Luft46's Blog

Regular readers ( if there are any ) will remember my first post was of the Cupboard of Doom. Indiana Jones like I decided to finally assault this Cupboard. Over the last year or so various expeditions had been made to rescue the odd kit and do some work on it but none of these expeditions had  resulted in a finished kit so last week I decided to get serious. I have so far hauled out about half of them so here is a quick list with photos

IL2 – Academy, ok this one suffered from some major problems in the air filter which is crap and a couple of other areas, additionally it is the single seater and I love the 2 seater in memory of doing the Airfix one as a kid. The final thing that killed this kit off was the announcement that Tamiya will do a 1/72 two seater this year and I would much rather that one. End result – airbrush practice bed.

Tornado – Mando Models – a resin boat powered by a V-1 engine that has given me no end of grief, especially the pylons and strakes on the rear of the boat constantly falling off. Compound that with trying to use Lifecolor paints through an airbrush and having no end of problems with that and this kit has struggled for a long while. I have now settled on a paint scheme of Tamiya undercoat for the bottom and Xtracrylics RLM 66 for the top, not necessarily correct but as it is K46 who can argue. This makes this kit doable now.

262 Schnellbomber – a combo of the Hase kit and the ARBA Schnellbomber conversion. This is a relatively easy conversion and there is no real good reason this kit hasnt been finished apart from my usual reluctance to airbrush which can be a deal breaker. Anyway this kit should get finished now.

Germanified Shinden – no reason not to finish, just needs painting

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Entwurf 3 from Planet – This just required a little work around the engine and the cockpit and it is now ready for primer after I fit the canopy.

Ar E 377 and He 162D – this is the Dragon kit with the addition of the  ? Cooper Details conversion for the Forward Swept Wing and HeS011 engine. This is all ready to paint also though somhow the trolley has gone missing but not the wheels, I suspect it will turn up in another box soon. I will paint the rest anyway.

Panzer Draisine from Planet, yet another resin kit. This was mostly ready except for the gun and brass details. I had to replace the gun from my spares box as the other one was claimed by the carpet monster. Also I will add in some machine guns to better represent it in a ready to go position rather than a resting one.

Anyway time for a break so back soon with Part 2