Casper great job on the office ,nice detail work!!!

Well after finishing of a few kits, I got back to the Bf-110. Dragon replaced the missing nose part. Gotta say, the quality of the kit is outstanding. After a Revell kit which was bad, Trumpeter which was good and a so-so Hasegawa kit, the Dragon quality is excellent. The detail as well as the fit is a joy.

Anyway, got the wheelbays and gears together. Everything just waiting for a coat of RLM02 then weathering.

I'm going to display the port engine and cover the starboard. The 1/48 scale BMW engine is even more detailed than the 1/32 Bf-109E I built earlier this year.

Cockpit coming together nicely. A couple of incompatibility issues between some of the Eduard PE and the actual Dragon parts. But on a test fit the fuselage with all inside structures fits together really nicely.

Once I airbrush the wheelbays and nose weapons assembly, I can get this bird together. An amazing variety of greeblies and detail for this kit. I almost wish I had forked out for the 1/32 version. Quite a small plane considering it's a 3 seater bomber.

Cheers

Hi Greg ;

Thanks for the tip on the aftermarket stuff for the A-20 , it will definitatly spruce up Revell's P-70 .

Sorry to hear that the Meteor is becoming quite frustrating ; I've started to prioritise my current builds and I have the B-57G Night Hawk back on the bench to continue masking for the two green camouflage . I also have the Meteor and Kamov KA-50 Night hunter ready for some interior black on the fuselage pieces and I have started to clean up the parts of the High Planes RAAF Mk.20 canberra , which will also have a black interior .

If I can stay away from ebay for a while , I'll make pretty good progress on these builds ......Here's hoping .

BTW , I hope all is well were you are in Texas ; The nightly news here has been showing horrific images of all those fire's there inyour neck of the woods .

Take care Buddy .

                               John .

Hi John, I recently added one of those to the stash.  I haven't opened it yet though.  I really liked the look of my P-70, so I figured it would be nice to have one in 72nd too.  Depending on the detail, I might try and add some of the aftermarket goodies for the MPM A-20's to it.  It can't be any worse than my Meteor.  I swear, nothing fits together on this thing.  When I test fit it, it didn't seem too bad.  I must have been dreaming!  Cool plane anyways, it is just going to take a little longer.

Cheers,

Greg

I saw a inbox review over at modelling madness on the Revell 1/72 P-70 ;

http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/allies/us/p70preview.htm

The kit looks okay , so I bought the one I saw on ebay along with some other kits .

Another addition to the Night Fighter collection ; I better hurry up and finish the builds I've already started !

                         John .

Sadly , no new progress on my current Night Fighter builds , however I was browsing ebay and saw the 1/72 Revell P-70 Night Fighter ...

Has anyone ever built this kit , I was wondering what the fit of the parts was like ?

I'm looking at some other stuff on ebay at a couple of merchants that have the Revell P-70 , I was thinking of combining kits to save on postage .

TIA ;

                John .

Greg it was great meeting you and your daughter Saturday.  Yes, I won 1st for the Spit and 2nd for the Hellcat.  I have a knack for picking the right categories with very little competition!   

Hope to see you in Austin next month.

Satch

Greg thanks for the update,I'm sure the sanding dust is clouding the air! I'll be starting the 190 as soon as some a/m goodies arrive! 

Hello all, I got to see Satch's Hellcat (and a spit) in person yesterday at a contest at the local Hobbytown.  He did the Hellcat and Monogram proud! 

Satch, I hope you got a trophy or two for your excellent builds.  Also, it was good to meet you in person.

It has been kind of quiet here of late, but if you are new to this thread, I recommend you check out the awesome builds done so far. 

Still doing lots of body work on the Meteor.  Nothing but putty, primer and dust.

Cheers,

Greg

It's tomorrow, Saturday 27 April.  I think registration begins at 1030.  I have a Spit and the Hellcat there now on display.  Hobbytown on I410 and Vance-Jacksion.

Satch

Hi Satch, I didn't know.  What time/day is it?  I am going to try and go.  Thanks for the info.

Cheers,

Greg

Greg, are you going to the Hobbytown contest this weekend?  I'll be there.  Taking my Spit IX.

Satch

I haven't touched the Meteor since I posted last.  Yes, I used some sheet styrene to back up where I cut out.  From what I can tell from pictures, it didn't look very deep.  I am going to get on the sanding today, I hope.

Cheers,

Greg

I haven't test fitted my meteor fuselage as yet , I hope it fits a bit better than yours Greg .

I also noticed that you cut out for the wing speed brakes , did you just use some plastic sheet glued to the inside of each wing half to cover the opening ?

I hope the wings don't give you too much trouble .

The inside color of the Kamov KA-50SH is flat black , so I'll probably airbrush both the Meteor and KA-50 interior parts at the same time and thank's for the tip on the Meteor PE foot pedal troughs and the instrument panel .

Hopefully I'll have some WIP pic's soon .

                          John .

Greg hope you're buying sand paper in bulk!  Great to see it taking shape!

Cool helo, Helo.  I would be interested in how that one goes together.

Speaking of going together....  Filler anyone?

My copy is probably worse than most due to the fact that it looks like a previous owner stepped on it.  Test fitting the wings looks real bad though.  I will resume sanding tomorrow.

Cheers,

Greg

Nochnoi Ohatnik, night hunter.   Hmmmm...   It may look nice but check the fit.  One of the Russian kits I built left something to be desired in the fitting and you may want to check for mold marks.  As far as a night fighter, why not?  It would add some extra unique perspectives on night fighting although I think this would be more for hunting tanks and positions as opposed to other aircraft.

I wish you hadn't mentioned about the CMK resin engine , I have four of those in the stash .....'now you've got me thinking' .

Going off in a completely different "tangent" , I came across this kit last night while catalogueing my Soviet kit stash .....

The Zevezda box art refer's to the Kamov KA-50SH as a "Night Hunter" .

I'm not sure if it's appropriate for you GB Greg , it looks like a fun build though .

John .

John, your seats do look taller.  I added some plastic strip to the top of mine too.  It is possible that they improved the molds with newer releases.  I had read that they don't have all the sink marks of the original.    As for the intakes, you should use the bigger ones.  The NF13 had bigger ones than the 11 it was based on.  Also, Airwaves part # 2, the channel like pieces the rudder pedals go in, have to be placed wide enough for the front i.p. too.  I made that mistake.  Yes, I am using the speed brakes too.  That ought to look good.   If I ever build another one, I might lower the flaps on that one.  And add a CMK resin engine, and .....

Getting ahead of myself, as always.

Cheers,

Greg

Your seats look quite good greg , especially the cushions ; Thanks for posting both pic's .

I'm assuming the 1/72 Xtrakit is similar to the matchbox offering , it's just my seats look a little taller to start with , anyway here's a sprue shot I took a couple of days ago ,

I like how Airwaves gives us the option of cutting open the wing speed brakes and using the PE supplied item , are you going to do that as well greg ?

Here's a close up of my seats straight off the sprue ,

Are they the same seats ???

I noticed on the sprue that there are two different types of engine inlet cones , which ones did you go with ?

I haven't started anything as yet , I'm trying to finish a P-38M that's on the bench but the Nord 2501 Noratlas along with the Harvard and French loaned F-48F Thunderstreak will be from the same time as the Meteor NF-13 , 1956 Sanai campaign .

                              John .

Hi John, be happy too.  I also have a picture of how they sit now.  I made tape seat cushions, and added the Airwaves pe belts.  I am sorry that my camera will not go any closer and stay in focus.

Besides the seat, I have made some progress finally!   My camera's battery just quit, so no more photos for tonight.  Even though I like the little Matchbox Meteor, it has taken some work.  I had to scratch a bay for the nose wheel, which was easy, but the fit of some other pieces is way off.  The intakes were way off.  For a little bit, I thought I had them wrong.  The gray plastic pieces scribe real nice, but the green, oddly, are difficult.  The kit does lend itself to detailing well.  Thank goodness for Matchbox though.  There are so many subjects that would have never seen the light of day without them.  Such as the F3D-2 Skyknight, which I will do when I finish this one. 

Cheers,

Greg

Greg ,

I was wondering if you could do me a small favour and re-post a pic of the seats from your Meteor NF-13 build . The one where you added some extra plastic around the seats ; I want to do something similar .

Thank's buddy ...

                   John .

ahh.. I kinda figured... thanks !

Satch congrats on the wins ,I knew the 110 was a show stopper and that proves it!

Thanks for all the great comments and support everyone it is much appreciated and very humbling

p38j there are 4 -30 mm cannon in the lower area and up top 4-7mm machine guns along with the diopole support tubes so it is a bit busy up front. The a/c in the pics was lacking the antenae array so I left them off as well but it would have looked even busier

like this one

Trey- yet another fantastic result. The Do-217 came out great! Excellent work, and you certainly have earned the 'ace' badge sir. Congratulations!

Trey: Wow! Another winner! Love the leopard look. Looking forward to the 190.

Satch: Congrads on your two wins!

Trey... that looks very cool.. odd neat shape,.

question... are the items protruding from the nose radar antennae ? ... the lowers ones look like machine gun/cannons... the uppers,, im not sure...thanks !

Trey,

Came out great...I especially like the eye level picture. Really gives me a sense of scale and the unusual profile of the A/C. You my friend...are "the man" and worthy of that Ace badge.

Gregbear  Don't be jealous, my 2nd wife passed a little over 9 years ago.  She hated me being a night owl and I wouldn't have been able to work on much anything after 9pm.  About a year ago I gave up on women period.  They are usually too messed up and I no longer have the desire to deal with all that.  My first wife didn't have a problem with my hobbies and I had a room to myself.  After one such paint session in that room I took a break & went out for some Mtn Dew.  Upon returning to the room I noticed that it had a "fog" in the air.    That was when I stopped painting until after I built the ductwork and exhaust system.  I had been breathing that stuff!  After that I never had a problem.  At one point I was painting hundreds of WW2 German armor miniatures for war gaming. These were not the single color ones and they were 1/285th scale.  They were the 2 and 3 color schemes and some had the specular with spots over the darker colors.  Lots of airbrushing and quick painting.  They sold as fast as I could paint them.  

These days it is nice to have some friends that I can hang with once in a while, but it is very nice to be able to work till 3am if I so desire, and do so in comfort.

Hi Satch, I have never been.  I have meaning to join for awhile.  I hang out with some of the guys at Hill Country Hobby, and they seem like good guys.  I need to make it a priority for next month.  I sure would've liked to have seen your planes in person.  The way they look in the pictures, the recognition was well deserved!

I am looking forward to the Austin armor show.  I have never been to that one, but with the theme of Korea this year, I gotta go.  In the Korea GB, they have been bad influences on me, and I have started to dabble in armor a little.  It will be in the paint booth line, with everything else though!

Cheers,

Greg