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MarkoT

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  • Birthday 05/31/1971

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  • FirstName
    Marko
  • LastName
    Teerioja
  • IPMS Number
    46202
  • Local Chapter
    IPMS Finland
  • City
    Kerava
  • State
    Finland
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    Male
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    Kerava, Finland
  1. OK- It is done- I'm rather happy with it and how it looks... maybe a bit on the dark side and maybe just a hint too flat. I tried to capture the look of an airplane which have been flying a while from the carrier (It has the gunnery markings and winged turtle). All feedback is more than welcome Cheers /marko
  2. Just one picture to update how the top wing looks like after loose ends have been cut of from the top wing. After this its just new base coat and finishing. The model should be ready tomorrow- I will add pictures of the finished model. cheers /marko
  3. That's a combination of different shades of Alclad II- "Aluminium" on the wings, engine section is "white aluminium", tail is "chrome" and fuselage section "highly polished aluminium". I used bright aluminium shades due the reason that I'm going to take the shine down with flat varnish- that also makes the alclad darker. Only shining parts should be the wings. cheers /marko
  4. Some progress has been made in the last couple of days I hope you can see the rigging lines going all over the place. Also I hope you are able to see how I use Tamiya masking tape to secure the rigging in place. At the moment I have undersides drying from the super glue treatment. I let dry some time before I treat the upper surfaces as well. Then I let it dry for some 24 hours so I can be sure its fully dry before I proceed with trimming the excess fishing line away. I will add some more pictures tomorrow when you can see how I hide the holes etc from the model. Then it's the time for final shots :) Bob- sure I can write something. Lets see after the model is finished how it went. Cheers /marko
  5. Hi, Perhaps this one helps a bit. My method is that I use size #83 drill bit to open the holes first. Then I do a double knot in the end of 2lb fishing line and pull it through the hole so it locks into is place due the knot. I secure the knot with some thin super glue. When it comes to the finishing of the model- I leave the upper surface of the top wing and the lower surface of the lower wing unfinished. I pull the threads through and secure the rigging in place with the halp og Tamiya masking tape. the Tamiya tape is not really mandatory but I have it on my table all the time so it is the easiest choice for me most of the time. I don't glue the rigging in place until I have all of the rigging in place. When ready I check the alignment of the wings and tighten the threads and finalize the installation with superglue. I use superglue also to fill the holes so I leave the glue for at least 12 hours before I finalize and tidy the rigging. Then I finalize the surface and paint it etc. The negative side of this approach is that it requires some carefull planning and the preparations of the holes. Also the pre-rigging is quite a pain once in place. You have to be carefull all the time not to cut the lines or get all mixed up with them. I will post some more pictures when I have made some more progress. Exhaust is done by first painting it with Gunze "rust". Then I opened the ends of the pipes. Rest of the exhaust is treated with Mig pigments (Dark, Old and light rust, ash and smoke black) and then secured in place with matt varnish. cheers /marko
  6. As promised earlier- here comes few pictures regarding the progress of this build. The target is to get this one ready for the largest hobby fair which is held in the nordic countries called Model-Expo. Best Regards /marko
  7. I'm happy I joined IPMS USA- thanks for your help Nick. I will post some pictures regarding the build and its progress- now I have to struggle to finalize the 1/72 ICM SB-2 M100 which due date is tomorrow. I have some +20 hours to finish it. cheers /marko
  8. Status update I just received a hard copy of "Grumman Biplane fighters in action" book and there was an excellent photo of 6-F-13 plane. BuNo is 0998. The picture provides a ton of interesting details like Battle E award and White Winged Turtle. This was indeed and excellent chase and the result was quite a surprise when it comes to the actual number. Now I have no excuse why not to start cheers- and thanks for help again /marko
  9. All, Thank you for this very valuable information and options. I have also spent some hours in the wonderweb trying to find more information regarding this 6-F-13 but without any real luck. I encountered those russian pages where are color profiles from Squadron "Grumman Biplanes..." book and that is the closest I have sen so far- 6-F-7 # 0985. Well - at least it has partial Willow green cowling so I will keep that as my backup option. One part of my modeling hobby is to build as historically accurate as possible. Like this example shows and the wonderful and very valuable research that Nick did in order to help me that there is a lot of interesting history and incorrect information and even missing information. Digging out those bits and pieces of information, investigations and research only to find one picture etc. that is which really helps me to get me more "committed" to my build. I will keep on investigating- I ordered a hardcopy of that Grumman book etc. and obviously- I need to share my results and the pictures of my Grumman F3F-2 build here. The target is to get the plane ready in the beginning of April when we have a large Model Expo exhibition here in Finland which is also the the largest annual scale modeling contest here. Thanks again /marko
  10. All, I would like to build a Grumman F3F-2 representing a 5th section leader plane from CV-6 ( I just love the combination of the Willow green and True Blue colors). The problem I have is that I haven't been able to identify right Bureau number for such an aircraft 6-F-13. Could someone help me with right number? Best Regards /marko
  11. And again nice job- I especially like the wings and the way they look. /marko
  12. Nice and well balanced "string-bag"- nice indeed /marko
  13. Actually you can. From here you can find a picture of Danish A35XD (F35) without recce- nose. Picture. The problem you will face though is the fact that those A35 Export Denmark a/c 's were quite heavily modified in order to fit danish service which was more ground attack oriented than fighter oriented. (Source: Draken Database) In case you decide to go after that Recce-version- here is one resin nose that I know of: Rebell Hobby There are english pages available- most likely it is the easiest way to write directly to Max if you want purchase that resin wonder. I have done a lot of business with Max so I can definitely recommend him. I hope this helps
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