War In The Pacific Group Build 2009 - 2010

Anthony, the weathering looks great...well done!

Hi everyone...

If it's not to late to join in, I have a F4F-4 Wildcat moved into my soon to start pile...   (tamiya kit)

Delbert

Delbert!!!! Darson our CO will be getting your details shortly. Looking forward to seeing your build. We have till July I believe. So grab a bunk, roll out the building mat and get to work.....soon.

Delbert

Hi everyone...

 

If it's not to late to join in, I have a F4F-4 Wildcat moved into my soon to start pile...   (tamiya kit)

 

Delbert

Hey Delbert, as Richie said to the build.  I'll add your entry to page 1 and We'll be looking forward to seeing some progress shots.

Cheers

so i have been pouring over photos and a osprey book i picked up and came up with the fact the the wheel wells are the same interior green as the cockpit...saw some good cockpit photos as well and plan on starting painting as soon as i can get some milliput to get the resin instrument panel to stay in place...i will post some photos later...

you have a pm daywalker...

Roger that!  Signal received and returned.

An update on the 1:700 IJN warf...

The Akagi is still in dry-dock since the painting of the deck won't work... again... Perfect white sriping on a light wooden brown deck. No overspray, maybe the best sprayin I ever did. I only had to add the big red "rising sun" on the foredeck. The masking, I put on with some glueish stuff. Immedeatly the paint on the deck react with the glue and ran like water from its place, mixing brown and white... I was close to crying... Ok, the deck is cleaned and ready to start over  again...

In the mean time the I-400 is ready to float to his place. The dioramaplate is ready to be worked on. It wil be a harbour scene with planes on the deck and a tug-boat pushing the sub to the shore.

I just have no idea what the heigt of the shore should be. Also colors of the crane and building...???Anyone?

By the way, the things I see here from the experience guys... making me humble...

Regards,

Paul

PS, Darson, can you please put my I-400 dio on the list..??? please..

Count me in if I am still allowed to join.   Hasegawa P-47D Thuderbolt. 

painklr!!! Yes there is still time. Darson our CO will be along shortly to officially welcome you and add you to the frontpage. A Jug? Looking forward to your build!!

Paul to bad about the deck paint. The I-400 Dio is coming along nicely and really eye catching

Painklr welcome aboard

Jason

Just checking in after disappearing the last few weeks. I had surgery on my foot & have been on crutches so have not been able to sit at the bench. (I keep kicking the cabinet underneath!) I should be back on both feet this weekend & ready to finish up.

Great looking models by everyone. This is shaping up to be quite the collection.

Paul, on that Akagi you could try a trick that car modelers use for two tone seats. Mask as normal burnishing over details. Before you spray the second color, shoot a light coat of clear first and let it dry. It will seal the edge of the tape so you don't get the bleed under. You can always shoot another clear over everything when finished to get a uniform look.

Hey guys, I'm a little late to the party.  Mind if I join in with a 1/700 Trumpeter Hornet CV-8 with Doolittle Raiders on board? 

Well Jack is up and running.....

The elves left me a finished office tonight but its in pieces.....I guess now its up to me to put it together...man...just cant get good help anywhere these days....

Carlos

Espins1aboard!!! Darson our CO will be around shortly to officially welcome you and put you on the front page. Looking forward to your build!!!!!!

Carlos, I think you got the better end of the stick there!!! the elves have done the hard work for you, all you have to do is put it together!!! Seriously though that is a stellar looking office mate!! Well Done!!!

Speakin of stick...I just noticed Im missing the control stick...better get it in or

 "this bird ain't goin' no where fast!!!!"

cs

Thanks for the welcome simpilot34!  The Trumpeter 1/700 Hornet kit is really nice, lot's af detail, I can't wait to get started on it. 

Yippeee!!

I'm not the only crazy 1:700 scale builder anymore!!

Can't waite to see the B25's on the deck! Are thery good in detail?

Cheers!

Paul

Ya, they're pretty nice, molded in clear plastic so the the cockpit area will look pretty cool.  :)

got some work done on the landing gear...a few kinks in the brake lines but oh well...i will try it with wire next time...or maybe i will just redo this one...

the color scheme i was planning on doing is weird....the photos i keep looking at show the separation from top color as a straight line down the side...

instead of like this...

what would the top color be?...i guess the middle would be the intermediate blue...i am confused...

Based on the F4F in the background, I am gonna venture this was a field applied scheme of the tri color. Use Sea Blue for the darker color, the early war Blue Gray on the lower outer wings and side areas that would normally be Intermediate Blue, and White for the lowers.

Richie I know it was a couple of pages ago but the floaty wingy thing is looking excellent, I'm looking forward to seeing it with some decals on.

Paul, your build has been updated on Page 1 as requested.  I can't help you with the height or crane color but I'm sure if you take a little poetic licence no one will notice.

painklr to the build.  Mind if ask your first name and the scale you are building in?

Scott great to have you as part of the build, I'm really looking forward to see what you can do with a ship as compared with the usual aircraft.

Carlos, lovely work on that pit it looks gorgeous, how much is kit and how much is AM?

Dave I'm thinking along the same lines as you in that the top color on that larger pic looks intermediate blue, but I like the blue grey over light grey option personally.

Cheers

Thanks Chief...

Didnt use that much PE on this pit...decided to use the kit instrument panel and decal for the guages..cut them out to fit and align easier...seatbelts, throttle controls and rudder pedals are PE and of course I added some wiring...simple but Im happy with it. Im still having trouble with my brush painting...I dont know lately its not going on smoothly. Cant tell in this pic...but if when I zoom into the IP its got a rough finish. Need to work on that.

Thanks again

Carlos

Dave your gear looks great to me!!! Very nice indeed!!!

Thanks Darren!!!! Yeah me too!!! Been a bit busier than I'd like to be and been fishing some, or was it cuz I was busy fishing??? Anyhoo will be getting back to it soonish!!

Thanks Darson, glad to be on board.  I've become rather obsesses with 1/700 (and 1/350) ships lately. 

Check out these 1/700 B-25s from the Trumpeter Hornet kit. 

Carlos great job on the office.  Where did the elves find time with the holiday coming up?

Dave great work on the brake lines

Scott those are some nice looking planes

Jason

bullet holes / flak damage please help

Will take more pics in the day light!!!! It's my A6M2 Zero

Great stuff being posted here, guys. Nice bullet holes, Metallicus!

Carlos, the pit looks great!

I like seeing the brake lines added...that's real modelling!

Scott! long time no see. I'm glad to see you join this GB. Those are some small B-25's! Now why did they make them clear? So there is a natural "glass" windscreen?

Hi Mucker, glad to be here.  Ya, the clear plastic allows for more realism with the cockpit, nose and gun turrets.  They do the same thing with the other aircraft included in the kit, Devastator, Dauntless and Wildcats.

hey quick question for the pro's out there.

You'll notice in my bottom pic a "hole" directly above the gear housing.

My question is: How far would the gear drop out if the hydraulic's failed etc or is it completeley random

Metal, I think it might depend on the plane if hydraulic failure would drop gear some. Most have uplocks I think and even hydraulic failure won't drop them. Not sure how the Zeke's hydraulic system works. HTH!!

I saw another pic you had posted of the top of the wing and THREE holes right on the main spar line!!! If that was to really happen, I don't think you would have to worry about the wing at all, cuz more than likely it wouldn't be there!!