Can you..... - Aircraft of World War II

Lucky13 · 05-18-2009, 01:41 PM

...build a good model in less than 24 hours?

Njaco · 05-18-2009, 01:45 PM

Are you talking a day or 24 hours combined?

Lucky13 · 05-18-2009, 01:47 PM

In 24 hours straight Sir, 12.00 to 12.00 or whatever...

Airframes · 05-18-2009, 02:11 PM

Now you've started something!
Ah! Wasn't there a pic in one of the threads a couple of months back, where some guys built a Spit on their way to one of the Oz expos?
I suppose it could be done, to an extent, if it wasn't too complex, and straight OOB.
I aint going to try though - with my hands, it can sometimes take that long just to open the bl**dy box!

Lucky13 · 05-18-2009, 02:13 PM

Straight OOB old bean, you're allowed different decals though....

Started what now?

imalko · 05-18-2009, 02:53 PM

With painting and all? I'm not sure its possible. How much time is needed for paint to dry anyway?

Lucky13 · 05-18-2009, 02:55 PM

I think that it'd be possible with acrylics, not so sure about the enamels though....

Thorlifter · 05-18-2009, 03:02 PM

It's completely possible. I used to do it all the time as a teenager.

Go to hobby store, get kit, build kit, nothing to do for the rest of the day.

Lucky13 · 05-18-2009, 03:04 PM

Catch22 · 05-18-2009, 03:24 PM

I think you could do it with say a Corsair or a Hellcat or some other solid colour plane and with acrylic paints.

Lucky13 · 05-18-2009, 03:38 PM

You don't think that it'd be possible with a Luftwaffe or any other machine, with more than one colour in the camouflage?

Airframes · 05-18-2009, 04:46 PM

Probably could with a Hobby Boss 1/72nd scale kit, there're only about 15 parts!

Stitch · 05-18-2009, 06:55 PM

There's no way I could do it; if I finish a kit inside of 24 MONTHS, then I'm working fast! My problem is I'm too much of a perfectionist; if I don't like something, I strip the paint off and start all over again (well, at least on that one piece). Also, I like to give a MINIMUM of 24 hours between coats of enamel paint; there's definitely a difference between "dry" and "cured" paint. Ideally, you should let enamels cure for about a week before giving it a second coat, masking it, and/or applying decals.

Catch22 · 05-18-2009, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky13

You don't think that it'd be possible with a Luftwaffe or any other machine, with more than one colour in the camouflage?

You'd be pushing it. Dry times can really screw things up.

109ROAMING · 05-18-2009, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catch22

Dry times can really screw things up.

I learn't that one the hard way

05-18-2009, 01:41 PM	#1
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Can you..... ...build a good model in less than 24 hours? __________________ 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!"

05-18-2009, 01:45 PM	#2
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,236	Are you talking a day or 24 hours combined? __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

05-18-2009, 01:47 PM	#3
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	In 24 hours straight Sir, 12.00 to 12.00 or whatever... __________________ 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!"

05-18-2009, 02:11 PM	#4
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Now you've started something! Ah! Wasn't there a pic in one of the threads a couple of months back, where some guys built a Spit on their way to one of the Oz expos? I suppose it could be done, to an extent, if it wasn't too complex, and straight OOB. I aint going to try though - with my hands, it can sometimes take that long just to open the bl**dy box! __________________

05-18-2009, 02:13 PM	#5
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Straight OOB old bean, you're allowed different decals though.... Started what now? __________________ 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!"

05-18-2009, 02:53 PM	#6
imalko Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vojvodina, Serbia Posts: 1,307	With painting and all? I'm not sure its possible. How much time is needed for paint to dry anyway? __________________ "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant."

05-18-2009, 02:55 PM	#7
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	I think that it'd be possible with acrylics, not so sure about the enamels though.... __________________ 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!"

05-18-2009, 03:02 PM	#8
Thorlifter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 4,346	It's completely possible. I used to do it all the time as a teenager. Go to hobby store, get kit, build kit, nothing to do for the rest of the day. __________________

05-18-2009, 03:04 PM	#9
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	__________________ 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!"

05-18-2009, 03:24 PM	#10
Catch22 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,293	I think you could do it with say a Corsair or a Hellcat or some other solid colour plane and with acrylic paints. __________________

05-18-2009, 03:38 PM	#11
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	You don't think that it'd be possible with a Luftwaffe or any other machine, with more than one colour in the camouflage? __________________ 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!"

05-18-2009, 04:46 PM	#12
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Probably could with a Hobby Boss 1/72nd scale kit, there're only about 15 parts! __________________

05-18-2009, 06:55 PM	#13
Stitch Banned Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 80	There's no way I could do it; if I finish a kit inside of 24 MONTHS, then I'm working fast! My problem is I'm too much of a perfectionist; if I don't like something, I strip the paint off and start all over again (well, at least on that one piece). Also, I like to give a MINIMUM of 24 hours between coats of enamel paint; there's definitely a difference between "dry" and "cured" paint. Ideally, you should let enamels cure for about a week before giving it a second coat, masking it, and/or applying decals.

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