Banana11000

Great looking build my friend. I like the paintwork. My only critique would be that I see some silvering on some of your decals. A gloss coat before decals can usually get rid of that problem. Cheers, Colin

Alrighty, I think I've bombarded you guys with enough photos. Feel free to comment Cheers, Colin :)

Hey guys! Got another finished one for ya, took about a month and a half of work and near 350 hours of work (Mostly wiring and scratch work). everything behind the engine was scratch built with the exception of the supercharger, can't really see it but it's in there! All that's left to do is some tail wheel stuff and exhaust work. I'm happy with it for now :) You can find the WIP thread HERE Anyway, nuf' talk, here ya go! Part 2 in a sec

Well guys, it`s been a long road, but the Bearcat is finally DONE!! well, I`ve still a few things to put on before the Hamilton competition in march, but for now I`m ok with where it stands. Since my last update, my god, 20 days ago!! Sorry, I`ve finished decalling and weathering and even made a base with a happy little Frenchmen to boot. You can find the Display Case thread HERE Also, if anyone`s is at all curious what I`ve been doing for the past fortnight... experimenting with some figure painting; I got commissioned to make a Vignette, strangely enough Also did a little experim

Thanks Mike! It took quite a while to do, but was well worth it Cheers, Colin

Sooo many mistakes to fix!! I also went ahead and repainted the bombs Well, that's all I've to show for now. More to come soon! thanks for looking Cheers, Colin

Hey guys, update time. Got a few decals on, no stencils yet, but soon. Got the gear on an whatnot. All the stuff here is just dryfitted at the moment, for tonight's club meeting. After taking these photos I've noticed just how much work I've got before the finish line. - Canopy - Weathering - fixing cowling -fixing engine -repairing stress fractures (More on that later) -fixing the framing around the engine and behind -making the exhaust -making the intakes -detailing the gear bay -more decaling -fix the prop -maybe some bloody dusting? Anyways, here some pics. I was really worr

LOL that's pretty funny! Great work so far. Nice job with the detailing in the front office. can't wait to see more! :) Cheers, Colin

Thanks Adam!! The wiring has been a royal pain to do, I make it out of stretched sprue and just start layering different coloured wires. I try and paint them before installing them, as it is really challenging to paint them and not cover everything else once they are in there. The sad thing is, I'm not even half way through all the wiring and stuff I'm planning... Thanks Rom! It took quite a while with all the different layers, but was totally worth it :D Thanks JMan! :) Thanks :) Cheers, Colin

Amazing work as always Adam! Superb job on the riveting there. There's no WAY i'd be able to get riveting that straight and consistent without the use of a riveting tool! Keep up the great work, can't wait to see more! Cheers,

Then topcoat time Then, feeling some of the mojo return, I took a go at some more wiring.. All in all, I'm pretty happy with hour the blue came out. I was really not looking forward to having an all monotone bird -any of you that have followed my builds before know I really do funky paint schemes- But I figured, seeing as the entire thing is the same bloody shade of blue, I could really try some modulation. It looks much cooler in person, but it captured all right in the photos above. Next up will be more detailing and maaaybe some decalling. Thanks for looking! If you've any

Well, update time once again guys! Little pic heavy again. I got some paint on the puttycat! sorry, Bearcat ;) So before painting, I put the landing lights on, I REALLY didn't want to make the same mistake as I did on my Hurricane. I also finished off the other wing. I used superglue to fill the rivets on this one. My dog and I were getting a little stoned from Taymia's filler. This is the first build I've every used it on though, loving it! But to be honest, I find superglue still does a better job obliterating seams.. You might be asking yourself, "Colin, why the HELL haven't you

Thanks JMan! :D

Thanks Adam! I also ran outta steam doing all the wiring and junk. I decided I'd tackle the rest of it once I had the thing painted Cheers,

Adam, Great job on the riveting and rescribing man! Wish I could get lines that clean! In regards to the raised rivets, to flatten em' out a bit, just take a few quick passes over it with some sandpaper, and shoot some compressed air over it to clear the dust. Keep up the great work! Cheers,

Then I turned back to the front of the beast. As you can see I had to shim the front panel a bit. It looks rough right now because I filled most of it with superglue, but I can assure you there's no gaps! of course the little clear section will be redone. Probably with styrene. Something a little less of a B**** of work with. I did the rear stuff too 🙂 and finished up the right wing. Haven't started the gear bays yet, not ready for that trauma Also, note the damadge to the right wingroot. Not sure where this is from and why it's a little green? Als

Alrighty guys! Update time! Got a bit of a monster today, little pic heavy so bear with me :)/> I started off today's session with scratchbuilding the cockpit sidewalls. It's pretty rough, but my scratch work is getting better; I hope Painted up. Then I did the tail gear, and closed up the fuselage. Did some riveting and filling too. After looking at pictures of the real deal, I decided I'd fill the rivets- um potholes- and do some smaller ones. I rescribed the panel lines while I was at it. They were a wee shallow for me tastes. The black is just Taymia panel wash stuff. I'v

Thanks Adam! I just start with basic strips of regular office paper. The shoulder straps measure 2mm in width, with a varying length. The lap belts are 3mm. Then I usually just layer them to add depth. Loving the F-14 build by the way! Cheers, Colin :)

Some more shots of the cockpit and stuff I also decided to rescribe and rivet the entire aircraft. I like that Trumpeter made the effort to rivet the aircraft, but it was kind of upsetting to see that the surface is just covered in giant holes. I'm re-scribing it because the panel lines are a little soft for my taste. So I started re-scribing the wing today. Well, that's all guys. Hopefully I'll have a little more soon and not in like half a month. Sorry bout that! Till next time, Colin :)

Hey guys, Sorry it's been such a long time since the last update. I've had a pretty interesting last week in a bit. Was in the hospital again for a while, got some less than favorable news from my doctors. Then my girlfriend of 3 years decided to cheat on me with my best friend. So life has defiantly been getting in the way of my modeling to say the least. But that's certainly one thing that's been going right. I got two more commissions last night, 2 Piper Super cubs, one with floats. So I'll be posting some threads of those in the coming weeks. I also finally got a shipment of Styrene from T

Wonderful work so far! Love the work in the cockpit. Load out is very nice too Keep it up! Colin :)

Chuck, Simply stunning work! Your attention to detail is second to none. I personally think Marge is perfect without the slightest bit of weathering. Not many modelers can pull of a realistic looking bird with next to no weathering, but you certainly can! Absolutely incredible! Cheers, Colin

Thanks Guys! Looks like I'll probably just end up winging the colours :)/> Update to come soon I hope! Cheers, Colin :)

Thanks for the advice Balls. I feel the same way, I recently did one for a Korean War vet. He went to pay me, but I refused to accept money :) Cheers, Colin

Pick yourself up one of these, They work great for the larger scale stuff. There are different spacing on each wheel for different scales and whatnot. Had mine for ages, still works great. You can pick it up at sprue brothers for 17 bucks. http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/rbpt009.htm Hope that helped! Cheers, Colin