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hey.. whats the Geezer cut off ??.. lol. I'm 47...
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the real red baron Gamera - I'm 14, my parents were born in 1965. How's that make you feel now?
Gamera - I'm 14, my parents were born in 1965. How's that make you feel now?
Makes me feel old. Guess who's the "geezer" or old f-rt in this group. Got Gamera and Vetteman beat by 11 or 12 years. Sometimes I wonder what the heck I'm doing raising an 8 almost 9 yr old. Can sure be hard to keep up with her sometimes. But that helps keep me young at heart.
BTW - thanks for the kind words on my build. Sorry it took so long to complete, along with some lapses between posts. Got a lot on my plate anymore. All the more reason to keep at the modeling , it's a good way of putting the world aside from time to time.
Howard
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Sorry guys, just grousing.
And I'm waaaaay off subject here, back to the regular forum!
Let me say again Howard that's some awesome work there!
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Gamera Ahhh thanks Owl, you tell me your parents are younger than me, gee that makes me feel so much younger. Well, as I always say: 'You can't stay young forever but you can act immature your entire life!'
Ahhh thanks Owl, you tell me your parents are younger than me, gee that makes me feel so much younger.
Well, as I always say: 'You can't stay young forever but you can act immature your entire life!'
Gamera you and I are about the same age so stop already, as you are both makin me feel older than dirt and no more mature than 4 day old dirt geeze Even ,my baby sister is callin me an old............... ( as in passing wind ) an shes 41
Randy So many to build.......So little time
Gamera Ahhh thanks Owl, you tell me your parents are younger than me, gee that makes me feel so much younger.
you're welcome! :P
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Now that I'm here, where am I??
daddy1: WOW...that's awesome. Love it. But now I have to chose which pic to go on the front page, and it will be difficult, let me tell you!
Gamera: You aint that old, only a few years older then my parents.
P38jl: I guess mom is happy that my interest in models now makes me the easiest person to shop for. Any kit or supplies and Im happy!
Casper:
Howard.. , Nice bulldog !! very Sweet !
Owl.. cool that your mom supports you.. ! specialy where this is not normaly a "female" hobby... very nice !
Howard: That looks fantastic!!! **** straight that makes me want to do a racer too!!! What a beautiful aircraft. Great plane and I find that whole period interesting.
Casper: Looks very cool, love the date, same year I was born. To the young whipper-snappers like Owl and the RRB yes I am that ancient, NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!
Ok, this is my first entry for this GB. I'm turning this old Revell Martlet kit into an F4-F Wildcat in Navy colours.
For it's age this must have been a dynamite kit in it's day. Despite being all raised panel lines, the quality and detail is excellent. It will be helped with the cockpit fit out helped by the Eduard PE set.
This will be my first task though, grr..........
Removing the date stamped into the fuselage. It does show the year, almost as old as I am.
Cheers
On the bench: A-4F 1/32 Hasegawa
Just deployed: F6F-5N Hellcat Nightfighter 1/48 Eduard
Up next: A6-E Intruder 1/48 Revell
Howard - you've just convinced me too do a air racer!!!! welldone 5 thumbs out of 5.
The wait is over! The Bulldog is complete!!! Here's the pics.
This kit , while easy to assemble , is very challenging from the shaping and sanding around the wing roots and various fairings. If I were to build this kit again , I'd tack the wing struts in place , do all the shaping around the fuselage fairing , then gently cut the struts loose till after paint and decals. Working the paint and decals around the struts and between them and the fuselage, wing was difficult. Still , I'd recommend this kit , if from the subject alone . Especially in this scale.
I normally build in 1/48, but these old racers weren't much more than tiny airplanes with big engines, so 1/32 gives the model more presence on the display shelf without taking up a lot of space. This racer is about the size of a 1/48 P-47 , just a bit taller.
With the Williams Bro.s Wedell-Williams racer in the stash , I'm looking forward to the reissue of the Laird Super Solution racer due out this upcoming year. Love the nostalgic look of those old racers, wheel pants, tail skids, and all.
Howard.
Though I don't celebrate christmas, my parents are going to buy me a new brushless engine for my R/C car, it used to go 60kmph, but I burned out the engine, now, with the new engine it will get around 100kmph, more or less. This is infact a dune buggy, not a road race car. So I jump it a lot!
Anyone anticipating to get new kits over the Holiday season? My mom's been hinting that she got me lots of fun little things! Hee Hee, cant wait!
Howard:
That's some beautiful work! Gosh now I want to build a racer!
Thats looking real nice Howard!
On Ed's bench, ???
wowee! Excellent little bulldog, daddy1!!
This is looking so good!! The black and the red really makes it stand out, and the white outlines just makes the effect better!
The prop looks good I see no imperfections
Here's the pics.
I still need to finish the white outlines, then shoot a couple coats of Glosscoat.
The prop blades came out well. Only a couple of blemishes.
Done with standard kitchen foil and Microscale foil adhesive,although you could use leafing adhesive. Just make sure everything is smooth under the foil.
Now to detail the hub and paint with Model Master aluminum to give the hub a subtle contrast.
Very nice builds Gamera and 68GT.
I've got the scallops and swoops on the Bulldog. This kit you have to paint a portion of the graphics with the actual scallops being decals. Decals are nice and thin ,but a bit on the brittle side. They do settle down well with Microsol, although a few spots required some coaxing with addtitional Microsol.
The kit decals come with white striping for the scallops on the cowl and swoops on the wing but since the strips on the other decals were slightly off register , I'll paint them on with my handy 18/0 liner brush and a (hopefully) steady hand. Fresh pics tomorrow.
Casper the Chihuahua Hi Miss Owl, I've decided to do that Grumman Martlet Revell kit I bought as a Wildcat. It has both Martlet and Wildcat decals in the box. I like the paint scheme for the US version. So if it's OK it's a Revell 1/32 F4-F Wildcat for this build. Cheers
Hi Miss Owl, I've decided to do that Grumman Martlet Revell kit I bought as a Wildcat. It has both Martlet and Wildcat decals in the box. I like the paint scheme for the US version. So if it's OK it's a Revell 1/32 F4-F Wildcat for this build.
your wildcat is welcome! I'll update the roster. Im looking forward to seeing what your gonna do!
68GT -
Thanks, the more I looked at that gloss blue the more I loved it!
I did a coat of Future after the decals and did a black sludge coat on it. As I wiped the dry acrylic paint off the shine started to come back leaving just a hint of grime.
She looks fantastic 68GT!
I love shiny blue planes
Ohhh, another blue plane!
Very clean little bear you got there!
I guess I'll call the Bearcat done.
Ok, I'll bend the rules a bit, you can have one 22. Machine gun.
Sounds fair - seeming my P-39Q only had - 1x 37mm cannon, 2x 20mm cannons & 2x 12.7mm machine guns.
Have fun'
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