Battle of the Atlantic Feb. 1 to Aug 1, 2006

Re the Canso, did you use insignia white for the body and gloss for the undersides? Where did you get the decals.

I want to do the same model. I liked yours so much especially when you consider the history of the aircraft and the great people who flew it.

Greg

Jay & HK,  Great looking birds Guys.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

Thanks Marc and Marc, Dave, Bob and HKshooter. 

Even though this took me a while to do, I still had lots of fun.  I have come to realize the PBY flying boats were very beautiful aircraft , especially in this RCAF coastal command scheme.  I am definitely going to do another one some time, maybe in a pacific cat scheme or post war RCAF with a nose conversion, maybe both!.  The wash was fun to do as EVERTHING showed up on the white (GS "off white" actually).  Unfortunately the area of the spine between the blisters got a little heavy of a coat of paint so the finely engraved detail there was pretty much lost.  oh well, live and learn! 

Also, I just barely got enough lead weight in to keep the nose on the ground, if you bump the shelf good, it sometimes tips back! 

Jay  The Canso looks super you did a great job on it

Hk the Dauntless looks great

Cheers

Bear

It has been a while since the last cruise throughthe GB sections. 

Dave, Jay, HK...All beautifully done.

Jay & hkshooter-FANTASTIC.  Both builds are great.  Jay-very interesting subject.  I enjoy the historic background of the builds.

hkshooter-I build the Dauntless a few years ago-you have done a great job on that kit.

Ok, I dug up some pics. Took me a while to find them. And thanks, Dave, for letting me slip this one in. As I understand it Op Torch wasn't really Battle of the Atlantic stuff.

BTW, your 290 looks awesome! And BIG!:)

Dave,

I was just cruising the boards and thought to check up on the GB's. When I noticed new posts here I thought I'd check it out. The AM SBD-3 I was working on finally got all of the parts issues solved but not in time for the end of the GB so I never came back and posted new progress. I figured it was over and forgot about it. Now I see there is still life here! Cool! And there is some very fine work here!

Anyway, I posted pics of the SBD is the aircraft section many moons ago.

Very Nice Jay and well worth the wait!!!   (what happened to the smiley list?)

I particualrily like the wash treatment as it seams to have picked up the panel lines and rivets quite well.

BTW, did you catch the CBC docu-drama "Above and Beyond" yesterday and today?  Interesting story on the beginnings of Ferry Command out of Gander Newfoundland.  I particularily liked the part where the Americans showed up in a Lancaster, I guess they were trying to pass it off as a B-24.

So here are some pics of the gal.

This is Mary K.  She was a Canso of RCAF 162 based out of Iceland.  She was lost on June 24, 1944 while attacking a uboat (U1225).  The uboat was sunk but not before it had done enough damage to force the Canso down.  It sank quickly and it's crew got into several dingies.  Unfortunately only one dingy worked and that meant several people had to be in the water.  The pilot, Fl/Lt. David Hornell gave up his spot in the dingy to the worst of the crew,  After 20+ hours in the water the crew was finally picked up but unfortunaley Fl/Lt Hornell did not survive the exposure to the North Atlantic.  He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.  He was only 1 of 4 Canadian Airmen to recieve this distinction (All were posthumous).  Enjoy.  As usual all comments welcome

WTG Jay !!  Looking forward to the pics.

Regards,  Rick

Guess what! The Canso is finally finished and once I download the pics off my camera, I'll post some pics for all to see!  This one was a long time coming, two months late!  I started it April 1 so it has taken me 7 months to finish.  phew! 

Stay tuned....

Thanks as always for the comments guys!  Sorry for the delay but the finished pics are now in the Aircraft section!

Great looking build Dave.  Looking forward to more pics.

Regards,  Rick

Outstanding Dave it looks great It will look great next to the Sunderland.

Cheers

Bear

Someone was up late, Looking forward to seeing your completed project yours to Jay.  My Aunt found and lent me my uncles log book (very interesting reading) I now know witch Lanc I'll be buildind  AL*H a Mk1 prior to it's meeting with a Me 262 over Hamburg in March 45.  Now I just have to finish my builds for the BoB & Aces GB and I can continue where I left off.  I hope your familiy stuff is not to tough to deal with take care.

Cheers

Bear

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Woohoo! I finished the wash on the fuselage!  next up the top wing, then I can attach the wing, engine nacells and the other fiddly bits and add a flat coat.  then I'll be almost done!  Watch it'll probably take me another month to do the wash on the upper wing!

Woohoo! I finished the wash on the fuselage!  next up the top wing, then I can attach the wing, engine nacells and the other fiddly bits and add a flat coat.  then I'll be almost done! 

Watch it'll probably take me another month to do the wash on the upper wing!

Hey Scott, Thanks for letting us know and we'll catch up with you in other GB's.  Post some pics when you do finally get around to finishing your Helldiver.  I've overcommitted to GB's this year myself and I have had to bail on a couple so don't sweat it.

As for my Ju 290 I am still away for the weekend but hope to get back to it tomorrow.

Hey guys, I know I'm way late on getting my Helldiver done and have just accepted the fact that it isn't going to get finished anytime soon.  I haven't had much modelling time lately and when I do I think about all the projects I need to be working on, especially the Helldiver and because there is still so much to do on it that I just can't even get myself to walk into my den to work on anything.  So, I'm putting that kit off to the side indefinately so I can finish up my Bf109E-7 for the Battle of the Meditteranean build, my P-51D for the Allied Aces build and my Bf109G-6 and Bf109G14 for my Axis Aces build.

I enjoyed watching the in progress and final results from all your builds and you all did some fantastic work.  Thanks for letting me be a part of the build and sorry I wasn't able to finish my submission.

I knew I should've done the Canso in "Winnie the Pooh" markings!!!  

Thanks Dave. 

I was almost going to be in Vernon in two weeks.  My Parents have a timeshare condo out there but they traded their two weeks for a condo in Fairmont so I'll be in Fairmont Sept 14-17.  Maybe next time...

Hey Jay, no problem, take your time.  I'm pretty much at the same stage but I will be gone for the long weekend so I'll be at least another week.  Hope all your models and stuff are up high and outta reach for little Matthew.  A Canso hung from the ceiling in his room would be asesome.    (until he is old enough to throw stuff anyway)