Steve's Models - Page 67

Sailor Steve · 12-29-15, 07:45 PM

Detail painting mostly done. It needs a little touching up, decals and rigging.

Sailor Steve · 12-30-15, 08:23 PM

Decals on, engine installed.

Sailor Steve · 12-31-15, 09:20 PM

Rigging started.

Sailor Steve · 01-17-16, 07:45 PM

I didn't touch this model for more than two weeks. Every day I would look at it and think about it, but couldn't bring myself to get started again. I wasn't sure why, but now I know.

Thursday I cut a slot in the foam in the case for it, and took it to game night unfinished, to show what I had so far. When I got back home I figured I would be ready to start again. Friday I took it out of the case to find two struts and the tail broken off, plus what rigging there was all messed up, just from riding in the case. Then I remembered the frustration I had when I started the rigging and had struts breaking off until there was more glue than parts.

Today I tried putting the tail back on only to find it wouldn't line up straight. Then I replaced one of the missing struts, and looked at it, and the wings were now crooked. So I gave up again.

Tomorrow I'm planning to take off the tail and the top wing and all the rigging, clean up all the glue mess and try starting again. If it's not done by the end of this week I might just set it aside and start something else.

I want it done, but the frustration is getting to be too much.

Sailor Steve · 01-19-16, 06:04 PM

I meant to take the FE.8 apart yesterday, but didn't touch it. Today I decided I might keep waffling for another month, and it had been long enough. I put it aside and got out another project to start.

This one is another resin kit of a Royal Aircraft Factory plane - The RE.8. It was meant to be the next generation reconnaissance plane, but ended up being another mediocre stop-gap. Looking like a slightly larger BE.2e, the RE.8 was powered by the RAF-4a V-12 engine used in the BE.12 single-seater. The main improvement was in finally having the pilot in front and the observer in the rear, the former having a Vickers machine gun and the latter a Lewis gun (or two) on a fully-developed ring mount. By the time it entered service it was already outclassed by the Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 and it was only a few months before the DH.4 made them both completely obsolete. Because of the number it was commonly called "Harry Tate" after a famous contemporary comedian.

The only 1/72 scale kit has been the Airfix model, released in 1956. Big, clunky and poorly molded, it could only be made into a realistic model with a lot of work. This kit is a fairly new resin version made in Poland by Choroszy Modelbud.

Sailor Steve · 01-20-16, 10:01 PM

Interior assembled and painted. I left out the seats because the pilots I'll be putting in have seats molded in. There are also some small wheels and levers that I didn't bother with because they'll be hidden once it's finished.

Sailor Steve · 01-21-16, 08:37 PM

Fuselage, lower wings and tail assembled. Needs a bit of putty and sanding before the next step.

Sailor Steve · 01-22-16, 09:11 PM

First primer coat was done this morning. Had to wait all day for it to dry. Seams sanded, game tube mounted, putty applied.

Sailor Steve · 01-23-16, 07:20 PM

Seams sanded down, landing gear applied.

Sailor Steve · 01-24-16, 07:52 PM

Painting is done. This is my second one in PC-12, Mesopotamian front.

Sailor Steve · 01-25-16, 07:48 PM

Engine, Fuel Tank, Crew painted and installed.

u crank · 01-25-16, 08:14 PM

Lookin' good Steve. This model seems to have more detail than some of the others. Or is my eyesight failing me?

Sailor Steve · 01-25-16, 10:38 PM

No, you're good. It's a resin kit, and they tend to have a lot of goodies. I still left a lot of the interior out so the pilots would fit.

Sailor Steve · 01-26-16, 09:43 PM

Top wing and struts, propeller, intake cover. All that's left is the decals and rigging.

Sailor Steve · 01-27-16, 09:23 PM

Got the decals on, and realized I had forgotten the aileron links and wing kingposts. Installed those and got the tail rigged, but nothing else.

12-29-15, 07:45 PM	#991
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Detail painting mostly done. It needs a little touching up, decals and rigging. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-30-15, 08:23 PM	#992
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Decals on, engine installed. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-31-15, 09:20 PM	#993
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Rigging started. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-17-16, 07:45 PM	#994
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I didn't touch this model for more than two weeks. Every day I would look at it and think about it, but couldn't bring myself to get started again. I wasn't sure why, but now I know. Thursday I cut a slot in the foam in the case for it, and took it to game night unfinished, to show what I had so far. When I got back home I figured I would be ready to start again. Friday I took it out of the case to find two struts and the tail broken off, plus what rigging there was all messed up, just from riding in the case. Then I remembered the frustration I had when I started the rigging and had struts breaking off until there was more glue than parts. Today I tried putting the tail back on only to find it wouldn't line up straight. Then I replaced one of the missing struts, and looked at it, and the wings were now crooked. So I gave up again. Tomorrow I'm planning to take off the tail and the top wing and all the rigging, clean up all the glue mess and try starting again. If it's not done by the end of this week I might just set it aside and start something else. I want it done, but the frustration is getting to be too much. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-19-16, 06:04 PM	#995
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I meant to take the FE.8 apart yesterday, but didn't touch it. Today I decided I might keep waffling for another month, and it had been long enough. I put it aside and got out another project to start. This one is another resin kit of a Royal Aircraft Factory plane - The RE.8. It was meant to be the next generation reconnaissance plane, but ended up being another mediocre stop-gap. Looking like a slightly larger BE.2e, the RE.8 was powered by the RAF-4a V-12 engine used in the BE.12 single-seater. The main improvement was in finally having the pilot in front and the observer in the rear, the former having a Vickers machine gun and the latter a Lewis gun (or two) on a fully-developed ring mount. By the time it entered service it was already outclassed by the Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 and it was only a few months before the DH.4 made them both completely obsolete. Because of the number it was commonly called "Harry Tate" after a famous contemporary comedian. The only 1/72 scale kit has been the Airfix model, released in 1956. Big, clunky and poorly molded, it could only be made into a realistic model with a lot of work. This kit is a fairly new resin version made in Poland by Choroszy Modelbud. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-20-16, 10:01 PM	#996
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Interior assembled and painted. I left out the seats because the pilots I'll be putting in have seats molded in. There are also some small wheels and levers that I didn't bother with because they'll be hidden once it's finished. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 01-24-16 at 07:54 PM.

01-21-16, 08:37 PM	#997
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Fuselage, lower wings and tail assembled. Needs a bit of putty and sanding before the next step. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-22-16, 09:11 PM	#998
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	First primer coat was done this morning. Had to wait all day for it to dry. Seams sanded, game tube mounted, putty applied. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-23-16, 07:20 PM	#999
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Seams sanded down, landing gear applied. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-24-16, 07:52 PM	#1000
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Painting is done. This is my second one in PC-12, Mesopotamian front. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-25-16, 07:48 PM	#1001
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Engine, Fuel Tank, Crew painted and installed. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-25-16, 08:14 PM	#1002
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,560 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Lookin' good Steve. This model seems to have more detail than some of the others. Or is my eyesight failing me? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

01-25-16, 10:38 PM	#1003
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	No, you're good. It's a resin kit, and they tend to have a lot of goodies. I still left a lot of the interior out so the pilots would fit. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-26-16, 09:43 PM	#1004
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Top wing and struts, propeller, intake cover. All that's left is the decals and rigging. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-27-16, 09:23 PM	#1005
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Got the decals on, and realized I had forgotten the aileron links and wing kingposts. Installed those and got the tail rigged, but nothing else. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo