mustang1989

The latest pics of the port wing cannon assy in the works. I had to sand the upper and lower halves of the wings "potato chip" thin and carve some off of the thickness of the gun bay to get this sucker to fit between the wings!! Lotsa work but payin' off: test fit after sanding the "you know what" out of it! I thought it was never going to work at one point!! a little gap at the front of the wing but I think we can manage.... ...........aaaaaaaaand...........we got it!! Got everything masked off to include the gun barrels with electrical wire heat shrink.

That....Wayne sir.....is an excellent build. And that's what I was talking about about some of the armor stuff. It's one thing to build a model as it rolled off of the assy line ,wether its a car, boat, plane or armored vehicle. Its an entirely different approach to make a model look worn (by use and weather) such as this build here. It didn't seem to take you all that long either. Let me know which picture you would like to see in the intro post and I'll get it posted there bud. I look forward to the other build that you have in store for all of us here Wayne!

Thanks Wayne. You also have to remember that this thiing has the Aires update set ;for the added detail. Speaking of detail, yours is looking good. Sometimes I don't know how you armor guys do half of the stuff you all do. I've seen some pretty crazy stuff out of the armor section on FSM......and now here!

Well here's the Aires wing root 20mm cannon bay just after a base coat of RLM 02 and all nice and trimmed up to fit between the upper and lower wing halves: and here it is after being painted, weathered and with the Master Models brass gun barrel installed. I'm going to display the port side cannon hatch in the open position. The starboard side will remain closed up.

That would be a small craft to turn into R/C!! Looking forward to more pics!

Looking good so far Mark. How big is this puppy gonna be? I'm seeing about 15 inches or so in length so far based off of your cutting board that the model is laying on top of.

This is good stuff Wayne! Can't wait to see this one come together!

Almost forgot to post some pics of the cockpit. This is a mixture of Tamiya (the seat) Aires, the cockpit tub and Iinstrument panel base pieces and Eduard (all PE panels and knobs , pedals, belts and the control stick). and a litte further along.......... and another. Actually its my least favorite because its a little out of focus.

No problemo Jim! Looking forward to both builds man.

Heya Jim...........changes posted!

Cool Jim! Looks like you ended up with a Luftwaffe bird after all!! LOL. Those 109s turn out pretty decent. There's a build of one of those going on right here by another friend of mine:http://spamodeler.proboards.com/thread/193/48-revell-bf-109g-10?page=6#page=1 I'll get your entry changed right away bud..

Progress is progress Mark!! Glad to see you building buddy!

In pressing ahead with the build we now move on to the wing root cannons. I will be displaying the port side in the open position so the panel is cut out of the wing and the wing cannon bay/ tray is prepped for the task here:

Say...........was that for Carlos' Weekend Madness GB?

Gotcha down in the intro post Mike!!

LOL!! I'll keep that in mind about the guitar string Mike! I'll get you down on the list good buddy! Glad to see you in this GB!!

At it again are ya Ira? Dude there's just no end to your imagination is there. Nice work!

Thats a project that would take me TWO winters!! Cool project philo!!

Thanks Wayne! Nope ...no hiding this puppy! I build almost everything I touch opened up these days. I'll get to a point I'm sure where I'll start building them buttoned up....................................................but not just yet!! lol Looking forward to your follow up.

First off welcome to the forum and secondly Tom nailed it. Rome wasn't built in a day so having said that your model skills wont jump from where you are now to advanced levels overnight. As said by Tom , stick to the basics, ask questions, watch folks here and most importantly have fun at it. Glad youre here!

Hey Mike. Whats up bud? Ha ha!! Woo Hoo!!! Good to see you here man! Good lookin 16 you've got there. I'm going to PM you pal!

Ok guys here's the mostly finished nose module minus cowl guns and paneling. The Jumo 213: another view: and one more just to reference the scale:

Really nice job on those tracks Wayne! I like the sag between the wheels man! Gives it a really authentic look. I spent about 5 years in Field Artillery around M 109's and know about not only the sag but the wear on those tracks. Lookin' good on those and the weathering so far!!!

Thanks Mark! Was wondering where you were! Looking forward to your build.

You know Wayne it's a never ending learning experience hangin' around places like this and it's fun at the same time. Can't wait to see some more progress on that Tiger! Got updated pics on the nose. The prop spinner decal was a real challenge to put on this one. I spent around an hour chasing this thing around in circles to get it to lay down even remotely flat and applied around 7 coats of Microsol to get it suck down to the spinner. All in all I'm happy with it. and together with the prop blade it really comes to life. This is after the dullcoat on the spinner as well.