(A)SW GBII - CLOSING

Well Richard I think you have  done a phenominal weathering job here...it looks just right!!!!Very nice indeed.

And Gannett man I too have a little helper with my building as well......cat...LOL

Cheers and all keep up the fine work!!!

Thanx for comments on gannet men

kermit

Well,.....I am calling my sub done! Had one major FUBAR moment with it a few hours ago when i secured a rigging line with tamyia tape, ripping off part of a decal... What was i thinking!!

 

Kermit you started as a dragster and come out a great sub !! weathering seems about perfect!!

When i'll decide to built my few ships in my stash i'll break the balls to you for a good marine weathering

Sorry for decals but now..... dramatic time !

 this afternoon i lost 5 kg of weight when i come inside my hobby room for the usualy daily midhour of building....

I hear a .. cat mew coming inside the room .. panic!!!

on the workbench i leave the whole gannet cockpit section not assembled, a zaku (mech from gundam series) about 99% complete, and lots of stuff........

carefully opened the door

... the cat quickly out of room and with eyes pumped of blood ii see lots of things on the floor!! x5

bad smell inside ..

Taken a quick look on the bench, the mech orizontally but .. some gannet cockpit piece moved away and...

I decided to go to work  and postpone the damage list, before to istantly build a billfold maded with fresh cat fur

Fortunately coming back at the evening ,after checking the situation in hobby room,  no piece of gannet was lost or damaged, the zaku undamaged, and the cat is still alive..

At the next updates

Guys everything goin on here is looking fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!

Jbrady it may be lookin like a turkey to you, but  it is shaping up to be a top notch turkey leme tell ya.

Bsyamato WOW!!!! I love the attention you are giving to fine detail keep up the good work

De Havilland Canada that Hornet looks great man, well done. And yes the Gannet is shaping up to be a top of the line build for sure.

Julez wheres the Biber man ??? We need a Biber fix man

Kermit man you are one of the Big Dawgs with the subs buddy Your sub is a show stopper man. Love the detail work and the weathering is something to aspire to for sure. Damn nice work my friend

Very nice kermit... good call on the green wash.

Dehavilland:

Great model and nice work oin your sp2f sofar! Keep em comin'

Bsyamato,

Amazing scratchwork there and every little bit improves an already very nice kit

Well,.....I am calling my sub done! Had one major FUBAR moment with it a few hours ago when i secured a rigging line with tamyia tape, ripping off part of a decal... What was i thinking!!

Anyways, other than that it turned out to be a nice rustbucket:

After heavy drybrushing and washes i got the idea to use a very thin green wash on the lower hull as to simulate algea and such:

Hope you guys like her too!

Richard

That is going to be a great Gannet.

here are some  progress shots,great fitting nacelles and pieced together for some visual progress

Nice super hornet de havilland

Some ups on gannet

Added engines throttle

and start to adjust seats

now seats need padding and belts

The Avenger is looking really nice.....walk away for a few if you get frustrated.I also have an AM Avenger on the shelf and am looking fwd to building it.I will learn alot from your build.The gannet is comming nice too.

I just finished my Revell 1/48 Super Hornet ....now back to the Stoof,

Great progress Jbrady and Julez , but effectively kermit it's about 99,9 % of wip

... me at 5-10 %?...

Some pictures of actual cockpit progression

triyng to simulate some indicator in panel instruments, with some scratch (litteraly scratch this time) on the paint to reveal the plastic under

that's the results on pilot cockpit ip

not so perfect but keep in mind that instruments in the middle are less than 2 mm in diameter

Start to paint detais, switches etc..

Now some drop of clear gloss to simulate glass on instruments

drilled a hole to put something on to simulate the throttles, the only important retail that revell miss to include

and put a very fine plastic rod in the hole (not in pictures..  forgot to take picture of it )

rear cockpit ready to receive some cables after:

right side of front and central cockpit and vertical bulkheads can be glued (not followed the exact step of instruction)

the whole cockpit as is now

i left out the others two panel to add wires and lots of others details, between front and center cockpit have large glasses that allow to see inside, and more the pilot cockpit don't have cover on it, the the rear of instruments are visible.

honestly don't know if was a good choise to complete the cockpit before to finish the engines housing...

that's all for this night

It's starting to look like a turkey. At this point I usually go into overdrive but I just can't get into this kit at all. I read a couple of reviews that call this kit one of the best plastic model kits ever... for me not so much. I just want it off the bench.

DeHav, i like the start you have made on your build, i'll be watching this one with interest

Richard, well here i was thinking that i might actually finish before you for once but yeah you've "kermified" meagain.................

Nice work man, your Type XXI is looking very tricked out

WIP pic.I've finished all the construction and the Biber is ready for some paint...the two fish are also done but i need to replace the little props on the warhead, the Verlinden ones are frikkin massive and look way to big so i'll make some new ones.....i have to paint Brass paint on the torpedos, never done that before....used a brass paint that is

Hey that sub is looking really sweet!!!You know that is one thing I have never built...I remember when I was a kid my bro making that old Revell Polaris I think.Do you use pastel chalks at all for your weathering after dullcoat?I have had good luck with that following future ,washes and dull clear.

Keep up the great work.I am taking a short break to finish my Revell Super Hornet...decals just arrived(tomcatters VFA31).I will post a pic this weekend ,it should be done then back to Stoofin......

Cheers

jbrady

 

bsyamato:

 

 

jbrady:

Bsyamato: Non ho nessun graffio costruzione di competenze. Vorrei che ho fatto. Hanno molto poco di modellazione esperienza così se riesco a trovare qualcosa di già fatto io uso.

 

 

mmm not good italian, but can be my english is worse

Scratchin someting it's hard only if you don't try  

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de havilland canada good tracker as i see till now

Kermit you're about to finish your work!!

Bsyamato move you on your gannet!!!! (self reproach)

 

 

Blame it on the Microsoft translator.

let me to try the right translation ( i use goggle to traslate single words)

"Non ho nessuna competenza nell'autocostruzione. Vorrei averlo fatto. Ho pochissima esperienza nella modellazione così se trovo qualcosa di già fatto la uso" .. italian language are hard even for italians

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On the gannet i painted the whole cockpit with all IP (now i use IP word!! ) left to adjust the ugliest parts of this good kit, crew seats , cloches and rudder pedals, tomorrow i'll post some picture.

bsyamato

jbrady:

Bsyamato: Non ho nessun graffio costruzione di competenze. Vorrei che ho fatto. Hanno molto poco di modellazione esperienza così se riesco a trovare qualcosa di già fatto io uso.

 

mmm not good italian, but can be my english is worse

Scratchin someting it's hard only if you don't try  

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de havilland canada good tracker as i see till now

Kermit you're about to finish your work!!

Bsyamato move you on your gannet!!!! (self reproach)

Blame it on the Microsoft translator.

jbrady

Bsyamato: Non ho nessun graffio costruzione di competenze. Vorrei che ho fatto. Hanno molto poco di modellazione esperienza così se riesco a trovare qualcosa di già fatto io uso.

mmm not good italian, but can be my english is worse

Scratchin someting it's hard only if you don't try  

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de havilland canada good tracker as i see till now

Kermit you're about to finish your work!!

Bsyamato move you on your gannet!!!! (self reproach)

Well,... as promised. Here are the pics of my little sub with paint on it (and a subsequent coat of future to make working with the washes i am planning easier):

After the base paint was on (these are all revell acrylic paints) i went over each panel again of the same paint with a few drops of white added to create some shading. It's subtle but you can see it:

Next up will be highlighting even more with a black wash for the panel lines and some drybrushing for stuff sticking out. No real weathering yet but preparing....

Richard

Dehavilland Canada,

Looks like you are off to a good start

I have completed the sanding and filling part.... Especially needed some attention at the stern:

Because the port side is all opened up i chose to also open up the port side torpedo tube, ready to fire...:

Starting to get somewhere...:

As i type this the first coat of paint has been sprayed on after some fiddly masking the interior goodies with wet kitchentowel and tamyia tape... Pics soon!

Richard

Here is picture of one half re attached......and beef up doublers for alignment and strength.I have noticed quite a few sink marks around alignment pins with this kit,especially the fuse,otherwise it looks quite good but could use a resin interior(stock one is rather spartan)

Cheers

Here is first bit of progress....feel kinda sick to the stomach now however........

Awesome and thanks!Look for some progress this week.My Tracker will be in CDN Navy livery.There are some differences on a Canadian Built and operated Tracker,main one being shorter fuse.....I have been humming and hawing(or is that sawing) bout that one......anyways ,my brand new kit is getting hacked tonight ...LOL....wish me luck.....pics to follow.

Cheers

Martin

De havilland Canada - A very warm welcome to the forums to you! There's never enough of us modeller folk around.

A "spoof"! Goodie goodie goodie! I will add you to the list ASAP. Welcome again and have fun!

Richard

Bsyamato: Non ho nessun graffio costruzione di competenze. Vorrei che ho fatto. Hanno molto poco di modellazione esperienza così se riesco a trovare qualcosa di già fatto io uso.

Vetteman: I'm not going to give up on it. From all the reviews I read about AM kits, I thought they would be a little better engineered is all. I tell you the most straight forward construction is a nightmare. The biggest problem is the lousy instructions. Maybe I'm a little ham handed but the constant dryfitting kept knocking parts off that had already been installed. Give me a clear indication of where something fits and I'll put it there.

Thanks for the welcome vetteman!!!!Man you guys have had some great group builds!!!!All of your guys work looks fantastic and I look forward to sharing some of mine as well.

Cheers and gears

martin

Jbrady some very nice detail work on the TBF man, very nice indeed. As Richard said dont give up on it buddy they can be a nightmare at times but in the end it is well worth the effort. I almost trashed mine 3 times and am now happy I didnt. I had trouble with the turret too on my Revell kit and ended up not gluing the top rear fuse together until I had the turret installed, the lower half I had to glue though before the turret went in. It wouldnt go in at all with the joint closed tightly, so I spread it apart a bit and it went in and locked beautifully, then glued and clamped the rest of the fuse together. I cant say if the Academy has that same trouble.

Kermit I find all I can say about your sub is Beautiful beautiful work sir.

De havilland Canada to the forums !!!! I am sure Kermit will be more than happy to include your build in the group.

Bsyamato nice work on those ladders there guy, they can be difficult to build I know. I am particularly impressed with your scratch built ladder

Richard I still haven't made it back to Micheals yet for my sub . And I still have to order my destroyer too.

jbrady

bysamoto: IP = Instrument Panel. I had to cut the Eduard photo etch into three pieces and sand and file the brass to get it to match the kit IP.

ok .. i need a glossary

Experience with PE only with an eduard set for b-24 for hasegawa, but i've adapted for an academy b-24, i remind lots of work needed, after this brought only two PE sets from airwaves , one for ejection seats handles and a ladder 1/72 for tornado:

.. sorry for dust... the one on right is the 10.000 lire (actual 5 €) PE ladder, the one on left is scratched for

f-104s, maded by evergreen plastic strips and recycled copper  wire... by this i prefered to go on scratch way cheaper and funny  

.. but why bysamoto?... , bs (battleship)  yamato 

Hi all,

I am new to the forums and would like to join this build if its not too late.

I am planning on contributing my build of the new Kinetic S-2F tracker in 1/48.

Thanks and cheers

Martin

bysamoto: IP = Instrument Panel. I had to cut the Eduard photo etch into three pieces and sand and file the brass to get it to match the kit IP.

Lots of updates here

I'm back with my gannet

Jbrady ,Great works on your avenger cockpit! ... What's the IP? 

Kermit, the engine compartment it's great. The engines seems like airplanes db-600 series

I'm about finish one of two mechs in sci-fi section and i'll back with gannet soon!!

winds of war here, from yesterday french and english planes goes on libya flying over my head....

Not recognized the tipes because it's over clouds, but sure that the group at 5 of clock was english tornado.. (just joke for defuse) flyning are continuous. And this afternoon even italian tornado joined operation. 

Just combined the interior with the hull halves and glued on the decks... Tower is added as dryfit.

Some sanding and filling required but not nearly as bad as i feared. Appearantly i did an "ok job" with assembling the interior. It was a tight fit below the decks but i managed

Richard

JBrady,

Difficulties or not, you just can't beat AM's out of box detail! Looks mouthwatering anytime i see it, regardless of who built it. Hope you can still find the enthousiasm to carry on with the build. It will be worth it! Just look out for that wretched turret. It's a bit of a chore and lots of fiddling to get it in it's slot. AM actually has a section on their website devoted to this part of the build. Love your work sofar sir!

BSYamato,

My best of wishes and thoughts for the people of Japan in these hard times... I follow every bit of news as it happens. One good thing that came from all this at least is the fact that a lot of countries, including holland are now investigating the safety of their nuclear power plants... The only plant we have here in the country is just some 25 miles away...

Back to the hobby though..: This new XXI sub has the interior stuff in it but it is a retooling of the 1990's XXI by revell that doesn't. If you dont like the extra work but want to model a XXI, i would suggest looking for an older box

Anyways,.... i can announce completion of the last subassembly of the interior: the engine compartiment with the twin 2000hp diesel engines:

The whole interior has now been painted so i can start installing and weathering it

Richard