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[Wayne Little]

Looks good to me Mike.

Which Ju88 ya doing?

 

[mikewint]

Wayne, It's a kit I picked up on ebay about a year age from China: Kitech. It's a Ju 88 A-1. Was/am doing it for the competition build: Eastern Front. Don't know if I'll finish it in time. Turning out to be a very poorly done kit. LOTS of flash and the pic on the cover only resembles the actual model inside. Directions are worse than the Ho 229. No words, just pics with vague arrows, no locator pins just two parts pressed together, no painting directions except external. So another kit maker I'll never buy from again

 

[Wayne Little]

Mike, you seem to be trying to do all the hard one's first.....

 

[mikewint]

Got them on Ebay, price was right and could not find them anywhere else. Also thought it was pretty cool to sit at my computer in Joliet, Il and order a model kit from China. Always thought kits were pretty much the same all over, well live and learn

 

[Catch22]

Mike, I've heard that the Kitech EA-6B is quite good. Maybe this is an older one?

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Excellent job there Mike! Looks like the modelling bug bit ya.

 

[mikewint]

Been building models for 60 years. Even built several large scale control-line models including an F4U and a Red Baron triplane way back inthe days of rice paper and Dope. As the kids got bigger it got tougher and tougher to find the time. Now in my "twilight" years I'm finding more time and there is no one around to destroy my models once they are built. Trying to put together a comprehensive WWII collection before the eyes and hands fail

 

[Wayne Little]

keep at it Mike!

 

[Airframes]

I've finally got myself a negative and slide scanner, and found a few old transparencies of models I built between 1978 and 1980, so thought I'd try out the scanner. Sadly, only two of these models survive (Chieftain and FW190), and the better-quality pics have disappeared from my files.
PIC 1. 1/35th scale Chieftain against a back-projected sunset.
PICS 2 to 4. Knocked out Syrian T55, again in 1/35th.
PIC5 and 6. RAF Phantom, in 1/32nd scale, converted from the Revell F4J kit, still under construction. The squadron eagle badges were hand-painted, as was the camouflage finish overall. This eventually won an IPMS Regional comp, but was destroyed on the way back from the event, when my (then) wife had to take violent evasive action in our car, due to a loony running a light!
PICS 7 to 9. FW190A8, Hasegawa 1/32nd scale. And yes, I know the nose band is wrong, and the cannon bulges are missing from the wing tops!
PICS 10 and 11. The Monogram 1/48th Sabre, in RAF colours, built OOB. The checker nose and tail markings are hand-painted, as is the overall paint scheme.

 

[T Bolt]

Brilliant work Terry! That pic of the Chieftain looks real.

Now that you have that transparency scanner I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of interesting pics from you

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Glenn. I've posted some scans in the Aviation Pics section, and will be adding more over the coming months.

 

[Crimea_River]

Lovely!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Andy !

 

[rochie]

those are great Dogsbody

 

[Airframes]

Cheers Red Two !

 

[mikewint]

Terry, great first shot, like your pics, really nice work

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff Terry!

 

[otftch]

Nice. I had to go back and check that first one.
Ed

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much guys. the sunset shot of the Chieftain was done for an advertising poster, and this is one i didn't use. If I can find the good one, it looks better, as I put a low-key light in front, just to give some highlight here and there, and to reflect off the tank's headlights and the spot lamp on the turret.

 

[imalko]

Some great stuff here Terry. Thanks for sharing.