Thanks PT; the E-100 was a new design, built as an adaptable base for mobile Flak, a super heavy tank destroyer and an artillery system. Only one prototype got built which was brought back to the UK at the end of the war and then scrapped. The tank destroyer would have weighed 140 tonnes....Purplethistle wrote:That is a stunning job on the FlakPanzer, Is that based on the Panther hull?
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As a relatively non-plane builder, but plane appreciator of others efforts ... the Blenheim looking good,
I have found that a number of the new tooled kits that I have tackled (mostly the Afghanistan army range of items and Mary Rose)
were like Shaun says a very precise fit, and in my case too, at times it was too precise for a brush painter like me,
I have found that a number of the new tooled kits that I have tackled (mostly the Afghanistan army range of items and Mary Rose)
were like Shaun says a very precise fit, and in my case too, at times it was too precise for a brush painter like me,
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I agree that the new tool kits are very tightly engineered, and possibly too much so if new builders or youngsters are considered. Brush painting certainly does not help matters, which is why I tend to build the entire cockpit interior where possible before painting to reduce potential for paint getting onto mating surfaces. Once complete, I try to remember to sand the outside faces of cockpit assemblies and scrape the internal faces of fuselage side where the cockpit assembly will touch; not always a guarantee of a good fit but it helps!
A little more progress with the Blenheim has been made: engines are assembled (placed on the nacelles for dramatic effect ) and a little bit of exterior painting has started
A little more progress with the Blenheim has been made: engines are assembled (placed on the nacelles for dramatic effect ) and a little bit of exterior painting has started
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Jim
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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The Blenheim is coming together nicely Jim. I've started using the same method as you with regard to cockpits. Get as much done before any painting. Certainly helps with new tool Airfix that's for sure.
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More excellent progress with the Blenheim, Jim, it really does look very good.
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I remember the original Airfix Blenheim which was a good kit for the time, but this looks to be in a completely different league. You do build kits quickly (at least by my rate of progress), but the quality does not suffer. How do you do it?
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Thanks folks.
LM, I generally get an hour or two per evening at the bench and do as much or as little as the instructions and time permit. I think that having earned my living as a painter and decorator for a while helps with brush painting, even if at a much smaller scale! Having an eye for detail and my scaffold design background also helps with the technical side and with making sure parts are correctly aligned, straight etc..
Other than that, I take as many short cuts as I can get away with
LM, I generally get an hour or two per evening at the bench and do as much or as little as the instructions and time permit. I think that having earned my living as a painter and decorator for a while helps with brush painting, even if at a much smaller scale! Having an eye for detail and my scaffold design background also helps with the technical side and with making sure parts are correctly aligned, straight etc..
Other than that, I take as many short cuts as I can get away with
Best wishes
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Not a lot of updates on the Blenheim I'm afraid; the build has continued between trying to work and get to the hospital as much as possible and to be fair has proved to be very therapeutic.
Anyhow; the build is finished. Not my best work, although to be fair the kit deserves a bit more focus and attention than I gave it; I have a Mk.1 in the stash and hopefully will be able to give it my full attention when I get around to building it The cockpit framing in particular could be a heck of a lot better!
Paints are Revell Aqua (topside) and AK Interactive (underside), gloss varnish, decals, Flory Brown wash, then the usual W&N matt varnish to finish. In a first for me, I used the primary scheme of a North Africa based Free French aircraft.
Anyhow; the build is finished. Not my best work, although to be fair the kit deserves a bit more focus and attention than I gave it; I have a Mk.1 in the stash and hopefully will be able to give it my full attention when I get around to building it The cockpit framing in particular could be a heck of a lot better!
Paints are Revell Aqua (topside) and AK Interactive (underside), gloss varnish, decals, Flory Brown wash, then the usual W&N matt varnish to finish. In a first for me, I used the primary scheme of a North Africa based Free French aircraft.
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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That's very pretty. I love that scheme on the Blenheim.
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Marvellous, that looks the business, Jim!
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Nearly missed the new Blenheim, Jim. That looks very smart.
I'm afraid the old Airfix Blenheim put me off Blenheims for a while. I fancy the MPM Mk V kit, though I know it will be a bit of work.
Cheers,
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I'm afraid the old Airfix Blenheim put me off Blenheims for a while. I fancy the MPM Mk V kit, though I know it will be a bit of work.
Cheers,
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Ah! I remember when I were a lad, making that version of the old tool one, mine were nowhere near as good as that, 'appen!
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Lovely work Iggie, I did the same scheme on the old tool some years back. What were the numbers of the Revell colours please?
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Impressive. Having built the old tool, better look for this one.
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Fab work on the Blenheim,I love the French scheme.
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