LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Aircraft Modeling => Topic started by: No.1 on August 09, 2015, 10:14:06 AM
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Not a fan of big scale kits but this is order so... huge box with nice art, very nice. Mixed media kit and rubber are real rubber. Only problem I have note is that engine must be built in order to assembly kit and place spinner, no matter are you going to close or open cowling.
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Work on cockpit first, I use Tamiya XF 63 for interior.
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I like it so far!
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Big and nice ;) Some later I will upload new images here :)
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I built a couple of 1/32 fighters many years ago but never had space to keep them! Also one of the HUGE 1/24 Ju-87s, too.....I really liked that one but gave it to a friend for display.
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Space is main point in this kits and as well large scale kits are in expansion, I wonder who buy them and where store them?
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I like what I am seeing! I notice something on this engine that is lacking on virtually every engine, kit or aftermarket---a splined propeller shaft! I've got to machine my own prop shaft for an engine change diorama that I have planned and I've often wondered why someone didn't mold the splines on a kit part. Now they have!
Many years ago a friend of ours forecast that large-scale kits would someday become big business. His reasoning was that many of us that are heavily involved in building are getting older and that the eyesight and fingers naturally lose their "touch" with advanced age. When he advanced this theory he was in his upper sixties and had long before given up on 1/72 scale. 1/48 was beginning to become a challenge for him and he was looking forward to 1/32. The only drawback, in his eyes, was that the larger scale would be too expensive for the average person to afford and that people would be confined to less and less models as they got older.
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Not a fan of big scale myself, but kit sounds good... And the beginning of your work is excellent!
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Good point, this one is so easy to built, even buttons on instrument panels are provided. It have some sense tis relation of scale and age. Thank you for comments friends :)
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Hello :-salut
Great job, mate. Tecnnically, this kit seems to be very good but some details are not satisfactory such as the compressor air scoop resembling the one of Bf 109 F's DB 601 E...
I read the words upon scale kit and age, and I surely am not "standard", because when I was younger I built generally 1/48 scale kits and now, being an old man, I build easily 1/72 scale kits... Maybe because I'm wearing spectacles for a very, very long time.
Jicehem :-wave
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I will take an images of details so you could be able to see it more perfectly ;)
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I will take an images of details so you could be able to see it more perfectly ;)
OK. I'll enjoy doing it.
Jicehem :-wave
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Jicehem,
I agree about the wearing of spectacles--I've used them for years and still enjoy small details! (Though photoetched parts sometimes get lost in the carpet monster......)
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(Though photoetched parts sometimes get lost in the carpet monster......)
Oh, yes, the carpet monster, the wildest beast in the world.
Jicehem :-wave
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:))
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This is current situation and tomorrow will make set of images for analyze ;)
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It's beautiful. I'm awaiting the end of your build.
Jicehem :-wave
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Problem is that I am not sure what to build, need some references images :(
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need some references images :(
Look at your e-mails... Sent via "Wetransfer".
Jicehem :-wave
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I have problem to download it, will try later. Anyway, here is details of the kit I working on. Some parts are not mounted, like aerial must and DF loop but other elements are here. For me, it look more like G-14, not G-6. And most important is the sample machine I am going to build, last image.
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I have problem to download it, will try later.
Hi mate :-salut
Try to send you via standard e-mail.
Your model resembles a G-6 because it lacks the MW 50 hatch on the right side of the fuselage...
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/10/07/63/16/www_le10.jpg)
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/10/07/63/16/www_le11.jpg)
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/10/07/63/16/www_le12.jpg)
Profile of a Bf 109 G-6MW50 (Erla built) but taken on charge by the Luftwaffe as G-14s to avoid troubles with the RLM...
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/10/07/63/16/34_mes10.jpg)
Profile of Bf 109 G-14/U4 (only produced by WNF as also G-6/U4) :
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/10/07/63/16/63_mes10.jpg)
Jicehem :-wave
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And rounded bottom of vertical fin? Is it feature of the G-14, not G-6? You are right about hatch but it is easy to engrave.
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Only image which shown sample machine I would like to built.
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And rounded bottom of vertical fin? Is it feature of the G-14, not G-6? You are right about hatch but it is easy to engrave.
See my modified answer above.
Hartmann's plane is a G-6.
Jicéhem :-wave
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I see the problem. It feature G-6/MW50 elements as well G-14/U4 elements. So I will need to remove G-14/U4 elements (small blister on starboard side)
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I see the problem. It feature G-6/MW50 elements as well G-14/U4 elements. So I will need to remove G-14/U4 elements (small blister on starboard side)
Hi mate :-salut
Look at your e-mails...
Jicehem :-wave
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All right...
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Landing gear and propeller ;)
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Looks pretty nice!
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Very easy and precise to assemble
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Right now I am working on details
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Hi mate,
The front glass of the Revi 16 B (it seems it's a Revi 12 on your kit) was actually a tinted sun glass.
Jicehem :-wave
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Green or brown tinted?
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Green or brown tinted?
Very dark black-green (Like glasses for a welder).
Jicehem :-wave
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All right
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Small update and I finally find use for Tamiya Smoke color- front glass is now tinted dark :-tri
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Good to finally use that tinted paint!!
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:-ok
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Thanks :)
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Painting started :)
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Camouflage painting started ;)
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Small arts as well camouflage completed :))
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Hello mate :-salut
The camo is really good and corresponds well to late war style. Bravo !
Jicehem :-wave
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Thank you my friend :))
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Very well done! :-ok
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Thanks :))
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It take some time to protect nose shape and start paint of leafs ;)
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A task taking a long time but the result will be very good, I'm sure.
Jicehem :-wave
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Yes, I've never done one of these with the tulip nose markings and we're happy to watch your progress! :-clap
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Yes, I've never done one of these with the tulip nose markings and we're happy to watch your progress! :-clap
Hi :-salut
There is Bf 109 K-4 belonging to the JG 52 with a red (?) tulip. In any case, not black.
Jicehem :-wave
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It is bog one, in smaller scale, it would be tricky project ;)
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Never seen this K-4 and I am curious to know more. Is it Harman machine black or red tulip?
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Never seen this K-4 and I am curious to know more. Is it Harman machine black or red tulip?
Hartmann's tulip is black. That's the color he adopted on the F-86s of his Bundes Luftwaffe JG 71 of which he has been the Kommodore.
http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/l.aspx?k=1325771
It seems the red (?) tulips adorned many planes of Deutsch Brod airfield only.
Jicehem :-wave
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Hermann Graf have red tulip on his Bf 109G, if I can remember correctly.
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Hermann Graf have red tulip on his Bf 109G, if I can remember correctly.
You're right.
Jicehem :-wave
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Completed :))
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Hi mate,
Fine result.
Jicehem :-wave
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Thank you ;) Now the coat of gloss and decals tomorrow :))
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Thank you ;) Now the coat of gloss and decals tomorrow :))
How many leaves have you painted ? Was the last photo that I sent you in good enough to see the exact number ?
Jicehem :-wave
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Seven :)
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Yes, beautiful results!
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Seven :)
OK. After the photograph I think it's accurate.
Jicehem :-wave
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Thank you :))
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Decal works start, with archive images as reference :-love
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Hello mate,
Very good !
The ANR markings are also very interesting.
Jicehem :-wave
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I have book about ANR and will use to review that part of markings ;)
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More progress on decals. I put triangles for fuels but not sure about '87' mark, maybe it have to be C3? Also problem with oxygen refuel sign, it come in position of fuselage cross, it goes over or under cross?
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Hi mate,
There is an error about compressed air (not oxygen only) because it's written "für MG 17" and there are no MG 17s at all on the G-6. A possibility is G-6/U4 with an axial MK 108 and in this case that should be "Preßluft für MK 108". In any case this marking comes over the cross. As there was almost no "heavies" on the eastern front, it's most likely a standard G-6 with axial MG 151/20 and MG 131 over the engine. Hence no marking for compressed air. The oxygen (Sauerstoff in German) marking is the one just at side of the red dot (electrical connexion) on the right side of the fuselage. This latter marking shoud be located on the hatch cover.
Jicehem :-wave
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Thank you my friend, your data is so valuable. I completed work on decals and now work on shading ;)
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Splendid! :-ok
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Excellent!
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Last work :) Some of jewelry here is to take small pieces and insert it on aerial wire
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Completed :))
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It's a beauty!
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Splendid!!! :-ok
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Thanks :))
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Excellent work mate!! :-ok :-ok :-clap :-clap
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Thank you :)
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Released ;)
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:-ok
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Great results!!!
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Splendid
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Thanks :))