(A)SW GBII - CLOSING

stikpusher

AMS- Advanced Modeler's Syndrome. The urge to continuously modify/detail any kit you are building, beacuase OOB (Out Of Box) is never right, good enough, etc. Be it purchased after market or scratch built gizmology it starts to consume your building style.

..  feels like i'm infected last years tried to do oob but even failed

AMS- Advanced Modeler's Syndrome. The urge to continuously modify/detail any kit you are building, beacuase OOB (Out Of Box) is never right, good enough, etc. Be it purchased after market or scratch built gizmology it starts to consume your building style.

stikpusher

"... but once you start down that path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will!"- Yoda

Was he talking about the force or AMS???

 

what's AMS? (learnirg Abbreviations mode i am)

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little updtss

probeller sub-assemblies

finally started engines!

some refining on the nose

propeller gearbox

(and anothe piece of lea added)

i predict great insanity problems to shape all pieces good

"... but once you start down that path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will!"- Yoda

Was he talking about the force or AMS???

Well painting for today is out due to windy weather (15-20 blowing straight into my garage where I paint and have the door open) So I decide I am gonna do more add on to the Mack. The molded exhast ventts were pretty weak, so I drilled them out. But then the openings did not look right... what to do??? Some aluminum tubing to the rescue! I was able to get some to fit that I had, cut and filedthem to proper length, then bored out the edges to proper shape and now, some proper machinery exhaust vents... now to tackle that SPS-52 air search radar...

Thanks for the idea on the rotor blades Martin. I have brass shim stock in the drawer

Any little bit of extra detail helps huge.Those ladders look great!The seasprite looks really good too.The blades you have look nice too.I remember doing a small Seahawk ,and the blades were too thick and chunky so i used .006" brass shim stock which worked very well especially when I drooped them.Just a thought if you are not happy with the kit ones.

Cheers

Martin

stikpusher

Thanks DH!

I did a bit more work on her late last nite... my first ship PE... Well nothing major, just a couple vertical ladders added on to the Mack assembly, but they are my first. I am sure under a coat of paint the will look good..

 

And not one to let some time go to waste, I scribed some detail onto the top of the ASROC launcher to match what I have seen in photos...

And then I did some work on the Sea Sprite helo: fuselage seam clean up, thin down the rotor blades some (not quite the right size for some PE one I have,, dang) and the main landing gear wheels were molded as a solid rod all the way across. I changed that to give two distinct (somewhat) wheels..

 

 

Great improvement Stickpusher!! now pieces looks better .. Eye of jeweller on the kaman!!

Thanks Vance. My original build of this went in to garbage as well. Unlike the USS Halsey which became a range target for my BB gun...

My next challenge is to scratch a new Air Search radar for her. The one that come with the kit is an older incorrect type.

Looking good Stik, I've actually built this one myself, probably when I was still in high school + long-gone now. I was never a "blow it up" kinda guy, so I can only assume it ended up in a tiny little scrapyard somewhere!

Thanks DH!

I did a bit more work on her late last nite... my first ship PE... Well nothing major, just a couple vertical ladders added on to the Mack assembly, but they are my first. I am sure under a coat of paint the will look good..

And not one to let some time go to waste, I scribed some detail onto the top of the ASROC launcher to match what I have seen in photos...

And then I did some work on the Sea Sprite helo: fuselage seam clean up, thin down the rotor blades some (not quite the right size for some PE one I have,, dang) and the main landing gear wheels were molded as a solid rod all the way across. I changed that to give two distinct (somewhat) wheels..

Lookin good Stik!!!

I applied a coat of Neutral Gray for Haze Gray on the hull and superstructuer and I used Gunship Gray for Deck Gray on decks...

 A couple over all shots with the superstructure sides held in place and the deck placed on the hull.

a close up of the 5" turret and the sonar dome after I sanded the putty smooth

close up of the 5" turret and ASROC launcher....neither are painted yet as I am still gonna add some detailing to each... I have drilled out the bore of the 5" gun.

close up of the Mack assembly and the gun director... I hollowed out the radar dish abit and am still gonna add some details there... the Mack will be dressed with some detailing up a bit before painting...

and a close up of the Tarter/Standard MR launcher and the fire control radar... again I bored out the radar dish, but still need to add more detail to that one as well...

Hey Kermit - with this GB running into next year I may be able to add my name at a later time. I just wanted to reply so I can keep an eye on the thread

Catch you later,

I resumed work on USS Ramsey last night, made enough progress to where I can begins some painting. At least the hull, main deck, and some superstructure areas. Pics once that has started.

Julez72

Yamato, looks like your making some real progress on the Gannet now, looking good...

it's just a dry fitting, before to finish seats i cannot glue the fuselage

probably i'll finish my build for last

thanx Vetterman

great!

I've decided on your advice Kermit.I will build a 1/48 scale Bonaventure aircraft carrier to glue the Tracker on,better than messing around with lead............LOL

Bsyamato great detail work on the Gannet man !! I love the seat belts and the IP wiring you have done 

Julez the Biber is looking top notch buddy, that base really adds to it in a huge way. Cant wait for finished pictures.

De Havilland the Tracker is lookin superb

Kermit I have my model on the way for this build, well one of them anyways. A 1/700 Tamiya DD445 Fletcher Destroyer, I am still going to do a sub for this one too, gotta have sumpthin to drop depth charges on in the bath tub ya know

DeHav, your Tracker is looking awesome, looking forward to those finished pics....

Yamato, looks like your making some real progress on the Gannet now, looking good...

hey i should have some finished Biber pics up in 2 or 3 days....Just finishing off the torpedos..

de havilland canada

It is starting to look like a Gannet now Yamato!

I will be curious to see if you end up as a tail dragger or not.

Good luck and keep up the good work

cheers
martin

I hope this problem will be resolved with engines plumbing

Eventually i can put more weight on the wings front, but is too close at the main gear to make the difference

kermit

Wonderful work everyone!

Bsyamato,

If all else failes you could always put it on a base and glue it on...? Just a suggestion

Richard

A diorama was an option, but generally i hate to glue down my planes, in this case because i'll put some extra detail in the torpedos bay....

another solution is to put the gannet tail on a display with an air spray .

finally i found the sprues pictures

... as i said at the start, there's a lot of pieces ..

Wonderful work everyone!

Bsyamato,

If all else failes you could always put it on a base and glue it on...? Just a suggestion

Richard

It is starting to look like a Gannet now Yamato!

I will be curious to see if you end up as a tail dragger or not.

Good luck and keep up the good work

cheers
martin

wow!! and this not enough!!!!   .. then, you're wrong, never in the gannet is so simple

the little bird is drammatically seated on the tail after the lead cure

i finished the space to put other weight!

unfortunately with the engine mod i cannot use the large zone after the propellers complex.

The only way to resolve the problem is to fill the engines with lead pieces

Weight developments in the future.

Continuing on the seats , started the seat belts

Copper wires and the cheapest tape on the earth!

need again some pieces ... and two seats

My damned obsession for details put me in too troubled and long times works. ... for this reason i glued the front and center IP on the cockpit, so i cannot add others details inside

atthenexxxt

I put lead shot around nose gear bay,aft of cockpit bulkhead,and forward of main gear behind engines....probably 60+grams....oh well.

Gannet should not be as hard to weigh down.

Cheers

de havilland canada

Oh yeah.....added a million pounds of lead and she still is a tail dragger....oh well builds character right?

eheh   me almost to forgot this!!!  just now planning where i can put some piece of lead on the gannet .

If i don't wrong you put weights only in the rear of engines, but not in the nose .. you can try to use the torpedos forward to add more weight . For the rest the plane is very nice finished

..........actually searching for lead............

Oh yeah.....added a million pounds of lead and she still is a tail dragger....oh well builds character right?

Hi all!....These are the final teasers you get until final decals and weathering happen....probably a month or so.

I don't know if I am in a rush to build another Kinetic kit,lots of annoying issues.

This is not the most accurate CDN Tracker out there I am sure,but I like the way it is shaping up.

Fantastic looking work Yamato!!!!Beautiful paintwork on the sci-fi.

Your instrument wiring is very nice,sure adds alot to the big picture.

Cheers

Martin

some little update:

Re-Fixed the front gear well and gled with scrathed bulkhead, also added some reinforcement.

The rudder pedals horizontal now!!

Seats with padding

Test fitting for wired ip. Also seen in picture: drilled two holes on the wall after the pilot, the kit provide only drawn lines . checking reference pictures the wall have the two holes.

paint it black!

the control stick was modded a little: added two wires for control buttons and shaped the too circular circle on the top!

that's all for his time.

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just today finished another kit !!

take a look in the science fiction section if someone want to see some different

de havilland canada

Hi all,

Here are a few more progress shots including scratch built searchlight(nothing in kit)and scratch detailed  dirtied up torpedo bay...

Apparently decals are a month away.....so I will hang tough I guess....

 

Nice scratch DHC ! The plane it's out great.

you're about to finish the tracker...  

Then very old kit stikpusher , this is courage! i have an old sm-79 from airfix and i have no courage to finish eheh ...Yes on gannet actually i've exagerate... i need to do a speed built (in mind the he-111 from italeri) to see somethingh finished!!!!!

Have too many work in progress all with too many mods on. Plus i've joined another group build with two planes  

Nicely wheatered biber Julez!!!!

On gannet kit i found a pair of errors, the rudder pedals are molded correctly but oob are fixed in orizontal way when the correct way is to place in vertical

And the rear cockpit have the head pillow ... without housing... x2

I'll correct these problems and soon post something.

Hey gents i have a Biber update, did some weathering....All i need to do now is the two fish a little more weathering and it's done

Yes BSY,  I finally started... Hey we have until next year... I am not sure as to the exact year of origin of this kit, but I do recall building this kit the first time in the early 70s when I was a kid and it was not new then.

And I am quite impressed by the amount of detail you are adding to your build there...