Vietnam Air War GB - Extended!

fuse joined and polished, minor scratches still to be fixed. test fit on acrylic rod. not a bad fit :-)

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That is fantastic work so far! I hope one day I will reach that level.

Dogfish_7

Nice touch with the resin engine parts!

Thank you Bruce!  I hate starting over but in the end it will be worth it.

Ken

had a play with some foil on a scrap fuse.

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Certainly beats the alclad but its damn fiddly  but i think ill go for it though. seem to get better results with ordinary kitchen foil rather than  shop bought Bare Metal Foil.

back end finished in alclads and xtracrylic on the tail

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next up is to foil the rest :o

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-4G_VF-213_camouflaged_Vietnam_1966.jpg

I have a 1/72 Fujimi F-4B that I'm going to build as the short lived green Navy F-4Gs of the VF-213 Black Lions.

small update. think ive taken on too much, foil is slow slow work :-( wings and tail elevator not glued on , just to see if they fit ok. Alclad will have to be touched up too, damaged it wiping off excess foil glue .

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Slow or not I think it still looks excellent!

just tried mr white surfacer 1000 rattle can for the first time and love it. this is just one quick, thin as possible coat. Covers beautiful and is smooth as silk.

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hi, i was wondering if it is ok to join you guys. i am currently trying to build one of every kind of aircraft used in vietnam. i already have 20 finished models and i am starting to build an ac 130a hercules gunship, a bronco and the new canberra from italeri.  

Ahh whoops - I just saw this build ends in August. That wouldn't give me enough time to finish. So disregard my request

Russ

I'd like to join this one with a Huey in 1/35! It is the model from Dragon (reboxed Panda kit). I'll add CMK's cockpit and cargo room sets (the interior of the Dragon kit is really poor...)

You won't see anything from me 'till early July though. I have some projects to do first.

Cheers, Clemens

Ok guys. Even I cant make the August date, I will extend this GB from the continued interest. There will be plenty of time to build for everyone.

hannibalsmith

hi, i was wondering if it is ok to join you guys. i am currently trying to build one of every kind of aircraft used in vietnam. i already have 20 finished models and i am starting to build an ac 130a hercules gunship, a bronco and the new canberra from italeri.  

Striker8241

Ahh whoops - I just saw this build ends in August. That wouldn't give me enough time to finish. So disregard my request

Russ

thank heavens for that :-0

thanks for that. now to get the camera out and try and post some pics on here. that should b a laugh

hi

now for some photos of the hercules(hopefully) lol

i hope this has worked

well that did not work

i need a little help to upload my pics from photobucket

cheers

Pick the second line down which is for a direct link. 

 If you are looking at the photos in the album mode then you actually have to highlight and copy the line.  If you have clicked on your photo in photobucket you will see a larger image and the same menu to the right of the photo.  In this mode you just have to click on it and it will automaticly be copied.

Then with the link copied you click on the icon for insert image above and paste it into the URL box.

success

now to upload another one or two

thanks for the help most appreciated

the previous pics are the interior of the hercules, i need to get a lot better at taking pictures . lol

i have now glued both halves together with the interior and sannded the join lines on the wings and the body. i should have checked the fit of the wings first as i will have to open up the holes for them.

more to follow

Here is the first showing of my Crusader... (Ignore the crappy pic quality)

Really nice work! Is all of it brush-painted?

Yep, all of that is brush painted so far. I like to brush the interior but airbrush the exterior. Some time I airbrush both.

I am too dumb to handle a brush properly. That's why I spray everything except those tiny things I can't mask Seriously now, I try to avoid brush-painting as much as possible, as I'm new to the hobby and I have more control with an airbrush IMO. I think i get better at painting small stuff with every model I build though. That's also one of the reasons why I like to use the pre-painted Eduard PE sets for my aircraft cockpits....

Cheers, Clemens

 I am 15 and have been building steadily for 3 years now. @ Spartan 

   Here's my updated Patton for all of you "Land Lovers"...

And now for an F-8 up to date... 

... hope you enjoyed, I will start masking tommorow

progress so far on the herculesthe above shows me dry fitting the wings and the engines and fuel tanks built.

more to come

A lot of nice work here! I still have to order the CMK sets for my UH-1D...