Dave, those are great looking re-paints!!
Dave, those are great looking re-paints!!
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"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
New on the virtual workbench, some more aeroplanes for the "lesser known" fronts: Pomilio PD and PE and Lloyd C.II and C.III. Some day I'll have to stop modelling and paint a few of these. Oh, who am I kidding?
Ready to help the Rebels!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Very nice work.
I am one with The Force, The Force is with me!
Great droid there!
[One Area-Effect Weapon Later:]Originally Posted by Herkybird
I am one with the dirt; the dirt is covering me....
(I guess someone else played the old WEG RPG, and figured out how to end Force users in a hurry.)
More to add to my cart... Hopefully a Halberstadt D.V (in 2 versions? 1 of each engine? Or 4, some with 2 guns, some with 1) is coming soon.New on the virtual workbench, some more aeroplanes for the "lesser known" fronts: Pomilio PD and PE and Lloyd C.II and C.III. Some day I'll have to stop modelling and paint a few of these. Oh, who am I kidding?
This week's production. 4 models that were still in their bags a week ago, and two salvaged models that had been badly damaged many years ago while still under construction. The Kangaroo still needs more work on the carved props, and new struts above the top wing, but is now adequate for play. It took a lot of grinding, not just sanding, this was the worst model I ever got from Shapeways, and it took a Dremel to sand it sufficiently, hand filing and sandpaper weren't enough. They've gotten a lot better over the last 5 years, though they did offer me a reprint at the time. I thought I could salvage it, but the damage was worse than I realised when I refused the reprint, and the underside corrugated in a crosshatch pattern over 1mm deep, a problem with the digital model.
Both it and the Felixstowe have many broken or just plain missing struts replaced by galvanised steel wire. The Felixstowe got stepped on by a fireman while still under construction, and it and the Kangaroo had been languishing in the "too hard" basket for many years.
The Pfalz D.XII, Farman F.30s and Gotha GL.VII are the ones started from scratch. 4 down, 140 or so to go...
Production over 6 weeks. Many hours spent designing the decals.
Good job!
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
I did a lot of research on the GL.VII.
This photo didn't seem to me to match the various profiles.
Profiles:
This one showed what could be a more stylised national marking than the usual.
Matching this artwork
So... I tried some informed guesswork. In B/W
And in colour, using standard 5 colour lozenge fabric, and also the same colours in irregular splodges on the fuselage, similar to many other aircraft of the time.
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Good work chaps, those planes look spiffing!
Another 4...
Note celulon panels on the Vickers FB.19. Just undiluted PVA glue brushed on. I'll be using this technique, accidentally discovered, in future.
I said this one was coming soon.
6 weeks production so far. Rather better than some actual factories...
Wonderful work, Zoe - the ZFF is truly up and running! I love all of the esoteric schemes you are churning out - I assume you have plans for some post-WW1 Eastern Front action in mind at an upcoming Cancon...?
All the best,
Matt
Well let's see.. we have Soviet, Imperial Russian, German, Austria-Hungarian, Latvian, Estonian, Ukrainian, Polish, Don Cassack, Italian, Turkish....
I think it's a pretty good bet that there will be a "Great War in the East, 1920" scenario. Or two. Blame Ares for issuing 2 Sopwith Snipes of the era. There might be a fight over the Adriatic too - to have opponents and allies for the Macchi M5s.
Now to make cards..
Continuing work on my Zeppelin base: After cutting out the pattern and drilling the mounting holes I sanded all of the edges smooth with increasingly finer grits of sandpaper. I started at 80 and finished at 800. I then polished out the edges to a very nice clear shine with Plastic polish and a microfiber rag. By the way, this is the same technique you can use on your plastic headlight lenses on your Car, just don't start at 80 grit! A lot of Elbow Grease was involved in finishing the edges. I put a nice red automotive pinstripe down the center of the base for ease of firing arc location. We will be play-testing the Zeppelin again this Friday.
Very good looking base Jim.
I love the idea of shaping it to the ship.
Incidentally, in the good old days of plastics we used to finish edges with Brasso.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I have 3 Shapeways 1/200 Swordfish I am working on so I will wait until next week to post the photos.
Nice Zeppelin base! I have been missing things this month on the site, but I hope to be back into the fun soon! Back in the 80's we flame polished the plex edges, leave the paper covering on the plex and pass a butane or welding torch flame just past the edges, they smooth wonderfully and quickly, (no sanding needed) let them cool before you touch them though . . . just sayin!
Also, just read an interesting article on cutting thin plastic with a nicrome wire cutting machine like the one I use to cut my Zepps on . . . another thing to try when they let me out!
The hot wire deal may just wind up sealing the parts back together once it passed through. That is the issue I had with my scroll saw. I had to use the 'ol Dremel with a cut off wheel. I am using some pretty thick plexi though. Your Zeppelin is always the star of the show at our games Dave.
Something that might make things easier for you Jim, could be my template for my Zeppelin (Link: Zeppelin LZ-41 (L 11) Template).
Template in use:
Print the template at full size, and that way, the arcs are all ready measured out for you. You just lay it under your plexiglass, and trace the arcs.
I used foam core for my template, but the plexiglass looks pretty awesome.
Last edited by OldGuy59; 12-31-2016 at 12:02.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
I saw your other post for these, thank you. I got some of your cards when I bought the Zep but they are too small for me and since I am computer-challenged, I figured it would be easier for me to make some rather then try to figure out how my damn printer works! Your cards have all the info I will need, I will just have to transfer it to the dashboard I will also make for the zep.
There are also several dash boards others have developed out there, might be worth a thread to gather them all . . . .
I've just completed a 1/144 WWI German U-Boat as a 'ground' target for Wings of War/Glory. The only thing left to do is make suitable flags for the Germans and the Austro-Hungarians. The sub is painted as the main 'mount' of the hero of the book below - Otto Prohaska's U-13, so the AH flag will make its appearance first. I scrounged some foil from a newly opened wine bottle last night and will set about making the flags later today.
This book was recommended by someone on the Forum a while back, and I ordered it along with its three companion volumes. They are a really fun read, all things considered - sort of a bit of George MacDonald Frasier's Flashman meets Alexander Kent's Bolitho books.
Here's the sub before painting - it was 3D printed by the master modeler of our local Wings group - Jay - who happens to have a printer at work and runs bits and bobs up every now and then and shares them with folks in the group. I added the brass periscope and antenna masts, along with the deck gun. Per the illustration on the front of the book above, I modified the 'rail' around the top of the conning tower a bit and then covered it with red tissue paper to replicate the canvas look of the tarp lashed around the railing to provide some measure of protection to crew standing on top.
Here is a 'long' shot of the completed sub - pictures on the internet provided color scheme ideas. The narrator of the book says he painted the wave effect on his boat, and the number 13 is depicted on the book's cover...
Closer-in view of the sub...
It was a fun little project that we shall look forward to sinking on a semi-regular basis, and with a German ensign instead of the Austro-Hungarian one, it can just as easily be sunk off the coast of Belgium as off the coast of Croatia!
As always, thanks for looking!
Always the best,
Matt
Nice one Matt.
I have the first two of the books on my Kindle. I must get the other two.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
That is an awesome U-boat, Matt.
Super looking sub Matt. Will we see it at Origins?
The third one, especially, is appropriate, Rob - The Two-Headed Eagle - it covers Prohaska's time flying on the Isonzo Front in Lloyd CIIs. It's quite a look into the Byzantine nature of the Austro-Hungarian air forces, assuming that Biggins has done his homework. It and A Sailor of Austria are my favorites of the series.
Thanks, Pete and Peter! I put in a request to run a scenario at Origins around it, Peter, so hopefully you will see it - even it I don't run the game, I'll bring it for you to look at, if you'd like.
All the best,
Matt
Nice, U-Boot, Matt.
I'm working on a LL-plane at the moment.
...and converted a Avro Lancaster into another dambuster plane. The decals from 1/144 direct are awesome.
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Roger that, I will look into them, thanks!
Very nice model Matt, rep coming!
Nice looking little project.
Finished the Shapeways Swordfish so here are a few pictures.
Hmmm...Well let's see.. we have Soviet, Imperial Russian, German, Austria-Hungarian, Latvian, Estonian, Ukrainian, Polish, Don Cassack, Italian, Turkish....
I think it's a pretty good bet that there will be a "Great War in the East, 1920" scenario. Or two. Blame Ares for issuing 2 Sopwith Snipes of the era. There might be a fight over the Adriatic too - to have opponents and allies for the Macchi M5s.
Now to make cards..
I was supposed to be working on a project for Zoe, doing up cards for all the obscure planes of WWI for which stats have been done. However, line drawings of these planes are not readily available online. Any which are available are usually of very poor quality for the work I wish to produce. The Farman MF.30 is one of the planes for which drawings are beyond my Google-foo. However, I managed to find something for the Gotha GL.VII
This needs more work, of which I have already spent too much time today that I don't have, to get to this point (Not a complete overview, this is a patch-together for the full wingspan). But, for Zoe, there is hope that the new year may produce a card. If there were stats, unit, pilots, etc to use...
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Another view of them attacking the Bismarck.
This is my first Shapeways models to adds to my 1/200 planes.
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Great looking Swordfish Bob.
Nice job, Bob.
I wish Ares would add one to their schedule ...
I agree that the Swordfish would be a great plane to have Ares do - it is SO iconic from a Fleet Air Arm standpoint...
Great work on these, Bob! Hope they can "Sink the Bismarck!"
All the best,
Matt
Thanks Matt and Peter. A great compliment for two great modelers. Have a good New Year.
The last 3 for 2016. Phoenix C.I, Hansa Brandenburg G.I, and a Martinsyde Elephant of the AIF in a mix of bleached PC12 and PC10.
November and December's production.
The Phoenix model has been sitting in its plastic bag for years... I didn't follow the old Ares official card exactly, but did try to make it close, and in accordance with photos.
Working on it! That drawing was the one I used to get the decals right. Send me a pm with your email addy and I'll send you the decal sheet, with wings suitably covered in 5 colour lozenge. 2 versions, one Ukrainian, one Luftstreitkrafte.Hmmm...
I was supposed to be working on a project for Zoe, doing up cards for all the obscure planes of WWI for which stats have been done. However, line drawings of these planes are not readily available online. Any which are available are usually of very poor quality for the work I wish to produce. The Farman MF.30 is one of the planes for which drawings are beyond my Google-foo. However, I managed to find something for the Gotha GL.VII
This needs more work, of which I have already spent too much time today that I don't have, to get to this point (Not a complete overview, this is a patch-together for the full wingspan). But, for Zoe, there is hope that the new year may produce a card. If there were stats, unit, pilots, etc to use...
Well done Zoe on keeping to your production levels at this busy time of the year.
I only wish that I could.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I echo Rob's sentiments, Zoe - great work all around! I especially like the Phoenix in the 'tan and brown' camo - quite the striking little model
Keep up the great work!
All the best,
Matt
Great set of new planes Zoe. I love the G.I and that Phoenix is striking.
That is one fantastic collection you have there Zoe!
All I can say is wonderful work Zoe. You always do a fantastic job on your models.
Great work Jim. I have some Bachmann on30 narrow gage Christmas stock you can see in an album on my profile. I don't have a permanent layout. I build the North Pole every year. My brother Bob is working on an HO Santa Fe Super Chief/El Capitan circa 1950s from various parts he has acquired. He sent me a few pics you might appreciate which I will add to my album - just because they are cool and he is my brother and an excellent modeler.
I looked at your ON30 pics. Very Nice. That is a great scale to model in, and Bachmann has come a long way with their quality too. I have quite a bit of ON30 myself. I am modeling a Narrow Gauge Railroad that ran from the late 1800's to 1941 in Northern Wisconsin. I have a lot of the rolling stock done, but no layout yet. I will start building the layout for the HON30 (HO2 1/2, HOE, HO9, Egger) soon as it will only take up 40" by 20".
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