(Anti) Submarine Warfare GB 2010 *CLOSED*

Julez72 thanks for the comments about my brothers Stuka he really is doing a good job. In fact he is ready to squirt some paint on it this weekend so there will be a few more pictures in the Mancave thread. My nefew fell in love with a 1/48 B-25 his Dad picked up at the hobby shop, I only hope we can keep him from frustration while building that one.

So guys heres a teaser WIP for ya, not quite finished yet I still have a few odds and ends to clean up before I can call it finished.

Go cat go. Looking great.

Hey guys I finally got some paint on the Avenger and while waiting for the future to dry I thought I would post a couple of WIP pictures.

Hope you like it so far, more to follow

I can imagine Randy, those molds do look old....Knowing me i would have trashed it and gone for the AM kit, kudos to you for not letting it beat you

Ah yes the Stuka and the Hurri, i visited that thread and you should be proud, i can't wait till my 9 year old boy starts building, i don't think at 9 he's ready for a very sharp hobby knife just yet so i buy him 1/72 prebuilt kits to play with and he certainly has the same imagination i had as a child so i guess i't inevitable that he will build in later life....Like your brother and nephew he also has an experienced mentor to guide him which will help him greatly when he's old enough to get stuck in....I first joined these forums back in 2004 to 2006 and my skill level soared once i was exposed to experienced modelers, before then i didn't even know how to put a wash on so your invaluable advice could cut years of trial and error off.....Well done again

Thanks Julez72 it has been much more than a putty fight, I cant tell you how many times I had to keep from tossing this one in the trash can. I also did some searching in the internet today and found her BuNo along with a brief history, seems ole 309 got around quite a bit. She served in the Canadian Navy as a subkiller. Anyway I will post the history along with the finished pictures. Hope to have some paint on her in the next couple of days.

Yup thats a Stuka in the back ground My brother and his son invaded my mancave and are building models. The Stuka is Chris's first, unfortunately he hasn't had much chance to work on it of late because of work. I posted their builds in the Aircraft section under Mancave Gets Invaded. I wish they had a emoicon with buttons popping off as I would surely use it, I am really proud of their builds. Chris is 33 and his son just turned 13. Oh geeze now I am braggin on them

Looking good Randy looks like you had a bit of a putty fight on your hands with her.....

Is that a Stuka i see in the background???

Ok guys here are the promised WIP pictures of my Avenger. Actually looks like I just may beat this kit after all, as now she is ready for the paint shop. I will be using the 3 tone blue paint scheme on this one.

I didnt get tricky with this build as I will consider myself lucky if it turns out looking like a TBF and not a mess.

Yeah i thought it was, have visisted Hobart a few times, we lived in Launceston for about 10 years before moving back up here......

Julez, yes its the derwent, I live about 20km up river of Hobart, and thats what I have just across the road.

Andrew

bondoman

Beautiful, Wolf! Nicely done and clean.

 

Decals look great Wolf, well done Is that the Derwent in the background??

Randy, Now who's the one teasin eh looking forward to seein some pics buddy

Beautiful, Wolf! Nicely done and clean.

Konigwolf13 beautiful work !!! and background too I am totally impressed with the decal work you did on the Lynx, that had to have been a nightmare to get right. Hopefully my chopper will come out half as well as yours has.

Well guys I have been fighting me hard not to throw the Avenger in the trash can, but I have picked it up again and went to take some WIP pictures and found dead batteries in the camera . Figures dont it. So they are charging now and I should be able to get a few pictures up tomorrow.

DONE!!!

Its been sitting on shelf the last week or two waiting for the finishing touches. I think the panel lines stand out fine without weathering so I won't, besides this particular machine belongs to a flight display team (Black Cats) so I doubt they would let her get to dirty. Its also why I left her torpedos off (though I have seen this serial number aircraft in normal fleet markings as well)

What can I say about the build? Parts, well molded good detail. The decals were OK, but not great, a couple tried to fold back on themselves and a few were actually easier to paint then decal. Had trouple getting a couple aligned so ended up crooked. I also made the mistake of applying the main decals on one side  (which are seperated into two) rear first, in hindsight the front decal should of been applied first as allowed better alignment of the cats head, I didnt make the same mistake the second time (The door cloased side is the correctley applied side). Now painting? Well there was absolutley no colour guides in the instructions and only basic guide for the outside so I was able to find an airfix manual and used lots of reference shots so get her finished.

Now for the pics. Nice winter day here in tassie so I thought I'd take it outside for the photoshoot with the wonderful river in the background just right for a maritime chopper

First shot, soor open side, you can see the lynx head should be lower on the door, and yes I did paint he door/window frames just the light from behind makes it look otherwise

Oops forgot to paint he wipers, later

Propeley aligned lynx decal on this side, 635 not so, One of the one I had problems with.

Andrew

Hey guys I have the Avenger back on the bench finally should have some more WIP pictures tomorrow evening

Page 2 won't do........BUMP....

Bondoman, Great work she looks great.....Love the homemade torpedoes....

Bondoman the group has 5 stars now   

Your build is sweet, beautiful, stunning even !!! Very well done there guy. I like your resourcefulness coming up with the torpedoes too

Absolutely stunning model Bondo! I love what you have done with it and the South African markings look great too. Makes me think of that 1/48 B339 Buffalo with old style dutch orange triangles i have always wanted to build.... Did you put a wash over the raised panellines or are those drybrushed?

Thank you again for sharing your work with us here in the group. Ummm... by all means post a build log here if and when you decide to do another ASW/Patrol wingy thingy.

Richard

How did this GB get two stars??? That bites! We need to post it up. Did someone have an ax to grind?

Here's another ASW subject for you guys, just wrapped.

The Frog 1/72 Avro Shackleton Mk.3 (tricycle) as SAAF no. 1721 of 35 Squadron at AFS Ysterplaat.

This is an oldie but goodie kit, recently rereleased by Revell. That'd be a good thing, as the decals in my old AMT boxing were worthless.

But I got a nice set from MAV decals in SA, and built around that. White/Dark Grey/PR Blue which is sort of an intermediate scheme.

All moving control surfaces, I always let those be because although they look overscaled, I think they add a certain charm to things.

I built three Mk. 30 acoustic homing torpedoes from ball point pens. When Santa brings me an Airfix Nimrod, I'll raid it, borrow and add some sonobouys or flares or whathaveyou to the fourth weapons position.

I added detail to the wheel wells, built a box for the nose one.

Other than that just the basics. I hope you like it!

Well i read a couple of online reveiws on the Wellington and the reviewers give the kit a I know there is a lot of Trumpeter bashing in these forums but i'm not going to let that dissuade me from building it....." If you want a 48 Wellington thats the only one"......Apparently the lattice type construction is a little overdone on the exterior but the reveiw builds look good to me...I have rethought all the Eduard bits i was planning on, it's obvious that when the fues is closed all that detail disappears so i'll stick with the cockpit set and the bomb bay set, bomb bay doors i'll leave open......maybe replace the guns but i'll see what the kit ones are like first.....Man that Big Welly will look awesome in the cabinet with a little led light on it.....

Thanks Richard, I've been eyeing of that Bomber since it first hit the shelves at my LHS but i've always managed to talk myself out of it, to expensive, to time consuming for my limited patience ect ect but i guess i need change, Tamigawa single engines are getting a little routine......

I'll get the kit as soon as i finish the P-38 and make a start straight away...I will more than likely take a break a couple of times during the build and knock up a couple more P-51's.....

So obviously when you go to the States you won't be building but pop into the forums every now and then and let us know how your travelling

Julez,

The trick with revell/monogram is to find that kit for a ridiculously low price compared to a tamigawa that actually fits and is fun to build They are outthere...

Wow... a big *ss trumpeter bomber wingy thing with extra whistles and bells to boot? Youre in youre in yesyesyesyes lol. I am sooo gonna enjoy that one.... Always wanted to do one of them big trumpy's....

Ill add you to the rollcall buddy. And dont worry bout the motivational courtesy kicks in the you know what

Glad to have you onboard

Richard

Ok i'm in then Some really cool builds going on in here, I like that  Lynx up there and your Avenger looks great....

I see Randy is up to his old tricks building kits with 40 year old molds..I dunno how you do it Randy, bringing those old kits so superbly back to life like you do, i occasionally see those kits at my LHS, have to walk past them to get to the Tam, Has section

So this is a one year build right......Put me down for a Trumpeter 1/48 Wellington, i found  a set of decals for a Polish SQD in Coastal Command, The A/C still wears it's night bomber colours so i guess it was a recent hand me down from Bomber command...In fact it has no radar poles or leigh light so it must be prior to those additions...I did look for Resin conversions but only found a wharehouse of Eduard PE so i'll order a coloured set for the pit a mid fueselage set and a bomb bay set, i'll probably replace the flexible guns as well....

This will breach my 20 hour limit for a single kit so i may nead to hear on occasion some motivational speaking

Julez,

Thank you thank you. She is finally finished and sitting on the shelf next to me. I do find myself looking at it alot and being happy with it Still have the GATO class in very early stage of construction waiting for me but projects like these require a heck of a lot of patience and work... In time....in time.. LOL. Thanks again for your comment.

OFCOURSE you can join in on the fun! Take the time in deciding and build yourself a cool subkiller machine. Happy to have you m8

Richard

kermit

Ok here goes... Almost two weeks since the last post so it was just about time to save this thread from the second page...

I have finished the "beast"!!. Took me the better part of a year (since purchase) but i am very pleased with the results myself. I have even added the gun barrel "plugs" like Randy suggested (thank you; looks great!)

After i thought the rust looked "rusty" enough i have finished up with some last minute drybrushing and chalks and coated the sub with a matte varnish to tone down all the layers of future. It was getting a bit too shiny for my taste.

But i can rabble on for hours about the subject...just see for yourself i would say:) I give you.... U-995.

This rustbucket cost me a full box (200) of q-tips by the way...just to name one thing...

Feel free to comment about stuff you like to see different... This sub is right now how i had it in my head at the start of the build. Hope you guys enjoyed my work

Thanks for watching,

Richard

Richard.......P

Richard................"pausing to pick dropped jaw off gound".............One word for you.......

........WOW....... 

Oh god not again, i've been inspired....again.....so can i join????????

How about a Tamiya 1/48 Beaufighter with rockets,  Or maybe a Trump 48 Wellington with a Leighlight, but only i i find a scheme that i like.....

Why would you want to go there? did I type that out loud

LMAO

Ummm, i like the fast food? *evil grin* Nah, seriously i love that country and it's people. And one in particular LOL.

Great work on your lynx Andrew. I have a fondness of hobbyboss kit's myself. Somehow brands like hobbyboss and Academy among others seem to be able to produce very complete and attractive models for very competitive prices. Melikesit

Carry on soldier

Richard

Well cant seem to take a brake from this build. Done as far as I can without airbrush, prolly thursday before I can get some time with that,

Gonna go with one door open and one closed, and yes Lynx's are suppossed to have outward angled landing gear, helps on ship handeling.

kermit

 

Next week ill be gone to the US for 6 weeks

Why would you want to go there? did I type that out loud

Andrew

Randy,

Whatever works for you buddy I have been known to bin a few kits because they were just too horrible to work with. Step back from it, put it on the shelf for awhile and start something new or dump it in the trashcan alltogether. I really don't object in any way. No point in building a kit you hate Really interested in the pics though...

Might as well post some news for everyone in the group...

Next week ill be gone to the US for 6 weeks (if that stupid ashcloud stays quiet...). In the meantime i wont be able to post updates on the front page im afraid. But anyone who wants to join in... by all means start building and post WIP updates As soon as i get the chance i will update stuff where appropriate.

Richard

Andrew lookin good there buddy I like your instrument  panel cockpit. Cant wait to start my very first helicopter build for this group. I will be keeping an eye on your build for a how to kinda thing.

Richard ran into another snag on the Avenger and am about to give up on this kit, I will post a couple pictures this evening. Really a bad kit geeze