Nothing yet, but I think I can get it working. Give me a few days. If it’s still not cooperating, I’ll just try to find another website…
Progress so far:
Engines of all Doras painted and assembled
All wings assembled and seams sanded down
Fuselages of the Tamiya and Hasegawa kits assembled and cleaned up
all engine parts for the Eduard A-8/R2 cleaned up and painted (ready for assembly)
Fabric seatbelts built up and glued in place on several 190s
I’m still waiting on some Dora exhausts (Quickboost) so I can’t close up the Dora fuselages yet. The A-8 still needs all the fuselage PE installed before I can paint the engine and forward fuselage interior, so that’s on top of my to-do list ATM.
I ran out of gel CA so I’ll get me some tomorrow as well as placing an order for some wheels: The Eduard wheels are really disappointing and Tamiya’s wheels are horrible and don’t work at all (the way too small diameter doesn’t really help witth countering the short gear legs and they lack details. Do you guys have any recommendations regarding the wheels? I have access to Brengun, Eduard Brassin, True Details and CMK via Hannants. Which ones do you think are best?
I won’t get any bench time in on my 190s untill Saturday because the mailman brought a surprise present from one of my relatives today. It’s an awesome new piece of photo-hardware but I’m not very familiar with it so I’ll spend the next days trying to figure things out.
Oh and my LHS finally got a shiny new toy in that I ordered a long time ago. I already picked it up a week ago but didn’t get a chance to use it yet. Stay tuned for that one [;)]
Sorry for all the text. I thought it’s best to at least give you guys an idea of where I’m at instead of simply not telling anything untill PB works for me again…
Yems I would like to see that production line also I remember the picks early on. That’s ambitious. Hats off to you.
WOW. A royal kit I would love to get my hands on one. I’ll break down one day and grab one.
The hole thing is cool the beer class but for me having a piece of a 109 is mind blowing.even more
So if it had paint on it.
Speaking of 109 paint I just ordered a book that’s all about the late war 109s colours and is in colour.
I think it’s called the last listserv eagles and there colours. And I purchased every RLM colour paint that model master makes. RAMPING UP FOR THE 109 GB…YAAAA.
Greg my wife would agree with the fanatic…lol I have had several luft books delivered this week and I’m still waiting on the bomber and fighters of the Luftwaffe. Of world war 2 to show up
.one that I have become very interested in is the ME-410 just a beautiful bird looks like something that could be built today. Maybe except for the barbet fusalge guns
Well, I just mixed my homebrew RLM 75 and applied it to the wings and tail of the A-8, and it looks a lot better than the Acryl. Unfortunately the AB is still giving trouble – I thought it had got into a good phase from the way it behaved on some spot spraying to finish a tank project, but no, it’s still spattering with the best of 'em. It looks like I’ll be sending it to have those repairs after all. I can have it away on the other side of the weekend, which sadly means I won’t get to finish the camo on this bird over the weekend as I’d hoped…
I got the Meng 410 as well and I don’t think it needs any AM parts apart from seatbelts, wheels and a metal barrel for the 50mm cannon… The amount of detail in this kit is simply amazing!
I hope they get your AB fixed, Mike. There’s nothing more annoying than a misbehaving airbrush…
Mike, it does sound like you’ll need to bite the bullet, get the AB repaired. Wonder if you’re like me, I hate sending stuff out for repair cuz I don’t want to be without it. Even if not working. Doh!
Sooner you get it sent out, sooner you’ll get er back. (that what I tell myself, anyway)
BD, you’re ahead of me, Still not taken the reference book plunge. Too cheap to spend the $, plus my significant other would not understand. That said, I might be getting closer to it cuz I had more accuracy questions come to mind during my (late) second 190 here.
Re the ME-410, I didn’t know Messie even made a twin. Shows ya what I know. Awkward looking bird, to my eye. All the more reason to build one! That blunt nose reminds me of an ancient Piper twin I did a few hours of training in decades ago.
Going to be another good one, and should be my first ever 32nd aircraft. And yesterday I ordered that other kit I mentioned to you, just waiting to here back from the company about paying them, will post some pics one it arrives.
