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First Annual Berny Memorial Group Build
Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:33 PM
Greetings fellow modelers,
As a few of you know, Berny, aka Berny13, passed away a few months ago. He was an avid modeler and a good friend. In his honor, I will be hosting a group build. At first, I tried to find out what planes he was associated with while he was in the United States Air Force and use that list as a theme. But as I started going through all of his posts, I realized that he had modeled almost every subject possible.
He started out with cars. At one point he modeled armor. And when he did model planes, he even modeled Migs, so it seemed that nothing was off limits. I also know that he had an attitude that you should at the very least enjoy building your model. So I finally decided that there would be no particular theme to this build except one. HAVE FUN!
So the rules to this build will be very short and simple. YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE! It is funny, I have only participated in one group build that lasted a full year, but I did notice something that bothered me. There were a number of people who it seemed rather obvious were only there to collect the stupid badge. A group build in my opinion is supposed to bring people together and share ideas, help each other with problems, answer questions, and even proudly show your accomplishments with.
There is just one more rule to this build. Berny was very particular to being authentic when building his models. I will not be the one checking each person’s model to see if the paint colors, squadron, years, etc. are correct for each model. I will leave that to each individual. (If I happen to know the answer I will be happy to respond!) For me, that is a big part of modeling, doing the research. It will be good though for participants to ask if anyone else in the build knows the answer, that is the great thing about a group build. Just do the best you can, there will be no firing squad if you get something wrong. After all, we are all human, and we all do make mistakes!
All I mean by "authentic" is, if you are going to build strictly "out-of-the-box" (OOB), simply state that. If you are going to make modifications, please either do research to back up the modification or simply state that you "like doing it that way". I just don't want someone making stuff up. I want to keep this build fun, not a chore.
I am going to start the build on Berny’s birthday, which is February 22. Anything and everything that you can build is acceptable (within the restrictions of this site of course!). It can be something you are building on another group build. You can build as many models as you like. Beginners and experts alike are welcome. This build will last one year, ending on February 21, 2013.
All finished builds will be entered on the first page of the build. This is not a contest of speed. It is a contest of fun.
 
Here is the badge, a big thank you to Rich for creating it for us!  Feel free to pick one up if you are particpating, you do not have to wait until you have completed your build.
 
 
 
 

Ken

The following are the list of participants and their subjects:

Son Of Medicine Man:  1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II in Vietnam trim resembling Berny's last plane he was a crew chief of; 69-260.

Bockscar:  1/32 Revell F-4F Phantom II

Sparrowhyperion:  Aurora B-58 Hustler

Hans von Hammer:  Monogram 1/48 USAF F-4C/D

TD4438:  F-4

Scorpiomikey:  Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A/D, Revell 1/48 AH-64 Apache

castelnuovo:  German AA gun mounted on a 8 ton truck

SuperB60ce:  Scalecraft/ESCI 1/48 F-4E (w/AM parts & decals as F-4E-38-MC 67-362 "Paula 01" 58th TFS Gorillas, Udorn '72)

JailCop:  Monogram F-86 Sabre

Gamera:  1/48 Revell Douglas A-20 G/J Havoc

jimbot58:  1/72 Hobby Boss A-7D Corsair II

kbuzz01:  1/48 TF-102 (C & H Aero Conversion Kit) tail No. 54048, Case X wings

Buffirn:  F-4, (2) F-105s, MiG 17, MiG 21

Frightful6_7:  1/72 Italeri F-16 OOB with Venezuelan camo scheme

Striker8241:  1/72 Monogram B-52D

kaiyudsai:  1/32 Trumpeter Mig-21 Late model MF

mikeymize:  1/48 HobbyBoss MiG-17 in NMF

xradio:  1/48 Monogram F-4C/D in early Vietnam War trim


 

Honor Corner

Scorpiomikey's Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A/D

 
 
 
Sparrowhyperion's B-58 Hustler

 
 
Kbuzz01's TF-102 
 
 
 Scorpiomikey's Revell AH-64 Apache
 
Mikeymize's Panzer II
 
Mikeymize's Junkers Ju87-B
 
 
Mikeymize's MiG-21
 
 
Gamera's A-20G/J Havoc
Jimbot58's A-7D Corsair II

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:22 PM

Guess ill be the first to put my start up.

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar"

Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming Hmm 

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:41 PM

Great start Scorpiomikey!  I had to start the first night remoting into the servers at work!  Ugh!  I will make up for it tomorrow night.

Ken

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Posted by kbuzz01 on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:58 PM

Wow, Scorpio - you didn't waste any time, nice start!

I'm trying to get another build finished for the Vets GBII before I dig into the TF-102, so here's my starting point:

The main box -

DSC00533.jpg

 

And the conversion kit -

DSC01746.jpg C&H kit

Ken

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:57 AM

BTW: Happy Birthday to Berny and Bocksdad! Happy Birthday

Mike: really nice work on the cockpit there. Built that kit some years ago and it went together like silk. Funny I picked up the 'birdcage' canopy version later to build as a New Zealand aircraft.

Kbuzz Ken: Very cool, always liked the looks of the F-102 and the conversion kit looks nicely detailed.

I put together a few parts of the Havoc last night. Everything seems to fit pretty well. I'll probably build her mostly out-of-the-box. The bomb bay isn't very well detaled so I'm leaning toward building it closed instead of trying to scratch-built all the innards.

PS: Looks like we've got multiple Ken's here so I'm going to go with SoMM Ken and Kbuzz Ken if it's ok with you guys. Better than Stikpusher's Korean War GB where we have I think at last count three Andys and an Andrew. Tongue Tied

Cliff

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:54 PM

Hi Ken,

You have obviously done your homework and selected the correct kit for Case X wings for your TF-102.  I am looking forward to seeing how this one goes.

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:14 PM

Hi Cliff,

I am fine with SoMM Ken.  Good to hear that the Revell Havoc has a good fit.  One thing I did come across about that kit is the wheels.  It was suggested to get aftermarket wheels which are relatively inexpensive and really make a difference on the authenticity.

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:57 PM

Greetings Everyone,

Last night I was forced to work from home so I could not do little more than get the first page up.  I had to work late so tonight I am really tired and will have to call it an early night.  But I will post pictures of where my current build is at.  I have the cockpit fairly close to finished.  I am using an Aires resin aftermarket cockpit complete with the ejection seats, photo etch, and clear film.  Here are pictures of what it looks like so far:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assembling these pictures brought back my memories of working on this with Berny.  Now it is time to get moving past this phase and finish this for him.

Ken

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:29 PM

The F-4 pit looks an awful lot like the tomcat pit doesnt it?

Scret to my speed. I started a month ago (and stopped) since i knew i wasnt going to be able to model this week.

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar"

Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming Hmm 

My signature

Check out my blog here.

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Posted by kbuzz01 on Friday, February 24, 2012 12:15 AM

Looking good, Ken.  Wish my C & H was as clean as that nice Aries package.  Sad

Ken

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, February 24, 2012 8:38 AM

SoMM Ken: Looks great! The Aires cockpit really makes a difference. Did you grab the photo off the web or do you own the enjection seat?

BTW: Thanks for the tip, every build I saw of the Havoc complained about the wheels. Not sure what I'll do yet though between picking up an aftermarket set or just sanding all the crazy tread pattern off them.

Cliff

 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Friday, February 24, 2012 10:44 PM

Scorpiomikey

The F-4 pit looks an awful lot like the tomcat pit doesnt it?

Scret to my speed. I started a month ago (and stopped) since i knew i wasnt going to be able to model this week.

Hi Scorpiomikey,

I can't actually answer that question since I have never seen the Tomcat cockpit.  That aircraft is too new for me.  I don't model anything past Vietnam era.

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Friday, February 24, 2012 10:48 PM

kbuzz01

Looking good, Ken.  Wish my C & H was as clean as that nice Aries package.  Sad

Ken

Hi Ken,

Thank you for the compliment!  Embarrassed 

Yes, I think that Aires makes outstanding resin products.  I still can't get over the level of detail and how crisp their products are.

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Friday, February 24, 2012 10:56 PM

Gamera

SoMM Ken: Looks great! The Aires cockpit really makes a difference. Did you grab the photo off the web or do you own the enjection seat?

BTW: Thanks for the tip, every build I saw of the Havoc complained about the wheels. Not sure what I'll do yet though between picking up an aftermarket set or just sanding all the crazy tread pattern off them.

Cliff

 

Hi Cliff,

Thank you for the compliment!  Embarrassed  The photo of the ejection seat came from the web.  The first time I saw it Berny had posted it but I found where he got it.  Here is a link for anyone who is interested:

http://www.ejectionsite.com/f4seat.htm 

I apologize for giving you advice about something you already knew about (wheels).  Obviously you already did your homework.  Cudos to you for that effort!  Yes

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Friday, February 24, 2012 11:20 PM

Hi Everyone,

Tonight I worked on one of the ejection seats trying to duplicate the upper seat belts.  This was one area Berny was very particular of.  Hence the reason why he posted the picture of an actual ejection seat showing how the upper seat belts were supposed to hang supported up out of the way for the pilot to enter the cockpit.

I fabricated the belts out of metal strips left over from photo etch parts.  This is still in the preliminary stages.  I am hoping to make it look a little better when I am finished.  Here is a picture of what I have so far:

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:00 AM

Greetings fellow modelers,

I will have to wait until Wednesday evening before I will be able to continue building.  I have two final exams this week, one tomorrow morning and the second on Wednesday morning.  They will require me to spend all my available time to prepare for so sadly I will not be building until then.  But I will be back in full force!

Ken

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Sunday, February 26, 2012 1:34 PM

Good luck with the exams Ken.

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar"

Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming Hmm 

My signature

Check out my blog here.

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Posted by Gamera on Sunday, February 26, 2012 6:08 PM

Son Of Medicine Man

 

 Gamera:

 

SoMM Ken: Looks great! The Aires cockpit really makes a difference. Did you grab the photo off the web or do you own the enjection seat?

BTW: Thanks for the tip, every build I saw of the Havoc complained about the wheels. Not sure what I'll do yet though between picking up an aftermarket set or just sanding all the crazy tread pattern off them.

Cliff

 

 

 

Hi Cliff,

Thank you for the compliment!  Embarrassed  The photo of the ejection seat came from the web.  The first time I saw it Berny had posted it but I found where he got it.  Here is a link for anyone who is interested:

http://www.ejectionsite.com/f4seat.htm 

I apologize for giving you advice about something you already knew about (wheels).  Obviously you already did your homework.  Cudos to you for that effort!  Yes

Ken

Oh..... gee I was hoping you did own your own ejection seat. That would be really cool, if only I had the extra cash Cool

Please keep tossing your advice in. I'm happy I caught the issue about the wheels but I'm certain there are other things I've missed and will miss in the future.

And good luck on your exams Geeked

Cliff

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Sunday, February 26, 2012 9:21 PM

Thanks Scorpiomikey and Cliff for the well wishes on my exams!  I will let you know how I do after the first one tomorrow.  Have a good night!

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:30 PM

Hi Everyone,

I think I did pretty good on the first exam yesterday.  If I had to guess, I would say I got either a low "A" or a high "B".  The next one is tomorrow morning.  After that I will be back here posting more progress pictures.  I would like to get those ejection seats done tomorrow night.  I look forward to hearing from everyone soon.

Ken

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:11 PM

Got the wings reglued last night after detaching them so drill a hole i missed and realign them. Noticed they were not straight.

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar"

Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming Hmm 

My signature

Check out my blog here.

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    November 2010
  • From: Lafayette, Indiana
Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:16 PM

Hi Everyone,

Very cool!!  I just found out my grade on my first exam.  I got a 95 out of 100!  95%!!!  Rock on!!!  Now all I have to do is make it through tomorrow.  Then the next class starts on Monday.

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:20 PM

Scorpiomikey

Got the wings reglued last night after detaching them so drill a hole i missed and realign them. Noticed they were not straight.

Bummer Scorpiomikey.  That is always the one thing I hate to do is re-doing something.  But I have done it many times!  I hope it turns out better the second time.

Ken

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Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:21 AM

SoMM Ken: Hey, great- can't do much better than that Yes.

Mike:Yeah, gotta agree I hate tearing stuff down the redoing it. Good luck!

 

Slow progress on the Havoc. Seems AMT somehow located the main landing gear about 1/4 inch / 3 mm too far back and I went and drilled out new holes and puttied over the old ones. Am filling a few injection holes as well and then should be ready to start on the cockpit. I have decided to leave the bomb bay closed so when the cockpit and wheel wells are done I should be able to close her up.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:44 PM

Gamera

SoMM Ken: Hey, great- can't do much better than that Yes.

Mike:Yeah, gotta agree I hate tearing stuff down the redoing it. Good luck!

 

Slow progress on the Havoc. Seems AMT somehow located the main landing gear about 1/4 inch / 3 mm too far back and I went and drilled out new holes and puttied over the old ones. Am filling a few injection holes as well and then should be ready to start on the cockpit. I have decided to leave the bomb bay closed so when the cockpit and wheel wells are done I should be able to close her up.

Hi Cliff,

Thanks for the kudos.  Sounds like you are meeting your challenges head on moving at a good pace!

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:54 PM

Hi Everyone,

I didn't have as much time to spend on my build this evening as I had hoped.  All lot of things had backed up while I was studying for those exams that needed taken care of.

But I did get some work done.  I managed to bend a little more on that seatbelt and got it closer to the position shown in that picture.  That is one thing I like about using metal over tape, it does hold its shape, but it takes a lot more work.  I had already painted the metal strip, but half of that is already chipped off.  I will have to re-paint it when I have it bent to the correct shape.  One thing about it, it will be "one of a kind"!  Then I will have to make another one for the other seat!  I would take a picture but with the paint scratched off it looks terrible and I would rather wait until it is finished to show it off.

By the way, I got an 88.3% on the exam this morning.  I am glad that is over with.  Now I can concentrate on this build for a while!

Ken

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:25 AM

SoMM Ken: Congrads on your exams going so well. And I hope your back is feeling better.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Thursday, March 1, 2012 7:56 PM

Hi Cliff,

Thanks for the kudos.  Yes, my back is feeling much better.  It still has a little bit of dull ache but nothing I can't deal with.

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:03 PM

Hi Everyone,

Tonight I had to remote into the servers at work.  I just finished working on them.  So I am going to relax and spend the last hour of my evening zoning out in front of the television.  But the weekend looks clear, so hopefully it will stay that way and I can actually get some work done on my Phantom!  I will check in with you all later.

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Saturday, March 3, 2012 9:19 PM

Greetings everyone,

Isn't it funny no matter how much you plan, you never get as much done as you wanted.  Well today life just got in the way.  I had to work on our taxes but at least it turned out on a good note.  For once we came out about even.

I did get some work done on the ejection seats.  Here is where they are as of tonight:

 

These are for you Berny!  Those seat belts are a lot of work, but by gosh they will add a lot of detail when it is done.

Ken

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