Out2gtcha

Border has said they will be relesing a 1/35 scale paint, I'd wait for it.

I drink tea, too. Never got a taste for coffee. My daughter blends and sells her own teas, so I drink her loose-leaf teas. On a blackberry tea kick right now. When we had our vacation through the UK and Scotland, we often took afternoon tea with biscuits and scones. I drove the restaurant servers in Scotland nuts, though, as I always took my tea (there, typically Earl Grey) "black" - no milk or cream, no sugar. They thought I was nuts, or maybe uncivilized.
 
Awful the floods in Texas. Worse case scenario, it happening between 2:00-3:00 AM, so when the alarms went out not many ever heard it. That a girl's camp was right in the path was horrific. Apparently, the camp owner died trying to save the girls. Amazing what the Coast Guard swimmer did.

Most of the new Tamiya 1/32 props use magnets to hold removable panels like the cowl and like Ray mentions, the gear up vs down option.  They are definitely used in the Mustang, Spitty and Mossie kits.

The seat has yet to be installed, used the Eduard PE set as well as some ANYZ to dress up the cockpit.  
Still have some work to go on the bottom.

Hope it was a great day Wolf!

More printed parts. 17 inches long, 18 more to go. Ejection seats need to be reprinted, not a good print.
 
 

 

 
Dan

Cool, also that kit will be huge when finnished.
 
Thats one of the reasons i only do single engine aircraft. would love to try but no due glasscabinets i have.
 
So instead follow others then, looking forward to see the start and progress.

To me, the F-108 always looked like the result of a love affair between an A-5 Vigilante and a XB-70 Valkyrie.

Lovely!
It's a great kit IMHO Karl, I think you'll enjoy putting it together.
 
 
Looking forward to more!

Thanks again to one and all……………..Im just glad to have finished another one!
 
 
Next up for me is a ZM Spad.
Cheers,
Brian

This is my 1/32nd scale Hasegawa RAAF P-40 from the 2nd Operational Training 1944 – 45.
 
It was the first project I started in my new model room and was a great little kit. The model is covered panel by panel in kitchen foil using MicroScale foil glue. The paint is applied directly over the grained foil, and weathered with a combination of Tamiya weathering pallets, oils and Flory Models washes, then cleared using Model Master enamel system lacquer clear, but ONLY over the painted areas. The foil is left natural to patina as the real thing. The only worries were the rear quarter clear parts meshing with the fuse, and getting the replacement windscreen to eliminate the "phantom brace".
 
HERE is a link to the build thread.
 
Again, thanks to all who followed, gave advice and looked in on me along the way. The wheels from Obscureco and the Master Details stab and elevators were things of beauty, and I highly recommend both.
 
Normally my MO with RFI threads is to take WAY too many shots and then pic and choose from those the best ones to put in the finished RFI thread. In this case that did not happen……………..I had just barely gotten started taking some of the final detail shots (about 18 in total or so which is not that many considering how many RFI shots I usually take) when I moved the model to a safe local to re-arrange the table for the best shots, and as I did my Sony digital camera tumbled off the table and bounced right onto the concrete; lens first.
 
Needless to say I will need a new camera as the lens not only doesn't work now, but wont fully retract nor extend. Ill get one of the new Sonys in a few weeks borrowing the Xs until then.
 
 
I did manage to grab a few for this RFI thread before I broke the camera, but they are not the cream of the crop like I wanted and no close-ups of the tail, antennae nor cockpit but such is life. I may try to add some more, later after I get the new camera
 
 
 
 
For your enjoyment -
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
MORE………………

Thanks again guys and gals, and its on to the next adventure!
 
Cheers to all,

STILL MORE......................

Morning Ladies and Gents.
 
This has been (almost) as long a journey as any Ive undertaken. Its been a chore at times but in the end, as I find most models, VERY rewarding. Its taken more than 6 months, but worth every second, as I can personally think of no way better to spend that time. I love this hobby and especially this site. Im here just about each and every day..............and its the people that make this place special not just that attitude (or lack there of for the most part).
 
Thanks to all who followed along, gave encouragement and kept me going along the way. Sounds a bit cheesy, but all true. This place and the people who post here on a regular basis are something special. Ive made a lot of friends from all across the planet because of this site, and Im really grateful for that each time I finish a big project.
 
A BIG shout-out and a huge thanks to HKM + PCM for this review sample, and the opportunity to right up both an In Box Review, and Build review on this big kit.
 
Another big thanks goes to my foil mentor Ken Friend, as models like this would not have been possible without his vast knowledge and instruction.
 
Here is a link to the WIP build of the Lady, for anyone interested:
 
Foiled HKM B-25J Strafer ---- 345th BG Air Apaches ---“Lady LiL” WIP  
As usual with my RFIs I went a bit crazy with the camera, so the thread is a tad (AKA very) pic heavy.
Thanks again guys and Ill let the lady do the rest of the talking herself:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
MORE............................
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand were done!!
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
I'll take some proper RFI pics this weekend.
 
I can HIGHLY recommend this Meng kit. I took it way, WAY slower than I should have, but after about 20 min of overall correction work for the warpped wings, it was a joy of a kit.
 
Cheers and thanks to those who dropped in on me! 

First order of business was to remove the sprue gates nubs and fill some of the voids left on the wings. I also took down the middle leading edge seams on all 3 wings, but have not touched the seam/nail head detail..........yet.
 

 

 
 
 
 
I also got the two fuselage halves clipped off the spue and applied some Mr Surfacer to the inside where the wooden triangle eventually will be. I had to shave down a couple of mold gates in that area, but it was easier than filling ejector pin marks. The upper one will be hidden and not see at all:
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
I also took a small drill bit and hollowed out the side fuselage tubes so they actually looked like tubes. They were fairly narrow in the middle
 

 
 
 
 
Next I wanted to add some life to the end model, so decided to put some droop in the elevators. VERY easy things to do, as I just scored the lower horizontal stabilizer to elevator join on each side very slightly with a #11 blade, and used two pieces of small balsa wood to clamp both elevators at the same time and ever so slightly bend them down (stab is upside down here):
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
Putting all the main parts together, Id nearly forgotten how itty bitty this thing will be!
If anyone is interested, the fit so far, just dry fitting everything together, is most excellent.  Very WnW like in fact. 
 

 

 
 
 
 
Now it was time to assemble the Vector resin engine.
 

 
 
 
 
Well folks, I took out the OOB engine................then I took out the Vector Oberursel.........The Vector engine still had a tiny bit of flash to remove in the middle of each cylinder. Then I started looking at the OOB engine and how it fit. 
 

 

 
 
 
 
While I had the engine out,  I was thinking if there was a way to wire up the engine, as the OOB part actually had some minor spark plug detail. However, I soon found the fine EZ Line I had was still WAY too big to look even remotely scale. 
So I actually found a use for the "fine" size Uschi rigging, which is normally way too thin for 1/32nd stuff, but in this case, seemed perfect for the spark wires. I employed a copper colored Sharpie pen to color the black Uschi rigging. Worked a treat:
 

 

 
 
Its just setting together above, but lets just say it fit so well that when you put the two halves together the middle seam damn near just disappeared. So that was it, I just decided to save the Vector for my Micro Mir Fokker D VIII.
 
For now, it was time to forge ahead with OOB engine. After a few hours last night, and another hour or so tonight to get assembly completed, wiring done, and adding some bearing and shaft grease, along with some caster oil weathering the Meng OOB engine is complete:
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
All for tonight gents. I'm going to jump back into the cockpit tomorrow, so hopefully that should proceed quickly and will be getting ready for some paint on the inside of the fuselage sides so I can apply the Aviatic interior decals.
 
Cheers! 
 
 
 
 
 

If you are shipping a built kit via FedEx or UPS, after shipping models all over the US, my advice is the dual box method....
 
Pack your model in the normal confined and padded box you would pack it in, making sure it can't move around or shift in any way.
Then take a 2nd larger box that will accommodate that first box with the model in it, making sure there is at least a 3" - 6" space around all sides of the box with the model in it.
Buy some Styrofoam peanuts or the like and fill the space at the bottom of the larger box and then set the smaller model box on the peanuts, centering it in the larger box.
Then fill the remaining space around the sides and top of the model box with peanuts and tape up the larger box.
 
The reason for all this extra work, is that (and I am 100%  speaking from the experience of shipping 20+ models over commercial shippers all around the US with only a single fatality from me NOT doing this method) the outer box does the job of isolating the inner box from all the jarring that the mail systems put the box through.
 
Any punishment the outer box receives gets transfered into the peanuts, and doesn't really get to the inner box with the model in it.
The only disadvantage to this method is the need for a larger box, with a large 1/32nd model, it can get a bit combersome.
However, the method has proven sound, and I have never lost a model yet using the 2 box method. 
 
 
 

Hi guys,
 
This is a 3D printing file of a non LSP model but I don't know in which forum category to post this one, admin please feel free to move it to the correct location.
We just released a 1/72 Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 mobile crane for 3D printing, and it's fully workable. For those interested, please visit this page: https://www.aladdinmodel.com/product-page/1-72-liebherr-ltm-11200-9-1

Best,

Steve

since i started doing scale models again i thought i would concentrate on modern jets, but due to some other subjects becomming availible i started to do props too. first Korean war subjects, now WW 2 stuff too. i have a Liberator, a B-17, a Mistel and this
 

 
i want to do a Marine PBJ because i love the blue/blue/white cammo and lotsa guns 
i have some reference, but there are not many pics of these birds, maybe due to the short period thes were in action
there was a set from profimodeler that is oop, but i think i can do without it, the decals are wrong anyway
 
 

Allright, finnished a build yesterday First Timer Modelship wich also can be found here in NoN LSP Works section
 
So now continue with the Maritime theme,
 
Modelkit, well picture needs no presentation, got it second hand on eBay, part sealed in bags.
Will use AM this time wich i do not do often at all, so this time go all in with AM, all insignias and markings will be painted,  also some scratch.
 
Yes....here it is and here goes.
 
First things first reset the workplace.
 
 

 
Nice boxart.
 

 
Some reference books and all AM that ill use.
 

 
And the build officially have started
 

Happy birthday man!!

2000 copies will be produced
 
/Niels

First print in 1:32 scale. 8.5 inches so far.
 

 
Dan

Wow, excellently done! I love the wood on the beaching ramp

Now that's what I call fast, ordered Friday delivered Sunday, thank you Peter.

 
Cheers
 
Dennis