(A)SW GBII - CLOSING

bsyamato

 

kermit:

 

Vetteman,

Could you tell me what brand your kit is? Just wanted to add it but i dont have all the data...

Richard

 

 

could be ItalEsci?

nice new avatar kermit!

ops..

Bet you could paint a whole navy that scale with one jar........

cheers

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! a great vid Stik !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kermit the kit is a Tamiya here's a picture of the box art and sprue.

This thing is huge check the 6 inch scale and the bottle of tamiya paint

LMAO

Loved the youtube

My new avatar reflects the fact that i am now a "made" froggie in the monogram mafia (GB). A kit doesnt have to be a hasegawa or tamyia one in order to get good results. Your builds with all the scratching and detailing a good examples too

Richard

 THAT'S AWESOME!!!!

I see a manny there?

Isn't it great? His new avatar reminds me of this video... (sorry about the thread hijack )

kermit

Vetteman,

Could you tell me what brand your kit is? Just wanted to add it but i dont have all the data...

Richard

could be ItalEsci?

nice new avatar kermit!

kermit

Vetteman,

Could you tell me what brand your kit is? Just wanted to add it but i dont have all the data...

Richard

could be ItalEsci?

nice new avatar kermit!

Vetteman,

Could you tell me what brand your kit is? Just wanted to add it but i dont have all the data...

Richard

and me a bigger cat with a felix on tail vf-31 tomcatters italeri 1/48 oob (AMS fever on this failed  )

the third tomcat i build. 

this and an f-111 are my only 1/48 finished kit i have

pictures of the s-3 in the box?

Thanks Medic! I have a 1/32 Revell Tomcat in my stash. That one will be in VF-1 subdued markings when I build it. I did this one as 1980s VF-84 after reading Red Storm Rising back then. But of all the Tomcat Squadrons, VF-1, VF-84, and VF-111 had the most attractive/visually appealing squadron markings.

Kermit, I am actually having lots of fun adding the PE. This is only my third surface ship build in almost 30 years, and my first attempt at ship PE. With the exception of the radar, it is not as difficult as I feared it would be.

stikpusher

Did somebody say Jolly Rogers?

See. My point exactly. I say something about "Jolly Roger" and there's two Tomcats with those maekings. That's why I wanted to do VF-1 "Wolfpack".

Great looking Tomcats though!

Stik,

Either you are having fun with it or you must be ready to be hauled off to the looney bin. All that PE must have been making you cross eyed by now. Exccellent upgrading of a dated kit!

Vetteman,

Just took a quick peek at my online shops and a two minute search already revealed stuff by Hobbyboss and Tamyia in that scale. But i am not sure if your collection of tweezers would be small enough. Next pic is a type VIIC in 1:350. So your subs would be half the size:

Will update the front page for ya. Can't wait to see you go out of your comfort zone with building that destroyer Admiring the ambition my friend!

Richard

Nice looking Tomcats guys and one of my favorite jets too.

Kermit i received my model for this group in the mail yesterday ( Saturday) the USS Fletcher in 1/700. Leme tell ya this kit is so small and just cute as all get out and will be hard to resist starting right now. I will post the huge parts count sprues and box art tomorrow. This is also a waterline kit sooooo I guess I will be making a base for it also and trying my hand at simulating water. Gotta built the Yak first or I will run out of time for your other GB.

I just had a very dangerous thought for a base since this seems to be a bunch of firsts for me, never built a modern ship, or sub, or a base. Does anyone make a 1/700 U-Boat model ????

Did somebody say Jolly Rogers?

Stickpusher, a good done lifting  

de havilland canada

Hi ya Kermit......you may as well add a Firefly to my Tracker build too..........so check that....... AZ model 1/48 Fairey Firefly w/ash radar....I figure we got till 2012 so I may as well keep adding.....hell....there may be more after that......of course it will be in CDN livery.My cat(or helper seems to approve because he is licking the box,Charlie is his name ....don't get dirty thoughts about licking boxes....)

Cheers and gears

.....

nice work all

yes! i like it too much! 

Esci moulded at the time great things.. i have on workbench the harrier gr3 (italeri rebox..) and details are great compared to the age of molds, just save yourself from the 1/48 Esci tornado, it's an outstanding faillure!

.. jolly rogers?

i made one when i was teenager.. academy 1/72 with superscale decals.. 

soon i hope some updates on the gannet

Hi ya Kermit......you may as well add a Firefly to my Tracker build too..........so check that....... AZ model 1/48 Fairey Firefly w/ash radar....I figure we got till 2012 so I may as well keep adding.....hell....there may be more after that......of course it will be in CDN livery.My cat(or helper seems to approve because he is licking the box,Charlie is his name ....don't get dirty thoughts about licking boxes....)

Cheers and gears

Martin

BTW I absolutely love the 100 year anniversary scheme for the Viking.......would love to see it in real life.As far as I am concerned there is nothing better than a modern A/C done with colours to pay respect to squadrons or air groups  that have made such a sacrifice through major battles in whatever theater of war that allow us to have the priveledge to do what we do everyday here online  and day to day............thats my rant of the build.......may be the beer talkin...

nice work all

kermit

Did i hear my name drop..?

Did one old Italeri/ Esci F86E for the weekend GB once. Italeri used the unchanged Esci mold and added a huge, 6 option decalsheet to give it an all new feel. Basic but nice kit though. I recall having little issues and lotsa fun with it.

I will add your Viking to the rollcall Medicman. Have fun!

Richard

Thanks Kermit. Yeah the decal sheet in my kit is huge!!! Too bad I'm not going to use them. Lol.

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

Yeah the Italeri kit is the old ESCI kit. There are some aftermarket stuff out there to improve and update it to current standards. I know that Serria Hotel makes updated (better) enigne intakes. Can't remember the update set but I'll find it. I do have the SAC metal landing gear and the decals for that Cenntenial jet. Got the decals from Fightertown Decals.

I've always had a thing about building the unusal jets such as the MV-22 (obviously), S-3, A-10, etc. I also like to do markings on the jets that you don't see all that often. For example, how many "Jolly Rogers" jets have you seen. A lot. That's why I don't want to do those. Not that they're not cool. Just like doing something different.

Looking forward to starting. I'm a slow builder and I want to get the other stuff that I need. But i'll post pics of the kit and decals tomorrow.

Did i hear my name drop..?

Did one old Italeri/ Esci F86E for the weekend GB once. Italeri used the unchanged Esci mold and added a huge, 6 option decalsheet to give it an all new feel. Basic but nice kit though. I recall having little issues and lotsa fun with it.

I will add your Viking to the rollcall Medicman. Have fun!

Richard

Thanks Yamato! I think this is more of a "facelift" than major surgery. Adding little details here and there, removing stuff to bring her up to modern standards. And while the molds do show their age, they also show a high degree of nice engineering from that era as well. I agree 100% about the mast work really adding motivation for improvement and making the build shine.

Yes the  1/48 S-3 is a rehash of the old 70s vintage ESCI kit. While they were a good deal back in the day, Italeri overcharges for them today for no improvements or  minimal upgrades.

stikpusher you're in heavy surgery mode on the ramsey!! surely she will show less years than the mould really have i like

the intricate radar/superstructure/ladders etc are one of the reason that top me to continue the 5 ships tha i have in my stash...

hi medicman i'm glad to se here you and another "mach 2 top speed" planes like the gannet and the tracker .. and as your awesome osprey!

glad you like the gannet, lately i'm finding strange (or less notorius) subject to build. On helicopter section i'm working on a kamov ka-18!

just wait kermit to add you in.

off topic, i think the italeri s-3 it's originally from the dead  Esci , italeri collected lots of esci molds.

Stik...again looking very nice!!!!!

Medic welcome and funny you should say you wanted to see the Tracker built up because I wanted to see the Viking built before I got one so def. looking forward to it.Thanks for the compliments ,I am still waiting decals and final touches but you guys will see it here first.

I just got the AZ model Firefly in 1/48 so being that we have  till 2012 I think I will throw it in the build as well!!

Cheers all

Martin

Medic, she is the forerunner to the OHP Class. The Brooke Class were the first FFGs and served from the mid 60s onward. I really like your choice of subject material, that Viking is a great tribute to the old Scout/Observation Squadrons in early WWII!

Yamato, I took another pic of the scratchbuilt radar here, you can get a better idea of the mesh giving the grid pattern/texture on the radar faceplate.

Well, I spent much of yesterday before work adding PE to the Mack assembly and I began removal of the molded on stairs and adding on PE inclined ladders. Here are some pics of up to where I left off yesterday...

front and rear 1/4 views of Mack

superstructure sides- one with molded on stairs removed and PE inclined ladders added, one as molded...

and the molded on stairs on the superstructure that would be removed today and replaced by PE

then came today's work- molded on stairs removed and an opening made in catwalk for PE inclined ladder

PE inclined and vertical ladders added to superstructure

PE inclined ladders added to superstructure topsides after molded on stairs were removed

and final bits of PE railing added to Mack, as well as support beams for yardarm

and since weather conditions were good this afternoon, it was off to the paint shop for the hull. Lower hull was painted in MM Acryl Marine Colors Anti Fouling Red

and of course, then it was time for the place everything on the hull and take some shots pics...

time to take a break...

Hey all,

Some nice builds going on in here. I think i'd like to jump in here on this one. I have the Italeri 1/48 S-3B Viking that i'd like to add. I'm going to do it in the Cenntenial colors.

Hey Stik, is that ship a early version of the Oliver Hazard Perry Class of ships. They look a lot alike.

Yamato- Nice Gannet. Nice to see one of those being built.

Julez and Kermit- Great looking subs.

de havilland canada- Cool looking Tracker. I wanted to see that kit built. Very nice paint job.

Here's a pic of the Viking i'm gonna do.

stikpusher

 

Then I built a new SPS-52 Air Search radar. I superglued some Starbuck's Green Tea teabag mesh (a very fine nylon mesh perfect for this sort of stuff) to the main piece of sheet plastic for the texture, then added the side panels and lower bar from strip styrene. I attached it to the original kit radar piece base for mounting. It is not 100% accurate or perfect, but it is a big improvement over the kit part.

front view 

rear view

 

that's great ! not easy to see in the picture but i stand how's the mesh

I discovered that mesh by accident while Christmas shopping this past year. Had some green tea to perk me up and saw that the bag was a fine mesh... the modeler's eye said it would be useful. I am sure folks must have wondered why I put that thing in my pocket if anyone was watching... It works excellent for 1/35 helmet nets too.

Very nice indeed Stik.

That is a great idea for mesh...I will remember that one.

Can't wait to see some color on it!

Cheers

Here is close up view of one of the new exhaust  vents. A big improvement!

well then I had to add vertical ladders to the mast, I off and re positioned the top portion from fore/aft to side to side, based off some pics I found. I also scratch built and added the cap for the top of the mast, added some PE railing to the yardarm, some anemometers, made and attached the SPS-10 Surface search radar. That little two piece item took me the longest time to get glued together properly...

front view

rear view

and a close up including the stack vents

Then I built a new SPS-52 Air Search radar. I superglued some Starbuck's Green Tea teabag mesh (a very fine nylon mesh perfect for this sort of stuff) to the main piece of sheet plastic for the texture, then added the side panels and lower bar from strip styrene. I attached it to the original kit radar piece base for mounting. It is not 100% accurate or perfect, but it is a big improvement over the kit part.

front view 

rear view

and then placed on the Mack assembly

I am loving this first experience with this PE stuff here! More to follow next week

You and I both my friend! I keep adding more PE to the Mack assembly. I will have a progress pic or two later this evening. Right now I need to pack for my island getaway that starts tomorrow...