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Pawel Eagle90 - ain't that a classic! How old is your kit? But it's very cool, maybe we can get here the complete Navy attack series? We're only missing the A-1 and A-6 now! Good luck with your build and have a nice day Paweł
Eagle90 - ain't that a classic! How old is your kit?
But it's very cool, maybe we can get here the complete Navy attack series? We're only missing the A-1 and A-6 now!
Good luck with your build and have a nice day
Paweł
All this reminds me of a cartoon from the Falklands war.
And speaking of the A-5, now we have one. Nice to see it started Eagle.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!
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Hey Stik,
Sorry it took so long to get this to you. As I was going through my stash over the holidays, I saw this little beauty and thought it would be perfect for the GB. Just got started on it. Seeing major fit issues, but we shall adapt and overcome! Here are a couple of start up pics.
Eagle90
plasticjunkie, Stik, Bish, Bob - thanks a lot for your kind words!
Stik already did all the explaining before I could - thanks a lot! Let me just say the exact variant I'm doing is the EKA-3B, which has no attack capabilities at all, but was a very valuable dual role tanker/jammer. Makes sense, such aircraft escorts the alpha strike all the way from the carrier to the target and back.
Bish - the A-5 is on my "to do" list... It was designed as the replacement for the A-3 in the attack role, but ended up as the most capable photo recon plane the navy ever had.
Bob - I hope to do some more work soon, as I have a short break from work. I would like to finish this one and move on to some ground equipment to balance this GB better :D
Thanks for reading and have a nice day!
Bish
Another big ship borne one was the A5 Vigilante. There's one as a gate guardian near my house. At 77ft long and a wingspan of 53 ft, it was quite large.
Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
Pawel that looks great so far! Can't wait to see more!
On my bench: Academy 1/35 UH-60L Black Hawk
PJ, sorry, missed your mention of the A-3.
SP, cheers. Now I know what you mean, the Skywarrior, correct. I did have to google it.
The A-3 was one of the largest aircraft ever to be operated and based upon an aircraft carrier. Due to its' size, it received the nickname of "whale"...
Pavel, that flight deck looks very sweet! and beautiful add ons into the wheel wells!
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
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LSM
Nice work there Pawel. But you will have to enlighten me. Which aircraft is this, never heard the term Whale.
Pawel
Excellent details in your A-3 office. Amazing how much detail a little wire will add to a wheel bay.
Hello!
Bish, plasticjunkie - thanks a lot!
Funny thing - many finished builds and then four days with no post at all! Time to change that.
Our host gave me thumbs up to go on here with the Whale, so that's what I'm going to do. So far I've got the hull closed up and now I'm working on the wings (that will have opened slats and flaps as always seen on parked aircraft) and to wrap up everything to start painting.
And my Whale will be painted in the colours of VAQ-131 operating from the USS Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam in 1969.
Here's the cockpit:
I've also put together the engines and they will have to be completly painted before attaching them to the wings. I also had to cut off the rear portions of the pylons to show the flaps down:
Recently I glued the wings to the fuselage and filled and sanded the joint. Now it looks like on the photo below:
You can also see the separate flap and slat here.
Today I started working on the main gear bay and detailed it with some styrene sheet and thin copper wire. Still a lot to add, but now it looks like that:
That's it so far - I hope you like it, thanks for reading and have a nice day
So much talent here!. Great work being posted.
Theuns, pawel, those builds looks awesome. Lovely finishers on both of those.
'bout 9.5ish inches long?
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On the Bench: Nothing on the go ATM
Hey deatillo, how long is that '52 in that scale? I suppose I could do the math...LOL
Finally got some work started on my B-52D. Even though this is only 1/200 it is proving a bugger of a kit. The bomb bay / wheel wells were wider than the fuselage, the intakes wider than the nacelles, tail gun wider than the fuselage and cockpit is wider than the fuselage. There has been much sanding. The wings were also horribly warped and required a lot of tweaking with hot water before I finally arrived at a warp I can live with. Since I had a “G” in the stash I decided to build it at the same time. The pieces for the “G” fit much better but the warp in the wings is same as in the “D” boxing.
B-52D
WIP:Trying to get my hobby stuff sorted - just moved and still unpacking.
"Gator, Green Catskill....Charlie On Time"
Tom - thanks a lot and good luck with your next modelling projects! Have a nice day
If I made the tunnels cramped you wouldn't see what i was trying to portray. The smaller tunnels sometimes led to larger spaces Where there would be a medical station, Food and weapon staches The under ground is always darker than the top soil I hope I answered your questions
Tom
MAC - a very nice idea for the dio, but I have my doubts. First thing, I heard the tunnels were very cramped. The cavities on your dio look very spacious, I'm not so sure about that. And how come the colour of the surface doesn't transfer underneath? But thanks a lot for sharing, and have a nice day
Very cool MAC. Your rock detail is phenomenal..well done
Stik Here's one I recently finished I call Tunnel Rats
Thanks for looking
Mac
Theuns and Pawel, your planes look fantastic!
Today I'm happy to show you my finished scooter:
And now for something completly different ...
Stik, would it be OK for me to enter another model here, that is already started? I'm talking about the Whale here, here's what I have so far:
Thanx.
I am busy with a 1/72 DH-82, 1/72 Apache lo gbow and a few others.
I will see how next year looks, I still have a very nice 1/48 Hasa Schooter with decals fr a training Sqn that trained pilots for Vietnam that might work, stay tuned.
Theuns
Yeah, you can definitely see which one of them is a bomber... Great looking model, Theuns - congratulations! What's next? Have a nice day
OK , I am calling this done.
Painted in the colors of the 354th TFS Vietnam.
And then just for fun... Was a great GB, thanx Theuns
And then just for fun...
Was a great GB, thanx Theuns
Was a great GB, thanx
[/URL[URL=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/kingtiger11/media/M88/DSC01133_zps0417441a.jpg.html][/URL[URL=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/kingtiger11/media/M88/DSC01130_zps837f9627.jpg.html] I had to replace the thin plastic cleats on the boom with the pieces of brass, then a little work on the tracks for the M88.
I had to replace the thin plastic cleats on the boom with the pieces of brass, then a little work on the tracks for the M88.
Looks great Pawel...the red stands out strikingly against the white.
Gennnulmen, beautiful work here! Congratulations on the completed machines!
I for myself am just about to finish my scooter. For now I wanted to show you the underside of my model, where I added all the gear needed for takeoffs and landings on a carrier - I installed the hook with a scratchbuilt simple holdback fitting, catapult bridle attachment hooks (that weren't there in the kit) and a landing light on the undercarriage doors - also scratchbuilt. I also installed the "boards" - speed brakes. What's left out are the guns, pitot tube and stores - and those are coming soon. So here's the photo:
Hope you like it, thanks for reading and have a nice day
Nathan, I took the kit's wing MER that had lugs for only one side and bottom and added the other side's lugs from plastic sheet.
The pylon is simply a piece of plastic sheet sanded to shape and glued to the MER.
The "wire" to the fuses are from stretched sprue and the flags are red painted lead foil from the top of wine a bottle.
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