(A)SW GBII - CLOSING

Have a nice Ken, waiting for updates, and keep away from Fukushima.

Dehavilland  really loving the firefly

Wishing to add it and fulmar ,barracuda and skua to my collection

de havilland canada

Nice looking Gato GT!!That thing is huge!!!!

I got all my resin bits for the Firefly prepped and painted green,I will post pics when detailed.The AZ kit has lots of raised goopy plastic in much of recessed panel lines and pretty poor mold voids and distortions.This is my first ltd run kit from Czech and I guess it is to be expected.Moldings not nearly as nice as my Czech Model 1/48 Goose though(on the shelf).

Decals for Stoof are on the way!!!!

Cheers

Thanks everyone,

Now that I have most of the tiniest parts put together. It will be soon be christened U.S.S Cobia S. S. 245 and after the shakedown cruise, it will be off to the sea of Japan to join in the hunt for Japanese shipping.

Ken

Here is a link to my photobucket.There is a lot of misc. builds I have done if interested

cheers

http://s483.photobucket.com/albums/rr198/cudaguru/

More WIP pictures,you can see the "sludge" in panel lines......I will deal with that later.

Cheers

Thanks for the comments guys!!!!

The cockpit and wheel wells are resin bits that come with the kit Yamato.

They are really nice castings and fit quite well together.

Well back to the workbench,i am closing fuselage and hopefully wings to fuse today and will post updates if that happens

Cheers

thanx Maxfax

actual wips are scattered between gb's actually involved, single wips are stopped for now  .Don't expect the same details of gannet

heres are my "middle age " collection before to stop with this hobby (oldest are almost all destroyed or covered far from eyes )

and here the only two 48 scale kits alive

here the link to my photobucket album, lots of others stuff there

http://s405.photobucket.com/albums/pp139/bsyamato/

Bsyamato: Wow! What can I say? Amazing work! I'd for sure like to see our other work.

De Havilland: Incredible pit and IP. From the detail you put into it, one would think that it was a 1/24 scale craft. You must have a great set of eyes and a steady hand!

Rob

Awesome cockpit De Havilland the painting is perfect, but this is aftermarket cockpit or from the kit?

thanx fpor compliments

Here are update photos for my Firefly!!!A few more touchups then I will start fitting to fuselage.

Cheers

A great build and wonderful photos Yamato!!!!!I will check out your other builds ,you are a craftsman!!!

Cheers now go have a beer!!!!!

vetteman42

 

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I I totally enjoined following your build and learned a few things along the way.

this is the great advantage i really like of forums, me too learning more tricks here from others

no updates about the seabat ,but finally a little moment of sun allow better pictures

de havilland canada

Nice looking Gato GT!!That thing is huge!!!!

really HUGE! and good looking too

Nice looking Gato GT!!That thing is huge!!!!

I got all my resin bits for the Firefly prepped and painted green,I will post pics when detailed.The AZ kit has lots of raised goopy plastic in much of recessed panel lines and pretty poor mold voids and distortions.This is my first ltd run kit from Czech and I guess it is to be expected.Moldings not nearly as nice as my Czech Model 1/48 Goose though(on the shelf).

Decals for Stoof are on the way!!!!

Cheers

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry I haven't been to post pics lately. My camera died and I had to get a new one. Anyway here are the latest pics.

Thanx for too huge comments guys i noticed today a black washing wrong on the wing tip resolved with a dry brush of 77.. also sun today is out but ..... wild wild on  

Dehavilland nice sprue shots and ... horrible wheells nice to hear you get better replacements

Waiting for incoming wip(s)

Well I found nice replacement resin late wheels from Barracudacast and also a real cool cockpit placard decal kit for my Tamiya 1/32 Mustang.....cool cool

Cheers

Guys,

thank you all! I respond very well to back tapping

Rob,

Yes opening em up was kind of an on the go decision but it looks great now that im done. And regarding the decks i have been asking a question on a uboat related website forum and these people were kind enough to show me pictures of the real U-201. The camouflage did not run across the decks so i am going to paint that in the standard colours.

Oh and i am just starting painting and weather her. Last night i started with a black wash to darken the deck detail prior to drybrushing and weathering it.

Richard

kermit

Bsyamato, Bellissima!!! A masterpiece from our italian friend. I enjoyed every single update you posted and the model is absolutely gorgeous!! Congratulations my friend

Richard

Bsyamato the only reason I can tell I am sorry to use a quote is that I cant say it any better than Kermit T Frog has already said. Your build is a work of art and envy. I totally enjoined following your build and learned a few things along the way.

Kermit you truly are a building machine man !!! I always like following your sub builds. I can see where drilling out the flood ports is very much worth the effort, it really does make a huge difference in the finished model.

Bsyamato: excellent work on the Gannet. Can't wait to see what you will do on the Seabat

Kermit: What are you going to do regarding the deck? Was opening the flood holes an afterthought? Your kit looks finished!

Rob

Here are shots of next build.I already have weal problems and haven't even started yet.Anyone know of a resin set of wheels  that would work?

Really nice job on the Gannett Yamato!!!!IAnd Kermit the sub will be fantastic.Man you must be  a sucker for punishment  opening all those drainsLOL.It will be time well spent though.I am still waiting patiently for my Belcher Bits decals for the stoof.I am having knee surgery in 3 weeks so I will have lotsa time for building so stay tuned for Firefly.

Kermit thanx for the precious words i'm proud to performed the gannet on this (and first involved) GB

Perfect work on the holes, yes you can just leave it painted black but final result was not the same

waiting for progress

Opening up the floodholes......

Kinda tedious and boring to do but it is so much better than simple flat black paint inthere...

Richard

Bsyamato, Bellissima!!! A masterpiece from our italian friend. I enjoyed every single update you posted and the model is absolutely gorgeous!! Congratulations my friend

I will mark it as finished on the first page.

Revell of germany does a really nice set of german submarines in 1:350....cheap too.

Richard

The seabat is already on the game Maxfax now need to focus first on others gb's involved near to the deadline (one as host ) May not exclude to put  on the  final a 1/350 or 1/700 sub.

Wheater are actually bad in Italy (on the north also peoples died for floods ) then i take some indoor picture of the gannet ,after i try to put more with sun, but heres final pictures for now:

with engines retracted

some detail

full extracted engines

that's all for now about the gannet , i hope you enjoy it

Bsyamato: can't wait to see the finished product. Hopefully you will have a few more projects to keep you in the group build.

Kermit: looks great! Didn't you just start that last week? The wooden deck should be painted a really dark grey to black- it was a protective coating on the wood. Perhaps paint the deck a wood colour first. Then the black-grey, and sand off that layer to show some wear and the wooden colour below.

I started to replace the welds and rivets on the port side last night, hopefully a few pics soon.

Thanx Matfax just lots of practice 

Kermit perfect camo on the sub and in few time you're a dragster!!

Gannet is complete!! just waiting some sunny day to take some outdoors picture

Guys, Popping by to show y'all i slapped some paint on the submarine. Basic camouflage is on now... Still wondering if i should keep the decks camouflaged or paint it in light grey and wood. What do you guys think?

Having lotsa fun sofar

Richard

Bsyamato: What can I say- incredible work! I wish I had your scratchbuilding skills!

Kermit: I'm so glad that you are doing another sub. I am again blown away at your speed building skills!!

I was at a model show just outside of Toronto on Saturday, and there I found about 3 Gannets! One was some sort of resin conversion set- it was in a plain box with no picture. I unfortunately picked up a few more things- a 1/72 S-100 boat for $10 and a 1/24 FW 190A for $20. Now, maybe I'll get around at building them in about 5 years!

Rob

Kermit, your bet is winning the gannet actually have lots of danger zones to not touch, but even if was builted as oob with all optional pieces opened. I have a terrible fear to not break something during finishing touch

I forget to talk about a tip i used : spues used for stretched wires for antennas are not normal kits sprues but are from ABS plastic from bandai kits, used for movable inner skeleton on 1:100 mechs, harder than normal styrene and good bending properties, then when stretched with flame, the results antenna wires resist better to unwhished breaks . i you have opportunity steal some of these material spues

If all go in goog way two or three days and i can call finished.

Sub turret looks great   japanese i-400 looks great too for my taste

Don't think during ww2 RWR apparatus was used (or not ) 

Seems that you start a boost build

Bsyamato,

Gorgeous tubing and a very creative way of distributing the weights! I bet you have to go workout at the gym in order to being able to pick up that model So much detail in a 1/72 scale model....

You will find a ww2 submarine such as mine will be very much fun to do. Quick to build and so many ways of painting and weathering it.

Yes,... quick to build up... I have finished the construction part and i am ready to do some last minute filling and cleaning of seamsbefore i am ready to take her into the paint booth.

The conning tower, late version with added barrel shaped attachment on the port side. Probably some RWR receiver array? Metox maybe..... A bit of filler was needed on the front where the conning tower parts were joined.:

And yesterday i forgot to take a picture of my intended finish, U-201:

Richard