Well i've dragged out the Arado from the shelf of doom and even managed to get the engines and wings done....Will post pics soon, have just moved house and everything is out of place..

Sorry I've not been around for a few days -- real life/work commitment.

Damon -- welcome aboard, I'll update the leaderboard with your build -- looking forward to seeing the ProMod 262 go together!

Duke -- the Sabres are looking VERY nice!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Thanks for the great replies guys.I appreciate it. I even got a little more done yesterday. Will get some pics up later I hope.

Model Geek, these two will be in different markings. One is going to be "MiG Mad Marine" an Ace's plane for an "Aircraft of the Aces" Group Build on another Forum, and the other will be in the markings of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. I'm only building the two side by side because they are so similar, and I might as well get them both built.

I'll try to get pics up later.

Wow, I just realized this is my first Group Build on FSM in over a year! Cool!

Tom, Duke very nice work guys!!!! Looking forward to seeing more!!!!

Julez72

Hey Damon good to see you here

Hey Julez72 looking forward to another GB with you as well.

Lots of nice stuff showing up here!  You just gotta love Sabers; and if you love Sabers, then you have to love the fury too.

The Fury is looking really nice!

I plan to post some progress on the Sea Venom later this week.  I have been working on the central pod and may get the main structure together soon.  Just puttering along and making slow progress.

Duke,

Lookin good. Are they going to be squadron mates? Or markings from different units.

Cool, now that I'm in, here is a pic of where I am in this build. These are my two Fujimi 1/72 scale Saberjets:

Hey Damon good to see you here

Mike this looks like fun I was wondering if you will let me build a Pro Modeler Me 262A. in 1/72 scale. I will not be able to start right away but will as soon as possible.

Damon

Hi everyone. Now that I'm a week into my build I thought it time for a WIP update.

The kit is a Hobby Boss 1/48 FJ-4B Fury. As for the kit itself it consists of 3 spures of flash free light grey parts with fine recessed details. There is 1 spure of clear parts and decals for 2 aircraft. The instructions consist of 7 steps with no written instructions. Based on the quality of the parts I expected this to go together with little trouble. None the  less I've done a lot of dry fitting and discovered some issues along the way.

Step 1 involves building up the cockpit. This goes together without much fuss. One word of caution is placement of part number A17, the insturment panel. If you do not set this at the proper angle you will not be able to install P/N A16 over the IP in step 4. The details on the instument panel are so faint that I could not dry brush them. So I ended up sanding, painting black, and placing a IP decal for my spares. The ejection seat does not include seat belts so I fabricated my own from masking tape and brass wire. Following are some photos.

Step 2 involves the placement of the cockpit, nose gear landing bay, cementing the fuselage halves together and finally the building of the main lading gear bay. I have not completely completed this step. One note on this step is that the instructions are very vauge as to the location of part #'s A6 and A7. I had to do some dry fitting. After I was satisfied with the location I glue these is place, did some minor gap filling, and painted aircraft gray.

The landing gear bays were painted insignia white and given a wash of light gray. The hydraulic lines were painted aluminum and a couple of details were picked out with flat black. I  skipped ahead to step 3 which involves installing the main lading gear bay in the wing and then cement the wings together. The landing gear bay fit is not real good. Something seems warped. I ended up gluing 1 side securing it with clothes pins. After it dried I glued the other side in the same fashion. I added super glue afterwards for more strength.

I skipped to step 7 and built the ordinace. These went together without any trouble. I filled the seams and primed these in preparation for paint.

That's all for now. Thanks for looking. As always questions and comments welcome.

Jeremy and guys: The Kikka looks like a Jackson Pollock painting right now. The underside is half yellow with overspray from the leading edge ID strips and half metallic blue from the aotake I used in the wheel wells. Will try to get some photos up when I overpaint it with Nakajima navy light grey.

Mike: Sharp looking badge! 

Leaderboard updated, Duke -- looking forward to your birds!

Cheers, M/TB379

Cool! Thanks,. They are two 1/72 scale Fujimi F-86F Sabres; One will be "MiG Mad Marine" and the other from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force.

I'll try to get some pics posted soon.

Hi Duke! By all means, bring 'em on! Just let me know scale and brand and I'll get them onto the leaderboard.

Cheers, MIke/TB379

I just found out about this. Can I join up? I've started two F-86F Sabres for a Group Build on another Forum that would fit here. If it is okay, I'd like to submit them here. I've got them to the fuselage joined and wings installed. Let me know. Thanks.

Thanks again all for the warm welcome.

Ruddratt,

Badge looks good to me. Love the P-80!

I think that is a fine badge Rudd!!! I like it!!!

Mike, I hope you don't mind, but I figured I'd take a stab at a group badge. Curious to know what you and the rest of the fellas think of it.

The full size image ....

...and the easy to use economy size.

Tom, nice to have you on board with us!

Mac, I can almost smell the fumes from that engine way up here. It really looks the part, and if it's any indication of what lay ahead, we're all in for a real treat!

Jeremy, just stunning work on the 'pit. It's a major improvement over the kit supplied parts, and your paintwork really helped the detail to pop right out. Definitely looking forward to seeing more!

My wife and I have been on holidays since August 1st and we're not heading back to our respective jobs until the 16th. We've been travelling a lot and getting work done around the house as well, but I have managed to squeak in some work on the 162. The engine is nearly done and I'll then commence with the office. Should have some pics up within the next few days.

aboard Tom!! You will love it here!!!

Thanks guys. Actually started on this kit about a week ago. I'll try to take some pictures and post a WIP this week.

Thanks Richie!

Gamera - Looking forward to seeing some pictures of the Kikka!

 aboard Tom! Looking forward to seeing the Fury come together!

Hi Model Geek --

Yep, definitely would! The design speed of even the final variant of the original Sabre series remained  subsonic (the experts will correct me I if I'm wrong!) so it should be definitely inside the definition of the Early Jets GB.

Looking forward to seeing it, I've heard good things about this kit!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Good Day Mike,

Would a 1/48 Hobby Boss FJ-4B Fury qualify?

Mac: really like the paint job. Looks burnt and worn like she's seen some serious use.

The Kikka is slowly making her way to the finish line. I airbrushed the yellow leading edge stripes and put the natural metal on the engine intakes and exhausts. I need to do the wheel wells now and hopefully after masking them I can move on the underside, mask, and then the top, and be done with painting.

Well done Jeremy!!!! Looks fine to me!!! Fills that empty space just fine.

Just my imagination trying to busy it up.

Nice job behind the I P Jeremy.  Do you have shots that show the back of the panel or is it the result of an informed imagination? 

I'll have to post some shots of the back of our panel and post them some time.  I realize that all are not the same but it could help to further informed creativity.

Thanks Mike and Mac!

Quick update...

There was a big void behind the IP that you could see with the wind screen on. I filled it by glueing styrene rod for instrument backs and adding wire. Looks better now. I tried to take pictures with the windscreen on but my camera wouldn't focus.