Aussie Modellers

Well so much for getting on here more regularly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the kind comments guys. Jules, yes I do intend unearything the Corsair soon. Do you have the colour plan from the instruction sheet for that one? Hopefully I can combine that with the two photo's of that bird I have to come up with something convincing!

QUOTE: Originally posted by s3053396 Was just wondering if anybody knew if thwe RAAF has or still operates any F-16A Falcon? If any aftermarket decals are avalable and if any mods need to be done to this kit? Cheers Trev http://www.tamiya.com.au/tamiyahq/picture.php?id=t61022

Trev,

The RAAF trialed the F-16 alongside the F-18 and I think the Mirage 2000 as a replacement for the then serving Mirages.
I don't know if any of the trial aircraft were ever put into RAAF markings or not.

Also, the Tamiya 1/48 F-16 is a kit from about 100 years ago and is based on the F-16 prototype airframe. You would be better off looking at Hasegawa or some other manufacturer.

As a side note, my wife would have my bs on a plate if I ever spent $226 on a kit. A least I could sort of justify my new airbrush, sort of.

Cheers
Darren

Was just wondering if anybody knew if thwe RAAF has or still operates any F-16A Falcon? If any aftermarket decals are avalable and if any mods need to be done to this kit?

Cheers Trev

http://www.tamiya.com.au/tamiyahq/picture.php?id=t61022

darson, you most have more cash then me, I didn't realise that it would work out to be that amount in AUS $. mgbriggs, the build is looking good. Tweety1, In the aussie Gb you surggested that i should do a sabre, it would be an experance. You have to be kidding. Seeing the trouble that you had with it and you are use to building wingy things what hope would i have.

Cheers Trev

Hi all,

I have decided on my next two projects. Once I have finished the 1/32 Fw190D-9 and 1/48 Ta152 i'm working on at the moment I'm going back to my Australian acft. I'm going to attack a Tamiya 1/48 Mosquito and convert it to a PR16 using the CMK PR16 conversion set as well as the CMK exterior set. I'm also going to attack the Roden 1/48 Biplanes - either the SE5a or the Brisfit. I think the Brisfit is the major contender as it has Australian markings as part of the kit.

The mosquito will be my first real conversion as I've only done little bits of scratch building and conversion work before. Lots of photos are going to be taken whilst in progress and hopefully it will be on the Aussiemodeller website in the not too distant future.

Hi all
here's a few progress pic of a p47 thunderbolt 1/72 that I am building at the moment . I had a accident with it the other day I droped it and cracked the join on the bottom took several days to get over it and then repair it ..
Luck that I didn't have the prop and the landing gear on , it would have been messy if they had broken..




Cheers mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison If you fellas like the boxing roo for a badge i'll reduce it to the same size as the 04 badge and i'll add a border and Aussie GB 2005 to it, i may have find another roo cause i don't think that pic will reduce to well... Luke maybe you can do something with it, your better at this type of thing than me But i would like to keep it the same size as your 2004 badge.......Jules...

I have no probs with helping you guys out.
if you boys pick a pic (incl the box kanga and some others) i'll put them together and you can then choose!

no rush, this is for next year so don't push ya-self - finish your models first

Hey i found another flag

to the forums and our little corner of OZ Robert, good to see another Aussie member...............BTW i've been to Rathdowny, camping trip...
Speaking of choppers, at work i normally see a few Blackhawks getting around( from Canungra) but i was suprised to see a Sea King flying over last week complete with RAN colours, i didn't know they were still in service

If you fellas like the boxing roo for a badge i'll reduce it to the same size as the 04 badge and i'll add a border and Aussie GB 2005 to it, i may have find another roo cause i don't think that pic will reduce to well...
Luke maybe you can do something with it, your better at this type of thing than me
But i would like to keep it the same size as your 2004 badge.......Jules...

Darren

Thanks mate. Heartily recommended kit...

I might bite the bullet and do a RAN tracker or RAAF Chinook next year

That is a great badge as well, looking forward to earning another GB badge!

cheers

Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by wooty G'Day Blokes, Hi my name is Robert. I live in a small town in Queensland called, Rathdowney. I like building 1/35 helos and figures i am 23 years of age and have been building models for the last 10 years . FSM is great and i think i can speak for everyone here that we all get some really great info and reference from everybody here. Chat to ya's one day, Cya Robert....

Robert

Welcome to FSM's online Aussie area, tell us about your latest project!

cheers

Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by s3053396 Tweety1 i just stubled across this and thought that you may be interested. Could be a bit pricey. Cheers Trev http://www.mediamixhobby.com.sg/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=7&products_id=2584

Well that works out at a measly $AUD226 ex shipping, at that price I'll have 2

Mike, I was surfing around looking for inspiration on my Bf109 when I found yours on ARC, nice job.

Cheers
Darren

Tweety1 i just stubled across this and thought that you may be interested. Could be a bit pricey.

Cheers Trev

http://www.mediamixhobby.com.sg/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=7&products_id=2584

Welcome Robert. As with everybody else can't wait for next years GB. I haven't even finished this one yet. Will hopefully have some pix up in the next two weeks. Will hopefully get it decaled over the weekend.

Cheers Trev

QUOTE: Originally posted by wooty G'Day Blokes, Hi my name is Robert. I live in a small town in Queensland called, Rathdowney. I like building 1/35 helos and figures i am 23 years of age and have been building models for the last 10 years . FSM is great and i think i can speak for everyone here that we all get some really great info and reference from everybody here. Chat to ya's one day, Cya Robert....

Robert to the FSM forums and the Aussie Modellers Thread. See you around the fiqure folder.

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison OK so the Aussie GB is finished and i already thinking about next years GB.... I was thinking for a GB badge something like this but the same size as the 2004 badge What do you guys think

Kinda Kool
I sense a bit of a theme here . . .

So Tweety, I take that the order of P/E construction is 'Cut, Pledge, Beer' ad infinitum...?

G'day Robert to the Aussie forum.

Mike, I can wholeheartedly recommend the Aussie Group Build, we had a ball this year with some great models being produced by everybody.

Jules, nice badge.

Cheers
Darren

To the form wooty your right about the form , the people here are a great bunch and they are so help full any problem just ask and some one will help . I checked out your MH-60L Blackhawk looks great....

j.s.harrison

Nice GB badge I think I will join the next Aussie GB..

mike

G'Day Blokes,
Hi my name is Robert.
I live in a small town in Queensland called, Rathdowney.
I like building 1/35 helos and figures i am 23 years of age and have been building models for the last 10 years .
FSM is great and i think i can speak for everyone here that we all get some really great info and reference from everybody here.
Chat to ya's one day,
Cya
Robert....

Jules I like your suggestion for the 2005 GB badge, maybe add 2005 or 05 to it, or even 2 to indicate it is the second GB of what I hope maybe a regular occurrence in the future.

Also like you I am thinking about what I am going to do for next GB, (won't be an aircraft, never seem to have any luck with them).

As for the timing of next years GB maybe we start at an earlier date also I am interested in feedback on GB and its rules and if they need to be amended in any way.

You See Carl..........I told you Tweety loves the stuff

OK so the Aussie GB is finished and i already thinking about next years GB....
I was thinking for a GB badge something like this but the same size as the 2004 badge



What do you guys think

Yeah, this can be a bit of a pain to do, but small drill bits will be your saviour!

Using a hand vice to hold the bits, rotate the bit till it seems to go in far eonugh.
Dont concern yourself with getting the depth spot on, close is good enough.
Secure the really small bits with a drop of Pledge, and let it dry for 24 hours.

I suggest Pledge because small detail doesn't require CA, and the longer drying time will allow you to reposition the piece so it's just right.
Downside is you cant really do anything more till the Pledge cures, and I would advise doing this step just before painting, so the bits dont come off during normal handling while building.

Thanks guys. The Pledge sounds like the go - I think the film is an option to go on top of the front PE piece but even if you line it up exactly with the detailed PE behind it seems to cut out a lot of the display. The decals are a mystery, particularly for the side consoles. Perhaps they're back up in case you stuff up the metal.

The other PE bit that I'm struggling with is how to route out the indents for the small bits mounted flush w. the fuselage. Doesn't take much to create gaps around the piece & damned if I can mark the curved bits acurately, let alone get the depth of the routing sorted.

Ah, I see exactly what you mean Carl

By the looks of it, your right about the clear film, although I have never used the clear film supplied, I always place a small drop of Pledge One Go onto each dial face after all parts are ass'y, looks aloy more realistic.

As for the pliers etc, there are companies like Electus Distribution, or even Tandy's stores for Technicians pliers, the flat nose kind.

OK Carl i see what you mean now, you have 2 options for the instrument panel,
It looks like the film goes behind the instrument panel with the open dials.why you have a decal i have no idea considering the other instrument panel is already detailed

Here they are:



It's a bit hard to see but 3 of the 4 have the white dial detail (the 'white' on the film is transparent). There are also decals for the instrument pods either side of the seat.

Thanks guys. The instrument film is black with clear or coloured dial details, & according to the instructions it goes at the _front_ of the rig!!! The confusing thing is that the plate behind the front one seems to have all of the detail you need, I would have thought the film would just provide the faux-glass sheen. I'll sort out some pics with my brand new digital camera so that you can see what I'm talking about. (I went down to the AWM last weekend & shot 350 pics in 3 hrs - if anyone wants lots of details of the world's only original paint Bf109 just holler.)

So Tweety, you're the guy . I've been looking at those etchmate rigs & wondering if it's worth shipping one over here, hard to tell the scale of the thing from the ads. Think I'll have to stroll around a couple of hardware shops to see if I can find something like those handy pliers you've mentioned. I'm wondering where jewellers & electrical techs get their kit from.

Carl

Me and PE, your too kind Jules

Carl, I know exactly what you mean by small, I am doing the G14 kit ATM (Hasegawa), and the Eduard PE for that is TINY!!!!!

Alot of people use those Etchmate thins and the like, it's a PE bending rig basically, but I cant see the point in wasting money.

Sidcrhome made a set of small pliers, with a long nose, and its flattened, about 4 mm wide at the tip.
I bought 4 sets of these back in my Technician days, and since then, 1 set is original, and the others have had the tips filed down to 3mm, 2mm, and 1 mm across.
These allow me to get the smallest PE bit and bend it no probs.

As for the instrument panel, you might want to check incase they are to be ass'y OVERLAPPING a fraction.
By what you described, I'm assuming the film is a white item with coloured dials etc on it?
If so, this lives BEHIND it's corresponding PE plate, and shows through the dial holes.

Don't know if I helped you or confused you.

Kids all asleep so's the missus"breathes a sigh of releif ".........

Darson i think wingy thingy's will always be my main interest but i have to admit i'm really looking forward to building this lotus, it's booked in for June 05 thats the earliest i can make a start on it.......

Tweety BMF is on it's way so i'll try it out next time i mask a canopy, to late for the Spit 1 I masked it off tonight with tamiya tape, it didn't take to long, not much framing...
I might try the Scotch Tape mentioned by Dave as well and figure out which material works best for me, as long as it's easy to cut "don't want to apply much pressure just in case i slip and cut the canopy"

Nicholma thanks for the heads up i looked at the colour and thought BRG is the one, without even looking at the colour guide......
BTW i know i'll enjoy this one, and i'll almost certainly invest in another....

Carl Tweety's the one to ask about PE, he loves the stuff and the challenge
As far as i can tell your Mirage instruments sounds like alternatives, i have a PE set for an upcoming Stuka which has a film to put behind the instrument panel, and the same problem you have happens, when the film is in all i can see is black holes so i decided to use the PE istrument panel as a template, cut a backing panel from styrene sheet and stick the kit decals onto it, when i line up the decals with the PE panel it looks a whole heap better......Well thats the theory but i can't see it not working...
Jules........