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47 16 October, 21:30
BetterTimes-HenryLooks great. I have the kit in my stash, will have to build it soon 👍
16 October, 21:50
Desert MarlinAfter two hours, the whole cockpit, wings and "fuselage" were together. I got totally sucked in after the first two hours and it really got in the way of other projects! So fun!!!
16 October, 21:53
Desert MarlinBiggest issue is the choice of D-Day markings. The white bands are 60 mm on each wing and on the booms. This makes the individual stripes 12 mm. Pretty easy once you see it. I started out with 50 mm white band. That was clearly too short.
16 October, 21:56
Desert MarlinModel Master Neutral Gray on the underside and Vallejo 71.043 (US Olive Drab) on top. Lots of Tamiya Panel Line accent black overall.
16 October, 21:58
Desert MarlinI have seen claims that Olds first two kills were in this specific aircraft.
17 October, 00:27
Gary VictoryReally nice work DM....Lovely build.
Best story around Robin Olds in a P-38 was that he got behind a flight of 109's.....he was ready to open fire when his engines cut - dead. He had forgot to switch tanks to his internals when he jettisoned his external tanks. Instead of resolving his fuel transfer issues he just carried on lining up on the 109 and shot it down while in 'glide mode'. That's calmness under pressure for you.
17 October, 06:16
Never a ProGreat build! The nose wheel is up, does the the nose weight ball included in the kit need to be reinforced with extra lead?
17 October, 07:04
Desert MarlinThanks all…
The nose wheel appears elevated because I use a sheet of glass on my bench. The glass is 1/4" thickness.
17 October, 15:02
Desert MarlinNow if I can get my antenna insulators to compare with Bernhard Schrock's Sea King! Definitely a worthy target!
17 October, 20:02
George AdamopoulosGreat result! Congratulations!
After reading Olds' biography, I have just started building the same kit, although I plan to do the narural metal version. How were the decals from kitsworld? Are they ok or do they require special attention?
6 November, 18:34
Desert MarlinHi George. I would be careful with the KitsWorld decals. They really don't have much film on them. I recommend getting the decal placed and see if it needs any attention after it dries. Aggressive setting solutions are not needed. Go slow!
6 November, 22:57
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39 24 June, 07:48
Thomas WirschingGreat job so far! I would love to get an explanation about how to do these LED lighting in detail as I have no idea about this.
8 July, 05:04
Hang LiThanks Tim, Villiers, and Thomas. I did put a led for the trolled sonar bay back at the stern. It is apparently not bright enough to be really visible. Probably not noticeable after finished.
I prefer to use Led tape light as it has build in resistors so I don't need do calculation to figure out the resistor value. Once that is sorted, what left is just connect the led unit with a battery and a switch. I think it is better to ask a trained electrician as the circiut I built don't last long and I don't really know why.
9 July, 12:37
Michael KohlI expect modelling of the highest quality from your bench. So far I am not disappointed. 🙂
Keep it up.
6 August, 09:58
TreehuggerHm, how long did it take to make the nice looking ocean surface? It certainly looks like a fun project.
I wish I knew how to make such ocean surfaces, as it really seem to complete a model with such a diorama.
I am no expert on led's but my impression is that one has to be careful that the voltage to the led's is controlled to specs, so they don't burn out shortly after and end up being un-repairable inside the model. Also, something about connecting led's in parallel, pattern iirc, to avoid one dead led blacking out all the rest of the leds in a serial connection, iirc.
25 August, 09:36
Hang LiThanks Treehugger, THomas and Tim.
As for the sea base, you can check a YouTube channel called ''studio blue ocean'', I basically followed his videos. And treehugger did a pretty good summary for LEDs. The voltages is very important and it is always needed to put some resistors in series to potect the LEDs. The size of the resistors can be calculated with ohms' law. There are small circuit boards for LEDs which can be used to make everything easier.
8 September, 12:51
Villiers de VosFantastic work with all the photoetch parts. Your attention to detail shows.
14 September, 03:48
Thomas WirschingGetting better and better; can you please show us a detail picture from the inside of the hangar? Did you build this from scratch?
14 September, 03:49
Hang LiThanks, Rui and Villiers. I just masked the hangar as I am going to paint the outside. I will get better hangar photos once finish. The trumpster kit comes with the hangar and the ceiling is in good detail (I only add LEDs to the ceiling). Only the walls need additional work to add details, like handrails, supports etc.
14 September, 12:27
Ingmar StöhrWow! Fantastic detail work and great job on the weathering and the base!
25 October, 06:13
Ingmar Stöhr@Hang Li: For the 'oil canning' effect. Did you have accurate plans for the frame spacing or how did you come up with the pattern you used? I have to say that is look really convincing after some more weathering effects are applied on top.
25 October, 10:09
Hang Lithanks Ingmar, Gary and Villiers. As for the 'oil canning' effect, I found some photos which are somewhat visible for this effect as reference for the pattern and I have to simplifie the pattern to make it practical. So it is not quite accurate. I got some pre-cutted masking paper in 1mm, 2mm, and 3mm and I just picked one that I believe is most suitable.
26 October, 10:58
Ingmar StöhrThank you for the explanation! It looks convincing to me! Keep up the great work!
26 October, 11:52
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The right choice of kit for this model..... Definitely am interesting paint job ahead 👍
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Mark SherwoodDefinitely a USAF Scheme Mr D and once I source some extras it will be in the pipeline. Thanks for the like too.
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