War In The Pacific Group Build 2009 - 2010

I am calling this one finished!  Managed to get the replacement gunsight installed without incident, and attached the canopy parts.  Hope you like her!

Well finally got the canopy masked and in place to see how it looks. Man what a chore, really looking forward to my Ca.311 when i get to it, NOT!!!! lol Well the patient masking will have it's rewards. Here's some pics:

Footnote to the canopy. The sub frame on the 3rd bay is supposed to be one bay forward. The vac form canopy I had originally planned to use corrected this , however, the fit was horrible and the kit canopy fits like a glove. So, I can deal with a minor inaccuracy for a better fit, and if I hadn't said anything, who would've known. lol anyways have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!!

Daywalker.......outstanding build+great camo job.

Simpilot34..........thanks,yours is coming along,that masking on the canopy,could not have been fun !!

Anthony great start on halftrack

Frank love the zero especially the pics with the spinning prop

Richie Thats alot of masking but will sure look nice when done

Jason

Thanks guys!!!!!! Wasn't that hard to do really, just patience and working a pain... err i mean pane at a time until they are all covered. The worst bit was trying to lay down the boundary strips cuz the molding fr the framework is very faint. Not much as a guide but just enough to tell where to put it.

Dave(plane nut) that resin is going to look great when painted!!! Looking forward to more pics

Richie....nice looking Jake cant wait to see more....gotta love the floatie thingies.....it will make a nice addition to the ones in the GB so far.

Carlos

Well the elves have earned their turkey dinner...they are thankful that they are DONE with this beast!!!! They finally got the thing looking halfway decent...I'm going to give them the day off and so I can plan their next challenge, I'm open to suggestions..

Well here are some pics....little touch ups still needed but I think this is it. The last problem was the canopy fit...left some gaps around the telescopic gunsight which was too wide for the groove in the canopy so I had to widen that. Then the antenna mast broke so I had to make a new one. Oh well...not my best but there it is. for such a little plane it took lots of work and patience. Added an extra pic in the end for scale purposes..actually looking at it against my HE-177 it looks real tiny!

Comments are welcomed...as always...ignore the little rough spots....

Carlos

would have if I could have but I couldn't...when i cut them out turns out the top side is smaller than the lower half by about 4mm and the remaining wing then had a gap..like an over bite, so without going into major surgery to make them hinge properly......the rest is history..

here you can see where the top and bottom didnt line up and the deformed tip I had to deal with too..

Not much extra from the other day but a lil progress nonetheless. Got the tail feathers on at last and the canopy is anchored now with white glue. Starting to really look like an airplane floaty thing now. A couple pics.

Carlos, beautiful job on the Buffalo.  I really like those early war markings. 

Ritchie, the floaty thingy is looking grand.  Lots of masking I see.

 Holy cow!  Frank finished his Zero!  Talk about yer land speed record!  That was a quicky!  Looks great too!  Love the spinning prop!  I need to try one of those effects!

 Great Buffallo!  Mean and fat!

Ritchie!  I love the Jake! One of my Favs for sure!

Too much building!  Making me want to do a little of everything!  Working on a big project  at the moment!  A real time stealer but having fun with it.  But like MacArthur! I shall return!

Nice Buffalo, Carlos! Yet another Special hobby kit for you, eh? ou must be a glutton for puishment!

Great looking bird sofar, Richie!

Thanks Charles....I know....but I think they are all out of my system and stash!!! I thought its such a tiny simple little plane what could go wrong!!!...worst thing...I brought that aileron disaster on myself...should have left them alone...at least I didnt try and light this one up...that would have never worked with this beast!

Oh well....now to ponder....whats next??

CS

Frank congratulations on a fantastic build she looks great, I particularly like the spinning prop shots, they really look good.

Carlos Excellent work on the Buffalo and I don't know what you are talking about with rough spots as I can't see any from where I'm sitting, nice one .

I've updated you both on Page 1

Richie that aero floaty thing is coming along really nicely, can't wait to see a coat of paint on her.

Cheers

Here is my progress on my F6F so far

a few shots of the cockpit prior to installation

fuselage side halves interior

cockpit placed into fuselage side half

engine

close ups of cockpit area after gluing fuselage halves together

and all parts so far assembled