Hello, after some deliberation, I chose my Monogram (ProModeller) -5N Corsair.  It'll be pretty much out of the box except for decals, some wiring, and some seat belts.  The markings will be Marines of course!  VMF(N) 513, the Flying Nightmares!

The competition was stiff!  When I started looking around in my stash, I was surprised at how much Korean War stuff I had!  A bunch of Corsairs, tigercats, sabers, a skynight, sea fury, panthers, mig 15, and a cool little Fairey Firefly!  I probably missed mentioning a few.  If/when Airfix re-releases their Seafire FR.47, I'll probably add that one too.  If I make good progress on the Corsair, I will try and build the Firefly too.

Cheers,

Greg

Ooooooo more bent-wing birdies!!!! COOL!!!

Helo H-34

 

; Last night I was reading through Squadrons H-13 Sioux book . I have four 1/72 H-13S kits in my stash , I was wondering how difficult it would be to back-date one to a H-13D Korean Medivac bird . The fuel tank arrangement seems to be the most obvious difference , as well , I would need to scratch-build some stretchers . A H-13 next to my H03S-1 would look great ???

                           John .

You would have to change the appearance of the engine some, John.  The D had the GO-335 Franklin instead of the Lycoming in the S.

jeaton01

Helo H-34:

 

; Last night I was reading through Squadrons H-13 Sioux book . I have four 1/72 H-13S kits in my stash , I was wondering how difficult it would be to back-date one to a H-13D Korean Medivac bird . The fuel tank arrangement seems to be the most obvious difference , as well , I would need to scratch-build some stretchers . A H-13 next to my H03S-1 would look great ???

                           John .

 

You would have to change the appearance of the engine some, John.  The D had the GO-335 Franklin instead of the Lycoming in the S.

Thank's John for the info on the H-13D engine ;

I had another look through the H-13 book and the bubble canopy on the D looks slightly smaller and the tail boom is shorter than the later S version ; So I think it would be to difficult to try and attempt....just thinking out loud I guess , the H03S-1 will be challenging enough .

                    John .

Less than 12 hours to go locally until this GB kicks off. For those west of 180* it is already June 25...

Helo (since your gonna change types on me... ) and Gregbear, I have added and updated your kits to the roster.

I will be working  23 of the next 34 hours so I will not be able to kick off my build until Saturday once I wake up from recovering... Sometime this weekend I will get a rough draft going of the badge. Anyone with skills and photoshop who can assist and fine tune will be most appreciated.

So can i join? Id quite like to. give me some motivation for my corsair.

By all means you are more then welcome. My apologies for missing your earlier post about coming aboard. Which kit are you working on?

Scorpio, disregard my question about which kit, I just found your post and added your F4U to the roster. Welcome aboard!

10 hours and 10 minutes to go local, PST...

Here is a rough draft idea for the GB badge. any help from a more computer savvy person here will be most appreciated.

but ya gotta get your own Tots...

tots?

I will not be starting on friday. I need to finish two other builds up first, they shouldnt take too long. And some family matters may interfere with how fast I am able to work on it.

One question before I start putting together all the components tomorrow...

Do we post in progress pics on this thread? Or start a separate one?

I'm ready to go,,soon as I figure out how to post pics!!

Happy Modeling to all!!

In progress pics should be posted here. That is part of the Groub Build aspect wehre we all show off our common madness to one another here. If you also want to have a WIP thread on the proper forum (aircraft, armor, helo, etc.), go for it.

The Italeri kit I ordered won't get to me until June 30th.  Heck I ordered it on the 19th.  Oh well.  I guess they shipped via snail mail.  So I won't get to start right away.

OK I got together the kits and parts I will use, most I picked up at either flea markets or discount shelves. My goal is no Aftermarket parts. I will obviously not use all of these, but parts and pieces from each.

My 1st attempt at pics so hope they come out!

More of the dio pieces...

Ok, heres what ive got.

Molded in BLUE

Cut out the ejector ports. That was a mission and a half, 2 hours and 2 blades later. hardest effing plastic ive ever come across. 

Tonka: looking forward to seeing how she comes together in your dio.

Scorpion: can't go wrong with a Corsair!

'Nother Corsair!!! This is gettin' good!!! Looking forward to your build as well Scorp!

Well I got the Panther started, nice little kit but not a whole lot to it, so I should actually be able to get it finshed in a reasonable time frame. Already have my eye on an MPC / Airfix F-80 as a follow up.

I'll try to get some photos up tonight or tommorow.

Hey Everyone!

Here are a few progress pictures of the cockpit and engines of my Monongram B-26 Invader. The Eduard cockpit set is excellent as are the Quickboost engines.  I am still adding the wiring to the engines. 

Thanks!

Steve

I have a quick question for future refrence with another kit I may build if there's enough time left in this build:

Did the U.S. Army (or the U.S. Marines) have/use the M-35 duce-and-a-half trucks in the Korean war?

Thanks in advance.

  P.S. I'll try to have photos of my med-evac chopper up as soon as I make accual progress past step 1. It's amazing how dificult a kit can be when you don't have the right paint

Beautiful! My first chance to check in since the GB kicked off yesterday. Beautiful work being posted so far! Keep the pics coming!

Is everyone good with the Badge for this GB? If so I will finalize it since it sounds like we may have some quick finishers here.

Railfan, I don't believe the M35 series deuce and a half's saw service in Korea during the war. Development began in 1949, and WWII vintage CCKW deuceand a half's were more than plentiful worldwide.

The pit looks great Steve.  Cant wait to see more pics of your work.

I think the badge is good Stik.  I say go with it.

I found this site helpful.    www.korean-war.com .  It has a lot of information on the vehicles used during the war.

Thank you, Stikpusher.

I thought the M-35 was in Korea (mainly because it was seen in M*A*S*H) but I kept seccond-guessing it, and I felt it was time to ask. Now, time to make the M-35 into another scene, and get the figures out of there.

       Mabe I can get a trip to the hobby shop in time for the 65 aniversary build (trips there are very rare. It's been a month since my last visit, but I didn't have any money then) I'll think of something for the M-35. For the figures, I'll have to move the Triogue to the road in front of the Swamp. But first things first: get the evac chopper done, so casualties can accually show up.

Almost all the ground equipment used in Korea was WWII vintage on the US part. Even much of the newer stuff had been at least designed or field tested in the closing days of WWII. I just saw a pic recenlty of the M35 but it was post Korea... I cant recall if it was Suez or Indochina/early Vietnam. I was suprised because pics of those are pretty rare since the later style deuce and halfs saw far more service.