ANZAC GB Sept 2012 to Sept 2013

~lurking!!~

Lol  Vance.  Yeh.  I do that sometimes too.  I've got the nasty Revell Blue Angel mostly assembled.  The Future just got drying on the cockpit so I can now mask it and install it.  Then prep for paint.  I really wish this kit had a wheels up option.  The landing gear is sooo weak.  I'm going to "try" to salvage the Hobby Boss kit, whichever one comes out best will be the guinea pig for the 20th. Anniversary decals.  I can't get another kit.  Heck, I can't even buy glue for a while, or even paint.  We just had to put our bank account into new Calipers and Tie Rods for our minivan.  There went the holidays, our anniversary and xmas for the bunch of us, so model stuff is definitely out.  I think I have enough supplies laid in to last through next spring if I recycle tape and such. lol  One of them should come out good.  The Revell is going to need a lot of smoothing and sanding as well.  Once these two are done, I am finishing my British FGR.2 for another build and then I am going to do something different.  Not sure what yet, but something different.

Rich

(P.S.  I have taken images of tthe Revell, and I will send them up as soon as I get a good amount together. and have the time to clean them up and resize them.)

Well folks I just went thru and had a look at all the progress here so far. Sparrow, that F4U is a beauty! I really like your work on the cockpit on that build. 

I have an Aussie subject that I just completed to share here. But I can't claim it as part of this GB seeing how I started building it over 4 years ago and it sat about 80 done for the past several years for no good real reason. But since this is for all things ANZAC and this particular vehicle is only Aussie I figures I would share a peek here. Tamiya's 1/35 M113 Fire Support Vehicle. Australian Armoured Forces in the Vietnam War modified several basic M113 APCs by adding a Saladin Armored Car turret with it's 76mm gun.

thanks for looking

Very cool. Thanks heaps for sharing Stik. Youve done an awesome job on that.

Thank you. Now I need an AFV Aussie Centurion and Academy Aussie 113 for its' Vietnam stable mates.

Could always do a Kiwi LAV?

Good looking M113, Stik.  Excellent weathering effect.  Looks really dry and dusty.

Now that does look cool Mikey... but I like Centurions more than LAVs

I am glad that you like it CMK!

Ha, i cant stand them. Im not an army boy. Unless it flies it doesnt usually interest me much. And having one parked at the end of my street for a week kinda made me hate them more.

We move in this week to the new flat. I should be set up in the next couple weeks. To scratch my aviation itch at the moment ive been playing battle stations pacific. Its a fair bit of fun.

Yeah but once you have driven a tracked AFV, you really get hooked on them.... the ultimate ground machine.

Gotta agree with the ultimate ground machine statement there. That is a very nice looking M113 there Stikpusher. Tanks are just awesome. 

This is what I got on ebay a couple of days ago. 

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=190737603267

I can't wait until it arrives. 

Well, I think I will be able to salvage the FA/18 from Hobby Boss, although only wheels up.  I guess I should put the pilot in.  I can't get the front landing gear bay insides to line up, so it's wheels up..  I don't want to risk killing it to try and move it since the nose is already sealed up around it.  I have a very small amount of gap filling to do, then maybe a few days to paint.  Those decals are going to take a while to do right.

Rich

Good news sparrow, the other option is to paint the inside of the canopy silver or blue. Turn it into one of those desk models. You have the decals on file now, so you can redo them again later on a better kit.

I hate those desk models.  I just think they look kind of cheesy.  I managed to get some WIPs toonight.  My camera has been acting up, so I am not always able to get usable ones.  Here we go...

Basic fuselage assembly.  This is where it all started to go south on me.

I took this before I completed bracing up the wings.  This kit is one of those ones where they seem to have made things unnecessarily overcomplicated.  Not including the fuselage stubs, each wing is made of 7 pieces.  The Alerons are made up of two separate alerons which are further divided into 2 pieces each.  The front Slats are made of 2 pieces as well.  I don't know why they did it this way since you can't lower the control surfaces without messing up the hinges they give you.  I should also note that you have to overcompless the fuselage sides to get the wing pieces to line up.  Thats why all the clamps in the next image.

Here is the completed fuselage and wing assembly.  I'll let it dry for at least 24 hours before I do any more work on it.

This is a slightly closer view of the cockpit.  Notice the humongous gap behind the back office...  That's part of the fit problem.  I am going to figure out a way to seal it up before I put the canopy on, and I just hope the seats don't hit the canopy, or I may have to take your advice on painting the canopy glass.

That's about all I got done tonight, tomorrow I start the little bits and pieces that give it all the detail, anb I close up the landing gear bays.  Wish me luck

Rich

Scorpiomikey

Good news sparrow, the other option is to paint the inside of the canopy silver or blue. Turn it into one of those desk models. You have the decals on file now, so you can redo them again later on a better kit.

bump

Sorry ive been AWOL guys. Had to move house. All moved in now, just need to unpack. Thanks for the bump OWL.

no problem!!

Sorry I haven't been on much, I had to get two shots (flu shot and one for pneumonia) and now I am sick as a dog, so I haven't gotten much done on either kit.  I'll send up some images once I get over this and have some progress to report.

Rich

Ouch, its funny how sometimes the vaccine makes you worse than the actual condition and may or may not get lol. Thats why i stopped getting the flu shot, id get it and be laid up in bed for a week or more.

Unfortunately, I am on over a dozen medications for everything from Diabetes, Heart Issues, Dizzyness and Syncopy, Cholesterol, to pain management.  A lot of these mess with the immune system, so if I don't get the shot, I can end up in the hospital.  As it is, I'll probably be sick for a week or more.

Scorpiomikey

Ouch, its funny how sometimes the vaccine makes you worse than the actual condition and may or may not get lol. Thats why i stopped getting the flu shot, id get it and be laid up in bed for a week or more.

The flu shot is the one thing in the world that I seem to have an allergy too. About 8 hours after getting the shot, I get extreme gastro symptoms that last for up to 48 hours.

Took me three experiences before I made the connection...

Cheers

Tony

I stopped getting it after the shot made me worse than the flu ever did. The only thing that concerns me is im asthmatic. So if it gets too bad im off to the hospital.

Argh.. Asthma is no fun.  I have it as well, although I haven't had an attack in a long time, I still keep an Albuterol inhaler around just in case.

Scorpiomikey

I stopped getting it after the shot made me worse than the flu ever did. The only thing that concerns me is im asthmatic. So if it gets too bad im off to the hospital.

Your lucky, any change in the weather sets me off. Spring sets me off. Its quite bad for me.

Is anyone building at the moment?

nah, I got exams coming up :/

Emergency Guppies? Sucks about exams. Good luck though.

Hi Guys.  I put up the thread for this years Secret Santa Build.  Here is the link.

cs.finescale.com/.../150747.aspx

Let me know if you are interested.  And please feel free to pass the address around.

Still havent built the kit i got from the last one.

I'm making very slow progress with my cockpit. I think the effects of the armour bug are still lingering. I'll try to post some pics soon.