test builders for recolors

[lfuente]

Hello all,

Having enjoyed free papermodels from scissorsandplanes, racepaper, gerry1966, garypilsworth, cafe, airdave and others it's time for me to pay it forward (a little).

I've started a series of vintage (e.g. my childhood) aircraft from obscure, now defunct, Philippine airline companies and would like to have them test built before the general release to the forum since I don't have a working printer just now. I intend to release them in 1:200 scale, but the test builders will get them in the larger editing scale so the mis-alignments and other stuff to fix show up better.

These include the Air Manila Lockheed L188 (from scissorsandplanes) and Fokker F27 (from Gerry1966), and Filipinas Orient Airways YS11 (from Hiroshi Tozawa). I have permission for the first 2 but have been unable to find any means of emailing Tozawa-san.

Send me a private message with your email address and choices, and I'll send you the files as PDF attachments. One of them even has a bonus aircraft tug (not mine).

Enjoy!

[lfuente]

OK, at least 1 person has volunteered to test build so I know some people are reading this thread. Still don't have a working printer right now.

This update is a recolor of Chaiwat's 1:200 C-45 Expeditor as a 1941 Philippine Air Lines Beech Model 18 airliner. Red overall with with gold Beech speedbird stripes and white registration numbers. I erased the starboard door and added landing gear.

Chaiwat builds his models with transparent canopies so this model has a big hole in the cockpit. I found a flat wrap windscreen pattern from a balsa model plan and put 4 different windscreen sizes for the test builder to figure out which one (or none) fits best, add your own tabs.

Working scale was meant to be 1:100 but if the Powerpoint ruler is correct the wingspan is about 7.5" when it should be 5.72" (so about 1:76).

Any takers? Send a private message with your email address and I'll send you the PDF. Also working on a generic USAF C-45 in olive and gray.

[lfuente]

Feels like I'm talking to myself, but I know people are reading this. Go have a look at Bruno Vanhecke's '1 model per working day' thread on the Aviation subboard for information about the dozen recolors I just uploaded.

More are coming, just waiting on testbuilder reports.

[missileer]

You are right; a lot of us are just lurkers.:) Thanks for sharing all these re-paints.

John

[lfuente]

Thanks, I enjoyed doing them and it's a plus to pay it forward. Just finished my latest recolor, the next batch looks like a flock of helicopters.

[Richschindler]

I would love to help you out and build one or two of these aircraft, but unfortunately right now I'm busy relocating as I've just retired.
I'd love to get one each of all those kits in there original scale.
As I get older I'm finding it harder to build those small 1/200 kits. So 1/72 or so, is what I seem to be able to build without any sort of building issues these days.

[Stormeagle]

Sorry for the lack of build reports Ifuente, but I am on vacation and only have the pc with me...the printer is at home so I need to wait till September for new printouts...:)

[airdave]

You can't publish a paper model without some sort of paper cockpit canopy!
I know many people use plastic for their canopies, but you still have to provide a paper one.
I did not realize that Jack doesn't provide canopies with his planes.
I know they are free models, but so what?

Jack(Chaiwat)...my friend...make some canopy templates! LOL

This sounds interesting: C-45 Expeditor as a 1941 Philippine Air Lines Beech Model 18 airliner
Is it a difficult model?
I have way too many projects on the go.
I would like to see it regardless.

[lfuente]

Sorry for the lack of build reports Ifuente, but I am on vacation and only have the pc with me...the printer is at home so I need to wait till September for new printouts...:)

No pressure guys, Pablo's doing his best to help debug Chaiwat's C-45. Without a printer I do need your input to improve alignment and other things.

I understand your problem Rich, but I prefer small. This also ensures I don't take business away from original designers like Aaron. Most of the free downloads are metric, hence the A4 basis size. If you have an A3 paper printer you can do 'fit to page' to get 1:71. A3 is about 2 legal size sheets joined long edge to long edge.

And Dave thanks for the DB5, it's on my shortlist - only time I saw one in the flesh was at a California car lot in the 1990s, it was red but I stood and admired it for a good half hour. Send me a PM with your email if you want to give the C-45 (1:200, mostly tab-less, no directions) a shot.

I've branched out into civilian helicopters, so if you like those check back often. I work from pictures so all of my recolors are real aircraft, but online civilian photos are uncommon even when searching for NPC-xxxx (until 1945) PI-Cxxxx (1945-1975) or RP-Cxxxx (after 1975). Maybe you guys can turn up something, I've done the usual internet photo archives and found little - if you want to help, here are the ones I've found photos for: RP-C2294, RP-C887, RP-C2042, RP-C2043, RP-C1350, RP-C1942, RP-C1258, RP-C1888, RP-C33, RP-C221 and RP-C4190.

You can guess which ones I'm recoloring by googling those serials in a registry database, but no guarantees on complicated liveries. Bonus points if you can find a photo of an Philippine MD500D (T-tail and round, not pointy nose) or Hughes 369/model 500 (V-tail).

[papermate]

Would love to help but at the moment too much on my plate already.
Will see after the projects at hand are cleared.

Papermate

[lfuente]

Just uploaded over 10 recolors into Philippine aircraft which include:

1) Updated Bruno V's UH-1D Iroquois in 1:100 olive drab 3 1990s-2000s PAF

2) Bruno V's UH-1H Iroquois in 1:100 olive drab 3 1960s-1980s PAF

3) Roy F's Bo-105CB in 1:72 4 1970s-2000s PAF, PN

4) Aero Asahi's HH-52 Seaguard in 1:100 2 ASR schemes 1960s-1980s PAF

5) Aero Asahi's AS350B Ecureuil in 1:100 1990s-2000s 2 PNP

6) Aero Asahi's AS350B Ecureuil in 1:100 1990s-2000s ABS-CBN

7) Aero Asahi's Bell 206B2 Jetranger II in 1:100 4 1970s-2000s (bonus!)

8) Bruno V's SA316B Alouette III in 1:72 2 1960s-1980s

9) PRModels' MD500E/MD520MG Defender in 1:72 4 1990s-2000s PAF

10) PRModels' Mi-24 Hind-A in 1:100 2 1970s-1990s SAF

Originally planned to release 8 helicopters but it ballooned to 10, not including the variant liveries that bring it up to 27! For some models my request for permission to share went unanswered, but I'm sharing these anyway under fair use with full attribution.

Rich (and others with similar vision/coordination problems), there's a number of 1:72 models included, so enjoy!

EDIT: Of course, only after the moderators approve the files - uploaded just minutes ago.

[Knife]

Very generous of you. Thank you. I will build some of these.

[rickstef]

files have been approved

[cafe]

Heads up: the file for the Mi-24 is missing.

[lfuente]

Heads up: the file for the Mi-24 is missing.

Now fixed, thanks Carlos! My slow internet connections made getting timed out of Papermodelers happen often. I did wonder why nobody was downloading.

And by the way, apologies to the moderators - I think I was driving up the view counts for my user page by checking the download numbers without logging in first.

[lfuente]

Heads up for people who downloaded the ABS-CBN AS350B - I found a few small errors like the front notch at the base of the tailfin and fixed them. This was because I was editing some liveries from new pictures and decided to add 2 more.

Apparently the stripes are a typical Eurocopter scheme and only the colors are unique to ABS-CBN. The minimalist white scheme was dead easy so it got added.

Still no luck finding pictures of Philippine registered MD500D or older Hughes 369, any ideas where to look online?

[lfuente]

Pablo's now too busy to continue with the test build of the C-45, so could I have other volunteers? I don't want to release this prematurely as the substitute flat wrap windscreen really needs to be tested for fit.

Pablo got as far as showing me the first set of windscreens I supplied were all too small, and I can forward our build guide suggestions to the next volunteer.

I still do not have access to a printer, so I can't do this myself.


OK, at least 1 person has volunteered to test build so I know some people are reading this thread. Still don't have a working printer right now.

This update is a recolor of Chaiwat's 1:200 C-45 Expeditor as a 1941 Philippine Air Lines Beech Model 18 airliner. Red overall with with gold Beech speedbird stripes and white registration numbers. I erased the starboard door and added landing gear.

Chaiwat builds his models with transparent canopies so this model has a big hole in the cockpit. I found a flat wrap windscreen pattern from a balsa model plan and put 4 different windscreen sizes for the test builder to figure out which one (or none) fits best, add your own tabs.

Working scale was meant to be 1:100 but if the Powerpoint ruler is correct the wingspan is about 7.5" when it should be 5.72" (so about 1:76).

Any takers? Send a private message with your email address and I'll send you the PDF. Also working on a generic USAF C-45 in olive and gray.

[lfuente]

Just awaiting moderator approval, new recolors into Philippine aircraft that include:

1) Marcel K's BN-2-A21 Islander in 1:72 gray and white 2 1970s-1980s PN, including serial 428 as kitted by Airfix

2) Marcel K's BN-2-A21 Islander in 1:72 overall blue 2 1990s-2000s PN

3) Marcel K's BN-2A-21 Islander in 1:72 overall aluminum 2 1970s-1990s PAF

4) Marcel K's BN-2-A21 Islander in 1:72 air charter 2 1970s-1980s Philippine Aerotransport

5) Marcel K's BN-2-A21 Islander in 1:72 air charter 2 1990s-2000s Chemtrad Aviation

6) Marcel K's BN-2-A21 Islander in 1:72 air charter 2 1990s-2000s PacificAir

7) Tak N's 172 in 1:72 2 1990s-2000s Philippine Airlines Aviation School

8) Tak N's 172 in 1:72 4 1960s-2000s PAF T-41 and PN 172F

9) Fiddler's Green J-3 in 1:72 1980s-1990s PN

Rich (and others with similar vision/coordination problems), they're all 1:72 models so enjoy!

[rickstef]

files have been approved

[cafe]

You should check the L-4J download. The file is missing.

[rickstef]

good catch, i got caught up approving them, forgot to check, plus it is a Fiddlers Green model, and i would like to know if approval to share the repaint has been given

[cafe]

Yep, that too.

[lfuente]

I don't know why Papermodelers keeps dropping stuff I uploaded, sometimes happens for files over 1MB. Anyway I uploaded the PN L4J again, and Rick I just PMed you a copy of Scott Fyn's email reply giving permission.

[rickstef]

I have gotten your PM, and i have approved the file

[lfuente]

Thanks for the quick action, Rick.

It's just odd that the L4J isn't showing up on my user vBDownloads list, only as random entries into the 'more from this user' side panel.

[lfuente]

I've branched out into civilian helicopters, so if you like those check back often. I work from pictures so all of my recolors are real aircraft, but online civilian photos are uncommon even when searching for NPC-xxxx (until 1945) PI-Cxxxx (1945-1975) or RP-Cxxxx (after 1975). Maybe you guys can turn up something, I've done the usual internet photo archives and found little - if you want to help, here are the ones I've found photos for: RP-C2294, RP-C887, RP-C2042, RP-C2043, RP-C1350, RP-C1942, RP-C1258, RP-C1888, RP-C33, RP-C221 and RP-C4190.

You can guess which ones I'm recoloring by googling those serials in a registry database, but no guarantees on complicated liveries. Bonus points if you can find a photo of an Philippine MD500D (T-tail and round, not pointy nose) or Hughes 369/model 500 (V-tail).

Fnally managed to find pictures for a Philippine registered Hughes369HS/model 500C from the Internet Movie Car Database, of all places. This was for Geheimcode: Wildgänse filmed in the Philippines, released in 1984. As I already had a clean graphic file I knocked it out in an afternoon - very simple modifications to turn a round nose, T-tail 5-rotor blade Defender into a V-tail 4-rotor blade Cayuse.

Available pending moderator approval as usual. Enjoy!

[elliott]

Approved and ready for download. :)

[lfuente]

Seem to be on a roll finding Philippine Cayuse pictures! Had to work a bit for these, which were YouTube screen captures of a 1980 Philippine movie 'Ang Aguila at ang Falcon' (The eagle and the falcon), featuring the local James Bond action hero rip-off (Agent X44).

Added to the existing Hughes 369HS folder at Downloads, enjoy!

[lfuente]

Happy New Year everyone!

New year, new subjects (British buses in Manila). same theme - just uploaded 4 recolors for 1:72 Philippine vehicles.

1) Leyland Atlantean AN68/2L double decker transit bus in MMTC livery, 3 different numbers and destinations. Used to ride these back in college when they were introduced in the 1980s. Only used on a few routes due to required height clearances. Flipped right to left to get doors on the correct side.

2) Daimler CVG5/A open top tour bus in Matorco livery - retired Hong Kong bus type not 100% confirmed , but my best guess (others too) from pictures. Used for tours around Rizal Monument, Luneta Park, Dewey/Roxas Boulevard in Manila Bay area. Many modifications to the upper deck, rear flipped right to left for correct door and added seats.

3) Leyland-Albion Viking EVK41L single deck bus in Pantranco intercity/provincial route livery. Not 100% sure about type, but it fits the time frame when Pantranco refleeted with somewhat unpopular Leyland buses. Flipped right to left to get doors on correct sides, needed many modifications to windows and added rear roof cargo rack.

4) Ford F150 Flareside 5th generation pickup truck, thought I could make the free Grand Theft Auto Bobcat generic pickup more realistic. This was also a real type of 60s-70s pickup assembled by Ford Philippines, with a choice of license plates for various years.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval. May do a few more vehicle recolors before going back to aircraft.

[elliott]

Approved and available for download. In the Downloads section of course! :)

[lfuente]

Just uploaded 3 recolors for 1:72 Philippine vehicles from the mid-1960s, and a bonus truck.

1) Ford Taunus Transit FK1000 modified from Bastelbogen-Online's VW T2 closed van. Adjusted for the scale 100mm shorter wheelbase, but not the scale 10/20mm height/width difference. Rather happy with the result.

2) Ford Transit Mk1 short wheelbase closed van, from an unholy union of the Minimodel.cz Ford Econoline Mk2 LWB body and Trabant 601 front end. Not perfect but looks OK to me.

3) AMC Rambler 1965/1966 Ambassador 880/990 from Hiperfanauto's Brazilian Chrysler Esplanade. Extended wheelbase scale 256mm ahead of windshield and changed trim and taillights.

Bonus: DAF 2800 Eddie Stobart Limited tractor unit, one of my earliest recolors. Browsing though the hundreds of semi trucks and trailers on Rob Schatborn's Norbtach.nl website I noticed he had 2 Eddie Stobart trailers but no matching tractor. This is a recolor of his DAF 2800 VDD tractor in the simple style of the Norbtach papercraft trucks.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

[THE DC]

Thanks for all this work!

[lfuente]

Been three weeks since I returned from the US, and I've hit the ground running. Unfortunately the laptop I was using had a hard drive crash so I lost a few projects, luckily I backed up some stuff using email.

Anyway, here's a list of the new files:

1) Four new liveries for the Bell 206B Jetranger, once again the Internet Movie Car Database is an unsung resource. RP-C956 was seen in 'Zuma', while RP-C1797 was seen in 'Dynamite Johnson'.

2) Two new civilian liveries for the Bo-105CB, pictures are very rare but there were a number of civilian registered examples.

3) A recolor of our own Henry Yuen's Aloha Airways Vickers V.700 Viscount into Philippine Air Lines V.784D Viscounts late livery in the 1960s.

4) Two British liveries for the Bedford S type ERGY tanker by Denis Obriot at http://amigamaquette.free.fr It was hard to find period color pictures for the 1950s Bedford S type, so the liveries are based on diecast models. Would love to see what the 1:100 experts at minimodels.cz can do with these!

As usual, these last three will be available pending moderator approval.

[elliott]

Files have been approved and are available in the Downloads section. :)

[lfuente]

Rather surprised by the response to the Bedford S type recolors, but couldn't leave well enough alone so I have new recolors to match the interest.

Here's a list of the new files:

1) Three British tanker liveries for the Bedford S type ERGY tanker by Denis Obriot at index (http://amigamaquette.free.fr) replacing the old file. Liveries are based on diecast models, so there's the previous Shell and Regent tankers plus the new Courage Brewery tanker.

2) Three British box truck liveries for the Bedford S type ERGY tanker by Denis Obriot at index (http://amigamaquette.free.fr) Liveries are based on diecast models, so there's the classic Heinz ketchup van, a Metropolitan Police control truck (light goes atop the cab) and that unique British invention, the pantechnicon removals van. Based on a real monochrome picture, so coloring was my best guess.

3) Two Philippine box truck liveries for my adaptation of the Bedford S type ERGY tanker by Denis Obriot at index (http://amigamaquette.free.fr) and the Liaz 100.65 truck tractor from FDS system at minimodel.cz into a Bedford TK. The fish sauce truck is based on a real monochrome picture, so again coloring was my best guess. The Pepsi truck is based on text descriptions plus similar foreign examples. Both have period correct license plates for a choice of late 1960s or early 1970s.

4) Light and dark brown versions of Masanori Shimozato's 1996 Jeep Cherokee XJ into Sheriff Jack Carter's very unlucky patrol vehicle from the SyFy TV show Eureka.

5) Recolors of my previous Alouette III and Hughes 500C helicopter recolors into PANAMIN livery. Interesting story there, to be continued in a new post!

As usual, these last three will be available pending moderator approval.

[rickstef]

all files have been approved for download

[lfuente]

I've gotten a lot of mileage from the Alouette III recolor despite it being the only Philippine example, as it was the ride of a notorious millionaire playboy.

Appointed by Ferdinand Marcos as the Presidential Assistant on National Minorities (PANAMIN), the guy conveniently turns up a stone age tribe in the trackless jungles of Mindanao around 1971 then proceeds to rock the world of anthropology. He stage manages the entire thing with full control over publicity, but suddenly decides to cut off all access to the 'primitives', but not before enough footage is shot for a later PBS special. There's a number of shots with his personal Alouette flying around.

Around 1982 he crosses Imelda Marcos and flees the country with a harem of tribeswomen, with German journalists breaking the story that everything was a hoax. It was later confirmed that 'stone age cave dwellers' was a wild exaggeration.

But before this farcical end, the PANAMIN Foundation acquired a Hughes 500C, but with only partial photos coloring and registry codes are educated guesses.

So go build the choppers, then feel free to discover your own lost tribe on paper (pun intended)! Google 'Tasaday' for the PBS video.

[lfuente]

I honestly tried to find the original source of this VW Beetle for proper attribution, but even the previous recolorers admit ignorance (help anyone?).

For the record it has appeared in cyan, Emma Swan yellow, Inspector Gadget red white and blue, Brazilian Police black and white, Kansas University Ecohawk red yellow and blue, green and black, and the ever popular #53 racer Herbie in white. I just picked the cleanest, highest resolution image and went from there.

Maybe it's the cop car hangover from the Eureka Jeep, but here are 4 liveries for Philippine Police VW Beetles for these cities: Marikina and Las Pinas in white, Pasay City in red then Quezon City in black, only the last has no roof light. I've supplied period correct 1965-1967 'towel rail' bumpers and government license plates. The red version has real plates while the others have plausible ones, as determined from period photos.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

[rickstef]

file has been approved

[MichaelS]

I've gotten a lot of mileage from the Alouette III recolor despite it being the only Philippine example, as it was the ride of a notorious millionaire playboy.

Appointed by Ferdinand Marcos as the Presidential Assistant on National Minorities (PANAMIN), the guy conveniently turns up a stone age tribe in the trackless jungles of Mindanao around 1971 then proceeds to rock the world of anthropology. He stage manages the entire thing with full control over publicity, but suddenly decides to cut off all access to the 'primitives', but not before enough footage is shot for a later PBS special. There's a number of shots with his personal Alouette flying around.

Around 1982 he crosses Imelda Marcos and flees the country with a harem of tribeswomen, with German journalists breaking the story that everything was a hoax. It was later confirmed that 'stone age cave dwellers' was a wild exaggeration.

But before this farcical end, the PANAMIN Foundation acquired a Hughes 500C, but with only partial photos coloring and registry codes are educated guesses.

So go build the choppers, then feel free to discover your own lost tribe on paper (pun intended)! Google 'Tasaday' for the PBS video.

Now THAT would make a great reality TV show! Way better than Honey Boo Boo!

For those of you lucky enough to not be able to get US TV:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Honey_Boo_Boo

[lfuente]

. . . probably explains why I've been doing British vehicle recolors for the last two uploads. This time it's a kitbash and recolors of Paper Bus Connection's Guy Arab V single decker and Daimler CVG5/A double decker into the Leyland Tiger PS1 ECW and Brtistol L ECW single deck buses. There's so few 1950s British single decker bus models that it was worth the work to kitbash these two, and Corgi does a good number of liveries. Believe it or not, I picked versions which had the highest resolution pictures where the tiniest text remained readable (I'm obsessive that way).

Corgi uses the same casting for these two, so I will too - these should go nicely with Denis' Bedford and Volker's 2014 circus themed 1950s Britsh vehicles. Add the free OO railroad buildings from UK websites and there's your diorama!

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

[elliott]

Approved and available in the Downloads section! :)

[lfuente]

When I found a Hong Kong Paperbus of the Bristol Lodekka I just had to recolor another of those rare models. It needed some editing to get the right bug-eyed front of the real thing. I did look at real pictures but used Corgi pictures as the main reference.

Scots and Welsh this time, to offset the 'London Bus' stereotype!

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

[elliott]

Approved and available in the Downloads section! :)

[lfuente]

. . . for now, I'm waiting on permission to share another recolor. This time it's the Regal Reliant Supervan from 3wheelers.com (yes, the notorious Del Boy microvan).

Just using MS Powerpoint limited what I could do so no drastic recolors, just shades of blue. I am really pleased at how my BOAC microvan recolor came out, and it's more accurate than Corgi's version as it has the 1966 front grille.

Considering how little space it used I added another recolor, but Mr. Bean's archenemy was too easy. I settled on the 1970 'Safari' special version with black roof and side stripes, roof window and registration plates from the 3wheelers.com commemorative model.

To be available pending moderator approval as usual. Is anyone actually looking forward to this?

[lfuente]

My internet access was down for over a week so I'm just uploading these now:

1) Bristol LD6 Lodekka double decker - note this is different from the previous FLF6G, it's the older and shorter Lodekka. Another lucky Wayback Machine find from the Paper Bus Connection links page.

2) AEC Routemaster RMA double decker bus - this is the iconic London Bus (Routemaster RM) as available from Paper Bus Connection, except this is the RMA front entrance version as commissioned by British European Airways for passenger transport. And it has a towing hook for a baggage trailer (not included)!

3) Douglas C-47 Dakota in two 1950s PAF liveries, another recolor of a Bruno Vanhecke original.

Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay died when his PAF C-47 'Mount Pinatubo' crashed near Cebu on 17 March 1957, leaving one survivor. Journalist Nestor Mata recently passed away on 12 April 2018, and inspired this recolor.

A USAF archive photo dated 3/5/51 taken in Korea shows serial 2100925 in PAF livery, suggesting it was used by the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea (PEFTOK). The 'Mount Pinatubo' presidential aircraft livery is conjectural, but based on 1950s photos of C-47s in PAF service.

More to come, but as usual these will be available pending moderator approval.

[rickstef]

files have been approved

[papermate]

Here are pics of the Guy Arab V bus used by the CMB (China Motor Bus) Co., the first motor bus company in HK in the past, up to 1998. The motor bus branch of the company is now defunct, and the company has been focusing on property development since.

The model, a service bus, was built several years ago, its wheels rotate. I might have shown it before but now updating it with newer pictures in different angles.

The other liveries that Ifuente have done look amazing and I would think of building them some day.

Papermate

[cafe]

That's a very nice build, papermate!

[papermate]

Thanks, Carlos.

Papermate

[lfuente]

Nice, Papermate! I guess you of all people would recognize the paperbuses I've been recoloring, that's one of the tow trucks from Paper Bus Connection, right? The other was the NWFB version, but there are at least 3 more I've found plus 2 open top tree trimmer vehicles and several trams. If you haven't found them I'll be happy to direct you to the Wayback Machine pages.

I read that CMB lost the franchise for their bus routes and left the transport business.

I now realize recoloring paper models is my version of relaxing with grownup coloring books, except they build up into 3D art and I can share them with people online. Also nice to know these are appreciated, there's more on the way!

Here are pics of the Guy Arab V bus used by the CMB (China Motor Bus) Co., the first motor bus company in HK in the past, up to 1998. The motor bus branch of the company is now defunct, and the company has been focusing on property development since.

The model, a service bus, was built several years ago, its wheels rotate. I might have shown it before but now updating it with newer pictures in different angles.

The other liveries that Ifuente have done look amazing and I would think of building them some day.

Papermate

[lfuente]

Some more new recolors:

1) An added file in the Bristol L ECW folder featuring 2 liveries of British circus and funfair buses, inspired by diecast models

2) Leyland Titan PD3 double decker in 2 British bus liveries

3) Fiat 600D Multipla kitbashed from the Fiat 600D saloon, as assembled in the Philippines

As usual these will be available pending moderator approval.

[rickstef]

files are approved

[lfuente]

In a fit of whimsy I started a triple decker bus recolor just to see if I could, and here's the result.

Strictly speaking it isn't accurate for the Harry Potter books (supposedly a front entrance type), or the Prisoner of Azkaban movie (built from AEC Regent III RT buses). The book illustrators aren't consistent either, sometimes it looks like an AEC Routemaster and other times a generic Daimler/Guy/Leyland exposed radiator half-cab bus. I'd say my Daimler CVG5/A version is an equally legitimate interpretation.

Anyway, Jim Kay did some Knight Bus illustrations that had left and right front quarter views so that's what inspired this recolor - book version with advertisements, movie version without. Scale is 1:76 this time as I could barely fit this monster into an A4 page!

Hopefully this'll be beneath the notice of the Harry Potter merchandising empire, since it's Fan Art.

As usual this will be available pending moderator approval.

[rickstef]

there is no file attached to your latest download

[lfuente]

there is no file attached to your latest download

Sorry all, my low bandwidth connections let me down again. But that's a good thing as the file was missing 2 large tabs and updated credits to the paper model designers.

I'll also take this opportunity to suggest improvements to the model. It has large flat areas so I normally add internal formers/bracing to prevent oil-canning and add stiffness. Unfortunately it just barely fits in an A4 sheet so I didn't include them.

As a minimum I would put in a strip the same width as the base plate from the lower rear corner edge to the upper front corner edge like \, dividing the inside into 2 triangles. A better solution would be to add another strip that crosses the first like a letter X, going from the upper rear corner edge to the lower front corner edge, making sure to clear the rear of the half cab. For belt and braces type like me, the best is what looks like a combination of A and V, like chain link fencing. That'll be strong enough to be held by the sides without crushing.

Since this all adds weight the simple disk wheels have to be strengthened. The minimodels.cz folks simply wind a tire strip around an axle enough times until they get the right diameter and glue that to the disk. Since we only need half wheels just cut them in half, then glue those to the base plate and wheel so the wheel disks don't need to be cut out.

[rickstef]

file has been approved

[lfuente]

Just a quick mention of my new download in Bruno's '1 model per non-working day' thread for his Piper Cherokee recolor challenge - you can get it from the thread attachments, or from our downloads after the moderators approve it.

[rickstef]

file has been approved

[lfuente]

I've been distracted for the past few days as something was bothering me about the Knight Bus. I thought it'd be nice to have the characters accompany the bus in a diorama, and thought I'd seen 2D paper flats somewhere. I finally turned up some, but only Death Eaters at this webpage:
https://www.deviantart.com/paladin-errant/art/Death-Eaters-91302037

There's a link that should lead to a file with the main characters, but it's broken. Since I'm not a member can a Deviantart member reading this contact the author and ask him about it? He's commented that he'd like to see his files used, and this is as good a reason as any.

And take time to browse his site, there's plenty of useful figures in 1:72 scale.

In a fit of whimsy I started a triple decker bus recolor just to see if I could, and here's the result.

Strictly speaking it isn't accurate for the Harry Potter books (supposedly a front entrance type), or the Prisoner of Azkaban movie (built from AEC Regent III RT buses). The book illustrators aren't consistent either, sometimes it looks like an AEC Routemaster and other times a generic Daimler/Guy/Leyland exposed radiator half-cab bus. I'd say my Daimler CVG5/A version is an equally legitimate interpretation.

Anyway, Jim Kay did some Knight Bus illustrations that had left and right front quarter views so that's what inspired this recolor - book version with advertisements, movie version without. Scale is 1:76 this time as I could barely fit this monster into an A4 page!

Hopefully this'll be beneath the notice of the Harry Potter merchandising empire, since it's Fan Art.

As usual this will be available pending moderator approval.

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Good (or meh) news, everyone! I finally tracked down the source of the VW Beetle model I used, thanks to the WayBack Machine and an old paper model list.

As I suspected, the original version was cyan and was created by a VW enthusiast who also posted stuff about fixing and maintaining the real car. I'm guessing his last name is Nao and first name starts with U - 'he' since it's unlikely to be a Japanese woman, no sexism intended.

Other than the credits, nothing else in the file has changed.

I honestly tried to find the original source of this VW Beetle for proper attribution, but even the previous recolorers admit ignorance (help anyone?).

For the record it has appeared in cyan, Emma Swan yellow, Inspector Gadget red white and blue, Brazilian Police black and white, Kansas University Ecohawk red yellow and blue, green and black, and the ever popular #53 racer Herbie in white. I just picked the cleanest, highest resolution image and went from there.

Maybe it's the cop car hangover from the Eureka Jeep, but here are 4 liveries for Philippine Police VW Beetles for these cities: Marikina and Las Pinas in white, Pasay City in red then Quezon City in black, only the last has no roof light. I've supplied period correct 1965-1967 'towel rail' bumpers and government license plates. The red version has real plates while the others have plausible ones, as determined from period photos.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

[Comradesoldat]

I've been distracted for the past few days as something was bothering me about the Knight Bus. I thought it'd be nice to have the characters accompany the bus in a diorama, and thought I'd seen 2D paper flats somewhere. I finally turned up some, but only Death Eaters at this webpage:
https://www.deviantart.com/paladin-e...aters-91302037

There's a link that should lead to a file with the main characters, but it's broken. Since I'm not a member can a Deviantart member reading this contact the author and ask him about it? He's commented that he'd like to see his files used, and this is as good a reason as any.

And take time to browse his site, there's plenty of useful figures in 1:72 scale.

Alright. I got ahold of him for you; He said it's fine, so long as he gets credits and would appreciate a link to the finished product.

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That's great, thanks a lot!

Could you PM me his email address, or maybe pass on my thanks? The KnightBus file is in our downloads section, in the vehicles subsection. He's more than welcome to download it, or I can email it to him directly.

And if you use the same ID on Deviantart, you do great stuff too!

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(Before I forget, I just realized my VW Beetle police car collection is 1:68, not 1:72 - will fix that when I get a chance)

Just uploaded 4 new recolors!

First, my long delayed recolors of Tak Nagasawa's Beechcraft V35 V-tail Bonanza and Mooney M20J MSE into Philippine registered examples.

It's a bit sad that the only photos online of RP-C446 and RP-C1140 are from airport scrapyards. In fact the fuselage is only the only identifiable piece of RP-C1140, but its Mooney 201 factory colors allowed me to recreate the complete plane.

Next I fudged the 1965 and 1966 Mercury Monterey 2-door sedan from the Papercars.net 1964? Lincoln Continental - dimensions were close, and the Monterey was styled after the Lincoln anyway. Wheels look too big, though.

Finally I took a hard look at the Paperizedcrafts.com Kindig 1965 Ford Galaxie - Paulo did a good job capturing the essential shape, but I found it too flat and boxy. After a lot of thought I hit on the idea of continuing the graphics onto external tabs, to add layers to the tops of fenders and front grille. Depending on the paper thickness, the plain tabs for folded additional layers are optional. Corners of the tail lights should be trimmed for a better look.

Probably the most work went into the 'de-Kindig' of Paulo's graphics - mind you, I have absolutely nothing against Dave Kindig and I do enjoy his show (the 'not allowed' symbol is just my way of poking fun). It's just my goal was to create a plain vanilla version that could be seen on Philippine streets from 1965 and 1966, so I'd like to see your builds.

Incidentally, can somebody confirm if the 1971 Ford Galaxie is essentially the same car as the 1970 Ford LTD with a different front and rear? Could be my new project, based on Blake7's 1971 Galaxie.

As usual these will be available pending moderator approval.

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My recolor of Gary Pilsworth's Beech 18 was announced on his 'name this bird' thread days ago, but I'll put the update here.

I had to digitally sharpen Gary's JPEG files so lines would be thin and clean, but was unable to remove some artifacts and lost gradients on the landing gear assemblies and exhausts. The landing gear got pasted back but I forgot the exhausts, which are back now in file v1.

The artifacts cluster near lines and actually look like weathering, which is fine with me. In contrast the registrations were very sharp edged so I experimented with making them fuzzy and weathered, saved in file v2.

Since the original file was incomplete I replaced it with these new ones, apologies to the early downloaders.

And go read about 'Pappy' Gunn, he's one incredible guy who kept flying in the Philippines until he crashed in a storm on 11 October 1957!

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New recolors for today are the Daimler Fleetline and Sentinel Steam Waggon.

The Fleetline XF double decker bus is the oldest version from 1965, and just so people don't think all London buses are red, comes in blue/silver and green/yellow versions.

Minimodel.cz is a treasure trove of 1:100 models, even if they lean heavily towards eastern European vehicles. The 1920s Skoda Sentinel was hard to find among the hundreds on offer, and immediately intrigued me when I learned it was license built from the Sentinel Steam Waggon company.

My Corgi reference photos were of the later 1930s version, so I changed the wheels and added a few parts like the fenders and windshield. The windshield wraps around the chimney and back to the cabin rear, which could just be edge glued without needing tabs - refer to pictures of the Corgi models. Of the three versions included, my favorite has to be the Guinness flatbed, but the stanchions and chains in the back are left as an exercise for the builder.

As usual these will be available pending moderator approval.

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Back to Philippine subject recolors, this time it's the 1:20 Mercedes Benz L1113 short bonnet truck tractor by Joao Carlos at CEMODELAZIL (http://cemodelazil.blogspot.com/).

Both recolors are of San Miguel Brewery MB L1113 (or similar model) truck tractors: the first based on a photo of the first group ever delivered to SMB, 1970-1973 based on the blurry license plate (plausible period appropriate plate included, but not the tall exhaust pipe with filter). The second is based on a photo taken 2000-2010 of a contract hauler's truck (real plate included), which would be around 40 years old! Neither displays San Miguel Beer markings, which were usually emblazoned on the trailers.

I'd long wanted to recolor this type assembled in the Philippines, but with lots of tiny parts shrunk from 1:20 to 1:72 I'm not sure I could build this. Good luck to the builders!

As usual these will be available pending moderator approval.

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Thanks for approving my last upload, Rick. By my reckoning I've added over 150 distinct recolors as of 2 uploads ago, so I wanted to try something different.

I've long admired the work of Fabrizio Prudenziati, but never did see him create opponents for his 90mm French soldiers. But as a fan of Napoleonic naval fiction, I've always wondered if adapting a Royal Navy officer from Zio's modular parts was possible.

Here's my best work so far, my recoloring skills were stretched to new limits. Online research suggested the 1807 Chasseur as the closest basis for conversion into a Lieutenant in 1795 undress uniform, and I opted for the closed jacket as it was easiest. The collar, breeches, stockings and sword were cut and paste from his other soldiers, and the Ravensblight flintlock could be a generic dueling pistol (toss the oversize trigger and round a thin strip for the trigger guard).

The bicorne/cocked hat is my simple version (tabs are pink, and the ring covers the inside uncolored edge), which should be worn parallel to the shoulders. There's a choice of 3 heads, with one bareheaded version.

I've maximized the page size to match Zio's 90mm scale, and if you've built his other models this should be more of the same (except half his original pixel resolution). If there's interest in more recolors I can whip up a quick conversion of the Fusilier into a French Marine with just a change of hat and breeches.

Some ideas for diorama displays
Download Sets (http://www.aftdownloads.co.uk/) lots of scenery
PAPERMAU: Papermau Original (http://papermau.blogspot.com/search/label/Papermau%20Original) lots of buildings
TCF Gaming :: Naval Cannon (http://tcfgaming.com/index.php/terrain-and-scenery/naval-cannon/) (1:35 scale matches 45mm/1:36 version)

Dutch cannon from the Wayback Machine!
https://web.archive.org/web/20170404091814/http://www.vvvgeertruidenberg.nl/upload/ontwerp%20%20bouwplaats%20kanon%20def%20310310.pdf

As usual, this will be available after moderator approval.

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Too late to edit my previous post, but just need to add that Zio seems to use Letter size paper instead of A4 for his soldier figures.

I'll need to change the scaling conversion information on the file after the moderator approves it, multiple pages per Letter sheet don't have the same proportions (and therefore scales) as A3/A4/A5 sheets.

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Once again I feel I'm talking to myself, but there's more news for Fabrizio Prudenziati fans. Following my Navy Lieutenant I did a couple more recolors, with this caveat - the only British firearm Zio released was the Rourke's Drift infantry rifle, which is too modern for the Napoleonic era. It's quite plausible soldiers picked up enemy muskets and carried them, but I've opted to exclude them.

The first is a British 16th Regiment Light Dragoon 'The Queen's Own' in 1815 campaign dress - didn't do his mount, but the horse from Zio's Hussar may be a reasonable match.

The second is a British Light Infantryman from the 52nd 'Oxfordshire' or the 71st 'Glasgow Highland' Regiments of Foot in 1815 campaign dress. I was really hitting my stride when I did these and I'm really happy with them, even managing to create 8 variants in one file! Aside the 2 named regiments there's a choice of 2 heads and 2 ranks. I suggest adding fuzzy string or yarn to the outside edge of the wing epaulets.

I've read through old threads that wished Zio had gotten around to creating British soldiers and other opponents. Now I don't claim to be as good as the late master, but for what it's worth here are some of the missing ones.

Oops! The text files read 57th when it should be 52nd Regiment, but the graphics are correct -will correct that when I can.

Hope you enjoy building them as much as I did recoloring (and hope Zio's pleased)!

As usual these will be available after moderator approval.

[Miles Linnabery]

Dear Infunte:
Thanks so much for doing the figures, I have been looking for more figures I prefer to print them on 11x17 inch cardstock as it gives a 6 inch tall figure rather than 90mm figure. I used to paint 54mm figures in high school.
Thanks,
Miles

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Thanks, glad to hear you and Papermate appreciate them!

I need to upload some slight improvements and corrections to the files which I'll do now. Are you interested in the French Marine I recolored from Zio's Fusilier?

I also made a start on some able seamen using the Hoplite and Zulu warrior torsos, any interest in those?

As to Papermate's suggestion about modern ceremonial French troops, finding modern guns for them would be easier (still undecided).

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Looks like I'm on a roll!

Since my British Light Infantryman was so modular I spun off a quick recolor. Unfortunately it's not the Greencoats of the 95th Light Infantry of Sharpe's Rifles (was a fan of the TV series while studying at Manchester). A better match with less work was the King's German Legion 1st Battalion of Light Infantry, but only 4 variants this time.

I didn't need to add more French soldiers, but the French Marine Infantry trooper was a very quick cut and paste of knee breeches and Napoleon's hat onto the Fusilier. My references showed blurry heart shaped regimental emblems on the coat tails, but I finally figured out they were probably crossed anchors so I put in the closest text symbols I could find.

Miles and Papermate, enjoy!

Another oops, the text says regiment, KGL light infantry only had battalions - will fix that when I can.

As usual, these will be available after moderator approval.

[bob neill]

Thank you very much for the new figures. The only trouble I have looking at them is figuring out how some of the details should go together, a completed figure would be helpful. I do not mean to complain, but I am slow of mind. How should the hats be assembled? Thank you for giving different rank symbols.



Seeing the navy and British soldiers in 1814 uniform makes me think of the US, British war of 1812. And an old song about the battle of New Orleans.


"In 1814 we took a little trip with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Missip"


Bob Neill

[chicharrero]

Big thanks Ifuente for these pretty and unusual figures.:)

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Thanks for the appreciation guys, but I think I'll take a break from figures for now. The French still outnumber the enemy, but maybe someone else can help with that.

You bring up a good point Bob, I've forgotten it's not just the hardcore builders like Papermate and Miles out there. Zio's original files did have pictures of completed models embedded - the blank areas are where I erased them, for 2 reasons:
1) the graphic files would be a more reasonable size
2) the pictures wouldn't be accurate references anyway after my recolor

If you haven't yet, use this link to find the rest of Zio's original soldiers:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150219192732/http://www.zioprudenzio.it:80/fok-sold.html

I haven't found instructions for the Napoleonic soldiers, but there are instructions for his Medieval soldiers which use the same modular design:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150111082744/http://www.zioprudenzio.it:80/fok-soldaz.html

As for my original hats, the stovepipe Shako is just a tubular body, bend the top tabs, glue the top circle, fold the brim double then curve it to fit the body. The bicorne is a bit harder, halve the oval lengthwise and cover the edge on the unprinted side of the brim, glue the lower edges of of the body to the diamond base, and form a half cone shape from bottom to top as you close the brim (or leave a small gap). Let me know if it's unworkable as I have another design where the brim is part of the diamond base but split in half crosswise, where it needs to be joined.

My online source says that the 52nd regimental honors include Quebec in 1759 so I assume they fought in the American campaign, but not necessarily in this uniform.

Thank you very much for the new figures. The only trouble I have looking at them is figuring out how some of the details should go together, a completed figure would be helpful. I do not mean to complain, but I am slow of mind. How should the hats be assembled? Thank you for giving different rank symbols.



Seeing the navy and British soldiers in 1814 uniform makes me think of the US, British war of 1812. And an old song about the battle of New Orleans.


"In 1814 we took a little trip with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Missip"


Bob Neill

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Back to Philippine subjects, this time it's the DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver floatplane of the Philippine Navy circa 1950s.

I found the new recolor on Paper-Replika.com as I was finishing up recoloring Zio's Napoleonic figures so this became my next project. I have Gerard Methorst's, Heinz Vogrin's, Julius Perdana's and DGA's Xmas Beaver freebies, but they all looked too hard to decolor. When Jonathan Norman's mostly white recolor appeared I figured it was time.

So here is #1516 of the Navy in the minimalist 1950s overall gray scheme, with the following changes from Julius' original:
1) changed the 2 rear windows to 1 round porthole
2) added skylight windows as seen on L20A military versions
3) added correct Hamilton Standard 2-blader (102" diameter paddles, use the polished metal spinner)

The NAVY title atop the starboard wing is conjectural, and again no sign of wing roundels in my reference photos. From what I've read the Philippine Navy didn't have much luck with their 3 Beaver floatplanes and lost all in crashes, casualties included the Naval Air Group commanding officer.

As usual, this will be available after moderator approval.

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Today's first upload is a recolor of the 1:100 scale VAZ 2102 combi from designer FDS at Minimodel.cz into the 1963 Vauxhall Victor FB Estate - pretty uncommon as paper models go.

It's very special to me as it was our first family car. My Dad, who passed away from Alzheimer's disease in 2015, bought it used in Batangas and took it with us when we moved to Cotabato. It served us well, even taking out a fire truck which crashed into my eldest cousin while she practiced driving. It ended its days as a derelict at the neighborhood repair shop, as part supplies dried up in the late 1970s after Yutivo stopped assembling Vauxhalls.

I finished this months ago then sent the early version with fake license plates to FDS at minimodels.sk, but haven't heard back from him. Recently I went over old photo albums hoping to find clear pictures of the car, and was only partially successful - I'm about 50% sure about the earlier Batangas plate, but 90% sure about the later Cotabato plate. The weird thing is sometimes the plates get switched around in the photos, because its color was white before the move and crash, then dark blue after.

It'd be nice to see other people's build photos, I might do a recolor request for the first photo poster on this thread!

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Today's second upload is my first original paper model! It's the Australian-designed VW Type 197 Country Buggy, assembled in the Philippines as the DMG Sakbayan.

Australian production from 1967 to 1969 totaled 1,956 units, with 400 CKD units shipped to the Philippines. Philippine production lasted from 1969 to 1980 with 3 distinct variants (my model is the Australian variant but with doors and windows), but records were lost in a fire. My estimate is around 15,000 based on the following: 3 major models (Beetle, Van and Sakbayan), 6,100 units peak annual production in 1970, more than 47,000 total registered VWs in 1977. It sold relatively well and was popular with company fleets like PLDT and PNB, as well government agencies and police forces (one such official vehicle was assigned to my mom). This is clearly apparent in Black Mama White Mama, a sexploitation/blaxploitation movie featuring the young Pam Grier filmed in the Philippines - in fact, the white police car and the orange private car in the file are featured in the movie, and use the real plates of the movie cars (the other 2 have plausible period correct plates).

It's about 90% original, since I essentially traced a 3-view for the sides and used a roof light from Minimodel.cz. Still, the way it's put together is all mine - excluding the tubular bumpers and layering parts, it's just a body and roof. And I did a lot of video research for pictures (that's right, I YouTubed Black Mama White Mama for research) since there's an inexplicable lack of online photos for the ubiquitous PLDT Sakbayan - so Marvin and others, if you spot errors let me know.

And there's a bonus option in addition to the 4 supplied - if you leave off the orange car's roof, fold the windshield forward then add the rear cargo shelf and seats from the police cars it's an open buggy! Swap the license plates for more variety.

[rickstef]

Files have been approved

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Thanks Rick!

Some notes for the Beaver:
Another change from Julius' original was that I erased the exhaust pipe on the starboard fuselage, as my photos showed a separate pipe along the bottom that I didn't recreate.

The cowl air scoop goes between the 10:00 and 11:00 positions as seen from the front.

History notes
c/n 1435
delivered 12/1960, crashed 19/11/1964 Nasugbu, Batangas

c/n 1436
delivered 12/1960, crashed 18/11/1961 Balabac Bay, Palawan

c/n 1516
delivered 12/1960, crashed 30/01/1973 Lamao, Bataan
KIA Commodore Rudiano Brown

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Finally got around to correcting the 1:68 scale issue for the VW Police cars, but found other errors with the front bumpers. Not a huge deal, but apologies to all downloaders as I replaced the old file with 2 new ones.

I took the opportunity to add more recolors and improve the existing ones. I had really wanted to add a recolor of Mr. Geibel's pre-1958 Beetle but Philippine assembly started in 1959. Still, I noticed that the Beetles from the Takumi website were already in red and blue, which works for the new recolors. So the first file contains Police cars from Quezon City, Marikina, Las Pinas and (white) Pasay City. The second file contains Police cars from (red) Pasay City and (blue) Cavite City - the latter (with real license plates) was featured in the movie Sangley Point Robbery based on a true incident at an American military base in the Philippines.

Still have something else planned for my Christmas release - possibly something else to celebrate Miss Philippines becoming the 2018 Miss Universe!

I honestly tried to find the original source of this VW Beetle for proper attribution, but even the previous recolorers admit ignorance (help anyone?).

For the record it has appeared in cyan, Emma Swan yellow, Inspector Gadget red white and blue, Brazilian Police black and white, Kansas University Ecohawk red yellow and blue, green and black, and the ever popular #53 racer Herbie in white. I just picked the cleanest, highest resolution image and went from there.

Maybe it's the cop car hangover from the Eureka Jeep, but here are 4 liveries for Philippine Police VW Beetles for these cities: Marikina and Las Pinas in white, Pasay City in red then Quezon City in black, only the last has no roof light. I've supplied period correct 1965-1967 'towel rail' bumpers and government license plates. The red version has real plates while the others have plausible ones, as determined from period photos.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

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Happy Holidays everyone! I'm uploading my Christmas recolor today so the moderators have enough time to approve it before the holiday break begins.

This is a recolor of Zio's (naked) Greek Hoplite into a Japanese Ashigaru spearman near the end of the Sengoku period. He is pretty generic since all daimyo armies had light infantry spearmen that were cheap to train and equip. The sashimono banner attached at the back of the waist identifies him as a soldier of Takayama Shigetomo around the time of the Battle of Yamazaki in 1582.

Born in 1552, Takayama was a well-known Christian daimyo who was vassal to the Matsunaga, Wada (1568), Araki (1573), then Oda (1578) clan. After Oda Nobunaga's forced suicide in 1582 Takayama commanded troops under Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the battles of Yamazaki (1582) and Shizugatake (1583), and the invasions of Shikoku (1584) and Kyushu (1587). He was stripped of his commands and domains by 1588 and sought the protection of Maeda Toshiie when his liege Toyotomi began persecuting Christians until his death in 1598.

Takayama did not fight in the pivotal battle of Sekigahara in 1600, but remained in Japan until Toyotomi's successor Tokugawa Ieyasu finally banned Christianity in 1614. Takayama chose exile in the Philippines, and died in Manila a month after arriving (on my birthdate).

Dom Justo Ukon-dono as he was known in Manila was beatified by the Catholic church in February 2017, one step away from sainthood.

A few comments about the model:
What really inspired this recolor was Niku Mansei's generic red and black samurai armor papercraft for 1:12 action figures - let me know if the armor needs more scaling down.
I've seen illustrations of Ashigaru shirtless under their light armor, and this makes sense as the battle of Yamazaki was in summer, July 1582.
There's an alternate triple sashimono used by Takayama which might be more correct for battles until Shizugatake.
The 'shorts' are supposed to be loose, not skin-tight.
If the conical hat is used, the top head piece is optional. Add a rectangle of thin paper that attaches under the hat to shade the nape.
I increased the saturation to make the figure browner, but can't do anything about his facial features - maybe he's half-white?

As usual, this will be available after moderator approval. I know it's a stretch, but at least there's some Christian, Philippine and personal stuff related to this recolor!

[Miles Linnabery]

Dear Inufente:
I might have misspelled your name, Sorry, Find attached a Photo I took of a painting in the collection of the Albright Knox Art Museum in Buffalo. I believe that it is French 2nd Regt. Dragoons of the Napoleonic period. Is there one of Zio's models that could be modified to match? For some reason the more I see the painting the more I would like to make the model with horse I would like to print it 11x17 to get a 1/12 scale figure. I could email you a better image than the thumbnail
Thanks
Miles

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Just call me Enzo, Miles. I've had a look through my go-to website:
Les Uniformes pendant la campagne des Cent Jours - Belgique 1815 (http://centjours.mont-saint-jean.com/detail_uniteFR.php?rubrique=U&unite=99)

It looks doable, but there are little details like the horizontal pocket on the coattails that I can't really fix seamlessly. Tell you what, why don't you look around that website above for a close match with Zio's figures, then let me know - maybe you can help Papermate with identification, he's asked if I can recolor one like the ceremonial French Republican Guard.

I've also just uploaded a new file with additional options for more variations of the Ashigaru. I've added red and brown armor, red, brown and black helmets, another head, and sashimonos for the Akechi, Ii, Maeda, and Oda clans (which Takayama dealt with as allies or enemies at various times). Options are 2 heads, bow/spear, black/brown armor, hat/helmet, giving 16 options per clan for a total of 64 for Akechi, Maeda, Oda and Takayama clans. Red armor was almost exclusively used by the Ii clan's Red Devils so bow/spear options add up to a grand total of 66 permutations, since armor color usually matched (but black hats go with almost everything).

I said in my last post that Samurai modelers had a case of too many chiefs but not enough injuns, so I think this new file will fix that!

Dear Inufente:
I might have misspelled your name, Sorry, Find attached a Photo I took of a painting in the collection of the Albright Knox Art Museum in Buffalo. I believe that it is French 2nd Regt. Dragoons of the Napoleonic period. Is there one of Zio's models that could be modified to match? For some reason the more I see the painting the more I would like to make the model with horse I would like to print it 11x17 to get a 1/12 scale figure. I could email you a better image than the thumbnail
Thanks
Miles

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Happy New Year, everyone!

As promised, here are 2 new recolors of my VW Type 197:

1) Optional ladders for the PLDT Sakbayan, since they almost always had them on the roof. Can be built as one long extension ladder, an A-frame stepladder, or two shorter ladders (folded over).

2) My mom's service vehicle, to the best of her recollection - plausible 1990s government plates, doors without windows (probably added after acquisition).

3) A Sakbayan from the DMG London-Manila cross-continental run from June to August 1970. Two groups set out from London then parted ways in Paris going West and East. This East group car (Silangan) traveled through Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Singapore and then Manila covering 33,000km in 79 days. Their worst mishap was just a flat tire!

There are a few pictures of the Turkey-Pakistan leg, and 3 of the 5 have dromedaries in them (Peramodel anyone?) - the color and markings are my best guess, but I'm 90% sure of the license plate. The message boards on the roof rack face right and left, and there's a spare tire to go in it - pick your own method of adding thickness.

And those oval German export plates? They don't go on either car, but on a related future recolor - stay tuned!

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Just a quick update - my brother found a better photo of our Vauxhall Victor FB with the whole license plate visible, so I've corrected the file (plus a small color correction). This replaces the old file in our downloads area.

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Thought I'd get these uploaded before February ends - these 6 uploads bring my total tally of distinct recolors to 250.

First up are recolors inspired by Rubenandres' discussion of Fokker Dr.1 models, specifically from Winky and Shaungamer in 1:100. Turns out I had downloaded that in RAR and didn't get to it until discovering I could UnRAR online. These are recolors of Voss' F.1 prototype and the Dr.1s flown by L. von Richtofen, Baumer and von Tutschek, to complement the subjects in the original file.

Next are recolors inspired by Verminking's rework of Hans Geibel's 1958 VW Beetle, into the 1943 KdF Wagen Type 82E staff car. The winter whitewash version is my interpretation of 'painted with a floormop'. The small diamond-shaped pieces are the 'pope's nose' housing that goes on the engine door, above the rear license plate.

Markings were based on decal reference pictures found online.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

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For some time I was uncertain whether I would do today's upload, Pablo's (wireandpaper) Short 360 - it kind of falls in the gray area of having served in the Philippines, but not registered locally (the 3 aircraft shown were leased from the UK, Ireland and Bermuda). Still it was an easy recolor so that won out, plus it was the ride that got away.

Long ago one of my office trips got cancelled at the last moment, and I never got another chance to fly on the 'Sunriser' before it went out of service. From what I've read PAL's post-1986 white livery debuted on this aircraft type, and I found pictures of at least 5 aircraft online.

Other than rearranging parts to maximize the scale, I added more correct 6-blade propellers, very simple landing gear and some detail parts. Seen from the front, the cone shaped exhaust goes up and out about 2:00 on the right nacelle ahead of the wing while the tube shaped exhaust angles back about 9:00 on the left nacelle. The half-cone scoops go on 5:00 of the right nacelle and 7:00 on the left nacelle. level with the front edge of the wing. The blade aerial works better if folded printed side in, and goes on the rear fuselage ahead of the fin.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

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After Bruno V uploaded his uncolored his AN-2, I started looking for subjects others would be unlikely to pick. Since I found the relevant 'Winds of War' miniseries episode I mentioned previously on YouTube it was just a matter of fast forwarding, then grabbing enough screencaps.

The AN-2's appearance is described in IMDB as an anachronism but I think the producers made an effort to evoke the biplane airliners of the 1930s. Surprisingly LOT also flew Lockheed Electras from the same era, but the SP-ABA registry code was for a Fokker VIII trimotor. I can't guarantee the stripes line up, and I'm not sure about some parts so they may be colored wrong.

The other recolor is a Viet Nam Air Services Co. (VASCO) which is probably the most likely to be seen, if at all, near the Philippines. Same builder caveat above applies.

If I ever had the money I might be interested in a good used one for a weekly commuter flight between Cebu and my hometown.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

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In spite of my 3 (4 counting the Taunus FK kitbash) VW derived recolors I can't really say I'm a VW enthusiast. But after binge watching on Netflix there's lots of potential recolors, like the 1971 blue Dharma van from the "Lost" TV series (clean not scruffy). The other is the 1978 yellow van from from the film "Little Miss Sunshine" with the New Mexico license plate.

Hans-Dieter Richter of bastelbogen-online.de (defunct?) designs good stuff, but his VW vans have somewhat odd proportions compared to online sources. My compromise was to scale using width, so the wheelbase is a bit long and the length is a bit short. I had to backdate some details for the 1971 version, but it was a fun recolor.

For a bit of variety I added an open engine bay, probably best added before everything else. Carefully cut the sides and bottom of the engine lid on the rear panel, then bend it up. Cut out the engine bay and bend down the body-colored flap, pass it through the rectangular hole then glue to the uncolored side of the lid. The dark flaps are glued inside the edges of the rectangular hole, so the 'engine' can be seen. You could also pose the front wheels in a turn like Volker 'Streetpaper' does.

As usual, these will be available pending moderator approval.

[rickstef]

file has been approved

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file has been approved

Thanks Rick!

For my not-April Fool's Day recolors, we have the post-1972 VW T2 pickup and closed van assembled by DMG, with plausible Philippine plates. Not exactly like our neighbor's white VW pickup with a crew cab, but close enough.

In the same Downloads folder as the "Lost" and "Little Miss Sunshine" VW combis.

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Today's upload has been ready for a while now except I got distracted by my VW van recolors.

It's a recolor of the old AS365N Dauphin 2 HEMS air ambulance by Emil Zarkov previously available on http://hems-london.virgin.net/. There was a high quality version, and this simpler one which has already appeared in Sakura Air and USCG HH-65 Dolphin recolors. Just one version, not many photos of Philippine registered examples online.

I would use superglue to stiffen the rotors and landing gear, and planish the fold lines to get a rounder fuselage. The top of rotors are light colored in photos. It's hard to see some panel lines or position guides, so I recommend zooming the PDF up to 400% or more to see them better.

As usual, this will be available pending moderator approval.

[Stormeagle]

Hello Ifuente,


I was waiting to see the Dauphin in the Downloads list but today there were some other models like the AIr america UH1 and yet no Dauphin...Is it going to be released or is there a licence problem? I am interested as I wanted to re-color it for Greek Coast Guard bird...for quite some time now and the Philippine example seemed also a nice model to build :)

Thank you

[rickstef]

I have not approved the file as Lorenzo is still waiting permission from Dr. Zarkov, the original designer of the kit, in order to share the repaint.

Until that time, the file remains unapproved

Rick

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I have not approved the file as Lorenzo is still waiting permission from Dr. Zarkov, the original designer of the kit, in order to share the repaint.

Until that time, the file remains unapproved

Rick

Here's my emailed permission from the man himself (contact details deleted):

Yes, You have permission to share the kit.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From:
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 at 02:30
Subject: ZarkovModels Question
To:


From Lorenzo de la Fuente
E-mail:
: May I have permission to share my recolor of Emil Zarkov's old free AS365N in HEMS air ambulance markings with other forum members of papermodelers.com? Thank you!


--
Emil Zarkov

Phone:
Cell phone:
e-mail:
web: www.cadbest.com

[rickstef]

Thank you, file has been approved

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A couple of new recolors for today:

1) recolors of the (previously available) Aero Asahi McDonnnell Douglas MD-902 (Notar) Explorer into 2 Philippine private owner liveries. Added an optional tubular tail boom since it's easy enough, wondered why the designer went with a boxy version. Cut the boxy version up to where the left side rails? begin, then round the square opening for a snug fit of the new boom tube.

2) recolors of the Toyota Singapore HiLux pickup and Mitsubishi Japan Triton/Strada pickup into Philippine Police liveries. Strictly speaking the Triton recolor is of the previous generation, but still looks the part.

The Mitsubishi Japan papercraft cars were archived by the Wayback Machine, but the Toyota Singapore papercraft cars have completely disappeared. It's a shame since their short-lived interactive website allowed recoloring the cars with different colors and patterns like dots, hearts, stars and even leopard spots.

As usual, this will be available pending moderator approval.

A new resource I found that's as useful as the Internet Movie Car Database is British Pathe, which has 2-minute video clips from the 1890s to 1970s archived (including Reuters footage). I found enough from just Philippine clips to recolor a new DC-3, Bedford S type truck and Stinson L-5 (with help from Leif E.) Expect these new recolors sometime in the future.

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Thanks to the moderator for approving my last uploads. Finally got around to making Police pickups to go with the PNP Ecureuil, the news crew pickup will have to wait until I find a Nissan Navara.

A few comments on the MD902 - I know Craft Hanger has a better model in PDO format and even comes in a plain version, and I went through the PDO->XPS->PDF route to assess it. It's better shaped and more realistic, but has very many parts and how they go together isn't intuitive so you must constantly refer to the Pepakura mesh display.

Aero Asahi's 'Doctor Heli' version, probably designed by Kurukupackn papercraft which recently shut down, is much blockier but simpler and has a helpful assembly guide. It's not obvious in the guide that there's both a simpler (rotor page) and harder (fuselage page) landing skid option. I added a cylindrical tail boom option, but it's not been test-built.

I'd also like to mention here that I asked Mic-chan of TSMC if I could have a copy of his Piper J-3 to go with my future Stinson L-5 recolor. He not only emailed it to me promptly, but graciously gave permission to recolor it for papermodelers.com!

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A couple of uploads today:

1) a minor correction of tailgate markings on the Mitsubishi Strada Police pickup after seeing the real one on my recent 250km+ road trip

2) added RP-C941 to the DC-3 folder after seeing it on the British Pathe film archive mentioned earlier. This PAL aircraft was hijacked in the Philippines on 25 February 1975, Reuters footage showed the release of passengers and crew

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I've sourced a number of recolors from Aero Asahi, but it looks like their designer also owned the (now offline) Kurukupackn papercraft website, which hosted helicopters, rockets and a few planes.

Wayback Machine mining on his website yields some old models, notably his Fuji-Beech T-34A Mentor which inspired my PAF recolors. Compared to TSMC's Fuji T-3 (a T-34A derivative) it's simple and angular, but had easy to recolor markings.

A few comments:
1) I've added the missing rearmost bottom fuselage, I suspect it got left off to make the tail assembly easier and the lighten the tail section. The pink octagon is a bottom finger hole when flown as a glider.

2) The high visibility scheme has 2 different fins for the same aircraft and an orange spinner, while the USAF SE Asia camouflage scheme has fins for 2 different aircraft and gray or metallic shaded spinners. Both have added tires for thickening the wheels. If the wheel struts are cut out then stiffened with superglue, they should be strong enough to hold up the model.

3) Photos of the built up model show flat wings, so I added flaps to the leading edges to fold between the wings to thicken them. The lined lower flap should be folded like a Z, then the upper flap wraps around the lower wing like an airfoil. Those flaps can be cut off for simpler construction.

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British Pathe/Reuters news footage after Hurricane Patsy hit Manila in 1970 showed damage to the PATS hangar and aircraft. Markings are legible only for the Stinson L-5 (PI-C247) but there are at least 3 other Pipers in the photo. This recolored Cub's registry number is my best guess given the practice of consecutive numbering and a barely visible last digit of 3 or 8. The white overpaint effect around the cockpit area is intentional.

The second aircraft is a newer (2018?) Piper J-3 from DPR-PATS, a different aviation school. The PATS Stinson L-5 will follow in a later upload.

This is my first TSMC recolor, and am quite pleased with the results. Here's my email from website owner Mic-chan:

Re: TSMC Piper J3
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 12:22 PM
From:
To:

Hello Lorenzo

Thank you for visiting our website.
I send paper models to you.
I accept that you change the color of that model and share it with your friends.
Please enjoy them.

Thank you,
Mic-chan
TSMC TSMC‚̃z[ƒ€ƒy[ƒW (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/tsmc/net/)

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Just uploaded my Stinson L-5 Sentinel recolors, thanks to Leif Ohlsson for the black and white file of the free Kampflieger Sentinel.

The first aircraft is the PATS Stinson L-5 that goes with the previous Piper L-4. The second aircraft is my best guess of the PAF L-5 in which the future president/then defense secretary Ramon Magsaysay dropped smoke bombs on rebel positions from the back seat. Photos later appeared in Life Magazine during the early 1950s.

While researching details for this recolor I also came across photos allegedly taken just before his fatal 1957 crash, with an unidentified DC-3 in the background. The only credible one is his Cebu arrival which shows part of a PAF DC-3 in all aluminum, which suggests 'Mount Pinatubo' was not in the standard white top fuselage and fin PAF scheme. Luckily, both versions are in my C-47 file.

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Up next is the last of my British Pathe recolors, the PAL Bedford S type tractor. The fuel tank goes left behind the cab, the reserve tire goes right and the trailer hitch (borrowed from the Leyland Marathon of minimodel.sk) goes atop the rear chassis ahead of the rear axle. It's not clear if there are fenders over the rear wheels, but those parts are included. Find it in my Bedford box truck folder in Downloads, although it isn't really a box truck.

It pulled a split-level bus trailer for Manila airport transfers in the 1970s, which I haven't found yet. I might recolor the Minimodel.cz Skoda NO-80 civilian trailer or the Orlican N10S military trailer.

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While waiting for Aaron Murphy's permission to share my recolor of his model here, I spent some time recoloring an earlier model from Gary Pilsworth and added it to my existing PAL Beech 18S folder in Downloads.

Strictly speaking it shouldn't be in civilian props, but I didn't want to create a new folder. It's a recolor of 1 of 2 Beech B18S (s/n 432) that served in the Philippine Army Air Corps just before WW2. Not a lot of documentation available, but markings were fairly simple for an NMF aircraft.

This aircraft was evacuated to Australia by Pappy Gunn after Pearl Harbor, but was destroyed when Darwin was bombed soon after.

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It always bothered me that I couldn't provide more color options for models that resisted my best decoloring efforts. But after liberal use of the convert to grayscale function of my very basic graphics software, here are some new recolors:

1) Red wheels with gray body (saw this scheme somewhere) recolor for the Ford F150 Flareside pickup, so it doesn't immediately scream 'GTA Chinatown Wars papercraft'. Not that the original green version wasn't popular, 100+ downloads and counting.

2) Overall medium gray and very dark gray (nearly black) recolors for the Ford Taunus FK1000 van.

Find these in their respective folders in our Downloads section - that makes 280 distinct recolors so far, but a long way from Bruno's 3000!

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Another one of my random projects - while browsing Rob Schatborn's website I found yet another unpaired trailer for A. Campbell Haulage of Scotland. It so happens that he also had generic tractor units on www.norbtach.nl, including Scania and DAF trucks seen in Campbell photos.

I was almost done with my recolor of a red DAF XF95 when I remembered that the DAF corporate website had a number of papercraft trucks, and one was the more correct version with the cab spoiler. Even better it was designed by Gregor Rutka whose work I really like, but that doesn't diminish the usefulness of Mr. Schatborn's models. Thanks to both of them I have this model to offer, in 1:72 and 1:87 (since I couldn't figure out how to get 1:87 with my usual multiple page printouts). It's interesting to see the difference between this and my older DAF 2800 Eddie Stobart recolor.

A couple of notes:
1) there's a choice of 2 license plates (not quite a different recolor)
2) as designed the spoiler's unprinted white side can be seen from the back. I've added fold-over flaps to help hide this, the gray edged red flaps can be trimmed off if preferred.

As usual, this will be available pending moderator approval.

[rickstef]

Have you emailed either DAF or Gregor in order to share the recolor?

I have seen your statement in the file about permission to share is unavailable

I need for you to either gain permission to share, or not upload the files in the future if you can not gain permission to share, until you get permission, all your recolors should be regarded as private use, you can show pictures, but not share on the forum.

So, until you get permission from either Daf or Gregor, the file will sit in the moderation queue.

Rick

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Still waiting on permissions from Mr. Murphy and Mr. Rutka, but in the meantime here're are some recolors of previous kitbashes/recolors.

These are recolors of the Fiat 600 Multipla into Italian taxi markings with the corrected front grille, the white and yellow one is a vintage tourist taxi from Turin and the black and blue-green one is a period taxi from Rome. Reference photos of the real cars were from FaceBook and IMCDB (Roger Moore's 'The Saint' TV show) albums.

Find these in my Fiat 600 Multipla folder in Downloads.

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Continuing with the Asian Spirit airliner theme I announced on Bruno Vanhecke's long-running thread, here are more recolors of Tozawa Hiroshi's uncolored YS-11.

It's not purely Hiroshi's design as I blended in the better-shaped nose and cockpit of the TSMC YS-11 from Mic-chan then added a few more panel lines to very plain wings and tail, but it's not been test built so builder beware. The simple optional landing gear included was based on Mic-chan's model, but I only have a vague idea how they would attach to Hiroshi's (gearless) model.

I didn't realize their 7+ aircraft came in many distinct schemes shown by online photos, but the YS-11 from Aboitiz Air Cargo is a bonus as it had very plain markings. Find these in my Asian Spirit airliners folder in our Downloads. Keep watching this space!

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Just heard back from Aaron Murphy, he's graciously granted permission to upload my recolors of his free Cessna 337 Skymaster (designed in honor of Chip Fyn) into 3 versions from the Philippines, Canada and Iceland.

As usual, this will be available pending moderator approval.

Quote from his email:
Murph's Models <>
To: L de la Fuente <>
Go ahead and offer it up at Papermodelers.com. I think it'll serve Chip's memory better there than on my site. Make sure you put a note somewhere that you have my permission to put it there, or the moderators won't let it through.

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Today is Philippine Independence Day!

To celebrate I would like to suggest a scavenger hunt among my various recolors. The count exceeded 300 recolors after the last upload: there are new ones I haven't announced, many I have refreshed and corrected, and some older ones that deserve another look.

I haven't created any new folders, so these are all related to existing recolors. Since I update the descriptions every time I add or correct recolors, start there. Enjoy!

In the meantime, my cunning plan for a couple of projects seem to be working.

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Now that I've gotten the go-ahead from DGA's Jim Gausman, I can reveal one of my current projects is a DHC-2 Beaver to Stinson SR-3 kitbash. Can't seem to find good 3-views of the SR-3 online other than the less than 100% accurate balsa model plans, and had to use plastic model illustrations for the 27ft long SR-8/9. Planning to use the Santa TDV main cabin, cowl and engine, spinner and 2-blade prop, landing struts and fairings as traced outlines only (no interior details). Again, the brotherhood (sisterhood) of paper modelers is something to appreciate!

The replacement big parts are done, in INAEC (2nd oldest Philippine airline) green with white trim - when complete I will definitely need a test builder especially for the windscreen greenhouse I copied from a balsa model plan. Already have an idea for the second color scheme, stay tuned.

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I've just come up for air after jumping off the deep end, even a major kitbash can get tough. Kudos to all designers, amateur or professional!

Anyway, I finally have the first draft of the Stinson SR-3 (straight-wing) Reliant derived from the DGA DHC-2. I'm now inviting test builders to PM me their email addresses so I can email the alpha model, hopefully there's at least 1 volunteer.

Of most concern is the fit between the greenhouse windscreen, fuselage and cowl, I'm sure there's lots of adjustment needed. There's likely alignment issues as well, and I haven't chosen a method to support the wing-fuselage attachment. Small rolled parts like the prop shaft and exhaust pipes aren't included just yet, I figure those are easy enough to make. I took the coward's way out and opted for multi-layer sandwich wheels and wheel pants.

On the plus side this is going to be a very rare and unusual subject, a 1930s Philippine SR-3 flown by INAEC in green with white trim. Monochrome photos are rare and color nonexistent, so markings are based on factory standard schemes and personal accounts.

I'm looking forward to seeing this built, then uploading the final release!

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Tim Crowe's test build of my Stinson SR-3 seems to be progressing OK, we've gone through a couple of edit cycles.

In the meantime, I'd previously figured out how to completely decolor Mr. Paulini's Reliant Regal and did a new series of recolors. I improved the first 2 and added 4 more, so the new file replaces the old one.

Corgi collectors will recognize the new recolors. Cushty!

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While waiting to hear back from test builder Tim I decided to do something completely different - gift boxes for my 1/72 paper model cars, inspired by the classic Corgi Toys and Husky boxes. 2POMs (yet another dog breed) is my fictitious toy company but my spokesdogs Louie and Orville exist in real life, and live in Virginia with my sister's family.

I'd like the moderators to consider this a fair use homage to the classic diecast model boxes. No infringement is intended and the design is intended to evoke the classic blue and yellow Corgi boxes (even then the proportions are for a classic Matchbox Type E box), and the vehicle side profiles are generic ones off the internet. I don't think anyone will mistake these for the reproduction boxes collectors pay for.

The side profiles are 1/72 scale, and it's surprising how much bigger the boxes are - the only ones that come close to filling the space are the AMC Ambassador and the VW T2 van. Maybe I can do a series 2 with trucks!

For a change these may be found in the Toys and Automata folder in Downloads, and should be available pending moderator approval.

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Tim Crowe's beta build of the Stinson SR-5 Reliant is done, and I've announced the upload of my 3 recolors on his build thread!

One of my planned SR-5 recolors was a Civil Air Patrol/Coastal Patrol version, so I decided to create a new folder for CAP recolors which is now awaiting moderator approval.

The first file contains post-WW2 CAP markings for my Piper J-3 and Stinson L-5, plus an Cessna L-19 recolored from Cliff's O-1F at papertigerarmaments.com.

The second file is of course my SR-5 in WW2 CAP markings - my CAP Piper J-3 in the PATS trainers folder is from the same era. And since the cat is well and truly out of the bag, expect a CAP WACo EQC-6 after all bugs are ironed out.

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In preparation for the WACo EQC-6 release I've uploaded the 1:72 version of my Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket in the same folder. This only includes PATCO NPC-24 as I can't confirm whether NPC-9 also had the deep belly fuselage.

So modelers interested in golden age aviation will now have the Bellanca CH-400, Stinson SR-5, WACo EQC-6 and Beech 18S in Philippine air transport company markings.

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The upload of the WACo EQC-6 recolors have been announced on Pericles' build thread, and now waiting for moderator approval.

The models are the EQC-6, J2W-1, UC-72H and YQC-6. As with the Stinson SR-5, the first poster of a build photo other than PATCO NPC-1 gets to choose a WACo recolor!

[rickstef]

file has been approved

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Hello all, first post for 2020 (and on day 1 of the year of the rat!).

Another year, another set of projects - just uploaded (in my PATS trainers folder) a new recolor of Mic-Chan's 1/48 Piper J3 as PI-C187, done in a couple of hours.

Been doing a lot of online photo reference searching for Philippine M4 Shermans (for later) and came across new Philippine versions for my existing recolors: the aforementioned Piper J3, a new Bedford TK/KE PEPSI truck and 2 new versions of the MATORCO tour bus (definitely an ex-Hong Kong Daimler CVG5) before the open-top conversion. The UW Milwaukee photo archive is a great resource!

Projects left over from 2019 include the San Miguel Beer MB L1113 tractor truck and trailer to be resumed sometime after the Shermans.

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Just one recolor today in my Bedford TK folder, a Philippine 1960s Bedford KE/TK PEPSI bottle truck based on a real photo I found. The previous white version was based on a 1970s Thai bottle truck photo.

Didn't take long as I already made the chassis for a Bedford J6/TJ project.

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Two new recolors of the MaTorCo Daimler CVG5 tour bus in 1960 and 1962 liveries shown in the UW Milwaukee photo archives. Turns out that this bus may have been acquired new (not ex-Kowloon Motor Bus) as Daimler started manufacturing the CVG5 around 1959 and this was first registered in 1960.

I started fresh with the Paper Bus Connection CVG5/A, switched the door well to the rear right and pasted in the Birmingham radiator front - don't know if these right side driving modifications were done in the UK before delivery or afterwards in the Philippines. I understand this bus soldiered on into the mid-1980s (after getting an open-top conversion) before retirement.

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Just uploaded Philippine Army recolors rescaled to 1:72 of Rawen and Paran's 1:100 M4A3 Sherman with their permission. The tracks had to be separated to fit into an A4 sheet, so there are 2 versions in the file. These are in the markings of the 10th BCT (Fighting Filipinos) and 19th BCT (Bloodhounds) which both fought in the Korean War as part of PEFTOK, but not in their own tanks.

Online sources say the Philippines owned over 400 Shermans from the thousands left by the US Army after WW2, with some going to Israel. Most of the period photos show M4 composite hull or M4A1 cast hull versions, but M4A3 versions are still plausible given the sheer numbers.

As usual, these will be available in a new folder after moderator approval.

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Uploaded a simple kitbash (inspired by existing M3 halftrack models) of 1950s Philippine Army M3A1 scout cars. The last page has optional 3D wheels/axles to roll up like a barbell, the inner hull has pop-up wheel wells/benches and pop-up headlights if cut free from fenders. Colors are uncertain as the few reference photos were monochrome.

The PEFTOK troops were from our own greatest generation, and it's sad to realize how much we Filipinos have diminished. At the April 1951 battle of Yultong/Meiluodong 900 soldiers of the 10th BCT held off the 44,000 strong 44th Division in a pivotal battle that decided the future of South Korea. As they defended the high ground, these tropical boys were hampered by the bitter winter cold and misunderstandings while attached to the Spanish-speaking 65th Infantry Regiment. In all, Filipino troops KIA stood at 112 by the end of hostilities.

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Doing my bit to help ease Covid19 boredom - been working on a series of mostly Japanese fire engine papercraft recolors into Philippine Bureau of Fire protection vehicles.

Fireman Kato Hiroyasu has designed a large fraction of Japanese fire engine papercrafts available online, and he has graciously allowed me to share my recolors. Today's upload includes 2 Hino Rangers, a 1999 crane rescue truck and a 1989 water pumper. I'm really happy with how they turned out, some of my best work - optional parts are included although some might find them too fiddley. What took the longest was not the actual recolors, but the search for reference photos!

As usual, these will be available in a new folder after moderator approval.

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Added 3 new fire engine recolors in 2 files today: a BFP Isuzu Elf platform lift, a Red Cross Fuso Super Great tanker and a Davao youth volunteers Fuso Great snorkel.

Just finished the last one, which needed an extensive kitbash from a Hino Dolphin crew cab into a Fuso Great single cab. As if that wasn't hard enough I modified it to have more realistic stepped sides to reduce the boxy look of Kato's original - not perfect but recognizable. Plus it's a 3-axle, 8-wheel twin steering truck, not your average bear!

For diorama ideas, have a look at the firefighter flat figures here:
https://juniorgeneral.org/index.php/figure/figureList/modern#78

I believe the BFP uses American style suits and gear, but the Red Cross and fire volunteers vary. Some of the generic Japanese fire engine papercrafts include figures comparable to those from JuniorGeneral.

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This upload is the last of Mr. Kato's fire engine recolors, a Fuso Fighter crane rescue truck. I've bundled it with a what-if of an ancient minimodel.cz model (when they were still minibox.webz.cz) of a Dennis Rapier.

I'd ignored the Rapier as too boxy, but Hyka's 1:100 model is simple but surprisingly accurate. When I found photos of Bonifacio Global City Estates Association's (private) single fire truck I rescaled and recolored it, then doubled up ladders and sundry parts to make it look busy.

However the real thing is the larger Dennis Sabre, and as the 1:72 Rapier barely fit into an A4 sheet I left it alone - they look so much alike I doubt many people can tell them apart.

That's 7 BFP fire engines to start off a collection - readers will probably know about all those German and Japanese fire engines scattered across many websites. Here's a couple of websites with collections of several:
German, American and Brazilian vehicles at streetpaper.de
German, Czech, Slovak and Polish vehicles at minimodel.cz
American, German, Czech, and Slovak vehicles at minimodel.sk (entire category)
Hungarian vehicles (IFA/Raba) at papirmakett.freeweb.hu
French Citroen HY vans in various versions (including one with front and back cabs) among the hundreds of recolors at Forum en Papier

Don't even get me started on airport crash tenders!

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Today's upload was an unintentional detour, but hopefully people appreciate the recolors!

I wasn't happy with my kitbash/recolor of the minimodel.cz Ford Econoline into a Ford Transit Mk1, the windshield rake wasn't quite right. I'd downloaded the Scooby Doo van some time ago and realized it was a Bedford CF. Those 2 have similar proportions and windshield rake so I thought I'd try modifying the CF, and got permission from Dragos. After decoloring, the model outlines looked nicely realistic so it'd be a shame not to do a few recolors before mangling the nose into a Transit Mk1.

Anyway, the 3 British vans are real examples from Bedford CF brochures, with colors off their color swatches - recently I've spent a lot of time searching for real photos to base recolors on, and sometimes found useful leads for other projects (like the LARC-V - send me a PM if you'd like to test build it). Luckily these had front quarter photos with the rear doors open so I could guess what the back side looked like. Since the only blurry photo of a Philippine Bedford CF I could find was an unmarked white van, the joker in the pack is the what-if window van - as in what if my cousin had started his used car business when he was a baby in the 1970s.

Dragos did a good job with this design - even the spread parts layout is actually needed to accommodate tabs, as I found when trying to compress the graphics. I only made a few real changes, one was enlarging the original wheels scaled down from 27". Another was adding parts: rear half bumpers, front signal lights, gas filler cap, and side mirrors. Lastly, I wanted a seamless windshield so I added side pieces that attach over the sides instead of under (same for the rear bumpers).

As usual, these will be available in a new folder after moderator approval.

[rickstef]

file has been approved

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First of all, thanks Rick!

Okay today's upload is the main event, the 6 version SWB Ford Transit Mk1 kitbash from the Scooby Doo Bedford CF by Dragos with his permission. This was challenging but fun, hopefully people will like it - as usual searching for reference photos took more time than the graphics work.

The first 4 are based on photos of actual vehicles: a Philippine ambulance and cargo van (real thing was an LWB), and a British cargo and armored van. The last 2 are based on Corgi and Oxford diecast models. This is in my original Ford Transit Mk1 folder along with my original effort which now looks rather sad. I've kept it so people can see how my skills improved.

I've tried something done with the Daihatsu papercraft, optional open doors with graphics of the vehicle interior. From what I've seen Philippine Transits had hinged doors and armored vans wouldn't have doors ajar, but the other 3 have sliding doors that can be variously positioned for added interest.

The 6 versions were chosen to have a good mix of authentic liveries - I didn't intend to do different model years, but the Southdown version complements my previous Leyland Titan PD3 bus upload and needed a post-1970 grille so it got one. I'm thinking of doing some British jam sandwiches including Transits, let me know if there's any interest.

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Forgot to mention, this Transit was another Frankenmodel that's a bit more realistic - the basis papercrafts were the Bedford CF by Dragos, and a Japanese super-deformed Mazda Carol for the heavily modified front cowl.

Also a suggestion for assembling the front cowl, roll up something like a small wheel up to headlight diameter, then glue behind the headlight. Now the front fenders can be glued around that instead of awkward tiny tabs around the headlights.

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I'm really happy with the way the Bedford CF1 and Ford Transit Mk1 models turned out, so in case people build them as presents I updated the 2Poms Boxes Series 1 file. The update also includes the Toyota Hilux and Mitsubishi Strada boxes.

The 2Poms Boxes Series 2 file also got updated with the KdF Wagen Type 82E and M3A1 White Scout Car boxes.

The old files have been replaced, so you'll need to download the files again to get these updates.

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Just in time for new year's day, these uploads are PDF recolors of some 1:40 scale Pepakura battlemechs previously uploaded by Blaar. They don't come with build instructions, so downloading Pepakura and the original PDO file to visualize how they go together may be needed. For people familiar with the BattleTech game universe these are my personal interpretations, subject to the limitations of the PDO files, of the Atlas, Battlemaster, Rifleman and Warhammer of the Inner Sphere house leaders around 3025.

As usual, these will be available in a new folder after moderator approval.

[rickstef]

file has been approved

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Thanks Rick!

Did some clean up of the last batch of uploads. According to Macross and Dougram original sources the designed dimensions of 3 mechs puts them at 1:45 so I changed the resizing data. For scaling the FASA-original mechs I used Blaar's reference table with heights from the Mech Commander 2 game, but the Atlas is still an outlier.

I have more recolors to upload, pending permission from Tirick and Blaar. Some of these have noticeably lower graphic skin resolutions, so I downgraded the original 4 for visual compatibility. This also resulted in fewer pages and smaller sizes of the replacement files. No need to download the replacement files if higher resolution is preferred.

Also added is 'duel pack' identification for some mechs, where the storyline has them present in the same skirmish but not necessarily facing off.

This first batch covers the faction leaders, next will be the generals then the regular soldiers.

[AlbeusChristian]

Hi, wishing you to recolor the P51-D Mustang to "Shark of Zambales. That would be great!

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Sorry for the delayed reply.

Although I am interested in Philippine subjects, the P51 isn't on my list of priorities because it's just too common. If I remember right, Nobi or Cafe may have done it already. And I still have to edit the Marine and Red Cross LARC-V beta-test someone's already started, and my recolor of the Greyhound.

[Texman]

Here is a kit of the "Shark of Zambales"

1/33 Mustang P-51D Shark of Zambales Phillippines Paper Model – Ecardmodels.com (https://ecardmodels.com/product/1-33-mustang-p-51d-shark-of-zambales-phillippines-paper-model)

[cafe]

Sorry for the delayed reply.

Although I am interested in Philippine subjects, the P51 isn't on my list of priorities because it's just too common. If I remember right, Nobi or Cafe may have done it already.

Maybe Nobi. The only P-51 recolors I ever did were a pair of israeli examples. I never did the french F-6D or the RAF (RCAF) Mustang I had planned.

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Sorry for the delayed reply.

Although I am interested in Philippine subjects, the P51 isn't on my list of priorities because it's just too common. If I remember right, Nobi or Cafe may have done it already. And I still have to edit the Marine and Red Cross LARC-V beta-test someone's already started, and my recolor of the Greyhound.

It took a while but I finally got a reply from Alberto, who graciously allowed me to recolor his M8 Greyhound PDO and even provided the original textures! I've just uploaded the file (with 2 versions) to my PostWar Philippine Army folder. Tabs need to be added separately as the PDO didn't have them, and I added period photos to help with assembly - one of them shows Ramon Magsaysay before he became president.

I also refreshed my Series 2 2Poms gift boxes to add the M8 Greyhound box.

Previous uploads include 3 low-poly models from the Crusher Joe anime that appeared in BattleTech.

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Hi, wishing you to recolor the P51-D Mustang to "Shark of Zambales. That would be great!

Still no Shark of Zambales, but just uploaded 3 new Bruno 1:300 P-51D recolors in 1:144, and a Bruno recolor PAAC C-47 in 1:144. Although the Shark is iconic for PAF, it's just 1 of 100+ that served in the PAF, and these are 3 I had serials, tactical numbers and nose art documentation.

The C-47 'Lili Marlene' had an interesting history: one of the first US donations to newly independent Philippines, one of the C-47s to display the interim 1947-1949 diamond and bar PAF roundel, and sadly crashed on 18 May 1947 killing Col. Edwin Andrews among others. He was the last commander of the Philippine Army Air Corps, and would have been the first commander of the Philippine Air Force had he lived until July 1947.

Incidentally, if anyone has documentation matching serials, tactical numbers and nose art (even just the description) of other PAF P-51Ds I'd like to hear from you! And just for fun I did postwar French Panthers from Rawen's 1:250 version, anybody interested?

I'm also trying something different in print setting scaling using the actual numbers, so you can decide if it's close enough!

Scaling information:
for 1:102 print 1 page per A3 sheet
for 1:144 print 1 page per A4 sheet
for 1:203 print 2 pages per A4 sheet
for 1:244 print 1 page per B6 sheet
for 1:303 print 4 pages per letter sheet

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For people interested in my recolors, please read on - all others can just ignore this notice.

First of all, I would like to apologize for a scaling mistake that affects most of my recolors. My limited tool of choice is MS Powerpoint, and I had always assumed that if a workspace was defined in A4 dimensions, saving it as PDF would result in an A4 sized file. To my dismay, I recently found that the Powerpoint default PDF is letter size, and that setting doesn't seem to be changeable. This screws up the scaling because the print file file is already reduced to about 95% if printed on letter size, with a further reduction if printed to A4. For example, my stated 1:72 graphic will print out about 1:76 on letter, but will print out about 1:80 on A4 which is noticeably smaller.

I am slowly replacing the affected files, but it is easier to list the ones NOT affected by this error: all my recolors of Zio's 90mm figures, and the WaCo UKC and Stinson SR-5.

A workaround is to print to PDF, with a slight loss in graphic quality and slight increase in file size. I have done about 2 pages of 5, so the rest could be done in a week or so, just need to hunt down my work files for the older models.

On a positive note, I found some PAF decals with information for 3 more 1:144 P-51 recolors, so those are in a new file.

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OK, I've done all the scale corrections to the original files I still have. The few backups I can't find anymore are the Lockheed 188 Electra, Fokker 27 Friendship, all the UH-1 Iroquois, both PacificAir BN2A1 Islanders, the Eddie Stobart DAF2800 and both Rambler Ambassadors.

I've decided not to rescale the BattleTech stuff as exact scale isn't really an issue with them.

Once again, my apologies to the downloaders.

[martyr366]

martyr366@hotmail/com 1945 beach 18. love to build

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Marty,

Our own Gary Pilsworth donated his 1:48 C-45 Bucket of Bolts to our Downloads section, but he also made the uncolored template available. My 1:72 recolors are of the prewar Philippine Airlines silver NPC54 and red NPC56, and silver Philippine Army Air Corps. These are in the lfuente/aviation/civilian/prop section which you can access as a forum member.

If you're in the mood for a smaller, easier version, Stephan Wulph just uploaded trigear and taildragger versions of his 1:250 uncolored model in the 'boxy planes in 1:250' thread.

Enjoy!

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Just got permission from Rawen and Paran of PRModels to share my recolors of the Beech 17R Staggerwing from their 1:100 Antarctic Snow Cruiser.

As usual, they'll be available after moderator approval.

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OK, there's another 3 recolors coming!

But first, could I have a moderator look into what looks like another forum glitch? My previous upload got posted without any data about the recolorer, namely me. It's not so much I need the credit, but more so downloaders can find it using my forum name to search.

Also, I'm also experiencing the random logouts other people have mentioned, don't know if it's related. Thanks!

[Texman]

Which upload?

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Hey Ray,

It's the Beech Staggerwing. I have the next set ready, but I'll hold off so I can put it in the right directory.

By the way, I'm being logged out several times as I'm doing this.

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Still having random logouts.

Regarding the orphan Staggerwing model folder, would it be easier to just delete the old folder and create a new one that hopefully won't have the same glitch?

[Texman]

Still having random logouts.

Regarding the orphan Staggerwing model folder, would it be easier to just delete the old folder and create a new one that hopefully won't have the same glitch?

I would say yes. Make sure you fill in all the fields before uploading.

[Texman]

Still having random logouts.

Regarding the orphan Staggerwing model folder, would it be easier to just delete the old folder and create a new one that hopefully won't have the same glitch?

RE:Logouts - have you ensured "Remember me" is checked when you login?

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OK Ray,

I've just created a new upload folder and added the 2 model files of Staggerwing recolors.

Hopefully the glitch won't pop up again. A moderator will have to delete the orphan folder afterwards, it doesn't appear on my list of folders.

I haven't needed the 'remember me' option until now, but if it fixes the problem then OK.

[Texman]

Looks like it should be good to go.