Vic Balshaw
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Username: Vic Balshaw
First name: Vic
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Pro Modeller Kit – 85-5944
Extras: Eduard 48286 etched detail set. Aires 4078 Resin and etched detail set. Possibly a heap of scratch building and a lot of patience.
Extras Edit: CMK 4034 Ju 52/3m g4 Interior Set CMK 4044 Ju 52/3m g4 Engine Set.
For my second entry into this GB I thought something big especially after all that delicate rigging of the last GB, so what better than a rugged looking Ju 52. Not sure what I'm going to do with this one at the moment, the decals I have are for the Spanish Nationalist Grupo de Bombardeo Nocturno which for this GB is out of the question, this leaves me with the second option of 2./KGzb V1 Milos, Greece, 1941, which I am assuming was used in the paratroopers invasion of Crete on the 20 May 1941.
As yet I've not opened the packets and have had only fleetingly looked at the instructions, but first thoughts turn to making this a bit of a fun build as the inside is full of minute detail and with it's size, one is thinking of a few real lights. Taking a lesson from my Catalina build in GB 8 a couple of years back, if using internal lighting, this time I need to make sure that what is being lit up, is also able to be seen. So my thoughts are turning towards possibly opening up areas on the external skin so that the internal detail can be better seen.
I'm going to ponder these thought for a while as I concentrate on the initial Meteor build. So folks, for the moment I'm leaving all options open and will decide when the time come in which direction to jump.
Oh, and yes, I am open to constructive suggestions with this one, providing they fit into the criteria of the GB.
First name: Vic
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Pro Modeller Kit – 85-5944
Extras: Eduard 48286 etched detail set. Aires 4078 Resin and etched detail set. Possibly a heap of scratch building and a lot of patience.
Extras Edit: CMK 4034 Ju 52/3m g4 Interior Set CMK 4044 Ju 52/3m g4 Engine Set.
For my second entry into this GB I thought something big especially after all that delicate rigging of the last GB, so what better than a rugged looking Ju 52. Not sure what I'm going to do with this one at the moment, the decals I have are for the Spanish Nationalist Grupo de Bombardeo Nocturno which for this GB is out of the question, this leaves me with the second option of 2./KGzb V1 Milos, Greece, 1941, which I am assuming was used in the paratroopers invasion of Crete on the 20 May 1941.
As yet I've not opened the packets and have had only fleetingly looked at the instructions, but first thoughts turn to making this a bit of a fun build as the inside is full of minute detail and with it's size, one is thinking of a few real lights. Taking a lesson from my Catalina build in GB 8 a couple of years back, if using internal lighting, this time I need to make sure that what is being lit up, is also able to be seen. So my thoughts are turning towards possibly opening up areas on the external skin so that the internal detail can be better seen.
I'm going to ponder these thought for a while as I concentrate on the initial Meteor build. So folks, for the moment I'm leaving all options open and will decide when the time come in which direction to jump.
Oh, and yes, I am open to constructive suggestions with this one, providing they fit into the criteria of the GB.
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