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60th Anniversary Korean War Group Build- extended for the duration

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Posted by Dr Win on Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:36 AM

John, thank you for the offer, if things don't go well with the Albatross next weekend, I'll be in touch! Look forward to seeing the black one and the SB-17...

Doc

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..."

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:14 AM

Doc , No problems getting some replacement decals for your Albatross ;

One of my three SA-16B birds is going to be finished in an overall black scheme with red lettering ....

The 581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing (ARCW) , were based on Cho-do and Paengyong-do islands off the North Korean coast , rescuing allied airmen as well as inserting and extracting agents along the coastal mud flats .

I plan on doing an all black SB-17 and a H-19 as well , so I'll have a spare set of SA-16B Albatross decals just in case you need some .

                         John .

 

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Posted by Dr Win on Sunday, September 18, 2011 6:16 AM

Hey Pepper, that looks exactly like what's happened to my Albatross fuselage. It is odd, however, I've built the fuselage and the wings as separate assembles, the paint is the same, Humbrol No11 Chrome silver thinned with white spirit and airbrushed on. I've used the same varnish type - Humbrol Matt 49 from a rattle can, the wings were fine with the old can, but with the new can the above happened. So I'm not  sure why its done it. But I will try a gloss coat on it next weekend. If that doesn't work, I'll have to strip it down and put an appeal for decals...

Doc

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..."

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Posted by Gregbbear on Saturday, September 17, 2011 8:27 PM

Excellent John!  Glad you are looking out for the morale of the trooops.  Speaking of morale, thanks for the compliments on the 'stangs.

John, the searchlight truck and M15 are looking good.  I got my Airfix M3 and Revell M16 in the other day.  The Airfix especially looks good.  I won a Milicast stowage set on ebay for it.  It isn't as nice as the Black Dog version you bought, but it will do the trick.  I think I will have to get the Black Dog one too at some point.  I like that it has stowage for the GPA also.  I also ordered some diecast .30 cals.  I did it for the 3 water cooled versions that come in the set.  They are also on vehicle mounts.  I want to mount some on jeeps.  There is a good picture of some jeeps from the 24th Infantry Regiment USA with them, in the Concord book.  They look cool!

Cheers,

Greg

- yat yas!

 

   

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:27 PM

Squadrons Armor in Korea book has this pic of a GMC 353 Mobile Canteen Truck ;

I saw this CMK resin 'Clubmobile' accessory over at Hannants and ordered one to use on my second Heller GMC truck ;

Gotta feed the troops ......Eats

                              John

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Posted by pepper kay on Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:19 PM

Dr Win

completed Albatross. Until I sprayed the varnish on the underside. It now looks like its been snowed on with the powdery white deposit that came out of the can instead of Humbrol matt varnish. There ensued a great wailing and gnashing of teeth... I'm going to have to try and salvage it somehow. ...

Doc 

Hey Dr. Win:

By any chance did you thin the paint for the Albatros with isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol ? ... if so, a spray of Dullcote will produce exactly the same effect(s) as you're describing ... and ... as you've found out, a shot of Glosscote fixes the problem ...

It's a weathering technique I use all the time on my model railroad cars and structures ...

Here's an exaple:

Straight build right out of the box ...

This,  after spraying decanted Dullcote thinned with alcohol ... to reverse the effect, just spray again with Glosscote ...

pepper

 

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Posted by Dr Win on Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:46 AM

I can't do anything with the Albatross for a week as I'm away for a week with work. What I was thinking was taking an old toothbrush to the powdery residue and try and get the worst of it off. Maybe some very  fine sandpaper before a recoat. Or lots of cotton swabs and white spirit...

Doc

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..."

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:08 AM

Great  job on the Academy RF-51D Greg Toast

The decals on the prop spinner and wing tips look really good , were they seperate dots or in groups .

I think your the first to do a Reconn Mustang , so it's an important addition to the front page fighter group .

As for me , I airbushed some olive drab and then a few light coats of clear  on the M15A1 and the Searchlight Truck and the other additional pieces ;

I also finally got around to clear coating the Academy Ambulance and 2.5 Ton truck , so all four vehicles will be ready for decaling tomorrow .

Greg mentioned a few post back about some resin accessory's for the M3 Halftrack he saw on ebay ;

I came across that "Black Dog" set and decided to order it ...

I also bought a couple of books , GMC CCKW 2.5 Ton Walk Around and one on the Vietnam Gun Trucks .

I stumbled across a web site here in OZ called Creative Models Australia , they had a variety pack of camouflage netting in different colors ;

It's a little expensive but I bought some anyway .

I went a little too heavy with the black enamel wash on the Centurion , so I went over the Cent with two light coats of bronze green and I'll try again with the wash tomorrow .

Doc , sorry to hear about the flat clear coat not working out , Andy's solution sounds pretty good , I hope everything works out okay on the Albatross .

Nice pic's of the "Mustang Trio" Greg , or is it a "Mustang Awesome Foursome"

                      John

 

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Posted by Gregbbear on Friday, September 16, 2011 9:25 PM

Hello guys, sorry to hear about the bad varnish Doc. 

John, I like the Searchlight truck.  It is coming out really good.

I finished the RF-51D.  The more I handled it on the home stretch, the more little things went wrong.  Anyways, I still like the way it came out.  I'm pretty sure I won't get another Academy P-51 though.  I have been tempted to try my luck on the Italeri F-51D, because of the different paint scheme though.

Stik, here are the Tamiya F-51D, and Monogram F-82G that I did earlier.  I hope these pictures are more suitable for the front page.  Could you please add my Sherman to the front too?

Next up will be my LVT (a)5 converted from a Dragon 1/72 LVT (a)4.   It is almost to the finish line.

Cheers,

Greg

- yat yas!

 

   

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Posted by the_draken on Friday, September 16, 2011 7:29 PM

Doc Win:

One thing you can try:  I've done exactly what you said three times, I think that it was something wrong with the formula in the cans of Testors' Dullcote.  I sprayed it with Glosscote and it fixed the problem!  I don't know why this occurs, but all three ties it was with a can that was over three months old.

Hope this helps!  Tongue Tied

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Posted by Dr Win on Friday, September 16, 2011 5:56 PM

Well I was going to post pictures of my soon to be completed Albatross. Until I sprayed the varnish on the underside. It now looks like its been snowed on with the powdery white deposit that came out of the can instead of Humbrol matt varnish. There ensued a great wailing and gnashing of teeth... I'm going to have to try and salvage it somehow. Have to get the knackered matt varnish off without damaging the decals and re-varnish. Suggestions anyone?

And to top it all the bloody cat has now gone and broken one of the landing gear. I could scream tonight...

Doc

 

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..."

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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, September 16, 2011 4:07 PM

Gamera

I picked up some small chain at a crafts store though I suspect I probably paid way too much for it. Still for modeling a yard/meter will last me a long time.

BTW: Guys I think these figures are suitable for the Korean War era? Not sure entirely about the tank crew though. Anything I really need to change around?

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab85/Tempest977/Korean%20War%20GB/DSCN0021.jpg

The top two sets are fine: "Tank Riders" and "Advance to the Rhine/Yalu". The tanker sets are out. Those seperate tanker uniforms were phased out after WWII. The 10th mountain guys can work, but need modification: remove the cargo pockets on the pants, parka has to be changed to a full length front zipper from a top open pullover style, the mountian rucks need to go...

 

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Posted by deafpanzer on Friday, September 16, 2011 3:19 PM

Gamera- You bet!  I used three figrues from two boxes you listed.  Two GIs on far right on "Advance to the Rhine' set and tank commander from 'Tank Crew' with soft cap. 

Remember those?

The only difference I remember Stik telling me were the backpacks that was discontinued right after the war.

Andy

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, September 16, 2011 10:27 AM

I picked up some small chain at a crafts store though I suspect I probably paid way too much for it. Still for modeling a yard/meter will last me a long time.

BTW: Guys I think these figures are suitable for the Korean War era? Not sure entirely about the tank crew though. Anything I really need to change around?

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by pepper kay on Friday, September 16, 2011 9:54 AM

Helo H-34

I was looking around Hannants for some chain in 1/72 scale for the AEC Matador to hook up the Short Sunderland but I couldn't see any , Perhaps I should try looking under the Ships catagory ? .

                                   John .

Hi John:

Try a model railroader's site - maybe Hannants has trains ? ... anyhoo, railroaders have all sizes of chains available and on the cheap too ! ... if you'd like, I'll send you some ...

pepper

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Posted by the_draken on Friday, September 16, 2011 5:37 AM

Hey John!

The best source of chain in that scale would be Milicast.  That's where I got mine for the Pershing/Dragon Wagon.  And I think that it's a fairly acceptable value.  I feel as though I got a sufficient quantity for the price I paid.  Once you get it, I'd suggest hopping about the jewelers in your area and asking them if they have any suppliers that would have a match.  A lot of small chains like this are not always pure gold/silver, but are electroplated.  They might have a cheaper load of stainless versus the copper from Milicast.  Having said that, you can brush paint the milicast a dark steel color and the copper shows through well as a rust!

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Friday, September 16, 2011 12:18 AM

I thought the lighting unit may have looked a little oversize in depth , so I cut a 5mm strip length ways out of the center of the roof piece and re-glued the two roof half pieces back together and then I cut the back of the unit and trimmed the ends down 5mm as well ; It looks more in proportion now and I added some handles and vents and she is ready for painting ;

A couple of more kits arrived today ;

ICM Zil-131 for the North Koreans to ride around in ...

ICM include clear parts for the windscreen and side / rear windows

Fujimi M7B1 ;

Airfix AEC Matador and another GMC 353

I was looking around Hannants for some chain in 1/72 scale for the AEC Matador to hook up the Short Sunderland but I couldn't see any , Perhaps I should try looking under the Ships catagory ? .

                                   John .

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:21 AM

The 20mm Searchlight arrived today and I decided to scratch build a lighting unit from some sheet plastic and I also cut down a spare Airfix

trailer top cover to use as the roof section on the lighting unit ;

I'll cut some wire to make little door handles and also some small strips of wire to simulate vents on the unit as well ;

I also photocopied Hasegawa's decal sheet from their Ground equipment set and printed out two copies on some

inkjet decal paper and then sprayed some decal bonder over each copy , so I use some of the instument panel decals

and stensilling .

Tomorrow I'll try an get some airbrushing done on the searchlight , bracket and lighting unit and hopfully the turret

pieces for the M15A1 as well , also the camouflage netting should get a few light coats of Olive Green too .

I'm really happy with the searchlight , I think it fits right in with the 1/72 scale GMC 353 Truck .

                                            John

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:04 PM

Great link Doc ;

Watching those counter rotating rotors go around looks cool .

Andy ; Is there any chance you could take some measurements of the turret on your Milicast 40mm Bofors Halftrack and post them ?

Perhaps I could use the Revell M-16 with the Airfix 40mm Bofors gun .....

                                       John .

 

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Posted by Dr Win on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:42 AM

For those of you who have built, are building or have a Seafire FR.47 to build I found this earlier today, apparently one of these incredibly rare beauties is now flying! Spool up, crank up the sound, sit back and enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YioXYhbVPA

Doc

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..."

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:42 AM

Doc , thanks for the tip on the wheels Yes

I found some Quickboost resin Spitfire IX , 3 spoked wheels on ebay and ordered them for the Seafire .

Greg , that book "Hot Shots" sounds like an interesting read . I was looking around Amazon books on the Korean War and saw this one ;

Anyone have this book ? I was wondering how many military vehicle reference photo's were in the book !

                       John .

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Posted by Dr Win on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:40 AM

Greg, glad its of its use to you, John, just check you have the right wheels for your Seafire - depending on the model the hubs would have either three or four spokes, I've got a spare set from the new Airfix PRXIX for my Seafire when I get round to it. Yours looks like they've upgraded the decal sheet, Im hanging onto a set of invasion stripes from an Airfix Mk IX for my wing stripes!

The awesome pic of the truck is the GMC 40mm bofors which I've seen on the Milicast website in 1/76...

Doc

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..."

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:54 AM

Andy , I stumbled across this pic while searching around FSM Forum pages ...

Very , Very COOL..............Cool

                              John .

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Posted by the_draken on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:25 AM

Beauty work Helo!  I've got the milicast M-15 40mm Halftrack that will go together sooner or later.  I tried to put the last four decals o the Seafire and that kinda didn't work out.  I'm going to call it done and get nicer pics later this week.  At the moment I'm going sit and decide what to do next.  A thrace of Thunderjets, a squadron of Sabres, a mess of MiGs, a bunch of Banshees, or a lurch of Lockheeds?  I could also to the Lindbergh LSU or my PST IS series of tanks/guns.  So many options!!!  Other options would be the Neptune, Avenger air ambulance, one of the numerous seaplanes or RN aircraft. 

I think I'm confused with so many possibilities...  Tongue Tied

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:35 AM

Greg , the SHQ metal M15A1 is a okay but I think I made the correct decision about using the Airfix M3 Halftrack kit . The front cab section , wheels and tracks have some metal flash that would need cleaning up if I was to use them ;

It is nice that they do give an option of a winch or roller for the front .

Today I primed the turret pieces I'm using with some Tamiya rattle can surface primer ;

I'm still thinking of scratch building another turret and gun mount pieces from sheet and strip plastic and back date the Revell M16 to a M15A1 . I have started to take measurements of the turret section and found some 50 cal guns and the 37mm gun from the Hasegawa Willys Jeep and cargo kit ;

Andy , your Seafire FR-47 is looking good ; The Jays Model Seafire Mk.47 arrived today ....

There is not much in the way of cockpit detail and my kit is missing one of the main wheels .

Looking through my spares box , I found an old Italeri Spitfire Mk.VB and thought I could use the cockpit parts and main wheels and struts ...

The Seafire decals look good and the instruction sheet call out EDSG over Sky for the color scheme ;

I presume that EDSG stands for Extra Dark Sea Grey ?

                         John .

 

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Posted by Gregbbear on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:28 PM

Doc Win, thanks for the link.  That not only answered my question, but is very interesting too.  I added it to my favorites.

Andy, the Seafire looks good.  To me, it is the most impressive looking of the whole Spitfire/Seafire family.

John, my sympathies on the back.  I've got a bad one too, and it isn't very much fun at times.  I think Andy was kidding about the finishing.  I personally like all the cool stuff you expose us too.  The important thing is to always have fun.  Your Airfix Half Track looks good.  That is the one I ordered the other day.  I'm sure that it will look great kit bashed with the SHQ pieces.  Along with the searchlight truck, it will be another build you don't see every day.  I see the SHQ stuff on Ebay all time, what do you think of it?

I am currently reading "Hot Shots, an oral history of the Air Force combat pilots of the Korean War".  It is good reading.  I am reading the narrative of a sabre pilot that was held captive in China for 2 years AFTER the war was over.  Keeping PW's after an armistice is just down right dirty!

Cheers,

Greg

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:37 PM

Draken Andy: The invasion stripes look good to me. Not sure about the roundels other than if you have twice as many as you need you can stack two decals on top of each other to make them more opaque.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by the_draken on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:24 AM

I might go so far as to say I could finish this one tonight or tomorrow...  Hmm

All that remains at this point it nav lights, weapons (already assembled), and the rear fuselage markings that have to go over the 'sky' colour.  For my first all resin aircraft kit this is turning out to be a lot better than expected.  I had put off the kit for the last week because I was fearful of messing up the invasion stripes.  They turned out okay, I think.

Not sure if you can see it in these pics, they are kinda over exposed...  The roundels are way too thin!  The white is easy to see through and is kind of annoying.  They decals are very thin and must be in place before applying any solvent.  Other than that, they were EXCELLENT!  Not owning any Micro-Krystal-Kleer I only wish that they had supplied clear plastic for the camera windows.  One verticle in the tail and on either side of the fuselage would have been not uneasy to do with an RTV mold, or so I'm told.

Hey, that rhymed!  Cool

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:37 AM

Wow, some really nice stuff John but gee take a holiday from modeling, get some rest till you feel better! Not much you can do when you back and neck are killing you.

Just kick back with a cool drink for a day or three Paradise

Seroiusly hope you feel better.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:12 AM

the_draken

I loved the photos of the armour Doc!  And thye Shooting star is looking awesome Greg.  I've been noticing something, though.  Although Helop has been starting a vast number of projects, he doesn't seem to have many finished...  Wink  Comments, John?  Just kidding!  Hoping to see something soon, like maybe one of those cargo planes!

My apologize's for starting so many builds and still not having them finished .......Embarrassed

It's been a bit of a slow week for me , I've been getting a lot of neck and back spasm's , so I have spent a lot of time lying flat on the floor looking at the ceiling .

I have managed a little work on some military vehicles , I decided to buy the 1/72 SHQ white metal M15A1 Halftrack , however I will only use the turret and gun section and modify the Airfix 1/72 Halftrack as it also comes with a trailer ;

So while waiting for the SHQ M15A1 to arrive , I made a start on the Airfix Halftrack and Trailer ;

I cut the rear sides from the front cabin section and starting glueing the chassie and front cab pieces together . Today the SHQ M15A1 arrived ;

This is where I'm up to with the Airfix /SHQ M15A1 build ;

The instruction sheet for the SHQ M15A1 is really small , so I will have to scan it and print it out bigger , as it is it's a little difficult to see exactly how the gun mounts fit together ?

I also made a start on the 1/72 Heller Searchlight Truck ;

I will modify one of those Hasegawa " U.S Aerospace Ground Equipment set " Lighting Units to fit on the truck and hopfully the 20mm Searchlight I bought off ebay will arrive shortly . I also have a nice piece of camouflage netting (window curtin) to use as well .

There's been a little work done on the 1/72 Hasegawa Halftrack Ambulance with most pieces painted seperatly and are ready for assembly ;

While browsing around the net , I came across a photo of a Short Sunderland being towed by a AEC Matador flat bed ;

My Sunderland build is about 75% built , so I thought about adding the Airfix AEC Matador truck , so I ordered one today ...

Looking through some of my Korean Air War books there are pic's of Skyraider's with flak damage and while looking around ebay I saw this A-1H Skyraider which I thought I could back date to a AD-3/4 ;

Also these two kits arrived today as well ;

So that's about it , not a lot work done but progress none the less . The Centurion Tank is nearly completed , so I should have some finished pic's in a day or two ; Sorry about all the other unfinished on-going builds , hopfully I'll get some of them completed in the not too distant future .

Thank's for posting those great Military vehicle photo's Doc , the Halftrack Ambulance and M19 pic's were my favourite .

                             John .

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