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carsanab Hey Darson....now that I have completed my Raiden I am officially retiring form the Pacific GB,,,,I want to thank you for a great GB...now its time move over to your Battle of Britain. GB...I got a bone to pick with a certain turtle...
Hey Darson....now that I have completed my Raiden I am officially retiring form the Pacific GB,,,,I want to thank you for a great GB...now its time move over to your Battle of Britain. GB...I got a bone to pick with a certain turtle...
Wonder who he's talking about??? (Quickly hides)
Stu, the guys are right, there are several guys in our club with babies/toddlers that find they need something to get away for a little while from fatherhood. And plastic kits are tough, even if you don't have time now just shove 'em in the closet or the basement/cellar, garage, whatever. As long as it's not say a hot attic they'll be fine. You might want to take the decals out if the box might get wet of course.
And by the way CONGRADS!!!
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Just want to say it has been a great GB.....really enjoyed my builds..learned a whole lot....and really felt my skills improving from kit to kit.... All the work displayed has been outstanding...keep it up everyone!!....I will still be checking in to keep up to date....
Now I need to ween the elves off the Sake and get them back on good German beer !!!
See you over the Channel
Carlos
carsanab Hey Stu First of all congratulations!!!!! and yes..babies love beer.... no need to leave the hobby all together.....trust me you are going to need some "you" time...usually late night to relax and wind down...you might have to move to the basement or a small corner but try and keep building even if its one or two year...its good for the mind. Good Luck Carlos
Hey Stu
First of all congratulations!!!!! and yes..babies love beer....
no need to leave the hobby all together.....trust me you are going to need some "you" time...usually late night to relax and wind down...you might have to move to the basement or a small corner but try and keep building even if its one or two year...its good for the mind.
Good Luck
Couldn't agree more Carlos.
Stu you won't get much at all done for a while but once things settle down you will definatley need some time in the "Man Cave".
Just take a hiatus till things settle a bit and the new routine takes hold and then start trying to work the bench time back in. Buuuuut if you have any 1/72 kits lemme know! Again Congratulations!!!!!
"Ahh the Luftwaffe. The Washington Generals of the History Channel" -Homer Simpson
Yeah artistic license is inevitable in modeling, i claim it all the time....
Give the Elves several rations of rum!!!! That is awesome!!!! Asaid before the restrained weathering is perfect!!!! As for the fuse band wellllllll....... there was a scramble to intercept before it could be applied!! GREAT WORK!!!
Hey Carlos, The Elves did a great job refinishing the Jack. The weathering looks fantastic! Well done and worth the effort.
"It's a problem of applied physics" Roy Brown
Carlos,looks good,nice amount of wear and tear.
Looking good Carlos, I agree with the weathering comments, looks just right. Jack is a fairly small plane isn't he?
I've started into the cockpits of my pair of builds for this group, 1/72 Academy Zero & 1/72 Dragon Tony. The Tony had acceptable moulded-in seatbelts & also came with etched brass versions. Since that would involve carving out the existing belts, I donated them to the Zero, which had no belts. The etched brass fret on the Tony also included slats for the radiator, brake lines and the support (?) behind the pilots head - but that support when folded up was far too tall. I don't really have proper tools for cutting brass, so I ended up using the plastic option there. Pics when the cockpits start forming up.
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
Carlos, looks great man! IMHO a lot of people overdo the weathering on Japanese aircraft, yours looks perfect!
Carlos, great job buddy very cool......Worth the extra work you put into it i reckon
Well the elves did it.......they got Jack all dressed up and ready for battle.....actually looks like its taken a few hits already!!!
After the stripping down to the plastic I repainted and used the underside grey as primer for the yellow that gave me so much problem before....the yellow went down like a charm...then the green. I didnt want to over do the weathering....some light chipping and staining....
About the markings...well it should have a white fuselage band but I'm claiming artistic discretion, mainly because I didnt want to struggle with another light color!!
Overall I liked the kit went together real nice....I goofed a couple of things but as we all know thats par for the course!!!
Enjoy and as always the elves welcome all comments!!!!
thanks for the wellwishing on the knee...and for the work i have been doing as well...most of you are responsible for it in some way or another...i am officially off the crutches today...almost 5 1/2 weeks...i will keep the cane around but dude said i can go free if i want...just keep it nice and even paced...nothing crazy yet...
on a different note...i picked up some Tamiya clear green/yellow/blue and red today for the formation lights under the wing and the wing tips on the corsair...the question is what color should be underneath it to get the look of it being an actual light?...and what about the clear landing light under the wing that fits into the wing...should it just be clear or should there be some color under there?...maybe silver?...i cant come up with a good color photo of it anywhere.....thanks in advance for any tips...
Dave that Corsair is looking great!!!! love the engine, gear, and office work!!!!!!!!! You'll be doing the marathon in no time!!! Speedy recovery mate!!!
Dave, that Corsair is coming along beautifully.
The knee, not so beautiful, but at least functional!
Kermit, great job on the Wildcat.
I've always loved the stubby lines of the lil' Grumman, and your's is spot on.
Karl
Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF
thanks Mobius....the knee is healing well...still have a limp but as soon as i can get full extension i will be much better...had to be on the crutches for 6 weeks due to cartilage transplant but will be off them soon and on to the cane...cant wait...
Hey SF, WOW, WOW, and OW!. The pit looks cool, nice work on the belts. The engine looks fantastic. Nice score on the kits. And OW! that's a heck of a scar, hope your up and around soon.
that F-4 trop is going in my build stash....for some reason photobucket was giving me a hard time for a while now but i got it all straightened out now...
went with a black primer...i can see all my mistakes way better now!...
finally just glued the engine in so i would stop hemming and hawing about using the resin one...
had some work to do around here...made myself some more with my first scribing attempt...i have a better handle on it now and will try again once i get it cleaned up...
this join around here was fun to touch up...one more shot of black and it will be gone...
got the gear dirtied up to my liking...
i actually remembered not to glue the back half where the control surfaces would have moved...
Dave, great work the engine looks superb Love the stash, i'll take one of those Dora's of your hands and you might as well throw in that 109F-4trop ok..........
Your knee looks sore and painful......
Kermit:...the cat is looking good!...need to build one myself eventually...
Julez:...the P-40 is looking good as well...
i have gotten some work done over here....finally got the cockpit installed along with the IP...sealed it up but dont have any current pictures of it yet...maybe later....been seeing what i can do to mess up my first attempt at rescribing some lines around the office...
didnt really match the dirtiness of the wheel well to the gear so i redid them....pics of that later as well...
decided to just use the kit engine as i put so much time into it....i think i can use the resin one on a later F4U-1A build...
picked up a bunch of kits today from some dude off craigslist....$250 for 66 kits...about half are 1/48 hase/tamiya 109's and 190's and the rest 1/72 the same...nice little score....
knee is doing well...doing my PT and moving around much better...should be off the crutch and on to the cane this week...
thats what i got for now...
Great work all around guys!
Haven't gotten much done here lately but am slowly staggering toward the finish line.
I havn't done much work on my P-40 over the last week or so, have been sidetracked with my P-51 build....
I gotta go to the LHS tommorow to get some more decal setting solution so i'll get the decals on this easter weekend and post up some more WIP pics....
Kermit
Your Wildcat looks great, nice detail
Mac
carsanab NIce Kermit...add another Cat to the fence,,,,MEOW!!!! Well I got Jack all decaled and have started to do some light weathering...down the homestretch!
NIce Kermit...add another Cat to the fence,,,,MEOW!!!!
Well I got Jack all decaled and have started to do some light weathering...down the homestretch!
Hey, I thought I heard a MEOW!! over here, Carsanab stirring up trouble again no doubt!
Just finished up with my Tamiya Storch for the Winter Warriors / Eye in the Sky group builds, so I'll be checking in here more often & should start on my pair of Jap birds fairly soon. I wonder if the in-laws would notice if I bring my kits along for the Easter weekend...
There's a bunch of good looking gear in here already, I'll need to scroll through the thread to get caught up. Talk to you soon folks,
Vance
Richard fantastic work mate she's a real keeper
Count as Jules said the Corsair is definatley eligible for for this build, which kit have you got and what markings are you thinking of?
Cheers
Well done, Kermit. A fitting tribute to Mr.O'Hare!
Richard, Outstanding work mate!!!!!!!
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