**** DONE: 1/48 Ju88G-6 of 3/NJG 101 - Night War of WWII
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Benevolens Magister
And this year's "Out of the Box Award", goes to .................
Great work so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
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T Bolt
Colonel
Wow. Looks great
fubar57
General
Beauty!
Geo
Geo
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Crimea_River
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Thanks everyone. The below photos summarize my week's dabblings. Work on the wheel wells continued with installation of more bulkhead ribs. using plastic card. The riveted strips are aluminum tape embossed from behind using a riveting wheel.
In this pic of the two opposite halves, more detail can be seen added, including the linkage that opened the main gear doors. I decided that the hydraulic jack that did the actual opening would be practically hidden so did not bother making it.
Now painted with silver and gold mix. The rearward areas that are more in shadow have been painted black to enhance the effect.
Now, as to the retraction fork, more parts were added to create the space frame that this thing actually was. The apex of the frame picked up the linkage to a crank on the main gear strut that caused the gear to rotate through 90 degrees as it retracted.
Here is the fork and associated linkages installed. Also installed in behind all this were the retraction jack whose arm goes vertically up to the top of the engine cowl and a second, thinner rod whose function I don't know. The latter can just be discerned in the below pics. I'll need to tak some other shots to show how jam-packed all this stuff is.
Next it was on to address the fuselage seams and all the extra scribing of the details along the spine that are missing. I started by penciling a line down the center of the fuselage to guide the scribing.
After scribing an cleaning all of the hatches and ports, I applied a coat of primer to check for imperfections.
And that brings you up to date. Things should move a bit quicker now that I'm "out of the hole". Talk to you later.
In this pic of the two opposite halves, more detail can be seen added, including the linkage that opened the main gear doors. I decided that the hydraulic jack that did the actual opening would be practically hidden so did not bother making it.
Now painted with silver and gold mix. The rearward areas that are more in shadow have been painted black to enhance the effect.
Now, as to the retraction fork, more parts were added to create the space frame that this thing actually was. The apex of the frame picked up the linkage to a crank on the main gear strut that caused the gear to rotate through 90 degrees as it retracted.
Here is the fork and associated linkages installed. Also installed in behind all this were the retraction jack whose arm goes vertically up to the top of the engine cowl and a second, thinner rod whose function I don't know. The latter can just be discerned in the below pics. I'll need to tak some other shots to show how jam-packed all this stuff is.
Next it was on to address the fuselage seams and all the extra scribing of the details along the spine that are missing. I started by penciling a line down the center of the fuselage to guide the scribing.
After scribing an cleaning all of the hatches and ports, I applied a coat of primer to check for imperfections.
And that brings you up to date. Things should move a bit quicker now that I'm "out of the hole". Talk to you later.
Nice work Andy, that undercarriage is a work of art !
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys. Here are some more shots into the wells.
fubar57
General
Wow!!
Geo
Geo
A4K
Brigadier General
Nice scratchbuilding Andy!
Andy. No words man, no words...
Sweet Andy....
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Benevolens Magister
Beauty !
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Ahhhh... that's how that linkage is supposed to work!!! Great job on figuring out the mechanics of the landing gear operation AND incorporating that knowledge into your build.
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Crimea_River
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Thanks all. I always wrestle with these super-details. I do enjoy trying to figure out what makes my subjects tick by modeling these details but it's a slippery slope. Once I start to add details, it becomes an internal argument about when it's the right time to stop. I do draw the line at omitting stuff that will not be seen but the visible stuff is always a trade off between getting it right and doing just enough. At any rate, the wells are now behind me. I just need to add the brake line before adding the rest of the cowl parts. I think I will also paint the main strut RLM 02 before this gets too difficult. The remainder of the wells will stay the anodized aluminum colour.
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Benevolens Magister
In Andy's case, 'OOB' stands for Obsessive Overboard Building !
It's bl**dy good though !!
I've been looking at a lot of my kits in the stash, and trying to figure out how many I can do 'OOB'.
Looks like the percentage will be very small !!!
It's bl**dy good though !!
I've been looking at a lot of my kits in the stash, and trying to figure out how many I can do 'OOB'.
Looks like the percentage will be very small !!!
