Weekend Madness GB November 13-15th 2009

Fantastic Progress pics everyone.  Frank get to crackin on that crosair - sleep is not an option .

Wow - Brett has almost finished a Superb looking Tiger

Aaron is done , now he is most likely basking in the jakuzi of Dunkin Donuts Coffee eating a Bean Burrito..

Here are the parts (most of them are in the pic) for the Heller P.Z.L. P 11 C.  Time to get to work ~ 7:52 AM PST !

Aaron,   what was that?  A 24 hr build?  You crazy caffiene addict you!!!!  Too bad about the bum motor but other than that she looks absolutely splendid. 

Andrew, Brett, Neu, Frank, great progress guys.

Everyone else should be up and building now.  Looking forward to another 10 pages of progress posts today!

razordws wrote:

Ah, the Grizzly's finally woke up Sean from his hibernation.  Get crackin Sean, your fallin behind!

YAY, Sean's here! [:^]  Now, get to work! LOL

Brett- Wow, that is some excellent work on your Tiger.  I am liking it very much!

PANZERJAGER here,

Off and running!

Tom

razordws wrote:

Ah, the Grizzly's finally woke up Sean from his hibernation.  Get crackin Sean, your fallin behind!

I wasnt sure if that was a Griz outside the shack I heard this morning or just the rumblings of Aarons  Coffee and Burritos I heard coming up from Texas.

Well I broken sprue, decided to skip the traditional waffles for breakfast and eat like a real soldier. I have here a genuine Vietnam Issue C ~Ration Chocolate Nut roll for snacking on.  Been saving it for a special ocassion. I wanted to have it for my Wifes and my Anniversary but she said "No efin way" ...  Yeah I was pretty shocked at her reaction also

All I need is a "John Wayne" and some coffee to wash it down

It being a 48 hour GB coupled with the fact that I had to come to town to post these pics means that I won't get to comment on everyone's builds yet...I wish I could! Awful lot of good stuff getting cranked out. A 24 hour Lancaster! A sweet Tiger! Flaming hot rod decals! Wow!

This morning the Harriers got the final white primer coat (missed a couple of spots), followed by detail painting around the pit, canopy masking, and paint demarcation masking, followed by spraying of the main body color and panel highlighting. Whew! Had hoped to get to the pre-decal future coat by the time I came into town (so it could dry) but didn't quite make it. Will spray that first thing when we get home, let it dry for an hour or two, then start decaling.

Here we go with some pics!

First one is last night after about 8 hours of work:

Mia hard at work with the airbrush this morning :

And where we stand right now, 24 hours in:

Summit wrote:

Aaron is done , now he is most likely basking in the jakuzi of Dunkin Donuts Coffee eating a Bean Burrito..

Sean,

I wouldn't go in there if I were you.  That's not a jacuzzi, that's the result of Mac eating waaaaaaay too many bean burritos.

Mac,

Nice job on the Lanc.  You could shoot your RAF guy with some dullcote, unless he's a shiny, happy person kinda guy.  So what's next?  A squadronmate? An escort? The Tirpitz?

Brett,

Nice work on the Tiger.  Looks a lot better with the wash.

To all the others, keep up the good work.  I'm outta here at about 1600 CST, a trip to the LHS and the store for some grub and I'll get the Spectre rolling.

Summit wrote:

razordws wrote: Ah, the Grizzly's finally woke up Sean from his hibernation.  Get crackin Sean, your fallin behind!  I wasnt sure if that was a Griz outside the shack I heard this morning or just the rumblings of Aarons  Coffee and Burritos I heard coming up from Texas. Well I broken sprue, decided to skip the traditional waffles for breakfast and eat like a real soldier. I have here a genuine Vietnam Issue C ~Ration Chocolate Nut roll for snacking on.  Been saving it for a special ocassion. I wanted to have it for my Wifes and my Anniversary but she said "No efin way" ...  Yeah I was pretty shocked at her reaction also All I need is a "John Wayne" and some coffee to wash it down

Sean,

Don't know why, but when I read that, the galley scene from Down Periscope ran through my mind.  Went something like this:

Rob Schneider: "Buckman, this stuff's been on the Stingray since 1945!"

Buckman: "I don't know sir, it still tastes like cream corn."

RS: "But it's devilled ham!"

Buckman: "Oh, that could be a problem sir."

Buddy - I remember that scene.. What a great laugh

Hey that Chocolate Nutroll was just as good as the day it was baked.. Kinda dry but I remember them always being that way.

Since this PZL has an open pit I figured I should at least add a harness.

Still need to touch up the buckles..

Man

You guys (and Mia!! ) get more done in 48 hours that I normally get done in 48 days!  Really impressive stuff in here!  I am truly impressed.

 Ok Frank n Katie! , Fupes and Mia!  Dave, TankHunter, and Sean!  Looks like my Aussie buddies turned in for the night.  I took a nap myself. That was a 22 hour marathon from 10AM until 8 AM.  Brett, Neu and Andrew kept me company cuz the rest of you went to bed?  Obviously not feeling the coffee love!

 Frank is your Corsair expecting or just bloated? Sean um you really ate that?  Oh dear. Your stomach will start making noise like that Tiger Tank. Bean Burrito's and Coffee  keep me steady and don't forget the Hot Sauce!

 Where is Billy Bondo!?!

Neu - Wow Fantastico Hayate ! Very nice finish...

Still making headway on the PZL , got the Gull wing on and waiting on the cowl ring halves to cure before moving forward..

Yeah Aaron I ate it. Good thing you sent those Railroad Emergency kits as the kids made off with the Sears Robuck catalog from the Privy.. 

That Chocolate must of been concentrated like a cup of capachino in that cake. I can still feel the buzz

Buzz did someone say Buzz?

A couple Videos as requested!

 http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp60/namredneck/?action=view&current=MOV01332.flv

 This one is kinda dark! But you can read the important part!

http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp60/namredneck/?action=view&current=MOV01334.flv

OK blu-tak in hand (and a few yummies) I was away from the shops by 8am. Now gone nine I've just finished the respray. I think I should of turned the pressure down a little, nothing I can't touch up later.

heres the pics

Andrew

Well thats me done at the 47 hours and 18 minute mark.

I gave it a quick hit with the dry brush, and finally fitted the M.G., and still had 42 minutest to spare (I should have built two of them).

I'll set up the camera and post some good pics shortly.

... time to break out the popcorn.

Brett

You guys are just awesome. So much great stuff being done in such a short time.

 Ive been kyboshed a touch. As the 2 days off, im due, tuesday and wednesday are now 1 day. So im afraid, as i dont have a 2 day window in the very near future, im going to have to gracefully bow out. Sorry. And as Aarons t shirt says, 'Its all daves Fault'

...Guy

Here I am at the 48 hour mark, and here is the finished pics

Well that was fun, are we doing another one in 363 days?

Brett

Brett, that is some awesome work mate in 48 hours.  The wash turned out great.

...and yes we will have another 48 build but it may be sooner based on the interst in this one.

Luftwoller wrote:

You guys are just awesome. So much great stuff being done in such a short time.  Ive been kyboshed a touch. As the 2 days off, im due, tuesday and wednesday are now 1 day. So im afraid, as i dont have a 2 day window in the very near future, im going to have to gracefully bow out. Sorry. And as Aarons t shirt says, 'Its all daves Fault' ...Guy

Come on Guy, if Aaron can bang out a !/48 Tamiya Lancaster in 22 hours I'm sure you could pull off a Piaggio or a Ju 290 in the same amount of time.  Heck, it's a whole day, live a little.  

sfcmac wrote:

Buzz did someone say Buzz?

What can I say Aaron, the shirt suits you.  One question though, did you purposely stand in front of that Christmas Angel as some kind of halo/I'm innocent subconcsious ploy to sell the "It's Dave's fault" pitch??? 

Thanks Dave

I'll look forward to the next one, but don't make it too soon, I'm going to have to earn some more brownie points with the wife.

Arron... love that optivisor - it suits you.

Brett

OK, 20 hours in and I am almost ready to paint!  The plastic on these egg planes is a bit different than regular kits, so filling and sanding has been difficult.  Still, got this far! 

Many, many hours were spent designing and creating the custom made paint stand.

Sean- Looking good!  You know what...

If you turn that plane right side up, it would look like a Corsair!

Aaron- OMG, you're nuts!!!  Great video, love the hat.

Assembly, detailling & base coats done!

Tom

 Your right Dave I am simply an angel ain't I? You'd never guess who sent me the T-shirt?

 Guy!  You can do it!  Build something else if need be!  Heck  You can make a sculpture out yer boogies! and it would look good! You got the magic!  Wouldn't be bowing around some of these fellows!

Well I got some good news on the Landcaster. All that effort and lack of sleep  just to have a shorted motor kinda bummed me out.  Then I remembered I had gotten one of those Tamiya Prop action Zero's off E-bay way back when.  It had the same motor but a diff hook up.

 A little grade school science class wiring and a careful switching out of the micro -motors and presto 4 working props!

 If your gonna make a gimmickey model, the gimmick should work!  Now I can say she is proper and I am proud to have pulled it off!

 http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp60/namredneck/?action=view&current=MOV01344.flv

 Neu Great looking Hayate!  I'd call it a Frank but Haligan would get jealous!

 Frank!  That thing looks like you polished it! I am glad you got it on the sticks and foam or it just wouldn't have been you!

 Brett that Tiger is too cool! I was thinking it was 1/35 until you posed it next to the paint jar! It's small size makes your work all the more impressive to me!

 How many we got done now? 3?

http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp60/namredneck/?action=view&current=MOV01344.flv

 OOPS wrong video! Meant this one! I was just testing you all!

 OOO that is cool!

Andrew - I like that saint scheme. I just sprayed a similar one on a Spitfire M VB a few days ago.

Brett -  You are the Tiger Master. I am Really Impressed with it. Makes me want to build one now..

Frank -  Very Cool, now get some paint on that thing. I really think it would look poached with a spiral on the hub

Aaron -  Awesome video's and Supendous Job on the Lanc. Since you most likely tired yourself out on that one I would be more then happy to take your other one so you dont stress over having to build it

Tom - Looks like your ready for a fire mission - Way Coool

Oh - I almost forgot an update on the PZL 

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