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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
Hello Wayne!
Since you asked here is another model from my collection of "alternative materials build" models.
This model of Titanic is about 50cm long and its made from styrofoam (believe it or not) for haul, wood for uper structure, plastic tubes for funnels and almost everything else is more or less made of paper...
Since the ships haul is made of styrofoam it can float on water, but I only tried it once and avoid getting the model wet due to many parts being of paper.
I hope styrofoam is right term, in Serbian language its called "stiropor".
Sorry for some photos not being too sharp. I'm only an amateur in photography.
Since you asked here is another model from my collection of "alternative materials build" models.
This model of Titanic is about 50cm long and its made from styrofoam (believe it or not) for haul, wood for uper structure, plastic tubes for funnels and almost everything else is more or less made of paper...
Since the ships haul is made of styrofoam it can float on water, but I only tried it once and avoid getting the model wet due to many parts being of paper.
I hope styrofoam is right term, in Serbian language its called "stiropor".
Sorry for some photos not being too sharp. I'm only an amateur in photography.
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Benevolens Magister
Wow! That's fantastic Igor! You've done a beautiful job there. Maybe if the real 'Titanic' had ben made from styrofoam, it really would have been unsinkable!
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
Thanks Terry and Wojtek! I appreciated it.
I used styrofoam for haul becouse it's easy to work with. To shape it to the shape of ships haul I only used sharp knife. I used some putty to make it smoother but not much. (The haul of actual Titanic wasn't completelly smooth anyway). Note that only black painted part of the ship (haul) is made of styrofoam. Upper structure (the white painted parts) are of wood and paper.
I used styrofoam for haul becouse it's easy to work with. To shape it to the shape of ships haul I only used sharp knife. I used some putty to make it smoother but not much. (The haul of actual Titanic wasn't completelly smooth anyway). Note that only black painted part of the ship (haul) is made of styrofoam. Upper structure (the white painted parts) are of wood and paper.
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Mate, the Titanic is great work, well done....I like it!!
Screaming Eagle
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Very cool!
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
Here's another of my wooden/metal models - Junkers Ju 87D Stuka with Slovak Air Arm insignia.
(Note: Yellow tail fin and forward fuselage are fictitious).
I apologize for low quality of photos, but these were taken with web camera since my photo camera is currently "unavailable".
(Note: Yellow tail fin and forward fuselage are fictitious).
I apologize for low quality of photos, but these were taken with web camera since my photo camera is currently "unavailable".
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Cool, looks good!
Doughboy
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Great work on the Titanic and the Slovak Stuka.
Dusan Lekic
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Great job!!!
All the best!
Dusan
All the best!
Dusan
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
I have noticed that I have originaly posted only one photo of my 1:72 model Bf 109G-10 of JG 27 in my first post in this thread. Since this is one of my favorite models (alongside the Fw 190D-9 <- + of JG 4, also posted on page one of the thread), I've decided to present this model with few more photos. So here they are:
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Very nice Igor. Two questions; first are you going to make one for the next Group Build? A P40 would look very nice!
Can you tell me how you make the prop spinners? I presume you carve and sand them from wood, but the one on the '109 looks so good, being a difficult shape to obtain accurately, I thought I'd ask.
Can you tell me how you make the prop spinners? I presume you carve and sand them from wood, but the one on the '109 looks so good, being a difficult shape to obtain accurately, I thought I'd ask.
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
Thanks Terry!
For the next GB (Mediterranean/North Africa) I was thinking about two entries; one "classic" plastic kit (to early to say which one, but I think it will be nice surprise in terms of well known plane but still something little different *spoiler alert*) and one rebuild wooden/metal model of Bf 109E-7/trop (remember we talked about it through PM recently). Maybe I will include one more wooden/metal rebuild but I don't know right know if I will have enough time. For the time being I wasn't considering P-40 as new build, but you never know. It's a good idea since I never had built P-40 before. And I really like those P-40s with red stars used by the Soviets. We will see...
As for spinner...You are right regarding the way in which I made it. It's difficult to achieve correct shape, but it is all try and error process I guess (and I made many errors along the way)...
By the way Terry, when the current GB ends and new one begins?
For the next GB (Mediterranean/North Africa) I was thinking about two entries; one "classic" plastic kit (to early to say which one, but I think it will be nice surprise in terms of well known plane but still something little different *spoiler alert*) and one rebuild wooden/metal model of Bf 109E-7/trop (remember we talked about it through PM recently). Maybe I will include one more wooden/metal rebuild but I don't know right know if I will have enough time. For the time being I wasn't considering P-40 as new build, but you never know. It's a good idea since I never had built P-40 before. And I really like those P-40s with red stars used by the Soviets. We will see...
As for spinner...You are right regarding the way in which I made it. It's difficult to achieve correct shape, but it is all try and error process I guess (and I made many errors along the way)...
By the way Terry, when the current GB ends and new one begins?
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Thanks Igor. Looking forward to your entries, especially the wood/metal one(s).
The current GB ends on Friday July 31st, and the MTO/North Africa GB starts on Saturday August 1st.
I'll be posting something about the next GB, including guidelines etc, in about two weeks time, after confering with the other judges.
The current GB ends on Friday July 31st, and the MTO/North Africa GB starts on Saturday August 1st.
I'll be posting something about the next GB, including guidelines etc, in about two weeks time, after confering with the other judges.
Looking forward to more of your work Igor!
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
I know that work on this model had been covered by photos in separate thread, but I decided to post few pictures of finished model here as well.
This is scratch (wood/metal) rebuild in 1/72 scale and my first model after almost 10 year pause. It represents an North American P-51B Mustang flown Lt. E.A.Smith of 52 FG September 1944.
This is scratch (wood/metal) rebuild in 1/72 scale and my first model after almost 10 year pause. It represents an North American P-51B Mustang flown Lt. E.A.Smith of 52 FG September 1944.
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Heinz
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Btw that 109 looks awesome!- Thread starter
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
This was kinda mentioned in another thread... Over the years when I was making my wood/metal scratch build models I was considering to build one four engined model but never actually did it. At that time British Halifax bomber was my first choice and I had an idea to build Bf 110 night fighter too, so this two aircraft would in a way represent night aerial battle over Germany. As I gradually stopped modeling this idea was abandoned...
But I did made few two engined models at that time - He 111, Ju 88A, Bf 110 and Hs 129 - which I would like to present with few pictures. They are nothing special, but still...
For start here are few photos of He 111:
But I did made few two engined models at that time - He 111, Ju 88A, Bf 110 and Hs 129 - which I would like to present with few pictures. They are nothing special, but still...
For start here are few photos of He 111:
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vikingBerserker
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I bet that was a lot of fun to do. Nice job
