RADIAL ENGINED Me109X **FINISHED** at last!

[ysi_maniac]

Yeah, high stantads!

[HOG]

"Yeah, high stantads"
Coming from you Ysi, that`s an honour.
Me I take a saw and cut-to big theres always sandpaper-to small theres always filler.
When you weld a saw its like looking at the results of surgury, as I say from you it`s an honour.


Gary

[sotoolslinger]

Really impressive work Hog. It looks to me like you wield a saw like an artist.

[HOG]

Hoyhoy`l

Thanks SoToolSli`, the last time someone called me an artist on here they obviously didn`t like the reply as they packed up their posts and went home so to you I just say thanks. But check out some of ysi_maniacs cut and shuts- theres true artistry

Well back to the build, I now have ailerons and by tommorrow I may have the slats (depends on the curry we`re going out for tonight!  ). Replaceing the wingtips has worked and their now on the way o completion.





While waiting for the filler to dry I had a look at the undercart legs



Now if theres two parts of any build that I dislike it`s canopies and undercarts. With a canopy one slip with the saw/knife and your left with a big contribution to the spares box, unless theres a vac replacement which holds for me its own terrors.(I normaly buy them in 3`s just in case for an open cockpit, 1 for the middle, 1 for the ends and 1 for the inevitable cockup). Undercarts I just hate removing mould lines etc, and this was no exception. If I ever get driven to 1:32 or bigger it will be because of undercart legs that I can see and actually hold at the same time-the trouble with big hands. Anyways after an hour or two results reasonable.



More as and when
Cheers 
Gary





Edit
But I`m still only just the kinda artist that rhymes with swiss but is spelt with a `P`. I much prefer being discribed as a person who plays with plastic as I`m not grown up or clever enuff for wud.

[Brian da Basher]

Looking very seriously pro-style HOG! Love your work on the landing gear (even if it is spatless ).

I feel like a kid playing with toys when I see work like this.

Brian da Basher

[sotoolslinger]

Well as to you being an artist..... nobody asked you   And as far as legs go ,go look at my builds..... if it don't got spats it don't get wheels

[HOG]

I feel like a kid playing with toys when I see work like this.

Brian da Basher

Bri,   We`re all just kids, at heart, playing with our toys. 

And Edward, WELCOME to the darkesyde. You have nothing to fear other than the Canadians with their strange beer and twiglet rituals. Its more fun here than modelling alone.

[HOG]

Hoyhoy`al

Sanding, sanding, sanding. Today I actually ran out of 1000 & 1200 grade! so have decided to give it a squirt of RLM02 o/all, just to see.
On the whole quite pleased. Where I thought there might be probs (on the underside join of the 190/109 wings and on top at the root)has sanded out fine. The cowling may need reworking as it still shows a few dents and dings from the drying glue and filler underneath but I will see. The fuselage join and trailing edge at the root needs work as do the slats but as I said, on the whole quite pleased.
















More as an when
Cheers 
Gary

[sotoolslinger]

Very slick putty work  this is progressing nicely

[Brian da Basher]

That's so amazingly clean it's almost beyond belief, HOG! I don't know how you managed to do it, but I'd enjoy knowing the secret!

Brian da Basher

[lancer]

Oh wow!! that is a superb finish. I am so jealous!!!

[HOG]

Hoyhoy`al

Firstus  Thanks for your kind verbals, it`s kind words like these that keep me going and stop me buying big hats for a big head. I`ve said it before, but comments like these help keep my ego inflated which has a slow puncture and needs inflating often.
Secondist  I am an impatient modeller, and by using my quick dry glue/filler mix,  I like to get onto sanding asap, and generally start with either 80 120 or 180 grades of wet n dry used dry depending on how much I have to shift.
Then I usally go through the norm of 400 and 600 used wet to clean up some of the scratches left by the rough stuff. After this is where I start serious sanding.
Back in the days when I was a pro (before shoe repairs got so damned expensive and streets unsafe to walk, and most street corners had a waiting list) I often had acrylic cases made for me by a manufacturer in Shoreditch (don`t know why its called this as theres no sea or ditches?) London, think they were called Tower Plastics, who specialised in acrylic work. Got friendly with the people there and used to buy cheap offcuts of Acrylic-rod from 1/2"- 6" and block 1cm thick in whatever small rectangles they had plus some odd architectural shapes. These I still have and use as sanding blocks for sanding with bit of double sided tape and sandpaper glued to it. When it wears out quick soak in white spirit,  peel off old sheet and tape and stick on a new piece. On these I use 800 1000 1200  grades etc working through the sub grades A B C etc . As their acrylic they don`t warp like wood after soaking and are garuanteed to give a flat finish to your work.  You still have to go thro` the PSR route to get rid of the dings etc of course. Another quick tip is to use a quick drying permanant marker in appropiate colour like a Pentel Sharpie over where the problem is, let dry and sand, and the dips etc show up where to add more filler. Brush on glue/filler mix and 10 mins later your sanding again. For a final polish a cotton wool wad and tooth paste under a running tap. I don`t use tooth powder as I find it too abrasive.

There you go another page from
                                          " Ye Olde Hogge Book of Modellinge Inconsequential Dementia"
                                                                      `and other ramblings

Hope this helps and if you can get some cheap plastic blocks give it a go.
Cheers 
Gary

SHORT VERSION  Use finer grades wet n dry on a block! 

PS  I don`t go this extreme on all my models, just the important ones.

[sotoolslinger]

Very nice and informative tutorial

[Brian da Basher]

Thanks for the "ppek behind the curtain" HOG! It looks like I'll have to move beyond the two types of sandpaper I currently use, known as "coarse" and "fine".

Brian da Basher

[noxioux]

Looking very svelte.