Recent content by weetam

you sir, are a star :)

cheer mate, i didnt think that looked right....

its not just the kit thats annoying me Meatloaf, its the colours as well. this is the first time ive ever sprayed a kit, and im using can. the colours of which differ greatly to the pots i use to touch up...

they went in as far as they would allow mate :/ it wouldn't surprise me if, after all the other problems i've had with it, it was just ANOTHER idiosyncrasy in the kit... I think its about time Airfix/Hornby whoever it is who makes the kits now, re-cast it... this one is getting past its sell by...

The build has been slow in the last few days, as my head hasn’t really been into it in the way it was when i first started, so i have mostly done little bits on it here and there, rather than a few sustained sessions. First up, the exhausts.. stick em, together, stick em in place, nowt...

i struggle with 1/35th scale, but its usually only for diorama detail in honesty so not too much of them

yeah it was pretty much the pinkie from the 60's, just with a few bit removed and a few bits added. That was something myself and my son did together. he wanted something that was representative, but as all kids are, was too impatient to do the conversion properly! most of that is his...

surrender markings! :D :D :D :D spot on!

ok, so here goes... The pics aren't really showing the models at their best, but please forgive them, i am a modeller, not a photographer! 1/16th Dragon plastic Injection kit. Volksgrenadier, Ardennes Forest 'Battle of the bulge' 1944 1/16th Imperial Gallery, Resin kit...

yup! all noted for the next aircraft build. But in so far as an exercise to re-familiarise myself with aircraft builds, im fairly happy with the way its going. The end result will undoubtedly be below standard as far as pro-modellers are concerned, but that was never the intention for this...

cos i got ahead of myself lol lesson learned the hard way :)

So far, the kit had been done pretty much out of the box, with only the exception of the the changes to the spade grip and quadrant. now, it was time for the REAL conversions. First off, i needed to shape some ‘wing blisters’ typical of all variants with a cannon. so i used this photo as a...

cheers mate, i'll get my head in those now :)

fortunately, there are plenty of pics of the blisters available, its only really getting the right depth for the scale im worried about, the shape is fairly easy, but the if i get the wrong depth, its going to look odd. i dont mind admitting that those ejector ports are worrying me as well...

ah yeah, hadnt thought about the filling after the painting >.< im a beginner with spraying, so this is very much a trial and error build for me, as i have previously only used acrylics and brushes. however on a model this scale, the brush marks were too evident for it to be of any real use...