Troy Molitor

Happy, happy Birthday Mike and Many more.  

Happy, happy Birthday Mike and Many more.  

Today's update
 

thank you @Madmax !
 
 
 

 

 

Looking real sharpe Denis.  

Looks fantastic Mike.  

Almost forgot to “tag” my model, I remembered the last model I built over seven years ago I signed the interior with a Sharpie.  As I glued in the cockpit it dawned on me not to forget this time too. Years ago I’d envisioned some kid playing with my model, having a grand time, maybe blowing it up with fire crackers only to find my hello, long after I’m gone… 
 

Guys, slowly but surely. The cockpit is almost ready to be glued into place, as is the cooling system. The oil wash dries, so I'm waiting for spraying with matte varnish. The next step will be the unpopular riveting. Actually the title of the topic is not entirely accurate. This is a special edition Eduard with all accessories.
 
 
 
 

Loving this effort as well.  Thanks for sharing this with us.  

Back at working on this. I just glued the resin wheel wells into place. The engine cowling has been put together and the fuselage has been closed up.
 

Hey Jay,
 
Can we get a glamour shot with the entire new nose shimmed a wee bit closer and with the new upper fwd windshield panel attached but not a micro close up?  More like the previous set of pictures showing everything assembled to date?  This is looking so good. I keep coming back to it.  
Many thanks.  

I finished this display two years ago.  Some modeling friends and I had decided that the box art for that old Aurora kit was one of the best in the industry so I had to cobble it up in 3-D.  I'm happy with the overall results.  The paint is custom mixed and blended, the bullet holes were drilled first then reshaped with an Xacto blade and some holes have aluminum foil in them to replicate torn metal.  The pilot was very challenging to get the exact pose and dimensions.  I used parts from 5 figures in all, some in 1/35 and others in 1/32.

Loving this effort. Thanks for sharing this with us.  

Absolutely love the subject and your ability to make it come to life. 
 
Colours and variations are superb, you sir are an artist for sure. 

Finally laying some color down!
 
Using the Vallejo Air RLM 75, 81, and 83. The Eagle Cals description mentions that the very inner wing roots are RLM 81, so I have replicated that here. Also, some sources indicate that the engine cowling was a replacement and thus did not match the RLM 83 green in continuity along the cowl. I decided to do this as well to add some visual interest to the model. Some artistic liberty. 
 
Also got the drop tank painted up and ready for some light chipping. That’s all for now, cheers!
 
 

Thanks Matt and Spyrosjzmichos for your messages, I hope you enjoy the sequel!
 
Today, my red stars are under the wings.
Well, not quite red, because they're red and white, as we'll see.
The ICM instruction manual (from Ukraine) doesn't show the position of these red stars...
Who knows why?
So he's going to get the information from somewhere else.
 
Step 1: cut the Oramask 810 masks with the Cameo.
I had to do this several times because the masks were too big.
 

 
Step 2: once cut, place the masks on Frisket (transparent vinyl with low adhesion).
 

 
Step 3: Place the masks on the wings.
This is the largest mask, which defines the outer limit of the star.
Of course, I've drawn markers in pencil to ensure that the star branches are parallel to the wing.
 

 

 
Step 4: Paint with white MRP paint, undiluted, at low air pressure and as perpendicular to the mask as possible.
 

 
Step 5: I now need to mask the white paint, and this is really the most difficult part, as there's a thin red border on the outside of these stars.
It's about 0.6mm and of course the final beauty of these stars depends on this border.
It has to be even on each branch of the star and all the edging has to be identical.
Now I have to thank MikeMaben who, some time ago, advised me to brush the model with water + washing-up liquid.
That's what I did, and so I was able to move the mask slightly and "slide" it into a good position.
And I let it dry for a few minutes.
Thanks a lot Mike!
 

 

 
Step 6: I paint with the red paint and remove the masks. 
 

 

 

 
The result is okay, but not perfect, especially on the star on the right with its red border, which isn't quite perfect, but I'm happy with it.
And thanks also to Max, who previously gave me a lot of help and advice on using the Silhouette and cutting the masks.
 
As you can see, it's extremely time-consuming to make, and very difficult to position correctly, but the final look of these stars more than makes up for the investment in time/patience/and other howls.
 

 

 

Last details to glue plus some areas to tweak and Tempest will end up in glass-case.

Yes, coming alive is a good mention.  Well done Tolga.  Happy belated birthday as well.  

Here is the F-100 PW 229 for the F-15 !!
 
 

 
 

Looking good, it's coming alive.
 
Cheers
 
Dennis

That's crazy I know.
My kids gave me that look when they saw that huge box. My wife didn't even bother to raise her beautiful eyes. Implicitly that meant keep that beast in your man's room and don't you dare store it outside - I am sure she is enjoying the struggle I will go through to enforce her rules
Luckily she does not come in the garage.
 
That's a commission build. and I welcome a break from things with wings - although I miss them already...
 

The kit is huge: 140cm and feature internal details in 6 compartments: 
front torpedo room + crew quarters officer quarters conn rear crew quarters + kitchen diesel engine room electric room + rear torpedo compartment
  And about 40 figures to go along... Lighting is mandatory for viewing inside so A magic scale factory led kit will be added to the project. 
 
One hull side is transparent to see the details inside but I intend to paint it and cut it open rather than suffering the plexiglass effect.
The tower surprisingly also feature a transparent side, but opposite to the hull ...

 

 
The kit is rather simplistic and much detail will be necessary to bring this where I would like.  I sourced all RCsubs PE but I will be short of many details for the inside to overcome the shortcut Trumpeter took by roughly making only half a boat internal. Luckily the new 3D printer will come to the rescue.
Another aspect dearly missing is supplies. So lots of crates, hamacs, bottles, cans, vegetables will be added a little bit of everywhere.
 
I guess this will be a long journey and I found myself intrigued by the infamous U-boot threat in the battle of the Atlantic. And there is much to read about it.
 
I'll build this in stage, compartment by compartment and will probably work on the hull when I'm fed up with internal details.
Let's dive into this. 

Well done Thomas!   

Tail Boom Production's Revi C12/D gunsight is a full resin cast of an actual Revi 12.  32 parts with 5 parts being other substrate, glass, wire and lens. 
 

 
One of my most challenging builds being all resin.  Test fit, test fit to the point of redundancy is needed.  Lots of drilling, shaping, mount pins/tabs and scratch work.
 
This kit is long out of production.  This has been in my stash for almost 8 years. 
 
Tail Boom also made Revi16 and Barr Stroud Mk.II gunsights as well as control sticks for Luftwaffe, RAF and Italian aircraft all 1:1 scale.  These too are long out of production. 
 
Build log here.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Des Jägers Schiessfibel translates to The Hunters Shooting Guide.
 
 
 

In my continuing different nations quest, I have come to Poland - this is IBG's sublime 1/32 PZL P-11c. I cannot say enough good about this kit, I wish they would do more... I used a mater brass gun barrels, and btw this is the only 6 gun P-11c... I accidentally dropped not one but two barrels into the wings when mounting them and they refused to come out. Replaced the gear brace PE with a thin piece of steel wire as I bent the PE numerous times handling the kit. Also added HGW seat belts from scaps from other kits. Painted with Hataka laquer paint
 
BTW it is NOT an error that the wing upper surface national markings are not placed symmetrically. For some reason that was the way it was...
 
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