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  1. Can you elaborate how you "add surface detail" - something that gives me a lot of trouble
  2. They spray very very nicely, but they are very hot (laquer). Their clear coats come in two component and pre mixed two comp. I don't recemmend the last even though it is a hassle to mix - I tried the premixed dissolved Tamiya TS spay can paint that floated in over decals on a race car. Havent tried that with the self mixed. '
  3. Really ? I'm working towards this one, and it doesn't seem white to me... comparing to cowl front, markings
  4. I am assuming it's not white as in US Navy Hellcats, and assuming it followed the general underside color e.g. sky grey... Is that correct ? TIA
  5. Use them all the time - no prob. Also plastmodel.pl is good
  6. Ohhh that would be fantastic !!! If we are talking Italeri and they seem to be focusing on Italien, then a Fiat G-91 or a little more exotic a Macchi Schneider trophy racer
  7. Totally hyped over it being a M-10/Achilles... it's just been a few weeks I was talking to my Sherman-O-holic friend on the possibilities of using one of the current 1/16 shermans to do a M-10... Wow - this one is 100% going in my direction soon
  8. I have it too - the vertical tail is terrible too. A long way to a decent finish for this one, but I'm not complaining - I knew it would be like that
  9. Me too - that's one of the challenges in my little 'one of each nation' - not getting too many RAF standard camo Thanks guys
  10. Thanks and yes - LOL - I like them with the flaps down although I know it's not realistic
  11. In continuation of my 'one from each nation' theme, I present my latest finish: Revells 1/32 Spitfire IX finished as BS273 flown by Emmanuel Galitzine to damage a Ju86P at 45.000 ft - the highest altitude combat of WWII. Emmanuel Galitzine was born in Russia in 1918 as a great grandson of Catarina the Great and emperor Paul III. 1918 was not a healthy time for Russian royals so the family emigrated to UK. Building the Revell offering in parallel with a Tamiya Spitfire VIII really underlined how big the difference is. I think the conclusion is that the Tamiya kit is worth every penny... Got another IX in the stash and I doubt I'll be getting more... Even though it's finished in PRU blue, it's not a PR, but this high altitude squadron used that color too. The crew painted the wrong serial on "BF273" that should have been "BS273"
  12. Hi Furie - thanks for the feedback I've looked at a brazilian who whacked a chimney after a low level attack - would be interesting to do Canada - Beurling for sure, but I lean towards a Malta bird. After all that's where he really shone Norway - Not totally decided... looking at a RAF spit with the norwegian colors around the gun barrels, but I really want to avoid too many Spits and Hurricanes in standard RAF camo - gets a bit boring. Also a Gladiator (would allow me to do that wonderfull kit again) from RNoAF during the German invasion New Zealand - just got hold of a P-40M and plan to do Fisken's well known. Also I found a Maori that flew Buffalo's... that would be interesting Netherlands - just exactly started on a Hellcat that is to be flown by de Beijn in FAA (Royal Navy). Also working on getting a Fokker D XXI that is to be flown by van der Stok. Poland - many choices, Gnys in PZL-11 from Polish AF, and either (or both) Horbaczewski in a RAF P-51B or Skalski in a RAF Spit IX in desert colors Czechoslovakia - already did Blümel, but also a classic Frantisek in a RAF Hurricane All together I have 41 in the 'Ready' category (research done, stuff bought) and in the 'Need' category (research done, stuff needed)
  13. Fortunately I'm the one making the rules so yes Litvyak would be interesting to do. If anyone else have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them... Everyone: thanks
  14. Hi guys. A little while ago I asked if it was ok to show my 'theme' although they are not all new, asked if it was ok for RFI... it was, so here we go: Although I've had themes earlier (aces, specific squadrons etc) then this one has stuck for quite a while. It offers me not only a lot of modelling variety, but also a lot of research that I also like a lot. Generally the theme is 'Do one from each nation that participated in WWII" but I suppose it needs a little explanation. Naturally many nations did not have an air force that participated in WWII, but many participated in other air forces. Well known examples of these are Poles and Czech's in the RAF. Also if people of a certain nationality participated in different air forces then it's fair game to do one from each air force. An example of this is France, where pre-surrender French airforce, Vichy, RAF and VVS are good to go. Finally I'm a bit relaxed about the legitimate nationality - for some it's difficult to determine. For instance Kenneth Charney was born in Argentina, but I havent been able to determine if he was legitimately an Argentinian, I know his dad was british... but that's good enough for me. I have a spreadsheet with a lot of topics arranged in Done, WIP, ready (research done, stuff in the stash), need (research done, need stuff) and research ongoing. At the present time i have 15 done (not counting the 'boring' german in Luftwaffe, american in USAAF, brit in RAF). At present that represents around 1/3 to 1/2 my collection. I have two WIP and 18 'ready to go' Ok - let me show you Revell Bf109G-6 flown by Hungarian ace Lazlo Molnar. I'm a little bit embarrassed to admit that this is the 3rd attempt at doing this camo - but I just had to do it... Hasegawa Bf109G-4 flown by Slovakian ace Jan Gerthofer - spinner and cowl dot were quite a challenge with this one Tamiya A6M3 Zero (combination of A6M5 and A6M2 kit) flow by IJNAF ace Hioryoshi Nishizawa. Eduard Bf109B (using the excellent Alleycat conversion) flown by german ace Günther Lutzow - no that's not cheating, it's a german in the Nationalist Spanish airforce. Lutzow scored the first kill for the 109 in this machine. I have Avia C199 coversion in my stash for the last kill - an american in IAF (granted it's after WWII but not by much) Revell Bf109G-10 Erla flown by Italian ace Adriano Visconti. Hasegawa Fw190A-5 flown by Austrian ace Walter Nowotny - I always loved this camo Tamiya Spitfire XVI flown by Belgian ace Raymond Lallemant - what a fantastic kit this is, got me started on a spitfire streak :-) Hasegawa Ju87G-2 flow by Czech Josef Blümel Trumpeter Bf109F-4, really a G-2 in the box so done as that, flown by Finn Eero Riihikallio in the Finnish air force. Not a very well known guy but that camo... wow Hasegawa Bf109G-10 built as the well known Croatian bird that Vladimir Sandtner defected with and landed in Italy. It was earlier flown by Croation ace Zlatko Stipcic Tigger (ID models) Kawasaki Ki-45 Nick flown by Japanese ace Isamu Kashiide - the "king of B-29 killers". Note this is IJAAF while the other japanese was IJNAF :-) Being a vacform this was quite a voyage to finish it - but a lot of fun ICM's little I-16 flown by Russian ace Boris Safonov ICM's super Gladiator flown by well known South African Ace Pat Pattle Hobbyboss' Spitfire mk Vb done up as a bird flown by Danish pilots Svendsen (on the wing) and Thalbitzer (leaning over fuselage) to replicate a 'famous' picture. Being danish I'm looking for pictures of the planes flown by danes in the Luftwaffe. One day I might resort to do Prince Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, the famous nightfighter ace - who was born in Copenhagen, although it was of diplomat parents, so it's a bit of a stretch Special Hobby Tempest Mk V - done as well known French ace Pierre Closterman in the RAF. I chose this one of Clostermans as it was the one he landed with in Copenhagen the day after the German surrender Tamiya P-51D done as Korean ace Fred Ohr in the USAAF Trumpeter P-47D Razorback flown by Greek ace Spiros 'Steve' Pisanos in the USAAF And finally - my two present WIP's... Tamiya Spitfire VIII flown by Australian Robin Gibbs and Revell Spitfire IX flown by Russian Emmanuel Galitzine. Galitzine was born in Russia in 1918 as the great grandson of Catarina the Great and Emperor Paul III. 1918 was a very unhealthy time to be royal in Russia so the family left for GB. Galitzine was in a high-altitude unit, where he participated in the highest combat of WWII (45.000 ft) when he damaged a Ju86P. Serial on the plane is BF273, but it was actually BS273 painted on in error by the crew This is as mentioned the majority - got a few 'boring' ones that technically qualify, but lets stop here
  15. Is it just me that make the search function reject and tell me to wait all the time ? It seems to me that when I hit this page and hit 'back' to go back to the search, it does a search so I have to wait again... Is it really necessary ? Or is it just a fixed feature of this forum suite ? Thomas
  16. That is to increase roll rate in a dogfight
  17. Nice !!! I have quite a few of those Nazi 109's in the stash, but it's been the Spit's that's been on the bench lately... But I pre-ordered the HK A-20 a couple of days ago - pretty stoked about that !!!
  18. Hi Guys I've been wondering if anyone else build after a theme ? Granted... 'that looks cool' is a theme too, but I hope you get what I mean I'm that I've to a vey high degree has been building to a theme, although themes have shifted somewhat over time, but still. These last few years I've been building to a theme that is to include as many nationalities the participated in WWII as possible. At the same time it needs to be interesting planes, so it's not going to be 20 spitfires identical except for the code letters. I find that doing the research is just as much fun and can sometimes bring up some surprising results - just you wait with one I have WIP now... So... anyone else ? AND: It is sometimes hard to spot the theme from ONE model when you present the latest, so would it be ok to do a RFI post with a bunch where they are not 100% recent builds ?
  19. my oh my that is beautiful !!! Saving these pictures as a reference for my (hopefully) soon-to-be-finished B-25
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