What's on The Workbench (2 Viewers)

[badbear]

Jesus this thing is long the concorde that is. Its going to take a bit of work to make this one good cos the body is in six bits and not that good at fitting together .BB

 

[Airframes]

I'm sure you'll get there mate. It must be a fair size in 1/72nd scale. Not the sort of thing I would go for normally, and not my usual scale, but I think one would look good on the ...er....on the....b*gg*r, got nowhere to put it !!

 

[badbear]

I know what you mean terry this is one big bird nearly a metre long from pointy bit to pointy bit and the gaps are horrendous i,ve just spent two hours filling and sanding and thats just to get the tail section flush with the main body .BB

 

[Trebor]

well, in my boredom I've started work on my Curtiss Jenny. this is gonna be a real challenge for me since I've never done this much rigging on an aircraft. I dunno if I can actually do it. I've painted the interior and assembled it, assembled the fuselage, bottom wings, tail. gonna be a little difficult putting the top wing on.

 

[javlin]

Now I don't know if any of you guys are interested in this kind of stuff but I thought i try it on you.I am in the process of working the planks of the deck to make them stand out some and this is my first attempt at such a thing.I start with a deck tan color and three empty jars.Jar(1) has deck tan,yellow and a little red;mix well.Jar(2) gets 1/2 of jar(1) plus alittle more red,yellow and some lt. gray.Jar(3) gets 1/2 of jar(2) plus alittle red,yellow and more gray.Spray the whole deck with #1 dry and commence to taping in my case 1/32 X 25/32 stripes I went with about 25-30% coverage then spray #2 over that.Then start taping again 25-30% then hit it with #3.Once that is dry pull the tape and tone it down with #1 to blend it in.What you see here is up to #2 and about 5-6hrs of work.

Pic 1: is a test piece of the upper deak came out okay for my first rodeo

Pic 2: is the tape after #1

Pic 3: is #2 applied notice the red tint

 

[dirkpitt289]

I like it. Looks great so far

 

[javlin]

Thks Dirk clearly not an item for this forum.Look guys do not hesitate on commenting on some of Trebors work or others for not offending me for sure.I just thought I throw it out there no biggee it is an aircraft forum the last time I checked.Cheers

 

[Trebor]

well, any kind of modeling can come here.i got a couple cars and star trek ships here

 

[javlin]

well, any kind of modeling can come here.i got a couple cars and star trek ships here

You know Trebor totally forgot about that.I just did not want to slow the thread down any.Then keep truck'in Cheers

 

[Wayne Little]

That's nice work there Kevin....certainly takes time but worth the effort...on the theme of ships, next model up in my Winning models thread will be an IJN Carrier...just for you!

 

[Airframes]

Looking good Kevin. I haven't done a ship model for donkey's years, but very nearly got the 1/72nd scale Flower Class corvette when it was re-released. Might get a 1/72nd scale RAF Rescue launch, just for something different.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's nice work there Kevin....certainly takes time but worth the effort...on the theme of ships, next model up in my Winning models thread will be an IJN Carrier...just for you!

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Hot dam!

 

[javlin]

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Hot dam!

Now that will be cool Wayne.Terry I really needed a diversion and a different challenge and the GSpee is giving it to me.I spent another 4+ hrs taping the deck for the gray and spayed some H127 and peeled up the aft deck it looked sweet.I have a friend down the street who scratch builds all his sailing ships and he's got me awful close to being coaxed in for that or I am going to buy

this: Model Expo - NIAGARA, BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE 1:64 SCALE

or this: Model Expo - DAPPER TOM BALTIMORE CLIPPER 5/32 SCALE SCALE

these are both on sale at 1/2 price right now.I like working with wood and have a wood work shop already and have alot of tools also.I am not giving up plastic or planes just need more stimulation for the old brain.Cheers

 

[Wayne Little]

Now that will be cool Wayne.

Heading over to that thread now....

 

[javlin]

The deck is for the most finished except for a couple of touch-ups.I was going to stain in between the planks and tried it on the test piece and I just did not care for the effect got to kind a better mouse trap before that what I did hit the full deck.I see now why so many tape the wood on the deck and spray the gray it has a nice effect for sure but again talk about time comsuming.Well some pics are in order..........

Now this is with all the strips pulled and getting ready for the last coat of paint

an overall picture of the gray laid

now a close-up looking forward you can see the planking coming through

 

[vikingBerserker]

I have to say Jav, that's a real cool technique on the decking.

 

[Airframes]

Certainly looks good. Kevin, if you're interested in wood ship kits, there's some good stuff at a place called Mantua Models. They're an Italian company I believe, with an outlet also in the UK, and I think in the USA too.

 

[javlin]

Well Terry I have decided to scratch my first wood ship.The chap at the end of the street scratches all his own and has cad to do the conversion.This way the money involved will be minimum and see if I like doing it.I have decided it will be along the lines of a NE fishing schooner.

David it definitly an effective technique. Cheers

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work Kevin....8)

 

[Wurger]

Nice job Kev...


I'm working on interiors of the main landing wheel bays. I think these look much betters with these additional cardboard stiffeners.