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| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 3989 | 12 Aug 07 15:04 |
| My first scratchbuilt balso part!!! |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 3990 | 12 Aug 07 15:04 |
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| plasticbuddha, Image # 3989 | 12 Aug 07 15:03 |
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| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 3985 | 12 Aug 07 13:27 |
| Bob looks great, nice work. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 3985 | 12 Aug 07 12:24 |
| He looks really good, PB. Just about ready for take off in that Stearman! |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 3985 | 12 Aug 07 12:13 |
| More washes and drybrushing to follow. However, much of the base coat is still wet so I'll set "Bob" aside for now. Gee, I almost forgot that there's also a plane that came with the kit (lol)! |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 3985 | 12 Aug 07 12:09 |
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| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 3959 | 11 Aug 07 23:24 |
| Forget the plane just make a large pilot! |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 3959 | 11 Aug 07 18:40 |
| Oh oh! He looks like John Belushi from "1941"!!! (lmao) Maybe I ought to stick a cigar in his mouth? |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 3959 | 11 Aug 07 18:34 |
| ah... much better! Most of the major "plastic surgery" is done. He's even smiling now. "Beautiful Bob's" goggles was actually painted on using thickened scratch-filler primer paint. Ther strap is a strip cut from a wine bottle "lead". This stuff is really fun!!! |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 3959 | 11 Aug 07 18:29 |
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| jgood, Comment for image # 3953 | 11 Aug 07 15:48 |
| Yes, PB, James is the name. |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 3953 | 11 Aug 07 13:49 |
| Thanks jgood (James, right?) I've got a long way to go with this guy. I'm almost tempted to simply get a toy figure from Wal-Mart and modify it to save labour (ala John) !!! Of course, I'll have to remember to build the plane around him!!lol |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 3958 | 11 Aug 07 13:45 |
| Got the shipment from Tower...yipee! The silkspan certainly feels much more durable than the kit tissue. Thanks to David for the suggestion. |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 3958 | 11 Aug 07 13:42 |
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| jgood, Comment for image # 3953 | 11 Aug 07 10:52 |
| Looking very good. I've never attempted a pilot figure, they always look very difficult to do... |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 3953 | 11 Aug 07 02:05 |
| Pilot figure starting to look better. I built up some areas with wet bathroom tissue (of all things!) soaked with thin CA. Chute straps are strips of printer paper applied wet. Still experimenting but seems to be sandable and shapeable. Lots of scratchfiller/primer to come. Some soft fine gauge solder (Radio Shack) for the buckles and harness details. |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 3950 | 11 Aug 07 02:01 |
| Because of the amount of grinding needed around the cockpit, I thought it would be easier to pre-assemble each cockpit half (including sheeting where appropriate) and then glueing the halves together after all the detail work is done; somewhat akin to a plastic model. |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 3953 | 11 Aug 07 01:57 |
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