Warspite gets a few scars

[kpnuts]

Hi all I made a start on what is going to be a massive project in which HMS Warspite is involved in an air attack by the Germans.
I will be using Academy's 1/350 Warspite and several other scales of model aircraft also will be using led's for the explosions and lighting the water spurts from near misses with bombs.
I wont be getting the Warspite till my birthday in roughly a fortnight but have made a start on the base and some of the planes I will be using.
Here are some picks of where I am at, at the moment.




























the smallest bombers are 1/350 scale kindly donated to this project the 1/144 stuka's are zevada
the 1/72 Stuka in the process of being built is Academy and I have a 1/72 Airfix FW190 to go on the Dio too.
as you can see it will be a long term project.

[FAAMAN]

Interesting concept using forced perspective. I don't like 1/350th usually but this is going to be an entertaining build.
So you're going to mix IJN Mitsubishi Nell and Betty bombers with the awesome Zvezda Stukas?
You know you can get appropriately scaled Ju88s, He111s and SM.79s to maintain the Mediterranean battle look?

[kpnuts]

Where would I get them from?

[FAAMAN]

I had seen some 3D printed models in various scales from an Ebay seller, "soxfox2", they were Ju-87s and Dornier 17Z in 1/350. Could've sworn there were '88s and 111s. I 'spose you could use 1/700 versions from PitRoad. Apologies for misleading you.

[kpnuts]

That's okay thanks.

[FAAMAN]

Just a thought, you could 'modify' the Betty into a He-111 torpedo bomber by removing the cockpit, adding some plastic card to the wing/tailplanes to change the shape, sand the rear fuse thinner alter the vertical stab to suit and alter the engines to in-line from radials.
The Nell could similarly be modded into a Ju-88, I had a good look at the profiles and plans and I think it could be done quite convincingly. I hope this helps. 

[kpnuts]

Thanks Faaman food for thought.
Here is a little update on the Stuka
I have realised from the pic on the box I have bought the wrong version, the one I've bought is the anti tank one, which, apparently has no dive brakes and no bomb cradle.
I have tried to make the air brakes (I could only find one decent pic of them and that was on a model) I have no idea what they really look like so this is my best attempt at what I could seen. as for the bomb cradle would that have swung back up after dropping its payload as I obviously dont have a bomb so I want to do it as if its just got rid of it.
I have glued the windscreen on before it says so in the instructions as I got tired of rescuing them from the CM after breaking them off, seemingly every single time i picked it up, Hope that decision dosent end up biteing me in the bum





Also made a start on the FW190

[kpnuts]

Look what I got today
















Not allowed to start it till my birthday though(mind you I wasn't allowed to open it before my birthday)

[FAAMAN]

Good lord!!  That's enormous!!! 

[kpnuts]

Well here is a progress report of todays work the guns are back on the Ju87 and have done a bit more work on that and the FW190.

[GTX_Admin]

So you're going to mix IJN Mitsubishi Nell and Betty bombers with the awesome Zvezda Stukas?
You know you can get appropriately scaled Ju88s, He111s and SM.79s to maintain the Mediterranean battle look?

Of course, one could have a set of Japanese bombers operating in the Mediterranean…just saying.

[elmayerle]

So you're going to mix IJN Mitsubishi Nell and Betty bombers with the awesome Zvezda Stukas?
You know you can get appropriately scaled Ju88s, He111s and SM.79s to maintain the Mediterranean battle look?

Of course, one could have a set of Japanese bombers operating in the Mediterranean…just saying.

In Japanese or German markings?  The latter would definitely confuse a host of folk.

[FAAMAN]

You guys are wickedly confounding!!!

[kpnuts]

Hi all done some work on the FW190

[kpnuts]

Here is tonights bit on the planes

[kpnuts]

Hi all got some paints for this dio delivered today



Its amazing how much paint you need for something like this, as far as I can work out I still need another 11 colours.
and did some work on the stuka

[kpnuts]

Hi all an update on the the planes



did a bit of work to try and make this look like a He 111





did some work on the FW 190
 


and here is a shot of all the attacking planes I will be using

[arkon]

Is this going to be done in a box so it can only be viewed from the direction you want to maintain the forced perspective look?  Very cool how ever you finish it though.

[FAAMAN]

Good attempt at modifying the Betty keep up the good work

[kpnuts]

hi all here is quite a big update, I have tried my first attempt at panel lines and weathering of a plane, also I have been experimenting with the explosion on the Fw 190 wing





























the explosion is a bit too orange so will have to either add some brown or blue to it then a bit more black to the smoke, still got to add the suspension strutt and the cover thingy that goes over the wheel will have to buckle that a bit and bend the suspension strutt but I think the explosion should work ok.

[GTX_Admin]

Wow!

[Buzzbomb]

This is looking to be epic.

That LED lit explosion looks pretty nice

[kpnuts]

Well its not my birthday till Sunday but I am busy most of the day tomorrow and we have the whole family round Sunday, so I've negotiated a start today on my Warspite model so here is the start.
I have placed a few planes and Warspite in different places which do you think looks best (obviously the planes will be in the air on the finished dio) I just want an idea of which you all think looks best.

[kpnuts]

Hi all made a really stupid total nitwit mistake in my eagerness to start this kit. There are parts on the deck you are supposed to cut off before you attatch the wooden decking, which I didn't. That made the job of removing it now a real b@'!:er, still done it now I've bitten the bullet and done a tiny amount of PE (the gangway which goes across the bow there are 2 gussets underneath which measure 2.5mm x 1.5 mm after an hour of getting them in the right place and upright I have to wonder is it worth the effort, once it's on the dio no one will see it, even off the ship when turned upside down you can barely see it with the naked eye. Still we will see how long I keep the PE up as although they are small the gangway was a simple bend the sides up (oh by the way the Mk1 detail up set instructions are vague to say the least) they show a picture of the part in place and one pic of some of the folds you are left to guess the rest of the folds.

[FAAMAN]

There are tutorials on-line for figuring out the 'how tos' of working with PE, the etched channel is in the inside of the bend and curved PE is best done with a suitably round sectioned hard substance. Most of all you have to take your time with it.