Luft46's Blog

During the week I got this closed up. Now up to stage 2 of the PSR cycle. As always I have used a Citadel paints silver to highlight any missed bits of filling work. Both bombs have fallen off the rack and these will now stay off until I finish painting, should have known better on that. There were no major surprises on joining the two halves, just a fair bit of dry fitting. Filler of choice was Citadel Liquid Green Stuff. This is a better version the the Squadron product that does not smell and does not shrink. The only downside is it’s tendency to dry out unless sealed properly. Now I’ve gotta get  onto today’s work.

Just a very quick update before i go out. The next step is to put the body together. Hopefully tonight. The bomb bay was tricky and i am not 100% happy but as it will only be visible from underneath it will do.

Not much progress today due to other things. Lesson learnt tonight was throw out really old super glue tubes as they will not stick properly. Just starting on the cockpit and engine assemblies in parts 1 and  2 of the instructions.

Just finished painting some detail parts. Off to the footy then some dark washes and highlights tonight.
Actual assembly to start tomorrow.

Above is the Cyber Hobby Helldiver in 1/72 nd scale. It’s basically a Dragon kit with etched brass but very nicely done by the looks of it. I got this from Model Sports just north of Wollongong in NSW. To call that place a mess is to be polite. The assistant had to move two very large boxes before I could get to the models I wanted to look at. The only thing I will give them is that at least the models are sorted by type and scale.
Last night I sprayed tamiya grey primer on where it was needed. As I use acrylics this is a necessary step otherwise it will take more coats of paint.
Gotta take the dog to the vet then time to start painting detail parts

Above is my Munchen 48 diorama which is rather long in gestation. I’ve recently added an Arado E381 and an etched brass rubber mat on the right hand side wing of the Pakistani FW190. I have also cleared a space where I can add in a He 177, Ju 88G or similar twin engined plane. I was trying to do 2 etched brass stairways but that has been an extremely frustrating experience featuring a combination of operator stupidity, vague instructions and using the wrong tool to combine with both of these. I will reorder both of these but definitely for another day. Fortunately no stray humans were damaged in this exercise!

I did manage to fold many wheel chocks and these are due for some paint tonight. Two other small projects will also be done before I start the dozer, but more on that later.

Boy is that a lot of packing material

Mind you the D9 box was still bent

That is a lot of stuff to wade through!

The Zoukei – Mura Shinden looks nice too

The Voyager brass upgrade and slat armour look like a kit by themselves. I don’t think this kit when finished will get moved much. That is 7 A4 pages of instructions!

And lastly a YF23 for a friend.

This arrived today whilst I was at work, and yes that is a 30cm (12 inches ) ruler standing up in the middle of the photo!

The modelling muse seems to have left me a little since finishing the Reference material diorama so I have been fiddling in my shed. In the course of a little tidying up I rediscovered these 1/144 scale gasaphon kits , not really much assembly , a little bit of decalling and then Voila 3 little planes being a Kikka, a 262 nightfighter and of course a Triebflugel. No more of these left now but tomorrow may bring another mini project I hadn’t got around to. Stay tuned

Actually not 100% but near as, I may add a wall clock and a scifi poster later but this is it. Given the positive reception it received on the weekend from friends and family it may go on to Wollongong in May. Im very happy with it and it was a fun exercise in trying something different.

No idea what’s next but it will possibly be the He P1080 or the D9 bulldozer from Meng if that arrives.
I am taking a weeks break to get some surf time in before the joy of work again.