Helldiver! 2/08/09 Post Script

Another YIR no one should miss!

 I gotta agree with Chuck. He has some horrible mistakes in there. For instance, The use of a coarse thread bolt on the inside left wing support faring on support beam 5.4 located near the hydrolic overpressure feed. This should be a fine threaded flush hexicon with an unmarked face.  I also spotted a made in Japan TM located on some of his electronic gear behind the radio's. Trying to pass of a radio made by Sony in a WWII US Navy Aircraft! Can you believe it? Then the filaments in the vaccume tubes are just all wrong. Thyat style wasn't in place until 1950's  Vintage Automobiles.

Honestly I don't know what I am going to do with him! I'll be over next weekend to help you get it right Chuck!

 Ok so humor me, I can't find a thing wrong with it ? Maybe the scuff on the wing was made by the wrong sized boot?

 Chuck you are a master of super-detailing! That's all there is too it!

Ha-Hah! Great reference Guy!

Has anyone else noticed how any tiny defect in chukw's work only shows under the microscopic intensity of his photos? And even THEN it looks right!

WOW! What a fun trip it's been!

.....but I swear, if he spins that prop and the motor starts......I'll not be surprised!

chukw wrote:

Hey all, do you remember this...Way back on page 3. This was the 1st time we came accross little Chuck. Still in his infancy. Aah the memories

...Guy

Another great one Chuck, The pic of the canopy wind deflector caught my eye as the masking looks absolutely perfect. Not a mark to be seen...Even at such close resolution. Awesome.

Thanks for all the installments mate, this has been my build of the year for sure. Just one more to go? 

Have a Happy Christmas to you and all of yours.

...Guy 

LOL......thanks, mate.....

Another rivetting installment of Lil' Chuckie's Adventures......always a good thing....and we always look forward to it.

The Helldiver is looking great, man....keep up the good work, thanks for sharing (as always), and have a great, safe, happy and fun Christmas Holiday.

All the best, mate!

White Snake-  Masking the arrestor hook was kind a zen thing once I'd set up all the measurements: wrap, cut, wrap, cut... but I was glad when it all done, for sure!  I used Mr Surfacer 100 to build up the details on those hatches- it sprays well.  It took several coats to get it thick enough.  Blue tack?  Try Wal-Mart, Target- or your local hardware store.  It's mainly for hanging posters, etc, without tacks. 

leemitcheltree is the kind of guy who's always willing to help- cheers, mate!

kielers:  Thanks- that's a real comment coming from a modeling whiz such as yourself!

666Irish:  I absolve thee of thine track-headedness.   Thanks!

tempestjohnny:  Of course you can, my friend- and thanks!

subfixer: what- and with me posting thses measley half-episodes?  Sheeesh! 

wyoroy:  Waldron Punch = The Win!

smeagol the vile:  It's a bizzitch, ain't it?  That dumb rack is still awol...

the Baron:  ralphie and the lug nuts- BWAh-hahaha!  Thanks for the help!

sfcmac:That's the best "Place I found a missing part" story EVAR!!!!   Many thanks, bud!

Jim Barton:  Thnaks, Jim- but it's still out there somewhere, sneering at me...

Luftwoller:  Thank god i wear a tinfoil hat at all times! 

namrednef:  hey, I was wondering where you'd gotten off to!  wasn't the same without ya, pal. 

I've been really busy as of late- work and holidays (and parties!) are in full swing.  Needles to say, I'm bearing down on the finish line- take a look.

Things have kept me away for a bit.....but I get to come back to the Beast!!!

Kudos again chukw! I was a bit leery about those hatch covers but they turned out wonderfully! You have a way of making a sow's ear into a silk purse!

The methodology on the chutes is just stunning!

Thanks!

Amazing! Even your brief 'Post and runs' are inspiring. Looks like you nailed that radar hangar though. Stunning as always Chuck.

...Guy

Luftwoller wrote:

Im a bit like Terminator. When i come through to your various houses, I come through Naked. Ive checked my various crevis's and, sorry no dice.....A wine gum, salt and pepper grinder and a pair of reading glasses but no Photoetch. Sorry buddy. ...Guy

I wondered what happened to my wine gum?  It's ok you keep that one the wife bought another.

Hi, all,

An update on the sidebar about punch-and-die sets:  My MicroMark set came in the mail yesterday.  I'll try it out tomorrow.  It will be super-useful, but I can see one feature that the Waldron set has and that the MicroMark set does not.  The MM set is not marked for sizes, whether on the template, nor on any package for the punches.  In fact, it's packaged in 2 polyvinyl bags, one with the die plates and one with the punches, and no markings of any kind.  That's not a problem, I'll make a container of some kind for it, maybe a small wooden box.  In fact, I think Michael's sells little wooden boxes for around a buck.  And I can calibrate the punches and template holes.  But there's part of the additional cost of the Waldron set, I imagine.  $39.95 plus shipping.

Regards,

Brad

Im a bit like Terminator. When i come through to your various houses, I come through Naked. Ive checked my various crevis's and, sorry no dice.....A wine gum, salt and pepper grinder and a pair of reading glasses but no Photoetch. Sorry buddy.

...Guy

kielers wrote:

Hi Brad, If you don't want to make your own punch set, Micro Mark has a pretty decent punch set that's cheaper than the Waldron offering.  It's listed for about $40 on their website now but I got when when they had it on special for about $10 cheaper.  Steve

I got the one from MicroMark about six months ago. I've not used it much but it's one of those things that when I want it...

Of course, now that chukw scratchbuilt a new bomb rack, he's going to find the one he lost. Isn't that how it always works?

White Snake wrote:

I guess I am just an idiot, but I couldn't find the punch set on Micro Mark's website.  Or, maybe I did and didn't know what I was looking at.  Can someone place a pic or the direct link to the punch...Thanks!

PM inbound, hope this helps.

 Chuck I can relate to the lost bomb thingie all do well! I lost a prop hub foe a Do-17 during the BOB GB. Took forever to find it.. Guy came in thru a portal under my bed and found it. Some how I had glued it to the light switch in my closet? That's where it was no kidding!?!

 I know it had to be Luftwoller's mischief.

 Keep searching in a systematic way and it will never be located. Find your happy place and meditate, OOOHHMMM! OOOOHHHMMM! If that doesn't work check Guy's shoes or the cuff in his pants! It will resurface soon! Probably after you make another!

@kielers, leemichaeltree--Thanks for the tip, guys, I actually broke down last week and ordered MicroMark's set!    I couldn't go any longer, making instrument panels by drilling holes by hand, I kept having Monk moments trying to line things up and make them uniform.

@Chuck--I don't think we can say anymore, each new installment is as entertaining and informative as the last.

As to the carpet monster, he can swallow things bigger than 1/48 PE bomb racks.  Mine has devoured a needle file about 3 or 4 inches long.  I was filing a piece (good reason to use a file , of course), somehow applied to much pressure, and it flew off into space.  Kinda like Ralphie with the lug nuts in "A Christmas Story".  And it came down somewhere in the basement.  I can't say it's truly lost, because I know it's down there.  But to say more specifically, I'd have to move the kit stash and tear out all of my shelves.

But I digress-this is your show, and it is fantastic.  FSM, please print this in the mag!  Or issue a special edition!

Regards,

Brad

Luftwoller wrote:

If you have to buy a complete PE set for the one piece, there is no justice in the world. When i build something, my cardinal rule is NEVER tidy up till the beast is done. Then you cant throw anything out that you might need. Saying that, i lost a piece off another kit i have ready by throwing it out wioth the trash. Keep searching fella, get your army of Chuks on thier hands and knees. ...Guy

I cant tell you how many times I have gone through my trashcan trying to find something that fell.  Its the first place I look (besides on the table and such) beacuase they always fall into it! 

chuk, you killed me with that "lazy so and so"! If you are lazy than I am extra dead.