First German plane, a Junkers Ju 88A-4 Bomber 1:72 scale Revell kit.

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Wow Mark, very nicely done and bravo especially for the greenhouse masking I would have needed a straight jacket and a padded room for that one! Very nice work overall mate, great stuff!!

A question / obsrvation rather than criticism - in the pic "JU 41" (2nd last pic of the last batch), is that oversprayed black on the yellow nacelle? I'd ignore it as it's on the bottom anyway lol, it was just in case you didnt notice and wanted to clean up....

Very nice result in any case, I'd happily have it in my collection if you get bored of it

Stuart

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ruddy lovely build mate,i`m like you and cant stop looking at the models ive built,thnx for the show

mobear

ps 5*s from me

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Cheers Ian, I have now opened up my next German Model plane ready to make a start, it's the Revell 1:72 scale Heinkel He 219 UHU. The paint work on this one looks a real challenge with its giraffe type camouflage, any suggestions on how to go about painting it? I thought of using blue tack blobs for masking the spots but not sure if just using my airbrush would look more natural but much harder to do.

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[Guest]

Wow Mark, very nicely done and bravo especially for the greenhouse masking I would have needed a straight jacket and a padded room for that one! Very nice work overall mate, great stuff!!A question / obsrvation rather than criticism - in the pic "JU 41" (2nd last pic of the last batch), is that oversprayed black on the yellow nacelle? I'd ignore it as it's on the bottom anyway lol, it was just in case you didnt notice and wanted to clean up....

Very nice result in any case, I'd happily have it in my collection if you get bored of it

Stuart

Many thanks Stuart, yes that is a little bit of over spray there, I shall tart that one up with my old airbrush which needs a good old clean having made so many models in the last 2 months. Hoping I get the big 1/32 scale version for my birthday now that should keep me out of trouble.

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Thank you Ole, 5 stars for my first build on here is great news I am just in awe at some of the models on this forum they are amazing. I have just put in a subscription for Model Airplane International magazine from my newsagent and bought some more tools and paint ready for my next German plane the Heinkel He 219, will start a new thread for that one later on today. This time next year I should have an aircraft hanger in my attic full of model planes, better alter my will so it instructs my wife to donate all of them to the local air museum as well :wink:

[stona]

Cheers Ian, I have now opened up my next German Model plane ready to make a start, it's the Revell 1:72 scale Heinkel He 219 UHU. The paint work on this one looks a real challenge with its giraffe type camouflage, any suggestions on how to go about painting it? I thought of using blue tack blobs for masking the spots but not sure if just using my airbrush would look more natural but much harder to do.[ATTACH=CONFIG]49632[/ATTACH]

Mottle like that is tricky in 1/72 scale.

Try spraying through a hole poked in a piece of card. Irregular or ragged edges around the hole don't matter. You'll have to use several holes and cards as they become saturated. Experiment with the distance of the card from the model and the airbrush from the card to see what looks best to you.

This 1/72 Fw 190 was done using that method.

Cheers

Steve

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Many thanks Stuart, yes that is a little bit of over spray there, I shall tart that one up with my old airbrush which needs a good old clean having made so many models in the last 2 months. Hoping I get the big 1/32 scale version for my birthday now that should keep me out of trouble.

Good good, the 1/32 scale '88 gets a good write up as far as I've seen. good luck

Stona that mottling looks really good, must commit this technique to the bank of good ideas

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Thanks Steve, Nice model by the way bit of a crash landing there I see. I will get my wife to cut out a hole template with her brand new card shape cutting machine she got from create and craft she will become my second line of defence in the art of template cutting.

[stona]

Thanks Steve, Nice model by the way bit of a crash landing there I see. I will get my wife to cut out a hole template with her brand new card shape cutting machine she got from create and craft she will become my second line of defence in the art of template cutting.

It is a crash landing and based on real photograph.

The little "vignette" is called "fliegerdenkmal" or flyer's monument,which is what the Luftwaffe called these sort of accidents.

Don't worry about making neat cut outs,I just push a drill through the card.

Cheers

Steve

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This is a great looking model. Well done mate.

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Mark ,very well done. I like the paint work and the office detail came out great. I'm looking forward to seeing the Uhu build! I use poster tack for small mottle jobs but Steves idea would be a lot quicker.

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Thanks Trey and all, I am now getting stuck in to the UHU model and got a few more for my birthdays so going to be a busy bee. Have stuck hundreds of small bits of blue tack all over it and ready to paint it up. Posted on another thread.