Helldiver! 2/08/09 Post Script

 

Tell me about it Frank! Addictions are hell!

Has anyone heard from Chuk and GP Abe?  I'm sitting here at the edge of my seat awaiting the newest installment of the "Chuk and GP Abe saga" and I've chewed my fingernails down to the nubs!  HELP!!!  I need my fix!

I have just recently discovered these posts and read each and every page.  That was a few hours burned! :)  Incredible work Chukw!  I have just recently returned to the hobby and you have inspired me beyond words.  I look forward to seeing this build through.

 Does anyone know any Arts and Crafts stores in the Greensboro, NC area.  All we have that I have found is Hobby Lobby and Michaels.  These fulfill my needs to a minimum, however I find myself ordering materials online in order to get what I need.  Thanks Guys!

 Chukw...are you using Acrylics to paint a majority of the build?  I am curious to know what is the best to choose from?  Enamel, Acrylics, or Lacquers.  Do you use a Primer as well?  Sorry for all of the questions...

Mikeym_us wrote:

namrednef wrote:   Arrrrgghhhh!....would that I had an LHS! Mikey! I was commenting as much on the lack of hearing about it.....but thanks. Now.....let's stand by for more Chukw kudos! What you don't have a Arts and Crafts store?

Ah......it's just me being me Mikey_M.....I'd rather hang out in a shop than an aisle

First, a belated thanks for your great Memorial Day tribute (I've not been on finescale.com in a while, as you can see).

The new engine really pops when you put on the pushrods and drybrush the cylinders! What size pin vise bits did you use to drill those tiny holes?

chukw wrote:

Mikeym_us wrote: You can find Rub'n'Buff at any of your local craft stores and paint shops. Just look for the guy trying not to look like a crafter who's scoping out new modeling tools and supplies- he'll find it sooner or later! ;D

 As it turns out the Arts and Crafts store in town started selling models after the LHS closed down. I got my PL 1/350 Enterprise Refit there.

I'm eyeing the Revell 1/48 scale FA/18F they have there and it is a freakishly huge box too!

 

namrednef wrote:

Arrrrgghhhh!....would that I had an LHS! Mikey! I was commenting as much on the lack of hearing about it.....but thanks. Now.....let's stand by for more Chukw kudos!

What you don't have a Arts and Crafts store?

I would pay for a tutorial like this one. Thanks, chuk, for giving it to us out of goodness of your heart.

namrednef wrote:

Hah! Made you look!

 

you're mean.........

i'm not much of an airplane guy, but even I'VE been watching this one.

 

Hah! Made you look!

Nah, just didn't want chukw to have to dig too deep to find his post!..........just.......in......case it ain't bookmarked! You know, in case he's getting ready to post an update.....or something............

Leo wrote:

Great progress there Chukw! What a nice build! Oh! And I really like Lil' Chuck and Abe, they are great!

Many thanks, Leo! 

Dougums wrote:

Great looking engine thier chukw!  Keep em coming .. we are all hooked.

wyoroy wrote:

The new engine is stunning

Thanks, guys- all those thumbs up remind me that I've got a doctor's appointment coming up. 

namrednef wrote:

Thanks for the fresh installment and the reverence for our fallen, Chukw! I could do no more, pal... I, for one know what a 'penny dreadful' is! (Thanks to Firesign Theatre of all sources!) Now Rub 'n' Buff! That's a product I haven't heard about in maybe 30 years! Didn't realize it was still produced! It used to be all over the modeling mags years ago. Now we never hear of it. It's an old staple, isn't it?  Sometimes the Old School is the Best School! Simply another wonderful (I like that superlative!) presentation!!! They never get cloying or too familiar......always something new and informative. Personally, I also love the way the do/don't do advice is given! As though we are all building right along with you! That means a lot to me- I never want to sound pedantic or doofus-y.  Much appreciated! Fab work on that motor!.....and thanks for saving Abe! Time now to go back, re-read and feast my eyes!

davew6003 wrote:

Well I dont think there is anything more I can say................

Could you teach my wife that one?    Cheers, bro!

dupes wrote:

I'm amazed how you've managed to turn every single sub-assembly into it's own kit...really just amazing. That engine is nuts!

Nuts, like me!Good thing this ship wasn't a twin.. ba-dump! Thanks, man!

raider83 wrote:

Super job as usual! Looks like Abe was emotionally scarred from his encounter with the beast.  he's a little angry I think.  Keep up the incredible work!

Oh, Abe has issues, that's for sure.  I mean, think of being a penny, for cying out loud- Susan b Anthony made it to dollar! 

Luftwoller wrote:

I dont know how you do it fella. I find it pain enough just to upload my photos to Photo bucket and write a little bit of piffle that might be interesting to anyone. You do all that in bucketloads. Not forgetting The trials and tribulations of Chuck and Abe, drawn Fantastically. Keep going, you on the homeish straight lol. ...Guy

Thanks, Guy!  Keep that piffle coing- we all love it!  I just do what I do... but I have my own website with unlimited bandwidth so the whole photo upload thing isn't all that big a piff.  After the engine's done, I don't think there'll be anything to keep me from glueing on the wings, but I'll have to paint to wells, first...

Mikeym_us wrote:

You can find Rub'n'Buff at any of your local craft stores and paint shops.

Just look for the guy trying not to look like a crafter who's scoping out new modeling tools and supplies- he'll find it sooner or later! ;D

namrednef wrote:

Now.....let's stand by for more Chukw kudos!

Now that's piffle! 

mucker wrote:

Chuck, I've always admired your work, and I now have a newfound respect for you as a person...very tasetfully done tribute to those who have paid he ultimate price. Well done, sir! As for the model..."Wow" is all I can muster. Your work is both entertaining and awe-inspiring.

Thanks, mucker- I stand humbled. 
mshaneyfelt :If I have helped then it's all worthwhile!  Our hobby gives endless amusement, satisfaction, enlightenment- and a chance for personal growth.  I get a lot out of it- and the ham-bone that I am wants to put it all up on stage.  Don't worry about the 'Diver getting done- it's bound to happen- but like I said, I've got an imposing stash of future projects.  Cheers, my friend!

subfixer:  Thanks god for stream-of-consciousness or I'd have no material at all! 

Holy Mackerel, Kingchuk!                Oh, yeah, I got your "penny dreadful" reference. Very subtle.

Chukw

Thanks for posting this build. I have been following from the beginning and have downloaded every picture but this is my first time posting. I really appreciate the fact that you post every step of the build no matter how minute the detail. This has really helped me in my modeling. It has inspired me to tackle problems that I thought were beyond my skill level and has caused the quality of my models to increase. It seems that most books/articles on super detailing skip over all of the small stuff you have to take care of in order to create a great model. Not so with your post and I really appreciate it.

Whenever I view this post, however, it is with a since of ambivalence. On one hand I love seeing your new work but on the other hand it means that you are closer to finishing which means not more posts :).

Keep up the good work and PLEASE post future builds!

-Mark

Chuck, I've always admired your work, and I now have a newfound respect for you as a person...very tasetfully done tribute to those who have paid he ultimate price. Well done, sir!

As for the model..."Wow" is all I can muster. Your work is both entertaining and awe-inspiring.

 

Arrrrgghhhh!....would that I had an LHS! Mikey! I was commenting as much on the lack of hearing about it.....but thanks. Now.....let's stand by for more Chukw kudos!

 

 

You can find Rub'n'Buff at any of your local craft stores and paint shops.

I dont know how you do it fella. I find it pain enough just to upload my photos to Photo bucket and write a little bit of piffle that might be interesting to anyone. You do all that in bucketloads. Not forgetting The trials and tribulations of Chuck and Abe, drawn Fantastically.

Keep going, you on the homeish straight lol.

...Guy

Super job as usual! Looks like Abe was emotionally scarred from his encounter with the beast.  he's a little angry I think.  Keep up the incredible work!

I'm amazed how you've managed to turn every single sub-assembly into it's own kit...really just amazing. That engine is nuts!

Well I dont think there is anything more I can say................

 

Thanks for the fresh installment and the reverence for our fallen, Chukw!

I, for one know what a 'penny dreadful' is! (Thanks to Firesign Theatre of all sources!) Now Rub 'n' Buff! That's a product I haven't heard about in maybe 30 years! Didn't realize it was still produced! It used to be all over the modeling mags years ago. Now we never hear of it.

Simply another wonderful (I like that superlative!) presentation!!! They never get cloying or too familiar......always something new and informative. Personally, I also love the way the do/don't do advice is given! As though we are all building right along with you!

Fab work on that motor!.....and thanks for saving Abe!

Time now to go back, re-read and feast my eyes!

The new engine is stunning

  Great looking engine thier chukw!  Keep em coming .. we are all hooked.

Great progress there Chukw! What a nice build! Oh! And I really like Lil' Chuck and Abe, they are great!

Thanks, my friends- thanks so much!

It's been a busy weekend!  Here in the states we've just had our Memorial Day weekend (really the 30th), in which we celebrate the beginning of summer- and solemnly remember the sacrifices of those who have served our nation.   


But, returning to our series, Li' Chuk has rescued Giant Penny Abe from th clutches of the Helldiver with a tantalyzing offer: read on! If you dare!!!

Luftwoller wrote:

wing_nut wrote: Great stuff there Chuk.  Sometimes I am not real sure what it is I am checking in to see,  Helldiver progress or the trials and tribulations of lil’ chuk and G.P. Abe. Absolutely Chuckalicious, I think we all should come up with fresh superlatives. If someone else says AWESOME we fry em I also think the last picture should have background music, like Dick Barton Special Agent!! (God im old) ...Guy

 

I was thinking the music from Jaws myself. Gotta watch out for those plastic exhaust manifolds; they're really, really nasty!

Kit builder wrote:

This is more captivating than any soap opera SWMBO has ever forced me to watch.  I can't wait for each instalment. Chuck, you really need to turn this into a comic strip.

 

Or perhaps at least toss in a version of Li'l Chukw with Popeye the sailor arms!

 Really fine job. Your illustrations are giving me flash backs to our preventive maintainence magazines. There were characters drawn in similar style as yours making comments about cleaning guns extc. I remember one named Connie. Used to be drawn really sexy until more women came into combat support roles. Very nostalgic for me and great job on the model and comics!

The only thing I can say to this is.... I WANT MY MOMMY!

Sireiously, this is absolutly beutiful. I have a long way to go and a short time to get there. Can't wait to see what happens to Lil' Chuck and GP Abe!

 chukw wrote:

"Sub, Sub, Sub- He's me- and I have a beard!  You gotta a problem with that, you can take it up with my wife- if you dare!  She'd kill me if I shaved, brother!  ;D"

I figured as much. I've got a beard, too, First grew it out in 1975 when you could have a beard in the Navy. I've "mowed" it twice since then and each time my wife has made me grow it back immediately. It seems that it covers up my ugly mug.