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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys. My mind is full of hydraulic lines right now.
**** DONE: 1/48 Tamiya Heinkel He-219 WNr 290123 of 1/NJG 1 Nightfighter GB
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Benevolens Magister
Watch out for drips mate !
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Crimea_River
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Sniff.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Excellent work Andy! Keep it up sir!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Nice work Andy and I agree, it's hard trying to stop with the detail particularly when that little fellow in your head is screaming at you to do something.
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Crimea_River
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Thanks Aaron, Vic.
Well I finally shut the little fellow in my head up and stopped with the details. The main gear wells are now done and a coat of primer has been sprayed on. The photo flash and closeups are brutal, revealing dust and debris I should have removed beforehand. I'll smooth all that those out before finish painting.
The following 5 pics don't need much description, other than that I simply continued adding copper wire to various doo-dads in a semi-fictitious manner until it looked like there was some function behind it all. The first pic shows the two wings side by side, revealing the interesting feature that the nacelles were identical, not symmetrical. This must have made for quicker production.
Tomorrow, I'll preshade with black in the shadow areas and get a coat of RLM 02 on and maybe get some of the details pained as well. More pictures then.
Thanks everyone for your comments and for your continued interest.
Well I finally shut the little fellow in my head up and stopped with the details. The main gear wells are now done and a coat of primer has been sprayed on. The photo flash and closeups are brutal, revealing dust and debris I should have removed beforehand. I'll smooth all that those out before finish painting.
The following 5 pics don't need much description, other than that I simply continued adding copper wire to various doo-dads in a semi-fictitious manner until it looked like there was some function behind it all. The first pic shows the two wings side by side, revealing the interesting feature that the nacelles were identical, not symmetrical. This must have made for quicker production.
Tomorrow, I'll preshade with black in the shadow areas and get a coat of RLM 02 on and maybe get some of the details pained as well. More pictures then.
Thanks everyone for your comments and for your continued interest.
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Beautifully done Andy they look like identical twins, even down to the dust.....................
Looks good despite the little things you need to clean up and or off!
nice job Andy
Maximowitz
Tech Sergeant
This is turning into a classic build.
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Benevolens Magister
Very nice work Andy.
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Crimea_River
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I thank you gentlemen. It's appreciated.
The wheel wells have been finish painted and grimed up. I'm not overly happy with the close-up shots but am pretty satisfied with the results when looked at "live". The close-ups reveal many imperfections that, when not magnified, look fine in real life. I keep having to remind myself this is 1/48 scale.
The first 4 pics below show the final results. Starting this morning with the primed pieces seen in the above post, I cleaned off as much of the debris as I reasonably could within the tight confines of the wells and then preshaded the ribs and shadow areas with black. Once that was dry, I set about airbrusing a coat of RLM 02, allowing the preshaded areas to show. After the RLM 02 was dry, I lightened a bit of it with white and went over the high points with a fine brush. Then came the hose and oil tank, painted with a rubber mix I use for tires and RLM 66, respectively. Next came the hydraulic lines, painted with Humbrol Aluminum, followed by an oily wash to darken the shadows. Finally, using the thin wash, I flicked the brush into the well to get the random oil and dirt stains that were inevitably present in this area.
Below, for comparison, is the plain well as it looked when I started this
With the main wells done, I started on getting the brake lines attached to the main gear struts (below). This is pretty tricky as this assembly is extremely delicate. I can't remember how many times I've broken the leg on the hydraulic cylinder in the upper left of the picture. The first time was when I cut it from the tree and I've repaired it at least 5 times since as it's the only thing that stops the assembly from twisting before it's secured in the well.
That's it for now. Back to work tomorrow so limited progress expected over the next few days. Thanks again for your compliments and interest.
The wheel wells have been finish painted and grimed up. I'm not overly happy with the close-up shots but am pretty satisfied with the results when looked at "live". The close-ups reveal many imperfections that, when not magnified, look fine in real life. I keep having to remind myself this is 1/48 scale.
The first 4 pics below show the final results. Starting this morning with the primed pieces seen in the above post, I cleaned off as much of the debris as I reasonably could within the tight confines of the wells and then preshaded the ribs and shadow areas with black. Once that was dry, I set about airbrusing a coat of RLM 02, allowing the preshaded areas to show. After the RLM 02 was dry, I lightened a bit of it with white and went over the high points with a fine brush. Then came the hose and oil tank, painted with a rubber mix I use for tires and RLM 66, respectively. Next came the hydraulic lines, painted with Humbrol Aluminum, followed by an oily wash to darken the shadows. Finally, using the thin wash, I flicked the brush into the well to get the random oil and dirt stains that were inevitably present in this area.
Below, for comparison, is the plain well as it looked when I started this
With the main wells done, I started on getting the brake lines attached to the main gear struts (below). This is pretty tricky as this assembly is extremely delicate. I can't remember how many times I've broken the leg on the hydraulic cylinder in the upper left of the picture. The first time was when I cut it from the tree and I've repaired it at least 5 times since as it's the only thing that stops the assembly from twisting before it's secured in the well.
That's it for now. Back to work tomorrow so limited progress expected over the next few days. Thanks again for your compliments and interest.
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Benevolens Magister
Excellent Andy, and as you say, none of the minor imperfections can be seen in 'real life'.
B-17engineer
Colonel
Wonderful!
N4521U
Colonel
A Kracker mate.
awsome job Andy
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys.
Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
That looks really awesome Andy.
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