What's on The Workbench

[Lucky13]

Just gonna head off to the shop to get some batteries for my camera and I'll post a few shortly....

 

[Wayne Little]

8)

 

[Wurger]

Wojtek Mate just seen the pics...........


Nice lines on them

so what do you think is better the italeri or mastercraft kit?

your doing an amazing job!

It's not easy to say.Both kits need much work on them to get a correct models.The Italeri kits seems to have a good shape of all parts.But it has incorrect dimension and it needs to be corrected as shown in the pics above ( for example the cockpit whole and the cockpit conopy because both pieces are too big.Some parts need to be scratch-built (for instance exchaust pipes).But the main "sin" of the kit is that almost all panel lines ( especially on the fuselage are at the wrong places and have to be re-engraved.So it means that all incorrect lines have to be filled with putty and then sanded.
The MasterCraft kit has incorrect front area of the fuselage and incorrect dimensions of both the wing and fuselage.The panel lines on fuselage are correct mostly.But the the shape of the tail needs to be corrected.What is more the stabilizer roots are too low (1.5-2mm) and have to be moved up.
Generally all parts need to be corrected and the cockpit interior has to be scratch-built.There is needed much more sanding than with the Italeri kit.

To sum up...If you don't have enough time for sanding, scratch-building. etc.. and you aren't going to take part in competitions the Italeri kit seems to be easier to assemble.

Here a couple of pics.


And BTW THX to all for nice words.

 

[muller]

Thats a lot of work Wojtek! Looking forward to seeing more progress.

I'm nearly finished my T-2, just needs the canopy painted and fitted, bit of PE to go on them too.

I'm going back to WW2 birds for a while, a 1/48 IL-2 is next up.

 

[Wurger]

THX mate. Your model looks really great.Keep pics comming.

 

[Wildcat]

Excellent stuff guys!!

 

[Lucky13]

Niiice work Muller...! 8)
Wojtek, old friend.....now you scare me!

 

[Wurger]

Wojtek, old friend.....now you scare me!

Sorry buddy....

 

[muller]

Thanks fellas I don't normally do jets, I stick to WW2 builds, but i do have a load of MiGs in the stash (15, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29!), I might start building a few of them.

 

[Wurger]

Oh..it's a good sellection of the MIGs but you need MiG-17 or Lim-6bis as well.

 

[muller]

I know, I'm on the lookout for a 17, and i want to build another MiG-3, it was the 1st model i built when I returned to the hobby and its crap, a full line out of MiGs would look good in a display case. 8)

 

[Wurger]

Yep I agree.
For the Mig-17 (Lim-6bis) I can suggest the Smer kit in 1/48 scale.The model looks nice.

 

[muller]

Cheers Wojtek, I just found one on ebay and bought it, another MiG for the stash!

 

[Wurger]

Nice.

 

[Airframes]

Wojtek, by the time you've finished, the model will be virtually scratch built! It seems you are only using the kit parts as patterns! Great stuff!
Muller, nice T2. BTW there are a number of MIG kits available in 1/48th from Model Hobbies; I'd tought of doing some of the 'earlier' ones, 15 to 21, so will probably give it a try.

 

[Wurger]

Wojtek, by the time you've finished, the model will be virtually scratch built! It seems you are only using the kit parts as patterns! Great stuff!

Hi Terry,

These model parts are pieces of the kit with corrections but some elements have to be scratch-built anyway, like the main landing gear covering.I try to use only pieces of the kit with corrections for that I use plastic from mould frames or other sources for instance.For example like for "gutters" in the wheel bays.

Here a couple of pics.

 

[Wildcat]

Good stuff Wurgs. Way outta my league mate!

 

[Airframes]

That is amazing work, my friend! I'm afraid that this stupid Rheumatoid Arthritis prevents me doing such things these days, even in 1/32nd scale, but, even without the disease, I doubt I could achieve that precision!

 

[Airframes]

Possibly the only good thing that came out of the forum being down for a week was, that I could start another project. As I am waiting for some scenic materials, in order to complete the diorama base for the Gustav, I thought I'd start on the Academy 1/48th Sabre. I've always wanted to do some Korean war aircraft, particularly the Sabre, and this has been a good excuse!
Here's a few pics of the progress to date which, I was surprised to find, was fairly rapid. It's a VERY nice kit, and most is built from the box, with a few small additions along the way. That 'silver' finish is not the paint incidentally, it's part one of a technique I use for NMF finishes, which works well with brushes or with an airbrush, but even better, after practice, with the former.
If anyone wants to know how it's done, once you've seen the finished product, I'll post a thread on NMF finishes.

 

[Wurger]

but thank you very much.

My Friend , the Rheumatoid Arthritis is really a problem for you, I'm sorry but I'm sure if there wasn't the problem your models would be very accurate taking your skills into consideration.