Sooo...whats on the bench at the moment ?

After making a mess out of my Thud, I decided to change pace and started the Revell 1/48 Apache Helo last night.  I built one years ago and loved it. I lost it after my then 5 year old former stepson thought it could fly and threw it across the front lawn.  lol.

1/35 DANA, ready to start camo, 1/48 AH-1F ready to decal, 1/35 VOSPER and 1/35 LCVP ready to paint camo on hull and deck stuff, 1/35 FLAK 37 finish weathering and build a base. only 1 new start berfore jan and thats a 48 hour 1/72 T-72M this saturday

Well I finished the Dragon 251/22 I was working on 2 pages back now I started my Tamyia M48A3.    ACESES5                   

I have a little group build going on at my desk,,,,,,I build in 1/72, so all of my builds are Little Builds, hah

There is a Hellcat, a Phantom,,,,,and 4 different toolings of Skyhawk,,,,,one Skyhawk and one Phantom are supposed to be for FSM group builds, but, I didn't snap pics of them as I went along,,,,,and they are at the primer stage of painting now

The Skyhawks are half of a set of all the toolings in 1/72 over the years, to compare them and show once and for all that certain kits are NOT based on other kits,,,,,,,,it will include one new Airfix kit built with the tail and nose fixed to have a correct A-4B shape and size (after the Jan. show in Chattanooga, I will post what old kit I used as a "correction set" for that nose, lol)

Rex

MiG-21 mf Old OEZ kit) and Tamiya Mclaren SLR 722.

I'm currently working on 2 FW190's  for the GB a 1/48 dragon FW190A-7 and a Airfix 1/72 Fw190A-8 also have a Pegasus Zero and Spitfire  and on of the Zvezda 1/100 Disney movie jet models.   Thinking about getting a Tamiya a6m2-n Rufe

John

G'Day Mate !

I have at present seven ships and one armor vehicle on the bench . In various states of being built .I took close up photos of the U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA and boy, was I miffed ! They say the camera don't lie . Well  ,my Optical Orbs Mk 1 & 2 sure did ! I thought she looked great .Now after removing ALL the P.E. and sanding many spots she is beginning to look better ! So , that PLUS my client's ships are all that's going on right now .I sure miss your great land . You Take care .    Tanker - Builder

Hey ,DON !

    Funny you should be working on a LINK trainer .My landlady knows what they are .She was at the time an instructor operator of one of these and three other more sophisticated ones at her NAVAL assignments .She would put the trainees through their paces in an S-2-F trainer and an F-4-J trainer too ! The LINK was more of a ," so you think you can fly " ? trainer  In her eyes .  If the guys couldn't master the LINK first  , they went to the back of the line . How's that for a little factoid ? Now she also stated that she only did this to those guys who were so cocky they thought they knew it all . Seems flying the LINK was harder than they thought . Shoot , the flight school I went to after military service used a LINK to see if you had what it would take to qualify to fly .      Tanker-Builder     P.S. As far as what's on the bench ,cleaning up the U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA , painting a 1/96 scale U.S.S. KIDD . Oh and you remember LINDBERG ? Well , I couldn't resist . I am doing a cutaway of the Coast Guard Patrol Boat and one non cutaway version with lift off sections for the engine room , crews quarters and galley as well as the wheelhouse and radio room . These to get away from the other stuff , mainly a set of FRUILMODEL ,tracks , Done at last ! Done at last ! Whew ! whatta job that was .

I've got so many I juggle with, so many half done.  But the one I'm focusing on is:

- Aoshima Toyota Hilux Double Cab High Lift

I'm modifying it to fit on a Losi 4x4 Trail Trekker chassis AND fit on the model chassis.  This requires making a fake floor  that'll hold the seats/dash/doors in place when the body is fitted on the RC chassis while being able to fit on top of the original floor for display on the Aoshima chassis.  I just can't bring myself to throwing a complete chassis in the parts bin.

I may also work on my Monogram Aston Martin DB4 for our local IPMS Big Mouth competition (pre-70's European sports cars) but I'll need to decide if the kit's worth restricting to OOB.

Hasegawa SBD-4 and F4F-4. Hobby Boss F/A-18A  all 1/72. 1/48 Hasegawa Hs129B-1/R-2

Well, in addition to the 3D printer kit which I am discussing in the "tools" forum, I am alternating with a paper model of a link trainer.  The paper model will help me make up drawings (and help assembly) of a scratch version of multi-media.  Both the paper model and the scratch model are/will be in 1:24.  Hope I can find a figure in that scale that I can paint in khakis to represent an instructor at the desk.

The only things on my work bench are cat hair and regret...

Currently working on Tamiya's 1/35 M-60A1 with ERA.  Still awaiting some more weatering, as soon as I can bite the bullet and do so. :) Also, I've built up some of Academy's M1-A1 on the other side of the table.

Trumpeter Dreadnought, Alan Gepard Flakpanzer and Dragon Firefly - all currently pushed aside for a 1/400 Academy Titanic.

• Tamiya Horch 1a
• Trumpeter AVGP Cougar
• Tamiya M247 Sgt York
• Academy M1A1 Abrams
• Revell Ford Expedition SSV

Currently working on:

1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt 'Bubbletop' - Tamiya

On bench (all 1/48th scale):

P-47 Thunderbolt 'Razorback - Tamiya

Bf-109 G-6 - Hasegawa

Spirtfire Mk.IXc - Hasegawa

Only one kit at a time for this guy - Tamiya's 1/32 Mk. XVI Spitfire.

Right now 1/48 Monogram HE-111H-2 with V1. Its at the stage where the engines need to go on and I have some major gaps that need fixed.  Along with a 1/48 Monogram Mirage 2000. And if that's not enough 1/76 Airfix Matilda MK.II and 1/76 Fujimi Tiger 1 late. Been trying to finish the Matilda all week but its way to cold to airbrush in my garage.

Greg

I'm working on my first-ever resin cockpit (Eduard Brassin) for the 1/48th Academy Mig-29 and having a blast with it ......so far.

Hey Greg, I wasn't aware that you were working on that also. Sounds like an awesome build.

On the immediate in progress part of my bench I am working on three. Monogram's 1/48 F-104C & F-20, and Hasegawa's 1/32 A-4E. On the off and on again in progress builds is AFV Club's 1/35 LVTP-5A1. Plus I have a dozen or more sidelined builds in various stages of assembly/completion. Almost all of them have been shared on here.

Thanks, Don! I just did some spraying earlier and found myself peering at the detail through my Optivisor with a silly grin on my face.

Yes, the detail on many of those aftermarket resin cockpits is amazing, isn't it!  I've also found that many of them require some work to fit properly, but the effort is worth it.  Good luck and have fun.

Don

Yak 1, Yak 3, La-5f, Fw190D-13, 109G-2, Ki-100, Mig-21...

I'm working on my first-ever resin cockpit (Eduard Brassin) for the 1/48th Academy Mig-29 and having a blast with it ......so far.

I'm currently working a 1/72 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8 for the Butcher Bird GB. Right now I'm at the decal stage.

Beside the ones listed below, There is also a Pegasus Mk Ib 1/48 Spitfire ready for painting and a Sci-Fi Diorama in the building stage. Both of these will be ready for MosquitoCon next year.

Jim 

Wirraway

...I guess a lot of what gets built doesnt make it on to here.  I know speaking for myself, only about 1 in 10 builds will I be happy enough with to post pics of.

Currently I've got about 4 builds that are "on the bench" and about 3 more that are started but in the closet.

On the bench:

1. 1/48 Revell F-15E
2. 1/48 Monogram F-20
3. 1/200 Hasegawa 767-200
4. Revell 1/144 C-17A (Check out the Mighty Mini's 1/144 GB)

Started but not on the bench:

1. 1/48 Hasegawa F-22A
2. 1/200 Hasegawa 747-200
3. 1/350 Polar Lights USS Enterprise Refit