Since I now got more time on my hand, it's factory as well begin to work more efficiently... here are my recent builds


ACADEMY 1/48 MIG-29A - GERMANY scheme
-added simple seatbelts
-painted the underside
-now progressing on to the camo



ACADEMY 1/48 P-38 Lightning - GLACIER GIRL
- added seatbelts
- on the way to painting.
- still looking for another side of the canopy, i misplaced it...



LEFT - ACADEMY 1/72 F-14 - dunno what squadron...
- built and painted
- working on the decals before matt coat

RIGHT - ACADEMY 1/72 A-10A
- built, painted, decal-ed...
- only matt coating is left (ran out of thinner)



ACADEMY 1/48 F-16 - Flying Razorback
- built, painted, decal-ed, coated,
- PITOT TUBE is the only thing left
- detachable canopy



TRUMPETER 1/24 Bf 109G-2
- painting the used engine effect
- adding seatbelts
- working on cockpit details and effect.


Photo taken using phone cam... will take more photo when i locate my digicam battery charger... i'll show you guys my proud seatbelts works/.. ahhahahahahha

KUAT INDUSTRY(the factory that build star destroyer) is located far from where I am now... so the project is now on hold...

Despite the horrific comments on Academy's tomcat, yours look surprisingly good yeh.. B)

the tomcat looks pretty good.... i'm looking fwd to the p38 and bf109s' construction progress.. show some pics later yaaa? :)

You are incredible...

I'm going to put more effort on the Bf109 for sure...

BV... if im incredible... then you guys are GOD...!!!

thanks for checking it out, altho the picture quality is week...

Mr Kw

Tracking your BIG build..........I might just motivate myself to build one of these big fellows...........after seeing you and landy's work

Keep us updated

Rgds
Mr b

Here are the better shot of the planes...

A-10A for start. Still haven't mattify it yet. And the ballast i put on the nose prove to be too light... this hog just love doing the "wheelie". I need bluetack to keep the front gear down....





Next stop, F-16. yet another Hog related. Mistake is, i left the plane upright too early, before the cement fully cured... and the next morning, the rear end just sit... and I just failed decaling on this one. I don't plan to correct it... planning to build another F-16 with more care...




snapped the gear cover while taking photo... sigh

Now, The F-14. I wonder why my decal comes campur aduk with low and hi vis??? i got light grey "carrier name" and "the star emblem"... but the instruction manual picture is black... now these two decal just go invisible when u apply them... are yours like this ???



No, it is not done yet, decal, black wash, coating... not yet...

To the BF109G-2... I plan to have one side of the engine exposed and one side close, so effort is cut to half... ahahhaha... of course the canopy will be left open. Here are the said work.

There's a silver hose that does not comes with the kit. and since it is big, I start the detailing with this.


I roll in masking take to create that black, (what do you call that) thing...


there're visible fine cables in the starboard wall. Some resin part from some manufacturer i found in some website...


I gather few strands of fine wire and superglue it together.

Trim it and super glue it in position...
There is also this big yellow cable on the resin, But Im not sure this G2 version have it... anyone can confirm?

here are the said seatbelts

Using the same wire, bend it into simple shape and masking tape to wrap it.

here it is



So there you have it... my cost effective WIP... economy is not so good... so i no buy resin... ahahhahahaha

wahlawei abg koo, your eyes for details are superb. :o :o :o The cockpit are so detailed

For the BF109G-2 engine, what will you be using for the red cables?

I learned a new trick today, scratch build seat belts ;)

Very nice very nice!

But those damn trumpeter mould mark is everywhere...that is one of the bad part of this kit.

When ready we play 1/24 dogfight, 109 vs Spit haha

Very good work, all around williams.

I like the pre shade / post shade work you did on the F-16 & A-10 - looks convincing.

Thanks guys.
the red cables as you can see got some coils around it... I dont know if hase 1/72 aircraft crew set hose can be use. as i remember there's a hole with coil as well... but if it does not... then i shall only use plain wire... I saw pictures of other same plane, it dont have coil...

Yeah, Landyshah... set a date... who play offensive and who defensive?

KW,
great progress. Have not seen your work for some time and a lot of improvement can be seen. The superdetailing effort coming along very well!

quite some work u did so far on the bf-109.... nice! :)

Here's the painted MIG-29A. I repainted the whole thing since my first try turn out to be too green, too red... too this too that... i followed the instruction manual... the brown turns out too red... the dark green is too close to the brown... so i mixed my own colour...

I dont have sufficient photo reference as well. they are all different.. so here's how things turn out...

wing



its "BACK"... I don't trust its decal on the german flag graphic on the back... so i spray it...



its "NOSE"



The overall



I've added some post shade... and one question on the colour...
DID I GOT IT???

Hello KooWilliams,
Nice builds. I really like the Academy F-14A. The squadron for the F-14 is VF-51. The MiG camo is coming along very nicely.