Completed Revell 1/72 Focke Wulf TL-Jäger "Flitzer"

  Finished this model a few weeks ago, haven't had my camera tho to take any pictures of it.  Finally got it back of Nats sister (bless her).

  I started out by airbrushing this model but then got bored and just wanted to finish it, so I used the hairy stick (I love that term!).  I thinned down the paint a lot this time, which I think has sorted out the brush strokes problem.  I also used a flat brush too, quite impressed with them I am. :)  On to the pictures of it, oh I also used an Xtradecal sheet for the swastikas.

 
  What do you think of the wash?  Don't think it came out too bad, I can't remember what squadron it's from, I will put that down when I look at the instructions next. :)

  PEACE!

  Dazz

WiP-1 : Revell 1/72 Focke-Wulf TL Jaeger "Flitzer"

  Well after the MiG incident I am determined to get a model finished before it gets chucked or eaten by the dog (seriously!).  So I done some work on the Flitzer, this plane was a small one when you compare it to other WWII fighters.  I'm not too sure what colours to paint it, as technically I can paint it in anything and it wont be wrong as this plane never existed.  Not sure if I wanna try mottle'ling (is that even a word?!) it or not.

   Got the wings done and the tailbooms.  Last plane I made with Tailbooms was an P-61 Blackwidow, wish I still had model.  Was a cool little thing.  I superglued the wings on in the hope that the glue would act as an filler for the wings.  It kinda worked.  I need to use some filler on this tho.  No bigger, just trying to cut a corner.

   And the other side, I do get the impression that this plane would of been a mean little bastard had it ever reached production.  I guess it's good that it never was given that chance...

  And the wheel bays, this is the colour that Revell suggest... not too sure myself, but meh it's a colour that works.  I need to "dirty" it up a bit and I have some new toys for that, just gotta work out how to use them I guess.  More to come later on.

  Peace!

  Dazz

New Projects - Revell 1/72 Focke-Wulf TL Jaeger "Flitzer" and Minicraft 1/144 B-17G Flying Fortress

  Right onto the other two projects I am doing while I wait for the glue/paint to dry on the Puma.  I got this a while back and it is an "Luft46" project.  It's a cool plane, looks a lot like a Vampire/Demon or should I say that they look like this as this was designed in 1943 if my memory serves me correctly.  I am not too sure what decals I wanna use on it.  I think the mottle paintwork is a little bit advanced for my airbrushing skills at the moment.  So I might paint it in a Nightfighter paintwork... hhmm...

 
Well I have closed up the fuselage half's, after packing in a metric tonne of fishing shots.  I hope it's enough weight to keep her on her wheels and not sitting on her arse.  I didn't do much with the tub as I don't think you will be able to see any of the deeper detail.

   The two halves glued together, it took a while to get the thing to close up as it refused to close.  I don't know if that's because I put loads of shots in there or something I missed/didn't tidy up.  Hopefully the glue will cure and keep the bugger stuck.

  I am hoping you can see instrument panels/dials in this one.  I tried dry-brushing for the first time and it actually worked!  I am well impressed with it, yeah sad I know.  It looks pretty good I thinks. :)  Onto the B-17

   This is the box of it, I didn't pay that much for it if I recall right, got it from Hannants too.  Decided not to use the decals for the "Bit o'Lace" I am going to use something else instead.  Just waiting for them to turn up, well actually I gotta wait for the model to be finished first, then decal it.
 

   Here are the fuselage halves being closed up, I haven't glued the wings on yet as I need to do a little work on them.  I have just placed them in their slots to show what to models looks like.  Looks like an B-17 to me. :)

   Tried to get a close up of the cockpit area, think the camera was having a thing for the clamps.  Was focusing on everything except what I wanted it to, might have to use the manual focusing next time.

  And the Fortress next to the Puma, quite a size difference huh?  Wait till the S-37 or the MiG-1.44 go next to it, it will be dwarfed by them.  And that's all that I have done thus far, hoping to get more done next week.  Just wanted to rest this week.

  Peace!

  Dazz

New bits and bobs...

  The other day Nat and I went to our local HobbyCraft store.  The traffic home was terrible, took me 2 hours to travel 3 miles... yay... thank you Olympics!  Well I went there and noticed there was a model of a BF110 E-1 in 1/72, even tho I have the new Airfix's tooling of the ME-110C2/C4 which is a fantastic model, I thought I would get it as I saw the price ticket for it and it said £2.99.  I thought that must of been an admin error, but legally speaking if a shop advertises a price for something they have to sell it for that price.  It helps knowing the law when you, yourself works in an Admin dept for a big supermarket. ;)  Well I picked it up and was getting ready to have an argument with the management of the store.  The lady behind the counter scanned and I asked what it went through as and she said £2.99.  I was deflated... I was expecting to question it, but I got it.

  Not bad for £2.99 eh? So if you have a HobbyCraft near you, check out the BF110 E-1.  I admit it's not up to the tooling of the new Airfix one but I put that down to age.  However it now means I can make both the C2 and the C4 once I find out what was different about them, or just make the Airfix one as the "fighter-destroyer" used in the Battle of Britain and make the bomber version shown here.  Not sure yet.  I might make them side by side... altho I have a feeling the Revell one will be finished sooner.  As it has about a third of the parts of the Airfix one.

  Next up is this little plane.

   Now as I understand it, this little plane belongs to the subject of "Luft46" (Luftwaffe 1946).  It never flew to my understanding but as with most of the Luftwaffe planes of late 1945 it was jet powered.  Had the war continued I imagine that the allies would of had a much harder job of winning the war... or more horrifically using the atom bomb on Berlin... who knows what the war would of done had it gone on.  Anyhow, I picked up this model from ModelsforSale.com. To me the Flitzer looks a lot like the Venom and Vampire the RAF used up until the 1950's-ish.  Not sure if I can do the mottle camo, but I'll see what I can do.  Now for some reason that escapes me, both Airfix and Revell ship their German planes without Swatikas.  So I bought the two decal packs below.  One is for the BF-110 nightfighters and the other is for a BG109F-4.  Might actually buy the models they where designed for at a later date.  But for now I wanted them as they where cheap and they had the Swatikas in then. :)

  I also bought an Revell 1/144 Eurofighter Typhoon, I've seen good things about this model I might try to make it into an FGR4, just depends if I can get any weapons for it, like the Paveway IV's.

  PEACE!

  Dazz