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Jakub Fialayeni bir fotoalbüm ekledi.
77 10 June, 22:58
Jakub FialaThank you, mates!
Alec, correct deduction 👍 I see that you are not only a great modeler, but also an experienced detective 😄
Just to clarify, I will not build the new edition in 1:72 scale, but the 1:48 kit, which I have had in my stash for some time.
11 June, 11:09
Mr DNice metal finish 👌.
Glad you showed paints,
I'm struggling to find a good white paint that doesn't need a stupid amount of coats to look white... Any recommendations from anyone be appreciated.
Smart Mustang scheme 👍
11 June, 20:35
Jakub FialaThank you Nicolas and Mr D!
to Mr D: I use Tamiya LP and Gunze H aplied in several thin layers.
12 June, 13:41
CaptGPFI agree with Jakob, Tamiya LP white is much easier for me to use. Another trick is to black base the part first, and then lightly coat on the white. For some odd reason, it's easier for me to avoid over-spraying white on that.
12 June, 16:09
ClementMr Surfacer 1500 White is also a good option if you need a white "paint" with high coverage.
You can polish it afterwards or layer a coat of regular white paint if need be.
Being 1500, it's pretty smooth anyway.
Great mustang, Jakub. I'm looking forward to see it done 🙂
12 June, 16:45
Moreno BaruffiniWell, since I'm also building a p-51 (different molds), I can only say that I have still to learn and practice a lot 🙂
12 June, 19:13
Jakub FialaDík, Máro! V pondělí ho dotáhnu na klub. Stojím před velkým dilematem a budu potřebovat hromadnou konzultaci 😄
13 June, 11:17
Sergej IGreat looking little bird! What did you coat over the alclads with? If anything?
20 June, 13:35
Jakub FialaThank you, Sergej!
There is no coat over any color. The silver color on wings (LP-11) is polished, Alclads are untouched. I hope no varnish is needed. But i will see after decals....
21 June, 11:49
Sergej IThank you for the answer... brave, hoping all goes well and looking forward for results 👍
21 June, 12:51
Patrick HagelsteinThe decals do look stunning! Did you encounter any issues with setting solutions on the bare NMF parts?
25 June, 08:08
Jakub FialaThank you, Patrick. Luckily, no problem occurred with the setting solutions. But the decals are not fully set in panel lines yet. Photos are taken immediately after applying the decals. It is not visible on pictures, but there is still a lot of work to do.
25 June, 11:53
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Roland Sachsenhoferyeni bir fotoalbüm ekledi.
45 7 July, 08:59
Roland SachsenhoferWith these pictures I open the book report on Roden's Junkers D.1: I tried to extend the interior with some steel wire, the seat belts are from Eduard. For the detailing I downloaded the very interesting building instructions from Wingnut Wings for the large D.1 in 1:32, which is quite helpful if you want to have a good documentation as a basis for detailing. I'm also going to realise one of the WW variants, which I immediately liked: all in Dural/ NMF with only a minimal set of markings.
7 July, 09:03
bughunterWatching!
I have done the short fuselage already, I hope one day I can do the long one too.
Is the engine painting finished? I can recommend the WNW manual for this, still available on WNW page.
8 July, 20:44
Roland SachsenhoferThanks for the tip - it's definitely a good one! The printed WNW instructions are next to me, so I want to use a little oily black on the top of the engine and add a little "brass"... But not only WNW instructions, also your excellent work is my reference.
9 July, 12:35
Roland SachsenhoferThe fuselage of the D.1 is now closed, the only thing to be careful of was not to damage the corrugated sheet metal joints. A related issue arises with the leading edges of the wings: in my opinion, the prototype shows a continuous line around the leading edge.... this will be difficult to depict: I will try to get close to this with careful sanding and the same amount of reworking with a scalpel.
11 July, 07:09
bughunterYes to clean the wing seem is not that esay. I must admit I used also wings from another kit after I was not happy with the first try. I have both the long and short fuselage kits and the wings are the identical. But that shifts the problem only to a later date, when I will build the long one. A new Part PE set is waiting too 🙂
12 July, 16:49
Roland SachsenhoferThank you for your words, mates! - I completely agree that this is not an easy topic! My approach, which you can see started here, is to work on the front edge of the profile with a triangular file. I didn't even try to bring the corrugated sheet metal runs of the top and bottom together - that would be far too small for me - but simply used the file edge many times.... Well, in my opinion it looks at least a little better now than before, so I'll try to make it a little more precise....
14 July, 08:57
Roland SachsenhoferThe Alclad metal colours mercilessly bring out all the flaws and imperfections, especially when everything has already been trimmed to a high gloss in preparation for applying the decals like here! The Wingnut Wings instructions describe an effect called 'tiger stripes' on the wing sheeting, which I recreated using various aluminium and dural colours.
18 July, 11:56
bughunterThe stripes are great - can be noticed, but both shades still looks like aluminium which it was.
18 July, 14:53
Roland SachsenhoferThank you very much, mates!
The opinion on the 'tiger stripes' really really pleases me in a very motivating way!
18 July, 18:15
Ludvík KružíkRoland, your model looks very good. I really like the interior of the plane and the engine. Also your rendition of the corrugated sheet metal looks very realistic. 👍
20 July, 14:02
Roland SachsenhoferLudvik, thank you for this comment, giving me a push to get the finishing steps done!
21 July, 06:54
Roland SachsenhoferA few steps closer to a finish: working with Roden decals is always an adventure, happy end not guaranteed! The whole thing is spiced up by the corrugated metal nature.... Well, this is the result; I will of touch up up the unclean parts with a brush, but on the whole it will stay like this - now for the signs of use and wear!
25 July, 08:01
Roland SachsenhoferThank you! 🙂
The Junkers D.1 is slowly approaching its final appearance - and that didn't work out quite as well as I had imagined! But what the heck, there are some nice things, like the turnbuckles or the two MGs from Gespatch; I'm also happy with the solution for the typical Junkers handles and footrests: a thin, glued-on metal rod was covered with finely cut Tamiya tape as a ridge. Well. I am satisfied with this overall impression.
26 July, 19:22
Ludvík KružíkAs the work progresses, Junkers grows in beauty. Thanks to decals and small details the model looks better. 👍
26 July, 22:09
Roland SachsenhoferThe Junkers D.1 from Roden is now finished, in a way my corrugated metal test run for the somewhat larger Junkers F.13 from Mikro Mir. There are enough problem areas - and also a few insights into how I can proceed better with the F.13, but even so I am surprised by the 'photogenicity' of the little fighter from the last days of the First World War! The markings, which are limited to the bar crosses and two '11s' on the rear of the fuselage, come from the Wingnut Wings documents; they show an aircraft from October 1918, i.e. shortly before the end of the war. Remarkable (and also a reason for my choice) are the 'tiger stripes' due to different metal panelling on the wings, which show up in the right light. I hope you like the pictures, I really enjoyed building it!
30 July, 15:36
Nick DragoneExcellent build and photography. It would have taken me months to build this. Nice work
30 July, 16:07
Michael Kohlvery nice and convincing weathering. Great outdoor and hangar shots. A joy to watch.
30 July, 19:09
Arseny K.Very inspirational in-progress and built model pictures! Exceptional example of modeling art 👏🏼
31 July, 07:31
NeulingWellblech ....... das muß eine Junkers sein 🙂 Cool pictures and perfect build ..... this must be a Sachsenhofer
31 July, 08:16
Thomas Tyeni bir fotoalbüm ekledi.
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Lockheed P-38 / F-5B-1 Lightning 
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... this is most probably how she looked on July 31st 1944 when St-Ex started for his final mission. Once again, thank y...
28 10 January 2021, 21:20
Norbert SteffensVery interesting. Do you use a conversion kit for the reconaissance version?
11 January 2021, 07:04
Thomas THi Norbert. Yes. I'll use the CMK 4399, which was introduced in 2020. The conversion was created for the Tamiya kit, however it seems to fit almost perfectly on the Hasegawa.
11 January 2021, 07:49
Thomas THi Steffen.
There are two different machines known. The first is a documented F-5A-1 (based on a P-38H I believe), this is the one you talk about. St Ex flew the machine in Tunisia in 1943, quite a lot of pictures can be found of this aircraft, the serial number is unknown (to me).
The other one is a F-5B-1, based on a P-38J (the one with the vertical air inlets), this is the aircraft he was shot down on July 31st 1944. This aircraft had the serial Nr 42-68223, very few information is available on this machine. This is the one I am building right now, the F5-A-1 is due for another project.
For markings you have following options:
F-5A-1, decals are included in the CMK set (with the white 80)
F-5A-1 and F-5B-1 a decal sheet from Third group (1998) was available, maybe with some luck you can get a sheet on the big auction house with 'e'
For both: create your own and print or let print
For both: create masks, cut with a cutting plotter and apply the markings with the airbrush.
If you need profiles etc, PM me, I'm happy to help 🙂
12 January 2021, 14:00
Thomas THi Stefan. Be invited, please make sure to keep the appropriate Corona distance and do not share popcorn or sweets 🙂
17 January 2021, 15:38
Thomas THi Norbert. Please apologize, I just noticed I addressed you with the wrong name.
17 January 2021, 15:39
Norbert SteffensHi Thomas, thats OK. Thank you very much for the detailed information. I think you inspired me to start this project also. I had this idea for nearly a two decades, back then can't find any conversion sets. Because I'm mainly a ship modeller this gets out of my focus. But it's never to late...
31 January 2021, 06:53
Norbert Steffensvery nice. Your P38 looks like a black widow....night fighter 😉)
13 March 2021, 06:52
Boris BHelo Thomas, Thank you for mentioning this build. Very interesting for my project (the F-5A actually). A very cleanbuild so far. Odd that the CMK kit fits the Hasegawa P-38 better than the Tamiya one !
I was not able to locate any pictures of Saint-Exupery's F-5b (the one he dies in). Did you find any ? I have a picture of the F-5B nicknamed 'Stinky' (not 'Stinky II') with serial number 42-68225, which was most likely very similar in options and finish than Saint-Ex's 42-68223. And also a color one of 42-68205 (both form the internet). Are you interested ?
28 March 2021, 13:37
Thomas THi Boris.
Yes, I am curious how my CMK nose will fit on the Tamiya Lightning, the adventure of fitting it lies ahead.
According the serials, I think a 'nearby' serial gives just a hint about the basic color of the airframe. Most of the planes were in American service, just a handful were handed over to the Free French Army, I guess they were re-painted occasionally.
On one hand I recently read some books, in one of them, an eye-witness described (most probably) 42-68223 as silver with an American star on the lower side of the wing (?) and another one with the French cocarde on top of the wing. On the other hand, a side view picture of the plane exists.
To me the only questions still open are:
- what colors were the spinners painted on the 42-68223
- how exactly did a 'piggyback' seat (for example on 42-13080, F-5A, the other one St-Ex flew) exactly looked like, the documentation I own is pretty lean, I checked millions of books, manuals, educational movies etc. without a hint if there was a backrest for the backseat or not...
29 March 2021, 08:34
Boris BHi Thomas, I would love to see the picture you have of 42-68223. I have not located it yet, although I have not seriously into the research.
My impression of those F-5's (most of them, and other aircrafts (B-26,...) used by the French in the MTO) is that they were just passed on to the French from local US units. The French took them over as is, just painting over the minimum : squadron codes and national insignia. They did not bother painting them over (camouflage), especially late in the war when the US didn't bother with camouflage either.
That being said, was 42-68223 used in another US unit before being passed on the the French ? If so, I would wager that the spinners were not repainted.
As for the piggyback seat, since those were local modifications (like two-seater Mustangs, etc.), I would again only expecte reliable information from the actual aircraft or possibly ones based in the same airfields...
BTW, what pictures or first-hand accounts have been published of the wreck that was fished out off of Marseille recently, believed to be 42-68223 ?
29 March 2021, 11:09
Viking93Very nice, motivated me to go on with my own St. Ex project. But i am building the white 80. I am still not sure which camo it really had, there are many different opinions.
12 June 2021, 08:04
Thomas Bischoffyour research paid well off! Excellent result and very convincing wheathering 👍
12 June 2021, 13:20
Thomas THi mates. Thanks for your kind words. And getting the compliments from masters like you, counts at least twice ??. After all the painting / paint stripping over and over again I am quite happy how she came out and every time I look in my display case, I feel pleased. Also a very good experience was the coordinated research (hi Boris, hi Norbert ??)
12 June 2021, 16:51
Alex KIt's July 31st, today - and I just thought it would be nice for this to appear again on the newsfeed - congratulations on this build, Thomas! 👍
31 July 2021, 14:19
Thomas TA very nice move to push the thread for St-Ex's anniversary of death, and thanks for the kind words.
31 July 2021, 15:15
Boris BHi Thomas, Sorry, I thought I had written a comment yet ! Yes, very nice build indeed !!
I haven't started on mine yet, but now that I have decided to build one of Saint-Ex's F-5B, I need to find a P-38J kit again. Modelling the F-5A #80 ('Jeanne') would be nice, but I prefer less wear on my models, like you. So I think I will go for one of the overall blue F-5Bs he flew, which will be a bit different. Hopefully done before July 31 of next year ! 😉
Thanks for all the great info you shared. If anyone is interested, this is the thread to ask !
1 August 2021, 10:53
Thomas THi Boris. Too bad, two weeks ago I sold my other Hasegawa P-38J, if I had known earlier, I had asked you first. However, I am confident you'll find one. We have a local bidding platform where I see P-38 from time to time, keep my eyes open for you. I look forward seeing your build here!
1 August 2021, 11:48
Thomas TReminder to all friends of Antoine de St Exupery, his work and memory:
Today is the 80th anniversary of his death. Luckily, the mystery of his disappearance was solved.
31 July, 08:08
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