Thanks guys!

Duke: looking good, she'll look great with some colorful decals.

Helo: How did the show go? I saw the Angels and Snowbirds some years ago and they put on an awesome show.

Gamera- Nick job on the Kikka.  Not quite as elegant of design as the 262, but a beautiful plane in its own right.

Duke- Looking forward to seeing the finished product.  I am another one of those Saber fans.

As for me; the Army has eaten up too much time to allow modeling.  I am living vicariously through you guys.  My Venom may end up waiting for my return.

Getting ready to go to Wings over Atlanta today.  Taking the kids to see the Blue Angels and the Snowbirds.  At least I can make a little family time model related.

Mike, cool badges, i like the Mig....I've just about finished my 190 so i'll be getting stuck into the Arado very soon...

Gamera -- beautiful Kikka! Page 1 updated, she's on the roll of honour!

Duke -- Sabre's looking great, can't wait to see the markings!

Page 1 is also updated with the badges -- at long last! (Courtesy of my digital imaging expert sister!) Dig in, guys, all as finishes, collects their badges, arrrrrrrr!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Gamera, The kikka came out great, love your weathering...Very cool Goodluck tameing that Vamp

Duke, Sorry to hear about your silver issues, good to see you have it all sorted out nowThe sabre is one of my favorites so i'm looking forward to seeing some more...

Wow, I can finally post here. Yes, I am still in this.

You guys are doing such incredible work, I feel unworthy!

Anyway, here is my progress. I finally got a coat of silver on my Sabrejet that I am happy with. This one will be decaled soon:





Maybe now I can move forward on this. I'll be applying decals next.

Thanks all for looking in.

Simon: the Meteor's looking good!

Ok, finally some photos of the 'finished' Kikka. I noticed there is a small pitot tube on the right wing I still haven't attached but she's 99.99 complete so here's the photos anyway.

And the Vampire is coming along slowly:

The RN trainer version:

Yeah, it's a limited run kit and it fits like one. Every now and then I like to beat myself to a pulp with a kit where nothing fits...

coming along nicely Simon

The Meteor is under way. I had started this kit sometime last year, but had only painted the cockpit interior and snipped some parts.

The kit was one of those commissioned by Hannants under the Xtrakit label. Some sort of deal allowed the manufacturer ( I think it was MPM) to sell the molds to Airfix or lease them or something and Airfix promptly released the same kit at about half the price of the Xtrakit ones, much to the justifiable chagrin of Hannants !

Anyway the kit is typical of a 'limited run' offering, with no location holes/pegs etc, so construction is a little unusual !

Couple of pics below :

The Box artwork

This better not be a tail sitter !

Coming along ! The Xtradecal sheet I have doesn't have the Korean war markings I thought it did, so it will either be a 'Meteorites' RAAF Aerobatic team aircraft, of a 77 sqn CO aircraft with an interesting green checkerboard on the vertical stabiliser.

Ok, I finally found a kit that interested me and wasn't double dipping with the Korean War GB. I'll join in with a 1/72 Amodel Yak-15, I should be getting started in a day or two depending on how work treats me. 

Since the Kikka was already started I didn't post any cockpit in-progress shots. Well, the pics are a little fuzzy and it looks a little rough but here's a shot of the cockpit parts for the two-seat trainer version of the Vampire. The instructions told me to paint everything black except the belts but I fudged a little on using dark grey so everything wouldn't disappear into a 'black hole' once I closed the thing up.

Steven - I really like the Panther... she's a beauty!   I like the way you weathered the paint too. I used that method when I built my Hind to replicate the sandblasted and sun beaten topside of a desert theater Hind.

Well done sir!

No worries, Gamera, I'll switch the leaderboard listing -- can't wait to see her go together!

Cheers, M/TB379

Simon: Very coo! Looking forward to seeing your build.

Mike: Oops! Sorry both of the RAF trainers in the CA Vampire kit are natural metal which I really don't want to tackle in a limited run kit since it's going to need a ton of putty and filling. I'm going with the dark grey and white Royal Navy  trainer instead. So I should have said Classic Airframes 1/48 RN Vampire trainer. My apologies...

Hi Gamera,

A second build would be more than welcome! I'll list it on the leaderboard right away. But please don't think you cheated, finishing shelf-sitters is always important!

Cheers, Mike

BTW Mike I feel like I'm cheating a little since the Kikka had been started before the build. I'd like to toss in a Classic Airframes 1/48th RAF Vampire trainer when I get the Kikka finished (hopefully this weekend). The Vampire I'm starting from scratch.

Aggieman: Wow, the Panther looks spectacular! Always liked the looks of the aircraft and you did a great job on her.

Simon, to the GB...Always good to see another Aussie around

Hi Simon,

Never too late! Welcome aboard! I'll add you to the leaderboardm and look forward to seeing your build!

From the G'day and the decal selection, you sound like an Aussie -- we have a few down here active on group builds!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

G'Day Mike

Too late to join ? I'm starting back up again after a busy year moving/changing jobs etc.

Finishes late December...hmmmm got a 1/72 Airfix Meteor 8 with some RAAF Korean war decals I'm itching to get this one done .....

No problem I will build a 1/72 scale Pro Modeller me 262 with Aeromaster decals for Maj. Walter Nowotny.

THANKS

Damon

Steve that is an awesome Panther!!!! Well Done indeed!!!

Aggie, sweet looking Panther, very nice

Aggie, that Panther looks incredible! Way to go.

I'm still in this. I've just been having problems getting my silver coat to go on right on my F-86 Sabrejet, Fourth attempt, and I hope it's my last! I'll post pics when I finally have something worth posting.

Yes, it is the Monogram kit.

Aggieman - Great job on the Panther! I like the subtle weathering on the wings.

Damon - Looking forward to the 262. One of my favorite birds.

Hope to log some time on the Fury this weekend but time is tight with 6 soccer games for my boys and high school homecoming.

Aggie -- your Panther in on the roll of honour! (It is the Monogram bird, right?)

Damon -- you're on the leaderboard, looking forward to your build!

Cheers, Mike

Aggie -- excellent Panther, I'm amazed you were able to crank it out at the same time as that B-36 over at NMF II (which is stupendous, BTW!) I'll get you onto the roll of honour!

Damon -- sorry! I'll add you to the leaderboard right away! What's you brand and scale?

M/TB379

Aggieman   That is one nice Panther  Very nice work! 

I posted that I would build a me 262 for this build but dont see my name on the roster. I plan on starting this weekend. Got burned out but am glad to be back.

Damon