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

Thanks Guy, I want one now!  It was the built in optivisor which sold me!

I see you're up to your old tricks,. handing out assignments while you go frolick in the tulips.  Well buddy, here you go!  Pics of the Fiat A.74 RC.38 coming right up.

Well, ive made a small but beautifull start on the CR.42.

Heres the colours for the bird im doing. Im still undecided as to wether to remove the wheel spats. Im raher partial to spats and it seems a shame to remove them. Ooh decisions decisions.

I started on the engine as well, this is a 14 cyl radial with each of the cylinders separately cast. Some good, some bad. Guess where the bad ones are goig LOL, yep at the back.

The pit is started as well. The kits instructions are pretty rough. There are several bits that art mentioned in the instructions at all. Leaving it up to the modeller to try to work out there whereabouts LOL. The seat back was great, its soo thin you can almost see right through it.

Anyhoo, work starts in about an hour so i spose i better get ready.

...Guy

Oooh, can anyone find  goodpicture of the engie in this sucker. As i need to detail it further.

Dave, your lines? mmmmm.... by y quick deductions there are only around 80 there? Its a shame you dont have a multi finger to cheat type really quickly LOL. Like the pencil with 10 ends. I really hope you cut and pasted, or im going to feel so guilty. Yeah right!!

You think youve got it bad. Ive got....GUY can you make me a coffee.....or GUY, can you help me to the bathroom...or GUY, were out of TP can you get some.....or Whats for tea Guy, or have you walked the dogs GUY...Geez shes only bin laid up a day and it feels like a ear. I can hear my models callng me through the ether, where are you, we miss you, come play with us. Oh man. Help!!! LOL

Steve, Your progress is going great guns. The seat belts look good to me, but didnt the Italians use some sort of chains on thier plane belts? The sado massochistics that they were. (God that was al ong badly spelt word for this time in the morning).

Oh and less lip summit or ill demand pictures of you running around your block in your underwear as pennance!!

Frank, are you prone to violent oral outbursts on your poor PC, i read you mentioning it before with our illustrious and Illusive Aaron. I think, though, i have the answer.

OOh yeah, Look Frank. A built in optivisor. Looks like its made of a good hardwearing material. Dribble and spittal proof. I even think it would be a damn fine fit.

You know you want one.

...Guy

Thanks Dave and Summit. Dave you are one crazy guy !!!!!. Cant believe you actually wrote it all. Please tell me you copied and pasted it all.

I have no idea whats wrong with me but I guess I am in a building frenzy and was at the bench from 6pm till 2am. This Hasegawa is an amazingly easy kit to build. Lots of parts but excellent fit and no problems at all so far. I feel like i am building like I did when I was a kid. The IP I messed up so on went the kit decal and not too bad. I have no Italian belts so I used some IJN belts. Now for the sanding part, uuggghhhh, and I will have to find the RLM 78, hope the store has it. I am doing the smoke rings camo but dont have a guide so I need help with that. I think Aaron may have the scheme so if you do can you find a pic of the underside of this camo job.

Guy, did you say something about making progress.

Steve

Steve - I like it, good to see some building going on here.   I have had no luck finding the right colors myself. Hobby shop is to far to go for half a dozen bottles of paint, I am mixing "Close to my Eyes" paint from German RLM's.

Dave - Your a Wildman, I bet your eyes are crossed from typing all that. Just think how much modeling you could have done it that time

Luftwoller wrote:

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Oh boy, I can see how this GB is going to go. Make fun of the dumb Irish guy, that cool. I did get some refrences for the interior and am glad I picked up that interior green. I am still not decided yet on the fuselage but the 79 and Italian sand are very close in the jar, instructions say 79. The other thing I was stumped by was the under surfaces and wells etc are RLM 78. I have never used 78 before so back to the LHS for that. Cant even remember seeing it on the shelves?. So here is where I am for tonights work. All Interior is painted and I have a decal for the IP but I am going to try painting first. If it goes wrong use decal as the backup. The wings and wheel wells are done. There is a main spar and the gear boxes are built around the spar. Very well done by Hasegawa. The fuselage in the pic is just for fit and is not glued yet. I have to finish the IP and belts then I can button her up.

So far this kit is a beauty and the fit is excellent. Catch up Guy, your falling behind mate.

Steve

Luftwoller wrote:

Dave, if your expecting a GB badge for re-posted stuff NO WAY SIR. Were strict here. In fact you can have 1000 lines for being cheeky. Just write, I love Guy, hes so cool and ace an all, i wish i was his son. 1000 times, that should about do it.

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Guy- You kill me- one of very few people that makes me laugh out loud.  And, thanks a lot fella- 'cuz of you I had to install a washable protector on my monitor for when I shoot coffee outta my nose laughing!  Honest, that's what it's there for.

Guy according to my diligent research i have come to believe the correct color for  the Cr 42 interior is a pale green. I usef RAF interior green on mine and it looks good to my eye. I do not know about the Mc 202 or 205 series. The 2000 series also seem to have used this same pale green. Hope this missus is feeling better. Take good care of her and you might get a $200.00 pound gift certificate to the hobby store. I have been pluging away at both GB's. I will post pics when there is something worth looking at. The Re 2000 is turning out to be a pretty nice kit for a short run kit. I am most pleased.

                                                                                   Soulcrusher

Luftwoller wrote:

Right, all going well, i should be able to hack sprue tomorrow. Has anyone acertained the interior colours yet? Especially for my CR.42 and the MC. 205. ...Guy

That just figures - Thats why the old schoolmaster has us doing homework - he is waiting for us to do all the hard work so he can speed build whilest the rest of us are searching out his answers. 

Now look what happens when my back is turned, eh!. You guys getting up to all manner of badness and not a piece of plastic to be seen.

Dave, if your expecting a GB badge for re-posted stuff NO WAY SIR. Were strict here. In fact you can have 1000 lines for being cheeky. Just write, I love Guy, hes so cool and ace an all, i wish i was his son. 1000 times, that should about do it.

Right, all going well, i should be able to hack sprue tomorrow. Has anyone acertained the interior colours yet? Especially for my CR.42 and the MC. 205.

...Guy

 Wow what a snafu!  Those colors almost look like the old testers wood color to me. Really close I think.

Darker one could pass for Afrika Mustard in the rattle can!

sfcmac wrote:

Quick Quick someone come up with another acronyme we can torture Steve with!

Too late, cat's out of the bag Aaron but I liked the onions one!

Steve the two sand colours are very close.  Here's a couple of projects

Italian Sand (MM Enamel)

RLM 79 (Gunze Acrylics)

As for the interior colour I have only seen the interior green called for.  I don't know about the grey.  Sorry?

The way the conversation was going that was what I thought it meant but wasent sure. Thanks for ending my suffering Alex. I had one of those once but with my stubborn Irish thick head, well you get the picture. Now back to our regularly scheduled model building.

I never heard on the colour question. Hasegawa says light grey interior but I picked up Italian interior green for the 202, yea or nay.

The fuselage calles for RLM 79 which I thought was right but I picked up Italian sand (2110) just to be safe. Im off to the bench now to start the pit.

Congrats Alex.

Steve

Looks like there is congratulations for both Aaron and Alex!!

....will Frank be next? Find out next week on the "As the Modeling World Turns"....

razordws wrote:

cardshark_14 wrote: I'm in the process of gaining one, since Azcat and I just got engaged over New Year's, so I'll tell you, Steve. SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed... Cheers, Alex First of all... Congradulations!!! (or is that condolences??? ) Secondly AAck!!!  Let the poor man live in ignorance!!!

Congrats Alex!

cardshark_14 wrote:

I'm in the process of gaining one, since Azcat and I just got engaged over New Year's, so I'll tell you, Steve. SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed... Cheers, Alex

First of all... Congradulations!!! (or is that condolences??? )

Secondly AAck!!!  Let the poor man live in ignorance!!!

cardshark_14 wrote:

I'm in the process of gaining one, since Azcat and I just got engaged over New Year's, so I'll tell you, Steve. SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed... Cheers, Alex

Boo! Boooooooooooo!

So what, you guy's are not to help me out here. Send a PM or something dont leave me hanging.  Bueller, Bueller

Steve

mucker wrote:

Is it: Single White Male Before the Ordeal?

Good one Charles!

Is it:

Single White Male Before the Ordeal?

I think I ran across that in a few "Want Ads" years back....

sfcmac wrote:

I always thought it meant she who musters big onions!

You mean it doesn't mean that?

LOL