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

jmabx wrote:

soulcrusher wrote: Save me a meatball sandwich!                                                                                          Soulcrusher I made this just for you, Soulcrusher! Since you are a fellow New Englander and you don't live too far away... I'll leave it in your mailbox for ya!

Thanks Jeremy! The meatball sandwich was great. The missus is a great cook. Sorry Guy! I bet you can't get food like that over on your side of the pond! How about some fish&chips?

                                                                                     Soulcrusher

jmabx wrote:

soulcrusher wrote: Save me a meatball sandwich!                                                                                          Soulcrusher I made this just for you, Soulcrusher! Since you are a fellow New Englander and you don't live too far away... I'll leave it in your mailbox for ya!

That's not food...

THIS is food

geez what are you eating over there?

Ok Voidses I can see you are going to have to be educated here. I will cut you some slack because I know you do not live in the states. That my freind is a little slice of heaven! I will let Bondo explain all of the finer points of Italian food. Do'nt get me wrong I love fish too but you have not lived unless you have had a nice big meatball sandwich on some fresh Italian bread. I mean this is the Regia Aeronatica GB right!?

                                                                                    Soulcrusher

Voidses wrote:

THIS is food   geez what are you eating over there?

Oh brother! I would have to eat twelve of those little fish sticks to quell my hunger... and you can hand over those green things, and whatever else is on that plate, to Guy!

Nuthin like a 5 pound meatball sandwich... mmm hmmm!

jmabx wrote:

Voidses wrote: THIS is food   geez what are you eating over there? Oh brother! I would have to eat twelve of those little fish sticks to quell my hunger... and you can hand over those green things, and whatever else is on that plate, to Guy! Nuthin like a 5 pound meatball sandwich... mmm hmmm!

That's close to 400g of fresh salmon... A man gotta eat you know The green stuff is asparagus and can be found in many places in europe (including Italy I'm sure). Boil it, melt some butter over it and sprinkle with salt, yummy!

I could eat the bread and the meatballs but the other gooee stuff scares the hell outta me

Voidses wrote:

jmabx wrote:  Voidses wrote: THIS is food   geez what are you eating over there? Oh brother! I would have to eat twelve of those little fish sticks to quell my hunger... and you can hand over those green things, and whatever else is on that plate, to Guy! Nuthin like a 5 pound meatball sandwich... mmm hmmm! That's close to 400g of fresh salmon... A man gotta eat you know The green stuff is asparagus and can be found in many places in europe (including Italy I'm sure). Boil it, melt some butter over it and sprinkle with salt, yummy!   I could eat the bread and the meatballs but the other gooee stuff scares the hell outta me

especially smoked salmon MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

LOL, Keep eating those Meatball sarnys lads. Out of interest, I have lost 4lbs in a week. Is that good?

...Guy

Luftwoller wrote:

LOL, Keep eating those Meatball sarnys lads. Out of interest, I have lost 4lbs in a week. Is that good? ...Guy

That's hilarious!

4lbs in one week... that sounds pretty darn good to me! I might have to try your technique. I like to be in the buff and nowadays when I walk outside and the sun shines on my large, pasty white love handles... the animals all scurry! Karen has been on my case about my weight but she keeps cooking like she's feeding an elephant! Guess I'll have to keep putting food in Soulcrusher's mailbox... he could use it more than me.

BTW, Voidses - I was kidding about your plate... it actually looks good! I love asparagus and especially fish. Salmon is good but swordfish is great! And the best of all? Freshly caught catfish!  Yummy!

jmabx wrote:

And the best of all? Freshly caught catfish!  Yummy!

Smoked catfish is da bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What I had one time was to die for!!! Melt in your mouth and had the flavor!!!!!!!

I almost forgot...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONDOMAN!

...hope you have a wonderful day!

jmabx wrote:

I almost forgot... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONDOMAN! ...hope you have a wonderful day!

simpilot34 wrote:

Smoked catfish is da bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed! It's like heaven... only inside my mouth! (that sounds way too creepy) 

jmabx wrote:

I almost forgot... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONDOMAN! ...hope you have a wonderful day!

X2

I love fish, but I prefer fresh out of the lake Walleye (pickerel to us Canucks).  If I'm really looking to spoil myself though it has to be a rack of ribs in hickory BBQ sauce. 

jmabx wrote:

I almost forgot... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONDOMAN! ...hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday Bondoman and many more.

Steve

Happy birthday Bondo!

                                                                                          Soulcrusher

Hi all, As i mentioned i went to my LHS and came away with 2 kits. One is winging its way across the pond to an all round good guy. Hopefully it will reach him in good nick. The other kit is going to be my next RA build,

Look at all that lovely resin mmmmmm,

I have another build on the go though to do 1st, Dont panic, ive been a busy beaver. Heres the model im doing,

My plan is to beat the thing up and, maybe, stick it in a basic dio (A 1st for me). I have gotten the fuz together and the 3 floats are together as well. At this rate ill get some paint on it before the weekend. The cockpit OOB is cracking and only needed some belts and an acetate sheet for the reflector on the sight to make it respectable. Ill post some pics here because its my GB and i dont care LOL. Oh and you lot, i consider my mates,

...Guy

 Sorry to be so in and out lately! Been way too busy at work with another layoff bout.  Less people is a lot more work it seems.

 I wish Bondo a very happy Birthday!  Don't do anything that I would n't do Bill!

Guy that look like a great choice for a second build. That kit has alot more resin that the G-55 thats for sure! The type 11 floatplane looks like a nice build and the prop spins too! Cool. Congrats on losing the 4 lbs. I'm sure you will be looking as hansome as Scott Baio soon!

Sorry they have you working so much Sarge we miss you round here.

I myself have not spent much time at the bench. I just can'y seem to shake this migrane headache for more than a couple of hours at a time. I did manage to spray the final dullcoat last night and unmask the canopy. Now its time for all of the fiddly bits. Hopefully soon.

                                                                                     Soulcrusher

Guy, that Kyofu(?) looks like a pretty neat plane and you've done a marvelous job on the cockpit.

I don't work as fast as Guy, so I'm going to update with every little thing I do. That way I look busy! (works with my boss)

Got her closed up and the wings on today. I was quite impressed with the fit of the wing to fuselage, especially at the top. I almost feel bad for whining about all the other problems.  She's definitely an impressive sized beast!

Just curious, but does anyone know what the three holes on the leading edge of the wing are?

SC - Hope you start feeling better. I don't get migraines but I get alot of headaches and they just plain suck. Can't imagine a migraine. Anyway... feel better soon!

Looks like you are making some good progress there Jeremy. I looked through all of my books for the Sm 79 and none of them make any reference to the holes on the top of the wings. Obviously some kind of intake similar to the ones found on the lower leading edge of the B-17 but I do not know thier specific function. Just a thought as I do not know what type of reference pics you have but there are some support wires on the tail tha might be easier to drill out now and then fit after painting. A nice touch that would really bring your build up a notch. Also I think I mentioned to you do not follow the kit instructions in regaurds to the torpedoes. In combat they only carried one torpedo mounted on the port side. The weight of two torpedoes was found to be very dertrimental to the performance of the plane.

I feel like a slacker with my lack of progress but this darn migrane has me in a stranglehold. Absolute misery. Back about five years ago I suffered a severe injury to the back of my head on the left lower side. Three months of therapy am I thought I was alright but I am now finding out that some minor brain damage was done causing me alot of medical problems. The last doctor visit was not good. My doctor who by the way is Italian born and raised has told me the damage is permanet and ireversible. My modeling time has suffered accordingly. I usally can only work at night after I take my medications and my hand do'nt shake and my head is a little clearer. So my output is way down and I have even sold off some high end kits but I will never stop building!

                                                                                               Soulcrusher

Geez Crusher, thats a really shitty deal. Do the migraines give you good and bad times? Hopefully its just a bad patch your going through. I hope so, cos that means it WILL get better. Dont fret about the building. We'll wait and just give you loads of homework to be doing while you cant model. What a great bloke i am, Eh?

Jeremy, the SM is looking mighty fine, bud. My 1/72 italieri SM went together like a dream. No filler anywhere. I love the look of the Helo under the tail. Post a pic of that. If you want.

Sir Aaron of the MacNeals, it doesnt seem right you not being a regular lately. Were like a meatball sarny without one of the meatballs. Your here in spirit though, right? Good man. Now wheres Bondo? Fissed as a part under some Italians table prolly.

...Guy

Guy the Kyofu office looks great!!!! Can't wait to see more!!! Guy, won't you please come join us in the War in the Pacific GB with that one???!!! Will mae a great addition!!!!

Jeremy, she's looking mighty good already mate!!! That is a good siz'un!!!!

SC That's the way to be mate!!!! Don't ever give up!!

Sorry to hear about your health problems, SC. Like Guy said, hopefully it's something that can be overcome... somehow someway. 

soulcrusher wrote:

Just a thought as I do not know what type of reference pics you have but there are some support wires on the tail tha might be easier to drill out now and then fit after painting. A nice touch that would really bring your build up a notch.

The kit has some braces for the tail shown in the insruction pic.

Just did a quick search and it looks like the braces were on the bottom of the horizontal tail and support wires on top.? I will follow up and fix accordingly.

As for the torpedos... the info I have for the paint scheme I'm doing doesn't mention the plane being a torpedo bomber.

"SM 79 of 18a Squadriglia, 27° Gruppo, 8° Stormo in North-Africa during year 1941. The Squadron reached Africa early in April 1941, staying fully operational until the repatriation on the next month of December. In this period, the 8° Stormo was the only operational bomber unit equipped with SM 79 on the North-African front."

I don't know if this means that it ever carried torpedoes or if my kit can even be used as a regular bomber. I would like to sling a torpedo underneath. What are your thoughts?

Guy - here's some pics of the helo just for you. Keep in mind that it's far from finished. So far lots of resin, scratchbuilding, and a complete rescribe have brought it up to snuff. Glad you like it! I'll share more when she's finished.

The egg-beaterski is looking great as well!!!! The Hind has to bemy fave soviet chopper!!!

Sling a fish under her cap'n!!!!! IMHO anyway!!

Great looking Helo.I too reckon that that model (whatever the heck its real name is) has to be the best looking heli ever made. The one in Rambo did it for me.

I may have to go have a look at the Pacific GB. See if they will let someone like me in. (Just for a bit remember boys) Im still here full time.

...Guy

Looking for some more help from you knowledgable folks. This Trumpeter kit is a real pain in my behind... just plain hates me I reckon.

The plastic on the tail is peeling off in thin sheets. The more I sand it, the worse it gets. I tried to brush on some Ambroid hoping it would smooth it out but it just eats through the very thin layers. I'm going to try and put some putty over it but I'm afraid it will start peeling once I start sanding.

Anyone ever run into this problem? Seems very strange to me.

I figured that I would try here first. If that doesn't work, I'll post in the aircraft section.

I'm willing to part with a meatball sandwich for any help received.

Thanks in advance!

As much as I would love another meatball sandwich I have never encountered a problem like this Jeremy. Mabye try brushing on a coat of Future to try and hold it together. From what I am understanding the platic is flaking of in sheets? Really weird. I will post some pics of the tail bracing for you tomorrow so you can see how it was really done.

                                                                                            Soulcrusher