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WWII Carrier Aircraft Design GB (Starts Now -- Ends November 30, 2006)

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WWII Carrier Aircraft Design GB (Starts Now -- Ends November 30, 2006)
Posted by wooverstone8 on Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:33 AM


Sign - Welcome [#welcome]

Just out of plain curiosity, how many of you would be interested in a WWII Carrier Aircraft Group Build? If anyone is interested, I would be happy to host this GB.


Rules:

1)The starting date will be March 1, 2006 and ends in September 30, 2006. Can not be started before the start date. If needed, due date will be extended.
2)As for scale, it cannot be any smaller then 1/72 and can’t be any bigger then 1/32.
3)Scratch building and After Market parts are fine.
4) Can not be shared w/other GB's.
5)Rules Updated & Revised The GB title is WWII carrier aircraft, so it can not be from any other era, and has to be a carrier aircraft. Ground aircraft that were used on carriers are welcome, but they must have markings showing that it was from a carrier unit. I’ll except the B-25 only if it took part in the Doolittle Raid and as for the ME 109T, I’ll except it too since it was originally design as carrier aircraft. Paper Projects are not allowed.
6) Most Important rule--Have FunWink [;)]

Caution: there is no badge available for this build. This GB is design to learn more about the hobby/subject and to get to know other members participating in this GB and on the forum. Smile [:)]

Any takers? Any one?




Current Participants

wooverstone8 - Sword "FM-2 Wildcat" in 1/48 Completed and Displayed on page 33

mustang10 - "SBD-3" in 1/72

pingtang - Not Sure

rlawson - Not Sure

arki30- Accurate Miniature "SBD-5" in 1/48 Completed and Displayed on page 30

tho9900 - Not Sure

roadkill_275 - Pro Modeler "SB2C-5 Helldiver" in 1/48 and Tamiya F4U-1

bobaily- Not Sure 

gwaihir - Not Sure

lodni_k - Not Sure

PakNicK-40 - Tamiya "Brewster Buffalo"in 1/48 

RSaddlemire - Trumpeter "F4F-4" in 1/32 w/Eduard exterior, interior PE and Microscale decals

jboutin - HobbyCraft "British Commonwealth Corsair"

j.s.harrison-Tamiya "Fairey Swordfish" in 1/48 and Accurate Miniature "TBM Avenger"

KJ200 - Not Sure

dragonfly - Accurate Miniatures "SBD-3" in 1/48

JoeRugby - Hellcat in 1/72  Completed and Displayed on page 25

fighterguru - Accurate Miniatures "TBM Avenger" in 1/48 

pmm736 - Accurate Miniatures "TBM Avenger (George Bush version)"

Jeeves - Hasegawa's "Hellcat" in 1/48    Completed and Displayed on page 28

Razordws - Academy "Hellcat" in 1/72

Spit9 - Not Sure                                                                                                                                                            

rjkpasticmod - "Fairey FireFly Mk. I" Completed and Displyed on page 27

espins1-  Tamiya "F4F-4 Wildcat" in 1/48 Completed and Displayed on page 32

archangel571-Tamiya "F4U-1D" in 1/72

PanzerWulff - P-51N Completed and Displayed on page 33

TryintoModel - Tamyia "F4F-4 Wildcat" in 1/48  Completed and Displayed on page 25

 


Maybe List:
                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Tankmaster7

Jaypack55



 

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Posted by roadkill_275 on Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:37 AM
Go ahead and put me down tentavely (sp) for the Pro Modeler SB2C-5 Helldiver in 1/48.
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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Posted by wooverstone8 on Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:42 AM
Great! I got you down.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 2:42 PM
Put me dow. I have probably 10 different carrier aircraft kits so I will have to pick one. As soon as I do I will let you know.

Richard
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Posted by wooverstone8 on Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:31 PM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome]RSaddlemire to the GB
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Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:17 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by RSaddlemire

Put me down

Richard



Okay, You're ugly, your mama dresses you funny and you smell like a goat.

Mission accomplished.
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:33 AM
::shaking head:: there's always one in every crowd!!! Wink [;)]
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:52 AM
Well, he did ask to be put down, the other alternative involves a vet and a needle.
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 4:12 PM
Roadkill,

You done good! Gave me just what it seemed I asked for so I not only got put down on the GB list I really got put down. LOL I prefer your way. Needles scare me.

Richard
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Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 4:20 PM
You're welcome. i aim to please.
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 4:59 PM
boy Kevin is one giving guy... (reminding myself to reread all my sentences before posting here lest I become his target) Wink [;)]
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:22 PM
Sean, you should also post this GB in the Aircraft Forum Group Build section, at the top of the Aircraft Forum. Just a thought!Big Smile [:D] Still undecided as to what bird. I've never done a 1/48 Hellcat and I have one in the stash. It's an Arii kit. Doesn't look like much to the kit. And it was cheap!Tongue [:P] LOL I probably should have picked up a Tamiya or Hasegawa kit while I was in Japan.Banged Head [banghead] - Calvin
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:43 PM
Calvin - haven't heard anything much about the Arii kit one way or another, I've heard that Hasegawa one builds up nice though! I think J.S.Harrison did one recently and it looked tops!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:47 PM
After having gone through my stash I have cut it down to three possibilities. All are Trumpeter 1/32 scale. They are the F4F-4 Wildcat, and the TBF-1C and TBM-3 Avenger. I will have to look closely at all three to see which one it will be but I guess I have a lot of time to decide.

Richard
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Posted by gwaihir on Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:23 PM
Calvin, I have both the hasegawa and arii hellcats. I have built a hasegawa, but haven't done the arii yet. I would say that the hasegawa kit is a little better (however, some people talk about the engine cowl not looking correct and being deformed), but the arii one should also build up into a nice kit. Someone suggested that I put a true details cockpit (actually for the hasegawa kit) in the arii, so I picked one up, but I don't know if there will be fit problems with it. Personally, I kind of hope you do build that kit up, so I can learn from your comments Cool [8D].

Kevin, that above joke cracked me up! Nice job.

Leon
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Posted by wooverstone8 on Monday, August 29, 2005 9:39 PM
I’ve built an arii kit before (never built the hellcat). I built the FW-190 A OOB and went together fairly well. The decal sheet that came with it was worthless though. Besides the decal sheet I really enjoyed the kit and for the price I would buy a second one.


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Posted by jboutin on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:33 AM
Oh Lord not another one! This one sounds really interesting, I haven't built a Hellcat in a long time and have never done a Corsair. Put me down as a maybe for either one. I have two subjects I want to do for each one but how to choose. We'll see once the start gets closer.

GB's are evil!Evil [}:)] but good at the same time...
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Posted by wooverstone8 on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:04 PM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome]Jayboutin to the GB. You can do more then one kit if you like…




Suggestion are welcome to anyone.
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Posted by roadkill_275 on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:36 PM
I'm sorry, I just couldn't help my self. I just had to do itEvil [}:)]
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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Posted by wooverstone8 on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:48 PM
It was a funny joke. We all need humor Wink [;)]
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Posted by jboutin on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:25 PM
wooverstone8 (Sean), my name is Jay or my handel is jboutin, not justboutin, just trying to keep it straight, no worriesBig Smile [:D]

The choice is really tough as there are two Canadians who flew each one, Bill Atkinson got 5 confrmed kills in 1945 in the Pacific flying Hellcats from the HMS Indomitable and Formidable, and the second Hammy Gray was the only Canadian in the Pacific to the Recieve the Victoria Cross by attacking and sinking the Japanese destroyer Amakusa which in the process damaged his Corsair and he crashed and was killed. Hammy Gray flew from the HMS Formidable. There was a documentary recently about him on the History Channel. He is the only foreigner to have a war memorial on Japan soil.
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Posted by wooverstone8 on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:19 PM
Sign - Oops [#oops]

Thanks Jay for telling me, I probably wouldn’t have noticed my own mistake. All fixed now.
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Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, September 1, 2005 7:07 AM
I dunno... "JustJay" has a ring to it... it would be kinda neat to be able to walk up to people and introduce yourself..

Jay: Hi! Nice to meet you, I'm JustJay.
Person on street: Jay?
Jay: No, Just Jay
Person: Right, ---- Jay...
Jay: (slightly annoyed) no, it's JUSTJay
Otherperson: (somewhat angry) That's what I said!

etc.. etc.. etc..
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by jboutin on Thursday, September 1, 2005 9:52 AM
Tom, you need help...Laugh [(-D]

BTW have you been affected by Katerina? All the news coming out of that area is pretty scary.
JAY - fighting evil since 2:15pm, July 8,1976 -
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, September 4, 2005 10:38 AM
Jay - sorry it took so long to reply... I wasn't affected but have been keeping my sister in law and her husband here since the storm... they live in Metaire, a suburb of N.O. their house seems to have made it through just fine!!!

Does someone remember a person here or on the aircraft forum looking for references on a Navy P-51? If so Panzerwulf over in the Battle of Midway GB has an aircraft mag from who knows when (OLD) with an article on it... has a pic of a P-51 with arresting gear and all!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by gwaihir on Sunday, September 4, 2005 11:49 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900

Jay - sorry it took so long to reply... I wasn't affected but have been keeping my sister in law and her husband here since the storm... they live in Metaire, a suburb of N.O. their house seems to have made it through just fine!!!

Does someone remember a person here or on the aircraft forum looking for references on a Navy P-51? If so Panzerwulf over in the Battle of Midway GB has an aircraft mag from who knows when (OLD) with an article on it... has a pic of a P-51 with arresting gear and all!


I don't remember who it was, but it was over in the aircraft forum. The title of the thread was something like I give up.
Leon
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Posted by bobbaily on Sunday, September 4, 2005 5:05 PM
Jay-never know where to find you, so-congrats on the "Readers Tips' in the latest FSM.
I remember you discussing your techinique of using the cake cover as a 'wet paint' protector last year (maybe) and then saw it & your name as I was scanning the tips yesterday.

Again-congrats!

Bob

 

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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, September 4, 2005 7:22 PM
I figured it out... it was Roadkill and the title was "One frustrated puppy" ... he should be happy with this as the pic even had a tail number...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by roadkill_275 on Monday, September 5, 2005 1:52 PM
thanks Tom. If (and thats going to be a big if) I can get enough references together for it, I may try to do this plane and include it in here along with my Helldiver and possibly one other.
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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Posted by tho9900 on Monday, September 5, 2005 3:39 PM
cool, I look forward to seeing it!!!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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