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Mighty 8th GB 1-Nov-2010 - 31-Oct-2011

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Posted by ww2psycho on Saturday, December 11, 2010 7:49 PM

Heres what I'm talking about.

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Posted by ww2psycho on Saturday, December 11, 2010 7:40 PM

I havent started any of them yet, but my masking skills are very poor so i'm going to try easy masks.

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Posted by jbrady on Saturday, December 11, 2010 7:32 PM

The mask I have is specifically for the AM P51 B. There are masks for the coffin lid canopy or the Malcolm hood. The framing I mentioned is a small vent window on the lower left of the windscreen itself. It's on both the P-51 B and the Tuskeegee Airman boxing. I didn't notice it untill I looked at the instructions that came with the mask. How much trouble are you having with fit? I have a model that weighs a pound and a half because of all the putty.

   

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Posted by ww2psycho on Saturday, December 11, 2010 6:16 PM

Is that what that extra framing/window is on the P-51A on the left side of the pilot? I was looking at that and was a bit concerned about the masking. The AM masking says P-51A Apache so I'm not sure if it comes with two different for whichever you're making or what.

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Posted by jbrady on Saturday, December 11, 2010 5:43 PM

The Quick mask for the AM has the small vent window in the lower part of the left wind screen. Don't know if the Tamiya kit includes that in the molding.

   

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Posted by ww2psycho on Saturday, December 11, 2010 5:20 PM

So since we got on the topic of mustangs for a bit, does anyone know if an Easy Mask for a Tamiya kit will work on an Accurate Miniatures kit or vise versa? I found everything on squadron but it seems people have problems with them so I'm looking at sprue brothers, but one is sold out.

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Posted by jbrady on Saturday, December 11, 2010 1:49 PM

Major seams repaired, gaps filled, tail faired. Now I am having a paranoid moment about the dihedral of the stabilizers... not really familiar with the mustang.

   

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Posted by jbrady on Friday, December 10, 2010 5:58 PM

ww2psycho

 redraider56:

 ww2psycho:

The Tuskegee Airment Mustang looks like Tamiya Quality, the A-36 looks like it will ned some work. Not terrible fit but it seems like different plastic.

 

I've noticed AM has different plastic from time to time.....my B-25 even has two different colors in the same kit, and one color seems slightly better than the other

 

The Tuskegee Airmen one is the same way, both seem to be better than the A-36 though. The Fusalage comes in 4 parts due to what I think doogs is talking about with earlier vs later model variations.

The AM B has the same tail. If you ask me it is just, s*** engineering. I'm going to spend hours getting the tail and the front fuselage join to fair properly. Then I'll spend more hours scribing in lost detail. Completely unneccesary. I bought the Tuskeegee  Airman version and that one is going to the bottom of the pile.

   

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Posted by ww2psycho on Friday, December 10, 2010 5:08 PM

redraider56

 ww2psycho:

The Tuskegee Airment Mustang looks like Tamiya Quality, the A-36 looks like it will ned some work. Not terrible fit but it seems like different plastic.

 

I've noticed AM has different plastic from time to time.....my B-25 even has two different colors in the same kit, and one color seems slightly better than the other

The Tuskegee Airmen one is the same way, both seem to be better than the A-36 though. The Fusalage comes in 4 parts due to what I think doogs is talking about with earlier vs later model variations.

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  • From: Green Bay, WI
Posted by redraider56 on Friday, December 10, 2010 4:22 PM

ww2psycho

The Tuskegee Airment Mustang looks like Tamiya Quality, the A-36 looks like it will ned some work. Not terrible fit but it seems like different plastic.

I've noticed AM has different plastic from time to time.....my B-25 even has two different colors in the same kit, and one color seems slightly better than the other

-Matt

On The Bench: 1/48 HK B-17G "Man-O-War II"

On Deck: 1/48 Tamiya P-38H, 1/48 Revell PV-1

 

 

 

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Posted by ww2psycho on Friday, December 10, 2010 3:40 PM

The Tuskegee Airment Mustang looks like Tamiya Quality, the A-36 looks like it will ned some work. Not terrible fit but it seems like different plastic.

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  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Friday, December 10, 2010 3:04 PM

ww2psycho

 

 

Cool thanks. Yea I have the Tamiya P-51B thats almost completely built, waiting to get a new canopy. I also have the 9th AF P-51D by Tamiya, a Tuskegee Airmen P-51C by Accurate Miniatures, the A-36 Apache by Accurate Miniatures and i'm looking at picking up with P-51A also by Accurate Miniatures from the hobby shop here.

How are the AM Allison Mustangs? Been thinking about picking one or several up...could be an awesome platform for the weathering GB...

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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Posted by ww2psycho on Friday, December 10, 2010 2:53 PM

DoogsATX

ww2psycho - I haven't built the Tamiya -D yet, but it's mostly identical in build-up to the -B, and that thing was probably the smoothest kit I've ever built. Didn't even have to use solvent on the wing/fuselage join. Just the leading edge, and then the underside where the wing assembly fits into the fuselage. 

Also, a quick note on the kit markings - LOU IV is actually an early P-51D without the tail fillet, so if you want to build it accurately you'll need to remove the fillet. Ultracast makes a replacement tail, or you can knock it down yourself (I've ordered the conversion, since I don't trust myself with that kind of surgery!).

 

Cool thanks. Yea I have the Tamiya P-51B thats almost completely built, waiting to get a new canopy. I also have the 9th AF P-51D by Tamiya, a Tuskegee Airmen P-51C by Accurate Miniatures, the A-36 Apache by Accurate Miniatures and i'm looking at picking up with P-51A also by Accurate Miniatures from the hobby shop here.

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Posted by jbrady on Friday, December 10, 2010 2:17 PM

It's starting to look like a mustang.

Major seam repair, filling, filing, and rescribing.

But after three days it's closed up... yesssss

   

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Posted by DoogsATX on Friday, December 10, 2010 2:13 PM

ww2psycho - I haven't built the Tamiya -D yet, but it's mostly identical in build-up to the -B, and that thing was probably the smoothest kit I've ever built. Didn't even have to use solvent on the wing/fuselage join. Just the leading edge, and then the underside where the wing assembly fits into the fuselage. 

Also, a quick note on the kit markings - LOU IV is actually an early P-51D without the tail fillet, so if you want to build it accurately you'll need to remove the fillet. Ultracast makes a replacement tail, or you can knock it down yourself (I've ordered the conversion, since I don't trust myself with that kind of surgery!).

 

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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Posted by jbrady on Friday, December 10, 2010 2:12 PM

Interior is in

   

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  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Friday, December 10, 2010 9:58 AM

A bit of progress on Hairless Joe. I'm getting into that slow phase of finishing up main assembly and sanding and cleanup. Ugh. Always my least favorite part of a build. But I've got the cowl and rudder painted up...

I ended up going with MM Deep Yellow for the rudder - it's a pretty close match to both the tail code on the decal sheet and the White Ensign RAF Yellow. For the cowl, I decided to go with MM Guards Red for a bit of a brighter look. The Tamiya Red I used on the Monogram just felt too drab.

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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Posted by Bish on Friday, December 10, 2010 4:26 AM
No worries, i will change it and leave the unit part open.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by ww2psycho on Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:22 PM

Its 1:48 and I'm just doing the Mustang. It come with markings for 4 different from that 8th AF, I will know more when I get the kit. Its in Virginia till my mom gets back after christmas.

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, December 9, 2010 4:34 PM

ww2psycho  Is that the 72nd or 48th kit. Are you doing that intead of or as well as the P-38. I take it your doing the one on the box art.

jbrady Thanks very much for those links. A number of the airfields were turned back to farming after the war. But alot are still used for one purpose or another and you can still make out the old runways and perimiter tracks. Heres a few examples.

Of the 3 closets to me, all B-17, Rougham, then known as Bury St Edmunds, is still used for flying, they have airshows every year. Theres a pub on the corner of the old boundry called the Flying Fortress. Rattelsden, again still used for flying, the gliders from there often pass over our house. Lavenham, i think that gone back to farm land.

A bit further afield, tehres Bodney, P-47 & P-51, used by the army and some of the old building are still in use. Snetterton, B-17, old runway used for drag raceing and a huge market every Sunday. Hethal, B-24, used by Lotus cars, the perimiter track is used for testing. Horsham B-24 and RAF, now Norwich Airport. Bassingbourn, B-17, British Army training centre. We use the perimiter track for running, not pleasent. Thats just the ones i can think of 

Theres a memorial to ever airfield, either near it or in the local village. Even if we wanted to, we could never forget.  

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by jbrady on Thursday, December 9, 2010 10:35 AM

Would have been nice to include link. http://www.wademeyersart.com/id32.html

   

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Posted by jbrady on Thursday, December 9, 2010 10:34 AM

Bish: Here's a site you might be interested in. It's amazing that so many of these airfields are still around. Over here someone would have built a shopping mall on all of them.

   

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Posted by jbrady on Thursday, December 9, 2010 10:16 AM

Here's an interesting article written in the usual style of that time. http://www.cybermodeler.net/history/354fg/images/63aces.pdf

   

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Posted by ww2psycho on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 9:05 PM

This kit has fallen into my hands so I will be changing to this one,

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=61040

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Posted by satch_ip on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 7:11 PM

Bish

 

 satch_ip:

 

Anyone have a spare razorback canopy in 1/48?  I glued the fuselage halves together tonight and went to test fit the canopy and it was missing.  It's an old Arii kit so I can't write the manufacturer.  I guess I'll have to do the squadron canopy even though I really don't like those.

Satch

 

 

Have you tried a post in the aircraft forum to see if anyone has a spare. Has this company been bought out by another or did it just cease to exist. I must abmit i had never heard of it.

Nah, I just ordered the Falcon canopy set that is for this kit.  Should be in next week.  It was even on sale in the Squadron flyer.

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Posted by jbrady on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 4:39 PM

I'm saved... guy in town has the decal sheet for the AM P 51 B/C that has an IP decal He's not using it so I got the decal.

I noticed you are going to do the Eduard F6F. I've got the royal pack. I'm looking to forward building one of those soon.

   

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 4:19 PM

jbrady   Cockpit looks very nice. Bummer about the IP, but hopefully it shouldn't be to hard to sort out.

Great work guys, thanks very much for all the great stuff you are stuff you are showing here.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 4:09 PM

satch_ip

Anyone have a spare razorback canopy in 1/48?  I glued the fuselage halves together tonight and went to test fit the canopy and it was missing.  It's an old Arii kit so I can't write the manufacturer.  I guess I'll have to do the squadron canopy even though I really don't like those.

Satch

Have you tried a post in the aircraft forum to see if anyone has a spare. Has this company been bought out by another or did it just cease to exist. I must abmit i had never heard of it.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 3:59 PM

Ye, that would be my guess. It has been my favorite choice for model supplies for over 20 years, back when it was all by snail mail. I have just sent off about my 7th order for this year. Theres not many items i might need that they don't have, and xtracolour paints are my paint of choice, so i am a deffinate fan.

red, that B-17 looks lovely. I take it those are the figures you were talking about a few weeks back.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 3:53 PM

Bish

 

 

Hannants has improved a hell of a lot since it up dated its website a couple of months ago. Before, when you placed an order, you couldn't be sure if the items were actually in. And it would normally take 2 weeks to arrive, and i live3 about an hours drive away. Now, you know exactly whats in and how many and every order i have placed since the new website,  about 4 or 5, has been dispatched the day after ordering.

Deffinatly have to second that on the Eduard sets. Hannants has a direct link on all the Eduard products to the instruction sheets and i always check them out before buying. They do it for products for a few other companies as well. That would be an idea for other sellers to think about.

I'm going to guess they probably updated their entire inventory system. Which probably makes them more efficient filling orders...

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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