Chris/Germany Posted October 17, 2003 Posted October 17, 2003 Time to finish a sad lady.....she will be called "Ernestyne", Pilot Robert Unangst. Started her 3 months ago, then had to wait for a few Jerry Rutman parts ( prop and wheels) and then had to prepare a few kits of my collection for the "InterModellbau2003" at the end of this month. But now it's her turn....here a few pics of her undressed #>First one is "oneoclock", checkerboards handpainted. Enjoy,Chris /Germany
Chris/Germany Posted October 17, 2003 Author Posted October 17, 2003 Next pic is a detail shot of the nose........
Chris/Germany Posted October 17, 2003 Author Posted October 17, 2003 next one is detail of fuselage with cooler and turbocharger drains and channels...what a great job of the engeneers who build this plane! As you can see the stringers are not painted yet, I use normal plastic-sheet, cutted to right size.
Chris/Germany Posted October 17, 2003 Author Posted October 17, 2003 next one is close-up of starboard wing with cannons and ammo-belts. Construction of wing is not very difficult, what made me nearly mad is to feed the ammo-belts with 4mm pieces of brass wire, gives nearly two meters in lenght for all four cannons! Hope you enjoy......
Greg Cochran Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 Chris very nice work and my wife thinks I go to far on my kits wait till I show her this
ChrisS Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 Looks great! How about all that TS ducting eh? Kartvelli and his cronies really pulled off a design miracle there IMHO. Nicely replicated Chris, bravo!
Chris/Germany Posted October 18, 2003 Author Posted October 18, 2003 Thanx guys, although I'm a german the "Jug" and the "Stang" are my favourite planes because of their complex cooler and turbocharger systems, really a "Mekka" for a scratchbuilder, especially the Jug has more space in its fuselage than a Me109 with only a few radios and oxygen bottles. Lots of fun, especially when my wife's asking:"........finished.....or not!?!?!?!?" #>cheersChris
LSP_Mike Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 #> Chris, amazing work on the jug. My vote would be for one or two birds from each country... A Tony,Jack, Spit,Tiffy,and so on down the line; I really enjoy the stuff you are building;thanks for sharing.......mike in calif
Chris/Germany Posted October 19, 2003 Author Posted October 19, 2003 mike, a Spit and a Hurri and a Stang is on the way, sent the photostories to Brad, think he will post it soon! A Tiffy is also done, but she needs a little rework ( was one of the first cutaways I built), and the Japanese Fighters are waiting in the closet , have the planes for a "Red Sun" collection complete including a Tony and a Raiden, but first I think I'll do some jugs, maybe the "Wolfpack"....project planning is done 'till...ah...2070!Chris
ChrisS Posted October 19, 2003 Posted October 19, 2003 Chris/Germany, I would love to see an article on the method you use to "undress" your kits. Would you consider writing up and photographing the process for LSP readers?
Chris/Germany Posted October 25, 2003 Author Posted October 25, 2003 Because she had to wait nearly 3 months to get finished I decided last night 1.00am to give her a metal landing gear .......................here it is, not really finished, but looking much better than the plastic one from the kit
Chris/Germany Posted October 25, 2003 Author Posted October 25, 2003 oops, forgot pic, here it is......
Chris/Germany Posted November 10, 2003 Author Posted November 10, 2003 Pic update.........as an extra to the metal landing-gear I also decided to spent her a NMF in metal foil, think this time it works a little bit better than the first time I tried with the Mustangs, here's a shot of portside.Question: because I know these planes weren't really high gloss like some warbirds today in their "chrome-like" finish I want to give her a more "aluminium-like" look but I'm not shure what's the best way. Some drybrushing with "powder colours" like black and umber, before or after sealing with a gloss coat?Any suggestions would be welcome,thanxChris/Germany
Chris/Germany Posted December 22, 2003 Author Posted December 22, 2003 here she is, waiting for her base.....
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now