FW-190 Reich Defender III 5/10-2/11

TBolt that sounds good to me!! will give us time to get this years entries completed.....or at least well progressed.

Thunderbolt379

How about January 1st - June 30th 2011?

M

If that date is a definate then i'd be in for sure....The F-4 is one of 3 fast jets that i want in my cabinet, I love the USN Jolly Rogers scheme.....

Frank, cheers mate I'll get started on it tonight....And yeah i understand but i have to finish, i'm stubborn like that....

Hugh Guy would be the one to direct this question to. I do have the Eduard Royal Class boxing of the F-8 Fw 190 but I do not plan on building it anytime soon. I want to finish my Dragon F-8 kit first that I started along time ago first right after my Me 109 E-3 build for the BoB GB. I'll be back Frank!

Soulcrusher

How about January 1st - June 30th 2011?

M

Clebode

Am I in the right place?  None of the planes on this page are German or even have props!! 

Assuming RD III GB hasn't entered a time warp, I have a question for Guy, Frank, Coach Crusher and anyone else who would like to help help.  I recall that early on there was some discussion by Guy of wing spar fit problems on the Eduard 1:48 kits he built.  I am about to start an Eduard D-13 and would be most grateful for a reprise with details on those points.  Thanks.

LOL, sorry about the sidetrack fellas.   I wish I could help out with your query, but I do not have any of Eduard's 190's in my stash.  Hopefully one of the other guys can help!

Mike/Tbolt379- Looks like Richie and I are ready for Phantomania II.  So, when does it start?

That's for sure Mike!!! I think Frank got the checkmate!!! Then I will come along behind and take pics. Got an RF and a regular C model in the stash. Well, I must say that hearing you guys say ur overcommitted to the hilt on GBs doesn't make me feel so bad then. There are so many I want to join in on but don't because I know I will never finish. Although I do join in just to watch if that is the case and setback and learn.

Am I in the right place?  None of the planes on this page are German or even have props!! 

Assuming RD III GB hasn't entered a time warp, I have a question for Guy, Frank, Coach Crusher and anyone else who would like to help help.  I recall that early on there was some discussion by Guy of wing spar fit problems on the Eduard 1:48 kits he built.  I am about to start an Eduard D-13 and would be most grateful for a reprise with details on those points.  Thanks.

Oh! Well, Frank, if you're doing one of those, I reckon it's the SAM that's had it!

M/YB379

Thunderbolt379

I wouldn't worry too much, Frank, when the Dvina was designed in 1954 it was meant to bring down B-52s, and a Phantom, flown well, 15 years later, could usually avoid them. Just do it in Robin Olds' markings, then you know it'll be safe!

Cheers, M/TB379

LOL, actually, I was thinking of one of these...

Julez- No worries, please do not ever feel obligated to finish a build on one of my GBs.  All I ask is that you have fun here, and share whatever it is you are building.  I updated page one to reflect your Tamiya Dora!

Mike/luftwaffle- Thanks for sharing that link, very informative!

Very good article and some nice color profiles in Eduard's July newsletter about Sturmbocks, scroll to page 11.

http://www.eduard.cz/info/download/files/info_eduard_july_2010.pdf

Frank, well buddy i'm glad i'm not alone in the whole overcommited to GB thing....The end date on this one is sneaking up on me and i have no chance of finishing my Eduard A-5 in time so i'm gonna put it back in the stash and if it's ok with you build the much quicker Tamiya D-9...It will have a zoom set in the office but i'll have to leave the engine plug out if i want to start this weekend....

I wouldn't worry too much, Frank, when the Dvina was designed in 1954 it was meant to bring down B-52s, and a Phantom, flown well, 15 years later, could usually avoid them. Just do it in Robin Olds' markings, then you know it'll be safe!

Cheers, M/TB379

simpilot34

 

Daywalker:

 

  Richie- LOL, I love those markings!  Pretty sure I have a set of those in my stash.  The boar on the tail is AWESOME!

 

 

Don't call it a boar if you ever go to Arkansas!!!! LOL, dems Razorbacks!!!

Right!  Sorry 'bout that.   Thanks for the tip!

Daywalker

  Richie- LOL, I love those markings!  Pretty sure I have a set of those in my stash.  The boar on the tail is AWESOME!

Don't call it a boar if you ever go to Arkansas!!!! LOL, dems Razorbacks!!!

Funny thing is they finally got the appropriate plane for the Razorbacks, the A-10!!!

Thunderbolt379

Richie -- I have those markings in the Academy -C/Block 32 kit, can't wait to do 'em!

So do I!!

  Richie- LOL, I love those markings!  Pretty sure I have a set of those in my stash.  The boar on the tail is AWESOME!

Mike- You keep that SA-2 away from my F-4 LOL!

Frank -- no worries, I wish we could just build models all day, every day! I have about 10 Vipers in my stash so far and still collecting, so I'd better build a few!

Richie -- I have those markings in the Academy -C/Block 32 kit, can't wait to do 'em!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

PS: Now have the SA-2 about half decaled...

Frank you are a lucky man!!! You got the right idea but I was thinking more like this!!!

Where mum and dad live. Sadly or not, depends on how you look at it, they fly A-10s now.

Thanks for your understanding Mike!  I feel much better knowing that I am not the only one.  If only we could all build at Guy's speed!  What a machine.

I saw that Viper GB, but as mine are both built and in the process of painting ( a second time as I botched them both the first time around!) I figured that they did not qualify.  I did receive my resin afterburner cans, seats, FOD guards, and Eduard masks for my Tamiya 1/32 F-4 yesterday so I am ready for Phantomania II!

Glad you liked the photo!  I don't see the blue-tailed one in the air very often, but the rest of the squadrons' aircraft fly overhead regularly.  I was fortunate a couple of years ago to spend a day with the Wisconsin ANG, and they let me crawl all over one of their aircraft.  Even let me play in the cockpit!

Hi Frank,

I quite understand, I am so far overcommitted myself it's rediculous. I'm hardly ready to paint my own Phantom, a month after the build ended! As I type this I'm decalling a Trumpeter SA-2 missile that's been on the shelf way too long, and will be great to move off the roster at last. I'll definitely launch Rhinomania II, and there's interest in an Achtraden II as well, so there's two bites at the cherry.

Oh, thanks for my new desktop wallpaper, it looks fantastic! Will I see you at the Viper GB starting in a few months?

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Mike,

I feel really bad about the Eight-wheelers GB.  To be completely honest, I over committed myself this year on GB's.  That and the fact that my current projects on the bench are taking a lot longer that I expected to finish.  If I thought I had any chance of finishing a Phantom in the next month or two, I would jump in as I am itching to build one!  I recently picked up a number of them for a song and I think one is SEA camo would look very good indeed in the display case!  When you do Rhinomania II I am most definitely up for that!

simpilot34

Frank, you need to do something that cruises above 300kts mate, trust me it's addicting!

LOL, like this?

I have two of these on my bench right now LOL.

Interesting link Mike! Some great photos.

Thanks, Richie. I got the RLM 66 sprayed today. There was some overspray that I might sand away from around the canopy before I lay on the colours.

Here's a great reference:

http://falkeeins.blogspot.com/

It's a blog for a Luftwaffe expert, i found it searching on markings for SG-2 and finding my way to a close companion aircraft of the one I'm doing. Immediate post-war US colour photography of Fw 190s in service colors -- wow!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Mike she's looking good mate!!!! am still hammering away on my 262 as well. Close to the finish line so want to get that one done! I must say that GB's are VERY inspirational to start things that would probably set in the cupboard for years. I may commit with intentions but sadly I falter sometimes to life and BAD FITS!!!! AHem sorry bout that LOL! GB's are for me modellings blood!! You get so much out of watching others and learn so much from kits and techniques!! Frank, you need to do something that cruises above 300kts mate, trust me it's addicting! I do love the perpindicullar whirly things!!!!

Thanks Spike and Frank --

I'm hoping to spray the interior canopy gray today. Last night I masked the clear panel in the armored headrest of my S-199 -- trust Hobbycraft to find a way to complicate it, by casting the whole part in clear. That'll go into gray at the same time, then I can get the canopy onto that one, mask it by trying out a second usage on the Eduard set I used on my Bf 109 K-4 for RD I, then I can spray some more gray on 190s... It's a production line!

Frank, I was sorry you missed out on the Rhino build (and the eight-wheelers!). There was huge interest in building Phantoms but only a handful of finishers. It's in its overrun for those still working, I'm expecting another completion shortly. The ironic fact is, I'll probably be the very last! I'm trying out new techniques, looking at a mixed acrylic scheme with a clearcoat -- gulp! First time for everything... Never mind, there'll be a Rhinomania II, and I hope you'll come aboard! (If you fancy an early jet -- and what better excuse to knock out another 262? -- check out my Early Jets GB, it just got under way!)

Cheers, Mike/TB379

PS: Thanks for the kind words!

Mike/TB379- Great looking progress pics, exactly what I have come to expect from you!  I feel the same as you- learn something every time I am here- great stuff everybody!  Sorry I missed the F-4 Phantom GB you ran, I now have a couple in my stash and am really itching to build one of them!

Guy- You know my weak spot, don't you?  Nothing like a photo of the spinner spiral to make a guy's day LOL.

Mike/Spike190- Thanks my friend, gotta stop talking and get back to building!  No wonder I am so slow LOL.

Damon congratulations on your masterpiece Truly outstanding.

Mike I cant wait to see you get some paint on, the cockpit looked great.

Guy nice spinner sir and nice bonus detail in the gun bay.

Frank, congratulations on reaching the big 12,000 

Cheers...

Bit more progress on the Tamiya F-8 today. Canopy on:

And masked:

Masking is a combination of pieces from the Eduard set and Tamiya tape slivers, this is because the set was designed for the standard canopy rather than the Galland hood. I've also masked the wheels ready for tire black.

It turns out I have at least three planes needing dark gray, four if I can cut masks for the small Academy bird -- I'll see about that, I have some precut sets on order at this time. The others are an Avia S-199 for IDF II, and the cockpit of the Gloster Meteor for Early Jets. I might try to get all of these done in one go, which also means a marathon masking session on wheelwells before I can press on -- but that includes my Tamiya 262 for RD II as well -- yay!

Cheers, will post as progress occurs,

Mike/TB379

All round awesome work peoples!!!! Guy that is a spinner for anyone to be proud of.

Nomad, that is indeed a breathtaking build.  Awesome!!! 

Mike, coming along nicely too.

Guy, I think Herman was referring to the width of a particular part of a girls anatomy from the night before.    The spinner looks spot on.  Looks like you painted the spiral, Yes?

Wife is out tonight so I hope to get some more work done tonight.