loveliners

Hi guys, please read carefully, I emailed this forum to humbrol (club@airfix.com) and they sent me this reply "Hi Gideon, Thank you for bring this to our attention. Do you have the admin details for this forum? I apologise if you are the admin. We would very much like to know what problems some of the forum members have been having with some of the Humbrol products. Kindest regards Dale Airfix/Humbrol Team" so any feedback about the problems you have experienced with the paints, they ask that you contact them about it at club@airfix.com. regards, Gidoen

Hi Guys, I absolutely agree with all that you say. I like using enamel rather than Tamiya's or other acrylics, because you can thin them more and you get longer pot-life when painting out of them. I am now using revell's pots but they also have their problems too. i would like to use Testor (model masters) paints but there is no vendor near to where i live. so i stick with revell but i find that after opening the pot once, it then goes off and because very thick and lacks adhesion. Maybe it is time to experiement further Lacquers? I think that humbrol should read this post but the likelihoo

Some of you have been sending me PMs asking why I am using Milliput instead of car body filler as milliput is rock hard when sets in and becomes hard to sand. I must admit that I never tried using automotive body putty but I hear it is quite hardy, but I outline below some of the reasons as to why I still prefer using Milliput. You are right about milliput not being without its disadvantages too. It is hard to sand but what makes it ideal for me is its ability to be moulded into the desired shape which enables me to see the contours of the aircraft better. From my previous experience using a

Some of you have been sending me PMs asking why I am using Milliput instead of car body filler as milliput is rock hard when sets in and becomes hard to sand. I must admit that I never tried using automotive body putty but I hear it is quite hardy, but I outline below some of the reasons as to why I still prefer using Milliput. You are right about milliput not being without its disadvantages too. It is hard to sand but what makes it ideal for me is its ability to be moulded into the desired shape which enables me to see the contours of the aircraft better. From my previous experience using a

Hello again everybody I have managed to cover about 85% of the single fuselage half with milliput so far. Next I will remove the blue foam shapes and sand the milliput. I will then replace the foam bits with milliput after carefully crafting it to the correct shape. with main gear well bulge made from foam blue foam removed and will be replaced with milliput soon

Hello again everybody I have managed to cover about 85% of the single fuselage half with milliput so far. Next I will remove the blue foam shapes and sand the milliput. I will then replace the foam bits with milliput after carefully crafting it to the correct shape. with main gear well bulge made from foam blue foam removed and will be replaced with milliput soon

Hi Denzil, thank you for the thumbs up. You can bet on it that she is going to look very good. Maybe even better than what the kit manufacturer have done with the C-5 so far I intend to make it as accurately as possible, especially now that I have learned what a big following this particular aircraft has from other members on this forum. regards, Gideon

Hi everybody! I managed to do some work over the weekend but was limited for time so I did not do as much as I originally planned. I went about strengthening the control surfaces of the C-5 by gluing some spars along the length of the wings elevators and the height of the tail. I also created a rig, made from foam board, to ensure that the wings remain straight when applying the milliput compound to create the volume of the wing. I then started applying the milliput to the wings, elevators and the main fuselage and smooth them between the bulkheads while maintaining the outline of t

Hi everybody! I managed to do some work over the weekend but was limited for time so I did not do as much as I originally planned. I went about strengthening the control surfaces of the C-5 by gluing some spars along the length of the wings elevators and the height of the tail. I also created a rig, made from foam board, to ensure that the wings remain straight when applying the milliput compound to create the volume of the wing. I then started applying the milliput to the wings, elevators and the main fuselage and smooth them between the bulkheads while maintaining the outline of t

Hi, Here some of the progress I made on the tail and wings and ailerons so far. Hope you like it. I cut out the sections and the bulkheads and created notches to slot the bulkheads into the tail and wings. I then glued them all together and here are the results

Hi, Here some of the progress I made on the tail and wings and ailerons so far. Hope you like it. I cut out the sections and the bulkheads and created notches to slot the bulkheads into the tail and wings. I then glued them all together and here are the results

Hi to all, I am back with a little update. I have finished putting the horizontal bulkheads and attached some pieces, cut out of blue modelling foam, to where the wing root and the gear well bulges are going to be. I then used a foam cutting machine (that I scratch build very cheaply for this purpose) to shape other bits of foam that are going to be positioned between the bulkheads. This process took me two days to complete and the purpose is to save on the amount of milliput that is required for this project. Additionally, this also serves as a moral boost for me as the C-5 Galaxy is now be

Hi to all, I am back with a little update. I have finished putting the horizontal bulkheads and attached some pieces, cut out of blue modelling foam, to where the wing root and the gear well bulges are going to be. I then used a foam cutting machine (that I scratch build very cheaply for this purpose) to shape other bits of foam that are going to be positioned between the bulkheads. This process took me two days to complete and the purpose is to save on the amount of milliput that is required for this project. Additionally, this also serves as a moral boost for me as the C-5 Galaxy is now be

Hi Chris, Thanks for the 'Thumbs Up' As to your questions, I am using a blue semi-dense styerefoam I bought in a professional model shop. Hope this helps regards, Loveliner

Hi, I am from Kent, United Kingdom, and have two aerospace icons on sale to raise some funds towards my new project (scratch building 1/200 C-5 Galaxy - see post on ARC: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....;#entry1669928) THE ITEMS: 1. Hasegawa 1/48 Longbow AH-64 Apache in brand new conditions. All the sprues and parts are still factory sealed, including the original decals and instruction sheet (see pics). I am asking for £20, or nearest offer, + £2.85 delivery in UK (normal retail price in shops £25). 2. Eduard 1/72 L-39 Albatros bundle (includes original Eduard p

Hi again and welcome back to my scratch build. Although I could not spend much time this week on the project I still managed to make some progress. I cut out the fuselage and the bulkheads (at 1/200 scale) that are going to make up the unique shape of this beautiful giant. By the end of the week I managed to finish engraving the guides (showing where to glue the bulkheads) on the side profile of the model. I finished gluing the vertical bulkhead yesterday and hope to start attaching the horizontal outlines this weekend. 1/200 scale next to a 1/400 I built earlier to test my technique

Hi again and welcome back to my scratch build. Although I could not spend much time this week on the project I still managed to make some progress. I cut out the fuselage and the bulkheads (at 1/200 scale) that are going to make up the unique shape of this beautiful giant. By the end of the week I managed to finish engraving the guides (showing where to glue the bulkheads) on the side profile of the model. I finished gluing the vertical bulkhead yesterday and hope to start attaching the horizontal outlines this weekend. 1/200 scale next to a 1/400 I built earlier to test my technique

Hi Ray, Thanks for the post, Yes, I will be making both versions. I will be casting it in resin so should be able to get quite a few copies of the model, so I will be making both; with the landing gears up and down. The landing gears of the C-5 Galaxy, especially the rear/main, are quite complicated, but I have detailed drawings of them so should be able to build them without too many problems. regards, Loveliner

Hi All, I absolutely adore the American C-5 galaxy military transport aircraft because of its unique shape and grandeur that surpasses that of the Russian AN-124 Ruslan by far. Having seen the prices that one of these old models, at 1/144 scale, go for on Ebay I knew that my partner would make my life a misery if I went for it LOL (if I suddenly stopped updating this post, then you know what happened LOL) I love the 1/144 scale but I know that it would be a massive task to create one at that scale at a desired precision (I am a crazy modeller and I demand the accuracy of the model to be as

Blueprints: image removed in accordance with rules regarding use of airliners.net images weegie img]http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk238/loveliners/untitled8.jpg[/img] The fuselage half (1/400 scale) with cross-sections and milliput: the coss-section sanded, smoothed and primed (1/400): the coss-section sanded, smoothed and primed (1/400) - Closeup: the enormity of the project: hasegawa's 1/200 747 against blueprints of C-5 galaxy (also at 1/200): a few more pics of the sample cross-section:

Hi All, I absolutely adore the American C-5 galaxy military transport aircraft because of its unique shape and grandeur that surpasses that of the Russian AN-124 Ruslan by far. Having seen the prices that one of these old models, at 1/144 scale, go for on Ebay I knew that my partner would make my life a misery if I went for it LOL (if I suddenly stopped updating this post, then you know what happened LOL) I love the 1/144 scale but I know that it would be a massive task to create one at that scale at a desired precision (I am a crazy modeller and I demand the accuracy of the model to be as

Dear Isaac, Is it possible for you to email me a photo of these drawings to help me decide if these are good? I will leave you my email address in your PM inbox. regards, loveliner

Dear Isaac, Is it possible for you to email me a photo of these drawings to help me decide if these are good? I will leave you my email address in your PM inbox. regards, loveliner

are scratchbuilding your 757?

Dear drhornii, thank you for the hint. i have looked at his website but looks like he only does 3- views. i sent them an email and hope they can help me more. regards, loveliner