Oh h*ll,... why not now... Allright. Here you can see as she is now with all her markings on and an enamel dull coat. Still need to attach some stuff and start the weathering though:

Hope you guys like it... It's something else for a change...

Richard

Doogs,

Thank you! This Free French jug is turning out to be pretty cute really... Should have pics up today somewhere... It was actually a plane attached to GCII/5 (Groupe de Chasse) stationed at Amberieu-en-Bugey near Lyon in the south east of france late 44 early 45

Richard

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Doogs - The markings for Penrod and Sam were actually kit decals.  The blue for the insignia isn't right, but otherwise they aren't too bad.  When they're on their backing paper they feel very thick but when they're on the aircraft they're not thick at all.  There's a boat load of adhesive on them so they've really gotta soak for a few minutes, but once you get over that it's ok.  They also had a tendency to wrinkle in some areas, but some Set/Sol can help you out here.  For the price of the kit, I can't complain at all.  

I might have to snag that kit just for the P&S-specific markings. 

Satch - Your jug looks awesome! Great work.

Doogs - The markings for Penrod and Sam were actually kit decals.  The blue for the insignia isn't right, but otherwise they aren't too bad.  When they're on their backing paper they feel very thick but when they're on the aircraft they're not thick at all.  There's a boat load of adhesive on them so they've really gotta soak for a few minutes, but once you get over that it's ok.  They also had a tendency to wrinkle in some areas, but some Set/Sol can help you out here.  For the price of the kit, I can't complain at all.  

Alright guys...here goes!

WVP51guy - Excellent job on a rough kit! I picked up a Lindberg F7U-1 Cutlass not too long ago, planning to build it for my dad (was his favorite plane growing up)...and ugh. If it was just scratching some cockpit details or something, okay, but Lindberg kits barely deserve the name. No gear bays even?

Tom - like the blue background. I'm always experimenting with others, but it always seems to be the cleanest route and usually the best for not messing with the colors.

Ed - digging the twin jugs! Makes me want to get crackin' on one of my -Ns!

Richard - digging the little bubbletop! The yellow bands over the OD look ace - always were my favorite theater markings (assuming this is Italy?).

Mike - nice work on Penrod & Sam! Those markings come with the kit or are they AM? Really want to do Johnson's last Razorback myself at some point.

Satch - EXCELLENT save with Lucky! I really need to get my hands on those markings. One of the best pieces of nose art out of the entire war!

Randy - looking forward to seeing the paint begin to flow!

it's about that time. 

Thanks guys.  I have Thunderbolt! on my Kindle Fire.

As for the weathering, I pre-shaded heavily, used Life Color OD, post shaded Life Color Faded OD #1, and used an oily black pin wash for the panel lines.

Thanks for the kind words.

Satch

Satch: She looks great to me! Love the nice weathered look you got on the paint.

That's one sharp looking display shelf

Way to go Satch! Very Very Nice. It's all in the recovery.

"Thunderbolt" is one of my all time favorite aircraft combat history books. Read it when I was in High School.

                                                          Joe

hey Satch.. nice job man !

Great job, Satch!

BTW, Have you ever read Robert Johnson's book, "Thunderbolt !" ? Great read! His famous "limping home" story, and the quarry dogfight!

Great save Satch. She looks beautiful, and your display case is very nice as well. I like your weathering technique, very realistic.

Like Phoenix rising from the ashes, Lucky has been resurrected.  I almost chucked it after the decal disaster. But a set of Aeromaster decals from Ebay and Hans' tip about liquid decal film saved this bird.  It's not perfect and the flash really picks out every imperfection but it looks good on my shelf.

Here she is, Robert Johnson's P-47D-R-15, Lucky Too.

The ETO/American Shelf.

Thanks to my good buddy Doogs for hosting this GB.  I think I can speak for all when I say, "I love Jugs!"

Satch

All - excellent work going on here - been meaning to drop in with a big reply, but every time I try I get swamped by something, and the reply gets longer and longer! 

Mike: She looks terrific!!! Congrads!

Great work Mike! She turned out real nice, love the varying shades of Alclad!

Nice job, Mike!

Chris, it's all Alclad.  Airframe aluminum, polished aluminum, dull aluminum, duraluminum..  Very subtle, but it's all there..

I like it!

Nicely done

What did paint did you use for the NMF?

Well, after some good progress last weekend with only a few parts left work called and told me that I had to go away for a few days.  No big deal, be back by Wednesday.  No.  Got back last night.  At least I got some overtime last week.  Anyway, here she is, Penrod and Sam.  I'm calling her finished.  It's the Arii/Otaki kit.  Actually, not too bad at all.  Great value if you can find it.

Were there things that could have been better on this kit? Absolutely.  But, it looks like a Jug and that's all I care about with this one.  Hope you all enjoy.

Mike

thats great satch, glad you got it figured out.

kermit your 47 is lookin real good! cant wait to see it all dolled up

Wow, i seriously doubt i could finish up that Lidbergh kit like that. I admire the skill displayed and the model with it's yellow tail is very eyecatchy Great work

As for me, i finished initial painting on my french thunderbolt. Shot an all over neutral grey, then puttied it for a top coat of revell's OD. Tried to post shade too, adding a few drops of white to the original paint but i kinda overdid the misting on of another layer of OD to blend... Theres a slight hint of it visible on the picture:

After this cured i shot a coat of future and let that sit for a day. Last night i shot the yellow using airbrush ready enamel from revell.

After i did some touch up here and there (the masking edges on the yellow bother me a little) i will decal it and go for the finish line assembly work. Hope you guys like her

Richard

90% done on the 109g-10. once im done it's jug time. 

A quick update.  I managed to remove the mess of the failed decals and repainted the affected area.  Now she's reglossed and will attempt to re decal.  I got some Aeromaster replacement decals.

Satch

So i had some time on my hands today and i thought id start on decaling my pro modeler N. i chose "drinkin sister" trimmed in blue. the decals immediatly broke apart. so out came the clear coat. after drying, i started cutting and applying each decal. turned out ok- but some of the nat. insigina chipped around the edges.  pics soon to show progress.

Thanks Gamera.

Thank you too, Tom. Definitely get an N, I really can't say any negative things about the three kits I have purchased (Academy, Tamiya and Revell) because they are all so well engineered. The N has alot of cool Pacific theater markings to do as well. The Razorback is really trying my paint skills with all of the stripes and checkerboards, etc but is coming along nicely. Will be worth the effort.

Thanks Gamera.

Hey Ed. Both are looking nice. All these N's coming down the line are making me want to log onto Spruebrothers! Nice pre-shade you got going on the Razorback. That's gonna be a nice one!!

WVP51: Nice job on making a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Even as a kid I didn't like the Lindberg kits. Nice clean job you did with her.

Tom: NP, always happy to look at a model that good.

Ed: Sharp! Looking forward to seeing the paint scheme come together.

Well, had to sand down the cowling and tail of '2 Big & 2 Heavy' about three times to get rid of all the cracked paint but now the yellow trim is done. Crossing my fingers I can get the anti-glare panels masked and sprayed without messing up anything else.

As I had stated in an earlier post, I had the opportunity to have a weekend to work on my double build and I took full advantage of it. As a result, I didn't take a great deal of in progress photos. Most of us on here know about cockpit assembly and such, so I didn't sweat it too bad. Both of these R-M kits went together very easily, but boy is it a history lesson! The 1967 molded Razorback is very basic with few parts or add-ons. The newer issue Bubbletop is a very nice kit, sharp details and very well done. Good parts count, too. Let's take a look at "Ms. Second Front first:

As you can see, she is all buttoned up and paint is well under way. The undersides were done in Testors Intermediate Gray, and all of the pre-masking for the invasion stripes was done in Tamiya Pure White. Shading was done with Tamiya Flat Black and German Gray.

Started the checkerboard on the cowl as well.

Now, on to "Chautauqua"

Hopefully you can see some of the shading underneath the Tamiya AS-12, it really shows in person. I used Tamiya TS-16 Yellow for the tail and bars, and Krylon flat black for the antiglare panel.

Testors One Coat Clear was used after painting. I really dig the black panel, when decaled up it should look really tough! This one almost literally fell together, minor seam sanding and fit was dead on. I can't say as much for the Razorback.

And here is a shot of the girls together. As you can see, it was a productive weekend. Good thing too, cuz it looks like I might be at the ballpark all of this weekend coming up! Thanks for checking 'em out!

WVP51guy- I agree with what Joe said. I have looked at that kit and you have done an admirable job on an inferior kit. I am partial to the yellow tail Jugs, nice work.