Still Too Many Props GB - 2013

Lanc is coming along nicely!

B17pilot thanks for the tip about the seats,much appreciated. I've got a lot of issues to sort on this one for sure.

Nice looking Lanc!

I have completed painting the lower half the Gloss Black and put a couple coats of Future to protect the finish.

Next up: Landing gear, retouch the gear and wheels, final decals, panel lines, some weathering and small additional details, such as the aerials.

Nope, they are made of "genuine" plastic. I have not used any AM products on this kit.

Nice looking work there. Are those gun barrels PE.

Okay, I finaly got some pic of the Lanc in progress:

Completed the camo colors then sealed it with Future. After a couple of coats, I gently sanded the finish with sanding pads after it had cured. I used a tack cloth to remove sanding material, the did a rinse under cool water.

The one good thing about this kit was that I can do the wings apart from the fuselage. Here is the starboard wing, decaled and weathering complete. Matt finish will be applied after the wings are attached to the fuselage.

Rear turret before a little cleanup. Once again, Hasegawa does not give clear instructions on this component, and I think the masking could have been a little better.

After masking, I prepped for painting by using Testors Model Master Acryl Gloss Black with about 25% Testors thinner. I did multiple passes to ensure good coverage than sealed it with a few coats of Future. I also did the landing gear infrastructure with the same paint session.

More to follow!

Technology ain't it great!

I'm surprised to hear that the kit has poor detail in those areas. I can only imagine thisis an old mold.Looking forward to the pics.

There is a new Dambsuters movie out this year, and they decided to change the name of the dog. A shame that the world has come to this.

Well,

I've made some pretty good progress, and I took some progress photos, but Murphy struck and the files were corrupted. I will retake some new shots of the current state. However, some notes about my build:

The 1/72 Hasegawa "Dambusters" kit has very poor cockpit and gear bay detail. Screams for aftermarket, but I'm using this build to improve my overall building (sanding/filling) and airbrushing techniques. I heard the Revell 1/72 kit has great cockpit detail.

The plastic is great to work with and responds well so sanding and filling.

Instructions are very poor is some areas, especicially with the rear machine gun turret and other smaller builds.

The wings have the these odd square thingees on the leading edge. Another site says they are wire cutters so I left them in place. This made sanding the seams on the front edge very challening. I should have checked my resources a little better for the  Mk III "Dambusters" variant (I'm doing Gibson's aircraft, the former commander of 617 sqdrn.)

(Don't use the classic movie as a reference. The "Upkeep" system was still classified when the film was made, so the film makers used a spherical bomb with no backspin device...plus I'm sure the name of the dog, the  617 Sqdrn mascot, would leave quite a few people very uncomfortable.)

Speaking of resources: Had a heckuva time tring to find out color schemes for the "Upkeep" bomb and its modified bomb bay. Stuck with the instructions, in this case.

More to follow and pics when I get this stupid camera to work properly!

While I have that set, I might have used one or two resin pieces in the nose section. I didn't really use all of it at the time. I was basically taking all the available updates for a B-17 and used the best ones in the actual model, so the completed model as a mix match of different sets. One note to look for on the true details cockpit set, mine didn't have the other pilot's set in it, modified the kits seats to go in it, so I would double check that you got two pilot's seats.

B17Pilot its the same one,plus the bombadier. I hate to hear the fit is so bad not looking forward to that at all. I also got the Verlinden exterior set as well any experience with that one? thanks Trey

its a monogram

What's your upgrade set? I put a true details cockpit and nose set into an early -G and that set fought me all the way! I had one heck of a time getting it into the fuselodge

I like the Badge ! Most of the B-17 resin interior upgrades have arrived so I'll be sawing bits of plastic soon. Still waiting on a bombay upgrade set.

Welcome Jon! What's the make of your twin?

im in for my first gb, doing a 1/72 twin mustang f-82g :) first try for air brush and a few other things should be fun

Feel free to start your builds anytime now! I got a P-47 to add a flat coat too and she'll be done, minus the fuel tank and pylons before I'll pull out my B-26

No its not too late! Welcome! I got your Lanc on the list. Got a 1/48 scale of a Lanc, can't remember if its a dambuster version or not.

Becky, looking forward to seeing that. I ahve a different Hase Lanc in the stash, so will be watching this build closley.

Hi, if its not too late, I'd like to join your group build. I am working on a Hasegawa Avro Lancaster (Dambusters) 1/72 scale, no aftermarket.

Good to see you back.

Yeah its still on! I had to work at a company conference all last week, so I was a little busy to say the least.

B17, is this GB still a go. I know you been AWOL a few days, hope all is well your end.

Front page updated!

B17pilot - I like the badge.

Put me down for a 1/72 Hasegawa B-26 Marauder.

Regards

Tony

Looks good to me, too.

B17Pilot

I got a badge done. What do y'all think?

Could do with more props

I like it.

I got a badge done. What do y'all think?

Welcome! The PV-1 was a really nice kit! Let me know what you decide on

I`d like to join but not sure what to build...maybe a PV-1 Ventura. Still setting up my temporary base of operations....