dupes wrote:

Anyone read this week's FSM newsletter? Because of a "free weekend" for non-subscribers, you won't be able to log in to the website until Monday. If you have the appropriate cookies on your computer you're ok, but if for any reason you have a required login coming up you won't be able to get on to the forum. Hope this doesn't keep anybody off on such an important weekend. Noon Friday to noon Sunday! Harrier Madness!

Last minute trip to the LHS coming up ... Light Gull Gray and RLM 66 needed.

It's just gone 9:30am my time, I'm about to snip my first sprue.

I'm now officially underway

Brett

I will be starting tomorrow at 10am.  The recon on the spares bin is complete. Now all i need to do is get some isopropyl and clean the bench a little.  The wife threw me a curve ball tuesday when she bought me the new Call Of Duty game (amazing btw).  I had to play the out of it so it wouldn't be to much of a distraction.  Now if I could only get a babysitter for the weekend

dioramator wrote:

It's just gone 9:30am my time, I'm about to snip my first sprue. I'm now officially underway Brett

No fair!!!!! The Aussies got to start first!!!!

LOL!!!!!!

Go for it Brett. Nothing but love. Really.

Very cool user name btw.

See ya

Scott

dioramator wrote:

It's just gone 9:30am my time, I'm about to snip my first sprue. I'm now officially underway Brett

WooHoo!!!  We are underway folks!!!  

razordws wrote:

WooHoo!!!  We are underway folks!!!

ALLRIGHTY, HERE WE GO!!! 

Dave- Is it too late to change my build?  I am thinking about building a Corsair.

2 hours down.

I Have just finished in the spray booth, and have everything in primary colour.

where has the time gone, "time flies when you are having fun"

the yellow is not covering too well (I knew I should have gone with the grey... too late now). everything required a good solid 3 coats to get the colour even.

anyway, on with the assembly.

Is anyone else far off starting yet? it's getting lonely here building by myself

Brett

dioramator wrote:

Is anyone else far off starting yet? it's getting lonely here building by myself Brett

Sorry Mate. Being as I'm in the Western USA, I'm at least a little over 5 hours away from when I can start. If I want to start at Midnight!? Which I don't. LOL. But I'm sure some other crazy modelers from other parts of the world will soon join you.

See ya

Scott

OK, about to start, heres the kit

Andrew

welcome aboard Andrew.

I've just passed the four hour mark, got a little bogged down with the wheels for the last couple of hours (pun intended)

Here's where I'm up to.

Brett

Okay, great start Brett.  Looks like you've got a big head start on the rest of us which means you'll be able to sit back with a bag of popcorn and watch the rest of us sweat it out later.

Dupes had me a little worried so I went to my email and checked the notice on the newsletter regarding this weekend.  I'll quote it here...

During the times mentioned above, you will not be able to register for a new account or log in to FineScale.com with an existing account. Reader forum users will be able to post as long as they've logged in and have a cookie set prior to the times mentioned above. The site will be back to normal and open for new registrations at 8am CST Monday, November 16th.

I'm not sure what the part in red refers to but it sounds like the forum should not be affected. Hopefully we will all be able to get on to the site and post our works in progress.  Just don't dump your cookies (sounds bad I know) or you won't be able to get back on until Monday.  If for some reason you are affected by this just continue to take progress pictures and post them all on Monday.

razordws wrote:

Just don't dump your cookies

ROFLMAO

The Two Hour Mark...

Before starting on th epilot I felt like a copper a football or cricket game, as their was an awful lot of flashing to clean up

Ok enough of helping to turn this in to the bad joke build, I've got the cockpit together. I modified the rather basic paint scheme for the pilot and seat, Google is your friend :D , I may need to touch up the pilots helmet but otherwise cockpit is basically done

Andrew

Me again...

here I am 7 1/2 hours into the build, and now time to take a break (at last I can breathe again) and stop for dinner.

I've been building like a demon posessed all day (not that you'd know it by looking). I didn't realise how much of a fussy bugger I was, until I tried to will myself to take short-cuts (but couldnt bring myself to do it...)

anyway here it is so far, will be back again this evening for a marathon late night.

Brett

 Go Brett and Andrew!!!!!  Run with it!

As for me I am calling it a night. Got the bench all set up. New stuff! Paints, Brushes, glues, the works!  The Tamiya kit is sitting there waiting for me!  Can I pull it off?  Dunno but I will have a completed Landcaster very soon!

Andrew and Brett,

Looking good so far.  Looking forward to LOTS more pics.

Neu,

You could just leave them be, but you won't will ya?

Mac,

I got faith in ya pard!  Look forward to seeing the Lanc done by Sunday.

As for myself, I've done my research and decided to do the AC-130 OOB.  Look forward to watching the "Bring the rain" scene from Transformers many times this weekend for inspiration.  Will be starting Saturday after I get off work. 

"Here are the rules:  Must post pics at the start of the unbuilt model"- Davidicus I:7

Heres the two kits; the flashmonster and the ford:

 Go Billy Bondo! 

back again for round 2

Brett

dioramator wrote:

back again for round 2 Brett

ditto

Took some time out for tea and the latest Star Trek movie (seems to of hooked my 10y/o daughter so it cant be to bad). Oh well back to the slave pits

Andrew

I've just passed the 12 hour mark... I can't believe I am already 1/4 of the way through the build.

there are no more parts left on sprues, everything has been tacked and taped together, and now it's back into the spray booth to tidy up the primary colour, and lay down the camo.

Brett

1am Saturday here, 11 hours in.

Harrier is mostley built, maskol applied to canopy awaiting painting tomorrow. Wheels and ordnance will be applied after cam is done, but that will have to wait till tomorrow as I dont think the missus or kids would be to happy if I fired up the aircompressor at this time of day (large workshop style not smaller desktop compressor).

Andrew

Just about game time for me and BrownEyes, shooting for a noon start. First order of business will be to dip the canopies in future, then prime the Aeroclub white metal ejection seats. They provide waaaaaaay more detail than the kit pieces - hoping that you can see them through the glass!

Assuming the kit decals pan out (going to test one at about 12:05!), we'll be going with the kit provided two-tone markings, British Dark Sea Gray over white. Should look pretty cool. Two different birds to model, and they'll have considerably different weapon loadouts as well.

Very excited! Got everything all planned out, dinner is already in the crock pot so we don't have to waste any time cooking...these are going to be sweet. Good luck everybody!

The obligatory uncut-sprues pic: 

1:30 am here.

16 hours into the build.

that's it for me tonight.

I'm not as far along as I hoped to be at the end of the first day, but the results are better than I expected. not too many set-backs so far, just annoying fussiness.

Hopefully things will continue to run smoothly tomorrow, and with any luck I might even get this build completed.

Brett