Latest Project: Matchbox 1/32 Bf-109E-3
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Engine & Guns fitted at last! Those Master Model gun barrels are works of art. Few bits to tidy up in there, but 90% finished:
And the prop finally assembled. Added a few scratches to the blades with a silver pencil:
Next job, fit rudder & linkages, cannon muzzles, ailerons, flaps and slats to the wings and wait for some decals. Then it's matt coat, bit more weathering (exhaust and gun smoke and a few scrathes), u/c fitted. scratchbuilt nav. lights fitted, scratchbuilt aerial and, I can hardly beleive it, but I think that's about it!
And the prop finally assembled. Added a few scratches to the blades with a silver pencil:
Next job, fit rudder & linkages, cannon muzzles, ailerons, flaps and slats to the wings and wait for some decals. Then it's matt coat, bit more weathering (exhaust and gun smoke and a few scrathes), u/c fitted. scratchbuilt nav. lights fitted, scratchbuilt aerial and, I can hardly beleive it, but I think that's about it!
Skii said:
Looking fantastic, can't wait to see the painting process.
With regards to paint chips, use citadel metallics like mithril silver, and a fine detail brush - dead easy .
Skii: If you're reading this, I picked up some Citadel Mithril Silver today: if you're chipping panel lines, do you mask one side and dab paint along the edge, or do you just do the whoe thing freehand? Cheers.With regards to paint chips, use citadel metallics like mithril silver, and a fine detail brush - dead easy .
Eric Mc said:
GJB said:
Do you realise it took less time to build the real thing!....:-)
It's taken me four months to build a 1/72 Stuka - and it's not quite finished yet.During WW2 they were building three or four REAL ones a day.
A quick credit for RedFirecracker who has produced some superb custom decals for me. They are the white aircraft "Wk.No." and "kill" markings on the fin:
Sent the order a couple of days ago, they arrived today, no fuss, no big deal, just great quality decals exactly as ordered. Very thin backing film too (much better than the stuff I sometimes use).
Thanks again RedFirecracker!
Sent the order a couple of days ago, they arrived today, no fuss, no big deal, just great quality decals exactly as ordered. Very thin backing film too (much better than the stuff I sometimes use).
Thanks again RedFirecracker!
Eric Mc said:
Mental note made - I klnow where to go for white custom made decals now 
TBH I'd say for any colour custom made decals: the film seems much thinner than the commonly available stuff from Hannants.Eric Mc said:
Our Luftwaffe chappie didn't quite make ace, did he?
Yeah, apparently he did make it, with 8 kills. I don't understand only two 'kills' being shown. Maybe the rest were obscured when the rudder was painted, or else two was the tally for that particular aircraft? His claims are:14/05/40 1 x M.406
21/05/40 1 x Curtis
04/06/40 1 x Potez
07/06/40 1 x M 406
13/08/40 1 x Hurricane
01/09/40 1 x Hurricane
05/09/40 1 x Spitfire
06/09/40 1 x Spitfire
The last Spitfire was shot down presmably during his final sortie, before being shot down himself on that same day.
Try as I might, I can't find anything further about the pilot, Unteroffizier Hans-Georg Schulte. He survived, and was a POW. Apart from that...nothing. If the caption on this photo is to be belived, he is second from the (ETA *LEFT*), in the T-shirt. "White 5" can clearly be seen in the background, complete with red nose band (before the white i.d. was applied to the nose):
Edited by dr_gn on Friday 12th November 12:11
dr_gn said:
Red Firecracker said:
They've come out very well, nice to them being used in anger.
Did you use the single pass or double pass ones in the end?
Yep, they look good. I used the ones at the bottom of the strip, the darker ones (double pass?).Did you use the single pass or double pass ones in the end?
Cheers.
The real Apache said:
nice work dr, are you going to give it a matt finish then some dirt/weathering?
Yes: the gloss coat looks terrible, but you need it so that the dark wash just fills the engraved detail, without staining the (initially) matt painted surface. Decals adhere to a gloss surface better too.The plan is to add some stencil decals here and there, then paint some paint chips/scuffs at random along the panel lines, then airbrush some exhaust/gun smoke, then add a bit of oil staining/grime/mud in a few places then an overall coat of XDFF extremely matt varnish to everything. It will look better then.
Red Firecracker said:
dr_gn said:
Red Firecracker said:
They've come out very well, nice to them being used in anger.
Did you use the single pass or double pass ones in the end?
Yep, they look good. I used the ones at the bottom of the strip, the darker ones (double pass?).Did you use the single pass or double pass ones in the end?
Cheers.
Cheers.
dr_gn said:
The real Apache said:
nice work dr, are you going to give it a matt finish then some dirt/weathering?
Yes: the gloss coat looks terrible, but you need it so that the dark wash just fills the engraved detail, without staining the (initially) matt painted surface. Decals adhere to a gloss surface better too.The plan is to add some stencil decals here and there, then paint some paint chips/scuffs at random along the panel lines, then airbrush some exhaust/gun smoke, then add a bit of oil staining/grime/mud in a few places then an overall coat of XDFF extremely matt varnish to everything. It will look better then.
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