Pearl Harbor 2016 No New Entries 11-10-2016

Well, a bit more done on mine.... Have been real busy with my daughters and the grand kids visiting. Always look forward to that. but time to post now...

Got the frame and the engine finished and mated, so far so good... I'll start on the interior next.

Thanks

Doug

Man, that is a great looking engine Doug.  Very detailed!!!

I’m finished with the Zeke. Because of the larger size of the base I used more resin than I wanted, but the smaller base wouldn’t have looked as good.

Comments and critiques welcome.

MC that's one of the coolest dio's I've every seen! I swear some of those look like pics of a real plane!

Well MC... You know I love it! How did you get the ripples in the resin? Looks very very realistic! Bravo!!!

And a bit more from me...

Well   Tis all for now.... Next I'll attempt to get the markings on straight, Still have'nt seen any thing of the era lights and siren... hope it gets here soon...

Doug

Doug,

Your making me want to build an antique car. I built a Revell 34 Duesenberg way back in the 70's and loved every minute of that build, so much so I still remember it.

The ripples were made by using a heat gun set on cool and blowing the last very thin layer. This layer had quite a bit of hardener it so it would harden quickly.

Great info, thanks, I wasn,t sure how you got them to stay put without levering back out. Thanks again, and congrats on a fine looking dio!      Doug

Pyro 1/1200 Japanese aircraft carrier.  Built OOB, w/no corrections (early 1960s mold).  Color scheme comes from internet search for IJN Shokaku.

Please stand by.  Technical difficulties.

Alright, Time to start painting the body markings...

So far all the red and white are painted on, amd the lettering will all be dry transfer rub ons...

Just kind of piecing together to see what its going to look like... Thats all for now, As always, take care, and see you soon!

Doug

Wow.  Simply wow.  

The dio looks incredible.  I really need to try to do that someday.  The ambulance is coming along incredibly.  Very nice.

I have updated the list and it reflects the finished builds now as well.  

Joe

Well heres a bit more... starting to get the body and chassis together...

Coming along, Still waiting on the period lights and siren... should be here this week... I hope...

Doug

Wow Doug, that paint and decal job look very clean. Looks great.

These pics will conclude the build on the Ambulance. The completion photo is your choise Joe. I've always felt that there were many unsung heros December 7th, not intentionally, just that there was so much to focus on that many just were looked over due to the immensity of the situation. This is my tribute to one of those unsung heros... Even tho they were directly targeted, and many were destroyed and their crews killed, they continued to make their often lifesaving runs over and over again. Being an old Marine, I can attest to the love and respect we have for our Navy Corpsmen, our "Devil Docs" and the great care the Navy Hospitals gave us in times of need.  Thanks... and hope you enjoy...

Doug

Thank you all for looking, Joe, I'll be back in a bit with another Pearl Harbor build, But have another GB or two to satisfy first. I know some can build several at a time, sorry, I just can't seem to do that, LOL... I get too confused! .Take care all, back soon...

Doug

That looks outstanding Doug . The weathering looks spot on!!

Thank you Model Crazy... your too kind... now, on to the Sub warfare  build... this might be interesting since I've never really built a boat before... 

Doug wow.  Honestly it is a pretty powerful build.  Thank you for joining.  I look forward to what you come up with next.

Joe

Another really quick update.

The cockpit comes closer to being finished.

Some detail painting as well as a pretty heavy handed wash with Acrylics.

Other than the seat and headrest it is done.  I am a bit put off by the seat though and will be searching for a replacement.  Next up will be to finish it off and then set it aside.

I also did a bit more on the firewall and gave it color and an over all wash.

The color is Alclad Chrome over Testors Gloss Gray.  I still have to pick out some of the details.  And I will say this now.  The chain gear are going to stay.  I had zero luck trying to get my hands on replacements.  I know they are out there but I had no luck finding chain that looked anywhere near what the real chain looked like.  

Time to put color on the engine/landing gear mount and get it detailed.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Hey buddy,

I'm not sure if these photos will help. I took them lastyear at our local museum.

WOW... What great photos! The F4F was really a stout little aircraft, and packed a pretty powerful punch too. Thank goodness they were still there for the start of the war. They really helped to hold the line until more sutible and modern aircraft were released for action.

MC many thanks.  With your permission I want to save those for later.

An update.

The cockpit is finished off.  From the kit we have the floor, rear bulkhead, inner frame (where the seat rests), the control stick, and the instrument panel and frame.  The seat is a resin cast of the seat out of the Hasegawa P-40E.  All the detail work is scratchbuilt.

The firewall is almost complete.  I went with the molded in chains for the gear as I could not get my hands on decent replacements.  I also added a number of things that I had seen in pictures but were not represented in the kit.

Now next, logically, should be the engine.  I am going to detour just a bit and work on the landing gear as there are some hoses and fittings that will need to be constructed and they fit into the firewall.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Of course you can Joe. They are for anybody. 

Back again and the interior is getting close.  

With a bit of fixing on the cockpit I was able to move on to working on the engine.  Once the parts were cleaned up a bit I used Alclad Polished Aluminium, Gloss Grey, Gloss Black, and a wash of Acrylic Black.

To this point other than a bit of wiring the forward sections are now done.  

There are just a couple of items left and then I can hook it all up and close her up.  

Oh so very very close.  

Next will be finishing up the little stuff and then installing into the fuselage and closing it up.  

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Man, lookin good Joe! Always admire your " cut aways" they add another level to building the kits.

Many many thanks.

Joe

Just a quick update.

All the components have been installed into the fuselage.

And the fuselage has now been closed up.

There were some issues with the fuselage seam.  It was of my own making.  There is just a few small items to finish off for clean up but it looks pretty good to me.

Next up will be beginning on the wings.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Hi Joe,

I love your work, so much detail and its been fun to see how you have been progressing in this type of modeling through all these builds. 

I've been wanting to join this GB, as I have every year since I joined FSM.  I am currently building the Enterprise as she appeared at Midway for the Carrier GB, so her planes will not represent as she appeared in December 41.  I also have an old MPC TBD Devestator kit I have been wanting a reason to build, but need references to a TBD that would have been around Pearl at the time of the attack.  I found references to the Enterprise Dauntless and F4F of Air Group 6 that came into Pearl during and after the attack, but nothing on the TBD of Torpedo 6 that were patrolling during the attack.  

Cheers, Scott

Scott thank you I am humbled by your kind words.  

You are more than welcome to join in.  I look forward to what you choose.  I will update the roster when you are ready.

Joe

Hi Joe,

I will stick with the Enterprise and if I still have time, attempt to fit in the TBD.

Scott no worries you are more than welcome to join in.

Ok, a redo of sorts.  

I was not happy at all with the previous pictures.  Part of this is I am working on my picture taking and trying to get good print level pictures.

To that end here are a couple of others.  These are marginally better.

I have started the seam work and will continue with that as well as working on the wings.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe