Weekend GB: See you in November!

Giving it a go with a Mistercraft AH-1G in 1/72.  Fit is terrible and there is a ton of flash.  Overall its a real bad copy of the Matchbox kit.

A fling wing! Cool! Looking forward to the build.

So the fit isnt so hot so we will see how fast this putty sets up.  I also got the blades painted.

Stinks that it is still so early and I have to wait for the putty.

After a few more rounds of filling and sanding I managed to get some green stuf down.  Whish I has some acrylic in this color.

Thanks, going to call it a night and hope this paint is dry enough for decals.

Looking good there Ed! Keep it up!

Well this kit has been a strugle but I'm I think I'm on the home stretch.  Fit it terrible, decals are thin, rigid and brittle.  The tail band is the only decal I was able to somewhat save.  I had to cobble up some markings out of the spares bin.  The strange thing is that the kit decals didnt even include any national insignias.

I'm going to call this one done.  I might go back at a later time and see if I can tweak this some more.  I have a few blue Navy jets to doand will make sure I pick up some acrylic.

Congrats GT on getting the Cobra done in such a short time. Great job

I got the house to myself this weekend and am all caught up on work so I can start on my SBD build tomorrow morning.

Scott

Thanks Scott but its a 10 footer!

Looking forward to seeing the SBD come together.

Nice job Ed! Which pic would you like for the front page?

Scott,

Looking forward to seeing your SBD come together.

68GT

Thanks Scott but its a 10 footer!

Looking forward to seeing the SBD come together.

 

If that's a 10 footer then my Hurricane must be a 20 footer (at least 15 feet).

Looks super to me. Great job wrangling it into shape in such a short time frame.

Either picture is fine with me.

I'm starting now.......

Front page is updated with Ed's snake and that brings the number of completions to 13! As with all good things they must eventually end, so it is with this GB. You have until the stroke of midnight on 20 January to start your builds. This is approximately two months from it's start date and as good a date as any to end it on. If you have unfinished builds like your fearful leader, please continue to post their progress here as we'd like to see them finished. They will be added to the front page under the heading of refused to quit.

Hopefully, the third time will be the charm for me. Last night at 2249, I started Airfix's new tool Spitfire PR XIX in 1/72.

Proof of unstartedness:

About two hours later, I called it a night because I had to be at work at 0600 this morning.  Before I went to bed, progress was made but nothing really pic worthy. She'll be in Swedish markings and in this case she's PRU Blue with a red spinner. The spinner was primed and painted red. The prop has been primered and is ready for a coat of yellow for the tips. The wings have been glued together and the glass for the fuselage camera bay has been installed. Somewhere in the mists of time, I had a case of the smarts and bought a canopy mask for this and a Spit Mk. Ia. I found them the other day as I was cleaning up the apartment and took this as a sign. Before retiring for the night, I masked the canopy and the porthole for the fuselage camera. Before I left for work, I hit one side of the wheels with Tamiya gloss aluminum and will do the other side when I get home this afternoon. I would have started painting the cockpit, but it seems I've run out of British interior green and will pick that up on the way home (I had a partial bottle this last time I did a paint inventory, but couldn't find it last night).  I am off today at 1400 and don't have to be at work until 1200 Monday so I don't have an excuse for not finishing this build in time. Hopefully by bed time tonight, she'll be in PRU blue, ready for gloss. A boy can dream, can't he?

Lewbud, I look forward to you getting to finish this one with me

This old kit really is showing its age.  I could not have built it as a 10 year old now with all the flash and misalignment of locator pins.  The bombs are just chunks of plastic that require a lot of carving and sanding.  Lots of modeling fun though.  

The dive breaks need drilled. This will be an easy job with the old Dremel drill press.

So now all my pre-painting is done and drying and I am drilling holes.  Not bad for being two hours in the project.  However, 40 years ago, I would have been done and starting on a mission to hunt down and dive bomb the cat.  Ahh, what memories.

Well, I need to stop and do some other work.  This is a good stopping point.  A lot of filler that needs time to dry in places that there is no longer plastic due to the mold wear and material shrinkage.  

 I'm not going to finish.  My dog Molly just had a heart attack and died about 10 minutes ago.  

Oh man, Scott that is terrible, so sorry to hear that, you look after Molly and see her on her way.

Piers

I am sorry Scott. Losing a dog is very heartbreaking.

You have my sympathy and condolences.

Sorry Scott.  A dog is a part of the family and their loss is tough.  Sympathy Bro.

Great work guys.  Glad we have so many finished so far.  I find myself with a few days to finally get to the bench.  Got out of the gate at 1 AM with a 35 scale Canadian AVGP Cougar.

PC221851 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC301853 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC301857 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC301856 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

I am fortunate to have one of these parked in front of a business within 20 min. from me.  Kit looks to be rather nice and is going together well. 

Four hours in and my brain hurts.  Lower hull is almost complete and was a surprising number of parts.  Powertrain, suspension and steering are all together.  Needed some care to keep things aligned but it looks the part and I am happy with things thus far.  Going to let things harden up and will press on tomorrow.

PC301858 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC301859 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC301860 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC301861 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC301862 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC301863 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Till the morning...............

Scott,

Sorry to hear about your loss. My condolences to you and your family.

Tim,

Looking forward to seeing your build.

No pics yet but the PR. XIX is primered and ready for paint. It's going to be tight, but I think I'll be alright.

I began the build at 22:08 last night and have finished construction.

Now for the painting, I am going to try a three-tone camo which will be the hardest paint scheme that I have tryed. Hopefuly it comes out well.

I'm back.  Last night was a long and sad night for my wife and I.  On that note, I couldn't sleep and spent the night working on the SBD and got it finished.  It was a challenge in that the old, worn tooling made part fit and shape non-existant.  It was no longer the kit that I built 45 years ago.

I even built the little blobs of plastic that once resembled the LSO and airdale.

The build was good therapy.

I left the kit vintage. The flaps extend, wheels retract, and the bomb drops.  I even left most of the injector pin marks and the raised rivets.

Lewbud, use the first picture for the front page.  Thanks again for hosting this GB.  

Scott,

Well done sir! Sometimes a distraction is what is needed. I will add your pic to the front page when I get to work tomorrow.

SD,

Not a big fan of German armor, but that is my favorite German WWII tank. I look forward to seeing it come together.

As for the Spit, finished with about thirty minutes to spare. Pics tomorrow.

Well done Scott. Like Buddy said, sometimes a distraction is just what one needs.

Scott,

Sorry to hear about the loss of Molly. Losing a loved one always sucks. 

Nice job on the SBD. I'm glad you got to finish it.

That SBD turned out great!   Nice finish.  Look forward to that Jagdtiger.  German paint can be a bear under normal circumstances, can't imaging attempting it in a 48 hour build.

Well, halfway through on the Cougar.  Most of the assembly is done in 4 major sections.  Funny, when I chose this kit I thought it would go together faster.  Didn't take all the fiddly bits into consideration.

PC311864 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC311865 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC311866 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC311868 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC311867 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC311869 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC311871 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

PC311872 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

I did notice a few issues.  I will need to glue the cannon into place.  The kit nicely provided a metal barrel but the assembly is not nearly tight enough to support it's weight.  Also, the rear doors should be flush and not stand proud as the kit has them.  Oh well.  I will also likely replace the plastic antennas with some cat whiskers as soon as the little fuzzball gives some up.

Next stop, paint shop.  I will be doing a UN overall white but hope to make up for the bland color with heavy weathering. 

Till tomorrow.