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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: November 2011

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Wednesday, 30 November 2011. P-47 'Peggy Darlin' finished. I've just completed the Tamiya 1/48 P-47D 'bubbletop' kit for a group build on http:/ www.britmodeller.com/. Some more pictures of the completed model can be found here (Britmodeller P-47 Thread). Monday, 28 November 2011. B-17F and B-17G - The Sperry Ball Turret. A Sperry Ball Turret on display at IWM Duxford, UK. Looking inside a Sperry turret. Sperry ball turret from the Revell kit, minus the .50 ammunition boxes. A shot of the turret in a B-17.

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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: December 2011

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Saturday, 31 December 2011. So 2011 has come and gone. That was fast! It has been an interesting and sometimes difficult year for me personally but it has ended on a positive so that is always good. Modelling wise I have been very busy (arguably too busy! So without further ado, here they are in the order I built them. 1/72 Italeri Junkers Ju88A-4. 1/72 Revell Avro Lancaster B.I. 1/72 Zvezda Junkers Ju88A-4. 1/144 Revell Type VIIC/41. 1/48 Tamiya A-1H Skyraider. 1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf 190D-9. The wings...

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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: 2011 Annual Review

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Saturday, 31 December 2011. So 2011 has come and gone. That was fast! It has been an interesting and sometimes difficult year for me personally but it has ended on a positive so that is always good. Modelling wise I have been very busy (arguably too busy! So without further ado, here they are in the order I built them. 1/72 Italeri Junkers Ju88A-4. 1/72 Revell Avro Lancaster B.I. 1/72 Zvezda Junkers Ju88A-4. 1/144 Revell Type VIIC/41. 1/48 Tamiya A-1H Skyraider. 1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf 190D-9. I/JG 76 E...

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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: 1/48 Eduard Focke Wulf 190D-9 (late) 'Yellow 6'

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Friday, 5 July 2013. 1/48 Eduard Focke Wulf 190D-9 (late) 'Yellow 6'. Here is an unusual subject; A Focke-Wulf 190D-9 fitted with a wooden Ta-152 tail unit. There are documented pictures of at least two machine built like this but apparently this configuration was limited to a mere handful of aircraft, after a problem with delivery of standard tail units from a sub-contractor. Perhaps because of the unusual nature of the aircraft, there are many examples of this aircraft on modelling websites. This model...

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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: July 2013

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Friday, 5 July 2013. 1/48 Eduard Focke Wulf 190D-9 (late) 'Yellow 6'. Here is an unusual subject; A Focke-Wulf 190D-9 fitted with a wooden Ta-152 tail unit. There are documented pictures of at least two machine built like this but apparently this configuration was limited to a mere handful of aircraft, after a problem with delivery of standard tail units from a sub-contractor. Perhaps because of the unusual nature of the aircraft, there are many examples of this aircraft on modelling websites. This model...

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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: Focke Wulf 190 D-9 'Brown 16'

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Friday, 9 December 2011. Focke Wulf 190 D-9 'Brown 16'. The paintscheme depicts 'Brown 16' of 7./JG26 during the spring of 1945. It sports a typical camouflage scheme of aircraft of this timeframe, with RLM 82/83 upper surfaces against RLM 76 lower surfaces. I decided to have large sections of the underneath of the wing in bare metal which was not un-common on late war Luftwaffe aircraft, but it turns out that the actual aircraft did have a fully painted belly, oh well! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: B-17F and B-17G: Part Five - Wings and things

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Monday, 26 December 2011. B-17F and B-17G: Part Five - Wings and things. This blog looks at the wing construction of both kits as they differ in some considerable ways and there are pitfalls for the unwary modeller. Revell interior showing the wing attachment spars. Academy interior with wing attachment slot visible - note no spars like the Revell kit. The wing of the Academy kit if attached properly and as the instructions show will be wrong, very very wong! The dihedral of the wing is out by a consider...

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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: P-51C Mustang 'Topper III'

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Monday, 22 October 2012. P-51C Mustang 'Topper III'. Here's a model I built earlier in the year that has since flown the modelling nest (to help fund a Duxford trip). I used the Tamiya 1/48 P-51B kit as the basis for the P-51C flown by Capt. Ed Toppins of 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group. The differences between the two marks are minor so I could get away with it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). P-51C Mustang Topper III. FalkeEins - The Luftwaffe blog. FalkeEins - My Modelling Blog.

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Rowmk9's Modelling Blog: B-17F and B-17G: Part Four - More turrets!

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Monday, 26 December 2011. B-17F and B-17G: Part Four - More turrets! Construction of the two bombers has continued apace. So much so that I've actually finished them already. I want to walk through the major steps in building them however to point out some of the areas to watch out for when building these two kits. Academy tail. Notice the seem running down its entire length. The Revell kit only comes with the early style waist position (but 3 different window options! This dissapointment aside, the Reve...