Darius at home Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Built for the VacForm GB on Britmodeller - finally finished this evening. Build is here Darius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly Quirk Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Now that is pure cool. Very nice work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mkimages Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Holy mackerel, that thing is HUGE! Awesome looking build, especially considering you built the cargo compartment open. So where the heck do you display something like that? :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Okay, everyone stop building models! This may be the most memorable model we'll see here on ARC this year. I only wish I could see it in person. Thanks Darius! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darius at home Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 Thanks guys!!! The main wings are removeable - they fit quite quite snugly over the spar - so it will eventually live with the wings removed on top of a wardrobe :) Right now however it has pride of place on the dining room table - and part time modelling bench :) :giles: Darius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The_Animal Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Beautiful. Nice work on the metal. Beautiful bird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 In a word "HUMONGOUS!!"...Very nice work, vacu-form like PE scares the bejeezuzz outta me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary West Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Stunning build Darius and a great subject to do in that scale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Learstang Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Brilliant work, Darius. Simply amazing! We mere mortals can only look at it in awe. Regards, Learstang Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leverancier Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Nicely done, but what an ugly ****er. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Outstanding! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Darius, SHE IS A HELLUVA BEAUTY !!!! GINORMOUS but STUNNING HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Superheat Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Darius, This is a masterpiece in the truest sense of the word. It reduces most of us, well,me at least, to the level of apprentice. Were there a Modelling Guild you would be its Head Master. It belongs in a museum and Dover AFB has one: http://www.amcmuseum.org/ You should contact them (if you can bear to part with it). One question: is it brush painted as is your usual custom? It is always impossible to tell. Congratulations on one of the finest models I have ever seen (and anyone who only looked at the completed photos here really needs to go the build link, you have seen only a tenth of the model). Cheers, and a hand salute Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Very impressive build Darius! 1/48, that ting must be huge. Sad to know it will reside on top of a wardrobe instead of under glass. -JS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Krukowski Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Impressive workmanship, really nice. What a cool piece! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J.C. Bahr Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 There are us mere peon "model builders" and then there's Darius! :D Another excellent home-run my man! I thought your B-47 build was amazing, but I think this definitely went on to several more levels of wow! Congrats man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
POMPEO Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Superb, fantastic, awesome, it's the best surprise that i heve seen in ARC cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darius at home Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 Darius,This is a masterpiece in the truest sense of the word. It reduces most of us, well,me at least, to the level of apprentice. Were there a Modelling Guild you would be its Head Master. It belongs in a museum and Dover AFB has one: http://www.amcmuseum.org/ You should contact them (if you can bear to part with it). One question: is it brush painted as is your usual custom? It is always impossible to tell. Congratulations on one of the finest models I have ever seen (and anyone who only looked at the completed photos here really needs to go the build link, you have seen only a tenth of the model). Cheers, and a hand salute Tom Tom Thank-you for your very kind words. I don't see myself as a Head Master as I can see the faults in the model and the aspects that I would like to improve. The model is spray can painted using auto spray acrylic paints. First a couple of coats of grey primer and then a couple of silver. I masked the matt silver panels after the grey primer was sprayed. When the grey is rubbed with SNJ powder you get the contrast with the sprayed silver that you see in the photos. The white upper fuselage surface was sprayed with matt white and then given a couple of coats of Johnson's Klear using a flat brush. The black cheat line is a mixture of decal stripe (straight lines) and masked and brush painted stripes (curved areas). :) Darius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camophilip Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Wow... that thing is big! Beautiful model you won't see everyday! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Darius - beautiful work! That must have been a challenge maneuvering around the workbench Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GEH737 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 An incredible build - absolutely. Were there different radomes on this aircraft? On the model it looks fairly blunt, while the pictures I've seen seem to show a more rounded shape. I've only seen them a few times - in Fairbanks, AK and out at Mojave, CA - unusual and rare to see. Hitch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 That is pure talent there, absolute talent! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darius at home Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 An incredible build - absolutely.Were there different radomes on this aircraft? On the model it looks fairly blunt, while the pictures I've seen seem to show a more rounded shape. I've only seen them a few times - in Fairbanks, AK and out at Mojave, CA - unusual and rare to see. Hitch Hi Hitch, I think you are right about the radome. It starts out straight, which is OK, but shoud be mopre rounded at the tip. The one fitted is the vac-for,med one that came with the kit. I may get round to replacing it with the end of a spares box drop tank or similar one day... Darius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darius at home Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 Dusted down the B-47E for a few pics with the C-133 - I though the B-47E was big until this... Plus a few pics of the next vac-form adventure. It will be nice to work on something smaller for a change!!! Darius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GEH737 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 I'm always in awe of the beautiful models that can be built from Vacuformed kits, that most of us wouldn't touch with 10 foot poles. The B-47 is equally incredible :blink: Hitch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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