I just recieved an email from the Photobucket support and they got my upload issues fixed! I’m not home ATM, but I’ll upload the pics as soon as I get back (should be either Friday evening or on Saturday)
That’s great! I am starting to get withdrawal symptoms from not seeing any pics from you for so long. [A]
Hi guys, my AB is at the service firm and I got a phonecall from the technician this morning for a chat about it, so fingers crossed I got the AB back in tip-top condition and can rip into these birds!
Cheers, Mike/TB379
My fingers crossed for you too, Mike.
When you get it sorted out, I’d surely like to know what was wrong, what repairs were needed.
Well lets let er rip tater chip! I’ll post the feeler in a couple of weeks. Oh BTW your pic is posted on the intro thread buddy! [:D]
Thanks Joe.
Alright! Clemens is getting his photobucket issue cleared up and Mike is going to have a functioning airbrush again. Looking forward to some awesome Butcher Birds going into the final laps.
Greg, awesome work! Excellent representation of Walter Wagner’s 190. One of my favorite JG 4 machines. I see no seams or other flaws, looks like you tamed that Eduard kit in the end. Nice work. The mottling and airbrushing looks very well done. See, not that hard is it? [t$t]
Thanks for taking the time to comment on this one, Nathan! I really appreciate it a lot.
I am very glad I picked this particular scheme, and I must admit I had some help choosing it from a more experienced modeler (Clemens)…and I’m glad for it. As my third build back, is my favorite exterior by a long shot. Cool it happens to be one of your favorites!
Well, um, if you say so. [:D] So many re-sprays of the mottling I was surprised to have had any panel lines left on the sides. [whstl]
That looks great Greg! The paintwork is particularly masterful, the mottling looks spot-on too. I think the underside looks very nice. The weathering looks very realistic to my eyes. All in all, it’s a wonderful rendition of the “Butcher Bird”. Well-done indeed sir![:D[
Gary
Thanks so much Gary! I truly appreciate your comments.
Hey guys, I’m truly sorry for not posting yesterday as promised, but I found a mistake after looking at my 190s again. The two Hasegawa 190s looked strange to me for quite a while now and I finally discovered what made them both look “off”. I made the (very embarrasing) mistake of glueing the MG cowl of the F-8 on the A-5 and the other way round. This would’ve been an easy fix if I would’ve discovered it earlier (right after getting the parts glued to the fuselages), but I didn’t, so I had to cut the cowls out very carefully to get them attached on the right 190s. All that cutting resulted in a horrible fit so I’m working on that issue right now. I got the F-8 cover to fit quite well by now and some more persuasion when applying hte glue as well as an extended sanding session combined with a bit of scribing should make it look OK-ish. Th A-5 cover on the other hand isn’t as easy to handle however because the part was a bit too small to start with and the sanding I’ll have to do won’t help much with that problem… I’m confident I can fix it, but I’ll need another day or so to scribe/sand them into submission… I’ll post a complete update tomorrow at night or Tuesday afternoon…
I just wanted to add that the fit of both Hasegawa kits was as perfect as it could get. The fit issues are purely caused by me being too dumb to remember which part belongs to the F-8 and which one goes on the A-5 (they don’t even look similar to make this failure even bigger [:$])
Having so many going at once, it’s surprising you don’t have more incidents like this!
You’ll get it sorted out, mate. [:)]
Well I just finished repairing the damage on the A-8 and it looks kinda acceptable. I’ll get the A-5 done tomorrow and post some pictures as soon ass I’m done with that.
Hi guys,
I heard from the service shop, and my airbrush is on its way back, thoroughly cleaned and serviced, with a new air cap, so I should be painting again soon.
M/TB379
Good news! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build Mike!
That is indeed outstanding news Mike. I’m sure you are going to be one happy camper.
That’s great, Mike!
Great news indeed, Mike!
I got no bench time yesterday, so I’m working on the A-5 now. With a bit of luck she should be ready for some pics tonight and the update should follow after that.