[Iwo Jima VLR Mustang - Tamiya 1:48 kit]

Horizontal tails now anchored in place. I’m so close to the primer stage now.

 

[RLM61, what was it used for?]

1 hour ago, LSP_Ron said:

Mud?

 

Perhaps, I really have no idea.

[Tamiya 1:48 Me 262]

Fortunately for me, the wings are a near perfect fit, so I'll actually be able to paint fuselage and wings separate, as hoped. Minor touch-ups, once wings and fuselage are joined, should be a breeze, I hope.

 

[My latest: the tiny Revell Bf 109F-2]

My newfound perspective dictates that I grab all the AM I can for upcoming projects. Using some cash from 1:48 kit sales, I've purchased these items, as I intend to resume work on this (and finish it), this September. I'll buy exhausts and decals when and as the cash allows, but definitely before September. The Hawk box art shows the mass balances, but the Revell kit doesn't include them, that was the reason for that purchase.

 

[RLM61, what was it used for?]

Thanks for all the input, fellas. I really wish I could recall why or when I ever got them in the first place.

[Sad News: Roy Cross Has Passed Away]

I really don't know enough about which box art was done by whom, but several 1:72 Airfix kits really grabbed my attention when I was just a kid.

[Tamiya 1:48 Me 262]

Plane now gets her horizontal tails, (which actually took me quite a while to find, all too typical for me), while work continues on the gun bay doors I completely messed up. Leave it to me to screw up a Tamiya kit. I seem to have a special talent for botching even the best of kits. I also chopped off a large portion of the nose gear, as it was getting pretty mangled during the prep work.

 

[Mystery wrapped in a conundrum - correct brown for Apache Saraf....]

Personally, I think the MRP is off.

[Happy Birthday Max !!!!]

Happy B-Day, Max!!!

[Tamiya 1/48 P-47D-16-RE]

Wow, it's beautiful. Real nice job, D.

[Me or Bf?]

6 hours ago, thierry laurent said:

Is the F-16 a General Dynamics Fighting Falcon or a Lockheed Martin Viper...? 

 

For myself, it comes down to who did the majority of the original design and production. While Boeing can (and does) slap their name on everything, the F/A-18 Hornet is and will always be a McDonnell Douglas product to me.

[Hasegawa P-40N]

Once again, the rear fuselage seams get some attention, but not just by smearing putty everywhere this time. Again, more baby steps. Wish me luck.

 

[Scans from Japo Luftwaffe over Czech territory III needed]

Mikkel (Mebo) was also nice enough to send scans too, so thanks to both of you fellas for helping with my concerns/questions, as I intend to do the same scheme (in 1:32), starting in September.

[Hasegawa P-40N]

I'm now (finally) ready to call the wings 100%. Of course that will change when I shoot some primer on them, but that won't happen until after I've attached them to the fuselage.

 

[1/24 P-47]

20 minutes ago, alain11 said:

the review on "Hyper scale" appears on google at first glance  I didn't find your review .....sorry

 

Kev posted it above, for whatever it's worth to you. Regards,

[Worst war movie with good airplane scenes?]

Hard to say, but the Iron Eagle movies are pretty gruesome to watch, as aircraft seem to get magically armed in mid-flight, and/or finish the mission with more weapons than they started out with.

[Tamiya 1:48 Me 262]

Due to yet another error on my part (nose gear/weight installed incorrectly), I had some issues getting the cannon bay doors to fit properly, but nothing some Vallejo putty didn’t make short work of it. Front cowl will still need Tamiya white, but will work out just fine.

 

 

 

[Recommended Ju88/188 books?]

6 minutes ago, thierry laurent said:

Indeed! To me he was terrible when he was trying to draw human beings but his plane were simply ... alive!

 

I have much the same issue. I can draw pretty much anything in AutoCAD, but if I try to sketch a person, it ends up looking like a stick figure drawn by a four year old.

[Recommended Ju88/188 books?]

10 hours ago, Trak-Tor said:

I can just point out this one:

valiant-wings.co.uk - Airframe & Miniature No.23: The Junkers Ju 88 Part 1: V1 to A-17 plus B-series

 

Part 2 should be out soon (May-June).

 

I'm no expert on the topic though.

 

Juraj

 

Also reviewed here by our own LSP_Kevin

[1/24 P-47]

Excellent. Thanks, Kev, I have no idea what was wrong.

[1/24 P-47]

7 hours ago, alain11 said:

kit review here ...looks not bad 

https://www.hyperscale.com/2014/reviews/kits/kinetcik3207reviewbg_1.htm

 

I reviewed the Razorback version here on LSP, but for some unknown reason, the page won't load for me.

[Recommended Ju88/188 books?]

3 hours ago, Juggernut said:

I have both of the Squadron/Signal Ju88 books.  They may not be available any longer but I believe the 2nd volume deals with the night fighters and was, if I may be so bold, pretty well done and covers the C through the G-10 variants.

 

Not to mention the completely wonderful Don Greer cover. He was such a great artist, one of the best, in my humble opinion.

[Recommended Ju88/188 books?]

My favorite three (at the moment) for the Ju 188, are Bernard & Graef Verlag volume & the, AJ Press Ju 188/388 books, Part one and Part two

 

For the Ju 88, particularly night fighters, the choices are many, but I'm not aware of a volume specifically dedicated to them.

[Long term build: Converting Andy's 1/16 M10 into a Sherman Vc Firefly]

This should be a blast.

[Tamiya 1:48 Me 262]

Now that my Mustang fuselage is all glued up and drying, I decided to switch gears over to wrapping up the Me 262 ‘pit. The Eduard LOOK IP is really spiffy, and goes a long way toward enhancing this area, not that it can really be seen in this photo.