Tom, that’s the pitot, I know, looks a bit od doesn’t it. I have no idea why it is that design. I know the Ju 52 also had a curved one, must have been a 1930’s thing.
Thanks Joe. I started using those badges last year, it was after I finished the 190 but I have gone back and changed that one. Easier to read and a bit more colourful then the old ones I made. And I can personalise them woith flags and so on.
Display area, now that’s a good question. Right now, its where ever I can squeeze it into. Most of them are in the dining room, also known as the model room, on top of book cases, shelves and so on, with 4 in the bedroom. I really need to sort something out before I start building anything big, like a 32nd aircraft.
Thanks buddy. I think I am getting the hang of these bases now [:D]. It does look a bit cumbersome doesn’t it. The inverted V on the end is a separate piece that I left until all the painting and weathering was done. And then at the bottom of one of those bits is a small PE piece, and I left that until after the whole thing was on the base. To me it looks like something you might see on a test aircraft.
Reasoned, despite all the Stuka books I have, I had not paid much attention to the A until doing this and I had not realised that either. Theres a bit change between the A and B variants from the canopy, wheel spats and overall shape of the front of the aircraft.
Bob, they are rather nice ain’t they. I have been looking, and while there are quite a few options in 72nd, thankfully for me, there does not seem to be much in the larger scales.
Well guys I finished assembling the bombs and priming them. Tomorrow I’ll give’ em coat of paint. I still have to paint up and install the bomb crutch as well. Getting there…slowly but getting there.
I’ve still got a ways to go really but I keep knocking out one task at a time. The bombs were really a surprising amount of work. The centerline bomb was 7 pieces total with seam lines and gaps everywhere and even the one piece wing mounted bombs had seam lines and an ejector pin mark on the very bottom of every bomb. There was work to be done with these things but I’ve got them to where they can be painted now. Whew!
Gary, that some very nice and creative cockpit detail work. As Clemens said, don’t sell yourself short. It’s looks awesome.
Joe, that landing light looks great! I have filed it away and will be ‘borrowing’ the idea you “borrowed”. I’ve wanted to spruce up same. Surely looks better than my blob of silver paint on the last two.
Also, thanks very much for the masking tape, top wing root gap elimination method. So simple, so obvious, and I’d never have thought of it. Also duly filed away for reference.
She’s looking good!
Bish, outstanding work. You should be proud of that one, mate.
Man that’s great that you feel that way about your building Bish. I feel better about my level today than I did two years ago when I joined this forum but feel I’ve got alot more to learn. Figure painting is in my future for dio’s I can tell you that and I would still like to conquer an armor build.
Figure painting has been my major issue for years. Over the last 6 years since I got back to the hobby, I have concentrated on getting the construction right then weathering and then finally figures, especially 35th ones. The main issues I had were flesh but especially eyes. My last two armour builds have been a great leap forward in regards of the figures especially, and on the last one, I was able to bring everything together.
Of course I have room to improve, I think we all do. But now I feel confidant to tackle most things that come up, the scratchbuilding a did recently was a real confidence boast.
I do like doing aircraft, especially German ones, largely because of the wide range of schemes and marking options. But armour dio’s give me the chance to do more scenery and more varied terrain. So its nice to be able to flick between the two.
Bish, as said on the other thread. Just gorgeous work. I too am surprised on the differences between the A and B, including the 109-ish canopies. The figures look great too. I do that from time-to-time as well. I also have a strange affinity for Luftwaffe subjects and I cannot offer an explaination either. The He 111 is one of the coolest looking airplanes ever to my eye. No particular reason why.
Thanks all for the landing light compliments. As I said, I stole the idea from here so I can’t claim it… Mustang, if that was your idea, thanks bro…[^o)]
I’m slowly but surely chuggin’ along on this turkey. I pre-shaded the panel lines in XF-1 Flat Black. The spats are just dryfitted. I’m going to paint them first and add them later. I think it will be easier to fit the wheels in. I still may go with resin wheels. I’ll have to see how the kit wheels look built up and painted first. Note the Jericho Trumpet. It was going on there whether my subject had one or not…
I then started on the lower surface RLM 65. This is half XF-23 Light Blue and half XF-2 Flat White. The paint was then lightened with more XF-2 and I streaked the lower surfaces.
It was then grimed it up a bit with a post shade. Its XF-69 NATO Black and XF-64 Red Brown heavily diluted with 91 % Isoprophl Alcohol. I keep it pre-mixed in the glass jar pictured. I’ll add more paint or alcohol as needed. I get all panel lines at the control surfaces, around the engine and aft. It just adds another dimension to the otherwise boring blue. It will probably get more in the way of exhaust streaking later.
The middle B-2 (STG 3) is going to be my likely scheme (subject to change of course). Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t thing Battle of Britain Stukas had fuselage stripes.
That looks like a hard demarcation line on the fuselage, but maybe a soft one from the wing leading edge forward. Eventhough its a drawing, I figure Superscale did some research. Anyways, the rear was taped of and the front got BlueTac. I then used Gunze Aqueous for the RLM 71 thinned with Tamiya X-20. I think Gunze has really nailed the RLM colors.
I then added XF-57 Buff to the paint and make condensation streaks on the wings. Its seems a bit much here, but this will be toned down considerably after all of the other steps. This is where I left off.
I hope to tape off the splinters and paint the RLM 70 soon…
Thanks Joe, ye, is it a bit 109ish, I had not noticed that.
That’s looking good. I think we have another case of incorrect info on a decal sheet though. The t6 code and clover both belong to StG 2. I have a photo of this aircraft, complete with fuselage banb. The caption claims its an R-2, which does not really matter, the only difference is the option to carry drop tanks, and that it is operating in N Africa. Does the decal sheet have a DAK palm tree decal, there should be one on the other side of the nose.
But, there is no reason that this aircraft could not have ben around 6 months earlier and operating from France. Without the Wrks Num I guess there’s no way to tell when it was built.
Joe, and all you other guys who can spray a straight line (re preshading)…
I don’t know how you do it. I did spend some time the other day painting practice straight lines. Progress, maybe.
Quick story if I may. Reminds me of my first day of drafting class in college. First exercise was drawing straight lines without a straightedge. My buddy turned his in and the prof scolded him for using a straightedge. I watched him do it, he didn’t.
