The Weekend Madness GB.

2 hours in and ready for paint. I think I picked the right kit for this. Interior is same color as exterior so.....

Razor,

Got your pic updated on the front page.  Congratulations on getting her over the line.

TJ,

Got your build updated on the front page.  I think you  may have chosen wisely.

Steve, 

I understand.  Sometimes you get a kit that just ain't worth the frustration.  Cool pick on the Lee.  You should have time to source some decals.  How are the rubber band tracks? 

As for me, Jesse Brown's Corsair is in the paint shop.  The real question is will the paint be dry in time for me to decal it before going to bed.  I'm using Testors Gloss Dark Sea Blue.  Shot it an hour ago, time for a dryness check.  Depending on the drying time, I may be either beating the throw out at first for a single or hitting into a triple play rather than hitting a triple.  Time will tell.

Steve are you going to use the glue that's included in the package?

Paint job on Corsair 1 is fubar.  Will have to wait for it to completely dry before attempting to fix.  May be several days to a week before that happens.  I remembered I had some Mission Models USN/USMC Sea Blue, so I'm giving that a shot.  There were some cowling pieces that hadn't been painted yet so I'm trying the MMP on them.  Hopefully I'll know something in the next 15-20 minutes.  Since all three planes were to be the same color, if the MMP doesn't work, I'm done.

The first Corsair is not salvageable.  I have not had good luck with MM Glossy Dark Sea Blue and this build continued the trend.  Still not thoroughly dry some three hours later.  The MMP USN/USMC Sea Blue works great, but will need a gloss coat over it.  I'm calling this build early because there is simply not enough time to finish them before I have to be at work at 0800.  The remaining Corsair has her canopy masked and is ready for paint.  The Mustang needs its canopy masked and then it will be ready for paint.  The remaining Corsair and Mustang should be ready by the end of the week hopefully.

You know the time period for building a kit is easy.  It's this work thing that I have to that screws up my bench time

You need to get yourself a food dehydrator!  I picked one up from our shop meth head (not about to use it for actual food...).  It is what made it possible for me to complete my build!

Justinryan,

I think this is the first build I've lost to a problem with materials.  For me it's usually a time management failure.  This time it was both.  

That X-15 is awesome. Fastest plane ever, yes? Super cool.

I like the Elefant, too. I loved those when I was a kid and had the old Italeri 1/35, but never really finished it.

Bufflehead - that's a nice little APC. Love the color work.

The Raiden is cool, too. Always thoughtthose were some of the sleekest-looking radial engined fighters.

Nice job on the Wildcat. Amazing what those planes accomplished early in the war in the hands of skilled pilots.

-BD-

That's a tough break with the paint, Lewbud, but credit to you for continuing with the 2 recoverable builds - a knock-down like that would have some throwing in the towel.  I look forward to seeing the survivors!

Lots of good work being done here, everybody, encouraging me to start my Hawk - hopefully this weekend.  Keep up the good work!

Well I did it in 26 hours. 

Congratulations TJ!  Well done!  Do you want me to use the first pic for the front page?

JustinRyan,

Do you have a preference for the front page pic of your build?

To those that participated in the opening weekend, thank you.  To those yet to build, we look forward to seeing them soon.

Buddy the first pic is fine.

and thanks for running this.  Kind of made me feel like a kid again being able to bang out 3  or 4 a week. But this time with a little finesse

lewbud

 

JustinRyan,

Do you have a preference for the front page pic of your build?

To those that participated in the opening weekend, thank you.  To those yet to build, we look forward to seeing them soon.

 

How about #3, left rear 3/4 view...

The front page is updated with a pic of each of the finished builds and they all look great.

Lost,

I've added your Mossie to the front page. I look forward to seeing it come together.

Incredable builds guys. It's amazing what one can do in 48 hours.

Ready for round 2.  Set to start at 5 PM, Wednesday evening.  May have bitten off alot with this one but I think I have a plan of attack that should make this do-able in 48.

Start Time by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Start APC by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

And awaaaaaaay we go!

Alright Tim, got you on the list.  Go for it!

Almost half way in, and there is some progress to show.  I have all the sub assemblies done that I can and now moving into paint.

P1011946 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011949 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011947 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011948 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Should update soon.

Looking good Tim!  Keep it up!

Some more progress made.  Interior is now installed and the hull is freshly painted.  Going to get some sleep while it drys.

P1011957 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011959 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011955 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011954 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011952 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011953 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Caveman rocketing along there!

I have started my build 1/48 Mosquito by Revell

It is a very old kit, and I bought it as second hand in a bag years ago.
Started 4:38 Friday arvo.

You can see the warp in this kit with the fuselage after decades in a bag

One hour in, basic painting done

Two hours in, struggling to get the wings together, they are resisting hard. And it's dinner time!

Caveman that is looking the part for sure. You're in the home stretch now!

lostagain that is a chore for sure. Anticipating a wip picture of the tail in a pan of near boiling water at some time lol Beat it into submission 

Started today, 17.26 hrs GMT, parts laid out for inspection...

Seat harnesses made from foil

Cockpit tub and wings assembled - not as straightforward as I'd thought, will need some sanding & a very small amount of filler

Stopped for food (pizza!) for about half an hour, before assembling the wings, and called it a day at 20.30 - I've been at work since 07.30, enough's enough. Not a huge amount of progress, to be honest, but I think most of the fiddly stuff is out of the way - the seat harnesses took me longer than I thought they would.

I plan to clean up the wings, get the cockpit painted & the main assembly done by tomorrow noon, then mask the canopy parts & get some primer on.  More to follow tomorrow.

Calling it done.  Just enough time to get it nice and dirty.  Figures leave something to be desired but the 113 is finished.  Will post better pics. in the daylight.

End Time by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011967 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011966 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011965 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

P1011964 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Good Luck to those still building!  On a happier note, I found the missing headlight lens for the Yenko.  Kinda like stepping on a Lego brick.  More to come tomorrow.

Congratulations on getting her done Tim! Congrats also for finding the missing headlight lens.  Hope it didn't break when you stepped on it.  I'll update the front page.  Look forward to the pics.

You can do it Lost! I got faith that you can beat that warped plastic into submission.

Hutch,

I missed your entry.  Is that the 1/72 Airfix Hawk?  It's looking good.

Let's call it a 7:12pm start on the Su-50! Off we go...

Well I think progress is on track for the night. Lots of little things done. This comes with a stand and i love in-flight aircraft so it's wheels up for me. Wait till you see how well this whole aircraft fits together.

 I laid some clay inside the nose wheel to make sure the doors were suported before hitting them with some CA

Check out how fine the points are on the intake

I left the fuselage on the sprue to hold some rigidity. Seemed to help while getting the 4 individual parts of each intake to line up

and just some general shots of the build