woodbeck3

your work is inspirational Pierre.

What a great job you did. Have fun, don't compare yourself to others with many years of experience and... well have fun! My very first model... I pu tthe wings on upside down ;). Not kidding you, I did. build more and post them please, you bring the reason back why I started this in the first place.

I don't think this hobby should be called modeling, I think it should be called sanding... "Hey you get some sanding done today?" "yeah dude, had a 2-3 good our of sanding in before the kids got home..." Another good point for sanding is the direction you sand the seam. It's best to go across the seam whenever possible and not with it. It's easy to create a step in your seam when you sand with the seam. Jeff

Breath taking. Jeff

*Technique "barrowed", stored away for my try at it* That is a really smooth finish to your paint job, good work. How do you take such clear pics while holding the model with one hand... is that even possible??? Jeff

Wow Angels, that has to be the best compliment I have ever gotten!!! The build is good. There are no pitfalls, but the overall fit is only OK. Not bad mind ya. No big gaps, nothing like that. You just need to test fit allot to get the best fit you can. I am anal about my seams though since I spray lacquers in paper thin coats so it needs to be good. I appreciate the kind words. Jeff

Thanks Jack, The glue is dry on the fuselage so time to move on. I filled in that Antenna behind the pit with stock and sanded it in. Worked the seam with Tamiya basic putty and sanding bow and sticks. Rescribed the panel lines and rivets I lost. I seem to have gotten a good fit on the pit and nose wheel bay (musta been all the cussing..) and press fitted the cannon end in to have a look, after drilling out the barrels. Jeff

Mocked up and I like it so I am going to go ahead and ca this thing in, in a minute. Jeff

Hi Pierre, 1/48 and it's huge!

Truly Stunning Chuck.

Love this kit!! I have the Aires Pit seen here for it. Took a ton and Dremeling, sanding and cussing to make it fit. Mr. Color Aircraft gray with hand painted Vallejo Black,green and red. Wash is oil and promodeler. Dry brushed with oils. This modern stuff is cool!! Wish I knew more about it. Jeff

Some more progress... Here is my fix for the main gear bay collapse. Laminated some stock and sanded it in. not going any further as far as detail or anything because I am afraid I will make it worse. Just going to paint it and live with it. Nose wheel bay, just couldn't get rid of that gap. Here are the wing tops and bottoms. Ton of sanding and filling. Used the tamiya basic putty for the first time and I like it. Have the Trump riveting tool coming too because I erased all the panel lines and rivets for the sanding. And the infamous intake, did my best with it, made it seamless

PM me your addy. Jeff

1/48 from the HB A-10 kit

Anyone need any nicely done Mk 82 navy freefallers Good thing I have 6 more . Thanks for your help guys. Jeff

Do the Air force Mk 82 bombs used by the Air Force have the retardant coating like the navy ones do? Jeff

Looks greta Macross... and not a tie fighter in sight!!!

Well little bit of self inflected pain. I was trying to add in some plumbing to add some interest to the main wheel bays and when i set it aside over night it collapsed on me. I think I had things to tight with some poor fit issues. So I am gonna shim it up, sand it in. The main wheel doors will cover it pretty well from view from the side. Gonna have to sand down the bottom of the bang seat to make it fit better, I don't want an open canopy to show off my freshman scratch building. Jeff

Nice work, can't wait to see more. Jeff

Hey Ken, that trick works for dried squadron green too!! Used Tamiya lacquer thinner and a bit of elbow grease but worked well. I have some 500 surfacer in there now to be sanded later on. It came out better then I expected though the way they designed it with the nose wheel bay like that, makes for a very challenging clean up. I am really being stretched on this one, doing stuff I seen other builders do, so I am jazzed even if its still not that good. I might even feel confident enough to take it to my next club meeting. We'll see if I feel that good at the end. Maybe I will be a little m

Thanks Mike ^_^ Jeff

Dry brushed and dry fitted... Jeff

Thanks Steve , Have some paint on my seat now. I am really enjoying this scratch building stuff. Maybe when I get good at it I won't need to buy resin and stuff, I can do it all myself. Thanks for looking and comments always welcome, Jeff 800+ views!!! Holy cow!

Sasha says... "OMG!! Soooo much sanding!! I must rest!"

I started on the bang seat while the putty in the intake dries. The cushion is from sculpting putty, need to clean up my edges and finish with Surfacer and that should look ok. The Oxygen bottle is stretched sprue. Once its all set up I will add all the handles, hoses and belts. Thanks for looking, Jeff :blink: