Gift GB

hey mike that turned out nice. i have an old revel 1/48 i am considering doing for the latin american plane GB. will be a what if? paint scheme.

hey eagle90 that is looking good. i suspect real cockpits needed airing out after a mission too. i read the divers had to hold their noses when the opened the spacecraft after landing because the smell was overwhelming.

taking a day or 2 break from DANA. ready to add all the kit pe to the turret and i have to be in the right mood to do that. it is nice having the second kit. no old surprises but i'm sure there will be some new ones. cleaned up some of the bunker, especially my airbrush area and started back on 1/35 VOSPER for a couple of days.

waynec

hey mike that turned out nice. i have an old revel 1/48 i am considering doing for the latin american plane GB. will be a what if? paint scheme.

hey eagle90 that is looking good. i suspect real cockpits needed airing out after a mission too. i read the divers had to hold their noses when the opened the spacecraft after landing because the smell was overwhelming.

taking a day or 2 break from DANA. ready to add all the kit pe to the turret and i have to be in the right mood to do that. it is nice having the second kit. no old surprises but i'm sure there will be some new ones. cleaned up some of the bunker, especially my airbrush area and started back on 1/35 VOSPER for a couple of days.

LOL!  I could only imagine what that smelt like!  Thanks Wayne!

Eagle90

waynec

hey eagle90 that is looking good. i suspect real cockpits needed airing out after a mission too. i read the divers had to hold their noses when the opened the spacecraft after landing because the smell was overwhelming.

Navy divers wear swim masks that cover the nose

true but after they attached the floatation ring to the capsule they had to take their masks off to communicate with the astronauts on the inside and crack the hatch to help them out.

Looking nice there Eagle. There's a lesson there, both in using CA and not rushing things. A narrow escape.

Bish

Looking nice there Eagle. There's a lesson there, both in using CA and not rushing things. A narrow escape.

Thank you sir!  And how right you are!  I think that is one of the neatest aspects of GB's.  You do learn all kinds of stuff while doing them.  Especially for us novice guys!  

Eagle90

Hey Guys,

Well, here's the interior minus the side hatch.  You can see the cockpit seats and controls, and the six passenger seats.

The grey blobs on the sides of the passenger cabin is epoxy putty.  The interior walls are far from the windows so there are frames that go from the windows to the cabin walls.  You can see them in this reference picture.

I am having trouble with one thing...  I can't put the windows in after I finish with the epoxy putty.  Do you guys have any ideas on how I can get the windows in after I get everything put together?   The only idea I have is to removing the plastic surrounding the windows, then place them in the holes from the outside.  The windows are a bit smaller than the holes, so there is a possibility that they will fall inside.

Thoughts?

Hey everyone!  I'm calling her done!  I know, the background is lousy, but I had to put 2 pics together since she is a fairly big one!  Like I said in past posts, this kit is full of bad seams, gaps, you name it, but for a for such a unique subject, it was fun to build.  There is a pilot hidden in the cockpit....he sits so low, it's hard to see him.  Anyway, thank you Bish for letting me be part of this awesome GB! 

Opppps!  I just noticed the NAVY decal on the fin is off set!  Must of happened when I was doing the Set/Sol!  

Eagle90

Looks really good Eagle, especially the paint job.

Thanks Watchmann!

I have one clear coat on there now, but I'm not getting this shine I wanted.  Maybe one more coat will do it?

Thanks again!

Eagle90

Nice looking build eagle. I have added yours to the front page. thanks for joining in.

Thank you Bish!  Awesome GB!  Keep them coming!

Eagle90

Hey guys!  Sorry to be so late with this one!  I promised Bish I'd build this kit for the GB....its the ONLY kit I've ever received as a gift, and from my coworkers no less!!  What a great group of gals (yes GALS!!)

Dragon 1/35 Neubaufahrzeug

The only addition to this will be some Friulmodel tracks.  I picked these up at the Hobby Expo in Petaluma, CA a couple of years ago simply to make building this kit easier.  This way I won't have to worry about fitting the indy link tracks after all the assembly is done.

Assembly will start real soon.....as soon as I finish assembly on an old Tamiya Pz. IV Ausf. D and it goes into the paint booth.

Glad to see this one under way Ernst.

hey eagle90 for all the trouble the CUTLASS turned out nice. a trick with the background is take the first pic, copy it and move it to the right, flip it and nudge the ends together,

work on the beast continues. base coat is done. tools are done. will camo the turret sides separately (they are just sitting on the base right now) as well as cab and engine; dark earth and black. still some fiddly stuff that goes in the aft end of the gun after it's all together and some decals to put on before putting the turret together. at least the chassis and wheels are done and oil washed and won't have much dirt or mus applied.

That's looking great wayne, a real beast in deed.

found some more pieces to finish up. looks like inside of "turret halves" and gun will have to be decaled and weathered before putting it all together.

here is a pic of the belly of the beast. REAL DEAL rust and dirty oil over the black which doesn't show up weill and oil wash of black and burnt umber on tthe green. i assume the jacks are hydraulic so the smaller shafts are shiny. next step is silly putty cab and engine compartment and paint next color

Should be done with this soon wayne, can't wait to see it finished.

I've finally got back to my Jaguar XJR-9. I've masked off the white body to spray some purple panels, rather than try and make the kit purple decals conform to the complex curves of the surface.

Cheers

Tony

What kind of paints will you be using, Tony?

Nice to see you back on this one Tony, looking forward to it.

Bish

Should be done with this soon wayne, can't wait to see it finished.

me too. been off the grid plus haven't felt like playing with silly putty and it 7F outside, just a balmy winter day on the eastern front. been working on other stuff as you will see shortly. picked up a 20mm(4) 8T halftrack SPAA and a jeep,,motorcycle recon team, and gamma goat at gift exchange #1 (grenada theme). gift exchange #2 is friday ans will be crazier because the wives have a gift exchange too and alcohol will be involved.

I know what you mean wayne. This is the first winter I have been spraying out of the house. Apart from being rather chilly, I have noticed how the paint and varnish react, and its not even that cold.

Remember guys, the GB ends on xmas day, for that's 20 days away (I think). But as long as the kit has already been started, I am happy to let it run after that and still claim the badge. But if you can get them done before then, that' would be great.

I'll try to get this done before Christmas , Bish.

Cheers

Tony

Completed the somewhat onerous task of applying the decals....

Cheers

Tony

Now that's looking nice Tony.

Thanks Bish

Here is my Jaguar XHR-9LM. I'm calling it done. It's far from my best model, but at least I can put in on the shelf amongst the collection and hope that nobody notices too much. I've now completed all 4 Hasegawa XJR jaguars, happy with that.

Cheers

Tony

Looks good to me Tony, thanks for taking part, nice to have this on the front page.