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Amazing how even when we should know better... we still manage to do silly simple things?! I'm in the painting stage on a Flanker - decided to leave the rudders off to make painting easier - good. In my rush to "do SOMETHING" one night I glues the afterburner cans in place - BAD!! Should have left them off & painted them separately. Ahh well, lesson learned.
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
I got the nose full of lead, just about ready to glue the nose on. Not sure what I was thinking I primed it before I filled the joint lines, just made my self a bunch more work.
On the Bench: 1/72 Ki-67, 1/48 T-38
1/144 AC-130, 1/72 AV-8A Harrier
Alright, wing ribs that were sanded away have been replaced, then I sanded them down to a more appropriate height. (masking tape on either side to protect details. Canopy glass masked off.A good dusting of Tamiya primer, I spotted a couple of places that my putty work needs a little touch-up. Do I fix it, or go with some extra weathering in that area? The world wonders...
Yeah that is one of many reasons that I do not want to move. I have the best building set up now than I have EVER had... I hate to lose it already.... Grrrrrrr...
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
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OY, moving stinks. That being said I was hoping we'd have been out of our present location & on to something slightly larger by now. Bench space = kitchen table right now.
Long story short, yes. Maybe not in the immediate future as was originally going to happen, but worst case this coming spring, and best case in around four years. We moved just last year and it sucked bigtime. I will be thinning out the built model herd when ever this move comes.
Your moving too stik? Im getting more and more frustrated at not having a model space after the move. Still have half a room to clear out before i can lay the new flooring down. On the plus side ive discovered ive got room for a crapload of bench space. I can have 2 of my old desk side by side down the short wall.
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Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming
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OK, I got news today that I can probably jump back in to this GB seeing how the up coming move has been postphoned for the time being.
an F4u-7 Corsair, and a Caudron Racer ...
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What are you going to be building?
Yes!!!
hey.. I'm back at the bench, ,, I might start my build soon !
That actually reminds me, need to replace my nose-weight supply, getting pretty low on the ol' fishing sinkers.
I have been working on my old black plastic esci Mirage IIC. I got the wings attached and the exhaust shroud on. I need to add 5g of lead to the nose to keep from sitting on its tail. Now where did I put that lead shot? I'll get some new pictures up shortly
BUMP!
Hmmm - odd. And a good reminder to dry-fit EVERYTHING! Especially on an older kit. Looking forward to seeing this one take shape, I've been reading up on the Mirage III / V series lately.
Ohh, after the Halloween running around last night, settled in at home around 10pm, exhausted. Had to do SOMETHING useful though, so I replaced the inner wing ribs on the MS406. Even with the thinnest sheet styrene, they sit too proud, so next step is masking tape on either side of the styrene & slowly sand them down some.
Not sure why Esci did what they did but I had to ad strips of styrene inside the wing halves so the top portion of the wing would have something to actually glue too. otherwise the joint would just bouce up and down. much better now. almost ready to mate the wings to the fuselage.
ESCI - ERTL, may have been different plastic anyway.
Thanks, it hasn't been too bad yet, but trying to get the two fuselage halves lined up to glue them is a pain. I figured I'd use this old one from the stash rather than by a new/expensive one.
falconmod A very old ESCII/Ertl kit
A very old ESCII/Ertl kit
Man, good luck with it. I had black plastic in an older Airfix kit, it was hard, almost like PVC plumbing pipe, hard to get a smooth finish if you had to sand, and it took a lot longer for glue to set (at least Tamiya cements) It wasn't unbuildable or anything, just took awhile longer.
Lots of little pieces of masking tape cut last night...
A black-plastic Mirage?? Which kit is that??
Getting set up for some work on it tonight actually, while the ball game is on.
lol, well the fit issues at the wing join aren't horrible, I've just used a fair amount of putty to make sure i get a gradual profile. To be honest, if it wasn't SO SMALL, it would have been easier to deal with it using some shims or stretched sprue.
Vance, I like the Morane and have several decal options for it, but you've convinced me to never build the Heller one.
If it doesn't kill you it will make you stronger !
I'll be getting back to my Corsair now, having completed the 1/48 Panther tank that was consuming my time.
Cheers
Tony
I'm just taking it one GB at a time.
Ok, several rounds of puttying + sanding now. Will take a good look at it under daylight conditions before I go ahead I start priming...
thanks bsyamato - yes, this Morane may finish off my supply of putty!
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