Here is the latest project, a 1/48th FW190 with Luftwaffe pilot figure. This is the first aircraft I've done in a looooong time. I will be doing more. Pretty much box stock, aside from some simple details - the wiring on the plane is copper wire, the seat harnesses are scratchbuilt from wine bottle foil and bits of bent wire for the buckles.
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You know.....a few dozen more models....some stop motion video equipment and some firecrackers, and you could make a really nifty war movie.
Quote from: NeufUnSix on December 07, 2008, 04:42:07 PM
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He's the size of a penny, and he's got shifty, suspicious eyes.
Once again, your attention to detail is astounding.
[clap] [clap] [clap]
He's thinking, "Once nobody's looking, I'm taking this here penny. This much copper must be worth a bunch!"
It was easier to paint him with shifty eyes than with centred pupils. I had to use a toothpick carved to a needle point, and my hands aren't nearly as steady as you would imagine. After a few screw ups I decided on the Stewie look.
That is very good. That takes some real talent.
Quote from: NeufUnSix on December 07, 2008, 05:05:13 PM
...and my hands aren't nearly as steady as you would imagine.
Really? I'm thinking you have hands more steady than a surgeon. I used to have somewhat steady hands but now I've noticed that my hands shake pretty bad. If I just hold out my hand and stare at it I notice it starts to shake, let alone focusing on doing minute detail.
Quote from: erkishhorde on December 07, 2008, 05:08:32 PM
Really? I'm thinking you have hands more steady than a surgeon. I used to have somewhat steady hands but now I've noticed that my hands shake pretty bad. If I just hold out my hand and stare at it I notice it starts to shake, let alone focusing on doing minute detail.
That's just the DT's. Have another drink/
[bow_down] [bow_down]
Nutts I say. That what you are NUTTS!!
Awesome work. [thumbsup] [beer]
What kind of airbrush are you using?
I use a Badger 155 Anthem. Lets me go from super-fine to full blast without changing needles.
I've found that I unconsciously alter my breathing when I'm painting fine details - I slow my breaths, and hold when I'm making the strokes. I often smoke in the middle of a session as well to steady my nerves. But my hands still shake, so I have to hold the part in my left hand, then press my right hand against my cheek. My face is steadier than my hand :P
we gotta put an end to this, before Adam hits you up to do an ABBA diorama.
awesome work [thumbsup]
Beautifully done!
once again, very cool. [clap]
[clap] [clap] [clap] Everytime you do one of these I have to keep reminding myself that I'm really looking at plastic scale models! [bow_down] [bow_down] [bow_down]
I did an fw-190 once as a kid- it looked nothing like that :-[
Uh, we need to pitch in and buy NeufUnSix a woman. Who's with me?
Quote from: Sinister on December 07, 2008, 09:12:49 PM
Uh, we need to pitch in and buy NeufUnSix a woman. Who's with me?
I bet he could just make a 1/4 scale woman out'a some old clothes pins and zipties.
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Quote from: Sinister on December 07, 2008, 09:12:49 PM
Uh, we need to pitch in and buy NeufUnSix a woman. Who's with me?
Wife or a hooker?
Quote from: swampduc on December 07, 2008, 08:40:07 PM
I did an fw-190 once as a kid- it looked nothing like that :-[
I was about to say the same thing!
I was really happy w/the one I did. now, not so much. ;)
Magnificent work [thumbsup]
Quote from: Sinister on December 07, 2008, 09:12:49 PM
Uh, we need to pitch in and buy NeufUnSix a woman. Who's with me?
I have one, and thankfully she enjoys the hobby. At least the result, anyway, when I'm working on them I'm not very exciting.
"...the Stewie look." ;D ;D
What brand was the original model? Probably not a Revell!
That is absolutely awesome. I studied History, specifically military history and my love is WWII aircraft.
Screw having a "life". Do what makes you happy. keep it up. [thumbsup]
Can I request a JU-87? Ever do anything modern? Like maybe a V-22 Osprey?
The kit is by Eduard, reboxed as Accurate Miniatures. It's not bad, with hatch detail, and it has an "engine" but not a very detailed one. I left it covered because it wasn't up to my standards.
I'd like to do a Hasegawa 1/32 BF109 next.
I made a 1/24 Stuka a long time ago (it was huge), it was one of the first kits I built - I think it was an ancient Revell kit, maybe Airfix.
love the detail you put on the wingroot section topside.especially the miising paint(wear marks). also the around the fuselage showing the bits or fretting corrosion and stains.
awesome work [clap]
You keep reminding me I've got an SS United States that needs finishing. Good job on the detail work. I wish I could pull that off ~
JM
Quote from: NeufUnSix on December 08, 2008, 01:24:25 PM
The kit is by Eduard, reboxed as Accurate Miniatures. It's not bad, with hatch detail, and it has an "engine" but not a very detailed one. I left it covered because it wasn't up to my standards.
I'd like to do a Hasegawa 1/32 BF109 next.
I made a 1/24 Stuka a long time ago (it was huge), it was one of the first kits I built - I think it was an ancient Revell kit, maybe Airfix.
Hasegawa is the bomb.
Great detail on those models [clap] [clap]
:o
F me.
The wingspan of that model is less than 9".
You, sir, are a true craftsman. [bow_down]
Spitfire please?
Have you done any German experimental/advanced aircraft such as ME 262, ME 163 Komet, Horton Flying Wing etc?
The best part is your shadow box. [laugh]
Once again, excellent work.
BF109 next!!!
Then start on their American counterparts!
I've built the Komet and the Salamander (in my past life). I don't have them anymore. They weren't really experimental, they did see service near the end of the war. I'd like to do a 262 eventually.
The Horton Wing was the only German experimental that quickly came to mind. I always wondered how the air war would have fared if 262 production wasn't held up due to Hitler's desire to convert it to a fighter-bomber. More planes + more qualified pilots not yet dead/captured available to fly them = more hassle for the Allied Air Forces I'm sure.
i'd swap some of my 'life' for a bit of 'time' to spend on this sort of thing...
i have 4-5 unopened kits in my closet. i haven't even SEEN my airbrush in 3 years.
i'm jealous.
Holy eff is that awesome! Good job bud.
I used to make airplane models and rockets all the time in high school, but nothing to THAT caliber.
Ironically, I watched a program today of a team that raised a FW190 from the bottom of the sea off the coast of Sweden a year or two ago. Pretty cool stuff.
I had a substitute teacher back in the day that had his B-17G shot out of the sky by one of those. Spent some time as a POW.
Quote from: alfisti on December 09, 2008, 02:50:13 PM
The Horton Wing was the only German experimental that quickly came to mind. I always wondered how the air war would have fared if 262 production wasn't held up due to Hitler's desire to convert it to a fighter-bomber. More planes + more qualified pilots not yet dead/captured available to fly them = more hassle for the Allied Air Forces I'm sure.
The Luftwaffe was in shambles by the end of the war, and fuel was in very short supply. Production would have made little difference if they couldn't put it into the air in numbers.
Personally I like to avoid "what if" history, except for the odd chuckle (Germans planning on kidnapping the Duke of Windsor and forcing him to give up Britain for a puppet throne? You can't make that sort of crap up). It's part of my training as a historian. And I hate giving the Nazis too much credit, evil bastards. :P
Quote from: NeufUnSix on December 09, 2008, 06:13:17 PM
The Luftwaffe was in shambles by the end of the war, and fuel was in very short supply. Production would have made little difference if they couldn't put it into the air in numbers.
Personally I like to avoid "what if" history, except for the odd chuckle (Germans planning on kidnapping the Duke of Windsor and forcing him to give up Britain for a puppet throne? You can't make that sort of crap up). It's part of my training as a historian. And I hate giving the Nazis too much credit, evil bastards. :P
I'm very glad the Reich was defeated. The world would be a very scary place if it wasn't. I am however eternally fascinated by their wartime engineering efforts especially considering the internal and external obstacles. (slave labor notwithstanding)