbrush cup and splatter the finished front cowl on the number 7 and had to practically totally redo her. I guess part of the “curve” is learning to overcome your own screw ups.

 

Jeff

[No_85_Gramps]

2 hours ago, BornToBattle said:

 At one point I actually had hot thinner splash out of the airbrush cup and splatter the finished front cowl on the number 7 and had to practically totally redo her. I guess part of the “curve” is learning to overcome your own screw ups.

 

Jeff

I know how you feel. I have about ten models, mostly armor, just waiting to be painted. I was tired of messing with the enamels/lacquers and put everything aside for some years. I did recently finish/paint a 1/350 submarine for my neighbor who served on the ship in the early 70's. I gave the Vallejo acrylic colors a try and after one clogged airbrush I got the thinning ratio correct and they do go on smoothly. Now on to 2 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates. Both my son, and son-on-law, served together on the USS Estocin, FFG-15.

[GiereK]

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Edited April 15, 2022 by Gierek

[BornToBattle]

1/72 scale. Don’t see how you guys do it. Unreal. I’m struggling with tiny parts on 1/48!

[ZachariasX]

7 hours ago, BornToBattle said:

1/72 scale. Don’t see how you guys do it. Unreal. I’m struggling with tiny parts on 1/48!

Think of it that way: the smaller the model, the smaller the errors you can possibly make.

It does however take sharp tweezers to place the shift forks.

 

Conversely, in 1:10 scale, one can be surprized at the sheer amount of wild life and botany stuck in your curing laquer, should one have been so responsible to spray the poisenous (and in Switzerland somewhat illegal) Tamiya spray laquer outside.

Edited April 6, 2022 by ZachariasX

[voncrapenhauser]

On 4/6/2022 at 3:57 AM, BornToBattle said:

1/72 scale. Don’t see how you guys do it. Unreal. I’m struggling with tiny parts on 1/48!

Agreed .I do not build anything smaller than 1/32nd these days.

[BornToBattle]

On 4/7/2022 at 6:49 AM, voncrapenhauser said:

Agreed .I do not build anything smaller than 1/32nd these days.

My dad made a handful of 1/32 scale WW2 aircraft models way back in the day. I still have a few, what bits and pieces have survived. I chose to run with the 1/48 line exclusively after much debate as quite a few models I was eyeballing were either not available or way out of my price range (namely the heavy bombers). 
 

Besides of which I’ve got limited protected (i.e. glass enclosed) room to display any of them. Some of the 1/32 big stuff that has been produced is literally almost as large as furniture. Then the wife would complain that the models wouldn’t simply “fit our decor”. But yeah, I do kinda miss the big 1/32 stuff. I hear ya on the 1/32 scale. My physical abilities only allow for so much detail anymore. Whoever said being old were your “golden years” I’d like to God smack.

On 1/8/2022 at 9:27 PM, Feathered_IV said:

 

 

Yes

 

 

Feathered;

 

Are there really any micro-size limits you haven’t tried yet? Perhaps the better question is - do you indeed HAVE any limits?! You’ve got to have crazy steady hands for that stuff. Mind boggling. I did when young. Sigh…

[40plus]

On 4/7/2022 at 4:49 AM, voncrapenhauser said:

Agreed .I do not build anything smaller than 1/32nd these days.

I started with 1/32 and am eyeing the 1/24 lineup these days.

[voncrapenhauser]

1 hour ago, 40plus said:

I started with 1/32 and am eyeing the 1/24 lineup these days.

Got too many 1/24th scale planes too, but they have to go soon to make way for my 1/18th spaceships , 1/4 scale figures  and 1/8th cars ....sheesh!

 

I need a warehouse methinks.

[cardboard_killer]

I'm up to 2:1 but finding a large enough matchstick is becoming difficult.

[BornToBattle]

22 hours ago, cardboard_killer said:

I'm up to 2:1 but finding a large enough matchstick is becoming difficult.

Now this is a scale I could excel at and add good detailing to. Seriously.

[GiereK]

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Edited April 15, 2022 by Gierek

[Lusekofte]

Beufighter is king of planes. Ì take it any day 

Beautiful model, love it 

@Gierekthanks for sharing

[csThor]

Not ecactly "scale modeling" since nothing had to be assembled. But given I caught a cold just in time for Easter I spent some time reaccquainting myself with painting 1/72 scale figures.

 

The figure is a 1944 Fallschirmjäger from Andrea Miniatures, white metal and comes from their Iron Cross line. I must admit I'm not a fan of the range, at least in 1/72 scale as the metal is the least sensible medium (resin would have been so much better) and the cast is in many parts imprecise and lacking detail (I have soft-plastic figures from Caesar Miniatures that have sharper and crisper details).

[Vishnu]

You guys HAVE to see this!