Weekend Madness GB: NOVEMBER 29-30th 2008

Summit wrote:

8 hrs in, The Wife just made a comment about me still being in my pj's

That's okay Sean... (sniff) I still haven't taken a shower today even though I've been out and about!  Nice work on the Pe-2!

wyoroy wrote:

I have till 2000 hrs MST to finish.

Did I miss something here?    Two thousand hours Roy? 

I hope to get back to work after supper, I've been driving the kids around and moved a fridge for a friend, vacuumed and just put up the Christmas lights.  Duty done... back to play time.

Dave is your mission in life to give me a hard time during this GB  8:00AM

I forgot to mention, I also loaded all my brothers hay into my dad's horse trailer.  I hate moving hay  Get everywhere.

Did you guys notice I broke 2,000

wyoroy wrote:

Did you guys notice I broke 2,000

2,000 what.....fingers?

Personally, I've been scanning posts so quickly that I'm missing MUCH! It'll take me 2 days to catch up!

Congrats ROY!

wyoroy wrote:

Dave is your mission in life to give me a hard time during this GB  8:00AM I forgot to mention, I also loaded all my brothers hay into my dad's horse trailer.  I hate moving hay  Get everywhere. Did you guys notice I broke 2,000

Well whata know...  I did miss something!!!

HAPPY 2000!!! ROY!!!

Daywalker wrote:

Aaron- Pics, PICS, PICS!!! Nam- Gottcha!  Sorry, didn't catch that one.  Mind is spinning VERY fast!

Great job Frank! Need to coach Roger on the proper use of sticks though? Cloths pins? How Dainty

I got the decals on and as soon as they dry will future them for good measure and seal it up' all that is left after that is to unmask the canopy. I will post pics soon. Dee has commandered my computer that takes the photo card. So as soon as she is done. Waiting on a woman... story of my life!

Hmmm Roger? Another one? Hmmmmm........

I'm kinda jealous.  Sittin here at work looking at all the fun you guys are having and having to wait until Monday to start.  There's some great work going on here.  Frank, just got a call from Kermit Weeks, he wants the V-1 back ASAP.  Won't go for the threefer for this build but will go ahead and get started on the Spit and Hurri cuz they call for the same camo colors as the Buffalo.  Hope Monday gets here soon.

razordws wrote:

wyoroy wrote: Dave is your mission in life to give me a hard time during this GB  8:00AM I forgot to mention, I also loaded all my brothers hay into my dad's horse trailer.  I hate moving hay  Get everywhere. Did you guys notice I broke 2,000 Well whata know...  I did miss something!!! HAPPY 2000!!! ROY!!!

Concrats Roy I am on thhis tiny B of a computer so I cant do much Fancy yet! Fabulous 2000 to ya though!!!

Almost there...

Here I am so far. Gonna give it a shot of Future in a little while and let it cure over night. You can't really tell but the canopy looks horrble. I didn't read on the back of the bottle until after I painted it that you are'nt supposed to use water based paints. Oh well. The landing gear gave me a hell of a time too. Never tried splinter camo so that was pretty cool.

Any,

Sorry about the crappy photos but, like this build, it's a rush job...

Regards,

Jeff

Thanks guys

Jeff, the 109 is looking great.

Crap, I missed that. Happy Birthday Roy

Jeff

9 hrs 30 min in

Jeff - Wow, she is looking

Aaron Glad to see your back up ( )  I been meaning to ask you what brand of cereal did that mini computer come in ?

After helping my brother load the truck I feel that old.

I have a question, can I use an acrylic wash on enamel paint without a clear coat.  Want to save some time, it will just be to highlight the ribs on the fuselag sidewall?  Run it into the corners.

all right guys here is my last update for the night. its got is olive drab coat on and the camo will be done tommrow. as for the weathering i may just keep it at a minum.  the rains have really been coming down. and it suppose to be a all day event tomrrow.this should be done by 1700 so here's whats been done so far.

bondo- Outatanding!  I'm really looking forward to your pics!

Sean- What can I say?  You make it look EASY!  Still in your pjs?  What's wrong with that?

Jeff- Man, nice work!  You camo looks very good.  One thing I see, have you glued the LG in yet?  Looks like it make be on backwards.

Buddy- Thanks much!  Hope you get to join in the madness fun soon!

Robert- Looks like you're ahead of the game.   That's a lot of pieces, but really a beautiful kit.  I built one many moons ago.

End of Day 1...

Interesting bit about this kit.  The toolbox on the rear of the StuG that Tamiya provided left the bottom and back of the toolbox open.  A little scratchbuilt back later, all's well.  Odd, as the back of the kit piece is beveled like there is supposed to be another part for the box, but the sprues are BARE... well, except for the outer half of the return rollers/road wheels/tracks.

First coat of XF-63 German Gray is ON.  Looks OK, might have lightened it a bit too much for scale, but it's gonna get whitewashed tomorrow anyways.  Gotta dig through the figgies and pick out a couple to whip up tomorrow between washes/clear coats, etc.

Here's a size comparasion between a 1/35 Kubelwagen and the 1/48 StuG IIIB:

More WIPics:

Everybody else having as much fun as I am?  Glued fingers together (twice).  Impaled my thumbnail bed with my pointy tweezers (the sharp a$$ ones from Squadron) and rolled my chair over 4 different parts I thought were still on my work area.  THIS IS WHY WE MODEL!

Sean, Frank and matt great work

I have 23 hours to go, got most of it finished, well at least some. Theres lots of different colors!

Thanks for looking.

Great work everyone!

Frank, after looking more closely at the instructions, yes, indeed they are backwards. But, you know what? That's exactley how they will stay I had so much trouble with them that I will do more harm than good trying to fix it. I used CA to attach them and already sprayed Future. I'll just chalk it up to a learning experience.

Sprint to the finish starts tomorrow morning. Decals and prop and I'll call this one done.

Regards,

Jeff

 Well the building is done and the decals are a drying! pOST A FEW CATCH UP PICS..

used 4 diff colors of silver to get some effects including the doped canvas on the control surfaces.

Printed some of my own decals. I wanted a Pearl Harbor P-36A and that was not an option in the kit. Has French options but no real US combat version. This one was credited with shooting down the first enemy  Aircraft of USA entering the War. Got one and made it back with like 500 holes in it.

Saw a replica at Wright Patterson but it shows no anti glare panel. The Box Art on the 1/32 version does. Hmmmm Left it off figure easier to add to than take away in that case.

So there she sits waiting for her last coat of future and unmasking. Add some antenna wires it will be done. Hurray!

Um Aaron, Yeah really nice and all that.

Now that that's out of the way. Uh, dude, the stuffed animals are blocking my view. Howz about you fix that

Regards, 

Jeff

I-yi-yi -  I think I need a screen saver like yours

Aaron Fantastic, I need to get with you sometime in a pm on the decal making... So what are you telling us - your quitting for the night ? Thats not allowed you still have to put in your full 48 hr shift even if it is to heckle the rest of us poor blokes working away.  

come on paint dry-dry- dry

I second it, toss the stuffed animals out of the way  Yipeee

namrednef wrote:

Congrats ROY!

Sean- Absolutely stunning!  Can't wait to see the Polish markings on her.

Matt- Looking good!  What a difference between that StuG and the Kubelwagen, which by the way looks incredible!  Can't wait to see the white washed finish.

Andrew- Nice work!  What color yellow is that?  Looks great from here.  Keep it up!

Jeff- Bummer about the gear, but oh well.  Looking good still!

Aaron- Man, you are flying!  Put down the coffee or you're gonna spill it on your fresh paint.   Interesting bit of history on that P-36, now I gotta go buy one too.  My credit card hates you.

sfcmac wrote:

razordws wrote:  wyoroy wrote: Dave is your mission in life to give me a hard time during this GB  8:00AM I forgot to mention, I also loaded all my brothers hay into my dad's horse trailer.  I hate moving hay  Get everywhere. Did you guys notice I broke 2,000 Well whata know...  I did miss something!!! HAPPY 2000!!! ROY!!! Concrats Roy I am on thhis tiny B of a computer so I cant do much Fancy yet! Fabulous 2000 to ya though!!!

Yep! Happy 2,000 Roy!!!!!

sfcmac wrote:

So there she sits waiting for her last coat of future and unmasking. Add some antenna wires it will be done. Hurray!

How you ever get anything done, I'll never know!

I didn't even think about it. I had forgot to get the where I am at now pic up while I was posting so I grabbed it and snapped a few shots. Hey sh's in a swim suit behind those stuffed animals. I 'll tell her she has a fan club!

 Guy gave me the idea cause he said a sexy pic of the wife/ girlfriend grosses out the kids and keeps them off the puter. Been up so long I hardly pay attention to it.

 Anyways after that mess up. I am working on another. Frank gave me an idea!

I'm havin' fun! I am at about hour 3, I've got the parts all separated and cleaned up and the prop assembly and resin (sweet!) cockpit put together, plus the wings.

First big issue came up about an hour ago. This is one of those kits where apparently someone took one kit and popped a sprue with replacement parts, in this case the fuse halves, rudder, gun pods and LG. So... the fuse just isn't gonna set down into its space in the wing without BIG steps on the roots, body side. I looked at notching it down, but the nose and tail won't be flush with the bottom of the wing, so I've marked with a Sharpie what needs to be ground off, and masked the body sides for carving. Shouldn't be too hard, wish me luck.

The 'pit is really sweet, it's about to go into the shop for a dark grey coat.

Everyone elses builds- FAB I'm really jealous, I spent most of today on the road but I'll get caught up tonight.

Fuse ready for scraping, wings, props, LG parts, 20mm pods.

Bill

    Good looking stuff people. Can't believe how many of you are already laying down some paint.

    So here's were I'm at.  The fit of the nose canopy and the gondola under the cockpit were so bad that I had to do some surgery.   

   I changed it from a Ju88 A to a Ju88P tank buster armed with the 7.5 auto canon. I have to admit that with only a couple of pics to use for reference I took a little artistic license.

   The barrel is some stretched sprue that I added a little detail using some plastic strip and some left over PE from the parts bin.

     The gun housing is made from Tamiya polly putty. After it dried it was sanded to shape and panel lines and a spent shell ejection port were carved into it.

    I should have everything but the painting done tonight. So next pics will be of the finished product......I hope.

sfcmac wrote:

Frank gave me an idea!

Oh-oh... do I dare ask?

LOL

panzerguy- Great idea!  Did you make that entire piece from putty?  Can't even imagine trying that.  Well done!  Looks like your first airplane kit is going well.

Bill thats coming along great

Steve, WOW that is so cool

Well I got the fuselage closed up, tomorrow morning I'll attach the wings and while that dries I'll work on the LG and while that is drying I will clean up any seams and paint.  I hope to get it all done by 2000 hrs MST (8:00 PM for Dave)  I have to say that this is all I'm doing tonight.  I'm just worn out

Got it futured and ready for decals - tomorrow morning. Tried an oil wash for the first time today and it didn't turn out so great so I repainted and put on the future. I got the oils for my armor builds. It may be ok to oil wash armor on flat paint (without the future/gloss coat) since the uneven discoloration is ok or even desirable there. I didn't think it looked good here so I recoated. I'll try it again tomorrow, hopefully the gloss will help. 

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