speedgraflex wrote:
to whatever Torben wrote. It sounds right. To evoke Kurt Tank is correct. The care is here in every frame. I was going to respond later to your comments in Lyle’s thread—I personally believe your model photography and documentation is incredible.
The Model is O U T S T A N D I N G. Only superlatives will do! What an intriguing little series of blobs, and how brilliantly you handle the repair—gives a new dimension to the way air brush pattern sprays work to add back the painted surface! Of the small details, I still personally find the red/white striping set off by a delicate, scale appropriate series of washes (more like “blending” to me), oil stains and exhaust smoke do really appear all of a piece. I don’t mean to give short shrift to the upper camouflage techniques, the cockpit canopy is so beautiful, the interior cockpit is likewise quite stunning. I certainly feel that the extended “pause” mid-process worked for the benefit of both you and the build itself. Also it is wonderful to learn of your upcoming trip—all the best to you, John.
Thank you Bruce! It was another fun build and I enjoyed sharing it with you. There were some very positive things that were accomplished like the increased strength of all of the glue joints and the magnetized spinner to name a couple. There were also some things to remind me that I have a long way to go in modeling including more foibles with flat coats that I thought were behind me. The tires still don't fit the image that I have in my mind of what worn tires looks like so that is another area I can improve upon.
Although I am going to try a couple of non-Dora subjects, I will eventually return and do another D-9 as I have a Late War D-9 kit (Big Tail) on the shelf. Markings for that one would be limited to the 2-3 reported D-9's with the Ta-152 tails including Brown 4 and Black 6...
