ANZAC GB Sept 2012 to Sept 2013

Grand to hear!

Working on work at the moment ... hardly had an hour a week of late :S ... However, my Beaufighter is coming along (for Multi-prop build, but is being done as a 489 (NZ) Squadron machine, so will post here for interest's sake.

Im working on the eduard emil. my nz stuff is all on hold

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where's all the progress?? Git crackin' boys!

updated, yo!

Very nicley done.

That is one sharp looking Dauntless.  Nice work.

Thanks! Also, how do you think the All Blacks will fare in the Six Nations?

Very nice!!  Congrats!!

Here it is, the final product

Can't wait to see the Dauntless Don - hope you get the image thing worked out soon :)

using photobucket and copying the direct link into teh add an image box seems to work

So, I've finished building my 1:48 RNZAF SBD-3 Dauntless. However, I can't quite figure out how to attach the picture to my post. Any help?

eatthis

can i enter with a 48 scale pig?

make and model?

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Sure. Owl should be along shortly to update the front page. If you gentlemen could provide scale and make thatd be great.

can i enter with a 48 scale pig?

Sure. Thatd be great.

Hey gents ... room for an RNZAF Oxford?  I got the Special Hobbies 1/48 just calling out for a Build ... and in the snazzy Red and Yellow stripes of the Radar Calibration flight.  Call me a glutton for punishment, (and She Who Must Be Obeyed extremely patient!!)

Thanks for the comment, Tony.  The same could be said for your P-40, in the Pearl Harbor build.  That's a sharp plane, too.

Outstanding work on the Spitfire, CMK. It really is a very clean, good looking build. It looks the part.

Cheers

Tony

72nd? Ive got a 48 scale one. Ill be lucky if it looks half as good as yours.

Thanks, Blitzwing.  

I only build in 1/72 for the constant scale (except ships in 1/700), although I appreciate the level of detail and artistry folks achieve in the bigger scales.

The panel lines look pretty daunting and stark when you first look at them, but they kind of settle down after painting and a pin wash.

Very nicely finished CheckMate. The first of the new Airfix new toolings did have those large panel lines like on you Spitfire but they have been steadily improving. Have you got any of the new ones in 1/48? How are they?

Thanks, Ms OWL.  Your expertise with cockpit detailing inspired me to spend more time with the Spitfire's office this time.  

Mikey:  Thanks, and, yes, it's Airfix--1/72 no less.  It takes a nice picture!  I think they released it about two years ago, just in time for the 70th anniversary of the BoB--at least, the first kit I bought had a sticker on the box that mentioned this.  Since the company was obtained by Hornby, they've released some new toolings that are really pretty good--although I still have a fondness for some of the old stuff.

Jack:  thank you.  I've admired the various Spits you've submitted to the Forum.  As for the red patch, I have no idea.  At that point on the fuselage moulding, there is an engraved square with a slight depressed dimple.  I can't say I've seen such a marking in either photos or profiles, and pondered on whether to use it or not--but there it was on the decal sheet, so now there it is on the model.

I have twelve more Spitfires stockpiled--10 more of these; one of Airfix's recent Mk I/IIa; and one Tamiya, which I haven't even opened since, to me, Airfix is "the precious."

I appreciate the comments.    

cmking02 - excellent build on this iconic fighter.  After seeing you knock out these new tooled Spits from Airfix, I've added one to my stash, even though it's not my usual scale.  Wonder what that red patch is on the fuselage spine, bullet repair?

regards,

Jack

Thats an airfix kit? WTF?

Thats awesome.

very nice!

I'm surprised I could get all the final photos in one posting, without having the whole thing jam up half-way through.

I'm calling the build complete.  I appreciate the opportunity to participate in the GB and add this tribute to a fine airman.  Thanks to Scorpiomikey and Call Sign OWL.

Thanks for looking.