Supermodel 1:72 scale Blohm Voss BV 138
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Lovely work so far!
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
McCartney's dead? Well that explains that superbowl performance a couple of years back.
Plane is looking great!
Plane is looking great!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Model is looking great. Can't say the same for McCartney.
prem895
Staff Sergeant
Well he died in 69
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
McCartney was probably my least favorite Beatle. Being a huge Beatles fan I took probably the last chance I would ever get to see one of the guys who made all that fantastic music live. Saw his concert here in Vancouver and he ROCKED !! almost 3 straight hours with out a break. Amazing performance !! New respect for the man especially at 71 years old.
Matt308
Glock Perfection
Lenon is phenomenal, but not the God he is made out to be. McCartney was the major contributor.
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
No doubt about it Lennon was and could be a first class knob but he and McCartney were probably the greatest good cop bad cop team ever...song writing wise.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great work and well done on getting rid of the 'bends'.
So, when 'Macka' finally pops his clogs, will he start decomposing? I'll get me coat .......
So, when 'Macka' finally pops his clogs, will he start decomposing? I'll get me coat .......
prem895
Staff Sergeant
Now back to our regularly scheduled program
Amigo,
I was flipping through Volume 1 of the upgraded William Green classic "Aircraft of the Third Reich" (formerly "Warplanes of the Third Reich") and low and behold there is a cut away of the "flying clog". Unfortunately it's across two pages so scanning night remove all the detail you wanted (if you still do). Do you have access to this book?
Jim
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
That's a great heads up I will look for it, looks like there's three volumes ! They still have Library's don't they ??? Those books would be very handy for future reference !!! I still have several Lesser known Luftwaffe kits left to do.
Yeah only Volume 1 had been released so you got that going for you. Good luck!
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
You know I have swam in the North Sea, Firth of Forth. it was cold and miserable even as a kid in the summer. That being said I can imagine the $#it kicking a plane would take in the North Sea and North Atlantic. I decided to beat the crap out of my 138 as only I can imagine for lack of good photos so here's how it pans out.
I have a few more details to add but she's pretty much done. A challenging kit but worth the effort, This plane is cool as all hell and enigmatic as well. The center nacelle, where does it exhaust ? I mean we're talking Diesel here, oil powered air pump essentially, where does the soot and swarf go ???. Why is the fuselage prop 4 bladed the others 3 bladed ? Same three engines ? I'll post up a few pics when it's done.
I have a few more details to add but she's pretty much done. A challenging kit but worth the effort, This plane is cool as all hell and enigmatic as well. The center nacelle, where does it exhaust ? I mean we're talking Diesel here, oil powered air pump essentially, where does the soot and swarf go ???. Why is the fuselage prop 4 bladed the others 3 bladed ? Same three engines ? I'll post up a few pics when it's done.
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prem895
Staff Sergeant
Looks fantastic
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Certainly does……………
N4521U
Colonel
A play on words.............. You've done a bang up job on her.
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
It's banged up alright, put a few finishing touches on her tonight and she's good for the shelf !
The underside is RLM65, the Topside is RLM72 73 but after spraying with matte clear coat kind of hard to make out. I first started by spraying the heavy wear areas with silver, then after a day a layer of future. The after another day the underside. Using an exacto blade I scraped away the paint revealing the silver underneath. The same was done on the top side, again scraping away paint with an exacto knife. I used low tack 3M fineline for the masking and removal actually pulled more paint of than I had wanted so the effect is a bit extreme in some places. After a day drying the decals were applied and then a layer of matte clear. Then I washed the whole plane down with a very thin watery mixture of white water colours and just let it evaporate to look like salt wash. Then I dirtied up the hull to make it look like it's been sitting in estuary water which is usually pretty nasty looking. The beaching gear I just wanted to make look ver y used and very rusty. Cool kit, a fun build despite all the fitting issues. Ad to my seaplane collection.
The underside is RLM65, the Topside is RLM72 73 but after spraying with matte clear coat kind of hard to make out. I first started by spraying the heavy wear areas with silver, then after a day a layer of future. The after another day the underside. Using an exacto blade I scraped away the paint revealing the silver underneath. The same was done on the top side, again scraping away paint with an exacto knife. I used low tack 3M fineline for the masking and removal actually pulled more paint of than I had wanted so the effect is a bit extreme in some places. After a day drying the decals were applied and then a layer of matte clear. Then I washed the whole plane down with a very thin watery mixture of white water colours and just let it evaporate to look like salt wash. Then I dirtied up the hull to make it look like it's been sitting in estuary water which is usually pretty nasty looking. The beaching gear I just wanted to make look ver y used and very rusty. Cool kit, a fun build despite all the fitting issues. Ad to my seaplane collection.
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A4K
Colonel
Great work mate!
