Weekend GB 2017-Closed for the season

Lostagain,

You're Spirit is looking great, keep it up!

B_one,

Looking forward too seeing her in paint, keep it up!

For me, Round Two's build will be Revell's reissue of Italeri's F6F-5 Hellcat. I picked it up at Squadron's Scratch and Dent sale at Scalefest several years ago for a buck.  Not quite sure of the markings it will wear.  I've narrowed it down to two, the first being Draw Decals Blue Angels set, the other is an FAA bird from the kit decals.  Looking forward to seeing your builds.

I'll go for Round 2 with a 1/72 Airfix A-4B Skyhawk, in USN markings. No AM.

Bill

Glad you're back Bill.  The Airfix kit builds up nice.

You guys are gluttons!  I haven’t gone to the bench since last weekend 

Looking good there B_one, always like the F-111

And here we are, Spirit of St Louis is done.

Almost forgot the timed shot. I was so excited I got up especially early, Just like a kid at Christmas...

I will get a good shot for the front page.

Thanks again for hosting Lewbud and keep going B_one and GM and everyone else!

That Spirit of St. Louis looks great!  I want to get the ball rolling so bad but my wifes check engine light came on yesterday which usually means my weekend is shot!  All the final products look superb considering they were all finished within 48 hours!

Congratulations lostagain!  She looks great!  Which pic would you like for the front page?

Great work all-especially given the 48hr time frame.

I'm planning/hoping to get started tomorrow night around 10pm (plans earlier in the evening) with the Monogram Chaparral Coupe

Not a lot of parts but what few parts there are need a lot of TLC.

Will post the starting picture tomorrow night....I hope..

Thanks Lewbud, Tony and MM

It has been a fun build, the decals were my biggest concern, but with many setting solution applications they settled down okay.

After I finished, had a quick bike ride in the rain to celebrate, then set up to take the nice photos. First up Lewbud, the one for the front page:

Usually I photograph against a grey paper background - this is on a light blue paper instead. For comparison, this is on the grey background, where I think the silver finish disappears a bit.

Just curious, I took the same shot on a green, a bit wierd, feels like I'm getting ready to CGI Lindy and a Paris crowd into the shot. However the colour of the silver is closest to how it appears 'in the flesh'.

I like this close up of the nose

And the top shot, the blue background looks a deeper colour with the higher angle:

The under shot

And that's enough of that. Thanks again Lewbud for the highly anticipated annual weekend madness.

Piers

Great models, Guys.

Thanks GM,

enjoyed your Skyknight, looking forward to the Scooter

i will do something. possibilties include a 1/48 PUMA or Meng T-34 or PZ-IIIN egg tank. maybe an1/72 (OTS) 231 8x8.

Excellent work everyone !

I finished the sparkvark after a whole day of building it.

Top work there B1, a great scheme on the Sparkvaark

Nicely done!

Looks great B_one!  Which pic would you like for the front page?

Thanks all, lewbud any pic will do.

Nice Raven B_one!

And as of a few minutes after 9am here, I have started!

It’s go time!

stikpusher

Nice Raven B_one!

 

And as of a few minutes after 9am here, I have started!

 

Look forward to this one. I like the Mirage III. It makes me think of the Six-Day War or the Falklands Islands War. 

Stik - looking forward to seeing that bird!  

Thanks guys, I am off and running in this one. Of course i could not go straight OOB on this since it has so many shortcomings. So today I addressed most of those.

In the cockpit I replaced the kit seat with one from an ESCI Mirage, and the IP with one from an Eduard Mirage. I also modified the electronics boxes behind the seat to fit that change

The kit has nothing behind the afterburner, so I took that area from the Eduard kit also...

And the wheel wells are open holes as well so I boxed those in with some sheet plastic

So late this afternoon I began painting. 

First up, Tamiya Aluminum in the wheel wells, landing gear, doors, intakes, etc...

Then I mixed up some custom colors for the engine... just various metallics, grays, black, and brown unti lt looked about right...

And lastly, black on cockpit components and camera bay interior...

Apologies for two posts to do an update, but Apple mobile IOS and this site do not interact well... but that is for the deaf ears who run this place....

Well it’s a good update and your making great progress! 

A quick update...

All the bits and parts that need paint prior to the fuselage and wing construction have been primed and the cockpit glass received a much needed buffing.  Lastly, the wings and fuselage have been closed.  Pit details and landing gear weathering are next. 

Thanks Mopar! You’re making pretty progress on your 190 there yourself! 

This evening after diner I painted up the cockpit a bit...

Then I glued the cockpit and engine into the fuselage and glued that together...

The last real work I did tonite was give the canopy a Future dip... I’ll let everything dry overnite, then do seam clean up in the morning, get the wings attached, etc... but a sneak peek with a test fit of the wings on....

Stik, Mopar,

Looking good, keep at it.

Frontpage is updated with the final finishers from Round One.

I started the Hellcat.  The Italeri is an okay kit, no real construction problems.  They offer you separate flaps so you can drop them, but I couldn't find pics of planes at rest with them dropped.  The cockpit is your standard seat, tub, stick and panel. Fit isn't bad.  The only problem I've encountered so far is the Model Master Gloss Sea Blue (15042).  I usually have bad luck with this color, and it continues on with this kit.  I was going to try Tamiya's rattle can, but decided to save my pennies for a later time.  On to the show.

Proof of life.

Seams all puttied up.  The engraved panel lines are nicely done, but I'll agree with one reviewer who commented that the fabric covered controls were overdone.

Ready for another coat of primer and paint.

All one color.  Another thing about MM Glossy Sea Blue is that it takes forever to dry.  I had paint on her starting at 1145 am. She should be totally dry by the time I get off work and get home.  All that's left to do is the engine, mask the canopy (ugh!), put her on her wheels and decals.  Should be no problem. Sorry for the crappy photo.

One thing I noticed about the instructions is that the pic of the completed model is sitting on the prop blade rather than the tail wheel.