Thanks guys, other than a somewhat  off fit to the canopy the Revell kit falls together. It was fun to build something that I could improvise on.

Vance: Not a irradiated lizard- an irradiated TURTLE!!!

Gamera

Nakajima Ki-229 'Koumori'

Allied Code 'JEFF'

FINISHED!!!

ROLL 'ER OUT!!!

(Please excuse the half-eaten Hostess Chocolate Ho-Ho in several of the photos!)

 

My people will get in touch with your people about those two squadrons you wanted for the 'Zuiho'...

Glad to see someone is working for the war effort in here...Vance is really starting to arouse some suspicion at the Reich Ministry...

Gamera, great job!!! Mine is stalled at the moment due to the usual family/work commitments, and also its 30+degC here and high humidity!!! I am so jealous of that snack, I have to see some professor on Wednesday for a stress test and echocardiogram. This is for my job, so I dont have to pay for it!!! The NSW state government are coughing up the cash Anyway, I will hopefully start on it this weekend, if its cooler!!!!

Traveller: Thanks and hope things turn out well. Male pattern baldness runs in my family but at least we're generally pretty healthy.

Herr Field Marshal: Thanks! And go easy on Vance. I think he said he was not only building his out of wood but cutting down a tree as well.

Gamera

Traveller: Thanks and hope things turn out well. Male pattern baldness runs in my family but at least we're generally pretty healthy.

Herr Field Marshal: Thanks! And go easy on Vance. I think he said he was not only building his out of wood but cutting down a tree as well.

Yes, yes I am. Actually I planted a tree specifically for this project, gotta let it grow some more. Hey, is Traveller complaining that it's too hot to model today?? With the windchill it -24 celsius up here right now buddy!!!

OK, work on the engine pods from this weekend. Uhhh, I rolled my own... (note the big splotch where there are no gridlines - that's where the Tamiya cement landed last week. Still stinks!)

both rolled up nice & tight. Still not super-smooth, but there will be putty & sandpaper involved anyway. Second layer added to help with the bulge...

Now I'm layering on the putty. Once I let it dry & add more, etc, get closer to a final shape I can sand & add the inlet/outlet cones.

VanceCrozier

Gamera:

Traveller: Thanks and hope things turn out well. Male pattern baldness runs in my family but at least we're generally pretty healthy.

Herr Field Marshal: Thanks! And go easy on Vance. I think he said he was not only building his out of wood but cutting down a tree as well.

 

Yes, yes I am. Actually I planted a tree specifically for this project, gotta let it grow some more. Hey, is Traveller complaining that it's too hot to model today?? With the windchill it -24 celsius up here right now buddy!!!

OK, work on the engine pods from this weekend. Uhhh, I rolled my own... (note the big splotch where there are no gridlines - that's where the Tamiya cement landed last week. Still stinks!)

both rolled up nice & tight. Still not super-smooth, but there will be putty & sandpaper involved anyway. Second layer added to help with the bulge...

Now I'm layering on the putty. Once I let it dry & add more, etc, get closer to a final shape I can sand & add the inlet/outlet cones.

 

No way, your agent bailed as soon as the smell of Tamiya putty started wafting through the living room... cats! Building up the layers so I don't get too much cracking of the putty, there will be alot there when it's done. I also want to make sure I get a good final shape here before skinning in the surface around the pods, then work out towards the wingtips. I think once I get these installed I'll be in good shape.

Herr Field Marshall !!! Werkshuppe #229 reporting in with completed HO..

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We did have a few enemy infiltrators, disguised as Frauleins of the meouw persuasion.. we have dispatched them according the message we received via your agent.

VanceCrozier

No way, your agent bailed as soon as the smell of Tamiya putty started wafting through the living room... cats! Building up the layers so I don't get too much cracking of the putty, there will be alot there when it's done. I also want to make sure I get a good final shape here before skinning in the surface around the pods, then work out towards the wingtips. I think once I get these installed I'll be in good shape.

Hey VC...isnt that also the spot where the agen...uhh i mean cat used to sit....

BTW its a chilly 75F here....and with the wind chill it may drop as low as 73F....

Carlos

carsanab

 

 

 

Hey VC...isnt that also the spot where the agen...uhh i mean cat used to sit....

BTW its a chilly 75F here....and with the wind chill it may drop as low as 73F....

Carlos

Good looking final product P38, congrats! That should measure up to the Feldmarschall's exacting standards. Where did you source the antennas?

Carlos.... with wind chill, I'm sitting in something like -23celsius right now, and expecting another 8-12 inches of snow on Wednesday, you smug, warm lizard you! I needed a little blast of imaginary heat over the weekend, so I was watching the 24 hours of Daytona race for comfort. Let's see them try that in the northern climes!

this may warm you uo a bit,,,,,a peak out my office window,,,

C

Well if it gets too warm for you down there, you can look out my office window:
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Ahhh I used to work downtown (Saint John) and had a great view like that. Granted, it would be friggin' cold & windy in the winter, but it still looked good!

Hmm, thought there was a better webcam set up downtown somewhere, I'll keep looking but you can have a look here: http://www.cbc.ca/nb/webcam/webcam.html

Beautiful.. Just what City is that? 

Rich

PS: Mind if I snag that Godzilla line graphic?  My Daughter is the biggest 14 year old Gojira/Godzilla fan on the planet.

carsanab

this may warm you uo a bit,,,,,a peak out my office window,,,

C

Downtown Miami....overlooking Bayfront Park and the Port of Miami...all the way in the distance is Miami Beach/South Beach and in between are the islands where the rich and famous live....Star Island...Hibiscus..etc.

sure you can have the line.....anything to promote the big green dude...

CS

Thanks.  I'll add it to her Outlook Stationary. :)

Carlos, the antennaes came with the kit.. the nose ones are photo etch.. the rear, plastic..

P-38: Very cool! Love the radar ariel though if I were a ground crew man I would be afraid of getting impaled on it!

Happy to live where I am- mid-Atlantic US. Three months to freeze, three months to fry, but the remaining six months are perfect.

Gamera

P-38: Very cool! Love the radar ariel though if I were a ground crew man I would be afraid of getting impaled on it!

Happy to live where I am- mid-Atlantic US. Three months to freeze, three months to fry, but the remaining six months are perfect.

sssssh... how do you think the Gestapo agents met their demise ???...

thanks !,, i'm thinking of snipping it off and reattaching it corretly...lol

PS.. in Maine here.. on the coast.. looking to get buried according to all reports..

p38jl

 

Gamera:

 

P-38: Very cool! Love the radar ariel though if I were a ground crew man I would be afraid of getting impaled on it!

Happy to live where I am- mid-Atlantic US. Three months to freeze, three months to fry, but the remaining six months are perfect.

 

 

 

sssssh... how do you think the Gestapo agents met their demise ???...

 

thanks !,, i'm thinking of snipping it off and reattaching it corretly...lol

Ohh, I thought that one was for roasting oktoberfest sausages...

Okay, someone help me out here...is that 4 HO's that have been completed thus far?

Fo Ho's finished ??? thats great, well done guys

P38, nice job on night fighter version, wish I did not sell mine!!!!! Still hot here, you guys can keep the snow!!! I hope to hit the water tomorrow before my tests. If I fail, at least I will have more time to build!! My luck is that I will pass, and back to work I go!! Keep safe guys!!!

vetteman42

Ok I will start mine when the Field Marshal starts his

The flames of the rebellion have spread...

Manstein's revenge

Okay, someone help me out here...is that 4 HO's that have been completed thus far?

..so 4 Ho's complete...if we get 5 will that complete the Harem???

C

carsanab

Manstein's revenge:

Okay, someone help me out here...is that 4 HO's that have been completed thus far?

 

..so 4 Ho's complete...if we get 5 will that complete the Harem???

C

less than 6 is a "bevy" I think.. you need 6 or more to have a Harem...

Well if we are waiting on Vance it could be a long time for that fifth...

humm.. WHO else... are we waiting on ???

Wait, aren't we REQUIRED to spend 229 days on this project??