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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 40 years Annyversary
« on: October 15, 2014, 08:59:41 PM »
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Ground Forces / Re: Pz.Kpfw. VI Königstiger
« on: October 11, 2014, 12:41:34 PM »
And finally I'm done with the hard work, or at least I sure hope so.....
One of my biggest worries at start of this project was the gun barrel, this is actually the worst parts of any plastic kit because of the two halves after putting together and sanding loose the round cross section. I was even considering an ordering an aluminium barrel, but later on I decided to wait and see, it's never too late to order one..... And the big surprise came, the barrel fits perfectly and a minimum putty and sanding is needed and actually looks fantastic !
And I continued the fun part
One of my biggest worries at start of this project was the gun barrel, this is actually the worst parts of any plastic kit because of the two halves after putting together and sanding loose the round cross section. I was even considering an ordering an aluminium barrel, but later on I decided to wait and see, it's never too late to order one..... And the big surprise came, the barrel fits perfectly and a minimum putty and sanding is needed and actually looks fantastic !
And I continued the fun part
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Albatros DIII Oeffag
« on: October 08, 2014, 10:41:50 PM »
Thank you friends !
A bit a work again, the start of the natural metal surfaces, I used Valleyo Air acrylic, two shades aluminium and chrome to get a more realistic look. Fine adjustment's will follow
A bit a work again, the start of the natural metal surfaces, I used Valleyo Air acrylic, two shades aluminium and chrome to get a more realistic look. Fine adjustment's will follow
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Ju-87B Airfix 1/48
« on: October 07, 2014, 10:54:39 PM »
looks good to me so far
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: MPM P-63 Kingcobra
« on: October 07, 2014, 06:23:01 PM »
very promissing
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Heinkel He 177 A-5 by Airfix (1/72)
« on: October 07, 2014, 06:21:20 PM »
great !
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Albatros DIII Oeffag
« on: October 05, 2014, 11:47:12 PM »
Thank's chaps !
I made a wash with burnt umber to give a little depth and worn out look to the canvas, to see the difference between with the done and undone I made the picture of the both, side by side, the upper wing half is the the treated one, not clearly visible on the picture, much better in life
I made a wash with burnt umber to give a little depth and worn out look to the canvas, to see the difference between with the done and undone I made the picture of the both, side by side, the upper wing half is the the treated one, not clearly visible on the picture, much better in life
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Ground Forces / Re: Pz.Kpfw. VI Königstiger
« on: October 05, 2014, 11:41:55 PM »
So true, No.1 so true, an experience is needed on this one.....
Well, I sanded and polished all the " hard work " and I said to my self, from now on this will be a walk in the park. I was wrong, so wrong......
Well, I sanded and polished all the " hard work " and I said to my self, from now on this will be a walk in the park. I was wrong, so wrong......
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Albatros DIII Oeffag
« on: September 24, 2014, 11:11:43 PM »
The work continued. After a long research about the paint of K.u.K. Oefag Albatros in this particular scheme - natural wood and canvas with green ( or sometimes green and brown ) patches I found out that the K.u.K Oeffag's which was later used by the Serbian air force was with green patches applied on two ways, with sponge or sprayed. I decided to make my Albatros in the second scheme, sprayed patches, here it is after spraying patches and two layers of gloss cote. Thank's No.1 in help with the research 
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Ground Forces / Re: Pz.Kpfw. VI Königstiger
« on: September 24, 2014, 10:58:57 PM »
Well, it was nice while it lasted, but unfortunately it was a short life.....The turret follows the quality of the hull, 90% of the joints are perfect but the rest 10% is disaster ! The heavy duty tools are out again.....
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Ground Forces / Re: Pz.Kpfw. VI Königstiger
« on: September 12, 2014, 11:09:36 PM »
Four times putty and sanding and not finished yet.....
In the meantime I started the turret, so far so good
In the meantime I started the turret, so far so good
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Albatros DIII Oeffag
« on: September 09, 2014, 01:30:32 PM »
And finally some visible progress on my Alba....... The national markings are painted on, they need some fine adjustments but first they will be protected by a layer of gloss cote.
Next step was the painting of the canvas surfaces ( only the sides with the roundels ), I put on black base to give a bit of depth and made the areas shaded a bit to break up the monotony of relatively big surfaces
And how it looks completed, before fine adjustments
Since I don't have decals for this specific plane, and I believe they doesn't even exist especially in 1/48 scale I had no other choice but to make them myself.
After printing the decals I noticed the printer didn't paint the black areas evenly so I had to paint it over. The difference is clearly visible......
The decal paper is clear so I had to paint the white areas on the fuselage on places where the decals will come
As I found out later the white area are too small for the scull so a bit of extra work will be needed here also
to be continued.....
Next step was the painting of the canvas surfaces ( only the sides with the roundels ), I put on black base to give a bit of depth and made the areas shaded a bit to break up the monotony of relatively big surfaces
And how it looks completed, before fine adjustments
Since I don't have decals for this specific plane, and I believe they doesn't even exist especially in 1/48 scale I had no other choice but to make them myself.
After printing the decals I noticed the printer didn't paint the black areas evenly so I had to paint it over. The difference is clearly visible......
The decal paper is clear so I had to paint the white areas on the fuselage on places where the decals will come
As I found out later the white area are too small for the scull so a bit of extra work will be needed here also
to be continued.....