Weekend Madness GB: NOVEMBER 29-30th 2008

WOW you guys have some very nice builds going on.  My has yet to have its baby picture taken yet.  And yes to all you airheads it is a BMP-1.  That's a ifantry fighting vehicle.  A TARGET. 

But guess what?  When ours runs out of gas we just hop down and throw out the thumb to hitch a ride.  You air guys sort of fall out the sky and go BOOM!

But seriously your builds are going great.  Mine begins on the night of the 4th.  I'll try to get the unbuilt in the box pictures up asap. Just have to go though the baby pictures.  Yes, my wife just gave birth to our baby girl (Caitlyn) on the 23rd.

Keep up the great work guys.

wyoroy wrote:

So what's to drink in this GB

Water ~ Cooool ~ Clear Water 

Starting time is 7:00 got the fuse painted.

I was lucky and was able to get some yellow paint, kinda chilly whether for a long bike ride though.

wyoroy wrote:

So what's to drink in this GB

The only logical choice for this group build!!!

Sorry to hear about the thumb Roy, hope it doesn't interfer with the model building.

Great progress guys and I'm thrilled to see so many of you started.  It's been a heck of a week at work for me so I'm going to decompress for a bit and start late tonight after I go see the bond movie.  Keep on modeling

Kim congrats on the new family member

Sean, Iced tea for me

We are getting ready to eat but I wanted to post a pick of the kit, Academy P-40E in 1/72.  It seems that there are a few Academy kits in this build

I got started at 7pm. Here is the starting photo:

So simple the instructions are printed on the box!  I'm a little disappointed  it doesn't have Hellfire missles- this will be a toothless "predator"

First step was to paint the sensor ball- it houses the camera and other stuff and is gimbal mounted. It is free to move so I didn't want to paint it later- painting it after assembly would most likely prevent free movement.

You can hardly tell they are painted- it's light ghost gray FS36375

8 hours later,

East bound and down....

This was taken after I spent 10 minutes locating the lost gunsight...

Regards,

Jeff

Daywalker wrote:

Hmmm... just thought of another thing.  How the heck am I gonna mount this thing to a styro block for painting?  I usually use my trusted method of inserting toothpicks into the LG, but thing has no LG.

Nice progress Jeff and you still have 40 hours left.

wyoroy wrote:

So what's to drink in this GB

Coffee, COFFEE, AND MORE COFFEE!!!

LOL

SImon and Jeff- You guys are flying, how the heck do you paint and detail cockpits on a build in 48 hours?  You fellas are CRAZY!  Keep it up, looking awesome so far.

Andy- I am very interested in this kit, as it is one I want to get.  What do you think of it so far (besides the missing Hellfires)?

I just finished my second POT of coffee today, hands are shaking so bad at this point that the mottle scheme was easy to paint.  I just held the button down to release paint and the the shaking hands did the rest!   All airframe paint is done, next up is painting the new stand.  My bench is a disaster area!  No time to organize!

OK.........the red's gone onto the fuse.

dry - dry-dryyyyyyyyy..........

Alex,

The ejector pin marks on mine were not too bad, most raised so were fairly easy to sand off.  The large blocks that are part of the stand which makes the cradle for the aircraft had large sinkmarks on both sides.  I started filling and sanding, but realized that it was thinning the parts down too much to blend in with the rest of the stand.  Not sure if that makes sense or not, but possibly will when you start on yours.  I'll be looking forward to seeing it next weekend!

Daywalker wrote:

wyoroy wrote: So what's to drink in this GB Coffee, COFFEE, AND MORE COFFEE!!! LOL SImon and Jeff- You guys are flying, how the heck do you paint and detail cockpits on a build in 48 hours?  You fellas are CRAZY!  Keep it up, looking awesome so far.

Mate - it was just a coat of NATO black all over, which dries really quickly, then a grey drybrush to bring out the detail a bit. White on the instrument panel, green seat cushions, picked out the seatbelt in light blue and that was it ! Oh and a bit of gloss yellow on the ejection handles.

Just realised I've painted the drop tanks ( again) before I'd stuck the fins on them.............grrrrrrrrr

Ah, yes...

NATO Black.  One of my all-time favorite colors.  I use it for anything requiring a dark grey, black, or tire color. 

Frank,

Re the AM 1:72 Predator- so far the fit is pretty good. The wing-fuselage gaps are bigger than I'd like,  but that's always true. Based on my extensive research (i.e., Google Images ) the details look good for 1/72 scale. The cameras globes I've seen on the web are different though, they have a flat area where the viewports are and this model doesn't have that- would be real easy to sand a flat spot though. I'll have more later.

Since you're doing a rocket, do you like the Revell V-2(A-4) rerelease? I'm thinking of getting it.

Andy

Daywalker wrote:

Ah, yes... NATO Black.  One of my all-time favorite colors.  I use it for anything requiring a dark grey, black, or tire color.

It's brilliant isn't it ? Black , but not quite black, excellent for tyres.

Gonna peel the masks off soon.

11/28/08 10pm...

I'm halfway there!

3.10pm local 29/11

Peeled off the fuse masks and attached wings and pre  painted horizontal stabilisers.......now we're getting somewhere !

Just realised I'm going to have to temporarily fix the mainu/c doors closed, apply the underwing decals , then cut the decal  !

    Start time 8pm.  Heres what I started with...

     And this is were I'm at...

    The fit is terrible and theres sink holes all over the wings and fuselage. As you can see there were a lot of gaps to fill. Just noticed some more sink holes on the wings I'll fill those and then let this sit over night and I'll start again tommorow.

    I came close to tossing this but I'm bound and determined to see this through.

Frank,

I can't speak to how it will look when I'm done but, this is stupid easy to put together. I can see how folks can like these 1:72 kits. It's way too small over all for my tastes but I may go with some of the U.S Navy WW II kits in the future since they will be larger. Hell, I may grab some modern kits in this scale in the future. The one thing I learned was to take it REAL easy with the sanding stick. This is nothing like the scale I usually build. (1:48 A/C or 1:35 Armor)

Simon, Frank, and Panzer guy.  Excellent progress all. 

Roy,  Where's the pictures?????????????????????????

Hope to kick start mine in a few moments.  This is awesome!

wyoroy wrote:

Frank, Question, how do you wear the Optivisor soooo much.  I'm on a eye break

LOL, conditioning mate!  I wear one almost every day for 10-12 hours. 

Steve- Looking very nice!  Your first aircraft is gonna be sweet!

Simon- Superb looking Hunter.  I saw one of those in the air for the first time this summer.  What a beautiful aircraft, yours is gorgeous.

Dave- Thank you!  When you have a minute, would you mind updating my build on page 1?  Thanks!

Wow, you guys are showing Fantastic progress and buildig some really Sweet kits.  Frank is already half done   Roy if you have pressure under your thumbnail from blood, heat a needle or use a micro drill bit and make a vent hole. The pain will be gone in no time. Trust me on this, I have had many fingers smashed over the yrs playing with  1/1 models of Hvy Mining  Equipment. 

I plan on starting my Pe.2 in the morning after waffles I have decided to use Polish Markings on this build.

Keep up the great work,

Thanks Sean!

Polish markings?  Even better.  Can't wait to see you join the ranks of Dave's Merry Madmen.

Sean, no blood under the nail the swelling has gone down a bunch.  I was hoping you would do the Polish markings.

Dave, here's a prepainting picture.  I CA the small part to some rod makes it easier to paint for me.  Just cut them free and the rest is history.  I'll post a post paint for you

BTW Frank come over in the morning and bring the snow blower, may have some work for you

wyoroy wrote:

BTW Frank come over in the morning and bring the snow blower, may have some work for you

Sorry Roy! 

I have handcuffed myself to the bench, and Dave is the only one with the key.  He said he would come by tomorrow night at 10 pm and let me go free IF I finish my build.