Regia Aeronautica GB II (06/15/09 to 06/15/10)

Well done Guy... she's a beauty! And a colorful one to boot!

Luftwoller wrote:

In the posted pics, guess why i had to go do a re-shoot,

Well done Guy. The Tamiya P-47 kit is one of the best kits around. Nice nekead lady on the nose too. What did you use for your NMF? I missed the earlier part of your build. Looking foward to enjoying some of that English tea. Am I going to have the urge to eat scones now if I start drinking English tea?

Jeremy looking forward to seeing the floater. She really is a great build right up until you have to attach the upper wing. I would highly recomend attaching the outter struts then cutting the inner struts down to fit. The inners are to tall so if you attch them first the outters will come up to short. Also be carefull to keep each strut facing the correct way and in its specific place. Are you done yet?

                                                                                         Soulcrusher

Cheers Bondo, too kind. As for the yellow i use. Ive always used Tamiyas Yellow, thinned with Laquer thinners. Good coverage and sprays beauty, mate. I added a smidge of red to the yellow to get the slightly orange hue to it. Red is the colour i find the hardest to get right.

Micheal, the NMF is the ever fantastic Alclad. I love the stuff. Give it 3 mins to dry and then you can mask over it and handle it to your hearts content.

...Guy

Guy that is a SUUHHHWWEEEEEEEET looking Jug!!!!!!!!! Awesome build mate!!!!!!!! Guy did you forget to put the canopy on first time????

Bondo that looks like its WAY to small to do the job intended!!!!!! Must be built like a brick ****house!!!! Loks like the same thing as me lying flat on a skateboard!!!

Here's an update from the Junk yard.

The Ju-52 "D-ALYL" 1/72 Revell. She's about ready for silver paint and a trick set of markings.

The G-24 "K-SALC" 1/72 Revell ex- Plasticart. A little more work here, and an unusual configuration. She'll be in Aero O.Y. colors.

Wow Bondlikins, how fast are you going? Geez what with you and Sarge going at such a pace, im feeling poasitively Franklike. I love those corrugated cruisers and im looking forward to seeing the colours theyll wear.

Richie, cheers mate. As for the deliberate mistake . It wasnt the canopy but the clues are in the pics.

...Guy

Luftwoller wrote:

LOL, this is my 2nd attampt at telling you that id finished the jug. The 1st time was far funnier.....honest. In the posted pics, guess why i had to go do a re-shoot,

"L 3" decals missing in the pic with the Tulip 109..

Bondo - Your going to need to switch to "Decaf" at the rate you are building otherwise there will be a kit shortage.  A very Fine looking "Iron Annie" indeed

Ahhhhh ok I see now LOL, OOPSIES!!!!!!

Bondo, they are looking great so far!!!!! U are becoming a machine as well!!!

sfcmac wrote:

Holy cow that thing looks bigger than the 1/48 scale Grief! A smorguesborg of styrene!

Well, I went and sprang open the Bondobank for the Gofetchumschlepperkart for the Viking. Used up the savings from the 50% off coupon, but what else to do? I'm glad that old Mavis came back, it suggests that heavy weathering is in order.

There's a whole bunch of history I am just learning revolving around the one flight where this big bratwurst got hand painted white camo. Seems as tho the Germans had a network of met stations all across the arctic, some crewed and some remote. One in Alexanderland someone shot a polar bear, they all ate it and all became sick. Serves the bastards right- animals get trichonosis from feeding on garbage. A Doktor was sent for, his FW-200 cracked up on landing and couldn't take off. So the BV was readied in Norway, flew up there but couldn't land because of ice, and dropped repair parts. All worked out. The whole thing reads like a Dirk Pitt novel!

Edit: I ordered the SM.81 too!

Luftwoller wrote:

Wow Bondlikins, how fast are you going? Geez what with you and Sarge going at such a pace, im feeling poasitively Franklike.

Hey... I resemble that remark!  I just built a Corsair in under 48 hours!

Here's a diorama subject. Yes, I am going to! I figure an acre or two of shoreline still fits under the sucker!

Bondo, i saw that schlepperkart before. Geez, what a price. Im sure it will look great though and once in a while we need to splash out a little . You have the SM.81 on the way as well? Cool beans.

Im on a middle shift at the mo, which sort of drains me by the time i get home. But after finishing this post ish, im off to attack the 290, wish me luck lads, im going in.

Crusher, ill get your recuperation tea in the post withing the next couple of days, my friend.

...Guy

Thank you Guy. You are ace! Feeling a little better and I actually worked on the 262 last night. She should be ready for some paint soon. Let me know when you start on the 290 and I will join in with my little 1/72 He 177 Greif.

Jeremy is that Cr 42 floater done yet!

                                                                                             Soulcrusher

Nice looking Tante JU Bondoman, I just finished my 1/48 Revell version a month ago. It will be nice to see a civi version.

I have been working away on my JU-88 and have some updates for ya all.

Most of the cockpit area is PE and I never see this much PE again I will be very happy. It overwhelmed me a bit but it was a great expierence. Im sticking to only belts and IP from here on out. I have started on masking the greenhouse.

When I get the 88 done I will be moving on to this little beautie

Steve

Steve, the cockpit looks superb. It looks like your a PE experten. It really gives you the impression of the crampedness that they had to fly in, also you will be able to see most of it throught the huge greenhouse. Great stuff.

Crusher, Ive officially cut sprue on the 290. I cant get over the size of the thing. Shes most definately a whopper. God only knows how big Billy Bondlio's looks.

...Guy

Steve - Very Impressive work on the Ju I can relate to the P/E stuff. 

SC -  Sorry for taking so long to post since you commented. This is a pretty decent kit but I do think Trump went a little overboard with parts. I guess if a person was to build one of these with a cutawy fuse it might make sense. A lot of stuff to build that will never be seen again though.

The fuel tanks are a good example and when you assemble them there is a horrible seam line. But instead of using up all those manhours to fill and sand I just painted them. If a person can spot that seam through the windows - I did to good of a job of installing them (no fingy prints or cement smudges) or they have issues and have superhero vision.

On with the pic

Pre painted  P/E seatbelts.. This will be the last set I use as I like to heat them and bend and twist them up for a more natural look.  No point in buying prepainted as the heat will wreck the unnatural looking seams and color IMO.  Quick to use - Yes !  Happy with the looks - Not Really..

 The bulkhead is only sitting in place for a pic. Still more radio knobs to paint yet.

 Yeah the shadow is hiding the seam. Clever me Thats all for now..

Bondo, those are a couple of great builds you got on the go.  You never cease to amaze me with your selection of oddball subjects.  Looking forward to seeing them built up.

Steve, Great work on the JU 88.  Which kit is it again?

Sean, lots of gauges on that IP.  Would drive me crazy.  Seam?  What seam?  I don't see no stinkin' seam? 

Steve looks like you are breezing through that Ju 88. How does that Airfix He 177 look. The MPC He 177 I am going to start on soon is pretty crude. It must be an old Frog kit or something similar from the 60's.

Sean thanks for the insight on the Condor. Like I said I have one stashed away but I do'nt plan on tackling it any time soon. Looks like you are doing a great job on her so far. Where are you going to put it when you are done with it?

Guy you started on the 290 already! You do'nt even let the bench cool of from the last build before jumping right into this prodject. It must be that English tea. I can't wait to get mine then mabye I will be able to keep up with you!

Does anyone have a good color profile for the He 177? The old MPC kit color profile leaves alot to be desired and there are not alot of good pics on the net either.

                                                                                   Soulcrusher

OOh yummy, so much good stuff that im positively drooling. The Condor is looking great Sean, but i must admit im with you on the 'what you cant see, dont bother too much with'. On my JU theres a whole heap of detail it wants you to put in but  theres absolutely no point, as once its buttoned up, your never going to see it. You do get the option of leaving the roof unglued to show the detail, but i dont think im going to bother. My builds are shelf queens, not toys. If you get my drift....someone has to, at some point LOL.

Heres a couple of 177's for you SC,

...Guy

Thanks for the comments guys. That pit was a labour of love and an expierence. I still have some more PE to go into the canopy like grab handles and instruments, and also ammo belts. Will it ever end. Dave, its the Dragon 1/48 balloon cutter kit. Its terribly overengineered and the instructions have to be read in detail before construction. The first two stages are the pit area and then its closed up but then in stage 4 it showes more PE detail like ammo cans being installed that you cant do with it closed up. Sheezzhhh. Half the parts dont have a construction instructions, it just shows them in place in later stages, no big deal for most of it. Then there is the landing gear, it shows how to put them together on one of them but when doing the other I noticed the kit only has one side gear and if you follow the instructions you end up with both LG pointing in the same direction. In other words there are two port side MLG. Sorry didnt mean to ramble on. Kit detail is very good though. Sean, really liking the Condor, what scale is it. SC, I bought the 177 in 1971 and its typical of Airfix for that era. Dry fitting looks good for the main parts and decent detail for 1/72 with a 5 man crew. I think I have a small PE set for it also. Cant believe I just said that. Looks like it will be a fun build

Steve

Steve - That Condor is the Trumpeter 1/48 Real Estate Hog.  Where am I going to put it I dont know. Wingspan is 684 mm (27 inches) the Fuse is 488 mm (19 inces +) I might write a letter to Santa and ask for some more Glass Shelfs to hang along the wall. 

I am really looking forward to seeing the Airfix HE 177 get built up also ... 

P/E also Good Grief !

Dave -  I had to paint those gauge housings at three at a time. By then my eyes were tired and my brush was starting to get dry and stiff.

Richie -  Thanks for the comments. I feel once I get the fuse sealed up the kit is going to progress rather quickly. I have a B-29 that I was doing the same thing to also.

Guy -  Your right ! I spend too much tiome thinking on how I could spiff up a part that only would be seen during construction. I really like those fuel tanks and I may leave one out to make a "fuel truck or wagon " to go along with a FW or 109

Summit wrote:

That Condor is the Trumpeter 1/48 Real Estate Hog.  Where am I going to put it I dont know. Wingspan is 684 mm (27 inches) the Fuse is 488 mm (19 inces +) I might write a letter to Santa and ask for some more Glass Shelfs to hang along the wall.

Wingspan 63.4 cm, length 50.3 cm at 1/72!

I am uncorking my true modeler, which is a railhead. I built the base today from three slabs of 2" styro, covered with brown latex. Next I spent the afternoon down at one of my favorite LHS: Gunnings in San Anselmo. Steve is a neat guy, but he has had a stroke at 62, and his dad is dying- Navy chief you know. So he's pretty sad right now and needed a "buddy afternoon". Anyhow we chewed the fat for a while, and then dug through some old boxes he has of Walthers trucks, Pacific Fast Mail castings, Bachmann passenger trucks etc. and settled on a cheapo Tyco rail crane kit that has a 12 wheel truck. I also bought a piece of HO Micro Engineering flex track, and a 1 oz bottle of Polly Scale "Old Concrete". Hear that whistle blow!!!

I'm jazzed up to put the BV 222 on a launching dio like that piccie. Problem is that I think it's the Blohm und Voss Werk in Hamburg, so the Operation Schatzgräber ("Treasure Seeker") camo doesn't fit.

Did you all know that at least one and maybe two Vikings were taken to Patuxent River NAS after the war and contributed to the Convair Tradewinds project? Imagine this thing in Navy Blue Gloss! Oh and the RAF operated one into 1947.

What fun! And the SM.81 was shipped to me today. 

Ciao, reggazzi!

Looking forward to seeing that behemoth come into fruition!! Intresting post war history there, thanks for sharing that!!! Never knew that info. Your buddy has some real goodies there!!! All the best to him!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

Guy I am only seeing litle red X's in you last post where the 177 pics are suppose to be? We all have the day off over on this side of the pond so I bet alot of modeling is going to get done today! I know I am!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Going to stuff my face now on Turkey and potatoes yummy!

                                                                                                Soulcrusher

Can anyone else see the pics of the 177's. I can on this PC?

Happy thanksgiving btw, whatever the heck that is LOL.

...Guy

#EDIT# try these instead,

...Guy

Guy - I can see the last set you posted. There were some pics you posted over at the Me 262 that I could not see either a day or so ago.

SC - Save some room for Pie

Quiet day here at Summits Shack as we have no other outlaws  err I mean Family near. Just the Wife two Kids and myself and a couple of rangy cats . Been getting some more work done on the Condor.

I feel kinda bad for the guy who has to sit wedged in the third compartment sniffing all that petrol and no safety belts for his seat...

And here is a test fit in the fuse half. I had to use the flash so it is washed out.

This would be a super cool kit to build with removable cutout panels. That is something I would like to learn how to do someday. 

Bondo - That is So Sad to hear of your Friends Father. Your A Very Good Person to have spent the Day visiting with him. I Wish them all the Best .

I like the sounds of your base and plans so far. Your gonna end up with such a spectacular build that will make us all envious.

I have boxes of Woodland Scenics ballast and Hydrocal along with dozens of rockmolds I hope to incorporate into a few builds in the future.

I can see those Guy. Thanks for posting them. Now I just have to pic one scheme out. Every once in a while when you post pics I only see the little box with the red X.

Sean I manged to squeeze in two pieces of pumpkin pie! Now I am going to sit down at the bench and put the Football game on (my Giants are playing) and get crackin on the 262 so I can start my He 177 soon.

                                                                                                   Soulcrusher

Everyone is doing so great!

SC - I'm slowly putting together the CR-42 floater. The cockpit interior... ummm... met with an unfortunate accident as they say around here. That thing will never be the same again!

Steve - That interior looks so nice! My old HobbyCraft JU-88 has almost zero interior... but that's okay because you can't see it through the thick chunk of clear styrene that is the greenhouse.

Just to prove that things are getting done... here's my mess. I can't work in all this clutter!