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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/12/2009 5:33:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		JudgeDredd: Nice work there guy, try taking a shot of that baby sitting on a mirror, gives a great effect and shows bottom at the same time. Oh yeah the camera work wasn't bad at all. What was camera ?

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/12/2009 5:43:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice job Judge!.. Aluminum's harder to do, cause you have to be 'clean' .. and you did great!

Nice of you to support your local store, they do have a lot of competition on the web.. most of the ones local to me closed long ago...

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/12/2009 6:38:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Judge

If I am after a certain model my local model shop guy will order it in for me. He has stacks of catalogues and we sit and go through them ticking off what I want and he adds it to his next order.

Maybe your guy will do the same for yoo with the Stuka.

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/12/2009 6:45:00 PM   
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Will do with the shop...so few of them about it's nice to support when you can.

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/12/2009 8:10:23 PM   
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JudgeDredd: Nice work there guy, try taking a shot of that baby sitting on a mirror, gives a great effect and shows bottom at the same time. Oh yeah the camera work wasn't bad at all. What was camera ?

It's an Olympus C-310.

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/13/2009 7:18:56 PM   
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The kit wasn't the best I have to say...some things were wrong. For example, the two pods at the front (whatever they were) had two little "knobs" each for putting into the underside of the front of the fuselage...but the fuselage did not have any holes for them...so I had to cut off the knobs of plastic. Same for the ariels at the front...no holes for them.



Are you sure the pods are supposed to go there? Maybe there were no holes because they don't go there? They look sort of funny sitting up front like that.


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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/13/2009 8:44:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looking at the photo, I might have sat them more forward than they were meant to go...but that's purely because I had to guess where they went...I did NOT see any holes for those.

Anyway...glad that first one is out the way...I've been getting a little better with the practice...painting still seems to be an issue (though I'm mostly pleased with the P51) and I'm still considering investing (in the future) in a spray kit because the finish looks alot better I think.

I've got an Academy Stuka next...guy in the shop says Academy are very good kits. I also asked him and he's going to try and get me an He-111. Very looking forward to that one.

Got the kids one each as well for Christmas...Cathryn has a Spitfire Tropical MkIX and Megan has a Corsair...plan on spending nights over Christmas painting and making them.

Met a guy in the shop today who asked "You think kids have the patience for these nowadays" and I said "Sure...if they're introduced to it, they'd love it"...Cathryn already had the one she wanted in her hand!

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/13/2009 8:45:36 PM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/13/2009 10:12:50 PM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/14/2009 10:45:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		sometimes the instructions would tell you ahead of time to drill holes for certain attachments, you might want to double check..

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/14/2009 10:54:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well I did notice that on the P51 I just did...so it's possible I missed it. I wasn't looking for instructions like that to be honest (tbh)...I thought they just came with the holes in them.

Like I said...I think I'll be revisiting that one and doing a better job. I wasn't really happy with my "cop out" on the paint job and I also dropped the landing gear because I did put enogh weight in the nose so it wouldn't stand up properly (though I was struggling to find what to put in the nose that was small enough but had enough weight to it.

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 1:29:43 AM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 4:14:56 AM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 4:39:09 AM   
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ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

Well I did notice that on the P51 I just did...so it's possible I missed it. I wasn't looking for instructions like that to be honest (tbh)...I thought they just came with the holes in them.

Like I said...I think I'll be revisiting that one and doing a better job. I wasn't really happy with my "cop out" on the paint job and I also dropped the landing gear because I did put enogh weight in the nose so it wouldn't stand up properly (though I was struggling to find what to put in the nose that was small enough but had enough weight to it.


We used to find tire balance weights in the road or whereever. We'd cut them up with pliers and glue them in the nose.



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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 4:50:25 AM   
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ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

Well I did notice that on the P51 I just did...so it's possible I missed it. I wasn't looking for instructions like that to be honest (tbh)...I thought they just came with the holes in them.

Like I said...I think I'll be revisiting that one and doing a better job. I wasn't really happy with my "cop out" on the paint job and I also dropped the landing gear because I did put enogh weight in the nose so it wouldn't stand up properly (though I was struggling to find what to put in the nose that was small enough but had enough weight to it.


We used to find tire balance weights in the road or whereever. We'd cut them up with pliers and glue them in the nose.




I just remembered another way to add noseweght was to use modelling clay, the non-hardening type and fill a nosecone or propeller spinner up with the stuff.




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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 7:08:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		Very cool mustang Judge! I really like the demarcation lines in the pain job you achieved. Is that the 48th scale Tamiya kit you were talking about building?

I'm really interested - what paints are you using and how did you go about applying the silver color and masking? Getting such a smooth yellow is no easy feat either if applied with a brush.

Wouldn't mind seeing a closer pic of the pilot too!

Cheers,
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 7:26:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thx for the feedback on the weights. I'll ask at my store if they have or know where I can get anything.

Adam. Thx That's the 1:48 scale I was on about yes.

I use Humbrol and Revell paints (not arcrylic, the other sort). Have 3 different brush sizes. Silver was applied using my bigger brush (it's not THAT big!) and I didn't use masking...I do most of the painting with the kit on the mould holds...I'm just very careful when I glue and if some does "seep" out of the joints, I give a slight touch up after it's all together.

As for the pilot...sorry...the canopy is glued in place. I was very impressed with him as well (if I do say so myself)...I used my smallest brush and he needed a couple or 3 coats. If I can easily get the canopy off, I'll take a pic...wish I had beforehand now.

I've found this a very, very relaxing and easy going hobby and very rewarding. I can easily see a difference between my first, second and third models. Definitely progress has been made.

I'm really looking forward to getting into the bigger models...there's a 1:32 Revell Ju88 in the shop at £40...but I know if I come home with that the wife will start questioning this new found hobby.

Looking forward to my Stuka (only 1:72) but apparently Academy are very detailed, though I have found my previous 2 1:72s were quite fiddly for my fat old fingers! If this one doesn't turn out well, I may have to stick to 1:48

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 12:15:11 PM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 1:09:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Ju88 may have been 1:48 scale...not sure.

I did have a BIG (must've been 1:32 - maybe 1:24 scale??) Stuka once - never did finish it.

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 12/15/2009 6:08:33 PM   
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Are you sure the pods are supposed to go there? Maybe there were no holes because they don't go there? They look sort of funny sitting up front like that.




The "pods" are external fuel tanks. The back seat in the two place Me-262 took up space previously occupied by fuel. And yes, they are too far forward. They would be as close to the center of gravity as possible. On the '262, they were placed forward of the main landing gear wheel wells.

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/21/2010 9:39:23 PM   
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The camera seems to pull out all the little nuances...the model looks fine on the shelf!

It's a Ju87G-2 Stuka "Kanonen Vogel"









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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/21/2010 9:40:06 PM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/21/2010 9:40:48 PM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/21/2010 9:42:04 PM   
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This was a kit by Academy and I have to say I was very impressed with how it went together. It was very precise and all the detail stays showing, even through the paint.




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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/21/2010 9:50:45 PM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/21/2010 9:52:08 PM   
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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/21/2010 10:14:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looking good Judge!.. Rise of Flight's giving me the urge to maybe get back into the hobby again.. lol been looking at WWI kits!


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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/22/2010 12:40:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice camo job. I'm just reentering the modeling arena myself. How'd you do the camo?

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/22/2010 12:58:46 AM   
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Ju87G-2 Stuka "Kanonen Vogel"


I didn't know the 37mm-pods were that big. I bet they reduced max-speed quite a bit. I wonder how it performed when it was hunting tanks, since they had no DU-ammo.

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RE: Just started taking this up again.... - 1/22/2010 7:18:48 AM   
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Nice camo job. I'm just reentering the modeling arena myself. How'd you do the camo?

Just good old brush and a not so steady hand. Seriously, looking at it close up, I'm a little disappointed now, I mean I like it and it looks quite cool (and I loved the Stuka), but close up, the warts in the painwork show. I must try and steady my hand a bit more. tbh, when I was taking the pictures, I saw some of the little things in the paintwork that are bothering me now, but I had already put the transfers on (the part of modelling I least care about). So I still need to perfect my painting skills. Close up shots show the paint work to be a little tardy, but from a small distance away it looks tidy (like the last shot).

I'm not really one for historical accuracy...so I paint it how I like. I get ideas from the net of camo jobs or maybe the box will show me, but I don't try to find the exact paint colours...if I have something close to hand that looks right, I use it. As an example, the brown is a satin colour. I wasn't going to use it at first and was instead going to buy a different colour, but when I saw it on, I decided it looked good and left it on.

The actual camo style was shown on the box and in the instructions.

I wasn't going to buy an "Academy" model, thinking they were some cheap make having never heard of them, but the guy in the shop said they are nice, detailed models and go together well...I couldn't agree more.

Also, being my "local shop", I decided to ask him to try and get me an He111 instead of buying one over the internet...he came good, with a Hasagawi (another make he highly recommends).

Looking forward to the big baby.

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