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  1. I was checking out the parts count in the instructions and I don't remember a car having such a high parts count. Granted some of these pieces are for the police car , but still that's a few parts in the 160 range.
  2. Thank you Ray , Wayne and George! The only downer of the Trumpeter kits is that there are over engineered. I don't know about the smaller scales but the 1/24 parts count is WAY too high. On crazy stuff too like the landing gear. I think each leg was 8-10 parts!!!!
  3. Thank you Wayne. I knew when I started it all with this kit that I was going to have my hands full. My thinking was (and still is) when I started off to build it , I had to build something better than you can go out and buy. There are a lot, and I mean a lot , of pre built die cast or plastic 109's as well as other aircraft out there that you can just go buy and get it over with. With that said, I had to build something it a lot better than that. I chose probably one of the most challenging camo patterns and littered the engine and cockpit with whatever detail I could obtain / build. The wing guns were just a plus. I wasn't even going to install them until I was looking at the guns and thought to myself, " Man this gun pod would look great opened up!" So I cut the access panel open on the L/H wing gun and went to work on the cannon. Hek the gun ejector chute/ ammo feed was already opened up on the gun itself so it made total sense to feed a couple of rounds into the weapon and then lead them up into the wing with the links. The links took a LONG time to build because I had to scratch build each link. Took a week and a half on the whole pod/ gun assy to build.
  4. Ok you all. Back for Part 2 here. After I applied the basic camo theme and the mottling I moved on to the decals: Before this I knew nothing of really HOW to apply decals. I had the whole gloss coat thing down but never used decal set or Microsol until here. I will never NOT use them again!!! These decals were a dream too. They were Eagle Strike decals #24006. Moving along to the plane with a few more items on it and opened back up after the dull coat was applied I used after market wheels too. Can't remember the manufacturer but those turned out decent too. The dang tail wheel strut broke early on in the build so I had to wait till this stage to drill out the strut going up into the fuselage and the other half that was still attached to the tailwheel side of the strut. I then inserted a metal rod into both halves and pressed fit together using epoxy to secure the rod at both ends. It worked!!! And this is a heavy bird!! A little up close of the engine detail and weathering of the nose: I also weathered the engine here after I had learned some tricks on how to do it! And finally some finishing pics: This is the only picture I have with the cowlings closed. I should have taken a couple more this way. ..............and with the cowlings open. This next one below is outside and though it's unfinished, it shows the color off well. and then there's the scratch build deluxe for me on this whole build pictured below. I bought a 1/35 scale 3.7cm brass ammo kit and used the shells from it. I opened up one of the wing gun pod access covers, sanded the door and inside of the pod to scale and displayed the 20mm cannon. This was SCREAMING for something stoooopid in here so I cut the 3.7cm shells a little short so that they would fit into the ammo chute of the wing cannon. Then I used aluminum tape to scratchbuild the belt links and weathered the ammo and belt links. I weathered the cannon as well and drilled out the cannon barrels at the ends. Here's all that stuff in a picture: And that's that in a nutshell. All in all I was happy with it. It took me about 8-1/2 months to build largely because of my inexperience and my taking extra precautions as to not do double work or screw this thing up. I will say this: 1) I have gone back to building 1/48 scale stuff because that's where I belong , 2) that Trumpeter has to make some of the most over engineered stuff I have ever seen. You know, 8 parts to accomplish building something that should have only taken 2 or maybe 3 and finally, 3) the friggin ejector pin marks!!! Good Grief there were tons ......and all in the wrong places!! Really I got past this build ok. While looking back and knowing that there were some things I wished I could have done differently or better I also feel a sense of accomplishment.....and had fun doing it. Thanks for looking, Joe
  5. Thought I would post this little jewel here. I built this as part of a Bf109 GB last year. It was my first attempt at a model in 6 years and the one 6 years prior to this I didn't have half of the skills that I used in building this thing. There are some things throughout the model here and there I know could be better and have been working on those in the last two builds but I'm fairly proud of my first time creation using weathering effects and more proper painting techniques. I have built this as a Bf109G-14 and have it displayed as it was in May of 1945 with JG5. The pilot was Helmut Nuemann and with this machine he managed to achieve 62 aerial victories. The addition of the 20mm wing mounted cannon is incorrect for this particular aircraft but I couldn't help myself but to build one of these "up-gunned" beauties! So without further delay I'll turn to the presentation: I built the engine first by painting and assembling all of the plastic kit parts. I used the Verlinden update set #2062 which has some engine updates and a few parts of the firewall and ammo boxes. It also has a bunch of stuff for the cockpit but we'll get to that later. The engine coolant pipe was a piece of copper wire that came in the update set. I used electrical wire heat shrink that I acquired from Radio Shack cut to the proper length to simulate the rubber hose sections and heated up to shrink and actually "look" like sections of rubber hose. The hose clamps were a combo of left over PE sprue and .015" solder that was flattened and formed in the shape of clamps. The supercharger inlet screen was taken from a Chevrolet 4.3 litre V-6 distributor that I removed as part of a GM service Recall at my dealership. (You just never know when youre gonna need stuff like that!! I weathered everything later when I started learning more about that. On to the cockpit: I then started on the cockpit floor. I painted it a coat of silver and then after that dried shot a coat of RLM 66. After that dried I chipped away the 66 from the high areas to allow the "aluminum" floor/skin to shine through. Then I started installing the aftermarket seat belts that I acquired (cant remember the brand but I bought em through Squadron). The rest of the goodies came from the Verlinden update. You know the stuff like rudder pedals, control stick, drive chains for the control pullies on the L/H side of the seat, cannon all that stuff! More completed shots of this coming up. Almost forgot that top view of the engine with the guns and coolant crossover pipe /hoses installed. So anyways back to the cockpit: I built the R/H wall first concentrating my attention on the oxygen apparatus and all that stuff. The hose came from the update set as did the guages on the wall. I used instrument panel decals from another kit in the guage holes with a drop of clear on top of them. The knob is from an aftermarket nitrous oxide bottle I had from a 1/24 scale car upgrade set. The chain/ sprocket arrangement in the foreground was a little off center but it doesn't show when viewed from the other side. Also have the shoulder harness seat belts installed here. Skipping to fuselage assembly I really hated to have to "button this thing up" because I couldn't get over the amount of detail that was in this thing. This was quickly turning out to be a favorite build of mine even though I was still learning all of the tricks of the trade at this point( and still am really). Next: The fuselage assembly and wing installation. Here it is all buttoned up with the wings installed. No primer, no paint.....nothing. Had the gaps filled and all the panels buttoned down. As a first time for doing it this way I glued a spare canopy on and sealed it off. No paint inside you know...... Here she is primed and ready to go........using Tamiya "rattle can" primer. I had mixed feelings about the mottle effect. Looking back I rightfully should have faded the edges a little bit but this was my first time ever applying such a crazy camo pattern. I used an Eduard 1/48 scale mottle mask from a 109 masking kit. I would apply anywhere from 1 to 5 or 6 mottle patterns at a time. Hell my then 8 year old son even applied one!(and no I can't remember which one was his!!lol). Even without the fading I was decently pround of what I did. The scheme is just friggin wicked!. And that's where this picture build stops for now. To be continued in Part 2 coming up.
  6. Thanks so far guys. The kit should be here within the week!! (now for that corrected body.....................)
  7. Man! Some of you guys have studios! I've got a room to myself inside the house for all of my building. Its better than it was at the beginning of last year when I re started this hobby. The first picture is when I started in January 2012: and then here's the current status of the bench. I don't forsee it growing much bigger than this but who knows? Compared to some of you guys on here its a quaint little space but it works for me right now. There's a guy named fermis in the modeling community on forums here and there who has entire ROOMS dedicated to his building / display space. Anyhow here goes: I don't know what is making my pics so grainy lately. Some are and some aren't but its really irritating when it happens.
  8. Thanks Lee and Fred! I'm really liking this Dora for sure. Its basically the same plane as the A/F series of 190 from the engine firewall back except for lengthening the fuselage about 8" to offset the weight/ length of the modified nose for a V-12 but it just looks friggin cool, they are bad "A" and the color schemes for the D's were just crazy! The germans upon the first D series arriving to the units in late 1944 deemed them "Focke Mustangs". Fast and able to roll on a dime coupled with a nasty surprise in the armament department, they were a force to be reckoned with in the hands of a skilled pilot (which was far and few between by wars end).
  9. Thanks Erik. Ive ordered from Tower before. I'll check it out!
  10. Thanks Carl. I'm working on an SBD Dauntless right now so I'll be able to fit this in sometime around the middle of Nov to the Thanksgiving time frame.
  11. I'll do a WIP here and retitle the title block there. Thanks Larry!!
  12. Hey you guys. Where are you all getting these kits? I've been to Squadron and Sprue Bros.( my main two vendors) and have found nothing. I went to Hobby Lobby (who has a friggin wall of model cars) and still no luck. Thanks, Joe
  13. Cant beat that with a stick. Good ingenuity! Nice stance on the car too.
  14. Well I gave it to him in a case but that went south when it got knocked off of the shelf. The only reason I even knew anything happened to it was because when my wife and I went to visit I noticed the car just sitting on the bed headboard with no case or cover over it. You know that doesn't make him a bad guy. The fact is he's a one heck of a good guy. Just models aint his thing ya know? I cant get on here and have a bashing session over my brother and didn't mean to sound like I was. The point is that I was disappointed a little I guess. But the good news is that the car is safe and sound right now.
  15. Just to qualify myself for the Model Car forum I have a Monogram Challenger that I built 31 years ago when I was about 14 or so that is in the middle of repairs. I built it for my little brother back then and then as years went by and he moved from home, got married and had his own family it stayed at my parents house. I took it from my parents house and cleaned it up a bit and glued some parts that fell off over the years back on and gave it back to my brother around 5 years ago as a Christmas present. Long story short it ended up in the bedroom closet covered up by clothes and other stuff and got knocked off of the top shelf by my nephew. We ended up finding the hood and a wheel/tire assy that was lost for a little bit out of the fall and I pieced it back together. It's still missing the hood scoop from the hood and the rear spoiler but I managed to glue everything back on and repair everything else that was damaged during the fall. I bought another kit in which to replace the missing parts with. I am going to put this thing back to its unmodified original condition but here she sits proudly once again. This time it aint going to be given away. Anyways I didn't paint it with anything more than a gloss coat when I originally built it and aside from the decals wrinkling a little the finish came out PERFECT! The gloss coat was applied from a can for cryin' out loud! One of my only regrets is how the decals all came out. The interior was detailed great for a 14 year old. All you have to do is put a visor on and you can read the gauges. Of course I didn't need glasses or a dang visor when I originally built it. LOL.
  16. Thanks for the welcome Chris!
  17. I was gonna ask about the length of the front and rear windows with a corrected body/ roof. Looks like you just answered my question. Thanks, Joe
  18. I started building an Fw190 D-9 as mentioned above. I have a lot of fun in the engine compartments of aircraft and this one was no exception. This engine was a total blast to build! It was like I was building a real engine except this one is in 1/48 scale. At times I had to sit back and think to myself," Did I just build that?" Here's a shot or two of that:
  19. Thank you all for your kind words. I am working my way into an automotive build sometime within the next year. I've been building scale model aircraft, usually Luftwaffe stuff, since about February of last year. I am in the middle of an SBD Dauntless right now, an Fw190 D-9(in which I already have the nose section/ engine build up completed) starting on 01 Jan 14 for a Group Build I'm running and then a Stuka around the May time frame for another Group Build. I'm planning on building the Revell Mustang LX after that and I'm really looking forward to that. At this point my main weakness is applying a realistic shiny gloss coat.
  20. I know the feeling Wayne! Barracuda gets the best of em most of the time!!!! Today the dealership is letting alot of stuff through. I'm sure it wont last!!
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