Lindberg 1/72 Me-410 Hornisse - Finished

Got her all done, another top Lindberg very enjoyable build..

Lindberg 1/72 Me-410 Hornisse - decals

Well found some decals in the spares, and had an enjoyable time applying them..

Codes and nose art from a Fujimi Me-110 sheet, took a while to come off the backing and were quite brittle.  The fin is a triangle form a Matchbox FW-190 sheet, and the crosses form various other sheets.

Lindberg 1/72 Me-410 Hornisse - paint

While the family were out tonight, I got the airbrush setup and got the main colours on.

A very enjoyable time was had. Now I'll have to go through my spare decals and see what I've got.

Cheers
JIm

PM 1/72 TA-154 Moskito - nacelles..

Cockpit painted and all crew in..

Cemented the right hand nacelle on.

also go the tailplane in and canopy, a bit of filelr to blend things in, but the rear of the nacelle will require a bit of shaping..

The nacelle comes to a sharpish edge but the wing fairing is very blunt ans much wider.

Dry fitted the left nacelle..

quite a step, so I'll shim the under side to try and bring the top of the nacelle flush with the wing fairing.

Finished scratch building the replacement air intakes for the engines..

a couple of corner pieces of round sprue, heated to bent to a shallower angle, then the pointed rear faring build up with super glue and talcum power, sanded and scraped to shape, intake opened up with a knife blade. They are not matches for the photos I have but they are better than the lumps that were on them.

I'll fair the canopy in and then add the left hand nacelle.

Cheers
Jim

Lindberg 1/72 Me-410 Hornisse - canopy masked

A well spent hour or so last night and got the canopy masked up..

Strips of tape to define the edges and then Mr masking fluid to fill in. A bit of dark grey for the framing ans to check some seams, a touch of filler and getting close to paint...

Lindberg 1/72 Me-410 Hornisse - assembly

Been working on this one a classic Lindberg kit,

Love the Lindberg instructions.

Found a coupl eof major things with the kit, I checked the length against an Italeri Me-210 and it was the same length, so reckon the fuselage is bit short for a Me-410, ah well. The other thing with this kit that really jumps out is the canopy..

A typical Lindberg rivet fest, very thick, and that joint right down the middle. It laso hasn;t got the bugles/cut ins at the rear that is so obvious ont he Me-210/410, which is a shame.

But it's building up like the other Lindberg's I've built, not bad fitting, once joints are sanded flat, and goes together quickly.

No cockpit detail at all, just the Lindberg recliner seats for the crew.

and with the kit canopy it doesn't matter...

I sanded and polished the seam done and it has been coated in Klear/Future.

Needs a bit of filler to blend the canopy in.

Quite a fun build.

Lindberg 1/72 FW 190 D - Finished

Finished her up last night, a bit of stretched tube for the cannon barrels, on with the wheels and prop blur..

Lindberg 1/72 FW 190 D - smoke and ...

Broke out the airbrush and got some exhaust stains on, and a bit of highlighting, then sprayed some Vallejo Satin varnish.

Then got the paints and watercolours out tonight, painted the cowling front and put some water colour in the movable surfaces hinge lines.

I'll make some barrels for the cannons and pop the spinner and prop blur on tomorrow hopefully.

Cheers
Jim

Lindberg 1/72 FW 190 D - decals

Went through my spare decals, (I was going to call it a decal 'bank', but would be a bit grand for a Continental chocolate box full of old old decals ) and found some that would do me, so out with the decalling bits and bobs, and all of them failed on me, cracked up, or couldn't be cajoaled off of the backing, arrrggghh Modelling can be like a chocolate box of decals... 

So back through the choco decal box, and found some more, not right but I'm happy enough.

Couldn't find any Hakenkreuz decals for the fin, and thought it looked a bit empty without something, so the choco box to the rescue again, took a bit of coaxing to get it off the backing paper but eventually did...


Cheers
Jim

Lindberg 1/72 FW 190 D - Paint

Well a bit of primer and a little touch up here and there during the week, still a bit lumpy inplaces, but meh I won't notice. Mixed up some colours this afternoon, and as so family were out tonight, I set-up the airbrush and indulged myself rotten for 4 or 5 hours...

Post it notes and low tack 3m blue tape, a lot of freehand blowing of paint and got to a point that I'm satisfied with. I do enjoy freehand spraying, something I really really enjoy doing. Using low tack tape and post it notes really makes it easy too.


Cheers
Jim

Lindberg 1/72 FW 190 D progress

Hi folks, been doing bits on this one here and there, and suddenly realised I hadn't up dated the build here. The last post I had started on a replacement cowling and done some busy work in the cockpit, well that is all done, pilot is in and cowling is all finished.

Scribed some cooling flaps on the cowling ,and scratched some marks for the radiator. I added some strips just to busy the cowling front up a bit.

Had to add a little strip to the right wing root, as the dihedral was lop sided.

I'll cement the canopy on tonight, and then mask the canopy.

It's been a very enjoyable build so far, I've been looking through Eduard's website at the instruction sheets for their 190's and think I have found a scheme I like, so I'm looking forward to painting time...

Cheers
Jim

Lindberg 1/72 FW 190 D

Well I like the two Lindberg's I've built so far, the 1/288 Snap fit Shuttle and the 1/72 Arado 234, both I would call them 'honest' kits, straight forward to build with no major fit problems, and as I havn't read anything about them on the web, no subconscious bias one way or the other.

They are a manufacturer I've only come across recently, as the kits of my youth here in NZ, were Matchbox, Airfix, Frog, Revell and Monogram.

A kind fellow Brews, sent me some kits last year, and there were a few Lindbergs included, a FW190, a Me410, Arado 234 and a He111 (1/50). After the Hampden I thought a nice Lindberg would be just right, so I've started the FW190..