blackbetty

Working on the undersides.   Added some brake lines to the main landing gear and a few fuel lines inside the MLG bays.   The radial engines from this time period leaked oil like sieves.   The saying was that if a radial wasn't leaking oil, you better check it because it probably is empty.    I used black washes and AK motor oil for the weathering.   The grunge coated the underside and also the lower main landing covers (from my reference pics posted above).   Not wholly satisfied with the weathering, I'll circle back and make some touchups. 
 
The landing gear was a pretty fiddly assembly.   Lot of small parts, not the greatest fit and crappy instructions.    I so miss working on Tamiya kits!   After all that was done, added landing light lenses, the oil cooler exhaust door, lower anti-collision beacon and the airbrake (in the extended position).    I've seen posts that this was never left down when the aircraft was parked but if you check out the pics posted above, you'll see an example in just that configuration.     That's it for now, I'm gradually staggering to the finish line! 
 
 
 

 

 
She's finally standing on her landing gear! 

Thanks guys!   Tonight's focus was on adding oil and grime stains, mostly around the cowling and cockpit area.   Also added some vertical rain streaks to the exhaust soot, per the real thing, using a brush dipped in clear thinner, wiped off until it's pretty dry and then just some random vertical stripes.  I'll go back tomorrow and lightly spray some additional exhaust color on them to blend them in a bit.     For the staining, I used a flat black wash and AK's Used Motor Oil (pretty good stuff BTW).   I've noted that most radial engine aircraft leak copious amounts of engine oil, which tends to get everywhere.   
 
Again, I'll end up going back and toning things down a bit but given how nasty the Boomer's kept their aircraft, I don't think I'll need to dial it down by much.     Right now, I think I'm about 3/4ths done on weathering.   Some pictures:
 

 
Not happy with the stains added to the outer wings, I'll tone those down later... 

 
The area under the cockpit sills was pretty grungy on most of the birds I have pictures of. 

 

 
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That's it for tonight's update, thanks for checking in! 

Here’s a few scenes from my Tamiya Netz conversion in progress
 
Aires main well

 
Mini Craft Collection seat


Tamiya pit, Aires Glareshield, scratch IP, Quinta details.
The Aires pit is actually atrocious. The entire thing sits way too far aft.


Vertical fin modified with Hasegawa fin base and Quick Boost flare dispensers 


Aft deck A model details/Archer rivets






MCC canopy internals


Bandit Resin Factory captive AIM-9


Flight Line Resin ACMI pod

 
Scratch IP with TopAces configuration. Set on Aires pit..which I did not use. Craptastic.

 
Final result there…minus HUD obviously

 
cheers
Pigfighter

Eduard unfortunately has a habit of printing their colored photoetch in the wrong colors for interiors especially. I carefully painted mine the correct bronze green color, to match the remainder of the cockpit:
 
 
- Dennis S.
   Mt. Juliet, TN USA

If it were me, I'd probably vacform the whole piece, and not try to just make the clear panels. That saves cutting and gluing them into the plastic part. To do that, I'd suggest filling the part with milliput or auto body filler, then pop it out and sand/polish, etc, then scribe a fine line around the edge of the window so it shows up on the new piece very subtly. I have had the heat problem before too, where it pulls off chunks of paint, but I think the choice of paint was the issue. You may have to experiment with that one. I think I settled on Mr. Surfacer 1500 or Tamiya Fine Gray and did not have issues. You can also try misting on some mold release spray for casting, like this - https://www.mann-release.com/products/ease-release/200/, though I have not tried that yet. 
 
Just my thoughts, anyway.
 
Tim

i use two component car putty. if i modify an existing part i  fill it with the stuff, that mostly works for one pull. then fill the pull with putty and shape it. car primer out of the rattle can works for smoothing, then polish it. never had a temperature problem
you can see how i did it in my Su-27 build: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/101462-digital-harm-shooter/page/6/
 

Working on major components. Mostly dry fit at this time.
 

 
Dan
 
 

Inner wings on both sides printed and glued to the fuselage. I have made changes to the original STL files and have allowed for dropped slats and flaps. The wing fold area will get a separate insert. Yet to be designed.
 

 
Dan

Here are the inboard wing sections. I added alignment/support pegs to each section.
 

 
 
Dan

We’re close!
 
Punch list has 3 things left on it…
I think it’s looking pretty dang good, and just how I’d envisioned 




This is my favorite-think it looks like the cover of the Osprey series about A-4 units in Nam!

 
More once I figure out how to paint the danged Zunis!
Peter

Faffing about with decals. 

 
Am pausing for a moment while I decide what Modex (side number) and BuNo I want to make. I’ll make a post tomorrow to discuss. Warriors through and through!
-Peter

i take off my glasses and the guy in the mirror looks fine...
have a good one 

olivier left the site years ago....

Here's what the F-8 looks like today.  The rear part of the plane is painted, using Vallejo metallics.  This went on very nicely.  Most of the masking is off.  As always there are touch-ups to take care of, but not too bad.  Hopefully the next update will have decals.
 
Mike
 
 

 

Hi,
 
My first post on LargeScalePlanes, since I usually build 1/48 and the occasionally 1/72 models.
 
Please find the Revell 1/32 Westland Lynx in Dutch service. The kit was converted to a SH-14D using the Mk 88 and HAS 3 boxings. The kit rotor was adapted displaying a folded rotor blade configuration using the Scale Warships conversion set.
 
The port side engine compartment was opened up and a resin engine added.
 
The dummy torpedo was modified with detail added, using parts of a 1/48 A.M. Avenger torpedo.
 
Although, perhaps an unlikely weapon combination, in addition a machine gun with platform was added to the starboard side. The machine gun was used in some operational situations. (Ref. YouTube search for: boardingteam Tromp Taipan)
 
Since the 1/32 Dutch Decal Lynx sheet was unavailable, I asked Heli Scale Quality to print the decals for me. I supplied various images and they delivered. The decals are now available on their site. 
 
Paints by MRP.
 



 

 



 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Hope you like it. 
 
Rgds,
 
Rob
 
 
 
 

Don't care on price, will buy one lol. This and the Su-24 have always been on my wants list. Temp models other stuff appears to be very good as well, their build series of a Su-27 on Youtube is excellent. 

I hear the same thing about vac-forms and I have no idea why many modellers are so limited in their scope. Resin (moulded resin that is) is for me the best modelling medium. I do try the odd plastic kit but many go in the bin since I just don't get the same pleasure with them that resin gives me. I'm also sure that many modellers complain about Resin, vac, PE and white metal even though a lot have never even given it a go.
 
And on the subject of cost, I have to laugh when I hear modellers complaining about how "expensive" resin kits are. Then they go out and happily buy a few bland Tamigawa plastic kits, add a load or resin and PE extras and end up spending more than they'd have spent on the resin kit! And ultimately spend less time modelling than if they'd bought the resin kit.
 
Modellers are a strange bunch.   

struggling a bit with the flora names....
dont know about planes named potato or zucchini...

struggling a bit with the flora names....
dont know about planes named potato or zucchini...

Hmm, is it possible some of these kits fit better than others? there is a build going on on LSM that doesnt seem to have the problems you encountered....

It's been on the selection list a few times Erwin. There's a lot to choose from. Don't forget foreign names too like Veltro or Hayabusa.
 
But also I'm adding to the list this year "Fighting Words", so anything to do with war or combat. Could be weapons or people etc (Fortress, Invader, Intruder, Corsair, Arrow etc). There's heaps to choose from. Also "Naturegasm", so those things you find in the natural world, for example; Lightning, Thunderbolt, Shooting Star, Meteor etc.
 
I also thought of some Flora for you; Ohka and Willow.
 
 
 

struggling a bit with the flora names....
dont know about planes named potato or zucchini...

struggling a bit with the flora names....
dont know about planes named potato or zucchini...

Hi 
 
You might know that Russian based company Temp Models are releasing a 3D printed limited run Su-34 in 1/48, but on their latest facebook update, they also teased that it will be made available in 1/32.
The price tag for their 1/48 kit is a whopping $318 so I don´t even dare speculate what a 1/32 kit of this su-27 on steroids would be..
 
No info on timeline, price or anything really..
 
/Niels
 
 
 

have a good one