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Offline ChrisF

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #50 on: July 13, 2012, 07:26:38 AM »
I dont even know where to start ! Keep em coming !

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #51 on: July 13, 2012, 08:27:43 AM »
I don't know how in the heck you manage to continually top your own work, but that kind of talent is so far off the scale it's astounding. Those engines are gems in their own right too.

I really like your SuperF-14MiniFortress, Mr Tomcat!

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Still trying to get that show back on the road but its pretty complex  :-\  Probably won't be able to finish it anytime soon... but its still going here and there.









Just finished this today! Its far from perfect. I got an old beat up 1/32 109 that was missing the cowling and canopy. A big restoration project ensued but I soon ran out of steam and could not figure out what to do after stripping the paint. I didn't want to take parts from another fresh 109 to make it work and I didn't want to cast anything either. I planned to make it a Radial for some time but then realized that a P-38 prop and spinner from another project fit the bill, and the "Mike" was back on! So I used styrene to bolster and cover the gaps and used a 1/48 Raiden canopy cut to fit. (radians have big canopies so its not too small for 1/32) The wash on the underside is not that hot, it was still flat and not glossed so when I washed it stayed!! ::) Used fine sand paper to get some of it off. Its painted with Rattle bombs.  finished with some pastels and the decals came from the spares box. SWMBO helped me apply them because she is the best!

So the "Mighty Mike" is finished. Its kind of odd looking, I can't decide if it looks like a LaGG or P-40 or Ki-61 or 109... I do like it though. It sure looks Japanese to me!
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #52 on: July 13, 2012, 08:42:23 AM »
Wow!
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #53 on: July 13, 2012, 11:36:59 AM »
Looks like an IJAAF bird, and I at first thought a Mig 3 was involved until I saw the canopy to tail space.

Beauty! Needs a Kitai number, whimsical nickname and a ATAIU codename though.

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #54 on: July 17, 2012, 02:25:50 AM »
Looks like an IJAAF bird, and I at first thought a Mig 3 was involved until I saw the canopy to tail space.

Beauty! Needs a Kitai number, whimsical nickname and a ATAIU codename though.


Agreed! I have been bad about backstories lately!

A real blast from the past IJA F-15:







One of first Meatball whiffs. Takes me back!  :D
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #55 on: July 17, 2012, 02:46:11 AM »
 :)
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #56 on: July 17, 2012, 11:31:30 PM »
Your killin' me! You've been bangin' out some killer stuff lately and I'm having a hard time remembering the last time i saw my bench. Some truly awesome stuff, I'm green with envy.
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #57 on: July 18, 2012, 02:49:45 AM »
Kind of makes you wonder what a JASDF F-14 Tomcat would look like in some of the special markings that were used on their F-15 fleet.
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #58 on: July 18, 2012, 05:05:27 AM »
Your killin' me! You've been bangin' out some killer stuff lately and I'm having a hard time remembering the last time i saw my bench. Some truly awesome stuff, I'm green with envy.


Thanks Doom!! I am moving to TX in about 6 weeks so projects need to be finished or boxed up.   C:-)

Kind of makes you wonder what a JASDF F-14 Tomcat would look like in some of the special markings that were used on their F-15 fleet.


I do plan on building an 1/32 F-14D(J) in this scheme:



(best picture i could find  ::) )
With all the resin sets I have collected over the years

Very proud of this one, exceeded all expectations:











A6M(classified variant) Zero, Tokyo 1945

Was looking for a nice OOB build that was supposed to be quick (that should get a big LOL at this point) Using rattlebombs to practice my Sci Fi striping/masking patterns. picked the 1/48 HAse Zero out of the stash. scheme is based on the Homeworld Elite style, with stripes cut and applied using "the rule of cool" . I stuck to a pretty basic color pallette as well. Black, gray, white, and silver. The fuselage got a terribly pebbley finish when exposed to too much over spray. Much sanding ensued. I managed to smooth it out well enough but could not rid it of a chalky residue tried everything, soap, water, rubbing alcohol, tac rags, nothing seemed to work. So realizing it was a make or break moment I dipped the tail tip in Future and it seemed to fix it! So gloss coats and decals followed and then I put it all together over the last few days. Its not perfect (if the seams count as recessed detail my zero has lots!) but that's how it goes when you paint everything separately and bring it together at the end  without PSRing and repainting. Very fun to do an OOB build.

My backstory is that these specially armed and equipped secretive Zeros escorted VIP transports after Adm. Yamamato's death.

Quite happy with the result.
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #59 on: July 18, 2012, 05:39:21 AM »
Thats a beuty :)

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #60 on: July 18, 2012, 05:49:22 AM »
Those big F-15 murals on 50th anniversary JASDF planes are incredible. On a Variable geo machine, it might not be so easy. The F-14 has wing gloves and some practically Soviet looking actuator covers on top.

  My fave JASDF bird scheme is the Cherry Blossom Mountain, followed closely by (what else) Shiro Ryu.

Texas! OMG.... Pictures of a Samurai wearing a Stetson and Lariat swimming through my head!





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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #61 on: July 19, 2012, 12:17:49 AM »
Those big F-15 murals on 50th anniversary JASDF planes are incredible. On a Variable geo machine, it might not be so easy. The F-14 has wing gloves and some practically Soviet looking actuator covers on top.


Believe me I know!!  :icon_nif: Had to mask over and around them more than a few times! I would paint the every intricate wings separately too. Could also remove them and add stiffing plates instead... The joy of what if!!  :)

Great schemes all
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #62 on: July 19, 2012, 10:04:25 AM »
I want to see final of those B-29 jet engines :-* :)
BTW: very serious models here like that Jap Me-109 :-* :)

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #63 on: October 23, 2013, 11:46:20 PM »
So a couple nights ago I had way too much coffee and started getting struck by some excellent Japanese ideas. Why am I telling you this and not showing you wonderful pics of mangled plastic? Because all of my WWII stuff books, kits, etc is still at my brother's house over 800 miles away  :icon_crap: So I have been sketching up a storm and am asking him to send me a few of the smaller boxes so I can get started. Its kind of hard to explain, but basically my new strategy is "throw the rules book out the window"

I've learned you really can't fight inspiration, so I just hope I get some stuff here in time to be of use and not before I have moved onto the next big thing that will be collecting dust in a week  ;D

In the mean time here are some pretty pictures:





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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #64 on: October 27, 2013, 11:33:29 AM »










Thought I should have this one here as well. Great memories
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #65 on: October 27, 2013, 11:57:59 AM »
Looks sooooooooo right!   :-*
Cheers,
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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #66 on: October 27, 2013, 02:43:13 PM »




Amongst the many great things in this thread (you have some awesome ideas and impressive modelling skills on display here) I'm quite taken with these. Kinda remind me of a Japanese version of SKY1.

Brent

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #67 on: October 27, 2013, 03:11:24 PM »
Thanks for posting more marvelous works in this thread.  Somehow I missed it since about mid July. 
Love your digital and styrene builds  :-*
Like getting blasted with a broadside of creativity  :)
Difficult to pick favorites --- going with:  the Zero and kitbashed SR-71.  Oh yes !

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #68 on: October 31, 2013, 12:47:21 PM »

Love your digital and styrene builds  :-*



Thank you so much! However I must note that none of the Digital art is mine (I can't draw a stick figure, let alone with a computer!) Don't want to take credit for something that isn't mine  ;)





Old Harrier that I got off EBay with a Dinah front  :)

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #69 on: October 31, 2013, 01:56:59 PM »
Ohhhh I like that Dinah nose. Haven't really thought about it before but seeing it like that it's got a really nice sci-fi feel to it.

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #70 on: October 31, 2013, 02:02:29 PM »
That Dinah nose on the Harrier is about fifty different kinds of awesome!   :)  :-*
Cheers,
Moritz

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #71 on: November 02, 2013, 01:47:42 PM »
 :-* I love the push-pull SR-71... Is it a plane from the 1960s or from the 1940s? (secret anyhow, I undestand)

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #72 on: December 11, 2013, 10:26:04 AM »
:-* I love the push-pull SR-71... Is it a plane from the 1960s or from the 1940s? (secret anyhow, I undestand)


Probably post 40's  :) has the feel of one of those planes that would be perfect after years of development if not for the invention of the jet engine!  ;D





P-61 built backwards. Plan on putting it in this configuration



 as soon as I figure out how...



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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #73 on: December 11, 2013, 01:35:14 PM »
some very cool aircraft there.  really like the carrier camo.  Nice work

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Re: Hinamaru Havoc II
« Reply #74 on: December 11, 2013, 07:25:37 PM »
I've just seen this thread. I LOVE that quad-prop powered SR-71, it's a total hoot, superb work. :)

Where did that uber-long canopy come from?
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