LSP_Ray

That is a beautiful rendition of a beautiful aircraft!

Make sure you start a thread in the Works in Progress forum! Many people are going to want to see the progress!

Make sure you start a thread in the Works in Progress forum! Many people are going to want to see the progress!

Make sure you start a thread in the Works in Progress forum! Many people are going to want to see the progress!

I thoroughly glued the shroud support into position and primered the assembly but now fear that the stator won’t fit in from the rear. I’d check, but apparently the stator is currently playing hide-and-seek.
 

If there’s something out there besides bad luck, I certainly haven’t experienced it lately. Last night while scrubbing off the old paint, the plastic propeller, which is not particularly brittle, had a small piece of a prop blade break off and promptly down the drain it went! I faked up a replacement immediately and after a teeny bit of clean-up, I should be back in business (I hope).
 

I thought an American flag on the base would be nice, so I ordered some small flag stickers. I also grabbed a couple of extra color cups for my Paasche VL, as mine is getting kind of beat up. 
 

Make sure you start a thread in the Works in Progress forum! Many people are going to want to see the progress!

Make sure you start a thread in the Works in Progress forum! Many people are going to want to see the progress!

Make sure you start a thread in the Works in Progress forum! Many people are going to want to see the progress!

Make sure you start a thread in the Works in Progress forum! Many people are going to want to see the progress!

I neglected to add hinge and handle remnants, so that's done now. 
 

Gun shield now has a solid black wash. I slowed down the shutter speed on this one. Still more to do, and the moveable shield is obviously going to cause some minor issues, but I'll figure that out when the time comes. 
 

Hey,
 
here is the A-10C Thunderbolt II from Trumpeter…
Vacu canopy, GT Resin and Olimp set, TwoBobs Decals and Master Gatling barrel and pitot and other bits and bobs….
In all pylons and external stuff are micro magnets, so everything can be taken off ore repositioned…
 
 



 



 



 

That is awesome!

It’s not altogether uncommon to see old doors and such used in the vicinity of the gun, so I’ve faked one up from some scribed sheet and given it a base coat of a wood color (Tamiya XF-57). This may or may not get used, I haven’t decided for sure yet.
 

 
This gun seems to have the spades particularly well dug -in, but that was not nearly the case at all times, for whatever reason.
 

Here's an oddity I just discovered last night. I noticed that despite what appears to be a stupid proof mounting arrangement, the barrel slide assembly is canted to the left of the carriage assembly. I'm not quite sure how I'll fix this, but it's quite unacceptable as it is.
 

I decided to go ahead and shoot the prop, such as it is, so after spritzing it with some Duplicolor black primer, I then shot it with some Gunze bronze lacquer (copper and red mix). Once I've added a slight patina to it, it should look OK buried behind the stator, or at least that's the plan. (Photo shows some bits of crud in the paint, so I'll wet sand those areas and touch-up.)
 

Hi my friends
this is my last finished project - Imperial Tie Fighter at 1:24 scale.
It is a scratch-build from spare parts, pvc tubes, a lot of polistirol sheets and carbon foil.
For main "fuselage" I've used a clear polistirol sphere for Christmas decorations and it is excellent to glue with our model cements - Tamiya, Gunze, Revell and etc.
The interior is also scratch - from different spare parts from various kits - same technology like the real models from the first movies
So here it is:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Thank you as always for stopping by, I hope you will like it
Cheers guys and have a nice day.
 

I don't think that one was available when I received my sample.
 
Kev

Yup, I have a bottle of the same RLM76 that Kev used first, but they also have the 'standard' earlier version.

Not an expert, but I think you are right to re-paint in the blue shade.

Howdy folks,
 
I've just published this week's What's New update.
 
Enjoy!

Repaint done, this time using Mr. Hobby's old reliable H417. Now I can sleep at night.
 

 

 
Kev

I decided instead of natural wood, I’d paint the ammo boxes German grey and sand brown. If I order a Gecko set, I’ll do much the same thing. At least then I can dirty them up with washes and various shades of paint. I've managed to misplace most of the ammo boxes (naturally) but when they surface I'll paint some of them grey and some brown also. These may or may not get used with this display in September, but I can always use them on my second gun.