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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:37 AM

Looks good Tweets! You've really stuffed her full of goodies there!!!! Can't wait to see that all put together... you should be proud of that, there's very little still stock on that kit!!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Sunday, May 22, 2005 8:43 AM

Wow!!

Pretty impressive so far, I like it a lot!

cheers

Mike

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, May 22, 2005 8:04 PM

Thanks guys, not to long now and should be finishing, time allowing of course Smile [:)]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, May 22, 2005 8:24 PM

:::looking at watch:::: you mean you're not done yet? Wink [;)]

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Monday, May 23, 2005 3:00 AM

:::slaps Tom with wet fish:::

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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pingtang

Member since
April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Monday, May 23, 2005 3:18 AM

Your Bell 47 is looking great Tweets. The engine looks really nice, I like the weathered look. Now, hurry up and finish. Wink [;)]

-Daniel

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 23, 2005 4:15 AM

Looks sensational Sean Thumbs Up [tup]

The detail is superb on the engine and I/P, can't wait to see it all finished...........

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Monday, May 23, 2005 7:01 AM

Sean - just make sure when you slap me with that wet fish that you're not just doing it for the Halibut... put some meaning behind it! Wink [;)]

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:25 AM

Yeah and you gotta do the same little dance that "John Cleese" did too, but try to remember not to let Kremps see you, You know how she gets when there is a whole raw fish around her, "Sushi Time"

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:27 AM

Tom & Jules
Laugh [(-D]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:27 AM

Sensational Sean. Love the panel wiring & you've got that metal weathering down nicely.

I'm still stuck waiting on the missing instrument panel decals so that I can close up the body & get on with it.

QUOTE: Originally posted by harvs73

I go into hospital tommorrow for a knee operation so I should get a few days off after it.

Ouch! It was actually me who had the shoulder op & I've had both knees done as well. If this is your first time with one of those my biggest tip is to do all of the exercises - makes a huge difference to recovery.

Carl

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harvs73

Member since
March 2003
From: Melbourne, Victoria

Posted by harvs73 on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:44 PM

Carl , I wish it was my first knee op, it's the 4th op on my left knee and in the near future I will be having an op on my right knee. Sad [:(]

I'm getting somewhere on the models tho so it's good in the long run. Here are some photos of a RAAF P-51 that i'm doing whilst waiting for the canopy for the Mosquito. Still heaps of work to be done but it's getting there.

Dave Harvey

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:34 AM

That looks great Dave!!
You faired the front windscreen in beautifully!

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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harvs73

Member since
March 2003
From: Melbourne, Victoria

Posted by harvs73 on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:47 AM

Sean, would you beleive that it is just how well made the kit is that it just goes together like that. A bit of white glue and it just went into place.

Dave Harvey

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:15 AM

What kit is that???

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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harvs73

Member since
March 2003
From: Melbourne, Victoria

Posted by harvs73 on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:19 AM

It's the Tamiya F-51 built OOB excpet the decals which are Red Roo decals for a RAAF acft based in Japan after the war.

Dave Harvey

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:17 AM

Hmmmm.
I've never had a Tamiya kit where the windscreen or canopy sat as nice as your Dave.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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harvs73

Member since
March 2003
From: Melbourne, Victoria

Posted by harvs73 on Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:19 PM

Time to bump this topic up a bit I think.

Here's a few more photos of the Mustang. All there is left is to do is paint and attach the 5" HVAR and do up the propeller and it's as good as finished. I'm not even sure if I will do the panel wash I normaly do as the panels stand out well as it is. Other than that there is only minimal weathering to be don.

Sean I agree about the canopies on the majority of Tamiya kits, but the later ones seem to work well eg the Corsairs.

Dave Harvey

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, May 29, 2005 7:58 AM

Very nice Dave Thumbs Up [tup]

!!

Well, I managed to get the canopy onto the Bell the other night, and have just sprayed her after a little touch up.

Had to make the canopy mounting braces out of putty to keep it in scale.
Also added a couple of extra panels that I hadn't noticed existed on previous pics I looked at.

After the paint has dried, I'll Future it, and mount the engine ass'y and legs, and finish basic ass'y.
Then onto the fuel tanks, and hopefully some decals, just have to make a couple of phone calls interstate to locate some Roo emblems.

June 30 is rolling in faster than I thought Shock [:O]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 29, 2005 8:17 AM

Nice one Dave, your Mustang looks great Thumbs Up [tup]

Sean, june the 30th is just around the corner, same story as last year,i think there's heaps of time at the begining of the Gb so i busy myself with other things and then when june starts i think [#censored] better get a move on only 4 weeks to finish the Spit...........

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:44 AM

How far you got left on thaT Spit of yours Jules?

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:53 AM

Ahhh most of it, i've half built the interior and painted all the interior green thats all, but i'm on my third spit now so i have a good idea at whats coming up and the Hasegawa spit VIII falls together so 4 weeks should just do it Thumbs Up [tup]

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, May 29, 2005 12:54 PM

ACK!!! how time flies! Well I will be doing a Hasegawa Spit as well so I should be able to finish with a little burning of the midnight oil...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:37 PM

Good to hear it Tom, what scheme do you have in mind Question [?]

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Monday, May 30, 2005 2:32 AM

Eeek, I take a couple of weeks off modeling and now I'm up the proverbial creek. Tom I hear what you're saying with the midnight oil.

I know this is going back a few pages now but Sean that is awesome work on the Bell.

Dave, your mustang looks great, I realise that you have probably answered this already but what did you use for paint, it's very effective.

Cheers
Darren

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Monday, May 30, 2005 2:44 AM

I put my Mitchell's wings together ove the weekend - it's a bit different doing a 1/48 bomber, quite a bit of plastic to manage. A few pretty awkward bits to fit together so I've got some sanding & filling to do while I wait for that bloody instrument panel. Getting pretty pissed off w. Accurate Minatures - they seem to be completely ignoring my emails & I can't close up the body.

Carl

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harvs73

Member since
March 2003
From: Melbourne, Victoria

Posted by harvs73 on Monday, May 30, 2005 3:26 AM

Darren I used Humbrol 27001 Aluminium. I was intending to use Humrol 27002 polished aluminium but had a blonde attack and used the wrong one. It worked out for the best in the long run as it looks good to me.

Dave Harvey

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Monday, May 30, 2005 5:53 AM

Dave can you tell me how much did you thin down the Humbrol 27001 and how many coats did you need to get the coverage that you did, it sure looks effective.

Cheers
Darren

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Monday, May 30, 2005 9:01 AM

Jules - it's in a Dk Earth, Dk Green over Sky Blue... it has an Ace of Spades on the rudder with Aussie Roundels etc... oh yeah it's a Mk.VIII

Darren - good luck to you! thankfully the Hasa Spit goes together like a charm!!! I'm doing a Mk.V for the N.A. GB and so far it's a breeze!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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harvs73

Member since
March 2003
From: Melbourne, Victoria

Posted by harvs73 on Monday, May 30, 2005 7:23 PM

Darren - I use around 1 thinners to 3 paint for Humbrols when I airbrush. I did at most two coats for the Mustang. The only dramas I found is that you need to seal the silver paint ASAP as it actualy rubs off easily and I can't use my normal wash method of thinned paint as the silver comes off if left unsealed.

Dave Harvey

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