WWII ID Models

[lastvautour]

Another superb model by Dave.

Lou

[Jim]

Here's two views of my B-24D, made from the I.D. series plans.

[Boomerang]

  Well done ! Looks great.
  Gordon

[lastvautour]

Love the way it turned out. What type of wood did you use?

Lou

[Ken Pugh]

Very cool, looks like a good technique for a Constellation model.

Ken Pugh

[dave_t]

Very very nice. The stand is great too. What do you think of those ID plans after making one?

I think Lou did a laminate model one time with alternating colors.

[Jim]

Thanks for the kind comments. I used basswood, walnut and mahogany for the model and the stand. The base is just a simple pine one from a crafts shop. They stopped selling them, so I make my own now with a router.

I like the I.D. plans very much, and I'm grateful that they've been made available here.

I'm guess I'm not a slave to scale. I like to re-size them. As several people have noted, some of them need to be doctored a bit here and there to make up for wartime inaccuracies, but by and large they make wonderful form studies, and they lend themselves well to artsy flourishes like laminations and exotic woods. I've made quite a number of them that way. I'd be glad to share some photos of them. Should I post them here? I don't have a gallery board. If the administratrors could set one up for me, I could do it there. Whatever's best...



 

[R.F.Bennett]

I'll set something up for you, It will take me a few days though. I'll email the details to you.

[Jim]

Many thanx. I'll look forward to it.

[Jim]

...In the meantime, just to keep the discussion rolling, here's two more photos of an ID model:  The Grumman F3F-2, done in poplar, purpleheart and walnut...

[lastvautour]

Awesome modeling. Thanks for posting for us to see. I will place the image in the Model of the Year post.

Lou

[cliff strachan]

Your Grumman is really something ie great.
Cliff.

[Peter]

Wow your models look very cool and are inspirational.

[Jim]

Thank you all for your kind appreciation. Now that Ray's kindly established a "projects" board for me, I'll post some pictures of my other models there.

Merry Christmas, all!

jim

[lastvautour]

Two more excellent 1/72 WW II recognition models from Dave. The aircraft are superb representations of the Nomad and Texan and feature excellent workmanship and finish. Congratulations Dave, you are a master model maker.

Lou