AIRCRAFT - Natural metal finish group build (ends 10/31/04)

ok greg. on its way. hope it helps.

joe

i've tried this wih my security settings on highest and lowest. still no pic or connection to the url. please could someone e-mail the pic to me at landyman2003@fsmail.net i'll ost the pic elsewhare and then i can use it when i've earned it.
cheers in advance.
Greg

Liam: If you're willing to let it go, sure! But how do i pay you for postage? (I'm not too sure if our mail system here does money order, etc...)

Hey, the badge looks great, ghettochild! Can we start using it?!

i'm just getting the "page cannot be diplayed" page, i'll try altering my security settings and see if that works.
cheers.
Greg

can you see that one gregers? if not here is the url
ftp://joshsmodelpage:blklbl@home.houston.rr.com/nmf.jpg

joe

update on the EE Lightning, the airframe is complete and its sanded and about to have some re-scribing done.will be priming it with mat black today. i've been to my lhs to get some Humbrol polished aluminium "metal cote" enamel. to finish it with. i'll spray it, mask some of the panels with micropore then polish.

btw, still getting the dreaded red x, not sure what the problem is but it aint showing in your sigs either. any ideas? if someone could post the url i'll see if i can get it onto my sig.
cheers.
Greg

that is good. use it when done? a badge of completion or use now for participation?

joe

gregers not sure what may be the problem. it shows up for me, and yeehahs got it in his sig. is anyone else have this problem??

cool, thanks ghettochild.

hi Ghettochild, sorry but all i see is a red x, whats the pic?.
cheers.
Greg

shrikes,
I could pop the canopy off my old, busted Monogram F-86. I think it's degined differently to the academy, and it's painted, but maybe..........

ghettochild, looks good. Can we use it????
Liam

PERFECT, Remember that some of us are doing the 29, looks SWEET.

what do you guys think of this. just a little something i whipped up.

Liam: it was the Academy 1/48 F-86F Sabre... you wouldn't happen to have a spare, would you?

Still little progress, but we've had several offers on the house. Almost sold, I hope. This is going to go up to the last minute I fear.

shrikes: which model did the canopy belong to and what scale?

i have had the experience of bits screaming into orbit when cut from the sprue, or pinging out of the tweezers tha twere holding them while I painted them a helpful black.

It's funny: tonight was the usual Oggy and me model-night (he's building the revell 1/48 Hind and the Academy 1/48 Shooting Star, not for the Group Build, but just cos he wants to) and I was working on the F-84G. I was doing the wheel-wells, replacing the kit parts withthe Aires resin set.
Never have I sanded so much plastic and resin in order to get the wing-halves together (and I sanded a LOT from the Revell Black Bunny Tomcat 1/48- hence my signature), but in the end it worked.
However, the funny bit was that there was a tiny mountain of sanded and filed plastic and resin piled neatly on my cutting board. Now, if I got it together and melted it down, I might just be able to cast a few additional bits for the F-84!!

So, once again, I am at painting stage. No paint. Darn and confound it. Guess this means I'll have to start another kit!!
Or paint the Hurricane.....
or cut the grass..er...no, maybe not. Now where's that airbrush.....

Liam

Okay, i did something sensationally stupid... I was trying to strip the paint off of the canopy windscreen (because i had the wrong color on it) when it snapped!!! I need to find a replacement somewhere! On the other hand, i have gotten fairly far in the decaling process, though the rough Philippine Airforce emblems are giving me a hard time.

Did the Connie's props in matte aluminum BMF. Each one took almost an hour. When you are a newbie,slow is par for the course I guess. Have two engine nacelles done. They and the rest of the plane in BMF original chrome.

BMF is really tricky stuff, but the effect is, I think, rather sensational. I can't wait for the whole thing to be done... it'll gleam in the dark!

16-04-04
Well, the Tr.IX Spitfire is at the stage for painting and the F-84G is coming along. I had trouble getting the Aires gun-bay to fit and don't think I got it right, but by God! it looks the buisness. Going to be a bit tricky to mask off when the time comes to paint it!

Haven't started the Thunderbolt yet, but will get around to it within the next week or so. The LHS has no Tamiya gloss aluminium, which is my weapon of chioce for natural metal finishes. So I'll have to wait a few weeks for that.
How are the rest of you doing?

Liam

there you have it a possible badge and a person who knows what to do with it.

sounds like a plan is forming.

joe

i can help with a badge. i got all the art programs you can think of. all i would need is some ideas. gregers has a good idea. as for my planes i finally ordered my decals for the kingfisher. hope they will arrive soon.

10-04-04
gregers: nice idea there. A nmf B 17 with NMF on the nose would look cool. All you'd need is the nose/cockpit section with NMF stencilled across it like nose-art!!

Who volunteers??
Liam

Woody's idea sounds good to me too. or maybe a n.m.f B17 with the wording on the nose would be cool.
Greg (of the Natural mental finish g.b)

Hey, fellas! Been kinda busy, so i haven't been able to post very much here in the forums. A GB Badge would be great! I like woody's suggestion!

Liam I am sorry check your email Then i will post you on PAGE 1. I though I already had you there. Sorry.

Hey a group build badge would be great. We could just use a closeup of a NMF A/C's wing root or the like as a background for the NMF GB text.

QUOTE: Originally posted by yeehah12001 09-04-04 Despite the fact that my name STILL doesn't appear on the first page, I too am part of this group build and I too have made a wee change. I am just nearing the painting stage of a Tr.IX Spitfire of the Iirsh Air Corps, 1/48 scale. It's a Brigade models conversion usng the Hasegawa 1/48 mkIXc kit. I am still doing the Thunderjet and the Aires resin bits finally arrived and the cockpit is biult. I have to say though, that the Tamiya cockpit is virtually identical, in terms of detail. Not much of a difference. And, if time permits, I may do the Academy 1/48 Thunderbolt. That's optional though as I have a 1/32 Sopwith Camel to do as well!! Liam

cant wait to see these pics. not sure why you were overlooked but i had assumed you were part of this. should be some very good builds coming out of this gb.

joe

QUOTE: Originally posted by yeehah12001 09-04-04 By the way, any chance of a group build badge?? Liam

wondered when someone was going to think about doing that.

btw just recieved an email that they will be shipping my b-18 soon. it seems they were overwhelmed by work.

joe

Been thinking about that meself.
Wondering if "NMF GB" should be embossed in a sheet metal plate or a metallized block version of "NMF GB" over a black background would suffice.

09-04-04
Despite the fact that my name STILL doesn't appear on the first page, I too am part of this group build and I too have made a wee change. I am just nearing the painting stage of a Tr.IX Spitfire of the Iirsh Air Corps, 1/48 scale. It's a Brigade models conversion usng the Hasegawa 1/48 mkIXc kit.

I am still doing the Thunderjet and the Aires resin bits finally arrived and the cockpit is biult. I have to say though, that the Tamiya cockpit is virtually identical, in terms of detail. Not much of a difference.
And, if time permits, I may do the Academy 1/48 Thunderbolt. That's optional though as I have a 1/32 Sopwith Camel to do as well!!

By the way, any chance of a group build badge??
Liam