Kermit looks a heck of a lot better than my only P-47 build, the treasured 1/48 Testers kit Been wanting to do another for a while now. Course I have been wanting to build for a while.

Doogs lookin good man I think adding the headsets will be a great touch especially in that scale. You gonna dirty it up some too ?

kermit

Nice kit sofar but the pit is kinda sparse...

You think yours is sparse? I just realized my kit doesn't even HAVE a cockpit! Insane for a plane that has a giant greenhouse for a nose!

Still not sure what I want to do about that... Unless somebody has a spare 1/72 cockpit laying around that i could have...

So...I've been mostly out of pocket for the last week or so. Haven't been at the bench at all. Haven't been posting much.

Well, the stuff keeping me away finally reached its conclusion yesterday, so I finally got to play with the big B-25 some more, and have the cockpit mostly wrapped up. Some of the IP gauges are cloudy because the Krystal Klear was still curing when I took these...but it's enough to give the idea.

I'm thinking about scratching some headsets to put in the cockpit, perhaps draped over the control yokes or up on the IP combing. And a Life magazine or something left in the nose section.

Vetteman,

Nice kit sofar but the pit is kinda sparse... i like the wheel wells though...

Got started the other night. Sorry about the bad quality pics, i was too lazy to take out the stuff into the photobooth:

To spice things up a tiny bit i used some PE spares i had to fashion some kind of seat belts..:

(woops forgot to rotate sorry...)

Richard

PNGbrat got the front page updated now Sorry to hear about your wife needing a new knee man. Hope all goes well ans she has a speedy recovery. Yes yes you are a lucky man

Man I cant believe all the great kits being started for this round !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kermit got ya on the roster buddy, have been eyeballin that same kit

Hope her stay in the hospital goes well, PNGbrat

I finally got an internet connection back

going to pull my WIP pics off of my old phone (replaced that too) and post them up all soon-like

  Sorry about that.  The kit is a 1/48 Tamiya.  My wife is having a knee replaced on Thursday,  but I'll try to get some pictures up after she comes home from hospital.  Even after 34 years of marriage she is still smoken hot and the love of my life.  A fun wife and group build---I'm a lucky man.

That does look nice! Are those South Vietnam markings? Sweet! And I agree with you about Academy. Their kits are kind of hit and miss on superdetailing, but the ones I have done are well constructed and overall very nice. And yes, they are certainly an excellent kit for the modest price!

Interesting kits sofar! Gonna be fun to watch. I just took a moment to take a pic or two of my intended kit: the Academy F8F-1 Bearcat. It does have parts not used and two cowlings so i assume it does have the parts to make an F8F-2...

The NMF boxart really caught my attention and i never built a bearcat so it should be fun to do. Not too many parts and the pit could use some aftermarket to spice it up but the sprues are free of flash and i generally like the ease of construction of the academy kits, not to mention gentle pricetags...

Richard

V-man: Ripped open the plastic bags and washed the kit this afternoon, I may be a little slow since I want to get my other jug finished first though.

Sub: That would look awesome in NM!

Ooh, good point. Is there a good place I could find out what parts were wood? Oddly enough, there doesn't seem to be much info on this aircraft.

Thanks

One thing to keep in mind is that many IL-4s were partially constructed of wood. Not to say it couldn't have been NMF with aluminum lacquer or something over the wood components, but worth knowing going in...

Sorry for the double post

Sub Revolution your IL-4T is in will look great in NMF for sure !

Well Sub Revolution there are a number of ways to get NMF, my suggestion would be to look at the finished pictures on the front page of NMF III and see what catches your eye. I did list what was used to achieve the finish, some of them may suprise you.  Heres the link to the page for ya.

/forums/t/137599.aspx

This guy:

Found him at the LHS a few weeks ago and couldn't resist! I was originally thinking of doing it for the twin engine bomber GB, but.... then I started wondering what it would look like in NMF...

It might have even flown in NMF at some point, I have no idea. But I can't find any photos of it that way, which is why I call it more of a "theoretical" than a "what if" build.

Now I gotta figure out how to do this NMF thing.... There any good how-to's online?

Thanks

Sub Revolution what-if's are allowed What do you have in mind ?

Would a theoretical (what-if) build be allowed? If so, I have an idea. And I need a distraction from my current project.

stoutfella

 

vetteman42:

 

Ok,,,,,,, ok,,,, first order of business, those who went and jumped the gun .

Your atonement will be the sacrifice of one piece of 1/8th dia sprue 6 inches long to the " GOD OF STYRENE " There will be dire, unthinkable consequences if this task is not completed in a timely manner.

 

 

1/8th sprue, huh? Gee, not sure I've got any of that on hand. I may have to go buy a kit.

Hummmm I bet buying a new kit just breaks your heart huh Stoutfella

The roster has been updated with new builds, still need to hear from PNGbrat as to scale and manufacturer of his build. And Miss Owl you are on the roster, your build is listed as TBA

vetteman42

Ok,,,,,,, ok,,,, first order of business, those who went and jumped the gun .

Your atonement will be the sacrifice of one piece of 1/8th dia sprue 6 inches long to the " GOD OF STYRENE " There will be dire, unthinkable consequences if this task is not completed in a timely manner.

1/8th sprue, huh? Gee, not sure I've got any of that on hand. I may have to go buy a kit.

let the fun begin ( when i finish the ferrari i am building).

 
DSC01304small by omgpainful, on Flickr

Jh

Stout, no worries man. I jumped the gun a bit myself, by about 2 days. Takes about that long for the chrome to be stripped off, and I didn't want the build to bog down waiting.

Now, where to send that 1/8" sprue.......... Canada Post won't deliver w/o an address.

Yes the Zouki Mura P-51D is 1/32 and i will have some PE.

The NMF IV Group build has officially started

Ok,,,,,,, ok,,,, first order of business, those who went and jumped the gun .

Your atonement will be the sacrifice of one piece of 1/8th dia sprue 6 inches long to the " GOD OF STYRENE " There will be dire, unthinkable consequences if this task is not completed in a timely manner.

Stoutfella nice progress man !!! Sorry to see the minor setback though. I am sure you will get it repaired with no ill effects in short order. I have found with MM acrylics even with a primer I have lifting troubles, so if I am going to be doing a lot of masking over it I shoot a couple of coats of future on first and have very few lifting problems.

B17Pilot your Jug is in and welcome back.

Frightful6 7 you building the Zouki Mura P-51D for the group ?? That is 1/32 scale right ?

PNGbrat your Bald Eagle is in and welcome to the group. I just need the scale and manufacturer of the kit to get you listed on the roster.

ruddratt

Doogs, you're off to a great start on the B-25 - looks awesome, as usual!

Stout, I'm likin' the look of that 'stang! You guys really hit the ground a runnin' here!

Thanks, ruddratt. Guess I kinda jumped the gun a bit, since the official start date wasn't until today. Hope I'm forgiven

Greetings,

A minor setback.

Horizontal surfaces attached, it was time to spray the anti-glare panel. I was using MM acrylic olive drab, with a few drops of dark green and a drop or two of black, as the straight OD seems a little brown and a little too light. Mixed and sprayed and all looked well.

Now, just a day or two earlier, I'd read a comment in an old thread warning that you really needed to prime under MM acrylics if you were going to mask it -- that the paint would peel up easily from bare plastic. But I thought, well, I'd never really had that trouble and sprayed away. After the OD, I decided to spray some white around the nose, just as a background for the white stars in the nose ring decal for "Short Fuse Sallee." To do that, I needed to mask off the anti-glare. And, well, see for yourselves, a nice chunk of the OD panel peeled right up.

Sigh. So I'm laying down a coat of gray enamel as primer, which will need a little sanding, then will spray the OD again. Lesson learned: I shoulda listened to the voice of experience from the past.

Doogs, you're off to a great start on the B-25 - looks awesome, as usual!

Stout, I'm likin' the look of that 'stang! You guys really hit the ground a runnin' here!

PNG - welcome aboard! I'm looking forward to seeing your work!

Work has begun on my Virago. Gotta say these bike kits are pretty cool. The Simple Green worked a treat in removing the chrome plating - only took about 2 days, but they're nekkid as the day they were born. I'll be painting the frame tonight, as it's pretty much together, along with the gas tank, as well as some primer and Alclad on the engine block, heads, and cylinders. Should have some pics up soon.

  I would like to join the group build if allowed.  I plan on building a P-51B called Bald Eagle.  It is more than 50% nm.  I just hope my effort is worth posting.  Thanks.

                                                                                                         gknox

Doogs and SF: Nice work there guys!

Frightful6_7

I am in with the most common subject a P-51d i want to try the new Zouki Mura when it comes out.

Nice! Have you read SPAR's review of it yet? 

http://www.scaleplasticandrail.com/kaboom/index.php/all-things-aviation/132-135-scale/132-kit-reviews/1489-132-p-51d-mustang-from-zoukei-mura

I've got two Tamiyastangs in the stash, but this one looks different enough that I may just have to pull the trigger.

I am in with the most common subject a P-51d i want to try the new Zouki Mura when it comes out.