Rocket Power Group Build 2010-2011

Cheers, all good bro. Theres no rush, weve got a whole year to go yet lol

Hey Mikey... great work on the MiG! She looks pretty classy in that paint scheme.

I haven't made any progress on the Thunderceptor.   Trying to finish one more build before I get full bore on her.

As opposed to overcast

Badge looks FINE to me!!!!!

Hey guys i was thinking of adding something to the badge for those that do more than one kit (im lookin at you borg) What do you think i should put on? Also is everyone happy with the badge? its not too late to change it

Cheers. hows the natter going?

She really looks great, Scorpio - I love the colors!

Cheers sim, now wheres ur komet?

Scorp, you done well my friend!!! She's a lil looker I must say!!!! WELL DONE!!!

Ok, last batch of photos

What do you guys think? any changes i could make? C&C welcome

More to follow, god im sick of this slow connection

Just uploading some pics of my completedmig, the roundels really make her pop. ive got the RATO bottles on and she looks gorgeous. photos to follow shortly

jmabx

I'm definitely looking forward to the He-176! I've never seen one built before.

Same here, hows your beast going jb?

I used some skull white on my mig the other day to check for gaps, id prepped it for tamiya which is slightly different from citidel prep work and it just pulled away like water in an oily pan. fun to watch, just frustrating

I'm definitely looking forward to the He-176! I've never seen one built before.

@ scorpiomickey: I have never had problems with citadel paints. But maybe that is because I indeed always prep the surface by degreasing it with alchol of ammonium.

I do not expect any problems with the Me-163, I have only read favorable reviews on that kit. I have added some pe seatbelts, the rest of the cockpit is out of the box.

The He-176 is ok until now. It is a short run kit but I have definitly seen worse.

Borg, looking forward to seeing more of your progress!!!! I have the same 163 kit, let me know if you come across any issues please.

I think i spy a citidel paint there. great paints, poor adhesion if you dont prep properly. Looking faward to seeing these 2 come together. as i mentioned before i m a little stuck with mine, so im moving on to a corsair for a while till the decals arive

I could not resist and, altough I should have studied, have started. I also could not choose between the Me-163 and the He-176, so I am building both.

Here are some pices of the parts, boxes and references.

I alos found out that the two books on the left are the same. Only in different languages..,english and german... that is what you get when you have to much books!

All g bro, take your time. your studies are more important than models (debatable but im sticking with that for now lol)

No problem.

I will start soon, but first I have to make an assignment for my MBA, that is problably going to take some time. So I hope to start in the next two weeks.

Yup, sorry bad admin on my part. hosting a gb is slightly harder than i thought. im learning though

I am on the list, I wil be building the Academy Me-163, in red Wolfgang Späte marking, AM decals by Kagero.

All good, no rush, ill have to add you to the list (i think) i cant remember if your there or not, what was the kit again?

Wow! I totally missed the new start date. I il have tho change my modelling plans. The T-4 will have to get back in the box and the Me-163B on the bench.

Cheers, shes going together surprisingly easy. If zvezda branched out a little into some bigger stuff id buy more of them. Low cost, high quality (very high quality) very finley scribed panel lines, almost perfectly to scale. Only complaint i have is theres a slight sink on the top of the wings where the gear bay is. only showed up since i started putting future on.

scorp she's looking good mate!!!! Picked up an AGA? Mig -21 today with Polish Air Force Team markings from a mate at work today. The kit is about early Airfix standards by first glance and will be interesting to find out(much) later how it all fits. Interesting markings, it is like an eagle head over a red nose. mate is thinning out his stash and is giving me these kits which I also told him WHATEVER you want to part with I WILL TAKE!!!

Ok, heres the latest couple of photos.

Nothing exciting to report. couple more coats of future. sort out the legs, decals, future, little bit of weathering (the harvards are kept immaculate, so are the plastic rats we fly atm) 

Once finished ill set up a miini photo booth and take some real good shots of it. I dummy fit the canopy this morning. wow shes gonna look niiice, Clean up on the drop tank tonight, hopefully finished by the weekend. This is the smoothest build ive EVER done. its great.

Slight change in plans for the decals. had a count up of what ive got and only 8 kiwi roundels each aircraft needs 6, so ill be doing it with silver fern roundels which came in before the kiwi.

Cheers. ive got her cleaned up and sorting out the undercarriage. Ill try get some photos up tonight if i dont drown walking home from work lol

Scorp she's looking very vibrant mate!!

Thanks Scorpiomikey, jmabx, I'll try to think up a project for this whill ein between innings on the ball field this summer!

Vance