Well i got the cone, prop, wheels and bays painted plus a little black wash and some future on the surface and the canopy has been dipped in future

a little experiment with a filtered red and blue for position lights in the off position

Overall great fit of parts and easy assembly and instructions

in that photo i took, i had accidentally put the landing gear doors backwards, thats been fixed now

Gamera, Colgray, alterecho, Julez,

Great work gentlemen! The mustangs are rampant this week And ofcourse all the other types look great too. Makes me wanna experiment more with aftermarket and resin stuff myself as all my builds in my entire modelling career (ahem) were OOB, sometimes with the odd scratch belt here and there.... First i need to allocate some funds to get me the airbrush i really want/ need to move on ahead...

Randy,

I am so sorry my friend but i am going to postpone the wildcat until the next GB round... I have to help move my grandparents into a new home and a collegue of mine asked me if i was willing to custom airbrush his scooter. Something i never done before but i am certainly in for a gfood challenge. But it does mean i would be pressed for time to finish the Wildcat and i don't think i wanna make this one a "quickie". It's too good of a kit ya know... My apologies. Thankfully i haven't had the go ahead from you yet so....

Richard

Wow a guy gets the flu and doesn't post for a while and the GB takes offGreat work Gents. i see Richard has finished another one, great work mate i couldn't spot the mistake you mentioned

I've started my final build for this round of NMF, and yes it's yet another Mustang....

First pic, I've removed all of the engine panels in prep for the Verlinden set which is still on order and about 2 weeks away, i've also added the eduard coloured Zoom set to the office...

Next up is the other side with the office attached, i added a couple of wires to the radio equipment...

Final shot shows the True details resin seat, wasn't sure about useing it i'm normally a PE seatbelt type of guy but i think it came out ok...

Randy, it may be a couple of weeks before my next WIP pics, but you fellas will be the first to know when the verlinden engine and gunbay set show up...

Looks like I'm becoming a little pressed on time.  I had a whole week (spring break) to finish up the 'stang and all I managed to do was look at it a couple times (dam you model railroading!).  Looks like now I cant get back to work on it til Easter which is about a week before the end date, so I'm not sure if she'll done by the deadline.....I'll try my best

First coat painted metalizer alluminum, steel and titanium..with a yellow tail and red cone( i think im going to try to mask the spiral of the red and yellow nose piece

  Thanks for the compliments, guys...and yes, this is my second model, ever. I just did a lot of research (lots and lots of mags, reading forums and blogs.) and airbrush practice before starting. The 'tips' that you guy's post here are the result.

  Here is where I am, currently. Went over the entire model looking for errors and sanding before laying down the primer. I know on my next model, I will get a proper scriber and some PE scribing templates. So, the primer went down as well as the Alclad on the fuselage, undercarriage and fuel tank. Next is the painting of the green strip.

Well i lost track of situation and forgot to take pictures so i skipped the engine, cockpit, and the gun bays... still this is coming together great. love the fit of all the parts

Also this was my first time for scratchbuilt seatbelts. Construtive critisism...

Basically its blue tape folded, cut, and worn out to give the feeling of worn out seat belts

Thank you all for your nice comments. Funny how builds that you aren't that amazed by yourself turn out to be liked by your fellow modellers. I had fun with it and that's the name of the game 'innit?

Ok,.... Done some thinking about it and if you are ok with it Vetteman i would like to start on my 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-3 "early" yellow wing Wildcat. I have over a month to finish it and i'm pretty confident i will have loads of time enough I was fighting myself over the choice between a Mig 3 for the ostfront GB (i think you know which one, randy lol) and this one and right now i am leaning towards the wildcat.

Planning on going all out on this one....

Richard

Kermit: She looks fantastic! Saw that kit at the hobby shop over the weekend and you almost tempted me to pick one up too!

ColGray: Very cool, please keep the photos coming.

XRadio: Chrome? Wow, maybe a little too shiny but still looks good to me.

Alloy me to submit my revell P47 in nmf. 1/48 pro modeler kit, not very good fit wise especially the cockpit and seat. Paint is bumper chrome enamel in a spray bomb from Advance Auto Parts, everything else is model master enamels. Besides the terrible overspray that gets on everything in a 50 foot area I think it's decent, needs some weathering effects to tone it down. Decals were a problem as usual and I had to settle for some wrong ones to make it go. Stripes are free-hand as you can tell, this is a late war 368TH fighter group aircraft I saw in a plate at their website. Regards, xradio.

Ok guys the front page has been updated with two more finished builds from Casper and Kermit. Also our newest builder has been added to the list, ColGray and his 1/32 P-51D.

Kermit being a bit of a redneck I can see where one of those fancy scaffolding machines could come in very handy for the B-29 build. But I was thinking more along the lines of cinder blocks, a couple of screw jacks and a 2" X 12" X 10' board. That way when I finish the Superfort I could use the blocks for a hot tub and the board for seating and the left over screw jacks to level the tub.

Hey your Texan came out fantastic as I said earlier I really like the markings you chose and ....... And the gods of styrene were indeed smiling upon you when you had your troubles. I think by sanding the foil off and removing some of the surface detail and toning down the rest really helped the looks of your build. Duno how you manage turning a disaster into a masterpiece. Well done sir

Wow things got busy here in the last couple days

Casper what can I say ? You have gone and out done yourself on this build even with the troubles you had. The finish and markings came out great. I really like the way that paint works for you with the shading and the way the lighting bounces off of it

Thunderbolt the big advise I can give you about clear coats is do not use a flat clear on it, as the NMF will turn a powdery white I have found. I have used Future and MM clear coats ( gloss and semigloss ) on foil, Talon and, MM buffing Metalizers with no problems at all.

I have not really liked MM Acryl clear flat because it seems to keep a bit of a gloss after using future to seal decals and weathering. So after reading your blog I got some Microscale Micro Flat to give a try. I do have some MM clear flat lacquer but have heard its not a good idea to use over acrylics.

Just my worth

ColGray YES !!!!! Yes indeed your build is in, and to the group. One can never have enough P-51s ya know. Looks like you have a nice start going too lotsa detail it looks like. I have a 1/32 Revell P-51B and would like a D model to go with it so will be watching your build to see what the Hase kit looks like.

Guys I will get the front page updated a bit later today

Great!!

I'm working fast already and have finished basic painting

Hey i remember that box... Lovely kit i have to say. I actually preferred it over the tamyia offering. Have fun with it sir.

 I am sure Randy wouldn't mind an extra P51...

Richard

I hope its okay if i hop on board I've been starting on a hasewaga 1/32 P-51

I plan on hurry Home Honey flown by Pete Richardson of the yoxford boys

Well boys and girlz, i'm calling her done

Lovely kit to do, not hard but max results. I will do this one again in the future as a harvard in the dutch royal airforce. We used em too and painted them bright yellow but there are a few in english blue grey over green camo....

Anyways, hope you guys like her! I made one big boo boo with this one and left it there for all to see. Wonder who spots it first...

Richard

Randy,

You might wanna rent yourself one of these too? For those hard to reach places....

Casper,

Another gorgeous shiny plane off the assembly line! Looks great and clean. Congratulations my friend! Great attention to detail and the finish with the different shades really belongs on it.

Richard

Casper -- great work! I have one of these left over from NMF 1 that never got finished, I was up to masking the first shade of NMF and just ground to a halt. I've been thinking of taking a shot at finishing it. It struck me separating the multiple decals into smaller pieces might be an idea... Did you clearcoat under/over these? I see no film at all! I've only recently got into clearcoats and am still feeling my way (three projects so far), so I have no clue how clear affects a metallic finish...

Cheers, M/TB379

Casper: She looks awesome! The work you put into getting different shades of NM really paid off

Eagle: It's the 1/72nd Academy kit. Good kit overall. Only problem I had with it is the long seam in the upper fuselage. That's might have been my problem though by not getting a solid gluing on it.

Okey Dokey, I'm calling this little Thunderjet done! A slight mishap with respraying the Alclad and some decal damage so I moved the ladder to the other side.

Cheers

Who is the manufacturer of that B29 kit?  It doesn't look like the old Monogram 1/48th kit.  That kit had the rudder molded as part of the fuselage and the canopy didn't fit for flip.

I could probably do that kit justice now, but back then (the 70's) I had not learned many tricks to building or dealing with bad fit problems.

Kermit nice masking and paint work on the stripes buddy Once the rest of the markings are on she is gonna look great !!

Hey Gamera looks like yur dog could use that as a surfboard man. I can really see where one would want to paint the B-29 in sections. Its lookin pretty good from where I am sitting man. I keep looking at mine and wonder what I have gotten myself into this time.

Richard I have decided to cheat on the B-29 foil job I went and got one of those wallpaper rollers, you know the 6" wide rubber ones,  to use on the foiling, should make things go a bit faster anyways. Also gave some thought to making a rotisserie type of thing like I did for the skybolt wings to make handling and working on it easier

Julez yeah we may just end up with a small fleet of 29s next go around

Nice Kermit, looks like you're close to finishing her.

Normally I always assemble the model before painting it but the way the kit is engineered I thought it would be easier to paint the parts as sub-assemblies and then assemble the whole thing. Plus the full wingspan is almost a meter and I'm wasn't sure I could handle something so large as one piece.

Gamera,

Hmmm.... i wonder.... Is that B29 fuselage a reference for the size of the dog or is the dog a reference for the size of that fuselage?

Great looking finish though. Do you always paint before assembly? Doesn't that make you have to respray after gluing and sanding?

Anyways... Just dropped by to show you guys how the painting went....

All that is left is the little bits and bobs, decals and weathering...

Untill then

Richard

AlterEcho: Wow, sharp looking Bf-109. Do you mean your first model or your first serious model? If your first dang, you don't want to even imagine how bad my first ten models were.

V-Man: Great looking stuff, both you and your nephew! A F-15 that isn't grey will be cool.

Julez: Actually the B-29 ought to be easy to foil, not a lot of complex curves on the thing. It's just a big metal tube with flat slab wings and tail. The hardest part would probably be the curved areas on the nacelles. Still I'm using Alclad II on mine and have been very happy with the results.

Richard: LOVE the candy cane stripes!!!! They came out great as well as the NM on the plane herself.

Sorry for the lack of photos. I've been doing lawn work this week and my back is killing me so I haven't gotten much done. Hopefully will get some updates this weekend. Just for the heck of it here is a photos of the fuselage and the dog. Notice the B-29 is almost as long as the dog... 

that striping looks very nice kermit! 

A b29 in foil Randy??

If you pull that one off, (and i am absolutely sure the folks at FSM would at least put that in the online gallery) i want to state, with everyone as my witness, that i will give you a bottle of your favorite beverage. That's a promise!

Really impressive and ambitious undertaking. I am already drewling just thinking about a model like that

As for my own little trainer... well im working on it. Just pulled the masking off and this is what came from underneath. Slight retouching needed but it was worth the effort IMHO:

See ya guys soon

Richard

vetteman42

Julez you aren't kidding that B-29 will take 2 rolls of foil at least I also want to do a B-25J in foil or maybe a P-61.

Well you a braver man than I.......or a more insane one

I shoulda known you would be way ahead of me Richard