Ironwing Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I laugh, then cry, then I get a nose bleed, and go to bed..................... Cheers, Wolf Yeah.. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Peter, You sir are by definition a "Master Model Maker" not a model builder. Awesome skills and knowledge of metal working exhibited! Hat's off, Barry airscale and zaxos345 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Peter, You sir are by definition a "Master Model Maker" not a model builder. Awesome skills and knowledge of metal working exhibited! Hat's off, Barry Seconded!!! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 I'm scared! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraic Conway Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Worth the drive to Telford this November just to see this in real life! Truly astonishing... Padraic airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 When is the manufacture of the elevators on the agenda? Hubert Boillot and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 There should be a separate show for this amazing piece of work. Let's call it Airscale Fest. We can come in fancy dress. airscale, Uilleann and SkyKing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ungoliat Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Something worries me, when this construction finishes? What will all your fans do? Jeff and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleann Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 There should be a separate show for this amazing piece of work. Let's call it Airscale Fest. We can come in fancy dress. I'm in! I can dust off my old tux (haven't worn it since the nuptials 7+ years back now), and we can smoke cigars, and sip sherry with our little fingers held out. And I assume Peter will be there, buzzing around the room, making zoom-zoom airplane noises to really set the mood! DonH, ungoliat, airscale and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 evening folks thank you so much for all your kindness and inspiring words, it really helps keep me focused knowing I need to perform my best with you guys tagging along: When is the manufacture of the elevators on the agenda? Hi Cees - well, I have been kind of putting them off as the solartex covering is not the easiest thing to do, so probably last - I am sure I will get into it and in fact I pulled out the kit ones to see if I could use them and they are great in shape but wierdly bigger in span than all the plans I have so maybe on a Seafire FR47 they were bigger...? Something worries me, when this construction finishes? What will all your fans do? ha! thanks, not sure about fans, but I will move onto something else, not sure what yet, but it needs to be prop, metal skinned, NMF and probably stay with 1/18 scale so suggestions welcome with my bit of painting on the cockpit canopy not being a disatster, I started thinking about painting some of the markings on the airframe. I am getting artwork done for numbers / logos etc, but the cheatlines I need to paint.. ..I took a profile pic of Race#80 and overlaid it on the Cooke plans to make sure the stripe is level with the datum and to get a sense of proportion.. ..I also marked key 'waypoints' on the drawing so I can find my bearings on the model.. ..then I scaled the photo to the model which will be rally helpful when it comes to sizing the artwork for the logos etc - it also allowed me to mark out what goes where.. ..I thought I would start with the central red lightning flash, so I set this out in tape so I could align the masking around it.. ..after a fair amount of time and also using scaled guides for the rounded areas at the nose, I had the model ready to paint... ..same process as with the canopy, etch primer follwed by humbrol enamel.. ..I am quite pleased with how it turned out, and it is odd seeing colour on the airframe... ..then it was onto the pinstripe in blue - this had me worried as it's not an easy thing to get equal and parallel spacing - the best I could do was to create a cutter that was 2 blades stuck together to cut lots of fine strips of tamiya tape and lay them down from the red line outwards, then I get the spacing equal and can remove one of the strips where the actual line will be.. ..it gets pretty complicated at the tail around the race number as there are blanks and two lines merge into one - again a scale printout helped work out whats going on.. ..and after pretty much a day, one side is masked & ready to go - just need to repeat it for the other so thats it for today as I am all taped out... TTFNPeter Hubert Boillot, TaffyMan, 109 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyKing Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Something worries me, when this construction finishes? What will all your fans do? Perhaps we will be able to watch him finish the Tigercat! airscale, 109 and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Barry Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Love the stripe! It's really taking shape, now. Wow! As for next NMF prop, perhaps the Seversky P-35. Curtiss P-36 or the Ryan YPT-16. At the US Air Force Museum I visited last year, these three stood out among some 400 aircraft. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 ha! thanks, not sure about fans, but I will move onto something else, not sure what yet, but it needs to be prop, metal skinned, NMF and probably stay with 1/18 scale so suggestions welcome Wait, no bloody way! You won't finish the Tigercat? You can't do that to me, and I'm not even a proper prop guy... By the way, veeery nice painting! Cheers Rainer airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Super smooth painting skills! That red cheatline came out beautifully and makes the airframe come alive! All that silver and red reminds me of my old TD248! Next project in 1/18th? Prop....NMF? Why can I visualise Kidd Hofer's P-51B?? Awesome work as ever! Count me in as a confirmed fan boy! Best regards; Steve airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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