blackbetty Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 looking at the pics i think the hoses are too thick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfuf Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hi the paint mask looks great very handy. The thread is indeed very thick from a advice here on the forum leadwire you can get this at the fishingstore they use it with flyfishing cheap and work like a dream never use coper a gane. greetings johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I'm interested in your masks. Is the cutter computerized? If so could you give a bit more info on it like make model ballpark cost etc? Thanks. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 thanx johann, i will look into the fishing line, but for now i try copperwire hagar, the plotter/cutter is an old roland colourcamm model i have at work. we used to cut letters for our exhibitions and such. its not used this much anymore, but since its on my desk, i use it i played around a little with it, to see, if i could do masks for the canopy. its difficult to get the outlines of the glasspanels correct. i may try other methods of getting good templates, i will keep you posted i ripped the too thick wire out and replaced it with copper wire, the valves of the bottles are still missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 then i redid the connections to the guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 this was when i discovered that ...... i mounted the left and right MG 17 upside down :angry: :angry: :angry: *insert colourfull language here* :angry: *more colourful language* i was able to get the left gun out unbroken and rotate it 180 degrees. the right one was another story.... i had to take the chute off and...*more colourful language* the chutes for the other guns have to be modified too. lots of work for nothing. i briefly glanced at my A-7 kit i had stopped working on when the 88 showed up gotta take a break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 after a couple of days off, i finished the gunpack the airhoses are now attached, as is the MG FF with its rear mount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 from the other side comments welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Love your detail man. Give the guns a coating of matt varnish. Then dry brush the entire assembly to really make all your hard work and detail stick out. Great work you are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 thanks for the kind words briani will drybrush the whole cockpit once i have pained it. actually on all the pics of german guns i have seen they are pretty glossy in appearence i thought a bout using some semigloss varnish to tone them down a little biti also worked on the canopy mask with my cutter with the method described above. i'm not sure if i am not doing more work than necessary with vectorizing and cutting the masks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Beautifull work Karl. It looks ecxellent! Cheers, Loic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 thank you, loic, glad you like it some more masks: the second sidewindow on the port starboard side of the canopy of the C2 and maybe of the C4 models was smaller, a apart of it was metal, maybe for anti glare reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 now i only have to find a way to replace the right windshield with the hole for the front MG 15, it wasnt there on destroyer versions from the C2 onwards in the meantime i made masks for the windows in the cockpit floor. i'm pretty sure the C2 still had them, because this version also retained the bottom windows as shown above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkers88a1 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 hi thought i would let you know that the long center part is not a window..that is aluinum..but the small ones are inspectionwindows looking good and you are right about german machine guns, they are shiny black and the Mg 17`s rear part was painted in silkmatt black..not blued so they have a shiny look ( half glossy ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfuf Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 So ughum where can I place my order for the paint mask sir. johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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