MakingModelsAgain Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) I thought after the Zero, I'd have a respite and build something easy. Or easier. (insert rip-roaring laughter of incredulity here) So when I picked this little sucker from the stash, that's what I thought I was about to do. It's a great little kit, with an itsy-bitsy fret of etch to add some nicer detail to the already nice, crisp detail on the plastic. Such a shame that the cockpit was non-existent. And here we go again... This is where the trouble started... A nice big but very small hole that now needs filling... I used stretched sprue for the ribbing. 1 sore back and 2 strained eyes later... Now I just have to figure out what to do about the thickish one-piece canopy that will no doubt obscure all and sundry within.... Edited December 30, 2011 by MakingModelsAgain
upnorth Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Wow! That's tremendous work given the scale. Mind you, it would be tremendous if you had to do it in 1/72 too. I'll be following this thread closely.
MakingModelsAgain Posted October 9, 2011 Author Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) Got the main cockpit floor made up tonight. All it needs is some harnesses which I'll make from masking tape once it's been painted and a control stick! Edited October 9, 2011 by MakingModelsAgain
MCD081 Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 I love the shot placed next to the giant fake 1 penny.............................oh hang on a minute!!!!!!!!!!!!
cheeley Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 I love the shot placed next to the giant fake 1 penny.............................oh hang on a minute!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, I think I'd find it easier to make up a giant penny prop than to do work like that in 1/144. Just stunning! Chris
MakingModelsAgain Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Well, until I can figure out how to cut the tiny canopy and somehow make it nest or take a bolder step and vacform my own using the original as a moulding piece, then all of this will be more or less obscured! Hey ho!
keefr22 Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Brilliant stuff!! I love seeing detailed 1/144 scale stuff - reminds me of when my eye sight used to be good enough to attempt it myself... Looking forward to seeing this one progress, hope you sort out the canopy issues, would be a shame to hide all that work! Keef
Séan Pádraig Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Amazing work on so many levels... is it not easier to paint/detail the canopy complete and NOT attach it so it sits on top for the completed view but lifts off for a detail reveal of the interior.
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I can't believe the detailing, such skill and patience Si.
Lynx7 Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Simply superb! Will be watching with great interest.
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Amazing work on so many levels... is it not easier to paint/detail the canopy complete and NOT attach it so it sits on top for the completed view but lifts off for a detail reveal of the interior. Why didn't I ever think of that? So simple, so sensible.
MakingModelsAgain Posted October 13, 2011 Author Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) Amazing work on so many levels... is it not easier to paint/detail the canopy complete and NOT attach it so it sits on top for the completed view but lifts off for a detail reveal of the interior. Why didn't I ever think of that? So simple, so sensible. Yup, that is a great Idea Séan and I would have gone with that but for one thing. You'll see on the second picture on my first post that the non-cockpit area has a raised section in the middle to couple with a recess in the canopy part. I could fill this on the canopy, in fact I'll have to in order to attach it anyway, but it would be much easier and neater to do this in situ, I think. I certainly haven't ruled out your idea as a possibility, but since I actually have the benefit of a spare canopy part, I can take the sliding section from it and use the fixed sections from the other. I still have the problem of nesting them though. I may try my hand at vacforming, if only for that one piece! Or may take up crochet instead. Edited October 13, 2011 by MakingModelsAgain
Nobby Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Well...folks said I'm crazy for doing all the stuff on my tiffie! But you've just taken it to another level! Love it! And especially the gunners seat!
Fozzy Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Great stuff for 1/144 scale....as others have said..I also love it!
John_W Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 You're making me feel guilty for building their 262s OOB.
dahut Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Alright I have to ask - are you doing this 'bare eyes', i.e., sans magnification?
MakingModelsAgain Posted October 15, 2011 Author Posted October 15, 2011 Alright I have to ask - are you doing this 'bare eyes', i.e., sans magnification? Alas no, I use my trusty head magnifier which is now pretty much a part of my casual dress code. The times I've answered the door wearing it or taken the dog out to the garden with it on!!!
MakingModelsAgain Posted October 15, 2011 Author Posted October 15, 2011 (edited) I'm impressed!How do you do belt buckles? The belts are thin strips of thin Tamiya tape. I actually tried to think of a way to make actual buckles, but didn't have a scanning electron microscope handy, so I'm afraid they are carefully placed blobs of Mr Metal Color Aluminium which has a very bright, shiny look to help make them stand out! I kept thinking to myself that if this was the Victorian era, then I'd be making them out of some kind of fine silk and stitching them together like the real thing. Probably with working silver buckles. But sometimes I think too much! Edited October 15, 2011 by MakingModelsAgain
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