Vietnam Air War GB - Extended!

well, you can take me off the roster. my camera took a crap and i can no longer take pics.

I have not been up to the task for a few days and will return to the bench tommorow.

I have been hiding my hun from this GB for about a week. I will gets pics up soon.

Son Of Medicine Man

Nice work there tcepilot!  Great job on the weathering, looks very nice!

Ken

Didn't get any pictures of the cockpit before I assembled the fuse,  but here is my F-8 with pre shade ready for paint.

John

Enrico, you’ve certainly more patience than i but it’s definitely going to pay off. Looking awesome!

Very nice detailing Enrico on your F-100, looks sharp!

Ken

Nice work there tcepilot!  Great job on the weathering, looks very nice!

Ken

professordeath

Oh...I found the Monogram F-4C to be a nicely detailed kit. I really don't like raised lines because I always destroy some dealing with seams. Sure, with the mono kit you have to do a good deal of filling and sanding. My disappointment was with my paint work. Something dried into it and gave it a texture. The Tamiya phantoms are nice. I had them all. Built the E, but the others were lost in a storage flooding. I just don't have space anyway. Heck, I don't have space for the 1/48 kits in doing now.

Hi ProfessorDeath,

I apologize for telling you something that you obviously already knew!  I misunderstood what you meant by your disappointment with the Monogram F-4C.  That is actually good news for me that you liked it.  I would like to build an 1/48 EF-4C and I can buy a new Revell/Monogram F-4C for $15 vs. paying through the nose on eBay for an Hasegawa kit.

Ken

I hear you Enrico! I have rescribed a few kits myself and it is certainly a chore. Your Hun looks great with all of the effort you are putting in to her!

Hi Prof......send me your models......but I'll not return to you!!!Seriously...I don't think next 5 years to make again a work like that.Ciao from Italy Enrico.

Some update....next days I'll try a putty test spraying same acrylic silver onto all the  joints and scribed surfaces.......

All is allowed :)

Would love to get into this GB; are you allowing crossovers from other builds?  I'd like to build a Monogram Skyraider and a Fujimi A-6 Intruder, if possible.  Thanks!

TAD

Pretty nice pilot Just a suggestion but,  your seam cleanup is good on the aircraft itself, but you may want to carry that over to things like the drop tanks too.

Finished!

professordeath

Actually, tcepilot is the his of this GB. I'm just keenly interested in the subject matter so I keep an eye out over here. I finished the Monogram F-4C, but wasn't all that please. Will probably be entering simethjg else before long.

Many apologies to tcepilot.  I did not mean to take away your efforts.

Yes, in 1/48 scale the Hasegawa is a better kit for the F-4.  The F-4C however is an older molding and has raised panel lines.  It is also hard to get and goes for high bucks on eBay.  It is almost worth it if you have the space to go for the Tamiya 1/32 F-4C/D.  But then you have to sand down all the raised panels.

Ken

professordeath

Looking excellent so far, Ken. I see you're using the resin Aires cockpit set. It will be good to see another phantom come together.

Thank you Jimmy D. for the compliment.  It is great to see you putting together this build.

Ken

Greetings,

I would like to join this build!  I have a work in progress, an 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II.  Here are a few pics of the work done on the cockpit so far:

Ken 

I'm nearly finidhed with the Scooter, just a few more decals (7) a gloss coat weathireng and a duulcoat. Here she is:

Well guys like toys that they can play with... and I suspect that RC cars are the steady business. Not so catastrophic when they crash.

I have a few parkzone birds like the P-51D Mustang BL with the brushless engine and Li-Po battery. It's a good deal foor $200 only if you are experienced with RC planes.

Well that's why when I was at Ft Polk, I usually had to drive to Houston to visit a real hobby shop. While the local town of Leesville had one for awhile, it did not last more than a year or so. The closest cities of Alexandria, Lake Charles, and Shreveport had none. So while the base PX had a pretty good selection of models, supplies were minimal except for Pactra paints and glue. And there was a toy store on Hiway 171 that carried a few models and Humbrol paints. There was no internet back then so for anything else it was mail order from a shop here in So Cal that I was on their mailing list. I truly appreciated it here a few years back when there was lots of shops where I live. The economy now is killing most of them.

You should try finding a local hobby shop when you live in a town of 9000. The best one is an 1 1/2 hours away and they charge above suggested retail. I found one about 25 miles away but it is pretty limited in what he has. Other than that Squadron usually is the fall back.

Well I would not be surprised if it was closed. I can not for the life of me remember where it was and looking on Google imagery was no help... None of the hobby shops here that I frequent that were around back then are even in the same location that they were in the 1980s. Except for a big chain store.... not to mention all the shops here that opened and closed in the years since then...

Well it was in the mid 80s when I was going to Houston on occasion  while I was stationed at Ft Polk. All I remember is that the shop was in the south end of the city on one of the major north/south streets. IIRC, it was on the east side of the street. It was well stocked and had a good selection. I only went there a few times over the years ( almost 6 hour round trip, over 2 1/2 hours driving each way, between base, Houston, and back again), and I sure do not remember the name.

No hobby shops in Houston???? I remember a good shop down in the south end of Houston many years ago...

Yes I think I'm doing the weasel but it's a local shop and no shipping cost.

I just bought the Monogram 1/48 F-8 Crusader, amazing kit! I have ''Nam Fever'', I'm currently saving up for a hobby boss THUD ($55)

stikpusher

Lots of Huns showing up! Nice

all ready for a 'Broken Arrow' call...