Sparzanza Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Awesomesauce! Nice little history lesson, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Awesomesauce! Nice little history lesson, too! Thanks Sparzanza - in the recent years I've been more and more interested in researching and getting it right, backed up with pictures etc. History has always been a big thing for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 BTW - unfortunately the 'Kidd' on the UC door was gone by the time the invasion stripes were on - refer to the first pic in post #39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Thomas Nice progress on the Brothers .. looking forward to see the guys with te gear and markings on Keep 'em coming :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 WOW.. This i Like Alot. . Just love the paint job. preshade its just perfekct, and i am really curious when you take that chipping off (i love chipping as you allready know) want to se the result im gonna follow this thread for shure /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Terrific work Thomas! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Tom, Looking really good. You're dedication to get the finish right is just lovely to see. Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Thanks guys Brian - I am very carefull to have fun building. Some years ago I got NOTHING done so I stepped back and noticed what was wrong. Too much AMS = too little fun. So relaxing a bit with the accuracy made it all a whole lot more fun. Kev - I too dont have an eye for shape issues, I usually say I am blessed not to have it. However if pointed out I can sometimes see it. I'll have to look into the rear window thing now... :-) Wrench: Funny enough, I plan to do a partial NMF bird one day and Hofer's is on the top of the list (do you guys do lists as well?) You hit the nail on the head for me. I have too many builds where I started going nuts trying to figure out all the corrections and never really got to building the thing. I'm going to do a 15th AF bird with my 51-B....got the Aires replacement wheel wells and cockpit and some exhaust pipes (Moskit or somebody like that). It'll look good next to my 15th AF B-17G! And then there's an FW-190A..... Tim W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 You hit the nail on the head for me. I have too many builds where I started going nuts trying to figure out all the corrections and never really got to building the thing. I'm going to do a 15th AF bird with my 51-B....got the Aires replacement wheel wells and cockpit and some exhaust pipes (Moskit or somebody like that). It'll look good next to my 15th AF B-17G! And then there's an FW-190A..... Tim W. It's a fine balance Tim, not too much fussing about, but also enough for one to feel good about what you did... P-51B next to your B-17G - will be great !! I've skipped the B-17, simply too big for me, but I did get a B-25. I skipped the Aires wheel well in build #2. Not that there is anything wrong with it at all, but I was just dying to move ahead and didn't want to wait for one to arrive. Did fit the Aires cockpit though - would have looked bad with a regular trumpy cockpit in one and Aires in the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Excellent progress Thomas, loving these builds! I think the OD and gray looks very good, keep at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) Ok... I dont like chicken'ing out. So I just had to try to paint those damn chequers. I found a good way to cut strips of Tamiya tape of a consistent width of 2.3mm. I think that worked out ok. I painted the area white and applied the first round of strips To me this looked as consistent as I could get. So I shot a coat of red paint And peeled off the strips before applying the second round. It looks like utter s... What looked consistent was not. Enough variation of the chequer size to make me sure that I could not place the second round and get a good pattern. Also the amount of handling to cut the tape took away some tack, so I apparantly it didn't stay down eveywhere resulting in some bleeding and underspray Oh well - I tried. I know I would have been thinking about it every time I looked at if I didn't try. Off to strip this and restore the OD now... After that I need to mix a red to match the decals Edited October 24, 2013 by Thomas Lund Showtime 100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Ah, bummer Thomas! Masking and painting a chequered pattern is tricky. I tried it on my Sea Venom wing-tip tanks, and while it worked out OK, they're a bit ropey up close. And took forever to do! Good luck with your second go. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Kev, I just looked over the chequer part of your Sea Venom and I got an idea on how to do it. I was actually thinking I'd go decal, but I'll give it another try... Thanks... I think :-) But I think I'll try on a piece of spare plastic first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Nice builds! Looking good so far Thomas! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radial Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Try the decal method for the checkers. Cut a length of white decal trim the width of the checkers and apply to the prepainted red background. Worked for my Cub tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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