CallSignOWL

aww, thats a shame doogs.

I know - I was looking forward to it - thinking I may switch up and do the Academy Nieuport 17 I've got sitting in the stash instead. Academy decals have their reputation and all, and there's pretty much nothing out there for the 1/32 Ni-17...and it would look dashing in the late blue/blue camo of the 56th FG...1/48 decals would be just about perfect on a 1/32 bipe, too.

Hmm. Need to ponder this one...

Sparrowhyperion

Two words... Fishing Line....  LMAO

I know your conundrum.  I currently live in a single wide mobile home.  We will be moving as soon as we can find a house and close on it.  A decent sized garage or full basement is a must.

 

 

DoogsATX:

 

Hey all - alas, I'm going to have to bail on this GB, at least with the A-10. Nowhere to display something the size of a 1/48 Warthog, and no point trying to put anything up now since we're going to be moving early next year.

Looking forward to following along, though, and I may well jump in with something that can fit within my 11" deep cabinets. 

 

 

Never been a big fan of the fishing line thing...especially not in Texas, where the fans run full speed from April - November. I remember from my childhood a few planes breaking away for a last dive-bombing run. And those that survived, the slight rubbing against the fishing line while they swayed wore lines in the paint.

Figure it'd be better to just wait...new house's office space is going to be the size of a garage (floor plan had  weird single garage that we're just converting to a room instead). And we're turning the double garage into a true three-car garage, with the third bay being turned over to tool cabinets, x-mas tree storage, and all the rest goes to the work bench. Looking ridiculously forward to it, but it's also kind of putting a kibosh on any big plans for my current setup.

Sorry to see you bail doogs. good luck with the move.

I may be missing something here but the front page hasnt updated in a while?

I havnt started yet.. heavily lurking...

I only update it when there is a need to.

Rich

Scorpiomikey

Sorry to see you bail doogs. good luck with the move.

I may be missing something here but the front page hasnt updated in a while?

Let me wish you good luck with the move as well Doogs, looking forward to seeing how much more you get done now that you have all the space to spread out

Almost done with the cockpit to the Bf109, will post photos when my computer stops acting stupid...

Thanks for the well wishes, gents! The move won't be for another several months yet - haven't even broken ground on the new house yet, so I'm still playing sounding board to all the wife's obsessing over backsplash tiles and trim colors and what-have-you. 

Also decided that yes, I'm totally still game for this build. Put me down for Academy's 1/32 Nieuport 17.

Sounds good.  I'll update the list.

DoogsATX

Thanks for the well wishes, gents! The move won't be for another several months yet - haven't even broken ground on the new house yet, so I'm still playing sounding board to all the wife's obsessing over backsplash tiles and trim colors and what-have-you. 

Also decided that yes, I'm totally still game for this build. Put me down for Academy's 1/32 Nieuport 17.

Ok, here is the box. As I said before I am building a Bf-109E3 that was forced down during the Battle of France. The French partly repainted the aircraft and then when France fell they flew the plane across the Channel and handed her over to the RAF. She ended up with a bright yellow belly and parts of her in three different paint schemes (German, French, and British).

And the cockpit parts, sorry about the quality of the photos, I think I need to learn how to the use the manual feature on my camera since it doesn't want to auto-focus close up. Most of the photos I took were blurry and I closed the plane up last night so I can't take more.

That cockpit is coming out really nice Gamera.  Keep up the good work.

I've been doing some work on my Corsair "Marine Flight Demonstration Team" bird... wow,,I am having to reinforce the wing joints with styrene strips...I'm trying to get as smooth a seam as possible, even cut off the drop tank/bomb mounts...But went a little too far on the wings and there was nothing to glue to besides the very thin wing edges...

I'll get some pics up soon. I really want to start on the paint,, as I have never seen a "Flying Devil Dog" plane modeled before...

I can hardly wait to see some images.  Mine is progressing slowly.  One of my glue joins on the top of the fuselage popped apart for some odd reason so I am trying to get it redone and as smooth as it was before it came apart.

tonka

I've been doing some work on my Corsair "Marine Flight Demonstration Team" bird... wow,,I am having to reinforce the wing joints with styrene strips...I'm trying to get as smooth a seam as possible, even cut off the drop tank/bomb mounts...But went a little too far on the wings and there was nothing to glue to besides the very thin wing edges...

I'll get some pics up soon. I really want to start on the paint,, as I have never seen a "Flying Devil Dog" plane modeled before...

Thats too bad Rich. I had same thing happen last night on a P51 for the Monogram build,, dang wing separated...after painting. Looks like repair hangar tonite!

I managed to get it back together and Im waiting for some putty to set up overnight so I can give it another sanding.  I think it will be OK.  Just a small delay.

Rich

tonka

Thats too bad Rich. I had same thing happen last night on a P51 for the Monogram build,, dang wing separated...after painting. Looks like repair hangar tonite!

ive almost finished painting my top wing

the real red baron

ive almost finished painting my top wing

pics or it didnt happen!

Send up some images so we can see how it is coming out.  Mine is in the putty and sand phase.  I had a few fit issues around the cockpit that I missed on my first glance over.

the real red baron

ive almost finished painting my top wing

Don't you miss the old days when kits had opening and closing bomb bay doors?

DiscoStu

I did some work on my "Splealth" over the weekend. Cockpit and bomb-bay painting. Stuck on a dilemma though. If I close the Bomb bay I can make use of an excellent decal of the skunkworks logo I have. If I leave it open most of the decal will be obscured but it will highlight the bomb bay. Oh decisions.

will do im just at school at the moment

Looking forward to the photos folks!

Anyway finished the yellow belly on my Bf109:

Looks good so far.  That yellow is definitely Wild..

Gamera

Looking forward to the photos folks!

Anyway finished the yellow belly on my Bf109:

those guys in the AA wont beable to hit that thing it moves so fast and the probaly couldn't even see it!

been a bit tied up with "other things"...but now Im ready to start with my A-10.....pics to come soon...

C

Hey folks.  Just stopping in for an update.  I managed to complete the primary shaping and sanding of the fuselage on my F102.  I had some minor issues with fit I had to address.  I can now move on with assembly and paint.  How are your projects coming along?

Looking forward to photos of the F-102, that was one sleek looking plane.

Happy to say that I've gotten the original paint applied by the Germans done both the under and the splinter camo over it. Just three minor problems where the paint seeped under the mask to correct. Then I'll spray the French khaki where they painted over the German markings. Hopefully, have some photos before much longer. 

I've got GBs I signed on for before this one I really should be working on but this project is going so well so far I've been doing far more work on it.

the little brown truck left me a nice A-10 on my doorstep.....time to get building....will try to keep it OOB...more to come..

C

Sounds great..  How is everyone else's coming along?

carsanab

the little brown truck left me a nice A-10 on my doorstep.....time to get building....will try to keep it OOB...more to come..

C

Ive just gotten moved back home for the summer, which will allow for some nice building time. I've got a couple of other GBs I'm committed to, but I should be able to start this one in a month or so!