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MkIX Club Member Offline One seat, one engine, guns.... LastOn: Jan 31^st, 2024 Join: Jan 29^th, 2012 Posts: 320 Reputation: 1 Bedford Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #40 - Feb 19^th, 2016 at 11:18am A tank buster...cool.
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Re: Jager Sport
Reply #41 - Feb 19^th, 2016 at 8:02pm

I've more or less finished working on the cockpit. I couldn't do much about the shape and size of the instrument panel (translate to read 'I was too lazy to make it any better') so I settled on putting as much Me 109 character in there as I could. The nice thing about the fact that the model isn't a scale model of anything is the fact that anything goes

So I used a mixture of Me 109 and FW 190. At a minimum it correctly represents what was in my mind at the time.

Here are a few pics of my model and a pic of an Me 109 instrument panel.

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Fingers YaBB Moderator I still got all five! Offline Forum User LastOn: Yesterday Join: Mar 22^nd, 2010 Posts: 3,088 Reputation: 0 Dartmouth Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #42 - Feb 19^th, 2016 at 11:12pm that's pretty neat Mike. Keep 'em coming
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Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: Apr 16^th, 2024 Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,000 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #43 - Feb 20^th, 2016 at 6:03am Nice Mike! That's looks great!
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JackDD Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Yesterday Join: Apr 25^th, 2010 Posts: 541 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #44 - Feb 20^th, 2016 at 6:57am Wow Mike, I'd forgotten about the nose bumper...nice job
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MkIX Club Member Offline One seat, one engine, guns.... LastOn: Jan 31^st, 2024 Join: Jan 29^th, 2012 Posts: 320 Reputation: 1 Bedford Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #45 - Feb 21^st, 2016 at 3:58pm So now I'm turning my mind to the colour scheme. Right now I'm thinking late 1944 to early 1945; defence of the Reich. The Luftwaffe added some nifty colours to their camo patterns at that time.
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Re: Jager Sport
Reply #48 - Mar 8^th, 2016 at 3:12pm

My project has slowed down a bit so I'm feeling a little guilty; especially after visiting Al C and seeing the progress that he is making on his new jet. So, I stopped fussing over preparing the surface for paint, and got busy and glued on the canopy.

Now that RC 56 (AKA Formula 560) is no longer available I consulted with Al and bought some E6000 at Michael's. It worked like a treat! I think that using it properly is an acquired skill, I'll get better with time.

I've also painted a sheet of plastic with the colours that I'll be using. I'll go to the Benjamin Moore store this week to have the first colour (RLM 76) mixed.

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Glen Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Yesterday Join: Aug 5^th, 2011 Posts: 441 Reputation: 2 Sackville Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #50 - Mar 8^th, 2016 at 5:17pm Excellent clamps Mike, I'm going to have to make a few for myself.
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MkIX Club Member Offline One seat, one engine, guns.... LastOn: Jan 31^st, 2024 Join: Jan 29^th, 2012 Posts: 320 Reputation: 1 Bedford Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #52 - Mar 9^th, 2016 at 8:04am Thanks guys. I came up with the idea for the clamps while building my Spitfire. They seem to work well, and they certainly are affordable
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JackDD Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Yesterday Join: Apr 25^th, 2010 Posts: 541 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #53 - Mar 14^th, 2016 at 11:35am Nice job with the clamps, Mike...reminds me of my Spanish Windlass days...
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Re: Jager Sport
Reply #54 - Apr 9^th, 2016 at 3:21pm

Spent a little time today working on my fighter. I masked off the canopy adding a mock frame. Hopefully it will look more in keeping with my theme than the full bubble. I've sprayed it a dark grey so that the inside will show that colour as opposed to the dark green that will eventually be applied to the outside of the frame. Here's a picture of today's results.

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MkIX Club Member Offline One seat, one engine, guns.... LastOn: Jan 31^st, 2024 Join: Jan 29^th, 2012 Posts: 320 Reputation: 1 Bedford Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #56 - Apr 9^th, 2016 at 6:13pm Slow and steady
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MkIX Club Member Offline One seat, one engine, guns.... LastOn: Jan 31^st, 2024 Join: Jan 29^th, 2012 Posts: 320 Reputation: 1 Bedford Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: Jager Sport Reply #57 - Apr 11^th, 2016 at 8:02pm Sprayed on a coat of the lower fuselage colour (RLM 76) on the whole plane today; that took a while. Fussing with the control surfaces as separate parts is a PITA. I plan on attaching them to the fuse/wing over the weekend. I'll post some pics after I put the camouflage pattern on the upper surfaces.
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Re: Jager Sport
Reply #59 - Jul 18^th, 2016 at 8:42pm

I've been putting in a little time on my fighter.....finally!!! Discovered that making the camouflage look random, especially the mottling, isn't as easy as one would think. It took a lot of fussing. Here are a few pics showing where I ended up. It will become 'louder' once I put on the stencilling.

Today I went to Sojourn Signs in Burnside. They agreed to work with me to produce stencils for the crosses, swastikas, numbers, and some of the other misc stencils. I'll go back tomorrow with specs to discuss with their CAD operator. So now I need to decide what to put on it. And there's another thing...finding solid documentation on German WW2 markings is a bit of a chore. So I've been relying on pictures of the real thing and trying to determine dimensions as best I can.

Anyway, for now, here are the pictures of where I am...

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