bobbaily wrote:

And I'm up for another attempt at a "48 hour-er" in the near future.

How about an absolute madness 1 week build- 25-31 dec

(yes its supposed to be a joke, just a bad one)

Hey all....a lot of great work being posted here.  Keep it up.

I am officially 'out'.  I was unable to spend any time yesterday modeling-spent it with family & friends, so it wasn't a bad thing.  Too many outside activities 'crept in' after committing to the build.  Hopefully I can do some work later this week and I'll post pics.

And I'm up for another attempt at a "48 hour-er" in the near future.  Hopefully I will be a little wiser on picking a build and scheduling my time.

Carry on.

Cheers

Quick call the white truck...

Brett you finished ages ago, I thought the madness would of ebbed by now, but sounds like its overflowing...

 lewbud, cant wait see the finished spectre 

dougums, love the diarama, but would I be paranoid to cautious about some guy walking up behind with pick over his shoulder while I was bent down and back turned

Andrew

Frank... omletting you know that I have 3 egg planes nestled in my stash, I think they are a cracking idea, and I'm very eggcited about building them.

Brett

Dougums,

Nice job on the jeep.

Dave,

Looking forward to seeing the Shinden in warpaint.  I thought that would make a cool what if for the Air Racer GB.

Frank,

A most eggscellent choice.  You've got us scrambling for more egg yolks.

Sean,

But it's devilled ham!  More of the PZL when you get a chance.

Dupes and Mia,

Need to run to town and post more pics.  Look forward to seeing the Harriers.

Bob, oddman, halligan, report in with more pics.

I'm calling it a night.  She's starting to look like a proper airplane now.  Think  I've got one more fairing to add then she'll be ready for primer.  Here's some pics.

M1 A1 A2 Tanker wrote:

Hey        Dave     Quick question. Since I will not be done till Monday. Do I still get a badge?   Thanks Scott

Absoutely Scott, as long as you participate it's all good in my books. 

Hey

       Dave

    Quick question. Since I will not be done till Monday. Do I still get a badge?

Thanks

Scott

Wirraway, no problems, life gets in the way sometimes and we all understand. 

Doug, for a 48hr effort it looks awesome!    The little poochie is a nice touch.  Kinda looks like Bruno!

That makes six finished so far with more than a dozen in progress

I'm going to call this one finished.  Let me know what ya think.

Scott, Buddy, good start fellas. 

Frank, The Corsair is looking awesome

Still plugging away here.  Got all the parts on but still need to do some finetuning on the seams and paint the pilot before I can start painting.

Buddy and Scott- Excellent work guys!

Two last photos of the Corsair for the night.  Sprayed the Future coat on so the decals can go on in the morning.  There seems to be a little bit of an eggshell effect in the clear on the fuselage, but the final coats should cure that.

Night all, see you in the morning!

Buddy - Your knife is almost bigger then your fuselage... Was it made in Austraila ?

PZL update - Sprayed with a glossy coat of clear to give the decals something to adhere to. Other then decals just the prop, legs and windscreen.. Think I will call it a night as that C-Ration can of Pork slices is having a diddagreement with my stomache... Kinda tasted like cream corn though. 

Hey

    All

            Well, below is a picture of what I have got done so far. (i.e. not much.)

This is a combination of two factors, my my father in-laws visit, which while it is great (Yes, I actually like him.) has kind of taken away from modeling. But the second and bigger factor is that I applied my Furture coat last night without realizing the clear parts need to be used during the beginning, middle and end of the build. So I had to wait 24 hours for it to dry. Poor plannnng on my part really. (Again... )

So anyway I am going to shoot for having this puppy assembled and hopefully painted by tommorow night then I will finish it up Monday.

Here is the pic:

See ya

Scott

Sean,

No crew on this bird, heck there ain't even a proper pit.  Just a couple of seats, so the glass will be painted black from the inside.  Looking forward to seeing more of the PZL.

Andrew,

Splendid work on the Harrier.

It's the three hour mark so I thought I'd post a sitrep.  After finding suitable grub, I came home and popped Transformers in for inspiration.  Could be the perfect movie: A-10's, AC-130, MV-22's, F-22, hot cars (even though they are Chevy's), big honkin robots with big freakin guns and Megan Fox.  What more could a boy ask for?  Got the wings and the drop tanks together.  Cut out the various bays for the guns and installed the mounting boxes for the guns (not so great a fit for these).  Cut out the leading edge of the portside landing gear bay and installed the new one.  Verrry fiddly.  If you get this kit, be vewy vewy careful.  Will go back and reinforce it with some superglue and strip styrene.  Got the cargo bay floor and cockpit bulkhead glued together, just about ready to install the nose gear bay and cargo ramp.  Since the cargo area is empty, the ramp will be in the closed position.  Here's some pics.

dioramator wrote:

Frank -  I must say that plane is looking eggcelent.  Daywalker wrote: Next up, figuring out how to paint the yellow stripes on the bomb noses. Try masking with teflon tape (plumbers tape) Brett

***GROAN***

Thanks for the idea Brett!  I thought about that, but don't have any Teflon tape at hand, and I need to clearcoat those bombs tonight.  I think I will leave them be this time, as I don't think the coffee I have had tonight will permit painting them freehand!

 Frank -  I must say that plane is looking eggcelent.

Daywalker wrote:

Next up, figuring out how to paint the yellow stripes on the bomb noses.

Try masking with teflon tape (plumbers tape)

Brett

-Neu- Wow, that Frank is really looking good my friend!

Aaron- Expecting or bloated?  I think it is just full o' gas from those burritos.  Glad to see you were able to get all four turning. 

Tom- That artillery piece really came out well, excellent work!

Sean- A spiral... why didn't I think of that before?

Andrew- That Harrier is coming along very well too, nice work!

Buddy- Glad to see you getting ready to start!  I'll be watching for those pics.

Prop pics?  Oh yes, can't believe I forgot those!  Got most of the paint sprayed, hoping to get a coat of Future on it yet tonight, maybe first thing in the am.  So far, so good!

Next up, figuring out how to paint the yellow stripes on the bomb noses.

 Zantac! ...sometimes you don't have to compromise!

 Looks good Sean!  Can't wait to see her dressed!

 Awe come on Dave... It's 1/72 scale... How much sanding could it need? Zip zip the wings gone! LOL!

 Probably going to look like a museum piece!

I always like to post a little something about what I built just cuz.  A bit o History!  There will be a quiz!

Tom - Super Job I can here the rumbling in the hills aready from your Fire Mission...

Andrew -  Very Nice Harrier and well armed also

Buddy -  Your gonna need Aarons Opti~visor for that one.. Does it come with a flight crew

Osher - Great Progress !

PZL update - More paint and waiting for it to dry ......  I left the landing gear off till last as I was afraid of wrecking it..

Nice job Panzer, and that Harrier look cool!

It's not for nothing I call myself the glacial modeller - this for me is light speed!

The panels at the front and back of the cockpit caused me grief.  Probably my own fault, but I painted and then sanded down and filled them around 5 times!  Since then, I've finished the cockpit, but not installed.  I've also 'Kleared' or 'Futured' the canopy, and partially assembled the mainplane.  I've also painted the cockpit surrounds (not as good as normal, but, otherwise, I'd never finish), assembled the engine, and put on the cowling.  Next step is to mask the canopy, install cockpit, and then...  we'll see!

Well First I gotta say Thanks For The Great Group Build, really enjoyed it, also my first completed . I gotta say looking fwd to the day when I can get a quality build done in the same time some of you peeps can/did/will. I also enjoyed the posts, though I will admit sometimes there was a just skimming through posts when I was busy trying to get stuff done. Next time I do one of these I'll had the kids off to their grandparents for the week, lol.

What would I of done differently with more time? strip the first two coats of paint off and start again without the maskol, big mistake. But I'm set for next time now. So again thanks everybody for having me aboard and BIG THANKS to Dave for organising it

Andrew

Tom, that cannon looks ready for business.  Whatcha building next, you got lots of time left!

Andrew, the Harrier looks superb too.  The camo turned out great in the end. 

Bud, glad to see you've started.  Great subject choice.

Aaron, glad you found the other motor.  I'll sleep better tonight too.

Not much to show pics of yet, like I said earlier, lots of sanding and filling on this one but I hope to have major construction done tonight and on to paint tomorrow.

 Don't forget the hot sauce lewbud! Makes things come out better in the end!

 Meant to tell ya the glossy figgy I had. Tamiya paints don't seem to dull down with dullcoat they get kinda shiny?  Must be me!

Ladies and Gents there is some mightyfine work going on here.  Mac, Brett, Neu and Tom a hearty job well done.  Guy, get off yer duff and get a kit goin.  Sean has probably moved his workbench into the privy wit what he's bin consumin lately.  I see Frank is still using those high tech stands to build those bentwing birds, if somewhat bloated in this case.  Mia and Dupes are off sampling hot sauce (ya'll really need to see the wall of homemade hot sauces at the Texas State Fair).  Bob Bailey is off putting a mean tune on that shoebox of his.  Haven't heard from Dave or Halligan, but that's probably Dave's fault (I gotta get me one of those shirts!)  Oddman's still out with his D model Sluff.  Anyone else sorry I missed ya, looking forward to some pics.  Did someone say pics?  As of 2100 14 Nov 2009 my build has started.  Proof pics follow.

Haven't broken sprue yet, but more pics will definitely follow.  Off to find some grub.

(appropriate sound effect) Ok models down thats your 48 hours...

Well Almost completed, had most of the warning decals to go and a couple of other minor decals, otherwise thats it. Not to bad considering I spent most of yesturday in the garden, adding the learning curve of camo airbrushing :D.

Andrew

razordws wrote:

Summit wrote:  Daywalker wrote: If you turn that plane right side up, it would look like a Corsair! That almost takes the fun out it Now THAT, was funny!!!

That man needs to get out more!

 Hey got a regular E-mail from Roy!  Sez his computer can't log on to post anything.  Maybe Bondo is in the same boat?

 Looks great Tom!  Bet that thing makes the same noise my colon did when all that coffee hit me! pLAYED WITH THOSE 75'S BEFORE THEY ARRE REALLY COOL AND YOU DID IT A GREAT JUSTICE! Dern caps lock!  Big fingers!

 Well at least it wasn't 40 year old chocolate pound cakes. It was really vanillia Sean just browned with age!

 Fupes!  Too cool twin Harriers! I love the concept!

  Hey Soul Crusher just got out of the hospital!  I just saw his post over at the RA GB!  Was kinda distracted here but wish him well for all who call him a friend!  Think Sean gave him some of that chocolate stuff!

 Frank Prop pics!!!!! More Prop pics must you always be nagged! LOL!

 Where the heck is Capt Bondo!  I worry when he is up to mischief!  Dave did he get the lock picked and escape?

 Where is Dave's progress pics!  Kinda like looking for Frank's 262 progress?