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36feet10inches
Staff Sergeant
After the Bf 109 I had a crack at a Spitfire, this is how it turned out...
I was feeling pretty pleased with myself until I saw what this guy had done with exactly the same kit...
1/72 Revell Spitfire Vb by Jia Wei Lim
I was feeling pretty pleased with myself until I saw what this guy had done with exactly the same kit...
1/72 Revell Spitfire Vb by Jia Wei Lim
Stay pleased....it's a good effort!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
I'm with Wojtek and Wayne - you've done a good job. I thought it was 1/48th Airfix until I saw your note! BTW, wass that the Revell/Matchbox 1/32nd scale Lysander in one of your pics? It's one I quite fancy doing some time.
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
Nice models guys .Good on ya's for sharing
Screaming Eagle
Senior Master Sergeant
Agree with Daniel!
otftch
Staff Sergeant
Nice models.I too like your spit.
Ed
Ed
36feet10inches
Staff Sergeant
Again, thanks for the encouraging words on the Spitfire. Have to say though that browsing around the net I'm staggered at the quality of some of the modelling even at 1/72 scale... me, I'm not exactly time-rich and I don't think I'll get into the extreme detailing/weathering side of it too seriously, I'm happy to crank out a 1/72 two or three weeks and if it's a reasonable representation of the original it'll do fir me. (Wouldn't mind knowing how to do that thing where the lines between the panels are darker though...)
I've got a Mustang on the go now, my wife thinks I've gone nuts, think after that I'm going to sum up the nerve to have a go at something a bit bigger, probably a Stuka. Haven't the neck to take on the Lancaster just yet...
BTW I'm using entirely Revell, simply because I have Revell paints... though I did pick up an Airfix Kittyhawk yesterday and was shocked at the difference between it and Revell kits... really poor I think, strange as in the UK at least Airfix is "the" name for model kits.
I've got a Mustang on the go now, my wife thinks I've gone nuts, think after that I'm going to sum up the nerve to have a go at something a bit bigger, probably a Stuka. Haven't the neck to take on the Lancaster just yet...
BTW I'm using entirely Revell, simply because I have Revell paints... though I did pick up an Airfix Kittyhawk yesterday and was shocked at the difference between it and Revell kits... really poor I think, strange as in the UK at least Airfix is "the" name for model kits.
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Search the modeling section conker, we have several tutorials on weathering and whatnot with a great deal of info....
otftch
Staff Sergeant
For Conkerking,
I had the same problem.No time and a wife who thought I was a little nuts. I worked as a mechanic for about forty years doing flate-rate. I turned 12 to 18 hours a day and would be so completely jazzed by the time I came home I didn't want to see the kids or talk to anyone until I had a chance to calm down.After cleaning up I would retire to the model room and after a few minutes would go from the shakes to painting a straight line.The wife realized I needed this time to "become human again" and recognized the theraputic value of my modelling.After a while the kids would drift into the model room and say hi and ask a few questions about what I was working on and I tried to answer their questions a well as I could.My advice to you is find the time,the rewards are well worth it.I hope you can get half the enjoyment and knowlege I have received from this wonderful hobby. Now,when someone new comes to our home I don't get the chance to show the model room.My wife,kids or grand-children beat me to it!
Ed
I had the same problem.No time and a wife who thought I was a little nuts. I worked as a mechanic for about forty years doing flate-rate. I turned 12 to 18 hours a day and would be so completely jazzed by the time I came home I didn't want to see the kids or talk to anyone until I had a chance to calm down.After cleaning up I would retire to the model room and after a few minutes would go from the shakes to painting a straight line.The wife realized I needed this time to "become human again" and recognized the theraputic value of my modelling.After a while the kids would drift into the model room and say hi and ask a few questions about what I was working on and I tried to answer their questions a well as I could.My advice to you is find the time,the rewards are well worth it.I hope you can get half the enjoyment and knowlege I have received from this wonderful hobby. Now,when someone new comes to our home I don't get the chance to show the model room.My wife,kids or grand-children beat me to it!
Ed
36feet10inches
Staff Sergeant
I can relate to that... I think my enthusiasm comes from the fact that (without boring anyone with the details) while I have what I guess many would call a "good job" i.e. the money's good, it involves lots of travel, long hours and a fair degree of stress... and my success, or otherwise, is summarised each month with a spreadsheet. I don't actually "create" anything. This I suppose is why I find it so satisfying and involving to build these little model planes, it takes my mind off the world at large and when it's done I can sit back and look at what I've made with own hands (with a little help from Messrs. Revell GmbH...) 
Heinz
Captain
Great Victor man!
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
With Heinz very cool
36feet10inches
Staff Sergeant
... Revell 1/72 Mustang. Lesson learned this time - don't leave decal fix fluid to pool and dry, it makes nasty white marks that are a sod to shift!
The squadron so far...
The squadron so far...
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
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