No More Excuses GB....end date extended

I posted the No More Excuses GB badge on page one.  razordws (Dave) put it together from a picture from Sean & Wirraway (are you joining the GB)  Thanks to all.  So enjoy the weekend, the build starts Monday.  Unless you have an excuse not to

Sean the HE-111 looks great.

Thank you for posting the cockpit!!!!

Graham

wyoroy wrote:

I posted the No More Excuses GB badge on page one.  razordws (Dave) put it together from a picture from Sean & Wirraway (are you joining the GB)  Thanks to all.  So enjoy the weekend, the build starts Monday.  Unless you have an excuse not to Sean the HE-111 looks great.

Thanks for putting together the badge. Can we claim it now or do we have to wait? Cuz, um, errr, I'm thinking if we have to wait, no one will be claiming that sucker...

Jeff

By all means add it to your posts.  Spread the word.

Ok, my first target is this one 1/35 Maquette T-34. I have finally gotten to apoint where successful completion is near. Rather than hurling it against a wall, shooting it, or blowing it up as I was tempted to do on a few occasions.

Also in the near future are these:

Monoram 1/48 Mirage 2000. A long WIP due to trying my hand at engraving panel lines

Academy 1/35 M-12 GMC... just a slow project that got sidelined due to minor damage

And this Hobbycraft 1/48 P-35... waiting on a AM canopy

More to come as these are completed!

wyoroy wrote:

So, how about some pics of what your going to be working on?

Here are some of my more interesting Shelf~Sallies, a Tiger 1 & King Tiger - which has zim texture from Tamiya 2 part putty and a Razor saw. It turned out really nice for my first attempt. 

The Vampire Van 

The UH-1D Huey I started 17 yrs ago  - Brush paint and Tube glue

This was an ebay purchase, had a horrible paint job which I used for a Paint Stripping Tutorial. Has Resin Grille and SS hood plus many other little extras.

And the old Minicraft Fieseler Storch, this one stalled out way back due to my fear and lack of know how on dipping canopies in Future. After I learned how I never went any farther on it.

wyoroy wrote:

I posted the No More Excuses GB badge on page one.  razordws (Dave) put it together from a picture from Sean & Wirraway (are you joining the GB)  Thanks to all.  So enjoy the weekend, the build starts Monday.  Unless you have an excuse not to Sean the HE-111 looks great.

Ya,  I'm in with an old Esci 1/48 A-4 Skyhawk,  Glencoe Walker Bulldog, Revell 1937 Ford Pickup, Lindberg "Independance Day" Alien.

wyoroy wrote:

So, how about some pics of what your going to be working on?

Alright, but I'll post pics later... I'm gonna start with the easiest one. The Baja bug is on a small base with a dirt road and a mud puddle to one side. I went a little dramatic and the car is splashing down into the puddle and a sheet of water is rising! I used Magic Water, Basically clear resin and using this, the other three wheels are in the air! It looks awesome so far! I need to add more water and there is a little finishing to be done. I probabily will post pics tomorrow. Right now, I'm busy with a new GB, Big Cats '08! I signed up yesterday! And it's due the 31st. But I'm doing a 1/72nd Tiger 1 so I think I can pull it off... The badge was just too cool to pass up!

That is a great GB badge.  Was looking through my pics and noticed that I have another build that is not quite complete.  This is the Tamiya 1/48 P-51B

All that is missing is the lens cover for the light in the wing!!

Paul R. welcome and I added you to the GB.

Graham, I can not wait to see the VW, sounds very cool.

Matt, The P-51 looks fantastic.  Your pick of markings is perfect, love them.  I added it to your list.

Paul - Museum builds like that make me want to go back to playing with Play~dough...  

The lens for my Heinkel wing was MIA, I took three pieces of clear sprue and glued them together like a stack of logs (triangle)  and have filed & sanded & polished it to where it fit and looked better then a gaping notch in the wing. I could of robbed one from another kit but did not want to dig that deep to find one. A lot of work but I am happpy with it.

wyoroy wrote:

Graham, I can not wait to see the VW, sounds very cool.

Well, here are the finished pics as promised. As you go through them, I'll explain the stuff.

This one is just a basic overview of the dio.

This is the splash,

And a view of the front. Note: the antennas are a type of fishing bobber. (see first pic) It has this cool spring mount that looks awesome! If anyone wants the name of these things, I'll dig out the package from my basement.

Since I wanted the base to have some interest, I stole the rim from (If memory serves) an American Graffitti Duce Coupe. It was an option so no models wer harmed in the making of this project! The deflated and wrecked tire is tin foil glued to the rim (you can even see the silver in some places. Gotta touch it up.)

The skull and crossbones were stock from the kit (hey, Bondoman, they might go nice with your avatar...) but the numbers were pulled off of a 1/72nd Hasegawa Jagpanther kit. Since I used flat Racing orange paint for the body, the decals silvered really bad. Plus, This was a while ago so I didn't have Solvaset. (This project is what made me buy the stuff.) 

Next, a picture where you can really see how it looks airborne!

Now, both of these and the one after are of the interior. I made a net for the driver's window out of screen for screen doors. The belts are lead foil. I even had an AMS moment and put a little key chain in there. But, Who's driving? The phantom driver is here! I couldn't find and 1/25th drivers so I let is be.

This is of the right rear wheel. I weathered it with a raw umber(I think) oil wash so as to tone down all that chrome!

(I believe I can, FLYYYYYYY!!!!!! (hehe, sorry) A view of the flying back end. Included, picture of dust mask in background! My basement is really cluttered...

Now, 2 pics of a scratchbuilt sign. I used a sign decal from the kit, but then applied it to a piece of stryene. I used a piece of frame from a snap GraveDigger monster truck kit I broke when I was little and, "vrooming!" it over some toy cars! I made a "sticker" using Microsoft Word applied to the front of it saying, "Tri-Baja 350". Got the title from a video game, "4x4 Evo 2". Why I picked that? I'll never know. I then used the airbrush tool on my computer to apply brown "mud" to the "sticker".

Here  is a really good shot of the wave. In the foreground, you can see a little bit of white which is superglue where the sign's post broke.

And another good pic of "the wave".

Finally, the front. Untill now, I havn't noticed that the right front wheel is off-center. The jump must have really taken a toll on the suspension...

Well, there it is! Questions and/or comments are most appreciated! To finish, touch up weathering, add more water/mud, touch up paint chips, add antenna, and fix that annoying bead of superglue on the sign!

Graham aka Boba Fett

(Yay! My first GB badge! Now I really have to clutter up my signature with more... I don't think I'll ever match Dupes though!)

Hi Again Roy !

 Sign me up for this one please Mate !

I can see a bunch of 'em from where I'm sitting now :

Airfix 1/144 VC-10

Airfix 1/144 VC-10 ( yes there are two , one in early BOAC and one in late, or RAF Transport Command - haven't decided !

Airfix 1/144 Trident

Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane Mk 1

Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane Mk2

Hasegawa 1/48  Me 109E

Hasegawa 1/72 Post War Lanc

Airfix 1/48 Red Arrows Hawk

Revell 1/144 Boeing 737-800 in Qantas

Now the biggie : Dynavector 1/48 Vac Form Sea Vixen, been 80% completed since about 1996!

Cheers

Simon L wrote:

Hi Again Roy !  Sign me up for this one please Mate ! I can see a bunch of 'em from where I'm sitting now : Airfix 1/144 VC-10 Airfix 1/144 VC-10 ( yes there are two , one in early BOAC and one in late, or RAF Transport Command - haven't decided ! Airfix 1/144 Trident Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane Mk 1 Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane Mk2 Hasegawa 1/48  Me 109E Hasegawa 1/72 Post War Lanc Airfix 1/48 Red Arrows Hawk Revell 1/144 Boeing 737-800 in Qantas Now the biggie : Dynavector 1/48 Vac Form Sea Vixen, been 80% completed since about 1996! Cheers

Trivia question, and Simon you know the answer- what was unusual about the Tridents landing gear?

How about a VC-10?

Great Idea for a GB...

Cani join in with the only kit that i have shelved here in Japan.

VF-1A Battroid Valk by Hasegawa

was the first kit i bought when I got to Okinawa. It was started, deployed to Philippines, my son was born, brought wife & child over the pond, broke my elbow, holidays.......plus alot more excuses.

Hope to get this thing finished.

Cheers, Evil

Scott, that looks like a great project and that Pit looks awesome.  Looking forward to seeing you tackle that one.

Finally got around to taking some pictures of my shelf Sallies.  The morris Quad is intended for a diorama base so there is a bit of work to do on that.  The Ar 234 C has the Julia parasite fighter and the Ar 234 B has a damaged canopy so I've vacuformed a new one but I need to cut it out and fit it.

Aaronw wrote:

I've got a pile of stuff that qualifies so count me in. I'll have a look around and come up with a list of candidates for this.

Aaron, welcome ot our GB.  I added you to the roster, let me know what you have when you find it

Daywalker wrote:

I was going to look through my pile to see if anything fits the bill here, but I never got around to it.

Frank you onboard with us?

Tomorrow is the big day

Roy - Sounds like the both of us got Dave's present early ! We got 8 " of the White Stuff and Cold ....So Cold the River has ice on it  - That does not happen until late January or early Feburary around here..  Weather like this makes me homesick for the Ranch out feeding the livestock. 

Summit wrote:

Tomorrow is the big day

Yep! I'm actually cleaning off my bench! (by the way, that NEVER happens! Ok, maybe when mom says, "unless you clean your bench off..." Then you get this cold stare... Uh-oh, here she comes!

<ducks, runs for cover>

I was biulding this one for the Return of Arty GB, here is the progress I had when I put her away:

 wont re-start this WIP for a couple months, need to finish other GBs or they will end up being finished in the No More Excuses II  GB  lol

James, at least you got the road wheels done.

Today is the start date for the No More Excuses GB.  You can start today or wait till later in the week