Thanks for the comments guys. Yeah, these are coming along well. I agree, this thing is big.
Wayne, I’m looking forward to seeing your two S-tanks. I built their -B and -C some years ago.
Duke thats a lot of building for a 1/72, looks great. One question, have you ever used that masking liquid for clear parts? I dont build aircraft so theres little need for it but I was just wondering.
Terry
I painted the B-47 with Alclad gloss black. It goes on well but the build is so big I had to paint it in two sections.
Steve
Gents…wicked builds thus far! I am able to, now, join this GB with my Beaufighter after a long haul on a Wingnut Wings project I’ve been slowly working on for the past 15 months…anyway, got it done finally (BUILD BIG GB). Anyway, again, great work happening over here at OTS and I’ve got the first step of my project on the go and will post pics after some paint. [t$t]
Outstanding Rob, we will be looking forward to it.
I received a new P-40B kit from Airfix Thursday. That was excellent since I just needed new decals.
Anyway, I applied the new shark mouth decals and did some weathering so I calling it complete.
Steve
STEVE nice finish
got my JGSDF MCV finished. Tamiya colors with silly putty masking and a raw umber pin wash/ going to keep this one clean since the AUTOBLINDA 43 was filthy. decals for Dragon ATOMIC CANNON bumbers went south so decided to paint entire bumper yellow. artistic license. only taking 5 coats of yellow to cover. quite annoying. will add some decals to tractors and oil wash ane street crud weather. cannon is washed and looks ok.
I finally will get started on my Airfix BF 110. Will be out the box ,nothing special.
Theuns
Great work Steve and Wayne…nice ‘shark’ mouth Steve!!
It is a nice hot day so I shot some RLM 02 ti the inside of the cokpit and undercart bay. Looking at the instructions this is a reallt simple little model, internal detail is minimal but with no way to show the canopy open I guess it doesn’t really matter then.
Theuns
Steve, Wayne really nice work. I’m amazed at what can be done with these little guys, congrats.
Terry
Got the interior done on the Beaufighter. Not really much to show as it has a sparse interior. They did, however, do a decent job on the cockpit, providing pilot controls on either side of the fuselage interior. Extremely tiny gunner canopy, so, nothing will be seen of that interior, so, I guess that’s why Airfix kept it simple.
A bit more done…
Looks great Rob, I like those new Airfix kits.
Gentlemen -
Some great looking builds here men. I have enjoyed watching all the great progress.
They are great…too bad we may lose Airfix in the near future [:‘(][:’(]
They did a fantastic job engineering the engines for this kit. I was worried at first when the cowling was 3 pieces, but, it went together great. Very detailed and solid.
Sorry for the long delay on checking back in, guys! You all have made a ton of progress, especially compared to mine. Been busy though with the warming weather. Had to repaint the canopy after the masking tape peeled off the clear undercoat, which set me back too.
Anyway, here is the HobbyBoss Ms406 officially completed.
Didn’t notice the prop had walked out a bit for this shot – oops.
Period photos show little to no soot around MG barrels, but lots behind the ejection ports. Also lots of soot and oil staining around the retractable radiator, which also dirtied the undercarriage well doors. I could have done more here but was afraid of going too far. Same with the chipping. Since this paint scheme is set in 1939 the paint was still pretty new. Examples from 41-42 show a TON of wear to orignal paintwork.
Overall, a nice, if basic, kit that went together very well. I’m happy with the result and learned a ton. Thanks for following along, all!
suomi, i do like the look of that. Interesting looking subject and a real nice job on the scheme, and that home made 3 looks really well done.
Beautiful job Suomi! [Y][Y]