Weekend Madness 2014-Stick a fork in it, we're done! See you next year!

Ok, now it's officially after 1PM and I am off to get'er done. Back with progress pics later.

Work continues now entering the 4th hour, just over 3.25 hrs in now. Cockpits are painted, decaled and weathered. Fuselage halves are joined and now mounted to upper wing assy. I've mounted the landing bay doors closed as I intend to leave these as hangers in flight. Had to do some scratch building there. Getting ready to join lower fuselage halves now and then sanding the seams. Should be in primer tonight.

Ok, ok, I done with the house's main waterline so I'm going to start my build at 6:00 pm tonight.... oops right now actually.

Here it is.

Not quite at the seventh hour now and both planes are ready for primer. Something feels really wrong to be moving this quickly.

Good luck guys!  Just rummaging around in the stash for a potential next attempt.

4 hours down and ready for paint.

Looking good there model crazy and Brandon!  Keep at it!  Well, your fearful leader is getting underway.  Pics will come Monday most likely.

10 hrs in. Paint completed. Need to clear, decal, weather, clear again and I will be done. My back is killing me so I'm off to bed. I'll wrap these up in the morning.

Rolling right along Brandon and looking good

5 1/2 hours, light grey is applied. Tomorrow will be the dark grey and black/white stripes, decals. Now things should slow down a bit.

Well, I made some more progress....still a bit over 6 hours to go.

the incomplete cabin

the dashboard

interior complete...with Vector light controller abd radio

thanks for looking

Brandon- going for the twofer on the first try? OUTSTANDING!  I love it when people push themselves in this build.

Modelcrazy-that ol' FROG kit is quite the bee's knees!  Looking forward to more.

Well, two hours in and your humble scribe is hitting the sack.  This Fujimi kit is not what I expected.  The fit is horrible!  To maximize the number of types possible, the rear hump is a separate piece, and the upper cowling is molded in halves.  There are some ugly seams that have been puttied and will be dealt with in about six hours.  The cockpit is painted and drying.  Hopefully I will have her ready for paint before I have to go to work.

MC & Brandon....nice progress on your aircraft builds.

I finally finished the Dodge pick up....what a pain in the butt build.  I had fit problems and issues with the paint.   Then when I went to take the final pics....the batteries died in the camera.

the door markings are from Gofer Racing

the grille

right rear 3/4

thanks for looking

14 hours in and got the dark grey done.

pyrman, don't beat yourself up over that Ram, it looks really good. I think it came out pretty darn nice. And hey, you never get to see enough pickups in the auto side of modeling. Great job.

The ram came out great !

Looks great Greg!  I'll update the front page when I get to work later on.

Brandon and model crazy, keep at it! Post pics when you can.

Thirteen hours in and she looks like an airplane!  Looks like I'm going to have to wait until the lhs opens tomorrow for some paint.  Almost called this because of the decals, but it looks like they're OK.  NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER!

First off, I am starting to dislike Photobucket. It keeps jacking around my photos and turning them right and left and then not letting me change them back. I think it's time to check out Flickr. 

Anywho, I have the decals down and setting in solution. This was a challenge because I am having one of those really shaky hands days. 24 hrs in, 12hrs of work so far. Need to clear again, then do the weathering. I'll be trying the Tamiya weathering sets, they look like women's compacts for eye shadow. I've heard good things about them. Nearly there. 

Greg, you Dodge looks great! nice job. 

Brandon, your smoking! Two at once? Wow, you rock dude! 

21 hours and finished with the stripes, decals and clear coat. No I working on the base.

Wow you guys are really banging these kits out.  Great work!

Stick a fork in me gentlemen, I'm DONE !!!

1/72 Hasegawa Soviet Yak-3 fighters, done all nice and dirty. Enjoy.

Awesome.  Great work!

Outstanding !

Brandon, outstanding work sir!  Congratulations on the twofer!

Modelcrazy, that classic Sea Fury is looking great!  Who knew an old Flies Right Off Ground kit could look that good!

Thanks gentlemen, I am smoked. That wore me out. I'll take the night off and hit it again tomorrow and make more progress on my other builds. Much appreciated.

Caveman that Frog is just amazing, a true testament to your mad skills.  

lostagain your Rafael is a mind blower. I had no idea they made kits for little girls. JK, great work, it rocks! 

B_one fixer that F8 is too cool. I must add one of those to my stash. Great work and super paint. I have a hard time getting that gloss look. You inspire me to keep trying. 

Great job guys, super effort.!!

modelcrazy, I can't wait to see the completed kit, it looks stunning so far.  

27 hours and I'm done.

Here it is.

Thanks for looking.

Steve

Steve: nice job on the Sea Fury....looks great!

Great jobs guys...those are three fantastic looking planes.

Greg, don't be too hard on yourself, I think the truck turned out nice