Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 20, 2012 Author Posted May 20, 2012 Not to worry, Si, that's what I'm here for. Do you know which particular aeroplane you're doing (markings-wise)? There should be photographs of it (of course, that's why they have the markings for it!). If you have photographs, go by those to see if the UBT (the machine gun) has the automatic recharger or not. Regarding a typical Soviet airfield, for Shturmoviks it was just that, a field! I will however endeavour to see if I don't have something in my huge (electronic) pile of pictures to fit the bill of a more proper airfield with workshops and the like. By the way, that is looking nice - you can almost smell the Soviet 95 octane petrol!Regards, Jason Cheers Jason. I've only the box option for decals at the moment, but I'm wondering if they would be appropriate for this dio' setting, what do you think? Any pics of typical Russian workshops would be very much appreciated, I don't even know if they were wood, brick or a combination! This is really shaping up Si. I think you underestimate your talent for this sort of thing.Martin Thanks Martin, I just can't help my mind wandering as I look at the pics on the boxes, I've got a Hellcat in the stash and every time I look at it I see that classic clip of the duff carrier landing that writes the plane off but the pilot is ok!! That's a dio' that's on the list at some point soon ! And have you ever looked at the box art of the airfix Lanc' and thought 'How do I model fire convincingly?', that would make a cracking dio', and there's some excellent static fire and smoke techniques about!! A bit of a 'For Your Information' type post this one. I'm putting the Il2 aside for a bit while I get together some colour for it, (I'll be posting some swatches at some point for advise as Jason will probably stop talking to me if I go green & brown)!! I've spent some time today taking apart a couple of old cell phones, one was quite a nice Blackberry! I wanted the vibration motors out of them but there's all sorts of other goodies in them if you have the time to de-solder bits. Here's a pic of some goodies:- The two motors are at the bottom, I filed the off-set wieght off them, this seems to be the gentlest way to remove them. The metal mesh came from the earphone, once the pocket-lint and ear-croutons are cleaned off its ideal for rad grills and the like. The other two black items are cloth type mesh which just looked useful. The little square silver item is a speaker just over a centimetre square, mounted under a pit floor and driven with an MP3 player and you have pit to tower comentry !! The keybord back light pcb has those little 1mm LED's that are very useful for lighting pit detail and stuff. There's loads more interesting bits too but the above are the more generally useful bits, I'll go and do some modelling now!! More soon, Si.
Learstang Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) Si, if you're talking about the "Za Leningrad" example (that's the decals I have for my kit), that would be suitable for a diorama. In one photograph it looks to have been repainted somewhat on the rear fuselage, probably due to battle damage, so it was well-used and an engine change/repair would certainly have been possible. If you look back at post #50, I do have one photograph of a Soviet workshop, but I'll see if I can't find some others, perhaps also of the outside. Just as a guess, I would think they would have always (or almost always) been wooden. Soviet airfields, especially forward "frontal" airfields, were rather rough, simple affairs. Regards, Jason Edited May 20, 2012 by Learstang
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 20, 2012 Author Posted May 20, 2012 Nice one Jason, thanks for confirming that, I'll use the kit decals! A pic of the outside would be great, it give me a good starting off point and somewhere to put these:- Not much to see yet but they are what I wanted the little motor for, the green blobby thing will be a lathe ultimately! I actually managed to find a pic of a Soviet WWII era lathe, the drill press will be mostly make believe !! Si.
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 21, 2012 Author Posted May 21, 2012 Afternoon all, A little afternoon progress on the drill. I've made a sort of chuck and used an old broken .6mm drill bit to make the bit itself then Ca'd it into some 1mm copper tube for the drive. Made a really sad pully by using my cordless drill as a poor mans lathe and some scrap sprue. The cover is made from foil pie dish and Milliput, once dry I'll shape it to a nice curve! It does actually work although the little motor doesn't have the nuggets to drive the bit through anything, not even wet paper!! Quick pic:- More later, Si.
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 21, 2012 Author Posted May 21, 2012 Basically finished apart from painting:- I'll make a start on the lathe now, Si.
Learstang Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 Very nice, Si! This should definitely be an interesting diorama. Regards, Jason
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 22, 2012 Author Posted May 22, 2012 Thanks chaps! I've made a little progress with the lathe, it has a table and a gearbox, I'll tidy up the Milliput and fill all the gaps once the main selector boxes are on. Quick pic:- These bits usually drag on for bit and aren't strickly aircraft WIP'py but they give me a break from the kit itself and I find that keeps me fresh for the important bits like making the wings fit after me chopping the cowl to bits!! More soon, Si.
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 A little more progress:- More later, Si.
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 24, 2012 Author Posted May 24, 2012 Thanks Woody! I've basically finished messing with the heavy workshop tools appart from a few knobs, levers and twiddly bits. I'll make some progress on the airframe again now as I have some paints that I think will do the trick for the cammo, I'll wait for approval from Jason and Troy before I splash it all over the kit! A couple of pics:- All the bits on the lathe are just dry-fitted at the moment, its not dead level by anymeans but it will do! More on its way...... Si.
Fozzy Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 God....there's just no stopping you is there Si?!! ....brilliant!!...what ever's next!
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 28, 2012 Author Posted May 28, 2012 Cheers Fozz', I do like to bugger about with stuff !! Just a quick post for thoughts on these colours:- Hopefully Jason or Troy will be able to let me know if I'm in the ball-park with these. To my eyes and what I've got they look close! Si.
Learstang Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 (edited) Hopefully Jason or Troy will be able to let me know if I'm in the ball-park with these. To my eyes and what I've got they look close!Si. Si, to me, on my monitor, the dark grey looks too bluish. I think the AMT-1 "Light Brown" should be lighter, really a tan with maybe a little grey in it. The AMT-4 Green should have a little more olive in it. The AMT-7 Blue looks good. You're in the ballpark with these, but the AMT-12 Dark Grey should not have any blue in it. It was supposedly a very dark grey, almost black (although I go with Testors MM Gunship Gray, which isn't almost black - oh well, scale effect, fading, etc.). I have found a few pictures of hangars, but no more workshops yet, I'm afraid. Regards, Jason Edited May 28, 2012 by Learstang
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 28, 2012 Author Posted May 28, 2012 Thanks Jason, I think I may go for a generic type of workshop/hangar structure and see where it ends up!! I've had another go with some colour. I've a feeling I may need to go and get some more colours, the ones I though I had have turned into little cylindrical crayons in their pots !! Si.
Learstang Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 Thanks Jason, I think I may go for a generic type of workshop/hangar structure and see where it ends up!!I've had another go with some colour. I've a feeling I may need to go and get some more colours, the ones I though I had have turned into little cylindrical crayons in their pots !! Si. You're welcome, Si and I think these colours look pretty good. As far as the generic workshop/hangar, I would think some kind of simple, square, wooden structure, with some windows around the top, and large sliding doors at the front would do the trick. Sorry about the crayons! Regards, Jason
tinleeds Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 Si, I just going to start my IL-2 tomorrow (probably) and was found this one. Could be helpful. If you need any English-Russian translation, let me now I'll be happy to help. Ivan
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted May 30, 2012 Author Posted May 30, 2012 Thanks for the colour ref' Ivan, always welcome as I need lots of reassurance with colours! Thanks Jason, I'll probably knock up a few drawings of the building before I launch into the construction, need to make some progress with that now. While wondering how to go about building a building I've been doing a bit more on the airframe. I've filled the gaps which are my doing after the cowl modifications, not too bad but will need a little more fettling with. Decided to get some paint on the underside. Fiddled with the lathe a bit more too, More soon, Si.
Martian Posted May 30, 2012 Posted May 30, 2012 The lathe looks like you could switch it on and actually make something with it! Some swarf in the tray would really finish it off, though I dare say you have thought of how to tackle that one already. Martin
Learstang Posted May 30, 2012 Posted May 30, 2012 Brilliant work on the lathe, Si, and the undersides colour looks good! I will be very interested to see what you come up with regarding the building. Regards, Jason
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted June 3, 2012 Author Posted June 3, 2012 The lathe looks like you could switch it on and actually make something with it! Some swarf in the tray would really finish it off, though I dare say you have thought of how to tackle that one already.Martin Thanks Martin, that and the drill make a hell of a noise when there running!! I hadn't thought about the bits of swarf but I will now! Brilliant work on the lathe, Si, and the undersides colour looks good! I will be very interested to see what you come up with regarding the building.Regards, Jason Cheers Jason, I think its going to be a bit of a mix of typical period wooden, big-door, construction and a bit of imagination! I have an idea to basically make the whole base as the hangar with the roof cut-away but with all the trusses and beams in place with lights, plumbing and pigeons!! Looks interesting -are you going to shoot it ?? Hi Steve, no not this one! Just a quick update on the painting. I've used Humbrol enamels as usual but added to get the colours 'ish' right after Jason and Troys initial advise. The green is Hum 150 with a bit of 155 in, the brown is a 50/50-ish mix of 187 & 29 with a drop of white and the grey is a 50/50-ish mix of 79 & 33. The brown and grey need another coat then some finishing before Klear to reduce the brush marks, then some washes. It should be in the ball-park with some weathering. More soon, Si.
Learstang Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 Very nice, Si! Those colours look spot on to these old eyes! Your diorama idea sounds like a good one. Regards, Jason
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