Memphis Belle - My First Model 查看: 幻灯片 平铺 名单 1 May 2, 2023
Image thanks to the National Museum of the United States Air Force
2 May 2, 2023
Image thanks to the National Museum of the United States Air Force
3 May 2, 2023
Image thanks to the National Museum of the United States Air Force
4 May 2, 2023
Image thanks to the National Museum of the United States Air Force
5 May 2, 2023
Image thanks to the National Museum of the United States Air Force
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 April 26, 2023
Model tools for sprue removal, sanding, tweezers etc...
19 April 27, 2023
The painting stand
20 21 22 April 26, 2023
The spray booth fortress
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Fine detail brushes arrived
36 April 26, 2023
My first mistake - I accidentally glued my piece to my spray booth
37 April 26, 2023
My damaged spray booth
38 39 40 41 42 43 44 April 27, 2023
First layer of gloss before decals
45 46 April 27, 2023
Second layer of gloss before decals
47 48 49 50 51 April 27, 2023
New LABFISH mixer, 2100 rpm up to 60 ml of liquid for my paints.
52 April 28, 2023
Just a bit of work on the one fuselage tonight.
53 April 28, 2023
Figured out how to apply decals
54 April 29, 2023
Thinning my paint really helped with the brushwork
55 April 29, 2023
Detail painting is progressing
56 57 April 29, 2023
watched a video on dry brushing last night, love the technique and its results.
58 April 30, 2023
Ready to glue the interior
59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 April 30, 2023
All I managed to glue for the afternoon, it takes longer than I expected 🙂
71 May 1, 2023
Trying a magnifying glass to see if it improves my detailed work
72 73 74 75 May 1, 2023
My work for this Sunday evening
76 May 1, 2023
Final work for today
77 May 4, 2023
The instructions say to glue one side of the bomb bay and then slowly add the rest of the interior. The bomb bay was not fitting as well as I wanted so I wrapped the model to hold it in place while the glue set.
78 May 5, 2023
A little bit of gluing before the 24 hours is up and I can check out the bomb bay.
79 May 5, 2023
Opened it up and the seam on the bomb bay came out perfectly.
80 May 5, 2023
Another window taped and painted.
81 May 5, 2023
Glued everything into the turret.
82 May 5, 2023
Glued all the radio equipment onto the back of the bomb bay.
83 May 5, 2023
The next "big" step, glued the cockpit into the one side of the fuselage up against the bomb bay.
84 May 5, 2023
Another 24-hour wait as the glue sets fully.
85 May 5, 2023
Practicing varnishing all the interior pieces in preparation for the exterior. One drop of satin for every three drops of ultra matt.
86 May 5, 2023
The latest round of decals has gone on.
87 May 5, 2023
A few more pieces are necessary to glue the fuselage parts together. The tape is still on the glass portions (mostly).
88 May 5, 2023
Learned from others on the site and washed the rest of my parts all at once 🙂
89 May 7, 2023
24 hours later and the glue came out perfectly
90 May 7, 2023
The next and final 24-hour glue (for the interior), is the motor room. I am going to try and do some weathering on the interior before I finish.
91 May 7, 2023
I knocked the chair in the very front out of its spot and had to reglue it (not very well) back into place
92 May 7, 2023
One of my first major disappointments. I forgot to use canopy glue AND I managed to get a bit of paint spray underneath the canopy. It did not turn out very well.
93 May 7, 2023
Tested out the modeling paste. I will definitely need to buy a good range of sand paper before I do the fuselage.
94 May 7, 2023
More sanding needed 🙁 I have put in an order on Amazon for fine grit sand paper - should be here tomorrow.
95 96 97 May 8, 2023
This "window" worked out much better.
98 99 100 101 May 8, 2023
The motor is added to the motor room finally
102 103 104 105 106 107 May 8, 2023
Used an oil wash of buff coloured paint to produce a faded and worn look on the interior parts.
108 May 8, 2023
Used an oil wash of buff coloured paint to produce a faded and worn look on the interior parts.
109 110 111 112 May 8, 2023
Used Tamiya buff heavily watered down and my 0.2 needle to add some "dust" in key areas.
113 114 May 8, 2023
The new brush, smaller than any of my older ones, it gives me much better control.
115 May 8, 2023
Used a dark wash to add definition to the details and a "dirty" appearance.
116 117 118 119 120 121 May 8, 2023
I glued the last of the pieces and added weathering to the interior tonight. The interior is officially finished!
122 May 8, 2023
The interior is finished!!
123 May 8, 2023
My riveting tool arrived this morning, just in time for me to work on the body of the plane. 🙂
124 May 8, 2023
Thank you Skyhiker for the suggestion to get a magnifying headset. Going to try it out tonight.
125 May 9, 2023
No model work tonight, but time for a cleanup. Bought shelves...
126 May 9, 2023
And now I have an organized space once again.
127 May 10, 2023
The modeling paste is going on tonight.
128 May 10, 2023
Starting to apply the modeling paste tonight. Doing the top tonight, bottom tomorrow.
129 May 10, 2023
Blueprint one in prep for riveting
130 May 10, 2023
Blueprint two in prep for riveting
131 May 10, 2023
The real test will be when I put primer on, but it came out rather nicely I think.
132 133 134 135 136 May 10, 2023
Is this better? I used all the way up to 10000 grit. It feels super smooth.
137 138 May 12, 2023
Went back with graduations of sandpaper from 180 to 600 grit and cleaned up my seam line! It looks so much better now.
139 May 12, 2023
Went back with graduations of sandpaper from 180 to 600 grit and cleaned up my seam line! It looks so much better now.
140 May 15, 2023
Resanded the tail
141 May 15, 2023
Did the bottom seam
142 May 15, 2023
Did the bottom seam
143 May 15, 2023
My assistant is cheering me on.
144 May 15, 2023
Finished priming the wings, just have the tail wings and fuselage to prime, and the rivets are next.
145 May 15, 2023
Couldn't sleep, so I primed the fuselage
146 147 May 15, 2023
I promised myself a decent airbrush if I used my starter kit enough...
148 May 16, 2023
Ready to go up to step 58
149 May 16, 2023
Once again it is time to use some glue
150 151 May 17, 2023
It's starting to look like a plane!
152 May 17, 2023
Going up to step 70 next.
153 154 May 17, 2023
The base that I am going to use to stage my finished model just arrived!
155 May 18, 2023
Painted and started gluing the engines tonight.
156 May 18, 2023
The rest of the engine pieces are all painted.
157 May 18, 2023
Everything is ready for rivets.
158 May 18, 2023
My newest secret weapons when doing detail painting. The psycho makes a big difference.
159 May 19, 2023
A temporary safe space for everything until my clear plastic arrives.
160 161 162 May 30, 2023
Traced my model on the styrofoam
163 May 21, 2023
Finally seamed cleaned to my satisfaction. Time to glue the engines in.
164 165 166 May 21, 2023
The wings are officially glued on. Oops, realizing I should have done the rivets before gluing everything together.
167 May 27, 2023
Seam lines between wings and fuselage are all covered.
168 May 27, 2023
Seam lines between wings and fuselage are all covered.
169 May 27, 2023
Seam lines between wings and fuselage are all covered.
170 May 27, 2023
Seam lines between wings and fuselage are all covered.
171 May 28, 2023
Getting ready to apply the rivets, glued some styrofoam together to fit the model and found an old towel to put on top of the styrofoam as well.
172 May 30, 2023
Made the impression of my model in the styrofoa
173 May 30, 2023
Put a towel on top to help
174 May 30, 2023
Started with the densest area of riveting on the wing
175 May 30, 2023
Started with the densest area of riveting on the wing
176 May 30, 2023
Started with the densest area of riveting on the wing
177 May 30, 2023
Started with the densest area of riveting on the wing
178 May 30, 2023
Started with the densest area of riveting on the wing
179 June 7, 2023
Built a cat-resistant space to display the model when it's done (and to keep it safe for now).
180 June 7, 2023
Built a cat-resistant space to display the model when it's done (and to keep it safe for now).
181 June 8, 2023
Finished the tightest rivet pattern on the other wing.
182 June 8, 2023
Finished the tightest rivet pattern on the other wing.
183 June 8, 2023
Finished the tightest rivet pattern on the other wing.
184 June 8, 2023
Finished the tightest rivet pattern on the other wing.
185 January 19, 2024
I started to work on my B-17 again and finally put on some more rivets.
186 January 20, 2024
two-thirds of right-wing done
187 January 20, 2024
Right-wing finished.
188 January 20, 2024
Right-wing finished.
189 January 22, 2024
Left-wing finished.
190 January 24, 2024
My supervisor told me to take a break tonight. She was not allowing any model work.
191 January 24, 2024
The exterior painting begins.
192 January 24, 2024
The exterior painting begins.
193 January 26, 2024
Canopies are being prepped, and guns being glued in place
194 January 26, 2024
Canopies going on
195 196 January 27, 2024
Only one left to go
197 January 27, 2024
Only one left to go
198 January 28, 2024
The final canopy is in place, and it's ready for paint.
199 January 31, 2024
Prepping for the first layer of exterior paint.
200 January 31, 2024
First layer of exterior paint goes on.
201 202 203 204 205 February 1, 2024
painted the underside
206 February 2, 2024
It's generally good but will need a bit of touch-up in a few places.
207 February 2, 2024
It's generally good but will need a bit of touch-up in a few places.
208 February 3, 2024
all cleaned up
209 February 3, 2024
all cleaned up
210 February 3, 2024
all cleaned up
211 February 3, 2024
all cleaned up
212 February 3, 2024
all cleaned up
213 February 3, 2024
Seam filling as suggested by a helpful mate.
214 February 4, 2024
Working on cleaning up the nacelles and tail.
215 February 4, 2024
Working on cleaning up the nacelles and tail.
216 February 3, 2024
first one sanded
217 February 4, 2024
mostly cleaned up
218 February 4, 2024
mostly cleaned up
219 February 4, 2024
0.04 and 0.08 mm scribing tools were purchased.
220 221 February 4, 2024
Key lines scribed back into place.
222 February 4, 2024
Key lines scribed back into place.
223 February 4, 2024
Key lines scribed back into place.
224 February 4, 2024
Key lines scribed back into place.
225 February 4, 2024
I'm going to do a bit more cleanup around the nose, and then it is Camo time!
226 February 4, 2024
Nose cleaned up
227 February 4, 2024
Putty in place
228 February 4, 2024
I officially declare the first round of camo a success.
229 February 4, 2024
Second round of camo prepped
230 231 February 4, 2024
Second round of camo do
232 233 February 5, 2024
Third and final round of camo for the day. Which is all wrong ☹️!!
234 February 5, 2024
Sticking with this colour. Revell may be wrong but I like it.
235 236 February 6, 2024
slow and steady, one more round of camo completed tonight
237 February 7, 2024
two more rounds of camo were completed
238 February 7, 2024
finished the camo
239 February 7, 2024
finished the camo
240 February 8, 2024
Added the stripes
241 242 243 February 8, 2024
did a bit of cleanup
244 February 8, 2024
did a bit of cleanup
245 February 9, 2024
first layer of gloss varnish applied to top
246 February 9, 2024
First layer of gloss varnish applied to botto
247 February 9, 2024
I officially have a "stash"
248 February 10, 2024
Second layer of gloss varnish on top
249 February 10, 2024
Second layer of gloss varnish on bottom side
250 February 10, 2024
Decals are hard. Put one upside down and in the wrong spot.
251 February 10, 2024
Put one too high up
252 February 10, 2024
Put the other in the wrong position so it matches
253 February 10, 2024
I have done the next 30-ish without issue but it was a rough start.
254 February 11, 2024
I have done the next 30-ish without issue but it was a rough start.
255 February 11, 2024
They are so tiny you can hardly see them.
256 February 12, 2024
I am finished the decals
257 February 12, 2024
I am finished the decals
258 February 12, 2024
I am finished the decals
259 February 12, 2024
I am finished the decals
260 February 12, 2024
I am finished the decals
261 February 12, 2024
I am finished the decals
262 February 12, 2024
I am finished the decals
263 February 12, 2024
I am finished the decals
264 February 14, 2024
Two more layers of gloss varnish to go over the decals.
265 February 14, 2024
New Tamiya side cutters - they cut the sprue like butter
266 February 14, 2024
A little before and after shot, I am getting much better at cleaning things up coming off the sprue.
267 February 14, 2024
I bought a dehydrator to speed up all my "drying" times.
268 February 15, 2024
Two minutes to dry acrylic paint - I love it.
269 February 16, 2024
With weathering.
270 February 16, 2024
With weathering.
271 February 16, 2024
With weathering.
272 February 16, 2024
With weathering.
273 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
274 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
275 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
276 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
277 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
278 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
279 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
280 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
281 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
282 February 16, 2024
In the sunlight
283 February 16, 2024
Final coat of varnish to go on
284 February 16, 2024
Last bit of weathering to do
285 February 16, 2024
All the final bits of pieces to go on were painted today.
286 February 17, 2024
Before weathering
287 February 17, 2024
Landing gear and propellers with weathering wash
288 February 17, 2024
After weatherin
289 February 17, 2024
After weathering
290 February 17, 2024
After weathering
291 February 17, 2024
Little bit of rust
292 February 18, 2024
Smoke, rust and oil (wet so really showing up in the photo - lighter in real life)
293 February 18, 2024
Smoke (wet so really showing up in the photo - lighter in real life)
294 February 18, 2024
After drying - should look even better in sunlight
295 February 18, 2024
After drying - should look even better in sunlight
296 February 18, 2024
After drying - should look even better in sunlight
297 February 18, 2024
unmasked the canopy and windows
298 February 18, 2024
unmasked the canopy and windows
299 February 18, 2024
unmasked the canopy and windows
300 February 18, 2024
unmasked the canopy and windows
301 February 18, 2024
unmasked the canopy and windows
302 February 18, 2024
Final decal = a bit more weathering
303 February 19, 2024
The finished model
304 February 19, 2024
The finished model
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