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Vítězslav Horákдодао је нови фотоалбум.
31 1 January, 17:36
Jennifer FranklinI love the "wood grain" effect you've created (or is that all really wood?). The hull is gorgeous.
25 September, 00:38
Romain Sablouдодао је нови фотоалбум.
123 1 May, 11:47
Romain SablouPicture 8 : I screw up riveting on the second wing. 😅 I was thinking that doubling the number of rivet lines was a good idea on this part of the wing, turned out it wasn't...
I used Tamiya Surfacer to cover everything and start again
8 May, 17:37
Alec KThanks for the explanation. I thought maybe you were implementing some hight end stressed skin technique 🙂. Amazing work all around 👍
9 May, 12:09
Gary VictoryA real pain doing the riveting but so satisfying once it's done. Lovely work Romain.
6 June, 06:54
Romain SablouThank you all for your interest ! This is my first attempt on riveting an all airplane, I wouldn't say it was painful, but rather a looong and sometime tiring job. Overall I really enjoyed the experience and the satisfation when highlighting the rivets with a black wash 👌
6 June, 07:38
Jakub FialaVery nice work, so far. Riveting looks perfect 👍 I´ve just ordered a new release of Edugawa F/G Marauder, so i will look for some inspiration here.
14 June, 18:49
Romain SablouThanks ! Yes, this new release of the F/G version is great news for all Marauder fan 👌
29 June, 17:04
Romain SablouThanks guys, glad to finally paint something after all this preliminary work !
16 July, 14:35
Spanjaardmy respect for somebody who can do a complete riveting of a plane... and you said it was your first? how, that looks truly amazing! beautiful cockpit too!
14 September, 22:17
Romain SablouThank you all ! Yes first time, pretty happy with the result. I received good advices from my French "Sensei" Julien Haccoun 🙏
15 September, 10:15
Gary VictoryTotally echo Roberts's comments. Awesome work so far on this build Romain.
16 October, 07:31
Romain SablouMany thanks everyone ! It means a lot during this time consuming project. The finish is acheived by cleaning and polishing the model prior to paint stage. Then by using well diluted paint for thin and smooth coats of paint.
16 October, 16:10
Gary VictoryNMF finishes are more work, but so much more rewarding when done. Super metallics for me definitely the metals paints available.
17 October, 06:25
CaptGPFAgree with Alex, the invasion stripes are sooowell done. Roman - how are the Mr Hobby metallics compared to the AK Xtreme metals?
17 October, 10:54
Romain SablouThanks mates 🙂
Mr. Hobby Super Metallic pros : much stronger during weathering steps. cons : dilution can be tricky, not much choices in shades.
AK pros : more variety of color , perfect pre dilution for airbrush, cons : very sensitive to solvant during weathering, high drying time.
17 October, 11:13
Tony TonovGreat build, I've been following it from the beginning. Impressive result and attention to details. It is an inspiration for my next model 👍
17 October, 14:30
Gary VictoryAbsolutely love how this build is coming together. Love the paint work Romain.
31 October, 07:15
ClementAt this point, I feel like most of us are just speechless, your work is really awe inspiring!
24 November, 03:38
Sven SchönyanTremendeous work and a extremely good result! What solvent do you use for manipulating the artist pen brushe colours?
24 November, 07:41
Shar DipreeAwesome work. The rivets alone enliven the model immensely and then the great paintwork and conclusive weathering. Very very beauftiful B-26 so far. 👍
24 November, 08:17
Romain Sablou@Clement, and I lack words to thank you all for your support on this long term project. Thanks again everyone ! 🙏
@Sven, I don't use any solvent, you can manipulate the ink fresh out of the pen. But if you still want to dilute or erase something, you can simply use tap water !
24 November, 10:30
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13 23 November, 12:44
shadowlightHhmm... if this isn't the original semi-opaque appearance of Überraschungseier than you've made an excellent job with weathering as you did all over this piece of art.
24 November, 09:36
Dieter Bihlmaier#shadowlight I took polystyrene spheres from the craft supplies, they are easier to work with. Look at picture #9
24 November, 11:31
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Bas TonnThis is great !! I found this kit by accident, but there is so much rigging to mess up...
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WIP of a blue-yellow biplane
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I started to working on the brass bearing which will go into the engine, with a steel axle.
This time it worked to use b...
Пројекат: Stearman PT-17 Kaydet
1+ 72 31 October, 18:27
bughunterWelcome Robert! Which one you want to take, the yellow or a green one? 😉
Please do not miss the project description, for the _VERY_ important reason for this project!
31 October, 18:55
Ludvík KružíkI'll sit down too. If I'm not mistaken, one green seat is still open. 😉
31 October, 22:40
bughunterHello my friends! A warm welcome to each and every one of you!
Working on the parts of this kit can be considered bodily harm! The bright yellow hurts your eyes and you can't see any details or damaged areas that need work. I would have preferred a more common gray!
1 November, 16:49
KennethHallo Frank, the set with lap belts only could be intended for the US Navy variant of the Stearman, the N2S. Until US entry in WW2, US Navy aircraft mostly did not have shoulder belts. I read this in a review of a 1/32 Vought Kingfisher while looking for seatbelts and wondering about the same thing for my 1/32 Revell/ICM N2S Stearman kit.
2 November, 08:55
bughunterWelcome! Thanks Kenneth! That makes sense, as the kit offers also a yellow Navy plane with red stripes. Luckily my wife want it blue-yellow. All the pictures I found shows also shoulder belts, but that was mostly still flying machines and I guess the shoulder belts was added later.
I had already downloaded the ICM manual as an additional reference and looked at reviews because of an oddity on the upper wing. More on this later.
2 November, 16:24
bughunterBecause I was still in soldering mode after the seats, I immediately turned my attention to the tank on the upper wing. I like the look of the metal fuel tank now.
2 November, 19:49
Robert PodkońskiPerhaps you will find my photos useful for your build:
Hangar 10 | Album by podkon
2 November, 21:31
bughunterThe wing is yellow again, but now the look is better!
I used here MRP-142 Orange Yellow. If someone remembers my Piper: the yellow was "Dark Chrome Yellow" also from MRP. Even this one here called "Orange Yellow" it looks more yellow compared to the Piper.
3 November, 18:47
Alec KI was just wondering where the heck is Bughunter, and here he is! Lovely progress and topic, following of course 👍
4 November, 03:57
bughunterWelcome Ben and Alec!
The lower wing is now also painted yellow. I only not sure about the blue. I want to go with the darker later blue, tried AK Pure Blue, but I will also try others.
4 November, 11:52
Jakub FialaNice work on this interesting type of aircraft so far 👍 Following for sure!
4 November, 14:33
Ben MLove these old trainers. They used to show up at airshows a lot when I was a kid.
4 November, 17:20
Christoph KunzUi, da habe ich den Start ja irgendwie verpennt. 🙁
Aber jetzt bin ich dabei.
4 November, 19:47
KennethNoch was, je nach dem, was das Vorbild ist: Part 71 in Point 4 of the instructions is in my opinion not correct for a WW2-era Stearman. Such a box typically houses a radio, intercom, transponder etc. on modern, restored examples
5 November, 07:12
bughunterIn the spirit of "Piano man": the regular crowd shuffled in ...
Welcome!
Oh, can someone wake up Kyle? 😉
5 November, 12:33
Juergen KlinglhuberKyle! - come on, you will miss a good portion of the show and have to put the stool again in the back... 😉 Just kidding. It is never to late for a bughunter-show
5 November, 17:26
bughunterKenneth, thanks for the hint! Interestingly the Eduard manual of the PE set here on SM told me to remove the mount points for this part 71. After that hint I checked some pictures of original machines and found the modern equipment. So thanks for the confirmation! After my PE set arrived I found out the remove of that mount points is missing in my paper version! Luckily I have checked the corrected online version first.
I would like to build a original equipped plane, but this is somehow limited. I have only the kit decals for a US Army plane "136" dated 1941. There is no serial number mentioned. I have not found photos of that plane yet. So I will build it according the information I have, with "educated guesses" on some points. Later more.
5 November, 19:27
bughunterI made the instrument panels. May be you know the Eduard sandwich method of multiple PE parts? Here we have a special thing!
5 November, 20:07
KennethFuselage innner side colours are also totally wrong in the instructions (overall aluminium). See flugzeugforum.de/thr...103126/post-3062086 where I posted some thoughts about this.
The „thick" plate on the instrument panel which you chose is correct for the period, it's a padding saving an unfortunate student pilot's face when smashing it against the instrument panel…
5 November, 20:40
bughunterKenneth, thank you very much for your great support 👍 Highly appreciated!
Now I understand, why the bolts of the instruments are hidden by this padding.
According to your picture I painted the fuselage halves bright linen and added the read brown tensioning varnish. It will not be very visible after closing the halves.
The inner structure is not in scale: much too thick! As it will be not very visible later I do not go the extra mile to replace the structure by brass wires!
Did someone say Jehovah? 😎
8 November, 19:09
bughunterThe seat belts (what a fiddly job), the seats and the cockpit as a whole are finished. What beautiful interior!
Have I forgotten something, or can the fuselage halves be glued?
9 November, 19:02
KennethLooks perfect 👍 I was wondering whether there shouldn't be a fuel cock (the red lever on the lower left side in the front cockpit) in the rear cockpit as well, but found quite a few photos were this indeed not the case (but also some with one).
And while the ICM fuselage structure is indeed very delicate, it stops short of the rear cockpit!
10 November, 09:45
bughunterThank you mates!
Beside the thick structure it is a nice kit (and Eduard PE set) with great fit. Sometimes even with the famous Tamiya click 🙂
@Ben Pancakes?! You say if you know you know, but I do not know 🙁
If you mean the upholstery of the seats - I think that this task was taken over by the parachutes.
10 November, 09:56
bughunterThe kit includes a clear lamp to be installed on the back of the fuselage for Navy and Army. I have not found a reference photo.
Is this perhaps an anti-collision light on modern aircraft? Add it or leave it out?
11 November, 13:49
KennethThat fuselage lamp (probably a modern strobe light) does not appear in the manual available on the Stearman Aero site (p. 105)… from which I've also just learned that the red lever I mentioned earlier is control lock and not a fuel cock.
11 November, 16:20
bughunterThanks for the confirmation of my guess Kenneth! I glued stretched sprue into the socket for later sanding.
11 November, 19:25
René "Lord Bilbo" BartholemyBughunter "not going the extra mile"? 🤔
Usurper!
What have you done to the real Bughunter? 🤣
11 November, 21:29
bughunterDon't worry, I'm okay. I still go the extra mile, but where it makes sense and is visible.
The fuselage is now closed and other small things done.
11 November, 22:04
Alec KYou are making a lightning progress Frank. I can barely keep up! The added detail is, as usual, superb 👍
12 November, 00:45
bughunterAlec, that is a Revell Level 4 kit with only 58 parts according to the box. Ok, the PE set and the belts doubles the number and there is room for a little scratch work, but the fit is fantastic! That saves a lot of time.
I have the Mr.Paint True Blue on order and hope it will arrive soon.
12 November, 09:38
bughunterSome more little details are prepared, for example a Venturi pipe. This idea is maybe useful for other types.
But I also decided to go the extra mile to meet all expectations and made it possible to mount the rudder in an angled position for more liveness.
12 November, 19:48
Ludvík KružíkYour work is gaining momentum. It's a pleasure to watch the model grow under your hands.
12 November, 21:31
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)How could I miss this build .... very very nice progress so far and kudos for the soldering work!!!! I was thinking of this approach very often, but I´m too scared and always came back to CA removing the excess with debonder. Watching this build with interest 😊
13 November, 09:39
bughunterThank you mates for your very kind words!
@Thomas I was lucky enough to have been drilled in the art of soldering at a young age during my training as a telecommunications technician. Even though my studies were more theoretical afterwards, I now have 45 years of soldering experience. It was therefore obvious to use this experience in model making. This is also how I soldered my strip downs (see projects) 🙂
13 November, 09:58
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Well, that explains it all - you can be glad having this kind of skills man 🤘
13 November, 16:00
bughunterToday the MrPaint "True Blue" arrived - exactly the beautiful shade I hoped for! Not too dark and not as bright as some of the actual airplanes flying around. With a hint of turquoise as often discussed.
The paint shades of the Mr.Paints are very nice, some examples: the Dark Chrome Yellow on my Piper (I was asked during the last exhibition about it), the PC12 on the Sopwith Triplane (some chocolate brown), the linen color shades .... and this True Blue is no exception 👍
15 November, 17:15
bughunterThank you mates!
After some clear gloss coat I started to apply the decals. I also had an idea for a little scratch work - stay tuned!
16 November, 19:14
bughunterAlec, you will need a bit of patience as I have to do other things first.
The wings are decorated. When the decals (and softener) are dry I can add more clear coat. The fuselage is not yet completed.
17 November, 16:31
Desert MarlinNothing more pleasing than a fine "yellow-wing" from an era long passed!!!
17 November, 17:13
bughunterThank you mates!
Ricardo, it will have to be a beauty if my wife wants me to build this machine! There is still a lot on the ToDo list ....
17 November, 17:57
Kyle DeHartI am late, but I am here!! Up to your usual fantastic standards so far, my friend. Beautiful work. My father recently got to take a ride in a restored Stearman and had a blast with it!! So I think this is very cool indeed.
18 November, 01:38
bughunterVery nice to see you here Kyle and thanks! A ride in a Stearman would be nice indeed.
18 November, 16:54
bughunterAfter the wings was painted with satin coat to protect the decals I could realize my idea for which Alec has been waiting! Maybe some others too?
I had read somewhere that the position of the bracing on this model is incorrectly marked. Think again, when I leafed through the original manual I saw small windows to enable the check of control linkages etc instead of rigging points!
If Eduard has already realized the pulleys under windows so nicely on the Camel wings, something should work here too.
18 November, 20:55
bughunterThanks!
There is still work to be done on the fuselage, but I was more tempted by the engine. Its done but ignition wires needs to be added.
I mentioned the thick push rods, here a ref pic for comparison (Source enginehistory.org):
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20 November, 16:23
Landlubber MikeWow, this is incredible work man! The Eduard PE has some nice details, but your scratch details take this model up a few notches for sure. Well done!
20 November, 18:51
Kyle DeHartBeautiful work. I very much like how that engine looks. Will add nicely to the finished build with so much visible. Your replaced pushrods look perfect. An excellent touch.
21 November, 04:36
Alec KGreat work on the engine. I also like the position light idea! One always learns something from your builds 👍
21 November, 13:08
bughunterThank you mates!
Alec, there are typically six different sizes on the Eduard PE frames. Since I used the larger ones, the smaller seem to be usable for you 1:72 guys.
21 November, 14:34
bughunterThank you Juergen! I wanted to have the bird ready by the end of the month, but that could be tight.
23 November, 21:37
Martin OostromI know a certain Spanjaard, who bought the exact same kit today, in the hope of emulating your great build
23 November, 22:38
bughunterThank you for the info Martin! Luckily I know you both 🙂
@Spanjaard That was a great decision! That is a wonderful kit! I was really positively surprised. The yellow plastic is bad, but the details and fit is great. It is not very old and seems to be created by Revell USA. You will have fun with this kit!
BTW I have an unused set of the colored Eduard PE set (the little one FE785) as I found the bigger set later.
I added new pictures as the wooden prop is in shape 🙂
23 November, 23:30
Spanjaardi just ordered Boeing Stearman PT-17 (HGW Models 148549, 1:48) and PT-17 (Eduard 49785, 1:48) 😄
24 November, 00:04
bughunterThank you very much Lorraine!
Real wooden propellers are my trademark on the biplanes. The propellers with different kinds of wood look even nicer (see my other projects), but that would not have been authentic on this type.
24 November, 12:05
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