Allan bobs up with another model

[Allan]

Hi fellows,

If Graf had flown a Ta 152 on the Eastern Front it may have looked like this.

It's the Revell 1/72 kit.

All antenna/pitot tube are pencil from a propelling pencil or wire. The underwing antenna with the copper tip is a piece of scrap plastic cut on the office guillotine.

The exhausts, or the painting of them, proved a little tricky, but I came up with the neat solution of first spraying them matt varnish, "painting" them with  a fine black roller pen and then annointing them again with some varnish. Worked out well.









Allan in Canberra

[K5054NZ]

Nice! Have I mentioned I have a thing for Ta-152s? Them and Catherine Zeta-Jones...  
Anyhoo, nice model! I never realised just how big they are! More please! B)  

[cthulhu77]

Sweet !!!  And next to a nice cold one too...appropriate!  Give yourself some props for that one.

        greg

[Captain Canada]

Never mind the aeroplane....wot's that in the glass ? Looks rather tasty !

 

[Allan]

Hi fellas,

That's a long cool glass of Carlton draft.
A glass that size is called a schooner here in OZ and the next size down is called a middie.
"I'll have a schooner of Carlton draft and a middie of lemonade, thanks."
I could tell you about the cheese that's sold here under the embarrassing brand name of Coon, but I won't.
It's fun modelling planes flown by someone who never really flew it.
Maybe I make my P-1101 nightfighter in the markings of John Meyer and called it the Petie 3. Wouldn't that rile the fellows over in Hyperscale?!
Allan in Canberra

[Brian da Basher]

Allan that is the sweetest Ta-152 I've seen in ages! I love the Eastern Front camo and the cool nose and tail markings! That schooner of Carlton draft in the pic is just icing on the cake! Thanks for sharing your pics with us.

Brian da Basher

[matrixone]

Allan,

Super good looking Ta 152 you have there!

A few years ago I built that Revell kit and its not that bad for such an old kit, right now I am bulding a DML Ta 152C and it is more accurate than the Revell Ta 152H but many times more difficult to build. Using a lot putty on this one so far!

Matrixone

[NARSES2]

Like it Al

[John Howling Mouse]

Verrrrrrrrrrrry nice!

 

[nev]

Ah yes, "coon" cheese  :dum: Isn't very nice cheese either, plastic cheese rubbish.

And a schooner is less than a pint.

[Allan]

Thanks, fellows for the kind comments.

I think I'll Hyperscale it now.

I'm still working on a Samurai sword model and a 109 in snow camo, but neither is particualrly Whiffy.

Is it too early to wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas and wonderful, productive New Year?

I'll be taking my wife to Sydney for three days next week and intend to fill her up with her favorite chilli crabs. So far I've tracked down three places is Sydney and one near our hotel that look promising.

Allan in Canberra