Martin's cave

[malepo]

hmmmpf .... this new system did not let me in with my old email address .... but then what do you have all the other emails for ...

ah well then I place my new cave here

you probably remember those from the old bench



and the saga continues ... remember it's the OMGB 'British Steel' ... with this



It's the Whirlykits 1/72 de Havilland 108 Swallow

and yes the B-2 will continue too.

[PaulBradley]

Nice work on the BPs, Martin.

[JamesPerrin]

Ooh goodie, more British proto-jet goodness!

[malepo]

Thanks a lot you two

This thing is driving me nuts ...

well the sanding is almost complete, only at the bottom there will be one more session



and the most Q#%&QQ'%%§§$% thing - I had to remove the windscreen again, because of two reasons; first it broke out at some areas again during the massive treatment during the sanding and second a lot of dust crawled inside ....



ah well .... but on the other side it is some steps further AND it has some color on it well just primer but hey that's some kind of color too!

[malepo]

just a very small update tonight



yep it's closed again and masked .... now the real fun can start

[malepo]

well a small update tonight - erm - I call it preparation work for painting





yep, I'm building some inlays for the leg graves. This way I can paint it and can do the detail work here in parallel ... in theory :D ... only the front leg bay has to be done before painting then.

Thanks for stepping by

[Falcon]

Thanks a lot you two

This thing is driving me nuts ...

well the sanding is almost complete, only at the bottom there will be one more session



and the most Q#%&QQ'%%§§$% thing - I had to remove the windscreen again, because of two reasons; first it broke out at some areas again during the massive treatment during the sanding and second a lot of dust crawled inside ....



ah well .... but on the other side it is some steps further AND it has some color on it well just primer but hey that's some kind of color too!

Believe me, your not done with the sanding.

I built one last year and it seemed to take forever. Everytime I thought I had finished with the sanding, part of the leading edge seam reopened and had to be refilled and sanded yet again.

I must have gone through about half a pot of car body filler during the build too.

There were times I really felt like throwing at the wall, but I stuck with it and it turned out well.

I hope you stick with your build as you are doing a great job of it so far.

[kruaxi]

Holding the line, you can do it

[malepo]

Thanks kruaxi

oh well it's going slow at the moment

the second base is on

[Stamford]

It´s giving up a hell of a fight but it looks like you´re winning now!

[malepo]

Thanks a lot Stamford

I know its boring its going slowly but its going ...

so just a quick update (I couldn't resist )



yep! The fist coat of gray is on - now the masking ... but no - fist some other things

[malepo]

ah well , not that I would really know what I'm doing here, but anyway I started some Zulus



and that's where I am now



not the best figures but somehow I couldn't resist

ah almost forgot, they are in 1/35

[malepo]

ah well this saga goes on as well

without words ...





Its a quite nice kit for a VAC formed one with a lot of detail

[malepo]

I just tested some effects on my test piece just to see whether the two main gray tones are OK for the spirit

[Martin R]

I just tested some effects on my test piece just to see whether the two main gray tones are OK for the spirit

Martin,

Oooh, I like those effects. Should look good on the B-2.

regards,

Martin