Taniya's Thunderbolt Mk II, completed
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76 13 March, 19:33
Sebastian MeynerYesterday I was able to close up the fuselage, attach the wings and to sand some seam lines. Quality control was done by one of our lapdogs, a 41kg lump of love called Zwieback (picture no.6). Once I'm not airbrushing, she's hanging out in my man cave with me. I always appreciated the company, girl 😜
15 March, 07:12
gorbyLovely work so far, but even lovelier dog. We have a 31kg lapdog and we thought that was taking it to the extreme. 🙂
15 March, 14:45
Sebastian Meyner@gorby: Thanks mate 👍 Our second dog (which we refer to as the "little one"....) is about 30kg 🤪
@CaptGPF: Thanks mate, stick around to see the rest....eventhough I am abysmally slow when it comes to finishing a build 😉
15 March, 16:20
Rui SLove to your beautiful modelling buddy ❤️️ I've one such love too, a 22 kg b&w border collie girl, with 7 years.
15 March, 23:39
Sebastian MeynerThanks RuiS and Patrick! ....come in for the build, stay for the dog 😉
17 March, 07:55
Sebastian MeynerSo; the general assembly is done. Now comes the paint job and my "favorite" part, the landing gear and all the little bits and bobs. But, hey it's Tamiya.... a walk in the park with some spray painting. Yes, I'm a Tamiya fan boy 😁
17 March, 19:36
CaptGPF❤️ slide #6 - we need more canine helpers in this group!
I can't blame Tamiya fanboys, a hobby is supposed to be fun and enjoyable. I've seen many skilled modelers in this forum turn gold out of crappy, Ill-fitting and poorly detailed kits, but not many of us find challenges that enjoyable. 😀
18 March, 15:28
Sebastian MeynerAfter a little break, I got the Jug primed, spay painted the ID stripes and masked them. Ready for the camouflage!
2 April, 06:50
Sebastian MeynerThank you Patrick 👍
I'm currently working on the camouflage. By Thursday I should something to show for 😎
2 April, 19:04
JohnLooking good, Sebastian! Your taste in model subjects is pretty close to mine. That reminds me, I need to add an TBM Avenger to the stash.... 🤔
4 April, 17:31
Sebastian MeynerThanks John, much appreciated mate! It seems so….however, I'm usually not so much into american subjects 😉
4 April, 19:47
Sebastian MeynerToday I applied the few decals that come with the paint scheme…. and of course I managed to tare one :-/ I guess I'll fix that after the decals have dried, with some careful brush painting
7 April, 19:16
Sebastian MeynerI decided that I will not over weather this one. My convenient "excuse" is that this Jug flew with the RAF until about one year after WW II ended, so I concluded that this bird would be well looked after and frequently cleaned by its crew 😉 So a pin wash is all she got for now.
12 April, 19:00
Sebastian MeynerThis build is slowly coming to an end… Once the propeller and the canopy are painted and weathered it should be all done by the end of this week
14 April, 18:57
Sebastian MeynerI'm calling it done. Very straightforward and enjoyable build, as one expects from Taniya :-D The only alterations to the basic kit were: the instrument panel (Yahu), the seat belts (eduard) and the decals of course (Xtradecals). The 75 gallon drop tank under the Fuselage comes from the spares box and was slightlymodified to attache to unused bomb shackles. Cheers mates ✌️
19 April, 20:11
Christoph SchnarrWonderful Thunderbolt in a different but still very attractive camouflage scheme 👍
20 April, 13:08
Sebastian Meynergorby, Neuling, Neil and Christoph; thank you very much for the kind comments, mates 👍
I have to agree, British/Commonwealth paint schemes make american planes much prettier 😜 All jokes aside, I really like to go with the more uncommon users of a type, than to replicate yet another "ace plane".... glad you like it!
20 April, 14:12
