ANZAC modellers

Hello gents, I'm not likely to have time to get in on this one but would love to follow along as you go. Looking forward to doing some lurking in here!

Looking good so far i didnt know the kiwis used fireflys

My progress so far...

The kit (also using workable link tracks).

The first armor I've found that didnt have a pre-made hull, all assembled from seperate parts.

Shot of the back

hull ready for deck

Turret isnt glued in position yet  (top, bottom or gun/mantlet) just sitting there.

The manual is about 90% Japanese but other than that its about the easiest kit I've ever done, even beats Tamiya hands down. A true shake and bake.

Andrew

as far as i know it is. hey julez. 2 things. one, can i enter a what if RNZAF bird? at one point we were looking at getting F-5 tigers and ive got a 32nd bird i was thinking of doing up as a 3 tone camo RNZAF Tiger. And two, i noticed on the build roster youve got me down as scorpionmikey, theres no n in my S/N. no biggy, just thought id point it out. oh and my mustang is a 1:72 italeri black box p-51D 

Well, is this still going forward? If so I'll be doing Tasca's 1/35 Sherman Vc Firefly as a New Zealand 20th Armor Regiment, in Italy 1945. Kicking it off Tonight

Andrew

Yes the modelnerds are good value, but in our own way wer'e all modelnerds

Mikey, getting back to our earlier conversation the recovery here seems to be going well, most of the public places have been cleaned up and reopened...Sadly it's brought out the goldiggers, many peoples insurance policys were not worth the paper they were printed on and insurance companys are refusing to pay up citing loopholes between riverine flooding and storm flooding.., goldigging ... people are living in unrepaired houses and rents have gone up because of demand caused by the flooding...It seems wer'e here just to make the filthy rich richer and they don't even try to hide it anymore like they used to...end rant....

My toyworld modelnerd is a warhammer guy. we have some interesting conversations.

Im quite lucky in that ive got 2 proper hobby shops with like 5 modelnerds in each.

Thanks Wirraway i'll have to check it out and maybe find a bargain or two, gotta get on to the modelnerd at my local Toyworld, he never mentioned it to me.... 

Tyler and Jules.

Big swap meet at Aspley State School on the 7th of May.  My local modelnerd from Toyworld put me on to it.  worth going to apparently.

Jafa, your more than welcome to join, the more the merrier

to the forums, i'll update the roster with your build as soon as we kick off

Up to jules, but i dont have a problem with it.

Is it too late to enter? this will be my first attempt at a group build, my first attempt at WIP reports etc, my first "Kiwi" model and my first accurate miniatures model. I am still tossing up on buying the verlinden super detail set to go with My TBF1C Avenger, but either way am looking forward to the build process.

Anyway if possible I would like to enter? take part? with the Avenger build.

Cheers

Stewart

All good bro. A group build is as you say a group of people building to a theme. This one were building Anzac equipment. So RNZAF or RAAF aircraft. etc etc. Usually you show WIP (work in progress) shots too so we can see how your getting on, but im terrible at this.

Its a good way to put a deadline to a build. Which im in desperate need of lol.

Would someone mind explaining "group Builds" a little more? I am assuming its where every one builds to a theme ("ANZAC") and shows off the finished article? Is there any restrictions/requirements/other rules I need to be aware off?

If so I wouldn't mind having a go, a good way to get some feedback on what I am building, which will most likely be the Accurate Miniatures Avenger straight out of the box.

Please remember everybody was a newbie once....

Stewart

yeah i might do that, just means ive now got 2 spare 48 scale resin wheels. oh well. Sucks about the floods man, how are you guys recovering? once the rain stopped so did the news about it.

As for us, were doing ok. Sewerage treatment plant is screwed. so when its blowing an easterly everything smells of decomposing poo and salt. unfortunatly at this time of year most evenings are easterlies. were getting there though. went up to the cordon the other day, man its eerie. Ill upload a couple videos when i can.

I should get to work on my mustang. im gonna use foil for it. Youd think i learned my lesson last time eh? ill just be more patiant and use smaller sheets this time i think.

Same thing happened to me, well sort of...My garage is  lower than the house and it ended up with a foot of water in it during the Jan rains, a few of my kits lost their decals and instruction sheets, i pulled out my Airfix 1/48 seafire fr47 to clean the sprues and promptly lost the clear parts...I ordered some Falcon vac canopys from a hobby shop in Wellington and took the opportunity to order the Ventura decals for the Corsair at the same time....

Maybe you could add a clear rod to the underside of your Bearcat and have it as an in flight display...

Not hearing much on the news here anymore, hows Christchurch looking??

Thats what i did for my bearcat. Which im now going to have to do gear up because i cant get that kit again and one gear leg went missing it the quake.

I think your right about the kit engine, i reckon i'll just open up a couple of panels and wire up the kit engine....I will order a zoom set for the office, my fine detail painting can't compete with the instrument panels from Eduard...

ive been told (and discovered) aires translates to doesnt fit. if the kit has a decent engine then stick with the kit engine. the tricolor scheme looks fantastic on corsairs.

Yeah all the pics i've found online show the narrow band around the front of the cowl... i'm not a huge fan of overall gloss sea blue so i'm going to go with the tri scheme i reckon....trying to decide whether or not to superdeatail the engine with an Aires set...

I believe it was the later overall glossy sea blue scheme. Cant confirm the nose colour but from what i can find the only nose colour on RNZAF corsairs was yellow. Interestingly though the only references i can find all say it was a narrow band around the front of the cowl, not the whole cowling.

Mikey, awesome site mate thanks for posting it i think i like the one in the pic you posted, it's battered appearance and RNZAF markings sets it off....Is that a yellow nose and is the scheme an overall Blue gray upper with a nuetral grey under??? hard to tell from the pic....

I've also made an early start on first build, with 3 planned for this i figured a head start might be a good idea...

I've cut all the engine panels off the Hasegawa 1/48 Mustang in preperation for the Verlinden set and also finished the office...it has a zoom set in it and the seat is resin from True Details

Found a good photo, and an awesome website for people doing RNZAF corsairs.

Note how battered she looks.

http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/No_21_Squadron.html

Lots of photos of 21 squadron.

Note they all have the same "splash" pattern along the rear of the engine cowl  just forward of the cockpit.

Also note the damaged tail. Testament to our low flyers and how low they got.  (this could also be flak damage, looks more like a tree strike though)

Also heard a story of a young kiwi pilot who got a little tiddly the night before a mission, woke up still drunk. He decided to stop drinking when he felt a thump while banking, looked over and saw grass hanging from the wingtip. 

If you decide to do a specific aircraft, let me know and ill head down to wigram (national airforce museum) and go through their records for any info i can find for you.

I'd like to do a P-40 as well...From New zealand..

I have to admit the Corsair is very striking with RNZAF markings on, i'm suprised i havn't seen more models of them....

Yeah, kiwis typically dont give a crap about appearances lol. As long as it was in perfect flying condition it was good to go.

Mikey, well there they are, i was wondering where to source decals for the Corsair...I have that site bookmarked, thanks for the link...From my research it appears these Kiwi PTO corsairs were pretty beat up, lots of chips, stains ect....

Aaron,  no worries i'll add you to the roster,aboard...

Thanks, that is not a company I've seen before.