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                        Armed Escort Tiltrotor

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:35 PM
                        Nope. Still haven't set up my workshop. It's kind of a domino effect here setting up rooms. I need to finish one before I can complete the next one. Trying to get some new furniture and make sure everything's where I want it - don't want to move it around 2-3 times. Plus, there are other things lately that have taken precedent over models. Settling in is taking longer than I had hoped, but it's not all that bad.
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Par429
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Maryland
                        Posted by Par429 on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:52 PM
                        Progress report. I have finished work on one of the engine nacelles. As you may recall, I'm going to use a Harrier type landing gear with outriggers on the nacelles. So here is the finished nacelle (top) compared to the unmodified nacelle. I added some depth to make room for the retracted strut. When retracted, the outrigger tire will fit in the notch at the bottom of the nacelle.



                        Now I have to finish the other nacelle. Probably my least favorite part about modelling is having to repeat work.

                        Anyone else doing anything?
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:49 AM
                        okay - I've still got those part and don't need them so if you can't find your's drop me a line.
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Screaminhelo
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                          April 2004
                        • From: Georgia
                        Posted by Screaminhelo on Saturday, September 17, 2005 7:04 AM
                        Grant-
                        I have a canopy around here somewhere. It is in a pile, or drawer, or box....
                        I know it is here somewhere. In the meantime, I am thinking about trying something akin to a Hind with a couple of fastmover canopies.

                        Mac

                        Mac

                        I Didn't do it!!!

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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Friday, September 16, 2005 2:45 PM
                        Geeze, I may never get mine out of the design stages if Squadron doesn't ship my Mohawk soon. This is getting frustrating...
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, September 16, 2005 2:05 PM
                        Uh oh; did I not include the Apache's canopy?
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Screaminhelo
                        • Member since
                          April 2004
                        • From: Georgia
                        Posted by Screaminhelo on Friday, September 16, 2005 2:02 PM
                        It looks good to me. I just have to find the canopy that I have here somewhere.

                        Mac

                        Mac

                        I Didn't do it!!!

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, September 16, 2005 1:55 PM
                        No worries. Glad they got there when you got home - heaven knows I took long enough to get 'em in the mail. Was everything included that you wanted?
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Screaminhelo
                        • Member since
                          April 2004
                        • From: Georgia
                        Posted by Screaminhelo on Friday, September 16, 2005 1:51 PM
                        Grant-
                        I forgot to thank you. I got them today as a matter of fact. I had to laugh when I looked in the mailbox when I pulled in and saw the box.

                        New Orleans stinks! Really, it smells AWFUL right now.

                        Mac

                        Mac

                        I Didn't do it!!!

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, September 16, 2005 1:47 PM
                        Big Smile [:D]

                        Mac!!!! Welcome back; "Did you get that thing I sent you?"

                        How was New Orleans?

                        scratch that - just read your post on the subject
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Screaminhelo
                        • Member since
                          April 2004
                        • From: Georgia
                        Posted by Screaminhelo on Friday, September 16, 2005 1:39 PM
                        Grant-
                        I resemble that remark!Wink [;)]

                        I'm not real sure what is going to happen here! Once I cut the A-10 wing off and started work to move it to the top things started to snowball. Now that I should have some time to work on it maybe I can make some of these odd pieces stick to each other.

                        BTW
                        We were flying out of NAS New Orleans, home of the 709th FW Cajuns. Seeing those A-10's on the ramp got me reved up and ready to go!

                        Mac

                        Mac

                        I Didn't do it!!!

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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:57 AM
                        Grant
                        Congradulations
                        Phil
                        Looks good, like the spinner
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:02 AM
                        Phil -
                        Nice nacelle

                        LJ -
                        Right now, it'll be a photo finish, but we gotta keep an eye out for Screaminhelo when he gets back. I know he's doing something involving Apache and A-10 parts but that's all he'll tell me. He could have one of these up his sleeve... http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/uglydog.asp

                        AH1WSnake -
                        Thanks!
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 9:14 AM
                        Those are some nice details you've added, Phil. Nice work with the putty, and I think you'll have the best looking of the designs here, and it'll be a race between me and Trigger for the ugliest.

                        Really, just some fine work so far.
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        AH1Wsnake
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Modeling anything with "MARINES" on the side.
                        Posted by AH1Wsnake on Monday, September 12, 2005 11:19 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Trigger74
                        BTW this is my 1000th Posting!

                        A quick congratulations to you, Grant!!! Appreciate all your input here on the forums.

                        Par429, that build is coming along extremely nicely! All the little things, like reshaping the nacelles and spinner, is really going to give it a mean, polished look in the end.

                         

                        "There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Monday, September 12, 2005 10:33 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by LemonJello

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Trigger74

                        Hey, look at the bright side - at least you've got a place to work. I'm going nuts over here unpacking. I've got WAY too much crap downstairs I've got to go thru.

                        I can sympathize with you there, too. I get to go through that joy about every three years! And what is usually one of the last things to get unpacked? That's right, my kits and supplies, probably because the Lady of the house knows that I'd just live out of the boxes and work on kits rather than continue to unpack and put away everything we've collected over almost 11 years of marriage and three little Jellos...that's a LOT of stuff, by the way.

                        Can't you sneak a little bit of building in? It'll make you feel better.


                        Funny you should mention that! I went by the LHS for the first time in about a month. (I didn't miss out anything) and picked up a 1/72 A-7D for a "shake-n-bake"
                        build, pulled two boxes of the supplies out and started doing a little bit of work on it this evening, putting together the subassemblies. I realized that I too would live out of those boxes if I let myself and it could take up time I need to spend unpacking, taking care of the yard, yadda yadda yadda... So I'll get to a stopping point with it and go back to moving in.

                        BTW this is my 1000th Posting!
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Par429
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Maryland
                        Posted by Par429 on Monday, September 12, 2005 9:37 PM
                        Not much progress this week due to other priorities. But I did start working on the nacelles. I decided that they looked OK for a transport, but I wanted a little more mean look. So I used some epoxy putty to add a point to the spinner and also extended the inlet forward so I could add a little rake to it. What do you think?



                        If I had been thinking, I would have taken a picture before I did both nacelles so it would be easier to compare. Next is to finish work on the landing gear.

                        Phil
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Friday, September 9, 2005 8:02 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Trigger74

                        Hey, look at the bright side - at least you've got a place to work. I'm going nuts over here unpacking. I've got WAY too much crap downstairs I've got to go thru.

                        I can sympathize with you there, too. I get to go through that joy about every three years! And what is usually one of the last things to get unpacked? That's right, my kits and supplies, probably because the Lady of the house knows that I'd just live out of the boxes and work on kits rather than continue to unpack and put away everything we've collected over almost 11 years of marriage and three little Jellos...that's a LOT of stuff, by the way.

                        Can't you sneak a little bit of building in? It'll make you feel better.
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, September 9, 2005 7:57 PM
                        Hey, look at the bright side - at least you've got a place to work. I'm going nuts over here unpacking. I've got WAY too much crap downstairs I've got to go thru.
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Friday, September 9, 2005 7:45 PM
                        Anybody seen a Roden 1/48 Mohawk kit around these parts? No? I'm about to start pulling out my hair! I want to get cracking on my escort and I'm stuck in limbo right now.

                        Well, maybe I'll get some interior paint on the AV-22 in the meantime...
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 1:16 PM
                        Yeah, you're rignt. That paint looks pretty bad. And what's up with the purple tint to it? Looks like someone entered that Osprey onto "Pimp My Ride." There's a reason camouflage paints have been flat for the past - oh 60 years now.

                        So far the biggest thing I've done for my workshop is today I bought two old steel tables (the kind with the single drawer in the middle) for $35 a pop.

                        I miss not being able to build!Sad [:(]
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Par429
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Maryland
                        Posted by Par429 on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 7:57 PM
                        Thanks guys. It doesn't seem to me that I build particularly fast, but perhaps I do. I actually like seam filling, or at least I really like that first coat of primer when it finally looks like a whole rather than a bunch of parts. I build car models occasionally, so I use a polyester glazing putty (autobody product) for seam filling. It's a bit of a pain since you have to mix it with a hardener, but it dries in 10 minutes, it's very fine grained and it doesn't shrink at all. Sort of required to get a high gloss finish on a car model, but works good for flat finishes also.

                        I'm not sure I like the metallic lightweight paint. I'm afraid it will look toy-like on a small scale airplane. Not very intimidating.

                        Looking forward to seeing your versions.

                        Phil
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                        grandadjohn
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                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 7:57 PM
                        Phil
                        it's looking real good
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 6:57 PM
                        That is looking so darn good, Phil! Great work so far, and you're obviously a much better seam filler than I, your progress is awesome and not a little intimidating.

                        I'm still in a holding pattern, waiting for delivery of my kits! GM's shipment is listed a "In transit" by UPS, so I guess that means its sitting on the truck somewhere. I have no idea about my Mohawk from Squadron...they haven't charged my card for it yet, and its been about a week, so I'm getting a little nervous. They (Squadron) really need a way for buyers to track their orders online (just some wishful thinking on my part)!

                        I'm hoping to get some update photos of my AV-22 posted tonight. Lots of little bits of gizmology and internal details added over the weekend.

                        Edit: Well, I stand corrected, I now have 1/2 of my gunship. What did brown do for me? Well, they just delivered the 1/72 V-22 that will be donating its engines, wing and some other parts to my build. C'mon Squadron, don't let me down! Send that Mohawk on its way!
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        oldhooker
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)
                        Posted by oldhooker on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 6:18 PM
                        Outstanding projects guys!! Smile [:)]

                        It is really amazing to look upon the product of our imaginations, to the point we must ask ourselves, what if? Wink [;)] Following this thread with great interest; will watch for continuing updates, thanks!! Smile [:)]

                        Take care,
                        Frank

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 4:42 PM
                        Para429 -
                        You suck. That looks WAY too good and refined. I'm jealous and feel threatened by it, so I'm going to redirect my insecurity by lashing out at you. Just kidding; that looks great! Well built and nicely finished. You're going to have to share how you did that so quickly with us some day.

                        paint scheme - just my 2ยข - but how about one of those metallic "lightweight" schemes like on those V-22 pix you posted?

                        Catch up to you? I'm still unpacking from my move and the workshop will be the last thing I set up, I dunno where LJ is & Mac's fixing up JEZEBEL for a trip to the Gulf Coast (I'm suddenly reminded of that Russian guy from 'Armageddon'... "That's why I told you to *touch nothing*... but you all bunch of cowboys!" followed by, "Zis iz how we fix things on Russian Space Station!!!!").
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Par429
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Maryland
                        Posted by Par429 on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 4:20 PM
                        Here's an update on my armed tiltrotor. I have most of the seams sanded, so I shot a coat of primer on it just to see where I need some more work. I added the pylons and bombracks and I have started to add sensors and antennas.





                        I'll probably move on the nacelles next, but I' ll be busy with other things until next week, so you'll all have a chance to catch up. I'm also starting the think about paint schemes, tough decision!

                        Phil
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 8:20 AM
                        Mac -
                        If I can't get to the post office today at lunch, then they'll mail out tomorrow
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Screaminhelo
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                        • From: Georgia
                        Posted by Screaminhelo on Monday, September 5, 2005 8:27 PM
                        May be that I'll be here to get them. They took Miss Piggy while I was at school and I got stuck with a bird that I like to call JEZEBEL. Broke today and have to try again tomorrow.

                        Maybe FrankenCopter will start to take shape tonite.

                        Mac

                        Mac

                        I Didn't do it!!!

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Sunday, September 4, 2005 8:56 PM
                        I'll get your parts out in the mail this week regardless. Good luck down there!
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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