Rocket Power Group Build 2010-2011

That was a fast build! Came out nice too.

Well done, Ill sort that front page out.

When it comes to filling and sanding you can save youself alot of time by dry fitting over and over untill you get as close a fit as possible. A little trimming here and there can make a massive difference. 

She looks good all finished like that, that was damn fast. In the time it took you to complete one model i did the following.

Broke a pin on an AM prop blade.

Cut some parts off a sprue.

Painted some guns.

Started building a cockpit.

Im slow lol.

Very nice Khalee!!! Well Done!!

Ok its done not a bad little kit

Things too note Landing gear too long did not notice it till I got them put on and started too look at them

Rear wheel bay a bit too big need to widen the airplanes sides a litte

Decals not the greatest even tho there is a gloss coat down and I used decal set

Still need to work on my sanding and putty skills but I used what I had on hand, and I at least finished it.

Hope these are the correct style pictures

Khalee thats some serious sanding to cope with hope you've got a big pile of sand paper ! Looking forward to seeing more pics

Sanding Sanding Sanding

Well here is where I'm at . There is no interior other than the seat, but with the canopy you probably wont see much nohow.

I decided to go with the colors I got on hand only colors missing is gunmetal and underside blue it will be middle blue instead of underside blue and dark grey instead of gunmetal but that is it.

some heavy flash seams aren't too bad, if you want something different for your collection for the 8 bucks it cost me I would recommend it. It Only has 24 parts to it. Half wings plus top parts sides seat  tail planes one piece each. Rest are the landing gears and doors

Overall I guess if you think of it like a old Airfix or matchbox early revel or linburg ? or even heller kit then it would fit in with that group on detail and fit.

lol sweet, cant wait to see the final result.

If I had all  the paints it would only take me about a hour to put this together so yeah I think I can get it done in two weeks .

If you think you can get it done in 2 weeks. Ill pop you down.

Well I will enter my I-302 in this group build as well. If I can only two frets to this plane so it should not take long to build. but some heavy flash to clean up.

i wish i saw this GB earlier, its too late to start now.

anyway im starting a "Pearl Harbour 70 years GB* " soon start date December 7th 2011 finish December 7th 2012, anyones welcome to join

*im working on a name

Trey she's a lil gem to be sure!! Great work!!!

two months to go guys. theres a few of you i havent heard from since they joined.

Mike thanks ,really appreciate the kind words! I hope all is going better for you over there ,cheers Trey

Up to standard? that looks mint. I love it.

I had a good airbrush session and finished it off  hope its up to standards

primed sanded and ready for paint

The basic airframe is ready for primer,unfortunately the panel line details are misaligned

The instrument panel in the kit was nothing but a flat plastic sheet so I used this leftover panel from another build ,not exact to the type but better than what was supplied

and the wings are together

My contribution to the GB is a Testors 1/48 kit,not much to it but hope to scratch a few items to doll it up a bit.The canopy was way too thick so I got  a crystal clear replacement.

I'm cutting up the kit supplied canopy to use the center for the internal windscreen armor

heres the crystal clear

hope all is well in NZ

Thanks Mike. The 1/32 Komet is an old school Hasegawa kit, dating back to the early seventies I think.

All of our best wishes to our friends and brothers in NZ at this time of crisis.

Tony

I just picked up a testors 1/48 scale Me163, is it too late to join in? Yea I know another Komet but I could'nt pass it up for $7.00

Very Nice.

Front page has been updated.

Taxtp ive added you to the build list. who makes the 32nd scale kit? Im pretty keen to see that beast finished myself.

Vance,

 I like the shape of this plane too. It was sleek but maybe the ME262 along with Hitler seeming to like Messerschmitt and wanting Heinkel to concentrate on bombers all had something to do with the final choice? The Heinkel proved more capable in a dogfight in trials but alas, it was not to be.

Mike,

 Engines are "okay". The kit wasn't the best you know so after adding aluminum trim rings up front and carefully reshaping everything else I think they're almost presentable?

Tony,

 I'd love to see you finish the Comet off!

Thank you gents.

 I'm pretty much calling this one done. After the sludge wash for the panel lines I dusted the plane to dull down the decals with pastels. While this was just a developmental airframe it was also the most used of them all. It started as airframe number one in glider trials before eventually being fit with the four Argus engines. So I wanted it to look rather faded but of course not battle weary. Excuse the washed out pictures. I just got lazy with the camera!

Hope you like it okay?

That thing is looking really good Mr Squid.

I've joined so many GBs lately, but I do have a 1/32 Me 163 that I shelved a few years back.

 Id actually gotten to the stage of painting the fuselage and wings and was ready to mottle when I decided that the construction wasn't good enough. Here's a photo I took back then, it's regressed since then because I destroyed some paintwork whilst rectifying the areas that needed it. It's got a Grand Phoenix cockpit too.

It was one of those kits that I bought cheaply at a swap meet, the nwent out andspent four times that amount on reference and aftermarket. Sigh.

Can I join up please, might help me to get this thing done.

Cheers

Tony

Looking good. I like the stand youve made.

How are the engines coming along?

I've always liked the wing shape on this one, lookin' good MrSquid! Cold in Georgia... welcome to my world!!!

 I've applied the few decals that belong on this plane and given it a gloss clear coat to ready it for a sludge wash to bring out the panel lines. I'm working with enamel base coats (thinned with lacquer), lacquer clear and will use acrylics for the sludge wash followed by flat clear and maybe some pastels. So far this much painting only started less than twelve hours ago. All material choices made to speed up the multi-step process as much as I can in this cold weather. If things keep going well enough I'll get to calling this one done real soon.