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Posted by Gamera on Friday, September 2, 2011 7:05 PM

Sure Noah, I'll put you down now. Glad to have you!

I can see you photo just fine. Is it a 1/72nd scale kit?

 

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Posted by Noah T on Saturday, September 3, 2011 12:47 PM

Yes Gamera the kit is in 72nd.

I switched over to 72nd from 48 early in college. I'd like to do a 32nd scale Hellcat or Long Nose Focke Wulf but I dont think my advanced skills are there yet.

My brother bought me an Awata dual control airbrush a long time ago but I dont know where my compressor or hose are now. I'd like to give that another try too.

 

 

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Posted by TREYZX10R on Saturday, September 3, 2011 10:27 PM

Some progress to report  in

used some transparent blue over RAF green on the flap and wheel bay interiors

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Posted by bsyamato on Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:36 AM

TREYZX10R

Some progress to report  in

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/treyzx10r/Zeke/Zekeoffice004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/treyzx10r/Zeke/Zekeoffice2001.jpg

 

 

 

used some transparent blue over RAF green on the flap and wheel bay interiors

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/treyzx10r/Zeke/Zekeoffice2005.jpg

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Posted by TREYZX10R on Sunday, September 4, 2011 9:34 AM

Fuse is together,small gap on the starboard wing and at the rear joint area underside otherwise tight fit. The wing root gaps were about 1/16 on both sides so I spread the fuse apart and ca glued  the corners of the cockpit floor to hold it apart it. The dihedral would have been too out of scale if I simply bent the wings up to seal the gap

I did score some a/m cannon barrels they arrived in the post yesterday,they came 4 in a pack but I've not found any pics of a Zeke with 4 cannons?

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Posted by bsyamato on Sunday, September 4, 2011 10:12 AM

nice work TREYZX10R the metallic azure seems reaaly correct.

Gamera i'm updating my gb badge but not found the badge of here Tongue Tied .. i miss something? 

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, September 5, 2011 8:27 AM

Trey: Wow, always amazes me how fast you move, and you do such fantastic work. Really looking forward to seeing how she comes out.

Bsyamato: Well, I still need to see about getting the badges done. If you'll remember we did experimental ones on the aircraft forum tread and there was some discussion but we never did a final one. I seem to have been dragging my feet. Sorry Embarrassed

I'll see about throwing up some test badges soonish.

 

Started work on the JUDY over the weekend. I was hoping to have the cockpit finished but the odd way Finemolds engineered the kit I've had to attach the wings to the fusilage before glueing the fusilage together. Hopefully I'll be able to get her sealed up by the end of the week.

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Posted by bsyamato on Monday, September 5, 2011 8:52 AM

Gamera

Bsyamato: Well, I still need to see about getting the badges done. If you'll remember we did experimental ones on the aircraft forum tread and there was some discussion but we never did a final one. I seem to have been dragging my feet. Sorry Embarrassed

I'll see about throwing up some test badges soonish.

Whistling just breakin' balls till the ki-27 don't landing to my house ..

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, September 5, 2011 8:57 AM

bsyamato

 Gamera:

Bsyamato: Well, I still need to see about getting the badges done. If you'll remember we did experimental ones on the aircraft forum tread and there was some discussion but we never did a final one. I seem to have been dragging my feet. Sorry Embarrassed

I'll see about throwing up some test badges soonish.

 

Whistling just breakin' balls till the ki-27 don't landing to my house ..

Lol, and thanks! I've been letting them slide- I really do need to get them done.

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Posted by troublemaker66 on Monday, September 5, 2011 9:46 AM

Hey All,

Here`s a few WIP pics of my Emily...not the best kit from Hasegawa I`ve ever seen but....

Took these pics outdoors on my back deck...wings with movable flaps/aerlirons

 

Rudder and stabs...

Fuse halves....clear parts are crazy-thick...

The sprue connection points were so thick that you couldn`t help damaging the plastic removing the parts...

I threw in a pic of my other project...my boat, with top down and cockpit cover still in place from Irene...the other inadamant object with a female name that drove me nuts..lol....

That`s my backyard...you know I was sweatin` it out with Irene!

Len Pytlewski

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Posted by troublemaker66 on Monday, September 5, 2011 9:53 AM

TREYZX10R

Fuse is together,small gap on the starboard wing and at the rear joint area underside otherwise tight fit. The wing root gaps were about 1/16 on both sides so I spread the fuse apart and ca glued  the corners of the cockpit floor to hold it apart it. The dihedral would have been too out of scale if I simply bent the wings up to seal the gap

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/treyzx10r/Zeke/Zekeframe001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/treyzx10r/Zeke/Zekeframe002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/treyzx10r/Zeke/Zekeframe003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/treyzx10r/Zeke/Zekeframe004.jpg

I did score some a/m cannon barrels they arrived in the post yesterday,they came 4 in a pack but I've not found any pics of a Zeke with 4 cannons?

Trey...That`s kick a$$ so far bud! I can`t wait to finish that Emily so I can start a 1:48 scale kit...remember why I don`t like 72 scale..lol.

Len Pytlewski

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Posted by bsyamato on Monday, September 5, 2011 10:26 AM

troublemaker66

 

 

 

Trey...That`s kick a$$ so far bud! I can`t wait to finish that Emily so I can start a 1:48 scale kit...remember why I don`t like 72 scale..lol.

 

why? Whistling

The emily looks good (want to exchange with some old airfix?) ... not too simple but goog. I see the mavis kit is a little more troubled than the emily but a day i want one Stick out tongue

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Posted by TREYZX10R on Monday, September 5, 2011 1:30 PM

Gamera, Bsyamato thanks !

Len thanks ,the Emily is looking good nice to see a subject off the beaten path like that. I hope the clear parts are'nt as thick as the ones in my Smer SM79 kit lol.

I sprayed the basic under colors  . I'm thinking of trying the salt method for weathering on this so I'm not going to preshade the panel lines

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, September 5, 2011 2:23 PM

Lem: Heck you're further along than I am. Still she'll be an interesting subject when she's done, I was amazed that the Emily is bigger than a B-17.

And sharp looking boat, now that the weather is cooling off I think I'd be out on the water instead of modeling though. Good to see you came though the hurricane so well, we're far enough away from the coast we got a pile of wind but no rain at all last weekend.

Trey: Wow, you're about half done already! And the NM looks great, it's going to look fantastic when you chip the surface paint off.

Cliff

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Posted by tigerman on Monday, September 5, 2011 2:23 PM

What are you spraying for the NMF Trey?

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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Posted by jay12472 on Monday, September 5, 2011 5:04 PM

Wow that's some fast and great work

Jason

 

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Posted by TREYZX10R on Monday, September 5, 2011 6:14 PM

Cliff thanks!

Eric I used TS-30 silver leaf

Jason thank you

I accented the panel lines and next I'm gonna try this salt thing thats seems to be the rage these days wish me luck!

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, September 5, 2011 10:10 PM

Bsyamato has reminded me I really need to get some badges turned out. Plus at the rate Trey is moving he's going to have his Zero finished before I get a badge done Embarrassed

Here's the original prototype badges I'd worked out:

1).Female samurai:

2).Samurai and dragon:

3). Blue samurai and waves:

4). Charging samurai:

Here's several aircraft by Shigeo Koike and various other artists:

5). Sunset Zero:

6). Mount Fuji Zeros:

7). Zero in the clouds:

8). Real Zero:

9). Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki TOJO

10). Kawasaki Shiden-Kai GEORGE

11). Mitsubishi Raiden JACK

12). Nakajima Tenrai

 13). Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien TONY

 

Two kabuto (heavy samurai helmets):

14).

15).

And Big-Z himself:

16).

17).

 

Not sure about the name either- we could just go with 'Japanese Group Build 2011-2012'. Personally I think 'Warriors of the Rising Sun 2011-2012' has more pizazz. 'Japanese Machines of War' has also been suggested. 

Guys please discuss this as to what if any of the photos you like and what term you like as a title better. Of course if anyone comes out with a better badge by all means please post it!!! Toast

And of course there is no rule that we must have one badge, we could do a few different ones, probably not more than four or five though.

Cliff

 

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Posted by tigerman on Monday, September 5, 2011 10:23 PM

I know that I'm not in this GB, but I do like the 4th one down. How about Imperial Japanese GB, since most if not all will be doing WW II subjects.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, September 5, 2011 10:40 PM

Tigerman: Ok maybe you didn't sign on but your opinion is appreciated! Thanks!

I assume you mean the photo of the real light grey early Zero? I'll put down one vote for it and one vote for 'Imperial Japanese GB'.

 

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Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 12:59 AM

Charging Samurai, even though they aren't Imperial. It just looks cool. 

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 6:41 AM

Hi everyone ;

I made a start on my 1/72 Academy A6M5c Zero ;

I airbrushed the interior parts and wheel wells with Tamiya's XF-71 Cockpit Green (IJN) .

Sadly Academy didn't include decals for the instrument panel Sad , so I'm left with applying black paint blobs from a toothpick .

Hopfully I'll have the cockpit pieces glued in place and the fuselage halves together shortly .

Great work everyone ;

Cliff , I like the first badge you posted ;

                                   John .

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 7:37 AM

Tigerman: Thanks! If I can grab someone with some art skills maybe they could add a rising sun behind it.

John: Nice work, she's coming right along. And as to first badge I assume you mean the female samurai?

Think I'll go back and add numbers to the pictures.

Thanks!

Cliff

 

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Posted by bsyamato on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 7:58 AM

nice updates helo and trey YesYes

Gamera ,for the gb i'm for one of zero's couple , if you want i can ask someone to traslate the name of gb in japanese Cool (in all of three alphabet used in japan)

up to last floor of my house, watching the sky to sight a monoplane with hinomaru on Sad

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 9:29 AM

Bsyamato: Hmmm it would look cool to have the Kanji characters on the side though we'd probably be better to keep the main label in English.

Hope your Ki-27 gets there soon. I hate waiting on stuff. HmmTime

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Posted by bsyamato on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 10:18 AM

me too, contacted the customer speak about 10 of september for sending supplyes, on same box waiting the seabat for sar gb and a nice low cost score from smer , the breguet 693 for only 6,7 euro!! Stick out tongue

about kanji they have katakana and hiragana Tongue Tied a my friend have the "woman from tokyo" (deep purple citation) and explain me that in japan use 3 different alphabet Tongue Tied normal people have trouble to learn one ..

Can write the kanji traslation in a little space Big Smile

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 11:17 AM

Very cool, I took a few courses in Japanese but am not very good at it. We learned hiragana and some kanji but no katakana. I gave up when I realized it would take me forever to learn enough kanji to read Japanese.

BTW: You could enter the Breguet in Tigerman's Blitz in the West GB if you wanted to.

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Posted by carsanab on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 11:21 AM

Hey G...

Something about 16 and 17 that catches my eye....

Got my Oscar out of the stash and gave it a nice warm bath,...should start up tonight...I noticed that the instructions called out for Nakajima green interior...I thought these had Aotake cockpits?? Any thoughts??

Z

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Posted by Reasoned on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 11:47 AM

carsanab

Got my Oscar out of the stash and gave it a nice warm bath,...should start up tonight...I noticed that the instructions called out for Nakajima green interior...I thought these had Aotake cockpits?? Any thoughts??

Z

I'm not sure but I thought the Aotake was for wheel wells and flap interiors but the cockpit was "Nak GI".

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Posted by bsyamato on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 12:06 PM

Gamera

Very cool, I took a few courses in Japanese but am not very good at it. We learned hiragana and some kanji but no katakana. I gave up when I realized it would take me forever to learn enough kanji to read Japanese.

BTW: You could enter the Breguet in Tigerman's Blitz in the West GB if you wanted to.

one of the 3 alphabet are only to write foreign words, but don't remember which ..

For the breguet i'm wishing to put on , if i finish at least 4 gb models in few time i'll put on, but not for now Sad

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