My production line

Define patience:

The ability to put a single large flat decal on a round 3d object with tappered ends....

in the next set of pictures that is ONE decal that wraps all the way around the fuel tank....

I have also been working on a B-25 and was having a very hard time getting this aircraft to sit on its wheels. The model is very tail heavy. To now I have filled the front wheel well, filled the area behind the instrument panel and it still doesn't sit right. The problem here is that aircraft has a glass nose so space to put weights is at a premium. Now I had had to cut out the front of the engine nacelles to put in more weights. I have the first layer down waiting for the glue to dry to put on the second layer...







I am now running out of weights as well!

Here is the bare minimum for the weights to make this kit sit right.





This is after filling the nose wheel bay and behind the instrument panel

I glued the flattened wheel on the legs and set the plane down and it sits right! (only barely) (if I get to much dust on the tail it will tail sit again.)





now to close up the engine nacelles.

I have also started this little kit. This one is a just for fun. It will be slapped together quickly....

quick update

Now ready for paint....









Like I said in the first post for this model, this is a speed build. I hope to have it done by the end of next week.

I am also doing this one as a quick build....(getting tired of working on the same models all the time.



It is not a great kit, but average. There are some problems with sink holes for the injection molds and the sprue attachment point lap over onto gluing surfaces on some pieces...



but it was a quick build







Right now the intake and vertical tail are just sitting on the kit. I have some other things to do first before attaching them.

Between the above 2 models and 3 other 1/72 kits I have sitting on my work shelf I have enough models to make going out to the paint booth worth while.

That's some really good work on the 25, definitely not easy to hide all of the weight, hopefully it doesn't overstress the landing gear. You can really fly through these models, amazing! The 107 was a pretty cool plane.

And I thought that I had a bad attention sp.. oh a buttefly!


Your not afraid that the lead in the sinks will bleed through the plastic in a few years?

Keep it up! I'm the same so, having alot of models started, few finished :/


/Joseph

I pulled out my old 1/48 scale F-105G to work on for a while...

Great projects going on. factory is the right word, by the way that is some realy nice work with that wraparound decal, what a beauty. well done and keep this up.

ARE YOU BUILDING THE REVELL F105G??
I have it in the stash and am dying to start it!

Nice cockpit for the old Thud.

AdriaN wrote:ARE YOU BUILDING THE REVELL F105G??
I have it in the stash and am dying to start it!

Yes it is the Revell Thud...going to do it OOB with the exception of rescribing the panel lines

its gr8 your doing the same kit because i know its going to be a hard kit i can follow your steps or vice versa esp when it comes to the camo...

Great work, keep it up!

Closed her up tonight....

Dusted of the HE-111 and did some more on it...

Just for the record these are my current "active" projects...

if i continue to watch the F105 build im gonna stop my current 2 wip's and start it!
hows it going? are the fittings good?

AdriaN wrote: if i continue to watch the F105 build im gonna stop my current 2 wip's and start it!
hows it going? are the fittings good?

Only catch I have come across is the cockpit is a shade to narrow for the fuselage, but super glue can pull the two of them together. Nothing major so far.

Another one for the shelf display...

cranked this one out for a group build on another forum....

Nice work on the production line, i love that Luft what if. Looks great!

Love the HE finish! the 'spacecraft' looks like a tedious camo. am still waiting for the F105 progress

AdriaN wrote:Love the HE finish! the 'spacecraft' looks like a tedious camo. am still waiting for the F105 progress

i am in the process of rescribing all the raised panel lines, a nice boring, tedious part of this build. Afraid it will take a while. (lot of d*mn small panel lines on the aircraft)