Looking really good now Pete. Good idea on the hellblau. Masking set is essential on aircraft I think…..costs a few quid but saves a few hours of tedious work…..
Dogfight double pt. 1: Stuka
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I’ve used one masking set for an aircraft, and found it so fiddly to get the bits in the right places that I prefer putting masking tape all over the canopy, burnishing it into the corners and then cutting out the frame with a sharp knife.
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Hi Pete
Found this online about bomb colours in connection with a previous build..... Not had a chance to read Tim's link as am at work, so might be a duplicate.
Hope it helps.
Andrew
Found this online about bomb colours in connection with a previous build..... Not had a chance to read Tim's link as am at work, so might be a duplicate.
Hope it helps.
Andrew
Thanks Andrew. Evem more confusion! Not helped by the fact that Airfix don't actually state what size the supplied bombs are - I suppose I should measure them. There doesn't seem to be any great consistency between sources as to the size at which the bombs were in the underside colour rather than dark green (or grey, or brown, or something else...).
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To be honest the more and more that I learn about the German military machine in WW2, the more and more I have come to the conclusion that there are almost as many exceptions to the rules as there are rules.....
Or as Ron aka spanner570 would say..... "Your model, your rules"!!
So, in other words, just go with the flow!!!
Let me dig out a book on all Luftwaffe planes I have to see if they have anything to say.
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Hi Pete,
I can't comment on the accuracy of what follows as I know nadda about Stukas but hope it helps.
Andrew
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This.......
Has this to say on the R version....
I can't comment on the accuracy of what follows as I know nadda about Stukas but hope it helps.
Andrew
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This.......
Has this to say on the R version....
Scaling up the dimensions of the Airfix bombs doesn't give a match to either the SC250 or the SC500 dimensions given in Tim's link, but that "Luftwaffe Resource Center" seems to have some inconsistencies.
I'll stick with Plan A (RLM 70 for the smaller bombs, RLM65 for the big 'un.
Yet another can of worms is the colour of the pylons - underside colour in some photos, but very dark in some - possibly RLM 70! Underside colour will look more plausible.
Pete
I'll stick with Plan A (RLM 70 for the smaller bombs, RLM65 for the big 'un.
Yet another can of worms is the colour of the pylons - underside colour in some photos, but very dark in some - possibly RLM 70! Underside colour will look more plausible.
Pete
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Pete,
Looking good mate, good luck with that canopy.
Looking good mate, good luck with that canopy.
Late in on this Pete and loving what I see so far. It looks like bomb colors are a really can of worms though. Just do what you feel Sir. I have a Trumpy Stuka in 1/32 and think I'll have the same probs with them too when I (finally) build it. Top Job!!!
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That's nothing.... You want to try doing a DIY 110 mask...... Actually you REALLY don't....it turned my hair grey!
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NNNNNNNNNNNeat !
Canopy is now masked, and has just had a coat of the interior RLM02. The wings are a pain to mask because of the trailing edge flaps and their actuators - the wingtips are white, but I'm expecting to need a lot of touching up after the camo goes on. The other masking struggle was a white stripe around the tail - I had to work out the width and the position to allow for the side decals to go on in the right place with respect to the stripe.
For a break from masking I started decalling the bombs - Airfix supply 4 yellow stripes, so I've fitted them to the centre line bomb:
The four small bombs might or might not, depending which reference source you choose, also need four yellow stripes each, for which I bought a pack of yellow strip decals in various widths at the Modelkraft show. Given that these bombs are just 3 mm diameter it'll be a struggle to get 4 stripes on each, but I think I'll have a go, for two resons: 1) it'll look good, and 2) it'll be lovely when I stop.
More paint later I think.
Cheers
Pete
For a break from masking I started decalling the bombs - Airfix supply 4 yellow stripes, so I've fitted them to the centre line bomb:
The four small bombs might or might not, depending which reference source you choose, also need four yellow stripes each, for which I bought a pack of yellow strip decals in various widths at the Modelkraft show. Given that these bombs are just 3 mm diameter it'll be a struggle to get 4 stripes on each, but I think I'll have a go, for two resons: 1) it'll look good, and 2) it'll be lovely when I stop.
More paint later I think.
Cheers
Pete
Nice progress Pete.
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Pete,
Nice detailing .
Nice detailing .
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Looking good. Hope the repairs go well.
Got the camo masking on. This is, I think, the first time I've used camo masks, and I don't think I'll bother again. The large, complex shapes are difficult to put in the right place, compared to using small pieces of tape, and the material of these ones is too 'springy', so when I try to burnish it into a corner, it springs out again. It was a lot quicker than using tape though, so the model has now had a dose of RLM70:
I'll let that dry before I try to remove the masks, so in the meantime I've been trying those stripes on the smaller bombs:
These are 3mm long pieces cut from Hannants' narrowest stripes - about half a millimetre wide! One stripe on each bomb was all I could manage before the shakes started, so I'll try to get another stripe on each l, and leave the last two per bomb until tomorrow. Yes, I must be crazy...
Pete
I'll let that dry before I try to remove the masks, so in the meantime I've been trying those stripes on the smaller bombs:
These are 3mm long pieces cut from Hannants' narrowest stripes - about half a millimetre wide! One stripe on each bomb was all I could manage before the shakes started, so I'll try to get another stripe on each l, and leave the last two per bomb until tomorrow. Yes, I must be crazy...
Pete