First cardmodel is in the hanger ...

**MrMark** · 11-23-2011 08:58

Well here it is, my first attempt at a 1/144 scale cardmodel.
Now all I need is gimbal mounts to be back in stock!

**Tommy Z** · 11-23-2011 09:06

Nice Work!

**Dan-Sam** · 11-23-2011 09:18

Excelent job Mark - I admire especially the clean lines of the wings and fuselage

**Burt** · 11-23-2011 09:37

Wonderfull job.
Don't think I could do anything like as well as that

**Zakopious** · 11-23-2011 09:37

Glad to see another cardmodeler showing the forum that making the planes in 1/144 scale is possible.

Your plane looks great.

It is just as good as the commercial models and cost a fraction of the commercial model's price.

P.S. See: http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...Gimbles-galore!

There is also another thread which mentions using dressmaker pins for gimbal mounts but I can't find it at the moment.

**The Cowman** · 11-23-2011 11:11

Turned out fantastic Mark!

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 11-23-2011 11:16

A real smart piece of work Mark. All the more so because it is your first effort in this medium. Well done.
Rob.

**Madboyo** · 11-23-2011 12:01

Very nicely done!

**gully_raker** · 11-23-2011 15:08

Congrats on a very nice & crisp "first build".
Very well done!

**Willi Von Klugermann** · 11-23-2011 16:50

Very sweet indeed.

**greenalfonzo** · 11-23-2011 17:26

Wow! Very, very impressive. Would never guess that it is paper.

**Jure** · 11-23-2011 21:40

Amazing! Excellent work, Mark. How did you manage to make the wheel hubs? Them things are small!?
Well done indeed!

Jure

**alpine** · 11-23-2011 22:01

You sure that's your first?

**bumblie3** · 11-23-2011 23:58

A terrific job, Mark. Really well done. I wish I could manage work like that.

John.

**Oberst Hajj** · 11-24-2011 00:59

Yes, very nicely done! Oh, and it must be your lucky day... the Gimbal Mounts are back in stock.

**Guntruck** · 11-24-2011 01:00

Excellent work there.

**Bluedevil** · 11-24-2011 01:56

Wow!Looks nice indeed!

**jbmacek** · 11-24-2011 04:00

That's great! And I need to know how you did that prop! (I'm going to have to make one for a plane I'll be working on, and yours looks great so I want to replicate it.)

**MrMark** · 11-24-2011 05:55

Thank you for all of the kind words.
A lot of credit goes to two excellent posts from Getter 1 and Zakopious

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ot-Card-models
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...s-by-Zakopious
These two posts are full of useful tips for anyone interested in building card-models for WoW.

While this was my first model at 1/144 scale, it is not my first card-model. I have built a handful of Pokémon for my kids and a 1/72 scale A13 tank for my son (AKA Awesome Dude). It was built to be played with and is showing some "battle damage"

**MrMark** · 11-24-2011 06:03

Originally Posted by jbmacek

That's great! And I need to know how you did that prop! (I'm going to have to make one for a plane I'll be working on, and yours looks great so I want to replicate it.)

Check out the post by Zakopious:
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ll=1#post99891

I resized the originals in Paint Shop Pro and printed it on transparency film. I was initially not happy with the "grip" that I got with super glue (Loctite Control Gel). To give the glue something to hold on to I used a small drill bit to make a hole in the center that was a little smaller than the "shaft" (very small section of toothpick) that I mounted on the front of the engine. It now seems to be holding securely.

**MrMark** · 11-24-2011 06:09

Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj

Yes, very nicely done! Oh, and it must be your lucky day... the Gimbal Mounts are back in stock.

Thats great! Just in time for Cyber Monday!
Let's see how lucky I am ... since I have no official WoW miniatures, I also need altitude pegs to come in.

**MrMark** · 11-24-2011 06:22

Originally Posted by Jure

Amazing! Excellent work, Mark. How did you manage to make the wheel hubs? Them things are small!?
Well done indeed!

Jure

Yes I could not have done it without magnification, I have an Optivisor with a 2.5x lens. A google search for optivisor da5 will show what I mean.

The wheel hubs were rolled with the help of a toothpick. See Getter 1's post (step 26)
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ll=1#post65018

I used 65lb card stock and found that I got better results if I "de-layered" the paper like he showed with rolling the guns ( also step 26 ) This helped get a uniform shape and also reduced the white edge visible around the piece.

**Zakopious** · 11-24-2011 16:14

Originally Posted by MrMark

Check out the post by Zakopious:
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ll=1#post99891

I resized the originals in Paint Shop Pro and printed it on transparency film. I was initially not happy with the "grip" that I got with super glue (Loctite Control Gel). To give the glue something to hold on to I used a small drill bit to make a hole in the center that was a little smaller than the "shaft" (very small section of toothpick) that I mounted on the front of the engine. It now seems to be holding securely.

At first I put a pin through the disk and secured it with super glue.
This did not work well because the super glue caused a frost or haze on the prop disk.

Then I tried using the clear UHU glue which sticks to plastic and it worked well with no frost or haze.

**MrMark** · 11-24-2011 20:07

Originally Posted by Zakopious

the super glue caused a frost or haze on the prop disk.

I am not sure if it is the super glue I used (Loctite Control Gel) or the transparency ( Apollo Transparency Film for Ink Jet Printers) but I did not seem to have any issues with haze.
Depending on how it holds up, I may try the UHU.

**Zakopious** · 11-25-2011 01:07

Originally Posted by MrMark

I am not sure if it is the super glue I used (Loctite Control Gel) or the transparency ( Apollo Transparency Film for Ink Jet Printers) but I did not seem to have any issues with haze.
Depending on how it holds up, I may try the UHU.

I am surprised that you had no haze.
It is a very common problem, Google (superglue haze).
There is a superglue which is said to not cause haze.
See: http://www.filla-glu.com/page_2420241.html

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 11-25-2011 01:24

I ruined one of the Oberst's bases with Super Glue haze, the first time that I glued a peg into one. It made me a lot more careful with transparent objects after that.
Rob.

**Jure** · 11-26-2011 00:28

Originally Posted by MrMark

Yes I could not have done it without magnification, I have an Optivisor with a 2.5x lens. A google search for optivisor da5 will show what I mean.

The wheel hubs were rolled with the help of a toothpick. See Getter 1's post (step 26)
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ll=1#post65018

I used 65lb card stock and found that I got better results if I "de-layered" the paper like he showed with rolling the guns ( also step 26 ) This helped get a uniform shape and also reduced the white edge visible around the piece.

Yes, I got the Optivisor the other day, thank you very much for the advice! I went and ordered it right away, my eyes are grateful...

Jure

**MrMark** · 11-28-2011 19:48

Originally Posted by Jure

Yes, I got the Optivisor the other day, thank you very much for the advice! I went and ordered it right away, my eyes are grateful...

Jure

Glad to help!

**MrMark** · 11-28-2011 20:02

Originally Posted by Zakopious

I am surprised that you had no haze.
It is a very common problem, Google (superglue haze).
There is a superglue which is said to not cause haze.
See: http://www.filla-glu.com/page_2420241.html

I was also surprised. I tried it first on a piece of scrap transparency, partly because I was expecting haze. My wife ( a chemist ) thought that it may be the slower cure rate of the gel glue resulting in a lower concentration of fumes and/or the relatively low humidity that we had on the day I did the gluing. I do not have any other CA glue at this time, but it would be interesting to compare the normal stuff with the gel. I may just get some UHU so that I do not have to worry about it.