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

No he doesnt! But he wants to...and where theres a will theres a way

...Guy

 Well Nice is in this season Steve,,,, for now....

Guy knows what My super secret is!  Must take security measures!

Thanks for the nice comments guys. Guy to the best of my knowledge it is a radar/directional finder. I am painting it interior colour for the supports then there are two pieces inside, one that looks like a compass ( kinda like spokes on a wheel) and the other on top is to be painted in a leather colour. All of this is topped off with a clear dome piece. There are also two clear pieces further down the fuselage and had no clue what it they are, Ive never seen them on any kit or photo in real life. After a search I have found them with aerial wires comming out of them to the main aerial. Perhaps some of the experts can shed some light on exactly what it is.

Steve

 Well that is where I got my super secret project from!  The reason is it had to be kept secret because if Guy had realized it was so close to him he would have surely Hijacked it!  Now he will have to find that port hole under the bed again but will have to overcome the barricade of girly mags!

 I only mention it now as my shipping tracker which is very English informed me it has left the country of origin to be delivered by the 11th of Dec.

This my fellow inmates  will be a real challenge!

 Sidure has a cool Ju-88. What was Guy making again? I can never keep up?

 Capt Bondo is the only one making any sense

and it's still Dave's fault!  Think I'll send him a large box of sprue scraps from Texas marked firearms! That should add some excitement to his Christmas!

Where did I put those Flintstones vitamins?

SC, the beauty of this kit is the way its manufactured. There are minimal seams to fill, thankfully. The whole top centre section is an insert with glue optional. As mine is going to be a 'Roof Hanger' its all being glued up tight. Even the loading ramp. I would have, and was going to leave the ramp open but the fuse sides are very prominant with loads of ribbing. As i wasnt going to 'rib' the thing. Shes staying shut.

Lord Moustachio, Great new avatar BTW, when im about to build a new kit i always go to http://www.hannants.co.uk/ go to the search bar and put the kit in. Then get the stuff that will be usefull. Dont you lot have a similar company in the US? The only prob with Hannants is they take forever to deliver. So im always ordering in advance. Panoramic camera my ar$e. Get those photos up. Ive got a 1/72 condor that i may have to break out. Your 1/48 is pushing me in the right direction.

Richie, if i had the money those Blueprints would be mine. Posted on the m,ain forum the other day was a link to a guy who sells individual blue prints. For reasonable money. I know im going to buy a couple,

https://www.aviationshoppe.com/catalog/default.php

Plenty of Reggy stuff, and anything else you may fancy. Theyre also huge and would look great on the wall,

Steve, the paint is looking fantastic, Seriously. I cant wait to see a splinter on it. Im a sucker for the early german camo's. Heres a question though. The recess on the rear fuselage, whats it for? I think its some sort of radar? If so what colour are you doing it? My JU has one and im not too sure. No colour callouts. The insert piece is clear.

Dave, the kit comes with the early nose as well. Revell have just added the extra sprue for the new nose and a couple of opther doo dads, oh and a new glazing bit.

...Guy

Bill, awesome work on the Corrugated tin can.  Open cockpit... sheesh, that's got to be cold!!! I like the look of that SM.81 too. 

Guy, that build is bringing back a lot of memories for me.  Can't wait to see that new nose attached as mine had the basic standard issue one.

Steve, the Ju 88 is looking great as well! 

Thanks for the comments guys. I did the preshading by brush and I use Floquil grimy black. It came out pretty good to my eye. Thanks for the website Guy. Think I will play around with the colours. heres where i am right now. top and bottom painted. If it dry enough tomorrow I will begin the splinter camo.

and fresh out of the paint room

Bondo, great looking JU, dont think Ive seen that one before. Great job

Guy, that think is a monster. Might have to get one to go with my Condor and 177

Steve

Guy, thanks for posting that link!!! Really good info on that site!!! The 290 is coming along well!!!! Masking the glazing, but one of the necessary evils to a great finish. At least half your work was 'cut-out' for you.< sorry bout the pun

Bill that is a stunning build mate!!!!!! Absolutely beautiful!!!

For those so incined and with the cash I found this lil gem on ebay today!!! What a thing to have if I could afford it!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Blueprints-Me109-Messerschmitt-Bf-109-E-F-G-K-Aircraft_W0QQitemZ290376837962QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item439bceeb4a

Steve - The Ju looks Terrific. Did you brush paint the pre shading ? and what did you use ?

Capt Bondo -  Great Scott , You are a Master. That G-24 is Absolutley Beautiful I never relized that had an open cockpit till now. What an adventure that had to of been..

Guy - Fantastico ~ Where do you always find all these aftermarket goodies ? I have a hard time just finding resin wheels for something.

The Condor now has the wings attached and ready for the Nacelle's . Havent been taking many pics as I need a Panorama type camera...

She's a beast Guy! I am going to assume that one will be hanging from the ceiling when it's done. I love those big boys but I just do'nt have any place to put them when they are done. I have a 1/72 scale B52 that a freind asked me to build a while back but I have'nt made much progress for two reasons. Number one is the old Revell kit is pretty crappy and those huge fuselage seems are going to need tons of attention and secondly it takes up so much room I can not work on anything else at the same time. Keep up the good work there oh fearless leader of the RA GB!

                                                                                                  Soulcrusher

Wow, Bill, Shes a beauty and a worthy addition. The nmf came out beautifully. Top marks your Bondliness. As for the SM.81, that looks like a stunning kit. Ive admired it from afar for a while. It will be interesting to see it built up. Bonus ninja points for it being a Reggie and a multi. As soon as i come across one on my travels...Shes mine.

As for my Ju-290 build, heres a little update on where im at,

A quartet of power eggs, with some nifty PE cooling fans,

Heres the fuselage with the lower wing section attached. There was a little step at the rear that ive filled with Milliput fine,

and ive started on masking the ton of glazing on the bird. I have the eduard masking set for it but that doesnt include the very forward nose section. I spose its too new still,

Working tomorrow, but not till 2pm ish, so i might be able to do some in the morning if i can persuade SWMBO to go shopping LOL,

...Guy

 Brutal!!!!!

Wow Bondo that Junkers came out great. I just watched the show on the History channel about the Ju 52. All these years and I never payed attention to the fact that the original design was a single engine version floatplane. Now that you posted pics of the Sm 81 I have to have one for sure. That looks like a great kit.

                                                                                          Soulcrusher

Wow bondo, that looks awesome!
But is that an open cockpit I see?? With the white towel looking like fresh snow and all, the though of an open cockpit at over 120mph makes me shiver!

Y'all are making me want to build a multi now. To bad I have other more pressing commitments. And the only multi I have in the pile of an AM B-25. Not really an axis plane.

Here's my first multi-kraut monster:

The Revell 1/72 Junkers G-24, in the only scheme offered; Finnish airline Aero O.Y. Actually I really liked the livery. This is a new boxing of an old kit made by VEB Plastikart in the DDR in the 1980's, with floats instead of land(ing) gear. I thought it was an interesting subject when I saw it at the LHS, so I grabbed it. I liked this kit a lot. There's all kinds of minor issues- no interior to speak of, thick trailing edges, but to counter that, how about a tri-motor with floats and watercooled engines?!? A real corrugated cruiser! Here's the pics: Comments and crits welcome. Thanks, Bill

The sun is out, the rain starts tomorrow, and there is supposed to be snow down to 1000 feet sunday night, which is about 900 feet up the mountain behind us.

So I took some snappies of the SM.81 as requested.

I also picked up a bottle of ivory paint, MM "Radome Tan". The fusey halves are real beauties, new sprue.

Steve, the 88 is looking superb. Great job on the pre-shade, it almost looks hand painted on. Excellent stuff. As for the Bombs, I had to check my refs. One of which is this site,

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/bombs.html

The main bombs that the JU-88 carried were either SC250 or 500. The 500's were, apparantly sky blue but the 250's were either Field grey, sky blue or aluminum over-all. With Yellow stripes on the tail. Have a look on the site. Its a goodun.

...Guy

Thanks SC, I think I normally do them in RLM 70 or something simular. Its pouring snow here today so guess what, I get to work on the bench all day and hope to get a topcoat on. I might even get to work on my 262 or the 177. Gotta luv these days

Steve

Looking great Steve. Youu pre-shading looks alot neater than mine but as I found out it really doesnt matter. For me it is in the way you control the paint going over it. Spraying it on a little heavier in one spot and a little lighter in another. To neat and it looks exactly like what it is a darker color sprayed in neat lines under a lighter color. I usally paint my Luftwaffe bombs blackgreen though I am pretty sure they were not all painted that color it look right to me. I think there were some luftwaffe bombs that were painted light blue. Someone posted some pics along time ago but I do'nt remember what type of bomb it was. All of that masking on that canopy scares me! I am looking for the Eduard set for my Promodeller Do 217 E-5. right now.

                                                                                              Soulcrusher

Good grief Aaron and Guy, those beasties are comming along nicely and looking might fine. Dont know if I would have the guts to work with all that resin and hack up a perfictly good kit.

Been making progress on my 88. The canopies gave me a small bit of trouble to get them to all line up, tricky assembly to boot.

All the masking done and off to the paint shop. Did a bit of pre shading and then hit it up with the RLM 65.

Just finished the paint and is drying as we speak. The pre shading went well considering I usually have a heavy hand with the A/B.

I have one quick question for you guys. Just found a review of this kit and laughed all the way through it as he was spot on on all the problems. The biggest is the colour callouts. It calles for the bombs to be painted RLM 65. I know that not right. In the past I think I used RLM 71 but is there an offical colour used.

Steve

Luftwoller wrote:

I nearly blew my lunch over the monitor when i read that youd forgotten your money, Dave. Thats the sort of thing that i do LOL.

Don't feel bad Guy, it happened to me too!!!! I drove into the city of Geelong and caught a train up to Melbourne and upon arrival made my way over to the ATM on the platform and reached for my wallet. Luckily I had enough pocket money on hand to get the paints I was after, and grab a bite to eat.

Luftwoller wrote:

Come to think of it, Jeremy needs to post a vid too..and where is he. geez another slacker.

Oh, I've been busy mister!   Trying to get the beater ready for winter. I've owned this old gal forever but she hasn't moved since I bought my house over 3 years ago. Starting to collect little furry inhabitants.

You must have your fair share of these old things around your parts Guy.

And since when do I need to post a vid? You just miss my handsome face, I bet. But you'll have to wait... I'm growing a beard for the cold weather and because I'm not as manly as you, it takes time to fill.  

soulcrusher wrote:

So who do want to do the video? Al Pachino or Ralph Machio?

Ooh ooh, Ralph machio...with the headband...pretending to be 15 or 16 when he was really 40 odd LOL. Come to think of it, Jeremy needs to post a vid too..and where is he. geez another slacker.

Ive been busy tonight, ive gotten the rest of the fuz painted up and as i tjhought, once the sides are on, you see nada, zippo, zilch LOL. Its together now. Like a huge cigar. I have to take my hat off to revell. This thing goes together perfectly with practically no misalignment issues anywhere. Good on ya revell. I was going to take a couple of piccies but ive taken the card out of the camera and put it down somewhere safe......yes...safe...somewhere.

...Guy

Sarge that is some really cool stuff there. Resin is a bit intimidating until you get use to it then its not that bad. I do the same exact thing with the resin cockpit wall by sanding them paper thin you can get them to bend slightly and snug right into the fuselage for a great fit. That is going to be one cool he 177 when you are done. I really liked that kit and I had a couple of chances to grab one for around $80 bucks last year but I passed main due to the size of the kit.

Dave that stinks about forgeting you money at the hobby store. Kind of like being teased. Tell the little one to Uncle SC will come up there and bring him to the Dentist if he does'nt open up! I think just about everyone is afraid of the dentist. Except me of course!

Guy I hear you about that Sm 81. Every since bondo showed that pic of one I have wanted to add one to the stash. My Pops already gave me my Xmas present which was a nice check with alot of 0's on it so I have some play money now WOO HOO! Already have a new digital camera coming that will take viddy's too. So mabye I will have to try it out and make another video when I get it. So who do want to do the video? Al Pachino or Ralph Machio?

                                                                                              Soulcrusher

razordws wrote:

What is it, a 1:1 warbird with operational weaponry?  Now that would be cool!!!!

Oh Geez, dont tempt him.....But Aaron, i think you should run it past me, to check if it is viable

I nearly blew my lunch over the monitor when i read that youd forgotten your money, Dave. Thats the sort of thing that i do LOL.

Off to the bench in a mo. Its mask the interior windows and then give the lot a squirt of 02. I got the power eggs done last night. Oooh shes taking shape.

...Guy

Actually taking kids to the dentist this morning Aaron.  The little tike took the first needle to freeze his mouth and then refused to open up again after that - don't blame him.  Wasted trip, oh well.

I've been working on the Rita and tried to stop by the LHS on the way home to buy some paint for the interior this morning but forgot my money at home.    I'll have to make another trip.  Oh well, lots to do till then.  Mostly cleanup and fixing sink holes etc.  Nothing to really show yet.  The old Hasegawa molds are showing their age with all the flash etc.

Gee Aaron,all this secrecy.  You'd think that you were worried about it getting through homeland security or something.  What is it, a 1:1 warbird with operational weaponry?  Now that would be cool!!!!