Jim R
SMF Supporter
Hi Andy
You're getting there and it's all looking fine. You'll be an experienced wingy thing builder yet.
Jim
You're getting there and it's all looking fine. You'll be an experienced wingy thing builder yet.
Jim
Thanks Andrew,much appreciated ,Andy
I feel the same about planes sometimes but then I think only practice makes perfect!
Keep the great work.
Andrew
Thanks very much Jim,i`m pleased that you have faith in meHi Andy
You're getting there and it's all looking fine. You'll be an experienced wingy thing builder yet.
Jim
Cheers Fernando.... It`s probably just me,the kit can definitely be an excellent finish... just as Chris has provedLooking good Andy, ICM seems to make a really nice spitfire
Looking good Andy, ICM seems to make a really nice spitfire
Stick with it Steve!!.... I have,and must say that it`s coming out better than i imagined!!I'm plodding on but - wingy fingys are doing my 'ed in! Just lost the skills!
Steve
Good point Colin,I see what you mean,hadn`t really thought of that .... ThanksI reckon things are looking great Andy. Here's a thing, you say Langy is building the same model. I once built two Airfix Jet Provost side by side, for a kit with very few parts, they still had different fit issues. It could easily be, your kit, is just a bit different from Langy's.
Sorry Allen!!...Damn Mr. Smiff.......How long do we have to wait?????????
Well said that man!!! Couldn't have put it better!That’s looking rather good Andy. Not sure why you are talking yourself down here?I’m with Dave on the modellers mental block thing. I really don’t know why we tend to scare ourselves off of certain subjects.
Building a cockpit isn’t that different to building the interior of a tank, or the cab interior of a lorry or car, for example. All of them are just crew areas enclosed in a structure, be it aircraft or tank shaped. If you can build one, you can build the other.
Sure, there is a little more filling and sanding on an aircraft, because a smooth and gap free airframe is a pre requisite for painting. However, you won’t start to paint a car if there are gaps all over the bodywork will you?
Aircraft don’t need you to make up individual track links or have lots of wheels where you need to accurately paint the tyres, but equally tedious jobs such as rigging, or painting modern underwing stores, exist in aircraft modelling…..….
To me, the only significant changes in technique occur during painting and finishing. Aircraft always seem to need loads of masking, more than any other genre, ending up looking like a ball of tape…..
Even then though similarities occur across genres. A bare metal type finish, with loads of decals, on an aircraft requires the same preparative care and planning as a rally car, for example. Streaking, fading, and paint wear most often displayed on an AFV is also found on camouflaged aircraft or ships, for another.
Modelling anything just takes a little forethought about what techniques and tricks you need to use to get the effect you are after. The fun comes in building different types of model so allowing you to develop those skills.
Nope, I sometimes think Tamiya invented aircraft models simply to sell more masking tape…..Well said that man!!! Couldn't have put it better!
As for the ball of tape, I thought it was just me being overzealous..... But clearly not!!!
Just wait a while. We took my 5 year old granddaughter to a Pick Your Own strawberry farm today. She is gorgeous but both the wife and I are totally knackered. She seems to believe that granddad can play chase, kick a football, go on the climbing frame etc. and like a fool I do it but pay dearly laterHad my 3 month old Grand daughter around for most of the day
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