**** DONE: GB-45 1/72 Dornier Do 18 - BoB/Foreign Service

[Bustedwing]

I'm thinking of doing away with the tandem inlets and going with the side by side ones now, decisions decisions, next group build I'm doing a Hurricane or 109 !!

 

[CATCH 22]

I'm thinking of doing away with the tandem inlets and going with the side by side ones now, decisions decisions, next group build I'm doing a Hurricane or 109 !!

There is a joke about the man who gave his cat to the neighbor during his vacation time. I will not retell it but in essence the more you torture yourself during the whole model building process, the bigger the relief/happiness/joy after you are finally done. Good luck with the remaining work!
Cheers!

 

[Bustedwing]

There is a joke about the man who gave his cat to the neighbor during his vacation time. I will not retell it but in essence the more you torture yourself during the whole model building process, the bigger the relief/happiness/joy after you are finally done. Good luck with the remaining work!
Cheers!

At art school we called it " loving your work to death"

 

[Crimea_River]

Nothing "vanilla" abut Hurricanes or 109's either. Every make seems to have its niggles.

 

[Bustedwing]

Nothing "vanilla" abut Hurricanes or 109's either. Every make seems to have its niggles.

Lot more info and pictures though !

 

[Crimea_River]

True that.

 

[Bustedwing]

True that.

And ooooodles of aftermarket decals !

 

[Bustedwing]

Well after staring at pictures and then the model and back and forth I decided to change the inlet pipes on the engine gondola to be paired side by side. Then get back into the painting. Not thinking ahead about what a pain it would be to mask everything I assembled the whole model. In retrospect I would have just painted the fuselage and wings separately. I think I've used more masking tape on this than I did on the last ten models I've built. The first coat is on fairly light. I want to build them up layer by layer so the difference between the RLM 72-73 is a bit more noticeable. I would imagine the salt sea air would have been very hard on the paint. So far so good.

 

[fubar57]

Looking good. I love those camo colors but haven't got one kit to put them on

 

[Airframes]

Progressing nicely - must be a b*gger to paint, with all those angles.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool.

 

[Crimea_River]

That's coming together beautifully Graham.

 

[Bustedwing]

Oh it's been a struggle ! Gotten discouraged with it a few times and left it for few days. I do love Dornier flying boats though. I have a Mach2 Dornier 26 but no bloody way am I doing THAT one for a group build. Probably the most miserable kit I've ever seen !

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Bustedwing]

After considerable frustrations, touch ups and a major masking PITA I finally finished the camouflage. Initially I thought it would be easier to paint the fuselage separate from the wings and the engine gondola but the fit between them was so poor I knew I'd be trying to clean it up afterwors which would have been impossible. At ay rate she's done and now it's on to the markings. I'm going with M2+IK, I'm just not sure what emblem to use. I may just use the one on the decal sheet and hope no one really notices !

 

[A4K]

LOVE IT mate!!!
Great job, especially considering the hassles!

 

[Crimea_River]

Yep, with Evan.

 

[fubar57]

With Evan and Andy

 

[Wurger]