Shes gonna look flash when shes done.

Hi Everyone,

Chop chop!!  Cut cut!!  And presto!  Another wing is done!  I had to tape the fuselage together along with the wings so I could get an idea of how it is shaping up.  Here it is so far:

Ken 

Striker8241

Bockscar

Here's the CVN 65 USS Enterprise in it's half-complete state:

I'll need a magnifying glass to put the decals on those birds, and I still haven't replace the CVN-65 decal that goes on the bow-deck.

The devil is in the details, so she'll sit until, ummm, heck.....1926.....

Lol.....2026......

Dom

 

Wow, nice work Dom!   And that is a lot of work - especially correcting warped decks and hulls. I built a lot of ship models in my early days but they are long gone. I wouldn't have the patience or eyesight now to do something like that. And my paint jobs never looked that good - even half finished.

BTW, you seem to have a lot of nautical knowledge, especially about ship structure and capabilities. Is this another one of your many lives? Were you in the Navy or merchant marine at one time? Just when I think I've got you figured out, you develop another corner .

Russ

Yes, i fell in love with machines as a tiny tot. The first ship I fell in love with was the Nautilus, from the Disney movie "20 Thousand Leagues under the Sea" -also fell in love with monsters from that giant squid scene. I almost got the resin version, then got the rattles when I had the chance to spend $250 to buy it.....

Yeah, that great Life Coach at the Hotel AlcaTropics said i had a lot of corners too....lol....

Yes, that was a former life......lol.....(only kidding editor)

i don't know, no one thought i was particularly smart as a child and youth. i wasn't too fast at learning. It wasn't until I was about 40 when people started telling me "how can you remember what you learned in high school...I forgot all of that''

i attribute it less to expertise on any subject and more to just not being able to forget stuff I learned, but as I mentioned, I was never particularly gifted in the learning department, but just kept adding to a pile of stuff i can't forget.

When I was a kid, i saw the power of water, which is a very heavy compound, a cubic litre of water at 0 degrees is a kilogram, so if it is moving at at 30 kilometers per hour, about 18 MPH, and you have a few thousand tons of it moving upward, that kind of power can rip the deck off an aircraft carrier, if you figure you have even 500 square feet of exposed underside, as the Essex Class did, shissh ka bob that is a destructive set-up.

i never ran the math on that, just saw some of the old films and some damage. That 'new' front end on the Enterprise is a ship-saver.

The other thing I learned from going to 15 different schools before i got out was that the only thing I could never lose was what I had learned. Kind of Like Rich, I lost a lot of stuff, but so far, have not entirely lost my mind......lol....no Rich, I didn't imply you lost your mind.......lol.....

i suppose the only other thing I never lost was my love of these dag nabbbit styrene kits......

Of course the reason I am here on these threads is because i have the opportunity to meet the guys that make up our present company. I can't be a member of the Airforce, an Army soldier, or Navy crew, or pilot in 'Nam, but i will remember all of the things you guys share from your experiences.

That makes me a very fortunate guy to share this company.

So, Russ, what is it we remember, that seems like an eternity, but goes by in an instant?

-our lives

Dom

Thanks Gamera.   I'll take whatever reference photos you can get.  I sort of collect them.

Gee, so far I've only read the first 6-7 novels. Picking them up as as I find them in used bookstores. Too cheap to pay full price and I'm not crazy about digital books. That's great news, I'd read fifty of them if Butcherwrites them!

Up untill 13 where it gets well and truly destroyed for good.

Guys, I have some photos from last time I visited the museum years ago. I'll definitely be taking more though.

ScorpyMike: I've just kicked around the idea of doing Dresden's Beetle. As you say I'd have the nail the thing down since it gets trashed and rebuilt about every novel!

Gamera

Rich: hope your sister was able to weather the storm without too much damage. And my prayers that you'll be up and around soon, if only to chase that darn cat.

Dom: nice work on the Big-E there, I know how it is to get burnt out in the middle of something. Dang, I still need to finish that A-20....

ScorpyMike: i'll define Jim Butcher, love his stuff. Has thought a few times about trying to model his VW Beetle. Btw Mike have you read any of Larry Correia 's Monster Hunter novels. Kinda like Butcher's novels but with less magic and more gun porn.

Guys, gonna hit the 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler, GA on the way home, anyone want any photos? Been there once but don't remember exactly what aircraft they have.

Thanks for the kind words, and you are too generous:

any Century 100 Series aircraft - love 'em all

Buff

X-perimental anything

engines, any kind any era, J-79's

bombs, missiles, ordnance

B-58, and yes per Mikey, B-47 if its on the menu

F-4

F-86H "The Hog"

F-84 all series

any pictures you take are welcome!

Dom

Gamera

Rich: hope your sister was able to weather the storm without too much damage. And my prayers that you'll be up and around soon, if only to chase that darn cat.

Dom: nice work on the Big-E there, I know how it is to get burnt out in the middle of something. Dang, I still need to finish that A-20....

ScorpyMike: i'll define Jim Butcher, love his stuff. Has thought a few times about trying to model his VW Beetle. Btw Mike have you read any of Larry Correia 's Monster Hunter novels. Kinda like Butcher's novels but with less magic and more gun porn.

Guys, gonna hit the 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler, GA on the way home, anyone want any photos? Been there once but don't remember exactly what aircraft they have.

Hi Cliff,

It looks like from glancing at their website that they have three aircraft sitting outside and a B-17 partially restored inside.  The three outside are a MiG-17A in North Vietnam trim, an F-4C in Vietnam trim, and a B-47 Stratojet.  I don't know about anyone else but I am always ready to accept pictures of aircraft!

Ken

Oh and get lots of photos of the Phantom next to the carpark and the B-47 out by the road.

OOhh ill have to keep an eye out for it. Which version of the blue beetle? It gets banged up a little more and changes colour almost every book lol.

Rich: hope your sister was able to weather the storm without too much damage. And my prayers that you'll be up and around soon, if only to chase that darn cat.

Dom: nice work on the Big-E there, I know how it is to get burnt out in the middle of something. Dang, I still need to finish that A-20....

ScorpyMike: i'll define Jim Butcher, love his stuff. Has thought a few times about trying to model his VW Beetle. Btw Mike have you read any of Larry Correia 's Monster Hunter novels. Kinda like Butcher's novels but with less magic and more gun porn.

Guys, gonna hit the 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler, GA on the way home, anyone want any photos? Been there once but don't remember exactly what aircraft they have.

Sparrow, time to catch up on some reading huh? I recommend the Dresden files by Jim butcher. He has a big cat too.

Sucks about the Flu. Hopefully it passes soon.

Hey Russ.  Yeh, my cat Snitch is about 25-30 pounds of absolute, 100% American Stupid...  But he's my only friend here sometimes.  Being kind of house bound, he keeps me company all day and he can tell when I am bummed out or not feeling good.  He hasn't left me much since I got the Flu..  I have started puttting my keyboard somewhere he can't lie on it at night.  It's a pain to have to disassemble it every month to clean out the cat hair. lol

Rich

They have to give me a live virus vaccine for some reason I still don't get.  Something about my immune system not responding to the dead virus kind.  So yes, the shot gives me the flu, but in a weakened form.  So I get sick, but not sick to the point where I need to go to the hospital.  I just stock up on ginger ale and ice cream and hope for the best.  This one gave me a bad sore throat too which worries me because I still have my tonsils. lol

Unfortunately, saving boxes is not an option where we are.  No room for them, and the Mom In Law doesn't want them hanging around.

I heard about Jersey.  NYC also got creamed, a few million people out of power and no phone service on land lines.  Reminds me of "The Day After Tomorrow".  And they say the NY Subway will be down for weeks while they drain the tunnels and repair all the water damage.  That's going to foul up a lot of businesses..  Yet another excuse for them to raise prices on things.

Rich

Bockscar

Rich;

If'n ya skin thu dang varmint, me' missuss needs u noo par o' them glubs fer winner an 'all!

Hey man, it's too early for flu, is that the shot side effect, or your family haul that in

for your personal enjoyment?

Errrr...don't throw throw those empty boxes away, fold neatly and save for 15 years....lol.....like me....lol

Listen, I hope you feel better real soon Rich......errrr.....how is that possible THIS NEXT SEVEN DAYS?....lol....

Well you are lucky pal, you ain't under New Jersey surf right now.....I pray for those folks, and, not trying to be too cynical here, I am glad it didn't hit us up here in Toronto as a Cat 1 like back in the '50s. All the best to our Tri-State brethren during this catastrophe.

Dom

Well I survived another night.  We didn't get much from Sandy, other than some rain and medium winds.  Although my Sister in Maine did.  I got ahold of her before the storm and she said they were getting a lot of rain before it even hit.  Luckily she is only on the outer edge of it's track so it shouldn't have been much worse than a typical Noreaster.  Her phone is out of service now so I can't follow up with her though.

Rich

Son Of Medicine Man

Sparrowhyperion

Hi Folks.  Just checking in.  I haven't been able to get out of bed all day, except for runs to the head.  I hate Flu.  The Doctor has me on a stronger antibiotic now which isn't helping my stomach, but  I need the extra strength stuff.   I hope to be more alive in a week or so. ugg...

Dom, great Enterprise. I had the big kit when I was a kid.  It was probably one of my favorite builds.  It came out great.  I really wish I still had that one, it was some of my best work.  I don't think I would have the patience to do that much de-warping and filling.  Are you going to put on the deck markings?

Oh.  Since I don't think anyone else is doing it this year, I am going to do the Secret Santa build.  So be on the look out for a Thread I will be starting sometime tomorrow if I am alive enough.  I figure if I start now, we should have enough time to get folks interested.   PM me if you are interested.

Not much progress since I can't stay out of bed long.  Tomorrow I am going to start using the laptop so I can keep in touch from my room.  But I won't be doing much.  Hopefully I can get some green putty soon for the FGR.2  I really want to get that one finished.  

I am about to skin one of our cats, if I figure out which one was up on my workbench today.  One of them knocked my helping hands clamp and magnifier set off and shattered the lens and broke off one of the arms.  I have to use that for small parts so I am now SOL if I have any detail painting or assembly to do.  

Last night I felt fairly human so I did some catching up on some mostly done builds that had damage or missing parts.  I had an Accurate Miniatures P-51B that had it's prop shaft snap off, so I static mounted the prop directly to the kit.  Another one needs a new front windshield glass though, it got cracked.  I want to get some of these old kits out of the way so I don't have as many boxes lying around.  I have a couple of other small ones I may be able to save.

I will try and check in as much as possible until I get over this.

Rich

Wow Rich, I sure hope you get to feeling better soon.  By the way, how did Sandy treat you?  We got some of it over here but not as much as you did.

Ken

Sparrowhyperion

Hi Folks.  Just checking in.  I haven't been able to get out of bed all day, except for runs to the head.  I hate Flu.  The Doctor has me on a stronger antibiotic now which isn't helping my stomach, but  I need the extra strength stuff.   I hope to be more alive in a week or so. ugg...

Rich

I know what you mean about cats. We have a 15-lb Persian mix who likes to lay on my keyboard when I'm out of the room. Causes all kinds of wierd problems .

Bockscar

Here's the CVN 65 USS Enterprise in it's half-complete state:

I'll need a magnifying glass to put the decals on those birds, and I still haven't replace the CVN-65 decal that goes on the bow-deck.

The devil is in the details, so she'll sit until, ummm, heck.....1926.....

Lol.....2026......

Dom

Wow, nice work Dom!   And that is a lot of work - especially correcting warped decks and hulls. I built a lot of ship models in my early days but they are long gone. I wouldn't have the patience or eyesight now to do something like that. And my paint jobs never looked that good - even half finished.

Son Of Medicine Man

Bockscar

Well Ken,

you don't mess around....

i wish I had a 1/32 SkyRaider myself......

http://www.primeportal.net/models/thomas_voigt_reviews/zm_skyraider/

Wow....what a kit!

Dom

Yes, you know how much I love the Vietnam era USAF aircraft!  And this baby is done nice!  I just could not resist!  Here is another link for the J version which is the version I just got:

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/zmi/kit_zmi_32007.shtml 

Ken

You've got beard, man! How can I blame you......

'Born to be Wild'....lol.....is that your Christmas present to yourself?

Uhhh give me a whiff of a 1/32 B-58 Hustler, and they would have to check me in with that white suit I got in the Hotel AlcaTropics in the late 40's.....such nice people.....lol....

I think due to the influences of guys like Berny, Russ, Cliff, yourself, and a few others, I've come to understand in a small but appreciative way the true sacrifice that made the Vietnam effort possible.

I poke fun at guys like McNamara, because, in the end, they deserve to be laughed at.

I'll never forget the fires on the Enterprise, or the Oriskany. The Thuds, losing over 1/2 the production line to SAMS and groundfire. The Buffs.....I can go on all night.

Mind you, as per Berny, my Jane Fonda voodoo doll has more pins in it than a New Mexico cactus!

'Nam was the proxy ground war for the Cold War, so I look forward to building that MiG 17, and a pack of M-80's for desert....lol....

Dom

Rich;

If'n ya skin thu dang varmint, me' missuss needs u noo par o' them glubs fer winner an 'all!

Hey man, it's too early for flu, is that the shot side effect, or your family haul that in

for your personal enjoyment?

Errrr...don't throw throw those empty boxes away, fold neatly and save for 15 years....lol.....like me....lol

Listen, I hope you feel better real soon Rich......errrr.....how is that possible THIS NEXT SEVEN DAYS?....lol....

Well you are lucky pal, you ain't under New Jersey surf right now.....I pray for those folks, and, not trying to be too cynical here, I am glad it didn't hit us up here in Toronto as a Cat 1 like back in the '50s. All the best to our Tri-State brethren during this catastrophe.

Dom

Sparrowhyperion

Hi Folks.  Just checking in.  I haven't been able to get out of bed all day, except for runs to the head.  I hate Flu.  The Doctor has me on a stronger antibiotic now which isn't helping my stomach, but  I need the extra strength stuff.   I hope to be more alive in a week or so. ugg...

Dom, great Enterprise. I had the big kit when I was a kid.  It was probably one of my favorite builds.  It came out great.  I really wish I still had that one, it was some of my best work.  I don't think I would have the patience to do that much de-warping and filling.  Are you going to put on the deck markings?

Oh.  Since I don't think anyone else is doing it this year, I am going to do the Secret Santa build.  So be on the look out for a Thread I will be starting sometime tomorrow if I am alive enough.  I figure if I start now, we should have enough time to get folks interested.   PM me if you are interested.

Not much progress since I can't stay out of bed long.  Tomorrow I am going to start using the laptop so I can keep in touch from my room.  But I won't be doing much.  Hopefully I can get some green putty soon for the FGR.2  I really want to get that one finished.  

I am about to skin one of our cats, if I figure out which one was up on my workbench today.  One of them knocked my helping hands clamp and magnifier set off and shattered the lens and broke off one of the arms.  I have to use that for small parts so I am now SOL if I have any detail painting or assembly to do.  

Last night I felt fairly human so I did some catching up on some mostly done builds that had damage or missing parts.  I had an Accurate Miniatures P-51B that had it's prop shaft snap off, so I static mounted the prop directly to the kit.  Another one needs a new front windshield glass though, it got cracked.  I want to get some of these old kits out of the way so I don't have as many boxes lying around.  I have a couple of other small ones I may be able to save.

I will try and check in as much as possible until I get over this.

Rich

Wow Rich, I sure hope you get to feeling better soon.  By the way, how did Sandy treat you?  We got some of it over here but not as much as you did.

Ken

Hi Folks.  Just checking in.  I haven't been able to get out of bed all day, except for runs to the head.  I hate Flu.  The Doctor has me on a stronger antibiotic now which isn't helping my stomach, but  I need the extra strength stuff.   I hope to be more alive in a week or so. ugg...

Dom, great Enterprise. I had the big kit when I was a kid.  It was probably one of my favorite builds.  It came out great.  I really wish I still had that one, it was some of my best work.  I don't think I would have the patience to do that much de-warping and filling.  Are you going to put on the deck markings?

Oh.  Since I don't think anyone else is doing it this year, I am going to do the Secret Santa build.  So be on the look out for a Thread I will be starting sometime tomorrow if I am alive enough.  I figure if I start now, we should have enough time to get folks interested.   PM me if you are interested.

Not much progress since I can't stay out of bed long.  Tomorrow I am going to start using the laptop so I can keep in touch from my room.  But I won't be doing much.  Hopefully I can get some green putty soon for the FGR.2  I really want to get that one finished.  

I am about to skin one of our cats, if I figure out which one was up on my workbench today.  One of them knocked my helping hands clamp and magnifier set off and shattered the lens and broke off one of the arms.  I have to use that for small parts so I am now SOL if I have any detail painting or assembly to do.  

Last night I felt fairly human so I did some catching up on some mostly done builds that had damage or missing parts.  I had an Accurate Miniatures P-51B that had it's prop shaft snap off, so I static mounted the prop directly to the kit.  Another one needs a new front windshield glass though, it got cracked.  I want to get some of these old kits out of the way so I don't have as many boxes lying around.  I have a couple of other small ones I may be able to save.

I will try and check in as much as possible until I get over this.

Rich

Bockscar

Well Ken,

you don't mess around....

i wish I had a 1/32 SkyRaider myself......

http://www.primeportal.net/models/thomas_voigt_reviews/zm_skyraider/

Wow....what a kit!

Dom

Yes, you know how much I love the Vietnam era USAF aircraft!  And this baby is done nice!  I just could not resist!  Here is another link for the J version which is the version I just got:

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/zmi/kit_zmi_32007.shtml 

Ken

Well Ken,

you don't mess around....

i wish I had a 1/32 SkyRaider myself......

http://www.primeportal.net/models/thomas_voigt_reviews/zm_skyraider/

Wow....what a kit!

Dom

Thanks for the kind words Ken,

It's not the kits that are at fault, i suppose I just hate seeing them go onto the curb.

That CVN took me more time to de-warp the decks than fill the cold-cast defects.

I re-enforced them underneath with heavy plastic bulkheads, and filled her hull with blue styrofoam and lead

ballast so she would float at her waterline.

The jets are all painted Navy White undersides, and 'Tarnship Grey' (for Rex) on the top sides.

The decals, as you know, are the size of a mouse's wart. I couldn't put them on as they fragged even with decal film-spray applied, I need a fresh set.

She has a sweet hull design, would've made a fab battle-ship.....verrrrry big.....

Nimitz's hull design is like the stretch version, with long straight central portion for industrial capacity,

65's hull is more like a clipper's.

A great kit, less than half the parts of a Trumpeter 1/350, and still big enough to store stuff on....

Dom

Hi Everyone,

No work at the bench tonight since I spent the evening helping to defend the house against the variety of goblins, ghosts, ghouls, warewolves, vampires, devils, zombies, and other assorted monsters!

My new 1/32 Zoukei-Mura A-1J Skyraider showed up today along with the wheel wells for the F-4E.  So I am all set.

Ken

Bockscar

Ken,

that's 1/400, the old Revell kit.

The fore deck was cold-cast and was warped and there wasn't much of a surface because the plastic had frozen before it could fill the mold, it should have gone back into the grinder but some how got to market and then into my collection. I rebuilt and re-surfaced about 25% of the fore deck, with, yes, putty, and some styrene. She floats in salt water at the line.

i wish I could weather her, and give her some depth and detail......she sits in dry dock....coated in dust.....awaiting her next  mission....

Dom

It looks like you did a good job of repairing her!  Wow, it sounds like you have not had very good luck with kits!

Ken

Ken,

that's 1/400, the old Revell kit.

The fore deck was cold-cast and was warped and there wasn't much of a surface because the plastic had frozen before it could fill the mold, it should have gone back into the grinder but some how got to market and then into my collection. I rebuilt and re-surfaced about 25% of the fore deck, with, yes, putty, and some styrene. She floats in salt water at the line.

i wish I could weather her, and give her some depth and detail......she sits in dry dock....coated in dust.....awaiting her next  mission....

Dom

Bockscar

Here's the CVN 65 USS Enterprise in it's half-complete state:

I'll need a magnifying glass to put the decals on those birds, and I still haven't replace the CVN-65 decal that goes on the bow-deck.

The devil is in the details, so she'll sit until, ummm, heck.....1926.....

Dom

So Dom, what scale is that?

Ken

Here's the CVN 65 USS Enterprise in it's half-complete state:

I'll need a magnifying glass to put the decals on those birds, and I still haven't replace the CVN-65 decal that goes on the bow-deck.

The devil is in the details, so she'll sit until, ummm, heck.....1926.....

Lol.....2026......

Dom