"Battle for Mogadishu" ***COMPLETE*** 24oct09

Those figures look great MC, right down to the color on the boots. looking forward to seeing that bird all put together.

And then maybe the B-17....?

17 - Damn! .... called out! HAHAHHA!!!! I've got more builds than I know what to do with.....

Chris - Actually, I'm taking a breather from everything tonight. I was going to work on "Calm" but then I remembered that I bought Legend's new interior set with the new radios and the BFT system. Coming from WAY overseas, so I'm having to wait for it before I can paint the interiors and close them up. Still got a little work I could do, but I decided on a break instead.

And Camo - No worries, buddy. If I can get one of the US suppliers to reorder it, I might get one. We'll see.

Amazing!

There are a few gaps I would have puttied, but then again I'm just nit-picking.

GAPS!?!?! .... WHERE????

Chris - Sorry, I haven't seen it there, but I'll hop over right now.

Avus - Let me know what gaps you're talking about ... and thanks for continuing to follow...

camo junkie wrote:

maybe he's talking about ol' hairlip dave!

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Hey, maybe I could decal "Hair-lip Dave" on the outside of the cockpit .... nahhh.

modelchasm wrote:

Avus - Let me know what gaps you're talking about ... and thanks for continuing to follow...

I knew this would happen; I shouldn't have said anything!

BUT Since I know that if I don't tell you you'll be eaten by curiosity heres the pic:

As I said it's just nit-picking; should you decide to leave it as it is, it'll still be a great model.

Oh and there's that pilot with a weird lip ...

Avus wrote:

modelchasm wrote: Avus - Let me know what gaps you're talking about ... and thanks for continuing to follow...  ...oh and there's that pilot with a weird lip ...

Dammit!!!! (HAHAHAHA!!!)

That's not too bad I guess. I'll just chalk this up for a learning curve. This is my first helo build ... well in a long time at least. I think that the gap on the console will be mostly covered by the wind screen and the holes in the floor ... well, I'll just argue those as seat attachment points. (hehe)

Thanks for pointing those out ... and you're right ... it would have bugged the crap out of me! HAHA!!!

modelchasm wrote:

camo junkie wrote: maybe he's talking about ol' hairlip dave! .... Hey, maybe I could decal "Hair-lip Dave" on the outside of the cockpit .... nahhh.

awe c'mon...it just gives me something to joke about!!

Maybe I'll make that close-up shot of "dave" my new avatar. HAHA!!!

Don't worry. Its all taken lightly.

***UPDATE***

Well, not too much. Just got the belts done, so the next step will be to close her up....

As always, any C&C welcome.

Those seat belts look great MC- and hey- even if they can see the molded belts through the "glass" and around the dash and behind the masking tape- just tell them the vests were a little loose fitting and the pilot/co-pilot just really cinched their vest straps down.

Ol' hair-lip looks like he has a grimace in one of those pictures, either he's got a tight landing coming up or he's been listening to Tom making fun of him

modelchasm wrote:

so the next step will be to close her up....

OR the next step will be to put the center consol back in place!! I was looking at it like... hmm this is great, what's missing- then it hit me. What happened to that?! Get in the way of the belt addition? Maybe now you can fill it for Avus haha

the side pics you can see them (or what looks like them...i can assure you scott anyone who just views it for the first time wont see them or pay attention). dont let chris' comments bother ya either, maybe his eyes are better than ours, i dont know...and again as far as ol' hairlip...its just funny, so i like to make fun of it...no harm.

chris, stop bagging on scott's build man!!!

lol no, no- you guys misunderstood. I meant to say that with everything in the way of the molded belts, even if someone did see a part of them like a clip or a strap, there's no way they'd think they were seat belts under seat belts. Just meant that from my point of view they look like just another vest/webbing etc.

I think you did a good job of matching up the belts to the "vest belts" as far as the way you laid them down. Sorry for the misunderstanding I don't know if it was sarcasm or too little sleep, I'll work on it haha

$%*& NO!!!!!!............

I've already closed up the fuse and attached the windscreen ... 

Scary ... you know me all too well ....

Well, I'm sitting here getting psst-off as @%$ .... I got the bird back together but it's UG-LY. Will all the old CA glue deposits, etc, the fit is horrible in almost every spot/ piece. I'm having to fill gaps and clamp pieces ... Another bad thing is that the exterior was already painted, so sanding files/ sticks get clogged like crazy. I'd really like to take a rougher stick to it, but I don't want to ruin the rasied rivet detail, and on the flip side, I don't have one of those rivert tools IOT "rescribe" the rivets later.

I'm determined for this one to look good, but DAMN!!!! ... I was hoping to have the bird finished by Sunday .... getting on to the building, but I don't think that's going to happen.

Thanks brother! I needed to hear that.

"Brothers don't shake hands .... brothers HUG!"

modelchasm wrote:

Well, I'm sitting here getting psst-off as @%$

Isn't that my job? Now just make your posts really wordy, repeat the same things over and over again- slow your build pace down to a stand still, you'll get the hang of it sooner or later. Being psstoff isn't easy

But seriously- Tom's got your back on this one- some space, some deep breaths and some time off. If you can scratch build the %@#$ out of figures, HMMWVs and anything else in between, I know you can handle some creative filling and sanding maneuvers! We all believe in ya Scott - that determination will pay off.

I know, I know ... you guys are right. I don't think I'm really at the point that I need a couple of days though. I think I was just really disappointed in being all happy about the cockpit, and then finding that the exterior was going to be a PITA. I'll be fine though.

I go so frustrated last night that at about 7pm, I took off on a 10 mile ruck .... SOooooo, today while I've got tired dogs, I'm gonna sit a tackle/ think about this one.

Really the only thing that I'm worried about is doing so much sanding, etc that I loose a lot of the molded-on detail. I mean, this thing doesn't have panel lines, but rather "lines" of raised rivets. I wouldn't be opposed to sanding everything off and using a rivet wheel tool to re-tool the A/C, but 1) I've never done that before and 2) .... uh .... I've never done that before ... oh, yea, and I dont' have a rivet tool.

Anyway, we'll being thinking about it today, so if you've got some ideas PLEASE let me know.

modelchasm wrote:

Anyway, we'll being thinking about it today, so if you've got some ideas PLEASE let me know.

yeah...dont sand off the details!! without seeing your dilema scott, no idea really how bad it is or how to fix it!! whatever though, you can do it!