The Official F-4 Phantom II Group Build 2011

Hi folks.  I am having a slight disagreement with the Mrs.  Maybe you guys can help.  We got to talking about my buds here on FSM and we somehow ended up on the subject of favorite beverage.  For some reason my wife thinks most of you are Whiskey fans.  I told her probably beer, then the entire convo went off over the rainbow.   So now we are trying to put a favorite beverage to the names here and see which one of us is right.  So could everyone respond with their favorite beverage? I know it's off topic, but she's driving me nuts...

Rich

RC Cola, my friend!

Really nice work goin' on, ya'll! Gotta start the second bird....

Glenn

I tend to drink beer of the stronger variety, occasionally bloody marys and every once in a while margarittas.

Ken

Uhhh....disaster relief.......tell Deb I'll send whatever she drinks.....lol.....

I drink beer.......uhhhh.......

Yeah....after today's news.....don't want to contribute to cabin fever Rich!!!!!

While in England on vacation back in 86, I grew fond of Bass Ale.  I was staying with friends in Burrton on Trent.  That's where they manufacture it.  I just loved the brewery tour. lol  But you HAVE to drink it warm.

Yep, and then there is a Black and Tan, Bass with Guinness Draught on top!

Ken

Rich -- rich port wine, butterscotch schnapps, Irish cream, homebrew ales of all descriptions, sweet cider...

Oh, and re the pitot tubes, would recommend some fine brass tubing clipped to length and CA'd into pre-drilled holes.

Cheers, M/TB379

Bockscar

 

 

Hey 'Sniff, gotta picture to post, would luv to C that!!!

 

I'm always happy to accomodate. I need to re-position the canopies. They sagged sometime between being attached and going on the shelf.

I put the Datalink on the centerline. I saw several pictures when I was doing my research showing two Walleyes mounted, and wing tanks. The link pod on the centerline was kind of a logical leap. I have no idea if it is correct.

And for the record. I love a good Whiskey. Makers Mark on the rocks is my usual, but if I want something a little better I go with a Bookers. Sometimes I venture into Scotch when I have the money and feel adventurous. I love a good Guinness though, it is just hard to find a place that has it on tap and pours it correctly in San Antonio.

Unfortunately the only local place to get the tubing is HobbytownUSA, and ours doesn't stock the smaller diameters.

Thunderbolt379

Rich -- rich port wine, butterscotch schnapps, Irish cream, homebrew ales of all descriptions, sweet cider...

Oh, and re the pitot tubes, would recommend some fine brass tubing clipped to length and CA'd into pre-drilled holes.

Cheers, M/TB379

Beer...

Scotch...

Whiskey.

I'n that order, but not necessarily after one another.

Cheers!

-O

My prefrence would be Jamison Whiskey. But when in a place that knows how to do it and have skills in doing it I enjoy a Guiness

Steve

Hi Everyone,

I got some more paint on the controls of the cockpit tonight.  I took a picture to upload but it didn't show very well and I didn't feel like taking another.  So I will take another picture tomorrow night after I get more done on it.  Not much left to do as far as paint goes on the cockpit.  Next step will be to cut the resin base off then start adding more photo etch parts.  I am going to be so ready to start working on something else besides the cockpit!

Ken

oortiz10

Beer...

Scotch...

Whiskey.

I'n that order, but not necessarily after one another.

Cheers!

-O

"Beer then liquor, nothing sicker

Liquor then beer, your in the clear."

Except the friends come over then, it's beer, liquor, beer, liquor........

HANG it in a basket, 'till your brain heals OVER!!!!!

paintsniffer

 

Bockscar:

 

 

 

Hey 'Sniff, gotta picture to post, would luv to C that!!!

 

 

 

I'm always happy to accomodate. I need to re-position the canopies. They sagged sometime between being attached and going on the shelf.

I put the Datalink on the centerline. I saw several pictures when I was doing my research showing two Walleyes mounted, and wing tanks. The link pod on the centerline was kind of a logical leap. I have no idea if it is correct.

 

And for the record. I love a good Whiskey. Makers Mark on the rocks is my usual, but if I want something a little better I go with a Bookers. Sometimes I venture into Scotch when I have the money and feel adventurous. I love a good Guinness though, it is just hard to find a place that has it on tap and pours it correctly in San Antonio.

Hey, plenty 'a room in the F-4 tree fort pal, by the way, nice Crusader. Dumb question 'Sniff: is that shelving hurricane standard or what, man, those planes think they really are on an aircraft carrier...lol....

Yeah guys, if I'm drinking whiskey........see yaaahhhh....lol....

Bockscar

Yeah guys, if I'm drinking whiskey........see yaaahhhh....lol....

Cheers!

Ken

Okay..  Come on folks.  Who hasn't put in their beverage of choice yet?  I need a full headcount to prove it to the Mrs. 

Hi Berny,

I am just curious.  Have you ever had a chance to visit the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton Ohio?

Ken

I have made a little bit of progress.  My camera isn't good enough to capture the detail, but I added quite a bit to the Fujimi N.  I have the fuselages sealed up on the the N and J.  The S shouldn't be far behind.  Since my p.e. sets were for the Hase, it took a little bit of test fitting to get them to work.  It is worth the trouble, since the Fujimi is pretty devoid of detail.  Here are the pics.

Oh yeah....

I don't always drink, but when I do...  I drink Jack Daniel's. 

Cheers,

Greg

Greg:

Brave man....dining room table and all....what is that paint/colour on the inside of the fuselage?

Also; filling seems to be going right!

We'll have to award you the "yeah, on the dining room table, Hon!!!!"....Award!!!!!

BTE, I don't always drink Jack Daniel's, but when I do.....

I swear I can glue airplanes with that stuff........

Son Of Medicine Man

Hi Berny,

I am just curious.  Have you ever had a chance to visit the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton Ohio?

Ken

Yes I have.  Several times.  I have also visited the Navy Museum in Pensacola.

I drink very seldom, but when I do I like beer with pizza and Mexican food.  Every so often I will have a Canadian Club when I feel a chill or cold coming on. 

Some very nice work going on.  A lot of you are really turning out some great looking cockpits and aircraft.

berny13

Son Of Medicine Man:

Hi Berny,

I am just curious.  Have you ever had a chance to visit the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton Ohio?

Ken

 

Yes I have.  Several times.  I have also visited the Navy Museum in Pensacola.

I drink very seldom, but when I do I like beer with pizza and Mexican food.  Every so often I will have a Canadian Club when I feel a chill or cold coming on. 

Some very nice work going on.  A lot of you are really turning out some great looking cockpits and aircraft.

Hi Berny,

Very cool.  When was the last time you visited?  They are having a special commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Southeast Asia War this year.  Here is a link:

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/sea.asp

I am pretty lucky to live close enough to visit it on a semi regular basis.  I went twice last year and stayed in Dayton each time for three days.  I still didn't get to see as much as I wanted to.  I want to go again and take a camera with a better flash.  That is the only complaint I have is that it is a little dark on the inside.  The pictures I took were okay when I took a close up, but any that were of the entire plane came out bright on the parts closest to me but the rest of the aircraft looked dark.

Ken

Sparrowhyperion

Okay..  Come on folks.  Who hasn't put in their beverage of choice yet?  I need a full headcount to prove it to the Mrs. 

The occaisional Sam Adams, otherwise Diet Coke.

Ken -- I had the same problem at the RAF Museum, Hendon -- big planes in dim light. My flash doesn't reach very far at the best of times, so my solution was to shoot without flash but make darn sure the camera was supported, like on top of a post or against a vertical support. That way each photograph was essentially a time exposure, and the colours came up quite rich. A tripod would be the best solution, of course, and you look like a real photographer carting one around, maybe with a cable shutter release -- if your digital is equipped for it, mine isn't...

Cheers, M/TB379

Thunderbolt379

Ken -- I had the same problem at the RAF Museum, Hendon -- big planes in dim light. My flash doesn't reach very far at the best of times, so my solution was to shoot without flash but make darn sure the camera was supported, like on top of a post or against a vertical support. That way each photograph was essentially a time exposure, and the colours came up quite rich. A tripod would be the best solution, of course, and you look like a real photographer carting one around, maybe with a cable shutter release -- if your digital is equipped for it, mine isn't...

Cheers, M/TB379

Hi Mike,

Yes, someone else suggested the same thing.  I am going to try that the next time I go if I have not acquired a better flash by then.  My camera does have the ability to do manual settings, and I do own a tripod.  I have taken some pictures in the dark before, the most notible of a Lunar eclipse.  Thanks for the advice, I really do appreciate it!

Ken

Thunderbolt379

Rich -- rich port wine, butterscotch schnapps, Irish cream, homebrew ales of all descriptions, sweet cider...

Oh, and re the pitot tubes, would recommend some fine brass tubing clipped to length and CA'd into pre-drilled holes.

Cheers, M/TB379

"Good temperance?" (he says, swigging from the schnapps bottle...)

M/TB379

I drink Hot Black Strong Coffee

back when I was still bulletproof, I drank Yukon Jack or Southern Comfort,,,,,before that, I had "a leaning" towards beer,,,my favorite kind was yellow

yeah, Paintsniffer, your pod looks a little small,,,,,,the links I posted have dimensions on some of them,,,,,looks like you could possibly start with some left over rocket pod bodies, and glue enough together and attach end caps to that,,,,,,,sand and smooth, add the hatches,,,,,,in 1/72 scale, rocket pod parts accumulate like ants on sugar,,,you probably have a few hundred of them, lol

Rex

Thunderbolt379

"Good temperance?" (he says, swigging from the schnapps bottle...)

M/TB379

No schnaabbs hic...er...hic......boddddle...hic..rounddd ,schwupps, sorry 'bout that mammm.....no schwubbbs, 'round ....a here Mitch,,,,,.....

lol.....butterscotch.....mmmmm........I wonder if they make RPG's in butterscocth......just wondrin'.......

oh well, if not, just regular copper flavour. Yummy!

Tomorrow, real paper intakes, I'll post the pics, whhennn IIII''mmm,,,,,nnhhot schnappped!!!lol....

TarnShip

I drink Hot Black Strong Coffee

back when I was still bulletproof, I drank Yukon Jack or Southern Comfort,,,,,before that, I had "a leaning" towards beer,,,my favorite kind was yellow

yeah, Paintsniffer, your pod looks a little small,,,,,,the links I posted have dimensions on some of them,,,,,looks like you could possibly start with some left over rocket pod bodies, and glue enough together and attach end caps to that,,,,,,,sand and smooth, add the hatches,,,,,,in 1/72 scale, rocket pod parts accumulate like ants on sugar,,,you probably have a few hundred of them, lol

Rex

ohhhhhhhhh...........i can't take it any more........

Sorry Rex.....my brain's a little small........

ROTFLMAO.......I''''mmmmmhavvving aaaaa....aaaaaa.......hernia.....!9111111111!!!!!!!!!!!

That's the best shot through the liver Marshalll.....LOL....