3RD ANNUAL SECRET SANTA GROUP BUILD FOR AIRCRAFT

Great looking engine Ollie!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Well, i thought i'd have more progress to show by now, but i forgot I'm dealing with a Revell kit.  So all i've been doing is sanding, Sanding and MORE SANDING!!! But for the most part this kit is really enjoyable, but i want more progress so i quit for the day before i got the "good enough syndrome"!!  After these pics were taken i had painted the intake trunks with the 1st coat of white, put the IP in the tub and started detailing the control stick.  Anyway on to the pics and as always let me know what you think......

WHY DO THEY DO THIS?????

And remember when i said i'd show what NOT to do with Tenex?  Well here ya go!!

All's good but sanding that mess was a real PITA!!

Nice work Mist! Nice exhaust nozzle!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Nice work Ollie, its beginning to take shape and a nice looking engine.

Mists, good looking exhausts and intakes my friend. Seeing your fingers made me laugh as that is what mine usually look like when I am on the bench, good work.

I hope to get started on my JU88 this week. Finishing up another GB first. This one is going to be a beast with all the PE involved.

Steve

Mist086 wrote:

And remember when i said i'd show what NOT to do with Tenex?  Well here ya go!!

Nice Recovery Mist !

AAARRRRGHHHHHHHHHH.  Ran into a snag with the Rhino.  Was test fitting the fuselage together when i ran into this:

I had to shave off at least 1/4 inch to make it fit.  The instruction say to put the fuselage together first then the nose.  Well i figured out to NOT do this. You have to glue the nose on to the lower fuse then put in the cockpit then slide on the upper fuse.  I was worried about the major gaps it created on top, but thankfully the canopy hides it perfectly.  I'll post pics after i get it all put together

Nice progress guys. Where's ollie? I figured he'd be in paint by now.

That's a major FUBAR you got going on there, Mist. Is that a kit engineering problem? 

hkshooter wrote:

Nice progress guys. Where's ollie? I figured he'd be in paint by now. That's a major FUBAR you got going on there, Mist. Is that a kit engineering problem?

Im here. Ive just been busy doing other things and awaiting for the decals i orderd to arrive.

Well, most of my current builds are in a holding pattern. I tried to do some airbrushing last night only to realize that my compressor had stopped working. I spent an hour taking it apart and found a small piece of the motor (a brush or magnet or something) had chipped off and caused a bunch of other collateral damage. It was cool to see the inner workings of a compressor, even though it puts a damper on all my painting until I get a new one.

I guess I will just glue together what I can on everything and get it all ready to paint.

How are other peoples builds going? This is the latest on mine:

Nice work Ollie, I hope to cut some sprue this weekend on my kit. Except for Sunday of course as I will be watching the game.  GO STEELERS

Steve

Nice work on those intakes Mist - and that Zeke is looking good too Ollie ! 

Well here's a start on the Accurate Miniatures 1/72 Phantom.

This cockpit isn't done - It needs a little more detail painting and I need to scratch a new control stick for the rear - you can see the broken part in the corner of the photo.

I really like the raised detail on this interior.  The side panel details in the cockpit are very sharp and deep.  It makes dry brushing a breeze.  I think it adds a little more realism than decals in this scale.

Chris

Was wondering where you were Drew, hope all is well and hope to see ya building again soon.

Steve

It's great to see things going on here and you guys are proceeding very well!

I'm still tackling with my 1/35 Pave Hawk and it'll take some time before I can start working on the 1/48 Black Hawk I got this year.

sidure wrote:

Was wondering where you were Drew, hope all is well and hope to see ya building again soon. Steve

I'm still around Steve Work is keeping me very busy right now and I have not sat at the bench since my christmas holidays Being out of town sure didn't help that any either. Things will calm down in a month or so. Then look out

Got started on my Razorback. Thanks again John!

I have come to the conclusion that I am the world's worst photographer and so amount of advice will ever change that. This is my first time doing a sludge wash. I got a little carried away and did the insides of the gear doors so I'll have to re-shoot those.

Thanks for looking. As always, any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Regards,

Jeff

Jeff,

That looks like a great kit - and you're doing a bang-up job on that interior.

Very nice indeed !

Here's my update.  I finished detailing the cockpit of my F4-C this evening.  In this first pic you can see the repaired rear control stick.  I just cut off the broken one from its base and drilled a hole in the base.  I stretched some sprue, then heated one cut end near a flame to make a little ball on the end, cut it to length and stuck it through the hole in the base.  Voila !

So this brings me to that kinda strange point in building aircraft models - you know - you do all this fine detail work on miniscule parts - you finish the small interior and...  bada bing bada boom !  You slap four more parts on the thing and it looks halfway done !

Doh !    All that detail is still in there - really it is !

Here is a shot of the underside just to show off all the really fine raised detail in the gear bays and all over the whole surface.  VERY nice !

Thanks Zip - Whatta blast !

Chris

Very nice work Chris! Excellent cockpit!

I guess that's one of the reasons for getting an expensive camera, to show what things look like before you hide it away!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Chris, very nice work on the pit. The detail looks great

Steve