
Jeroen Veen
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Thanks everybody, for the kind words. I just added a link to the WIP pictures, I hope that is of some interest to you. Kind regards and happy modelling, Jeroen
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Hello all, Mid december I got in touch with Martin, the owner of Wingscale, and he asked me to build one of the upcoming 1:32 B25's he's about to release. Today he is off to the toyfare in Germany and the model is on display there, so I had a couple of intensive weeks with this kit to get it finished in time. This is a preproduction model, so there were no etchings and no decals. All you see is in the box I got, nothing extra has been added with one exception: I asked Mal Mayfield of Miracle masks to cut me masks of a scheme that will be offered with decals. I'm convinced that masks work bett
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Monogram 1:48 EA-6B Prowler (finally) done
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Thanks guys, I'm humbled by the kind comments! -
Monogram 1:48 EA-6B Prowler (finally) done
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I'm not sure but I think they're the same, with a single loop. If I'm correct and memory serves me well I think Aires has a set of 4 seats only, in case you're not interested in the whole assemblee! Hope this helps, cheers, Jeroen -
Monogram 1:48 EA-6B Prowler (finally) done
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Thanks very much guys for your kind words! Highly appreciated. Now it's on to the next project, which probably will be Tamiya's 1:32 Spit Mk VIII! all the best to you and yours, cheers, Jeroen -
Well, I really have to start rethinking these projects. It happened with the Tamiya Lanc, with the Monogram Skytrain and now again: these builds take time and patience which I sometimes don't have. This is one of those projects that came to a full stop and took a bit to get it on track again, but here she is: my 1:48 Monogram Prowler (great timing with the Kinetic kit just being released lol). I rescribed the whole fuselage, added the Aires cockpit, removed the tailspine and dome and replaced those with Wolfpack goodies - and they also provided for the wing fold set. Most of the time went into
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hi Doug, In short: I selected a couple of panels at random that I painted with a mix of grey and black. The linen and the flaps were all painted with a mix of black and dark earth. The rest was painted with black. At this stage the contrasts are rather strong, but they will become less over the followoing steps. When all this was dry I took pure grey (something like panzer grey or similar) and sprayed at random streaks over the wings and fuselage. This step can be best seen around the exhausts. I then added the decals and coated the whole thing with Tamiya Gloss varnish. When that was fully
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Well, she's done. And I'm pretty pleased with the result as well. She looks like the mean and menacing night prowler I had in mind. But... I couldn't have done it without all your suggestions, good advice and supportive critiques. So thank you all for that, I really did appreciate it and it helped me a lot to do improvements along the way. I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I did building and painting her. All comments welcome as usual, happy modelling! Jeroen
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I'm not sure to be honest... I think this one begs to be put in a dio, and I am starting to have some ideas for that... who knows. Thanks for your very kind remarks! Cheers, Jeroen
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Thanks guys... about the decals.. no, they're not decals. Roundels, codes and the basr on the tail were done with Miracle Masks. Google the name and you will see what I'm talking about. Smaller stuff were tamiya decals, which performed ok. Thanks for all your kind words, cheers, Jeroen
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Lol Mike... and I started checking every resource I had... I'm going to slap myself.... will be right back ;-)!
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Thanks Mike! I'm not sure about the swastika's though... this is how mr Tamiya tells us to do it. Maybe it's because they're turned to one side, bt that's how they were on the plane. Left or right, I'm not going to change it ;-). Thanks again, your reply is highly appreciated! Cheers, Jeroen
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I thought the home stretch would take a little longer but things went so well and I had a little more time than I expected, so here she is: my 1:32 Spitfire from Tamiya. It was a great experience with a couple of firsts for me (acrylic varnishes, Promodeller sludge for the wash), a lot of extra detailing (in the cockpit and engine area) and loads and loads of quality time. She's far from perfect but this was the best that I could do and that gives great satisfaction indeed. I hope you enjoy the pics as I did building this. Thanks to all of you who so kindly supported me over the last two and a
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... This has been my project over the last couple of weeks and after I got back from holiday earlier this week I finished the last parts and details. I fell in love with this paintscheme a long time ago and I think it is one of the most sexy P47's I ever saw - which is a personal opininon of course. I rivetted the airframe and the wings, because to me that emphasizes the bulky and strong looks of the P47. NMF's are not my fort, but I'm pleased the way this came out. It really was a nice painting and weathering experiment and I can only hope you like it too. So here are some pics - all comments
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So tonight I call her done; my first ME109 E3. I tried to make an effort on Bärs plane, build from the Hasegawa kit. What a joy it was to build. Please don't shoot me on accuracy because I'm definately not a specialist on the subject, but from a building point of view this is a wonderful kit. And wow, an ME109 in this scale is really tiny. I added the Verlinden set for the radio compartment to add a spark of interest and also the cockpit. Painting was done in my usual way, but I tried not to overweather it... which wasn't a complete succes . I want to thank Dave Sherill who was so kind to h
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So, this is the end of my little how-to-project. Last night I wrapped two redlined decals around each bomb and glued them in place. As usual, all was finished with some Matt Varnish. Rian Jones kindly pointed out to me that the aerial wire should have some slack, because this type of canopy didn't have tensioners. I didn't want to replace the wire, because it runs through the cockpit glazing and through some drilled out holes. But I didn't want to ignore the just remark he made. So with a very warm piece of cloth I rubbed the wire until there was slack, but I just couldn't get it to keep it's
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Dude... that is absolutely stunning! Great build, superb paintjob. Can't wait to see more! Cheers, Jeroen
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Dude... what a mess lol.No serious, I think you're being a little hard on yourself. It all looks great, but like others said before: take your time, don't rush anything, and I know you are perfectly capable to handle the litlle flaws and make the corrections necessary. Stick to it my friend, all wil be ok! Cheers, Jeroen
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Eduard 1:48 FW190, Czechoslovakia, May 1945
Jeroen Veen replied to Jeroen Veen's topic in In-Progress Pics
hi Doug, thanks for the kind words. All you say is absolutely correct. I painted the hubs with RLM 70 and they are black in real life. This has to do with my painting techniques. I never paint an item straight black, because it looks... well... black, and boring. So usually I opt for a grey of some kind, as long as it is dark, and after that I will add thins black washes until it looks black. This for me personally is a way to get some depth in black and make it more a lively color. I hope that makes sense in a way. When all is done you should have the impression the hubs are black. Cheers, Je -
Eduard 1:48 FW190, Czechoslovakia, May 1945
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Hello guys... this weeks update is brief, as modelling time was limited. Nevertheless, there has been another step forward. I decalled the fuselage as you can see in the pics below, and I don't think that I have to explain much about that. I made some decisions though, to make it all look credible. We know the fuselage was painted green over its original color, so I decided to add only the most prominent markings, and left off all the little stencilling. The tail however was from another plane, and since it carries the original colors it seemed likely that the whole set of stencils would be -
I finshed this one about 2 years ago. It was the first time I tackled one of those good old Monogram kits. The C-47 is still so attractive and builds up into a great model (and from what I heared is still the best kit around...). I wanted to rescribe all the panel lines, which I did, and during the build I received my Rosie the Riveteer which I thought I should use on this kit too. Soooo... this ended up to be a 4 month job, but I'm pretty pleased with how all came out. I hope you enjoy the pics, happy modelling, Jeroen
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Dude... that looks awesome. Great paintjob, very very subtle. I love it. When the cockpit and the front panel and the bangseat come together it will look soooo good. Can't wait to see more my friend! Take care!
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It took a couple of months before I finished this one; Felix-Brandis' ME-110 E. Brandis was born on september 9th 1916. He received his flying training at Luftkriegsschule 1 at Dresden. He was serving with JG 77 in early 1941. He was assigned to a Bf 110 Zerstörerkette, established for coastal patrol missions, based at Kirkenes in Norway. By the implementation of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia, the unit had been expanded to Staffel strength and designated 1.(Z)/JG 77, with Brandis in command.The unit performed many bomber escort missions against the Russian port of Murmansk an
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Thanks guys, highly appreciated. The metal was done with Xtracolors Duraluminium on the fuselage and Aluminium on the wings. The panel lines on the wings were done with tamiya grey putty. I had to fill them up a couple of times because there seemed to be slight shrinkage... Hope this helps. Cheers, Jeroen
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I finished this some time ago: Temptation, flown by lt Martin. She's depicted as how she looked by the end of 1944. Tamiya's P51 is a great kit. I puttied the wings which was common during those days, and for contrast rivetted the fuselage. Weathering is done with Tamiya smoke and thin washes... I enjoyed this kit very much and I hope you will like the pictures. All comments welcome as usual, happy modelling, Jeroen.