***Alarm Start - Unternehemen Flugbrucke! - Aircraft of World War II

Airframes · 12-31-2008, 10:32 PM

As promised, here's the first entry for the group build. BUT, remember, this is a 'thrown in' entry only, and will NOT be included in the judging/results.
The idea was to do something just a little different, not only in the choice of subject but, for me, the choice of the teeny weeny 1/72nd scale.
The intention is to promote enthusiasm, hopefully a bit of inspiration, and to launch the first Group Build for the forum.
It is possible that this could also be the first group build done entirely over the Internet, Internationally!
Possibly also the first ever modelling 'competition' to be judged solely on photographic presentations, as opposed to the actual models being available for inspection.
And to think, it had to be a Jockanese Swede to come up with the idea!
Hats off to Lucky!!
So, here's the first of what I hope will be many entries.
The 'Hobby Boss' 1/72nd scale Focke Wulf FW190A8, finished as a II/JG26 machine, abandoned after the unit's departure from Melsbroek, Belgium, September 1944.
Looking forward to loads of pics, from ALL you modellers, as your builds progress.
Happy modelling, and good luck to you all!
Terry.
PS, from what I've seen on this forum, most, if not all of you, can do MUCH better than this!

Lucky13 · 12-31-2008, 10:34 PM

Bl**dy brilliant dear boy...! If my entries are half that good; I'm happy!

Gnomey · 12-31-2008, 10:41 PM

To be honest Terry, I maybe many years younger than you but I doubt I could do better than that. Well done!

Looking forward to the rest of the group builds (even if the idea was from a Swede (although they do have some delectable women))...

Micdrow · 12-31-2008, 10:48 PM

Great job there Terry!!!! If only I had half that talent.

GrauGeist · 12-31-2008, 10:58 PM

Good Lord, Terry...you did a heck of a job on that, and in such a short time!

Well done!

Heinz · 12-31-2008, 11:15 PM

Wow Terry it looks grand

Wayne Little · 01-01-2009, 02:18 AM

Very nice Terry....always wanted to do this subject, and may still do so....would like some additional pics of her though...what do you have?

rochie · 01-01-2009, 05:09 AM

absolutely brilliant terry

lesofprimus · 01-01-2009, 08:10 AM

Fantastic work for a guy with knackered hands Terry... Great job man, and a perfect lauch off to get the guys motivated...

Wurger · 01-01-2009, 08:27 AM

Looking very, very nice Terry.

Good job.

Lucky13 · 01-01-2009, 08:31 AM

Inspirational is a word that comes to mind Terry boy...

109ROAMING · 01-01-2009, 08:35 AM

Good stuff Terry!

This is really gonna be a learning curve for me because I've never done a colourscheme this hard before with an airbrush,Spose it'l help being 1/48

Matt308 · 01-01-2009, 01:51 PM

Fanstastic Terry. Just fantastic. And man was that quick!!

Njaco · 01-01-2009, 03:12 PM

Now you have me embarassed by doing a 1/72 because my eyes and still working hands don't want to do it! Absolutely fantastic!!

Lucky13 · 01-01-2009, 03:48 PM

Hat's off and a raised dram to you Terry, old fart!

12-31-2008, 10:34 PM	#2
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Bl**dy brilliant dear boy...! If my entries are half that good; I'm happy! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

12-31-2008, 10:41 PM	#3
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,224	To be honest Terry, I maybe many years younger than you but I doubt I could do better than that. Well done! Looking forward to the rest of the group builds (even if the idea was from a Swede (although they do have some delectable women))... __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

12-31-2008, 10:48 PM	#4
Micdrow “Archive” Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,852	Great job there Terry!!!! If only I had half that talent. __________________ "Valor does not mean Hero."

12-31-2008, 10:58 PM	#5
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,347	Good Lord, Terry...you did a heck of a job on that, and in such a short time! Well done! __________________ "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis <

12-31-2008, 11:15 PM	#6
Heinz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,736	Wow Terry it looks grand __________________

01-01-2009, 02:18 AM	#7
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 12,511	Very nice Terry....always wanted to do this subject, and may still do so....would like some additional pics of her though...what do you have? __________________

01-01-2009, 05:09 AM	#8
rochie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk Posts: 3,115	absolutely brilliant terry __________________ "We're not easily frightened. Also we know how hard it is for an army to cross the Channel — the last little corporal to try it came a cropper. So don't threaten or dictate to us until you're marching up Whitehall! ...and even then we won't listen!" quote from B.O.B movie

01-01-2009, 08:10 AM	#9
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,501	Fantastic work for a guy with knackered hands Terry... Great job man, and a perfect lauch off to get the guys motivated... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

01-01-2009, 08:27 AM	#10
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	Looking very, very nice Terry. Good job. __________________

01-01-2009, 08:31 AM	#11
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Inspirational is a word that comes to mind Terry boy... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

01-01-2009, 08:35 AM	#12
109ROAMING Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 4,998	Good stuff Terry! This is really gonna be a learning curve for me because I've never done a colourscheme this hard before with an airbrush,Spose it'l help being 1/48 __________________ "When all else fails read the manual"

01-01-2009, 01:51 PM	#13
Matt308 aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 13,386	Fanstastic Terry. Just fantastic. And man was that quick!! __________________ "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.] Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts

01-01-2009, 03:12 PM	#14
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,236	Now you have me embarassed by doing a 1/72 because my eyes and still working hands don't want to do it! Absolutely fantastic!! __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

01-01-2009, 03:48 PM	#15
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Hat's off and a raised dram to you Terry, old fart! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

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