Guadalcanal Campaign Group Build updated with new end date

Here some pics of the new Tone

This is a much nicer and more detailed kit

Jason

I get to build inbetween two jobs and a wife and kids so it's slow going.  Been out of the game for a bout 10 years also so my skills are rusty.  I do remember now why I hated PE...

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cockpit build with Eduard PE

dry fit

fuselage halves put together with pit

Now I'm back in NY for a week so Nancy will have to sit at home and wait for my return.  Fit was ok, fuselage was a little warped and the instructions weren't quite clear on cockpit assembly placement within the fuselage.  Some of the PE is sooooo ridiculously tiny that I omited it.  Just too small for 46 year old fat fingers and eyes to handle.  

I have two weeks off in November so I hope to finish her before Thanksgiving.  

Thanks for looking!

satch

Stach Very nice start so far.

I recently got 3 eduard p-39q's with the photo-etch set and am alittle scared of it

Jason

Stach, jason and gspatton...nice work so far!

Jason, go for it with the PE! it's not as bad as you think. I've seen some of your builds...I l know you can handle it! You're definately ready for it.

Satch_ip Now thats a sweet cockpit you have built there, I do have to agree on some of the PE being just rediculously too small to work with. From the looks of what you have so far I cant tell you ever stopped building. Looking forward to seeing more of it.

Very good Bondo! I am looking forward to seeing more progress!

As for mine I am starting to get frustrated on the wait time to get my PE set in...

Here are the latest pics. I meant to put these up the middle of last week but couldn't find the time.

This is the front view after joing the fuselage halves together. The next is a side view.

I am working on the engine now and getting the main assembly ready to paint. Speaking of that does anyone have any words of advice on applying Model Master Metalizer paints? I have never used them before so I am reading up on them as much as possible. That's all for now so everyone keep enjoying your builds!

Gspatton looking good can't wait for paint

Jason

I got home from NY to find Nancy waiting patiently on my bench.  I proceded to hadle her all over.

Fuselage and wings are put together.  Significant fit problem with the wing to fuselage joint caused much filing and gap filling super glue. Wing fillets also require filling.  I think the lack of fuselage attachment pins caused a slight missallignment.  Also halves were slightly warped.  It may look ugly now but give me time to fill, sand, polish, and scribe.  I should have her done this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Satch

Coming along a good pace there Satch! I cant wait to see more progess. I can see what you mean by lots of filling and sanding. But it looks like you have things well in hand.

Looking good, Satch.I'm ready to start mine this weekend: Limited by time (my personal time, not the GB time) I'm going with the 1/48 Hasegawa A6M3 type 22. My brief research shows this variant wold have participated in Guadalcanal. I'm thinking these were green (not the bamboo/grey) paint scheme.

Would anyone have pictures of a Guadalcanal A6M3 Zero out there?

Stash looking good! Does anyone know what the difference between the P-39Q and the 400 are?

I got the fisrt coat of paint on the tone last night

Jason

mucker wrote:

I'm going with the 1/48 Hasegawa A6M3 type 22. My brief research shows this variant wold have participated in Guadalcanal. I'm thinking these were green (not the bamboo/grey) paint scheme. Would anyone have pictures of a Guadalcanal A6M3 Zero out there?

Mucker I looked threw one of my books and found pics of them painted both ways grey and green. I only found 1 pic which is of zero crashed on Guadalcanal which is green whitn white circles around the hiros.

Jason

jay12472 wrote:

Stash looking good! Does anyone know what the difference between the P-39Q and the 400 are? I got the fisrt coat of paint on the tone last night Jason

P-39Q will have different exhaust stacks, no internal wing guns- they had single podded .50s beneath instead of the twin .30s in each wing, and a 37mm short barrel cannon, instead of the longer 20mm cannon in the nose hub.

mucker wrote:

Looking good, Satch.I'm ready to start mine this weekend: Limited by time (my personal time, not the GB time) I'm going with the 1/48 Hasegawa A6M3 type 22. My brief research shows this variant wold have participated in Guadalcanal. I'm thinking these were green (not the bamboo/grey) paint scheme. Would anyone have pictures of a Guadalcanal A6M3 Zero out there?

The only shot I have in mone of my books that is certainly Guadalcanal show a type 32 in the overall gray scheme. Aside from that it all depends on the point of the campaign, early on they were in the monotone gray, as the battle wore on, the field applied green uppers apeared.

I found this shot of  this A6M captured on Munda, summer 1943, still in the overall gray.

Stik great pic! Got any betty pics like that

Jason

How about this?

Stikpusher: Thank you...those are great pics. I'm trying to get a better mental image of the last pic..is that really a Zero? They're hard to tell when they're blown apart like that!!

Stick....those are great pics....where did you find those??? more important where were u when I was building my Rufe???

Carlos

Carlos, I just surf the web and save the good ones I find... BTW, cool first name, mine too! LOL! I saw your Rufe- Gorgeous!

Carlos

thats awesome I must have that book

Jason

What's with the GB falling to the second page?  Let me bump it with and update.

Primed with Mr Surfacer, underside is Tamiya Sky, mask is picture hanging putty.

Tamiya XF 61 Red Brown 

camoed, glossed, decaled, and flated. 

I incorrectly glued the wheels so I had two left feet.  Now I am waiting for the True Details wheels and an Eduard canopy mask and I can finish Nancy.  Should be done by this weekend.

Skills are slowly comming back.  I see impatiance as my worst enemy when building.  So many mistakes and mess ups but each project is a learning experience and a chance to improve.

Satch