Anyone interested in another group build?

Well, folks, it looks like eleven people will be our little group this time out. Plus, I haven't heard anything from David Voss about about making this a sticky thread, so I guess we'll have to do a little searching for the thread in the future. Better yet, I'll create a new thread titled "USMC Group Build with Finish Date of 30 July 2004", and request to make it sticky. This should help everyone find it a little easier. Thanks, and Good Luck to all participants. I'm very much looking forward to this. I guess we'll stop using this thread, and direct all future comments to the new thread mentioned above.

All right James, that's cool!!! I just got my Omni 5000 AB yesterday, but I have company over for the weekend, so I haven't been able to test it out just yet, but I may sneak a spray in the morning!!! I have decided to alter my F4U-2 with some PE parts I'm ordering on mon. and a resin seat!! I'm glad you were able to find your kit at the "local" hobby shop, so tell me, what do ya think??? Are the molds and everything what you expected??!! I find that Tamiya suprises me time and time again. I'll let you know how the new airbrush works out...have you tried yours??!! Talk to ya later.

Heath,
Hey thanks for trying!
Good news though, I found a Hobbytown in Palm Desert (90 min away) so I drug the wife along I was able to get the Tamiya F4U-1D and some other stuff that I of course couldn't live without. LOL Talk to you soon.

Guys,

I just sent an e-mail to David Voss requesting that this be made into a sticky thread. Hopefully, he'll reply soon.

Ok, guys,

Here's how it stands for participants in the group build:

garydmason (that's me!!)
AJACKETSFAN
EasyCo
Jeeves
kik36
willuride & his wife
boybuddho
Lufbery
keeg
stoomfluit

This makes ELEVEN definite participants. There are four maybes, so I guess we need to get yeas or neas from them asap:

djmodels1999
nmayhew
ngc7293
mattp

Thanks to everyone who has decided to participate. I'm very much looking forward to this, as it's my first group build. Hopefully, keeping the rules simple will help everyone have fun with this project. This isn't a group build to see how a particular kit goes together & discuss its pros and cons: it's just a group build to have fun, and maybe learn a little history along the way. And never hesitate to ask for help & advice with your project through this thread. I'm sure everyone here will be glad to help in any way that they can. I will e-mail the forum administrator today to see about making this a sticky thread, so we don't have to constantly search for it everytime we log on.

There are still a few more hours left for 31 January 2004, so, if you want to participate, or know of someone else who does, I'll leave the registration open until midnight tonight.

Semper Fi, Folks!!!

Sorry about that James, it was about 6 months ago that I was down in that area. That's a shame. Unfortunately, I haven't been to any others down there, because I live in the North County (San Marcos)...and I have 3 LHS right down the street, but that would really be a drive for you (it would add about 45 min). You can try a search on www.yellowpages.com which is where I got that bum #, but maybe there are more in that area. Good Luck!!!

Hey Heath, No luck on that phone number. Maybe they changed it the number belongs to a tax company now. The guy who answered said he thought that hobby shop had gone out of business. I will do some more checking around.
James

I'm in.
I'm thinking about the Blue Angels' Hercules "Fat Albert". Or maybe an A-6...

That's a toughy James, I usually order online(Check your welcome aboard thread)....There's one in El Cajon that's pretty good, as it's nothing but models (no RC or anything like that) But it's a bit far for me, so I go to Hobbytown usually 'cause I live down the street from one. Oh, yeah I just looked ya up on the map, you're near El Centro, so the one in El Cajon is the one that you'll want to go to. I think it's called Mike's Model and Craft Shop (At least it was until it was bought out by someone other than Mike, but that's all that it's coming up in the listings) the info is: (619) 444-8297
143 LINDELL AVE
EL CAJON,CA
Just call and ask for directions, as they can get you there better than I can, but it's right off of the freeway, so it's pretty easy to find (right by an IN-N-OUT!!!!) I have never bought anything there, so I don't know about price, but selection seems good. Good Luck, and let me know if you find it!!!

Heath

kik36,
Hey what Hobby shop do you like in San Diego?
Thanks in advance Heath,
James

Thanks Gary, Glad to be onboard.

And I think I may be going with a Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair. I will ponder it some more.

keeg & kik36 & Lufbery,

I'll see what I can do about the sticky aspect of this thread. I shoulda thought of it earlier, huh?


keeg,

ANYONE can join in, even if you ARE a squid!! Just kidding!! Glad to have you along. As was mentioned earlier in this thread, just build a USMC aircraft, any scale, any brand, any aircraft (fixed-wing, helo, VSTOL, etc.), and post a picture of it here in this thread on 30 July 2004. That's it. Simple stuff. I've finally decided on the AMT 1/48th Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat. I HOPE I'll have it finished by 30 July!!! Good luck to everyone!!!

Hey Gary,
kik36 directed me to this build and if you don't mind having an x-Navy Cropsman/newbie to modeling around I would love to be apart of the fun!!

Gary,

Do you want to make this official? I guess the way to do that is to start a new thread called, "USMC Build" and ask the moderator to make it sticky?

Just a thought,

-Drew

great idea kik

All right guys, I decided to take a deep breath, walk into the LHS, and go with their selection rather than fight it out in my head and online. I just could not decide. So while they had the F4 monogram, it was not the correct model for the USMC, and the Tamiya one is a 1/32 for $120.00, YIKES!!!! So, to stay within the budget and theme I went with the Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1/2 for only $23.00. Now I only have to decide wether to model the F4U-1 version, or the F4U-2 Night Fighter....and wether I'll go box-stock or Aftermarket......hmmmmm.....Damn decisions!!!! Glad we have 'till July!!!

BTW Gary, maybe we should restart the thread, or convince management to make it a 'sticky' topic, and put it near the top as a USMC group build.....perhaps more people will join in the fun!!!!

Thanks matt, the sand scheme is what I'll stick with I guess.

They were retired in '95. At that time, I believe they were wearing the Green/Black/Gray and 3-tone TPS schemes. I've seen some in overall gray, but I believe those were USAF a/c. There were some in the Gulf with two-tone sand over blue schemes.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the info Matt, do you know when they stopped and what kind of paint they wore at the end of their service?

No, we don't fly broncos anymore. nowadays, airborne FAC duties are done mostly by 2 seater 18s or Cobras (aside from the obvious attached FACs)

Yeah, I've seen some pictures of that. It's amazing to see! Well I guess I'll have to do some research on how the last version looked.

AJACKETSFAN,

I don't think that the Marines fly the Bronco anymore, BUT, I could be wrong. I often am.....just ask my wife. The last time I saw one of them fly was at an airshow at Cherry Point, NC, back in the late eighties. They were performing a MAGTF (Marine Air/Ground Task Force) demo, and had an OV-10 start an almost-vertical climb, then the rear hatches opened up, and either four or six paratroopers tumbled out the back. It was really cool to watch that stuff. Looking forward to seeing your Bronco.

Oh man, I didn't think about an F-4 hmmmm....maybe I'll have time to do two...
In the mean time does anyone know if the marine OV-10's are now wearing a low vis. gray? The kit I have is the desert storm version from Academy and they have it in desert camo... I want it up to date though... that was 10+ years ago...

That's fantastic Gary!!! It's always great to hear from another 'Devil Dog'!! All right, I'm definately in, but am still deciding what plane to build.....will definately state which by Jan 31. I had my eyes on a Stinson L-5 Sentinel (designated OY-1 for the Marines), but am having trouble finding the kit (made by sword, but out of production). I'll keep looking, but if I can't find it by next week, I may have to substitute an F4. Looking forward to seeing everyone's stuff!!!

kik36,

Sorry I'm just now getting back to you. A lot of things came up over the last few days, including FSM's website being out of action over the weekend (at least, I didn't know how to get around it, although it seems that others figured it out). So, unfortunately, I'm just now (20 Jan 2004 2220) getting back on.

Yep, as far as I'm concerned, everything's still a go. I'll wait until 31 Jan 2004 before not taking any more participants. The deadline for completion and posting is 30 July 2004. That should give everyone plenty of time to finish. Plus, as I've mentioned before, there are no obligations on this. If you need to back out, for any reason, no problem.

I've decided to build the AMT 1/48th Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat. It's only one color, so it should be easy to paint.

For kik36 again - My MOS back in the Corps was 6482 - Deceptive Electronic Countermeasures Technician for the Harriers. I worked on radar jammers, radar deceivers, IR jamming, IR deception, etc. Really neat stuff. Spent six months in Iwakuni, Japan, and six months in the Persian Gulf in 1991 on the USS Saipan. I now work on cancer treatment equipment for a Dutch company called Nucletron.

The V-22 Osprey will be an EXCELLENT build for this. The Marines are testing them, so it qualifies. As long as it actually flew, and wore USMC markings................

SBD's were flown by the Marines in combat during the early parts of WWII. I like the paint on them also. Can't wait to see it.

Semper Fi!!!!

yep, avionics tech on civilian light planes present, avionics tech on CH-53E in Marines in the past.

Hey kik, with that quote are you a spark chaser?

Gary, are we on???

I would say if it was used by the Marines- it's fair game. They sure aren't flying Dauntlesses any more-- and I am not 100% sure if they ever flew them in combat-- but the pre-war scheme is just too cool to pass up