BiggTim 6,610 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) In the spirit of the 20th anniversary celebrations, I'll kick off the year with this kit for January. I may not FINISH it this month, but I'll give her a go. I may be nuts trying to do this at the same time as a P-38 for the GB, but WTH, right? I had planned to do this opened up with the resin engine, so I cut it all apart last year, then decided not to do that. So I sold the engine and glued the cowl back together, as you can see in the test fit. Here we go! Tim Edited March 23, 2019 by BiggTim Iain, Dany Boy, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Mark P 747 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Markings?? Mark Proulx BiggTim 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_K2 23,376 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Nice! I really like the tank buster Stuka. BiggTim 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BiggTim 6,610 Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark P said: Markings?? Mark Proulx I haven't decided on the markings, yet, but leaning toward a winter scheme, as I haven't done one of those, yet. Any suggestions? Shawn M 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 30,186 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Nice one, Tim! You don't have to finish the build this month to be eligible for the raffle. Starting it is enough! Kev Link to post Share on other sites
BiggTim 6,610 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Nice one, Tim! You don't have to finish the build this month to be eligible for the raffle. Starting it is enough! Kev I know, Kev, but I'd like to take part in a few monthly drawings, and I don't want too many builds going at the same time, so that's my incentive to get stuff done!! LSP_Kevin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SCRATCH BUILDER 440 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites
MikeMaben 6,969 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, LSP_Kevin said: You don't have to finish the build this month to be eligible for the raffle. Starting it is enough! So when is the drawing ? When does it have to be finished ? Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 30,186 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, MikeMaben said: So when is the drawing ? When does it have to be finished ? The drawing will be at the end of the month, or the start of the next month (depending on timing). Everybody who starts an active build in the current month goes into the draw. Finishing is not part of the equation. Kev MikeMaben, Bill_S and BiggTim 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Padraic Conway 187 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 On 1/1/2019 at 11:15 PM, BiggTim said: I haven't decided on the markings, yet, but leaning toward a winter scheme, as I haven't done one of those, yet. Any suggestions? I'm watching this with great interest - especially anticipating your choice of markings. Harking back to Gaz's recent poll, here's an example of trying to avoid the most obvious choice - Rudel's airframe!! So, for me, anything but < - + - ! Winter markings sound very promising. Lots of potential for weathering and general scruffiness. Go Tim! BiggTim 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dennismcc 4,655 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Should be good and what an extraordinary subject, it looks like a mad scientists wild idea. Cheers Dennis BiggTim 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BiggTim 6,610 Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 I've been looking around, and haven't been able to find much in the way of markings for a winter bird. I totally agree about NOT doing Rudel's bird, so suggestions would be welcome. Padraic Conway 1 Link to post Share on other sites
monthebiff 6,218 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Very nice project! Regards. Andy BiggTim 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BiggTim 6,610 Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Made s bit of progress on this, decided to start with the hard bits. And boy, were they hard!! I am using the brass gun barrels and sights from Master, and I have never seen anything so tiny in my life! Not only am I befuddled at how anything that small can be machined, but assembly is right bear for this big hamfisted bear whose eyesight has taken a nose dive these last couple of years. The little posts with the beads on them are literally the size of a needle point, as you can see one of them inside a PE seatbelt buckle for scale!! I combined the brass Master parts with the resin gun and shroud from the Aries cockpit set, but I used copper wire and some plastic to scratch the sight arms, as the PE sights from Aries don't look good (because they are flat PE), and the kit part is ridiculously out of scale. End result isn't bad, but is mighty dainty, so I packed it in a small sauce cup with a gob of rubber eraser I keep around for such things. Whew! Now on to the gun pods..... Tim Dany Boy, D.B. Andrus, ShotMagnet and 11 others 14 Link to post Share on other sites
Scale32 394 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Wow those mg's look bloody good. Hope to see more soon. Cheers Bevan BiggTim 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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