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Post by mustang1989 on Dec 28, 2020 15:33:27 GMT -7
I can't remember the last time I started an aircraft model. Sheesh! What's it been now........five years?? Just haven't felt comfortable with my painting and weathering skills until the finish up of my Ar 234 last year. Additionally, automotive modeling has given me a new spin on airbrushing. Well....I guess it's about time to bust out with one huh? We'll be going with Tamiya's offering So..... let's dance.... shall we? Here's what I've got in the arsenal for this build...  |
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Post by stitchdup on Dec 28, 2020 15:59:03 GMT -7
Awesome, I've been waiting for you get this going
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Post by leon on Dec 28, 2020 17:14:27 GMT -7
Have a front row seat Joe!
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Post by mrversatile on Dec 28, 2020 20:12:48 GMT -7
Go Joe Go! I built this kit years ago and it won't disappoint you. This is one of my favorites as well. I was on the verge of jumping into an F-15C build but detoured to another car for now. Variety keeps us interested.
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Post by mustang1989 on Dec 30, 2020 22:19:21 GMT -7
Thanks you guys for the great comments. Hope not to disappoint.
Gil: right you are about the variety. Great to see you around posting potna.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 4, 2021 13:24:43 GMT -7
And so....it starts.... Fuselage cut from sprues, cleaning up the halves and test fitting the interior tomorrow....  |
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Post by leon on Jan 4, 2021 14:03:58 GMT -7
Off to good start Joe!
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 6, 2021 6:13:02 GMT -7
Thanks Leon. I've spent the last few days cutting resin parts from the casting blocks and cleaning everything up. The landing gear bay on this puppy looks intense. |
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Post by transammike on Jan 7, 2021 9:23:59 GMT -7
Hi Joe. I assume you'll be doing the mottled camo on it. I'd like to see some progress pics on that process.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 7, 2021 15:27:49 GMT -7
Hi Joe. I assume you'll be doing the mottled camo on it. I'd like to see some progress pics on that process. Yessir I will. I'll be building "White 3" that was assigned to JV44 during the final stages of the war.   This is such a remarkably cool and sleek looking bird. Especially the U4 variant that had a 50mm cannon in the nose. Yeesh!!!!  Cannon was HUGE:  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 8, 2021 7:55:10 GMT -7
Ok gang...I've been working on this aircraft all friggin' week now. I've been busy getting rid of the interior detail/ ribbing from the inside of both halves of the fuselage in order to fit the AM pieces in here. After accomplishing that and test fitting it's looking pretty good from about every angle so far. Details removed:  The interior tub, side panels and rear wall of the gear bay fit well.   I fitted the original rear wall in place to see how high it sat above the fuselage to ensure a proper wing fit to the fuselage. Here's the stock / OOB height:  and the height with the Aires AM piece fitted in. Looks good from here:  So.....I tried my luck with the wing test fit. I think I'm good here:  |
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Post by mmthrax on Jan 8, 2021 9:03:17 GMT -7
This looks very cool. I am sure you will crush it. (Figuratively speaking).  Carry on sir....  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 18, 2021 11:25:21 GMT -7
This looks very cool. I am sure you will crush it. (Figuratively speaking). Carry on sir.... Thanks Mark! Sorry it's taken me so long to get back here fellas. Just got done with our sons FFA project which steals all KINDS of time from us. You'll be seeing more of me now and more on this project. |
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Post by leon on Jan 18, 2021 13:58:40 GMT -7
Making some nice progress Joe!
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 20, 2021 14:32:40 GMT -7
Making some nice progress Joe! Thanks Leon!! Alright folks. This aint a whole lot but this here is around 3 cumulative hours of work this week. One wall of the landing gear bay is finished. Now for the other wall.....  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 22, 2021 4:14:59 GMT -7
Been working on the other gear bay wall for the last few days and after finishing the painting process I decided to deepen the effects a little bit on both.  |
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Post by DeeCee on Jan 22, 2021 16:43:54 GMT -7
WOW Joe, that is simply SPECTACULAR mate, awesome detailing ..
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 23, 2021 9:11:33 GMT -7
WOW Joe, that is simply SPECTACULAR mate, awesome detailing .. Thanks Dale. It's been a while since I've done this kind of stuff on aircraft but I'm getting back into the swing of things. |
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Post by leon on Jan 23, 2021 9:28:47 GMT -7
Detailing looks great Joe!
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 27, 2021 10:13:05 GMT -7
Detailing looks great Joe! Thanks alot Leon!! After 5 days worth of work here we are fellas. I'm really looking forward to putting the finishing touches on this and moving on to the cockpit.   |
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Post by leon on Jan 27, 2021 14:18:55 GMT -7
That looks really great Joe!
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 27, 2021 19:18:24 GMT -7
That looks really great Joe! Thanks Leon!! |
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Post by mmthrax on Jan 28, 2021 11:52:32 GMT -7
Fantastic.
Inspirational stuff sir.
Whew!
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Post by pete on Feb 16, 2021 18:18:28 GMT -7
How did I not see this before??  I knew you were doing an ME 262 just didn't see it till now. Just stellar craftsmanship here Joe. Gonna be superb when done!!! |
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Post by mustang1989 on Feb 17, 2021 5:34:09 GMT -7
Thanks Mike and Pete! I'm slowly working my way through the cockpit. It's a little tricky to get to look just right without over doing it on the weathering. Still got a loooooooooooooong way to go in the detailing department here but this is the latest progress pic I have:  |
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Post by mrversatile on Feb 18, 2021 15:51:25 GMT -7
Awesome Joe! I had to catch up on this. You have been really moving lately. I think you lucked out with the fit of the Aires kit. They have some great detail but the fitment sometimes leads to um, FITS!...lol. All right it wasn't that funny, but you are succeeding here. I can't wait to see what you do with the camo.
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Post by stitchdup on Feb 19, 2021 3:34:44 GMT -7
Man the detail in this is eye popping. Are they all seperate parts or is it very careful painting of larger bits
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Post by mustang1989 on Feb 19, 2021 8:23:59 GMT -7
Awesome Joe! I had to catch up on this. You have been really moving lately. I think you lucked out with the fit of the Aires kit. They have some great detail but the fitment sometimes leads to um, FITS!...lol. All right it wasn't that funny, but you are succeeding here. I can't wait to see what you do with the camo. Thanks Gil. This part is indeed pretty hectic but the Aires sets that I've worked with went into place fairly easy. I do know, however, from listening to other modelers (Like yourself) that this kind of thing does in fact happen. I've been fairly fortunate so far with these sets. |
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Post by mustang1989 on Feb 19, 2021 8:26:22 GMT -7
Man the detail in this is eye popping. Are they all seperate parts or is it very careful painting of larger bits Thanks Les. The seat, seat belts and rudder pedals and pivot are all separate parts. All the side console details so far are molded in but there are some levers and knobs that I need to install still. Today's instrument panel mock up. This.....is going to get intense as I'll also be painting and detailing the back of the gauges & wiring on the back of the instrument panel.  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Feb 24, 2021 14:02:26 GMT -7
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