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    My June projects, are my May projects carried over! Plus a new box of F-Toys two engine aircraft added on. My May projects ended after pinching my right index finger two weeks ago. Holding any tools has not been practical!


    Rich

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    Mine too Rich, although they do have a bit more paint on them than last month.
    Must get off playing with my ships and get the paint stirred up again.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    I need to finish off the [Nexus] Balloon that I started painting just before Triples.

    It's just all the little squares, it's sending me mad.

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    My June pile is also my May pile, plus some of my February pile! Got to find more time...............

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    My June pile is also my May pile, plus some of my February pile! Got to find more time...............
    What he said. Plus some incoming from AIM.
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    You can get cream for that from the M.O. chaps.
    Kyte.
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    I'm going to try this one...

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    Or possibly this one:

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    This one's the original Nexus model, I think.

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    My months are all running together, too! Maybe June is where I actually get some things finished up (along with more started, I'm sure ).

    Hang in there and keep painting squares, Fox - you'll be pleased with it when it's done!

    That Albatros will be stunning, Zoe...

    All the best,
    Matt

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    This must be the theme of the mounth, this "may leaking over"-thing.
    My 4 planes from may are also "leaking over" to june but now I have my decals from Dom. I hope to be finishing my Roland DII at leased

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    May carried over to June plus some specials from AIM arrived today: 4 Brewster Buffalos (will bear Finish markings for the EF) and 4 Ki-27 Nates for general service in IJA in the Far East.

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    "We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."

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    "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and most of the rest of the month."

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    I just repainted this for Son#1.




    And these Traveller starships arrived in the mail on Friday, along with yet another batch of planes.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoe Brain View Post
    I'm going to try this one...

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    This one's the original Nexus model, I think.

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    Notice the top plane and the bottom plane in the photos are not the same as the plane in the middle. Pay particular attention to the skull. The top and bottom has a skull with a black surround, while the middle has the skull with the black cowl. The middle skull also has a more rounded jaw-line than the straight jaw-line of the other.

    I'm really curious about Bromowski and his planes. How many variations on this theme did he have? Did he have a 253 with a similar scheme? And so on.

    And yes, the Nexus version is the skull with the black surround.
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    Okay, according to Windsock Data File 19, the cowled skull machine was 153.52, which he crashed on 4 Feb '18. The other is 153.45, which caught fire on 1 Feb '18. By June '18 he was flying 153.209, which is a later model 153 with the rounded nose. That's the plane in the very middle of those pics, i.e., this one:



    Like 153.45, it appears to have a black surround, but with a skull more reminiscent of 52.

    There are no references to him flying a 253 in the Windsock book, at least not that I could find.
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    Where did you get those?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris Maes View Post
    Where did you get those?
    Who, me? Regarding the Traveller ships? If so, I drew them up in Blender and sent the files to Shapeways for printing. Marc Miller said it was fine, as long as I didn't sell them to anyone else.

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    This picture makes it clear that 153.45 is a standard pointy nose 153, but with the pointy bit omitted. So the nose is flat, not rounded.
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    Apparently the round-nosed 209 didn't have the spirals (back to the drawing board....).

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    Source : Albatros D.II & D.III Oeffag, Petr Aharon Tesar, JaPo publications

    Officer Hauptmann Godwin Brumowski. Born on July 26, 1889 in Wadowice, Galicia (today, Poland), Brumowski attended the Technical Military Academy in Mödling, and after graduating on August 18, 1910 he served with Austro-Hungarian Field Artillery Regiment No. 29. In July 1915 he was assigned as an observer with Flik 1 and on April 12, 1916 participated in a bombing attack on a Russian military review during a visit by Tsar Nicholas II, during which Brumowski was credited with shooting down two Morane-Saulnier Parasols for his first two victories.
    Learning to fly in the months afterwards, Brumowski amassed 16 victories flying airplanes such as the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I (KD), and a stint with German Jasta 24 provided practical experience flying Johannisthal-built Albatros D.IIs. Leading Flik 41/J aloft on August 19, 1917, Brumowski shot down an Italian Caudron two-seater for his first victory flying an Albatros D.III(Oef). He shot down several airplanes and balloons with Series 153 D.III(Oef)s, and soon adorned his Albatrosses by completely overpainting them red, with large white skulls on the fuselage sides.
    The robustness of Oeffag construction was demonstrated via one of Brumowski’s machines, when on February 1, 1918 he fought eight enemy
    fighters and endured at least 26 hits to his machine, some of which ignited the upper-wing fuel tank that caused the burning and loss of several square yards of fabric on his upper and lower starboard wings. Despite the severity of this damage Brumowski was unwounded and was able to land successfully. Three days later, while escorting reconnaissance airplanes in his red D.III(Oef) 153.52, Brumowski again fought several enemy fighters, until at 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) the leading edge of his lower port wing broke and took much of the fabric with it, shortly before the same happened to the starboard wing, including loss of its main spar. Although reminiscent of early German-built D.III wing failures, this incident
    appears to have been caused by enemy fire or aggressive high-G evasive action.
    In any event, Brumowski again managed to extricate himself from the fight and reach the ground safely, albeit turning over landing. He was unwounded but his D.III(Oef) was destroyed.
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    Source : Albatros D.III Johannisthal, OAW, and Oeffag variants, James F. Miller, Osprey AIR VANGUARD 13

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    Source : Austria-Hungarian Aces of WWI, Christopher Chant, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 46
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    From Windsock 19

    Yet another view of 153/53

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    And 153/208

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    Fitted with captured Aldis sight

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    Sir,

    you have both made and ruined my day.

    you are such a tease.

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    I've just stripped the carefully manufactured spiral finish decals from my round-nose 153, ready for repainting as 153.208. No serial on the sides, overall plain red.

    Fortunately, I have a spare standard D.III, so I'll see if I can make a 153.53 from it. Contrary to the profile, I think the rudder is CDL like 153.45. Serial not overpainted, it's visible in one of the photos. Nose in brushed metal, not red.

    And for my next trick... another N.11



    Source: http://wio.ru/ww1a/n-11.htm

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoe Brain View Post
    And for my next trick... another N.11

    Wow; did he want to make sure they knew which side he was on
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    I need to start a "What's on your pre-bench" thread. Here is what is on deck if not in process . . .



    Wolf's 109, repaint stickers for a bunch of F4F's and a resin trap . . .

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    I've been digging in this month - found this batch of Bellona vac form gun and MG positions in my loft that I purchased some two years ago this month - thought I should get them painted up and ready for action !
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    I also got these three rolling off the production line:
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    Plastic Soldier is the maker, 1/72 is the scale. Should be in action within the next ninety minutes - hope they do better than this little lot did last week !
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    A lucky Panzer IV wreaked this havoc !
    (Battlegroup Rules)

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Plenty to go at there then Dave. It has just reminded me that I could do with some sandbagged semi circular blast pens for Malta.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    On my workbench but not necessarily anywhere near the top of the painting queue, a bunch of AIM goodness managed to elude Revenue & Customs yesterday:



    B17Gs, He177s, Ta152s, cannon-armed Hurricanes, Airacobras and some FW190-A8s
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Quote Originally Posted by flash View Post
    Plastic Soldier is the maker, 1/72 is the scale. Should be in action within the next ninety minutes - hope they do better than this little lot did last week !
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    Dang, Dave; it looks like those Stuarts dropped onto an alien planet
    Stuarts against a Pzkw IV? I presume a F, H or J? That's a suicide mission
    Karl
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    Finishing up some British armor to battle my Italians.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jager View Post
    Dang, Dave; it looks like those Stuarts dropped onto an alien planet
    Stuarts against a Pzkw IV? I presume a F, H or J? That's a suicide mission Karl
    That lot was 3 Sherman M4A3's & a mech platoon v a P.IVH & a handful of infantry with an MG42 Karl - they won but the Germans made them pay !
    The Stuarts did quite well today smoking out a Tiger that killed one of them and 3 Shermans before succumbing to superior numbers

    PS: Can you tell I don't do points ?!
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    "He is wise who watches"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guntruck View Post
    On my workbench but not necessarily anywhere near the top of the painting queue, a bunch of AIM goodness managed to elude Revenue & Customs yesterday:



    B17Gs, He177s, Ta152s, cannon-armed Hurricanes, Airacobras and some FW190-A8s
    Well done that man, whoever you are?
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by flash View Post
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    The foliage came from a doormat, didn't it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Well done that man, whoever you are?
    Rob.
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    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    The foliage came from a doormat, didn't it?
    Yep - makes for cheap cornfields, lighter and much easier to hack up than the rubber based coir mats people use. One mat goes a long way too.
    Roads are a hacked up darts mat, ploughed field on other side of the road is painted corrugated cardboard, trees are cheapo plastic Rail accessories - a bit too small but at least they don't get in the way when you reach across the table.

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Just a few of the many projects on the table. These are actually finished. A6s are MSD while the A1-Hs, the other SPAD, are Scotia. GHQ ordnance hangs from the hard points on the Intruders. I added the refueling probes to both Intruders and a Target Recognition Attack Multi-sensor (TRAM) turret to one of them.

    A6s are from VA-196 and VMA-533
    A1Hs are from VA-176

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    Have gotten bit by the Zeppelin bug, I thought, let's find one and try it as an experiment, and then go full scale. So..... 1/400 Graf Zeppelin in progress...Click image for larger version. 

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    Quote Originally Posted by miscmini View Post
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    Looks like you're ready to go down town Kevin !

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Superbly done Kevin. those aircraft look a picture especially the decaling.
    Rob.
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    Great looking Prowlers and Skyraiders, Kevin! The Skyraider is one of my favorite planes from that era. What scale are these guys? 1/200th?

    Keep up the great work.

    All the best,
    Matt

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    Matt & all, thanks for the compliments. The minis are 1/300 scale. I just rec'd my A1-H and A6 order from AIM. Those minis are covered in primer. I need to get to work on them. Kevin

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    Beautiful paint 'n' decal job on the 1/300 aircraft!

    Also, love the Zep!

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    Finally getting OFF my workbench in June (they've been there since FEBRUARY!)..................Click image for larger version. 

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    Jasta 32b Pfalz DXIIs by Shapeways.

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    Good that propellers are in different angles. Nice detail

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan-Sam View Post
    Good that propellers are in different angles. Nice detail
    They turn!

    The drill I used to open up the hole for the prop is EXACTLY the same diameter as the prop shaft (lucky coincidence!).
    I have some of the Aerodrome Accessories "spinning prop discs", but haven't tried them out yet. Perhaps on these?
    I suppose if I don't like the result, I can always switch back to the Shapeways props.
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    Are you joking? Turn? In that case, it is bloody good work!

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    No joke!

    It was just a happy coincidence - thanks for the REP!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    Finally getting OFF my workbench in June (they've been there since FEBRUARY!)..................Click image for larger version. 

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    Jasta 32b Pfalz DXIIs by Shapeways.
    Love the idea of doing planes of the same squadron. Kudos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BB401 View Post
    Love the idea of doing planes of the same squadron. Kudos.
    That's my thing - I found I was uncomfortable flying an American ace alongside a Russian ace, alongside a French ace, alongside an Italian ace etc.
    I personally found it much more satisfying to fly multiple wingmen from the same squadron, and started painting squadrons early on in my WGF "career".

    In particular, I think that photographs of games benefit greatly from featuring multiple planes in similar paint schemes.

    You'll find plenty more squadrons in my Albums.

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    I try to emulate your idea wherever I can Tim. Hence my collection of Bulldogs and Waspen, however as aircraft get updated so rapidly in the Campaign AARs it is not always possible to have three or four aircraft for each side of every type in use.
    Rob.
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    1915 Aviatik C.I

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    1917 Albatros C.V

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    1920 Ukrainian Albatros J.I



    Cammo colours similar to this one - german medium grey-green, forest green stripes

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    Plus the aforementioned:

    OEF 153/52



    OEF 153/209



    Nieuport 11



    Pix to follow.

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    Brumowski's 153/209 and 153/52, and Mihalov's Nieuport 11

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    You have a fine bevy of aircraft there Zoe, displaying your usual great standard of workwomanship.
    Very eyecatching indeed.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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