Helldiver! 2/08/09 Post Script

Jim...the wait is always worth it.

It definitely was a fun build to follow, and I'm looking forward to more.

The Military Shop... I used to stop in there weekly.... a good chunk of my stash has their price tags... man do I miss that place.  

Thanks for bumping this up... 

Wowsers! 8 years!

I remember avidly following this build thread from my work desk each lunchtime. I'd always be checking and awaiting the next update.

HAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!  The Helldiver!  That's how we met, Flyboy!  Love it!
Can't wait to see the MIG done.  The work you've showed me so far has been fantastic. And the work you're doing on that Luftwaffe noisemaker is astounding.
Thanks, mate....for sharing.

I'm deeply gratified that this old post came back to life for a bit- 8 years already? My thanks to all who posted back in 2009! Sadly, the Military Shop is no more and we've left LA for the Great Pacific Northwest- thew Helldiver is packed away in a box awiting a new display case that is, frankly low on our priority list. My current build is a build review for Tamiya Magazine- my first! In the meantime, my on-hod MiG21 LanceR is temporarily laguishing here: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/166053.aspx

Thanks, Johnny100 and Pawel- and everyone else- cheers!

chuk

Hello!

It's posts like these that make grumpy old folks like me say that everything was better back in the day...

Have a nice day

Paweł

Bump.

I stumbled on this thread a week or so ago and finally made it all the way through. Holy smoke! 

I didn recognize most of the names in it, which makes sense seeing that it was seven years ago, but I'm certain there are like minded folks here who will appreciate this, so I wanted to bring this to everyone'a attention.

 Cheers

-J

I saw the Helldiver at the Military Shop yesterday as a matter of fact! I'd taken a trip out to Los Angeles to see some of my old friends in the San Fernando Valley and detoured down to Long Beach to see the model. It's fantastic! Definitely worth the extra detour!

In another display case was a 1/72-scale Skycrane helicopter. The funny part is that very morning on my way down to Long Beach, I saw a real Skycrane swooping very low over the freeway!

 Chuck,

 I've been following this build all along and enjoying it thoroughly.

 I can't wait to see your next build .

 Frank C.

I'm tempted to drive all the way over from Phoenix just to look at that model in person! Certainly next time I'm in L.A.!

Guys, I just want to say thanks to you all one more time- you've really made making all these fershlugginer posts more fun than they oughta be!  I'll be taking the Helldiver over to The Military Shop in Long Beach today for display, so if you ever make out here to LaLa Land you can look it up.  

Aaaand- it's off to the Me410 today- whoo-hoo!  :D

chuk

chukw wrote:

Chuk...what an amazing finish. Can only second (and third, and fourth!) everyone else about this deserving a place in the mag...if not it's own issue!

My highest compliment:

"Looks Real!"

Perfection Chuck, sheer perfection. I hope it clears up at all the model shows you attend. 10 out of 10.

Thankyou.

...Guy

Should I ever be moved to dismember a figure and rebuild it.....I shall damn you forever!

Fabulous denoument to the wonderfully entertaining build! The base idea is inspired.

When the first figs showed up though, I was fully expecting to see a (styrene) Li'l Chuck fig laying on a creeper peering out from beneath the beast!

You are definitely hooked, my man.

Now! Put it away and do the Hornet!

Very nice epilogue, Chuck!  I don't think a model is complete until there is at least one figure, to help give it scale (remember Hooper sending Brody out to the end of the pulpit?  ) and to liven things up.

As to the brush strokes, I wouldn't worry, at distance, they disappear.  Nobody should be getting in that close to take a look, they can't really see the scene at that point, anyway.  It's like stage makeup-never look at an actor in the green room, under fluorescent lights.  You have to see him on stage, under the lights.

A wonderful, wonderful thread, and I'll say it again-FSM should give you at least a feature in the mag, or even a special insert.

Regards,

Brad

Hi Chuk,

Great timing on your last post, I was looking for techniques on detailing one of these carrier decks for one of my builds.  Your figure techniques are great too.  Thanks for posting.

Your work is amazing but what most impresses me is how fast you do it.  I'm still working on a P-40N I started last April and still don't have the wings attached to th efuselage, though that shold happen in the next few days.

Looking forward to your next build.  Thanks again. 

Steve 

What a great ending to the perfect build. 

Now off to work I go.

 Sooooooo um. How exactly does one hope to improve from here  Chuck?  That has to be some kinda of pinnicle of perfection from what I see.  I guess you could make one that flew and dropped bombs for real ?

Looking forward to the 410 very much!  And yes I already threw mine in the trash. Good thing you don't build as fast as Guy! I'd need another hobby!

What a perfect way to finish her off.  I hope you have a nice dust free place to keep this beauty.  I learned a lot from this project.  Thank you for sharing it with us.

Dave

OUTSTANDING STUFF!!!

What a great little toot on a base, and the figures are quite nice to boot.  Thanks Chuk, very inspirational stuff!