What's on The Workbench

[Crimea_River]

I can't speak to the base of the prop but it was quite common for the back side of the tips to wear down quickly.

Weathering Propellors; getting it backwards.

I've seen some superbly made models on this and other forums and in modelling magazines. Often weathered very carefully and realistically. But one flaw stands out for me. Unrealistic weathering of propellers. All too often the modeller very carefully adds chips and weathering to the front of the ...

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[Bernhart]

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[Bernhart]

Office is up

 

[fubar57]

Nice Bernie. I haven't seen many of those built

 

[fubar57]

I can't speak to the base of the prop but it was quite common for the back side of the tips to wear down quickly.

Went through 4 of 138 Bf books and agree some wear at the tips, some had no wear on tips and didn't matter the theatre, snow

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desert

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grass. Note just one tip had wear and all the wear is similar in size

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[Vic Balshaw]

Certainly an unusual phenomenon.

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[A4K]

Where was that picture taken Andy? It looks like a railway station.

 

[Snautzer01]

Where was that picture taken Andy? It looks like a railway station.

Messerschmitt Bf 109K4 10. JG51(Jagdgeschwader 51), black, code in fuselage 1and bar in Ronne, Denmark on Friday May 4, 1945. Colourized.

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[Crimea_River]

Where was that picture taken Andy? It looks like a railway station.

Snautzer beat me to it. Just happened to see it on FB and thought it was relevant to the discussion. Obviously colorized.

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys, great photo.

Nothing to scream about, but my latest:

TA-4J cockpits coming together. Ejector seats aren't detailed as 1) they are OOB, and 2) there will be pilots in them. Once the pilots are painted, they will be glued in, and cockpit halves joined up.

Just couldn't leave the Halifax prop as it was, so filled the blemishes as much as possible, sanded, and resprayed it. Looks alot better now, and looks even better with naked eye. These macro shots are brutal...
(Still looking to achieve a much finer finish with the acrylic paints though, or is this how they all are in 1:72 scale??)

Cheers.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

It looks to be coming along nicely Evan. As for the pitted look with spray close up, yes it can look rough but I would say it is not uncommon, I suppose it would depend on the pigment not to mention the dust that gets on everything no mater how hard we try to prevent it.

 

[Viking1066]

The dust is as bad as the carpet munster.

 

[Zippythehog]

I'm envious of you all. Most seem to have a tidy work area, like a factory assembly line. My workbench looks like a James Ensor painting.

 

[Donivanp]

I'm envious of you all. Most seem to have a tidy work area, like a factory assembly line. My workbench looks like a James Ensor painting.

That's ok my place is a Jackson Pollock

 

[fubar57]

Looking good Evan. I'm still learning the AB and in the past few months I've been spraying 1:1, paint/thinner. Its mostly about being cheap because of a four hour return trip to get paint stock but I like the results a lot more

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys, and don't be deceived... Nice and tidy afterwards, but it's all Salvador Dali while I'm painting. (His firearm phase, not his masterpieces!)

 

[Wayne Little]

Not bad at all Evan...!

 

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[A4K]

Cheers guys. A long way from the lovely finishes you achieve though Wayne!