Heavy Metal Time....

[Spey_Phantom]

title says it all, im going to clean up some metal  

while im still a bit stuck with my roman empire SD.VII (decal designing), i decided to prepare some of the next projects, including for the 1WGB and this.

some time ago, an family friend of ours from the Netherlands, came over to visit us, had some coffee, and axchanged gifts. i got these 2 metal aircraft, a Lockheed Constelation and a Sud Caravelle, witch he moulded himself in aluminum.

now im gonna pollish and sand down these 2 beautiful planes, and fix them up in airliner livery. i havent repainted or worked with metal moulded aircraft before, the only thing i did was repair a broken tiptank from the constelation with a old F-15 underwing tank and lots of putty.

the Connie will be painted in Pan American Airlines Livery, i still need to find decals for the caravelle, im thinking Air Berlin  

finishing time is still unknown, as this is likely to become a long term "in between builds" project 

[rickshaw]

Mould himself in Aluminium?  Mmm, thats pretty difficult stuff to do at home.  They should polish up beautifully though.

[Captain Canada]

How cool is that !

[Spey_Phantom]

UPDATE:

the number of metal aircraft has been upped from 2 to 3 
he came back to visit 2 days ago and brough me a Fokker G.1 

this one is going to be a RW one, pic coming soon....

[GTX]

UPDATE:

the number of metal aircraft has been upped from 2 to 3 
he came back to visit 2 days ago and brough me a Fokker G.1 

this one is going to be a RW one, pic coming soon....

Ooo...what scale?

Regards,

Greg

[Spey_Phantom]

i dont know the scale, but by the looks of it, im guessing its kinde 1/48ish.
he said all the aircraft are moulded out of old aluminum car-rims.

here's a pic of the Fokker G.1

[GTX]

i dont know the scale, but by the looks of it, im guessing its kinde 1/48ish.
he said all the aircraft are moulded out of old aluminum car-rims.

here's a pic of the Fokker G.1

Looks good!

Regards,

Greg

[arkon]

are they solid cast , as in one peice or multiple parts then welded together. either way awsome