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Having been a strictly airplane guy for the last 40 years this build is a big step....sideways. I have always liked the Y wing and have always wanted to build one. But a big one. The only IM kit is a Bandai 1:72. Nice but small. So while wandering one of the 3d print sites I saw some Y wing files for sale. $25. What a deal. The transaction was simple and 10 minutes later I had the files. In all of my research I came across a term that I was unfamiliar with, Studio scale. Essentially this is the scale that was used to produce the movie miniatures that were used in the movies. Or 1:24th scale. Cool. Nice and big. The downloaded files were in 1:18th scale. Even I am not this crazy. Well, at least not yet. So after doing some math I determined that if the files were reduced to 75% it would be 1:24th scale. So I reduced the size and began preparing the files in my slicer. However, many of the parts are way too big to fit my smallish resin printer. This necessitated printing the smaller parts on the resin Machine and the main body parts on my filament machine. Anyway here are the first parts. Both printed on my filament machine. Stay tuned. lots o fun ahead. Dan
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That's the great thing about Canadian winters, well about the only good thing really...lots of time to stay indoors and build models Another donated kit, after seeing me finish the Hudson a friend figured I needed more experience to hopefully get this one right. I've got most of the big bits cut out and will maybe, start sanding off the excess sheet this week...or next. I've found a fairly good walkaround of a Australian Orion but as always could use more. If anybody can point in in a direction for information (panel lines, wheel wells interior structure etc. it would be greatly appreciated. She's a biggun...not an LSP but still a Lsp leaning against my X coffee cup stand now air tank stand Why do I do this crazy sh*t when the stash is loaded with state of the art new release high tech kits!? Oh well, such is my insanity. thanks for looking
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I started what will probably be the final build before the road cycling season begins. The majority of my aircraft builds focus either on unknown pilots or fairly minor aces; this will be a major exception as I plan to build what is very likely the best known aircraft of WWI - Manfred von Richthofen's iconic red triplane. The major aftermarket item I'll be using is the Aviattic decals for the baron's red DR.I. In addition to that I will using an HGW seatbelt, and a few Gaspatch anchor points. I may also use the Gaspatch spandaus and a couple of other minor AM items, but I am undecided about those at this point. Concurrently with building the aircraft I am going to put together and paint one of Model Cellar's von Richthofen figures, as well as trying my hand at the bust of the baron that came with the kit. Should be an interesting journey. The kit. The aftermarket. The Model Cellar figure already mostly assembled (not much to that) and primed. and the bust, also primed and ready to paint. I should have something to show by tomorrow! Ernest
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After many years dusting and gathering sticky dirt on its painting,decided to take it off the shelf of doom and finally finish it...cleamed,repainted here and there so decals were applied...time to correct other minor glitches,painting details,as to begin weathering...:
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This will be my first build log. This will by far be the biggest and most involved build I have ever done. There will be a lot of firsts for me and probably plenty of mistakes. I will probably asking a lot of questions. Maybe my questions will help others too. I will be adding a bunch of aftermarket goodies and using the loadout guide from the AOA decals website for guidance. I can't find a photo of my proposed loadout but I trust AOA has done good research and it's accurate. I just finished a 1/48 Hobby Boss A-6E for the sole purpose of trying black basing under the light gull grey scheme and was not all that happy with the results. For this I think I'll use tried and true pre-shading for the basic painting. So far all I've done is remove the raised panels on the fuselage. Re-scribing and riveting will be one of those firsts I was talking about. Please feel free to comment, poke fun or criticize. Thanks for taking a look. Here are the obligatory pictures.
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And so it begins. I've made a couple of executive decisions about what direction i wish this kit to take. Given the amount of resin with the cockpit, exhausts, and the other pairs of Storm Shadow/Alarms, I think I'm going to build this as an inflight display. I also think that way will also show off the payload a lot better than if it's sat on the deck. I'm not 100% certain on how the resin load will compare to the kit bits I've scavenged. With that in mind, the kit parts will be loaded on inboard racks to be on show less than their (probably more accurate and better looking) resin buddies. These choices will reflect a better display, and will allow me more time to work on a seriously worn paint job. This particular airframe belongs to the British Aerospace factory at Warton UK, for testing and evaluation use. I don't know much more history beyond that, or if it's still in use. Fingers crossed, I hit no major stumbling blocks and will have it completed by the end of the GB year.
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Werner's Wings/ Storm Miniatures 1/35th scale MH-47E On the Bench Beauty Shots Razor 1 prior to the Battle of Takur Ghar, March 4, 2002
