Good work fellas!  Sorry I have been absent of late.  Not to get personal, but my ex passed away a few weeks ago, and now I am the sole parent of a 10 and 12 year old.  That has kind of swallowed up my life recently, but I haven't forsaken this GB.  Things are starting to settle down, and I should be able to find some build time.  Sorry about the sob story, but I don't want you guys thinking I am blowing this GB off.

Mike, as for the F-117, I have never seen that.  That is cool.  It is still a nightfighter, so go for it.  I am looking forward to seeing more of your intruder.  I love the A-6 family.  After Corsairs, and Phantoms, I'd say they are my favorite.

Those of you who have done multiple builds, I was thinking of making a special "ACE" badge for anyone that hits five (or more).  What do ya'll think? 

Thanks again for your patience and participation.

Cheers,

Greg

Hey everyone,

Quick Question???

Are the Mask Sets any good for these canopys??

Just wondering, It took me a while to mask off this set for the cat.

Ken

Greg,

Sorry to hear about the ex. A death is never a good thing. 

Greg, my condolences..

Sorry for your loss Greg.  Take care of those kids.  The models can wait for a quieter time but the kids can't.  They'll be grown and gone before you know it. 

My condolences as well Greg, sorry to hear the bad news...

5th and 8th Grade?  What school district?  My wife is a teacher up here.

pm if you need anything, Greg...

Greg my condolences, My thoughts and prayers to you and the kids. Ace badge sounds like a great idea

Greg scored a Revell Ju87D-8 Night Intruder 1/48 kit would like to add this if its okay,thanks

Thanks for the support guys, I really appreciate it.

A night stuka sounds good Trey.  I'll put you down.

Cheers,

Greg

Thanks Greg hope things are going good for you and the little ones. I got started on the Night Stuka its a very basic no frills kit

Looking good Trey, specially that IP! 

Just a couple of quick update photos to show that I haven't been completely slacking.  The homemade canopy had a big gap on one side but it is pretty amazing what you can hide with some white glue and Mr Surfacer 500.  Ready for some squiggles at this point.

Thanks Dave ,the canopy fix looks great! The finish is looking real sweet ,very clean looking build so far.

Looking good fellas...

Trey does Revell make a dedicated night Stuka or are you doing a mod?

Thanks Hercmech, the kit came with markings for the D-5 of Udel or the D-8 night version with the flame hiders being the only real 'add-on' do'nt know how accurate it really is but for me it will do fine. I got the raised lines sanded off and scripted the panel lines back with a fine sharpe

a little more progress

Great stuff Trey, really cool idea to use a marker for the panel lines.

Not much progress to report concerning the P-61. I hate to admit Herr Field Marshall was right... I HATE THIS KIT................

Thanks Gamera,sorry to hear the Widows giving you problems is it the fit?

Sorry to whine but yes fit in some places is good on others not so great. And though I've put tape over details and used other tricks I've still sanded away a lot of raised detail while working on the seams. I'm not one of the people who are anal about recessed panel lines but gee if you sand the reccessed ones away it's easy to replace them with by scoring with a number 11 blade. I've tried replacing raised panel lines a number of ways but still haven't found anything I'm really happy with.

Perhaps I can help you.  I've built this kit three times already and know a few tricks to get around the sticky parts.  One way I've found to replace the raised lines is with masking tape and elmers glue.

Thanks NFN, your Widow looked so fantastic and I think mine will look ok if you don't look too closely.

I've been doing something sorta simular using the tape but with Mr. Surfacer. I'm lost on replacing the rivets though. I guess I could shave some off another kit and glue them to the Widow but I always seem to have problems getting them straight and aligned correctly.

Don't worry about the rivets.  You can go ahead and sand them off to match the rest of your plane if you wish.  I made the rivets on my plane with a sharp needle or pin.  The kind that has the little color ball on the back end.  To put the rivets in a straight line, use a good 1/4" vinyl tape.  If you can't find any, electical tape would work and you might be able to cut it while it's still on the roll.  Using one edge of the tape, create a straight line between the two points you want to put rivets on.  The rivets tend to be about 1/16' apart but you can measure the distance before you sand them off.  Then stick the point into the plane using the edge of the tape as your guide.  Make a couple circular motions and move on to the next spot.  Don't worry if they are not absolutely perfect.  Rosie the Riveter wasn't perfect either and makes it a little more authentic looking.  Should you make a hole where you didn't want one, go over it with your finger nail and it will close it up.   You can experiment with this on the inside of a wing or some odd piece where it won't show if you want to practice.  Hope that helps.  :) 

The splinter is done next will be the dreaded squiggles in rlm79 not looking forward to it but its gotta be done.

NFN: Thanks!!! Will give it a try, sounds alot easier than shaving rivets off another kit and trying to glue them on the model.

Trey: Nice sharp line on the splinter camo, good stuff man.

Trey,

Looking good!

Trey, the splinter looks great.  Can't wait to see your squiggles. 

Speaking of hand cramps.  Got the spots on my 234. 

Razor,

Love the mottle bet that was a huge pain in the

Gamera,Hercmech thanks

thanks Dave,the mottle looks spot on great job. I feel your pain just got done with a major pita myself

whoa...squiggles

whoa...double post!