#4494814 - 10/27/19 11:53 AM
Re: Jack and Frank, the Japanese interceptors
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Man, another good one. You have the talent, that’s for sure !
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#4494828 - 10/27/19 01:46 PM
Re: Jack and Frank, the Japanese interceptors
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Very nice work Ajay I always enjoy reading your threads and watching the progress..Thanks for posting them Thanks mate I enjoy posting them as well and appreciate everyone who comments. Man, another good one. You have the talent, that’s for sure ! Thanks Grog, i still always find something that gives me a challenge though. That cockpit man You're cranking them out one better than the next. Very great job, and also the photography now does the model justice I want to ask my Father in Law if i could use his DSLR but he runs hot and cold so i need to find one of his good days lol. Cheers Colonel.
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#4494870 - 10/27/19 07:11 PM
Re: Jack and Frank, the Japanese interceptors
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#4495063 - 10/29/19 11:55 AM
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Ok, let's roll number two. Some more cool artwork. Decals, unsure if they are actually 1972 vintage or just have not been updated since then. Instructions, man you would have knocked this out in day when you were a kid! The cockpit was ..well, not much. As usual, you will see nearly nothing anyway. A most exciting engine This is the complete kit And now onto the fun stuff. I decided i would give panel lines, riveting and stressed skin a crack. These old kits tend to have raised panel lines which i first noticed in the Raiden but wasn't too fussed about. So it's sand off the raised lines and replace with sunken ones. Having no fancy panel line scriber i had watched a vid a while back where a guy uses a pin and a mechanical pencil, i substituted the pencil for my pin vice and voila, a scriber. Luckily i also still have a few rolls of panel tape from my old job which will comes in handy as a guide. My first attempt and i had a few lines out of whack so putty and attempt two. Once the scribing is done comes the real fun. To mimic the stressed skin look i need to create a U shaped groove along the center of the panel lines, sand the grooves smooth with some rolled fine sandpaper and then get in there and polish the groove..and then redo the panel lines (lightly) and the rivets. I'm using a curved blade for the groove making (but stupidly enough bought the wrong size blades for my knife so i need to remedy that tomorrow) and just scraping away the plastic. By the time it is sanded and then polished it should be nice and random and not just a bunch of weird looking grooves. That's the plan anyway. For anyone unsure about the whole stressed skin thing, here's a Ki84 with stressed fuselage skin. and this guys tutorial site that breaks down the process really well and made me decide i needed to give it a go. Reproducing stressed skin Some serious next level modelling done by those guys.
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#4495660 - 11/02/19 01:26 AM
Re: Jack and Frank, the Japanese interceptors
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Lol, if anything strafe the dog owners Looks like they must be on holidays which is good, i need the break. They have a rottweiler that's about a year old that barks at every tiny noise and haven't trained it and barely do anything except shout at it from inside, whilst it jumps at their back door screen wanting attention. The neighbours behind have three big dogs that they keep quiet except for when they are out then they can raise hell. Then on my right side the old couples old Ladrador died so they got a new pup, another big dog that barked enough that the council turned up so they use a bark collar now. Some days and especially nights the constant barking can just do your head in. We've had to ring thr council in the last six months on wandering dogs without collars turning up in our dead end circuit. People man. I've got to fix the rear fence today because the three dogs behind broke a slat and keep poking their heads through the fence and barking and carrying on.
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#4495710 - 11/02/19 02:38 PM
Re: Jack and Frank, the Japanese interceptors
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Hi Ajay, I've been following from afar whilst on holiday. Cracking work, you've nailed that Raiden, one out of the top drawer. As to color debates, it sounds like WWII model makers have the same ones as WWI guys with PC-10 (British brown/green) and Clear Dope Linen. Try having an interest in Argentinian aircraft during the Falklands War...
Gareth UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing. OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing. HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall. TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you. Read my scale modelling blog at www.latibuliser.com or mfhmazda787.com
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#4495711 - 11/02/19 03:08 PM
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#4495723 - 11/02/19 04:12 PM
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someone will tell me my colours are a mile off The same people who never post any of their work, if they build anything at all. As my grandad used to ssay "All mouth and no trousers..."
Gareth UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing. OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing. HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall. TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you. Read my scale modelling blog at www.latibuliser.com or mfhmazda787.com
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#4495836 - 11/03/19 01:39 PM
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Jezum Crow, I guess we all know who's going to get the blue ribbon at the County Fair for Best Model Airplane.
The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.comFrom Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#4496756 - 11/10/19 11:37 AM
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Do you heat up Rosie the Riveter or it just punctures the small holes in the plastic not heated?
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