Blohm & Voss BV 155V-1

[Deleted member 11187]

Most interesting project here urumomo, sir.
We were just talking about putties before, eh?
Not quite as familiar with this type as the similar
Arado 240 was it? Nowhere near the stork like
wing span as this. Very elegant, you could say.
Was it a one off prototype?

Edit: just read a quick wiki on it. 50,000+ feet
is near space. Awesome

 

[urumomo]

Yes , there's video and links plus the kit's info at the beginning of the thread .
They supposedly built 3

 

[Deleted member 11187]

Yes , there's video and links plus the kit's info at the beginning of the thread .
They supposedly built 3

Thank you I'll look that up.

 

[urumomo]

Aight
need to finish this canopy work then I can finally put some color on her .
Back in December I pulled this out for it's low part count since I just wanted something to paint .
4 months later

I'm thinking of doing the camo like the lower Stuka :

I'm open to suggestions .
That box-art scheme is too boring

 

[urumomo]

OR ,
Maybe an active camo system so she blends into any landscape :

 

[BLT]

Haha that cracked me up...

 

[urumomo]

 

[Wolf Star]

No matter tank or aircraft, German camo patterns are fun and difficult to choose just one. However, I love me some Haunebu pattern

 

[urumomo]

MeH !

that's the same kinda splinter camo in the box-art

 

[urumomo]

I like this one

 

[Quaralane]

Go with what you like best

 

[urumomo]

 

[urumomo]

I was guessing that rectangular hole in the underside of the wing that I filled could be an ejection port but it was only on that one side and this kit has no gun barrels .

And alas ,
Scale Hobbyist has added this kit : https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...&ppp=48&sb=stocknumber&so=a&e=1&sc=72&man=SPH

You can see the opening on both wings now and they are aligned with the gun placement .
It looks like this kit excludes the giant scope and adds only the gun barrels protruding from the leading edge of the wings .
Maybe a much smaller scope ? Hard to tell .

 

[urumomo]

I decided to go with camo along these lines :

I've ordered paints specifically for it .

And

I was forced to order this one : https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...-clear-nose/HBB00080377/product.php?kw=me-262
They wouldn't ship my order if I didn't

evidently this above 262's final moments existing .
Never even got to drop it's bombs

 

[BLT]

I decided to go with camo along these lines :

I've ordered paints specifically for it .

And

I was forced to order this one : https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...-clear-nose/HBB00080377/product.php?kw=me-262
They wouldn't ship my order if I didn't

evidently this above 262's final moments existing .
never even got to drop it's bombs

So they practically forced your hand?

Well... You had no choice then, everyone can see that!

Happens to me all the time, I'll have to mention this to the miss tho, she thinks I'm doing something wrong!

 

[urumomo]

I was contemplating getting this other Special Hobby kit : https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...&ppp=48&sb=stocknumber&so=a&e=1&sc=72&man=SPH

But I figured if I was going to break my moratorium on buying new kits that aren't for donor parts ,
then that 1/48 kit looked like more for the money .
Eager to see what the Hobby Beast has done for the cockpits .

 

[urumomo]

Getting back to this canopy work finally .
First thing I see is a tiny white something stuck to the INSIDE of the canopy - right in the middle of the right side .
What tha ?

Removing the canopy isn't an option - not a sane one .

Luckily there is not much between the front end of the fuselage and the cockpit .
and the hole for mounting the prop is just big enough for a tiny swab ( Tamiya , extra small round )

As soon as I touched the contaminant it vanished . I don't know if it stuck to the swab or fell into the cockpit .
I drummed my fingers atop the engine cowling and tilted the nose down repeatedly so maybe whatever it was fell down into the nose or at least stuck to something else if it was still in there .
The prop will go on after all the paint work is done , that's for sure

The paints for the occasion -
Newly acquired paint on the left :

 

[BeebleBrox]

Canopys..
Whats the trick?
Mask, cut carefully, airbrush. Clear coat on the "glass" ?

 

[urumomo]

Step One : Buy a kit that has parts that fit .
LOL

I dip em in " Future " .
I'll mask it using liquid mask .

 

[urumomo]

Another month ?!
I haven't abandoned this thing . Yet
Been picking at the canopy / fuselage joint . I had to putty up onto the clear to float it out to establish a new profile that works .
Ready to scribe the new canopy joint and restore the panel lines and details .

I just recently modified the handle on that 3X magnifier and attached it to that old , disused balance arm .
FANTASTIC !
What a difference .

The Giant-Scope is covered in liquid mask so it looks funky .

 

[BLT]

That IS funky!

 

[urumomo]

Well ,
She's finally ready for color-coat .
But it's been so long that now I'm back to undecided on the paint scheme

I had sliced off that tiny air scoop just forward the canopy to get it out of the way for the corrective work , and of course when I went to reattach it , it had evaporated from the container I had tossed it into .
So , I made a replacement from a tiny chunk of 1.5 mm aluminum tube and some lacquer putty .

( That will be the only question I'll have in the afterlife - " where did all that stuff go ? Those bolts , that gasket , that entire friggin 2X12 .... " )

She's getting painted TODAY .
I keep pushing this thing back in front of myself - " dude , you need to finish this F#*$@r "

The underside will be MiG's Hellblau , so I'm starting there and by the time that's dry I will have decided on her camo .

 

[BLT]

Well ,
She's finally ready for color-coat .
But it's been so long that now I'm back to undecided on the paint scheme

I had sliced off that tiny air scoop just forward the canopy to get it out of the way for the corrective work , and of course when I went to reattach it , it had evaporated from the container I had tossed it into .
So , I made a replacement from a tiny chunk of 1.5 mm aluminum tube and some lacquer putty .

( That will be the only question I'll have in the afterlife - " where did all that stuff go ? Those bolts , that gasket , that entire friggin 2X12 .... " )

She's getting painted TODAY .
I keep pushing this thing back in front of myself - " dude , you need to finish this F#*$@r "

The underside will be MiG's Hellblau , so I'm starting there and by the time that's dry I will have decided on her camo .

Haha I know that feeling... Where the f%#& did I put that thing?! Even worse, when you're dead certain you put the damn thing in that container!

Anyway I wote pink and violet polka dots!

 

[urumomo]

Yep , I definitely threw it into the little container with the prop , spinner and landing gear components - which are all still there ( fortunately )
I was so happy that I removed it so cleanly with the ultrasonic knife .... oh , well . I think the replacement looks better anywaze .

" Anyway I want pink and violet polka dots! "

Don't temp me . It won't take much ; I've been considering something crazy but it will probably be some iteration of the examples on those Me 262 .

 

[Belugawrx]

I do quite like this one U

 

[urumomo]

I painted the underside with this AK , Medium Grey , " Brand New Formula "
I forgot I had chosen that over the Hellblau .

First time using them .
DO NOT use any alcohol with it ,, unless you want it gooey and chunky . It's one of those emulsions
Isopropyl , ethanol / methanol , butoxy ethanol etc etc . No .

I used that Golden airbrush medium , but the Vallejo works also .
I can't verify the contents of the Vallejo , but the Golden is 70% propylene glycol ( retarder ) with the rest water and a tiny amount of Ammonia ( ammonium hydroxide 26% ) , only .2 % .
I assume that's used as a surfactant .

When looking for info on the Vallejo thinner , I saw way too many saying it was mostly isopropyl alcohol .
Well , we know that can't be right .
Probably pretty close to what Golden has concocted .

Into the food dehydrator for a couple of hours @ about 100 F .
Speed up whatever crosslinking is happening , before I start masking atop it . Probably a pretty fast cure with these AK Real Colors .

Liquid masking in progress :

 

[urumomo]

LOL
well , Hello , Wrx

That confused me when I posted -- I didn't know you had posted that and when I saw that camo-art , I though " Oh great , what tha? - it posted into the middle of the thread ?? what just happened ? "
The site tells you if someone has posted while you're composing yours but I guess I missed it since I kept getting interrupted by all these dogs .

I'm obviously doing the other scheme . Kinda
Thinking of doing a hybrid with the lines .

 

[BLT]

Looks great man. Any particular reason for going with AK?

 

[urumomo]

Which AK ?
I chose all the paints for their color . I'm familiar with the AK Real Color , it's another " lacquer acrylic " , probably similar to Tamiya's , though I've never used Tamiya paints .

 

[BLT]

Which AK ?
I chose all the paints for their color . I'm familiar with the AK Real Color , it's another " lacquer acrylic " , probably similar to Tamiya's , though I've never used Tamiya paints .

The ones you showed in the previous reply. The Grey ones. I was just wondering, but if it's for no other reason than it's paint you know, it's good enough. I'm just asking cuz there're a lot different paints and I'm always interested in knowing why people chose this or that particular paint... I only know humbrol and Tamiya... And I just bought vallejo for figure painting.

But I did consider trying AK or was it mig, can't remember, purely cuz they have a ball inside for stirring the paint.

So I'm just curious as to your experience, that's all.