Great work Greif and Trey!

Inspiring stuff!

Cheers

Trey, Thanks for posting the photo's. I have seen a few of them. The landing gear shot's are great stuff. I can see by the last photo that the headrest is angled to far forward,Thanks!

 Mo

Holy Cow , Guy's

The level of detail work already going on is amazing ;

In-fact when I saw those awesome detailed cockpits , I broke out in a 'cold sweat' ;

I haven't taken the shrink wrap off my four 1/72 scale nightfighters as yet but after seeing everyone's efforts so far , I raced over to Hannants and ordered some Eduard pre painted cockpit sets for the F4U-1 Corsair,F6F-3/5N Hellcat,TBM-3D Avenger and the Pavla cockpit set for the PV-1 Ventura.

The standard of workmanship is so high , I'm really going to have to pull my socks up on this GB .

It maybe a couple of months before I start anything , that will give me time to 'psych' myself up ,

                                        John .

At work right now and our browser security won't let me view some of the pictures so I will have to comment on the great work after I get home.  Strangely I can access and view Imageshack photos, so I can post some of my recent work.

In addition to the CMK Engine, I also brought the Aires cockpit set for the model.  The following photos show the progress of the construction.  This set has assembled very well so far and has been fun to build. 

Ernest

Trey,

Thanks for the reference shots. I am not doing the 219 for this group build but Ido have one on the shelf to do.

Home from work and able to view the pictures.  What can I say exceptional work all around!

Greg, your P70 will make a cool build of a rare bird.  Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Mo, very nice job on the Uhu's office.  The painting of the seatbelts is especially impressive work.  I won't be able to use the weight for my build as I am using the Aires resin cockpit.  I am looking at ways to get enough weight to avoid my bird being a tail sitter.

Trey, really excellent work on the 110's pit.  The mesh seat looks fantastic.

Nathan, the paint job of the instrument panel is exceptional. 

The stnadards are indeed high, hopefully I can keep up!   

Ernest

Awesome work guys

Afraid not much to report here, pulled the spues for the P-61 out of the bags and washed them with some dishwashing detergent. Went over the kit and have been filling and sanding injection pit holes. Probably most won't show but I like to eliminate all of the them just to be on the safe side. Will post photos when I have something to show!

I would love to start posting photos of my plane but so far I'm still new to this.

Wow - the work going on here is top notch, guys! Bravo! I agree with the sentiments of others - I may have to invest in some AM goodies to give my Mossie a chance!

I imagine I should be hopping on board sometime in the next two or so weeks. The Jug's into the home stretch now. Decals are on...still have to go back and do the invasion stripes, but other than that it's just weathering and final assembly. And once it's off the bench, the Mossie's coming out.

While I'm thinking about it, anybody got a lead on any AM decals for an all-black Mossie NF.II? Not having much luck, but I'm hesitant to use Tamiya's decals since I've never had great experiences with them, and on the black, any silvering will show like the dickens.

I have to agree with the quality of work here. this being my first group build I am wondering if I bit of more than I can chew.

Big thanks for the compliments everyone much appreciated! I'm glad the ref pics are of use, there are'nt a lot of good interior pics to be found unfortunately.Great work Mo, Enerst and Nathan ,these interiors are looking great .

I got the gun bay finished

and the cockpit is installed

working on taping up the canopy ,thank goodness for precut masks ! Its still tedious work though

DoogsATX

Wow - the work going on here is top notch, guys! Bravo! I agree with the sentiments of others - I may have to invest in some AM goodies to give my Mossie a chance!

I imagine I should be hopping on board sometime in the next two or so weeks. The Jug's into the home stretch now. Decals are on...still have to go back and do the invasion stripes, but other than that it's just weathering and final assembly. And once it's off the bench, the Mossie's coming out.

While I'm thinking about it, anybody got a lead on any AM decals for an all-black Mossie NF.II? Not having much luck, but I'm hesitant to use Tamiya's decals since I've never had great experiences with them, and on the black, any silvering will show like the dickens.

hey Doogs ,I was able to locate this source for decals hope it helps

http://flightdecs.ca/a_Capena%2048.htm

Night Fighter Nut

I would love to start posting photos of my plane but so far I'm still new to this.

Hey Night fighter Nut if you have a camera with a usb you can download the pics to a hosting site such as 'photobucket'. From there you can copy and paste them to the forum

Man Trey...looking good, but making the rest of us look bad. At the rate you are going you will have that thing done by the end of the week. Then what are you going to do for the rest of the build time? 

Wish I could build with the quality I am seeing here, then to add insult to injury you guys are building them better at your speed than I could ever hope for even if I took all year to do mine.

I hope to start my J1N build here soon...as soon as I get that P-39 weekend build that is taking me forever to do.

Hercmech

I have to agree with the quality of work here. this being my first group build I am wondering if I bit of more than I can chew.

Hercmech - I'm just finishing my first group build (FW190). I was a little hesitant about entering but it was the best thing I ever did. I got so much encouragement and advice and have developed my modelling skills significantly because of it.

Good luck with this - what are you building?

I am building the Taymia J1N. It looks like a nice kit and all the usual subjects were already covered.

Mo - love that cockpit. How did you paint so much detail so neatly - do you use a pin or something? Also, your photos are always so well lit - what's the secret?!

Keep it up - am enjoying all the work posted so far by everyone. Very inspiring.

Hercmech

Man Trey...looking good, but making the rest of us look bad. At the rate you are going you will have that thing done by the end of the week. Then what are you going to do for the rest of the build time? 

Wish I could build with the quality I am seeing here, then to add insult to injury you guys are building them better at your speed than I could ever hope for even if I took all year to do mine.

I hope to start my J1N build here soon...as soon as I get that P-39 weekend build that is taking me forever to do.

thanks Hercmech looking forward to seeing the J1N get going,and this is my last day of vacation so my build will slow drastically after today lol.

Hercmech

I am building the Taymia J1N. It looks like a nice kit and all the usual subjects were already covered.

State of the art kit there, I built one a couple of years ago and it falls together. You'll enjoy this one

Gamera

Hercmech:

I am building the Taymia J1N. It looks like a nice kit and all the usual subjects were already covered.

 

 

State of the art kit there, I built one a couple of years ago and it falls together. You'll enjoy this one

I have my fingers crossed.

Nathan, Making great progress on the Ju 88. I was considering that kit, but opted for the FW. Looking forward to seeing progress updates.

Stumpjumper, Paint brushes are crucial. Can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear, but at least the stitching will look o k Lighting is important in both photography and painting. I have 2 task lights and I still end up squinting to see. Makes me wonder how the small scale builders turn'em out. Anyway, point is I'm still practicing both painting and photography.

 Hercmech, Stick with it and don't underestimate yourself. Remember Rule #5 it's about having fun.

 Greif, wow! the Aeries pit is VERY COOL. Tons of detail. Looking forward to seeing this one come to life! Not sure what to use for weights, Perhaps fishing sinkers. Tried it on the P38, but ended up fishing instead.

Trey,  Did find and bookmark a cool website with a ton of photo's both wartime and museum.

 Thanks again for the comments.

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 Mo

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hey Doogs ,I was able to locate this source for decals hope it helps

http://flightdecs.ca/a_Capena%2048.htm

PERFECT! Thanks!

Now I just need to decide how crazy I want to go with the AM stuff. I'd planned to keep this one fairly out of the box, but hmm....

Now...do I go with something simple like an Eduard Zoom PE set, or whole hog with an Aires cockpit and Aires engines (and save one for an FB.VI down the road)?

Doogs, the Zoom Pe sets are great, low cost and alittle goes along way i've found. Too much AM can be overwhelming and slow down the build. thats what i did with the 88, i just got a zoom set. But sometimes all that AM stuff is necessary.

Nathan

I have them down loaded on Flickr but when I tried to cut and past to this website, it didn't work.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57811577@N05/5321010122/" title="leftside 007 by nightfighternut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5321010122_a123179471.jpg" width="500" height="422" alt="leftside 007" /></a>

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basic test fit of the airframe shows very little filling is going to be required

alright I see you got it worked out ,looking good Night fighter nut

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It's taking some time but I think I'm finally working it out as to how to post photos.  What a pain ...