Non-railway modelling

[Johann Marsbar]

28 minutes ago, JZ said:

Popped down to my local model shop (Signals, Midsomer Norton) today for paint and ended up with this.

Not come across this maker before, but at the price, thought it was worth a punt. A pretty basic kit, only 18 parts and the undercarriage doors need to be cut into 3 parts each, if you have the wheels down, which is the best option as they are a very  poor fit closed. Not a great fit around the engine intakes either. Interior consists of two seats. That's it. I've used modeller licence as far as colour scheme. Two are shown on the instructions, but as this V7 version, a trainer, was never completed, I have done a bit of a hybrid scheme and also used a few decals that were going spare from a Kits-World sheet. Presently waiting for Micro-Sol to work its magic, so maybe tomorrow for photos. Being a glutton for punishment, I have ordered a Focke Wulf Ta183 from the same maker.

The eagle eyed will note that it should be Ho 229 not Go-229 on the box.

 

I think PM originate from Turkey and produce kits of some fairly obscure stuff, such as Luftwaffe jets like that one.     Have made a few of their kits over the years.

 

This is the list of their products on Scalemates......  https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=All&q=PM&fkCOMPNAME[]="PM Model"

[JZ]

 

 

For a kit with very few parts, the number that didn't fit well was a lot. The lower part of starboard wing is slightly bigger than the upper, poor fit around the engine intakes, the nose took a fair amount of filing to get it right, the undercarriage doors don't fit if you have them closed and one of the wheel housings is deeper than the other, so it sits slightly skew whiff.

Edited December 16, 2023 by JZ

[JZ]

Second kit from PM Models. Focke Wulf Ta-183. Only 20 parts, but a little more cockpit detail than the Ho 229. Interesting second paint scheme choice.

As this never got beyond wind tunnel mock ups, I will be using modellers licence for the paint scheme, but probably a variation on the top one.

[GMKAT7]

Hello JZ,

 

Like the Horten and will be interested in how the Ta 183 comes out.

 

PM made a very poor Spitfire Vb model but their Hawker Sea Fury is a good basic kit, good enough to be repeated by Airfix. I have built the Airfix version and have a PM one in the stash.

 

Cheers, Nigel.

Edited December 16, 2023 by GMKAT7
Managled auto-corrupt English.

[JZ]

3 hours ago, GMKAT7 said:

Hello JZ,

 

Like the Horten and will be interested in how the Ta 183 comes out.

 

PM made every poor Spitfire Vb model but their Hawker Sea Fury is a good basic kit, kid enough to be repeated by Airfix. I have built the Airfix version and have a PM one in the stash.

 

Cheers, Nigel.

Going together slightly better than the Horten, see my added notes. Some filling and filing. I should get it finished tonight, but as it will sit upside down overnight for the undercarriage to set, pictures will wait until the morning.

[GMKAT7]

Hello JZ, 

 

I have yet another Spitfire "doing the dying fly" whilst the undercarriage hardens off.

Hopefully get the antenna mast and canopy on tomorrow, then the beauty shots.

 

The Airfix fabric-wing Hurricane Mk1 has top & bottom wing halves of different sizes, so needs a fair bit of filing and sanding. Poor for a modern kit.

 

Cheers, Nigel.

[JZ]

Undercarriage seems fairly sturdy, so a few quick shots.

 

 

Wings aren't a great fit, nor is the cockpit, but but this is a £6.50 kit, not a £20 one.

 

Next up, a Hobby Boss Heinkel He 162.

[Northmoor]

I've just ordered three aircraft from Hattons (usual disclaimer) who are heavily discounting their pre-owned stock.  I missed out on a Hunter but will soon be getting a Lynx HAS3 (to replace the one I seem to have lost loads of bits from), Lightning and a Sea Fury, all for about £26 inc. P&P.  My wife says if they turn up before Christmas they'll get wrapped....

Edited December 17, 2023 by Northmoor
typo

[JZ]

21 hours ago, GMKAT7 said:

 

 

PM made a very poor Spitfire Vb model 

Cheers, Nigel.

This stirred a memory. Years ago I got hold of a Spitfire kit, possibly a Vb or Vc, anyway it was a tropical version and it came with Turkish markings. I remember it being a pig of a kit and can't remember ever finishing it. Just looking at the PM Models website and it does look like it was one of theirs. They started out in 1978, so would fit the period I was last modelling aircraft.

[GMKAT7]

Hello Jules,

 

The one I bought was a Spitfire Vb floatplane version, as used on the Great Bitter Lakes in Egypt in WW2. It was as bad as the old Frog Spitfire XIV, in that the wheel wells were actually just raised lines on the wing underside!

 

The floats weren't much better, so in the end I consigned it to the scrap/spares box and eventually landfill.

 

My Sea Fury FB11 (photo attached) was built from the Airfix boxing of the PM kit some 12 years or so ago (needs dusting as well :)).

I will build the PM one in the stash next year in the later FAA 1950s scheme with a high demarcation line for the EDSG.

 

I will try and find a PM Ta 183 kit, to join my FW190s/Ta152s and single Ta154 Moskito (also a PM kit).

Edit: PM Ta 183 now on its way to Derby.

 

Cheers, Nigel.

Edited December 17, 2023 by GMKAT7
Added info.

[JZ]

22 minutes ago, GMKAT7 said:

 

I will try and find a PM Ta 183 kit, to join my FW190s/Ta152s and single Ta154 Moskito (also a PM kit).

Jadlam have the Ta 183 in stock on ebay.

[JZ]

Hobby Boss Heinkel He 162.

 

Pretty basic, virtually all clip together kit. It was a tail sitter, but as the fuselage is solid, not much room for weight. Filled the front wheel housing and added a bit more in the cockpit, which just does it. Nice clean mouldings. The fuselage is in two pieces, the front and lower, as far as the rear of the main undercarriage, then the upper section, from the rear of cockpit and including the main wings. Despite it being solid, there is no sign of any shrinkage. Swastikas are two part ones and probably larger than they should be, but I had no smaller ones and certainly no outline ones.

 

Edited December 18, 2023 by JZ

[298]

Hasegawa "Egg plane" 747, finished with custom home printed decals as one of the One Air fleet as a Christmas present for my Brother who has been flying with them recently.

 

 

[phil_sutters]

Not quite sure if this is modelling. 7 year-old grandson saw a birthday cake I had decorated for an earlier grandson's 10th birthday and ordered a lifeboat cake. He has the misfortune to have his birthday on Christmas Eve. It is very, very loosely based on Newhaven's western 'arm', which used to have a railway line on it. So it's a non-railway model with railway history!

My wife is the cake baker - according to her this is a diorama with a soft centre.

Edited December 27, 2023 by phil_sutters

[PhilH]

Some more progress on the little diorama. This hopefully will depict one of the Belgian Minervas captured by the Germans in WW1.

I printed the lampost in clear resin, masked and painted it. The cobbles and paving stones et cetera are individual items cast in plaster using diorama debris moulds and various pigments.

Next step is my least favourite of all modelling activities, painting the figures.

[railroadbill]

9 minutes ago, PhilH said:

Some more progress on the little diorama. This hopefully will depict one of the Belgian Minervas captured by the Germans in WW1.

I printed the lampost in clear resin, masked and painted it. The cobbles and paving stones et cetera are individual items cast in plaster using diorama debris moulds and various pigments.

Next step is my least favourite of all modelling activities, painting the figures.

That looks very realistic,  particularly like the coblestones and the paving.

I've never tried 3d printing, but is there any disadvantage in using clear resin, like it's less strong perhaps, compared to the different grades of the grey stuff?

[PhilH]

28 minutes ago, railroadbill said:

That looks very realistic,  particularly like the coblestones and the paving.

I've never tried 3d printing, but is there any disadvantage in using clear resin, like it's less strong perhaps, compared to the different grades of the grey stuff?

This was my first attempt with it. I am a big fan of SunLu ABS like resin finding it less brittle than standard type. So consequently I bought the Sun Lu ABS like clear resin, and didn't change any settings or anything, just went for it and it seem to work fine with no apparent difference in any of the properties compared to the grey stuff I normally use.

Edited December 28, 2023 by PhilH

[railroadbill]

Thanks Phil.  Seeing more 3d printed parts on modelling forums now, interesting technique. The more you know....

The other thing on your pictures of your diorama is that the lighting adds to the realism,  looks like a bright sunny day. That's another project for me...

Edited December 28, 2023 by railroadbill

[JZ]

Today's little project, with some help from my granddaughter. This stegosaurus has been in a bit of a barny with the local bully boy allosaurus, but put up a good show.

Almost forgot to get a picture to get a picture, but remembered once we were in the car to go home.

[johndon]

On 18/12/2023 at 18:35, JZ said:

Hobby Boss Heinkel He 162.

 

 

Nice work, we've both built two of the same planes this year (I've got a Horten in the stash as well), mine in 1/48...

 

 

 

John

 

Edited December 28, 2023 by johndon

[Chas Levin]

On 27/12/2023 at 12:15, phil_sutters said:

Not quite sure if this is modelling.

 

It definitely is; tasty modelling, too!

[Barry Ten]

I've started a 1/72nd Academy B17G which has been in my stash for years. 

 

I tend to build in 1/48 or larger but I can see the benefits of 1/72nd here, it's much easier to work with on a small workbench and it won't take anywhere near as much room as the 1/48 Monogram B17 I built as a kid.

 

[Arun Sharma]

As a fairly long tern project, I am building a 1/200 scale model [49inches long] of the 1946 battleship HMS Vanguard. The available plans lend themselves to 3D CAD design particularly with things like lofting together hull cross sections and printing in ABS. Large areas without much surface detail can of course be printed relatively cheaply in ABS on a FDM printer and good surface results obtained by sanding.

 This shows the 15in turret barbettes with the 'B' turret and one of the 5.25 in turrets in approximate position. The fwd, mid and aft superstructures have been printed in ABS but the rather more detailed 'flag' bridges which sit on top of them will be SLA printed in resin [as were of course the various small ship's boats]. Vulnerable parts such as gun barrels, propellors, mast fittings etc., will be 3D printed in resin and then used as masters for casting in brass.  

 

interestingly, the hull is 49 inches in length overall but the superstructure and main armament gun turrets only occupy about half of the length of the ship. You can see that the hull is made up of 22 lofted cross-sections and then smoothed overall.  The sections are glued with MEK.  M6 nuts, washers and bolts are also used to make sure the whole thing remains rigid. Jut to add additional stiffness, the bottom inch of the hull is also filled with two-part casting resin. The filler used is Isopon car scratch filler which is ideal for this sort of work.

Edited December 30, 2023 by Arun Sharma

[Darius43]

British Army M109 self propelled gun.  1:48 scale bare metal display model found on eBay and painted.

 

 

 

 

 

Successor to the M109 - VSEL AS-90.  1:48 scale 3D printed model painted today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Darius

[298]

My finished Sakura Densya Book-nook Christmas present, I wasn't keeping exact time but probably about six hours to build over the last week, including some time after work in the mornings. There are a few steps that were missing from the instructions but overall it went together quite easily. 

 

 

The family puzzle has been this Wasgij of a chip shop, despite coming from a charity shop and thinking we'd lost a piece it is complete...