Good news. Aircraft are 99% done. All I need to do are a couple paint touchups on misc. planes and coat them with the sealant.
Once I do that, I will post a large number of pictures… none yet I am afraid. I expect them to be at your residence sometime next week.
Pictures will be up this afternoon. FYI
Paul’s Luftwaffe in standard splinter camo is complete.
HBG Ju-52 Transport Aircraft
HBG Do-17 Medium Bombers
OOB He-111 Medium Bombers
These pictures were taken before the protective dullcoat was applied, so there is still a bit of a sheen from the decals. This has since dissipated.
HBG Me-110 Tactical Bomber (Long Range Fighter)
HBG Me-262 Jet Fighters
Same note as above on the tail decal.
HBG Ju-488 Heavy Bomber
OOB Ju-87 Tactical (Dive) Bombers
HBG Fw-190 Fighters
Lucas,
Very Impressive Work!,
….Go WarMachine Team
“Tall Paul”
Lucas,
––WOW! :-o
––While ALL of these German a/c look GREAT,…My favorites are the JU-52 air transports, closely followed by the
HE-111 medium bombers and JU-87 dive bombers. :-D
----Your unique skill of minute detail painting is very evident on these a/c and makes the paint jobs really “pop”. It might only be the angle of the pic,…but unless I’m wrong the JU-52 transports didn’t seem to have the “cockpit framing” paint that you’re known for. Did I miss it? :?
----IMHO the JU-52 air transports being the ONLY a/c having White coloring, (engine nacelles, fuselage stripe, and wingtips) and being the only a/c with wingtip coloring really sets them apart without making them garish or gaudy. The White wingtips are just enough to make them very evident to all players as to their special status (Paratroop Drops) and subliminally reminds players of the White parachutes that the on-board airborne troopers carry.
––The “Alpha” character classification that I asked you decal them with worked out great. IMHO these not only LOOK cool,….but will assist in players being able to quickly identify the different TYPES of a/c from a distance.
----All of the time and effort you put into decalling these a/c with the small letters/numbers is REALLY WORTH IT!
----Do you have any pics of the a/c that are more of a side view which would show their lettering better?
Summing up,…EXCELLENT WORK!
“Tall Paul”
@Tall:
but unless I’m wrong the JU-52 transports didn’t seem to have the “cockpit framing” paint that you’re known for. Did I miss it? :?
No, you are not missing it; there is no framing on the Transports.
I did not put any on for a couple reasons; one being time, the other being space. Actually, it would not take long to put framing on, because all I would do is put two black lines on it. Because it was so simple, small and, really, negligible. However, if you want it, I will put it on.
I have a couple more pictures taken by my wonderful fiance that I will post in a second.
@Tall:
but unless I’m wrong the JU-52 transports didn’t seem to have the “cockpit framing” paint that you’re known for. Did I miss it? :?
No, you are not missing it; there is no framing on the Transports.
I did not put any on for a couple reasons; one being time, the other being space. Actually, it would not take long to put framing on, because all I would do is put two black lines on it. Because it was so simple, small and, really, negligible. However, if you want it, I will put it on.
I have a couple more pictures taken by my wonderful fiance that I will post in a second.
Let me know about this asap… I was going to put these in the mail tomorrow if I can.
Lucas,
––Yes, please paint the “cockpit framing” on the JU-52 air transports. Not only will they look much better with it,….but since their White paint lines up with the White paint on the engine nacelles,…it looks a little “funny” without the framing.
----I wouldn’t mind if it took another week or so if necessary to paint the cockpit framing and take many, many more pics. The time it’s taken to get to this point another week is a small price to pay.
----I am more than willing to pay you for this project right now, even though it might be another week or so to get the cockpits painted and additional pics taken of all of them.
––Again,…Great Job,….and I imagine that you’ll be hearing many more superlatives from the guys here on the A&A.Org forum, too!
“Tall Paul”
@Tall:
Lucas,
––Yes, please paint the “cockpit framing” on the JU-52 air transports. Not only will they look much better with it,….but since their White paint lines up with the White paint on the engine nacelles,…it looks a little “funny” without the framing.
----I wouldn’t mind if it took another week or so if necessary to paint the cockpit framing and take many, many more pics. The time it’s taken to get to this point another week is a small price to pay.
----I am more than willing to pay you for this project right now, even though it might be another week or so to get the cockpits painted and additional pics taken of all of them.––Again,…Great Job,….and I imagine that you’ll be hearing many more superlatives from the guys here on the A&A.Org forum, too!
“Tall Paul”
I will get the cockpits done as soon as I can, but to be honest I want them off my hands as quickly as possible. I have so many things to do right now it is not even funny. This last phase of the project has been major crunch time… and I have been trying to be as speedy as possible because I am the one who has no time to wait. I am sure you will not mind the extra impetus.
Wedding is on the 31st and I need to devote 99% of my attention to it. Nevertheless, I will patch these up and get them off to you when I can. As for payment, I will put an invoice together. These planes were ridiculously more time consuming than I thought they would be. I have no desire to do anything like them again for some long time.
Not sure how many more pics I will be able to take, but I can try. Again, time issues… I really need to cut this project out of my to-do list.
That said, this will certainly be my last project for at least a month… what with the wedding and honeymoon. Though we may need to have a discussion along those lines.
Thanks for the compliments though… I strive to please, even in crunch time.
Excellent work Lucas!!!
I know what you mean about the ridiculous amount of time you put into each.
The effort shows though.
And Congrats on the life sentence.
