Author Topic: Edward Mannock's S.E.5a 1/144 scratch (Read 48948 times)

Alexis · « **Reply #75 on:** September 18, 2016, 10:31:47 PM »

Really nice progress so far Ondra , rad looks pretty good to me .

Terri

RAGIII · « **Reply #76 on:** September 19, 2016, 07:44:37 AM »

Looks awesome with the primer on Ondra!
RAGIII

Manni · « **Reply #77 on:** September 20, 2016, 05:40:54 PM »

Oh,man! This looks so good to me! You must be huge, when I see your fingers, compared to this 1:72nd model.

Manni

ondra · « **Reply #78 on:** October 02, 2016, 10:33:02 PM »

Many thanks for looking in and leaving such nice comments, Terri, Warren, Rick and Manni!

I am past several rounds of filling and sanding on the fuselage, almost done and ready for a fit test. It looks quite acceptable so far.

I made the Vickers gun (or rather the visible part of it, to be fair...), unfortunately it is very tiny, so I did not manage to make better photos than these.

Sergey was very kind and gave me a sample of a Drooling Bulldog product under preparation - wood stain (hope this is the correct expression). There are two different stains - ochre for light wood and umber for dark wood. Here the ochre:

I made a test on a white styrene sheet:

And then sprayed a coat on the propeller. It makes a nice glossy finish and gives the wood a beautiful warm tone. I am really impressed, I have to say.

Cheers

Ondra

GAJouette · « **Reply #79 on:** October 02, 2016, 10:36:42 PM »

Ondra,
Jaw droppingly awesome project my old friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

RAGIII · « **Reply #80 on:** October 02, 2016, 11:10:01 PM »

Looks just like my WNW kit now ! Awesome progress and the stain for the prop really turned out well!
RAGIII

coyotemagic · « **Reply #81 on:** October 03, 2016, 07:56:41 AM »

Incomprehensible that this is 1/144 scale! It looks to be 1/48 scale at least! Truly marvelous work. I love the effect of the wood stain.
Cheers,
Bud

Des · « **Reply #82 on:** October 03, 2016, 09:03:57 AM »

Exceptional work in a small scale, the propeller looks amazing.

Des.

lone modeller · « **Reply #83 on:** October 04, 2016, 05:31:51 AM »

I too continue to suffer from jaw ache as it hits the floor at the thought that this is 1/144 scale. Just wonderful what can be done with skill and patience. I would just not be able to see the parts well enough to cope with this scale - all the more kudos to you for doing so.

Stephen.

steveb · « **Reply #84 on:** October 05, 2016, 12:48:13 PM »

Here I am stressing about 1/72 & you're doing this! Amazing work for sure!

Steve

ondra · « **Reply #85 on:** October 09, 2016, 11:25:54 PM »

Many thanks for looking in and leaving such encouraging comments, Gregory, Rick, Bud, Des, Stephen and Steve!

I did not have much time for the workbench this weekend, so there is only very little progress.

I made the cockpit coaming and started scribing the fuselage using elastic tape. Here I pay the price for filling the fuselage with Surfacer 500 at some spots and with CA at other ones - the scribing is really difficult. But hopefully it will help me keep the geometry if done properly.

I made the first attempt on the Lewis MG, will see what it will look like with primer on, but probably I will have to rework it, as the drum seems to be sitting to far aft and the symetry is not what I was hoping for either.

Cheers

Ondra

jeroen_R90S · « **Reply #86 on:** October 10, 2016, 04:57:57 AM »

That Lewis is both fantastic, and tiny!
Makes my 1/72 flare guns look both clumsy, and huge!

Manni · « **Reply #87 on:** October 10, 2016, 09:11:58 PM »

Just unbelievable! I even can't imagine to do such small guns. Great (or better tiny)
Manni

RAGIII · « **Reply #88 on:** October 10, 2016, 10:59:59 PM »

Awesome scribing technique Ondra! Very effective!
RAGIII

lcarroll · « **Reply #89 on:** October 11, 2016, 12:11:15 AM »

OK Ondra, I was super impressed up to this point but that tiny Lewis Gun has completely blown my mind! You are truly doing magic here, a master of sub miniature art..................what are you going to use for turnbuckles when you rig this beauty???

Cheers,
Lance