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stikpusher

Hans von Hammer:

redraider56:

...why would you need to look for one on ebay?  Didn't Revell just re-release it a couple years ago?

 

I want the CAF Ghost Squadron boxing of the 'Cobra that Monogram released back in around '82...

 

Hans are you looking for the complete kit or do you just need the decal sheet?

Sorry Stik, missed this post.. Yeah, the decals..

Well, I did notice over on the boast poast that I get one  chip for the tres amigos, and the Rommel's Rod didn't get the call. Friggin PC stuff. But no. I'm good.

This weekend I start the Phantom Mustang.

Hans von Hammer

Ok, I got the front page updated, I think...  Sound off if I missed you or you need percentage changed...

Gonna start that thread in the aircraft section for youse mugs, and the others as they become available.. Only completed builds will be posted...

THEN.. I'll be returning to the bench.. THE WAR ROOM IS REDCON ONE!*

 

*That means it's ready for me to build in, for you people in Rio Linda, CA...)

 

Ps... update on the F-100...

futured... pin wash...

next.. either Dot Filters.. or pastels... oops.. decals first..

Bondoman !! missed the Rod !!! sometimes all the message doesn't come thru in the email notification .. I shoulda looked !

 nice Bipes !! and Love the Rod !!!

ok.. Don ,, for your approval... not 100%.. but 95.6%..

decaled..

my first Dot Filtering event... and... viola..:550:0]

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Coming along very nicely P38! Especially the dot filtering. Do you have any sparesof the national insignias? Those are the only thing taking away from your build so far...

I started my Swift boat this afternoon. Hull is done and I am doing some clean up and detailing to the armament. The kit .50s are crud, so some Verlinden resin ones are being fitted. That ismy only slow down point I anticipate.

ThANKS Stik,, !

on the nat insig? are u referin to the white showing?

Yes... I know it's a little thing on the overall finish, but the white overlap on the borders catches the eye...

nooo,.,, i wished I did,, I don't do many jets,, so I have few kits to choose from, and any others I have have the larger insig in it,, I may be able to do some touch up..

Right now,, I'm scratch building a Don Hammerloni BJ Hunnicut mustache in 1/48

Um..

Hans old buddy, can I change my other plane?  I still don't have the paints for the Mosquito.  So I am not sure when I will be able to finish it.   I am working on a nice little old 1/48 Monogram Confederate Air Force TBF Avenger though.  I needed a change of pace.  I just started it.  I'll send up some pics s soon as I can.

Very nice work, P38!    Hans, thanks for going thru the effort to post our finished pics in the aircraft post.

Ken

Sparrowhyperion

Um..

Hans old buddy, can I change my other plane?   I am working on a nice little old 1/48 Monogram Confederate Air Force TBF Avenger though. 

Consider it done...

stikpusher

Coming along very nicely P38! Especially the dot filtering. Do you have any sparesof the national insignias? Those are the only thing taking away from your build so far...

Heh, I'm the other way on the dot filters.. I think it's a fine armor weathing technique (not one I care to do, but fine, none the less), but I think it's a bit heavy-handed for aircraft that aren't based on "primitive" fields... Of course, that's gonna depend on how grimy you want it to look too.. Your call, at any rate, I'm just sounding off..

Gotta gree about star & bars... Perhaps a little touch-up with the base color and a brush?  That's what I'd do anyway..

Stik, you needin' those small insignias for a T.O. 114 SE Asia Camo? Or will the larger ones from a NMF bird do? I've got some spares from the F-80.. Or were you just askin' P-38 dude about replacing his?

I'm gonna try to fix the insig.. some touch up should work..

The dot filtering, although it looked heavy when I applied the dots, actually wasn't that heavy once I applied the brush.. in person, it looks more like some mild grime...

I did get it dull coated last night,,and The Don's "stach" has been scratchbuilt..

Nice job on the filtering, '38J!  I've used the technique on aircraft, too.  I like it because I can do it on a panel at a time, and since I don't yet use an airbrush, it's an easy way for me to pick out panels.

Hans von Hammer

 

Heh, I'm the other way on the dot filters.. I think it's a fine armor weathing technique (not one I care to do, but fine, none the less), but I think it's a bit heavy-handed for aircraft that aren't based on "primitive" fields... Of course, that's gonna depend on how grimy you want it to look too.. Your call, at any rate, I'm just sounding off..

Gotta gree about star & bars... Perhaps a little touch-up with the base color and a brush?  That's what I'd do anyway..

Stik, you needin' those small insignias for a T.O. 114 SE Asia Camo? Or will the larger ones from a NMF bird do? I've got some spares from the F-80.. Or were you just askin' P-38 dude about replacing his?

I think the Hun is a good choice for the dot filtering... at least the SEA ones because they did endure pretty rough weather... 4-6 years in a Tropical Monsoon climate outdoors nearly the entire time. Many looked liked 'gate guards' in photos by the time they were phased out.

I was asking P-38 about replacing his. I am good.

BTW, PM your address and I can send you the kit decals off my CAF Ghost squadron Airacobra. I have more P-39 AM decals than I ever will need.

Well.  I am off and running with the Avenger kit.  Assembly is moving along pretty quickly.  I hope to be ready to paint by the end of the week.

Here's a few images

That's about it for now.  More as it progresses.

Nice start, SH!  What markings are you going to use, eg, Pacific or North Atlantic?

You know, when I was getting back into the hobby, this was one of the first kits I tracked down, just for that great figure of the crewman running across the deck to mount up for his flight.

Are you retaining the operationg features, too?  I had to glue the wings in place on a couple I built, because I was afraid of breaking them in transport to the club meeting.

Best regards,

Brad

Probably Pacific Theater.  I have had a minor setback.  While attempting to mount the ball turret in the fuselage for a test fitting, the barrel of the machine gun snapped off, and I'm still trying to find it..  lol

I am not having the best of luck with kits this week.

Rich

the Baron

Nice start, SH!  What markings are you going to use, eg, Pacific or North Atlantic?

You know, when I was getting back into the hobby, this was one of the first kits I tracked down, just for that great figure of the crewman running across the deck to mount up for his flight.

Are you retaining the operationg features, too?  I had to glue the wings in place on a couple I built, because I was afraid of breaking them in transport to the club meeting.

Best regards,

Brad

The Wildcat has no pit, only a pilot figure, so am scratch-building one.  Ground off the square headrest and replaced with round, and am building the rest with black and white styrene.  Plan to use an Eduard color PE set (for Tamiya).

Ken

Looking good Kbuzz!

http://vimeo.com/22241898

hope the link works.. its an F100F restored, and they find a former POW who used to fly one, to be in the first public flight, and his son is a current F-16 jockey..

That was awesome.   The F100 has always been one of my favorites.  It just had that bada$$ look to it.  I wonder if they let him take the stick for a while.  I may not agree with the politicians who sent us into Vietnam, but I have absolutely nothing BUT respect for the men and women who fought there.  And I think it's a real commentary on the those politicians when you look at the deplorable way those same men and women were treated when they got home.  I now know what paint job the F100 sitting in my stash will get.  I snagged the video so I can use it as a reference.

Rich

p38jl

http://vimeo.com/22241898

 

hope the link works.. its an F100F restored, and they find a former POW who used to fly one, to be in the first public flight, and his son is a current F-16 jockey..

Sparrowhyperion

Probably Pacific Theater.  I have had a minor setback.  While attempting to mount the ball turret in the fuselage for a test fitting, the barrel of the machine gun snapped off, and I'm still trying to find it..  lol

I am not having the best of luck with kits this week.

Rich

 

the Baron:

Nice start, SH!  What markings are you going to use, eg, Pacific or North Atlantic?

You know, when I was getting back into the hobby, this was one of the first kits I tracked down, just for that great figure of the crewman running across the deck to mount up for his flight.

Are you retaining the operationg features, too?  I had to glue the wings in place on a couple I built, because I was afraid of breaking them in transport to the club meeting.

Best regards,

Brad

 

Heh, I did the same thing with one of mine, but I had some small-diameter brass tubing that stood in quite nicely as a replacement.

With the open crew hatch on the starboard side, and an open center canopy section, I get nervous every time I have to pick it up

kbuzz01

The Wildcat has no pit, only a pilot figure, so am scratch-building one.  Ground off the square headrest and replaced with round, and am building the rest with black and white styrene.  Plan to use an Eduard color PE set (for Tamiya).

Ken

 

 

Nice job, Ken!  I had to do the same thing for the F6F, and then I was able to use Mike Grant's instrument decals for the dials and panels.  Are you going to include any of the detail visible in the wheel wells, too?

Best regards,

Brad

kbuzz01

The Wildcat has no pit, only a pilot figure, so am scratch-building one.  Ground off the square headrest and replaced with round, and am building the rest with black and white styrene.  Plan to use an Eduard color PE set (for Tamiya).

Ken

 

 

I dont know how dead set you are for accuracy on your F4F cockpit, but the Wildcat did not have a solid floor. It had troughs for the pilots feet and gaps to teh die where the pilot could look down thru the windows in the bottom of the fueslage

the window is visible behind to the right of the mechanics in the photo below

P38, Baron, Stik, thanks.  Not sure what I'll do with wheel wells, elevators, belly windows, canopy, etc. yet.  S'pose I should try to go all out as I'm trying to honor Joe Foss and his #53 since he was one of my real heroes.

I also have that pic with the belly window, Stik, and am still looking for more.

Ken

Hello my fellow Mafioso...

I present to you this am.. my most humble attempt at honoring the Father... Don Hammerloni..

He will sit in the Don's chair of my F-100 which is close to completion...I thank the Don for sitting for this sculpture...He was most gracious with his time..

I heat formed a visor,, stretched it over the Don's head.. he was very patient here..:550:0]

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and I did my best in 1/48 on the Ghost Squadron patch...

p38jl

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WOW - the only thing missing is the scar from the hip replacement! Are you casting these in resin!?