USMC GB : Now until Sept 2015

Hi all,

Room for one more? I just started a 1/48 Tamiya -1D Corsair that I'd love to enter in the build.

It's a fairly dreadful kit upon close inspection...we'll see about this one 

Hey Josiah..I was traveling today and picked up my "Sharpshooter" entry for this GB..1/72 Hasegawa AV-8A Harrier. This one will be from VMA-542 Tigers. Keeping with my last USMC entry..this one will be 'well' loaded with underwing stores. Now to Find a kit for the "Expert" badge!!

Hey PJ... Yeah, your a bit ahead of me yet. Man, I knew when I opened this one that I was in for it, LOADS of flash, and when I started dry fitting parts virtually nothing fit, I'm having to force everything into place and clamp securely while the glue is setting. Well... its coming along , slowly, begrudgingly, but it is coming. By the By, the nose piece was really a challenge to get it fit without removing the detail. But it finally fit too. Oh well, Yours is looking GOOD! Looks like into the paint shop soon for you!. Take care...

Doug

Doug

The only place I wound up with a small gap was at the bottom near the glass nose sections and the center. It was more of a warp or dip in the plastic.

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Mine was tail heavy so I took a small lead sinker and flattened it and slipped it into the nose between the IP and windshield frame then added a drop of Aleene's to secure it.

Happy New Year all! Got a bit more done, I'm also starting another GB as of this morning on the ME109 GB, so am doing 2 now and when this one is done will start on Bish's Star Wars GB... Not too good at doing 2 at a time but I guess its all in the planning! LOL...

Any way, These pics will be trying to get the top lined up and glued down... Will have to do one side at a time, then trying to get the nose piece on, and oh boy is that a lousy fit. Lots of trimming and dry fitting. It will go eventually! LOL

The white area up near the rotor is a large gap that wouldn't close, so I had to put some plastistruct pieces in there kinda like shims then glue tight. pretty well closed now, but still needs a touch oh smoothing, not enough for putty so I use Bic, white out correction fluid. It works great for small gaps and smooths well with Acetone (nail polish remover) Not too much though, its very aggressive and will melt the plastic. 

Same on this side, and finally got the nose to fit fairly well.

Well, That's where we are at this time, I will start prep. to paint maybe tomorrow. Take care all!

Doug 

I did an Academy F-14 last year, so, I imagine this one is of similar quality. I'm looking for a USMC F-18, so, I'll keep an eye on this build closely. Thanks Theuns.

After chucking a model in the trash today because of stupidity I will get back on the horse and do some work on the F-18.

The cockpit is done, I need to still add straps to the seat and install that in the tub.

In my view this kit is way over complex with the way it is put together, loads of room for messing stuff up!

Nice looking work guys!

I hope to get started on my Harrier soon.  

Happy New Year!!!

Steve

Great job Doug!

That's my thoughts , yes sir.   Also kit ( of coarse) doesn't come with the antenna set up, No problem, and easily remedied, but can any one explain why the Marine units use UHF radios over VHF ?

Huey's looking great Doug..looking forward to this one coming together..gunship?

OK all... I got some more done this weekend and have several days off this week so may be able to get a lot more done... But heres what we have so far...

As was said earlier... slowly close and glue each section, little at a time to try to get proper alignment and minimal seam issues...

And... Voila!!! so far so good... No real issues with seams or alignment, even though I did go through and remove all locating pins before joining fuse halves.

 Well this is about all I have at the moment, and next the top and the nose piece goes on...Take care all and wishing all my fellow builders here a very Happy New Year! Semper Fi!!!

Doug

right on Brandon, looks like it's going to be an excellent kit.

Alrighty boys, we are off and running. All the other kits are done and shelved. Time to jump on this one. It is a 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair, February 1945, Deck of the USS Franklin. It will include a prop blur that I have never used, so this should be telling. I am building this kit for a friend of mine for the Marine Corp birthday and this GB fit perfectly. I will post pics and updates as I go.

Mac

Great display idea showing the tunnel levels. Great work.

Thanks Josiah...we'll see 'ya soon, Cheers!!

Sorry for being away, been pretty busy (in a good way). I'm glad to see some have finished and many more have started. I will try my very best to get things updated over the next few days though y'all seem to have been getting along fine without me, I do like seeing that in group builds. I hope all of you had a very good Christmas (for those who celebrate it) (or a good whatever you may celebrate if it is not Christmas). I hope all of you stay safe and enjoy the new year, though I will try to chime in before then. 

I made another diorama for this build. It depicts a Marine squad coming across a tunnel

Thanks for looking

Mac

PJ... By the way... Did you see that Photo bucket is wanting 39.00 A YEAR for extra storage now??? I will check out Imageshack too but have been using Flickr as of now... a bit to try to figure out the workings, but 1 TB of storage which they claim is about 1/2 million photos... for free???

Doug

Rob, Yes sir they are... This one has a made in china 1977 mold on the tail plane. POG, but I'm not going to let it whip me.

PJ, You bet! , I've cut off the pilots side but left the other, The pictures I have to go by is showing the one, as for the nose gun, absolutely I will not put it on! LOL...The belt ammo in some pictures goes over the top, and in some, underneath the guns, think I'll go over top. Also, I cant bring myself to put on those hideous white MARINE decals... I will replace with black dry transfers... The only white markings I ever saw were either the very early conflict birds or the ones that were stateside. I never saw any with white lettering when I was overseas. Again, my reference book shows black lettering in country and white lettering on the early stateside birds.

Thanks for the tips...

Doug

Devil Dawg

Ok, folks, I'm FINALLY getting to post something for the build. I'm building Academy's 1/48th Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion. Below are some shots of the box, kit, and the Eduard ColorZoom photo-etch set for the cockpit. I'm hoping to have some in-progress photos for this very soon.

Gary Mason

i got one of these at my denver ipms Christmas gift exchange.

Right on Gary, nice addition to the GB and nice AM parts

Ok, folks, I'm FINALLY getting to post something for the build. I'm building Academy's 1/48th Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion. Below are some shots of the box, kit, and the Eduard ColorZoom photo-etch set for the cockpit. I'm hoping to have some in-progress photos for this very soon.

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Gary Mason

I'm on the lookout for the sharpshooter too 

Great work plasticj...she's a challenge, eh? Looking great

Here's my second Marine entry for a Sharpshooter Badge. The old Monogram Hog. Interior painted up and washed

bench seat

The fuselage was assembled in sub sections

The bottom had MAJOR fitting problems and needed lots of filler

Getting ready to close up the F-4J very soon.

Thanks Doug. Hey, I'm building that little hog too. Doing it as a  Marine helo so I had to correct a couple of things in it. It actually looks pretty nice. Got the fuselage closed up but had to do it in small steeps to minimize gaps and sanding. Make sure you loose the two nose probes and don't add the 40 mil to the nose. I read the Marine E's didn't have those so it makes it pretty close to one. I will be posting soon too. I also dumped PB and went with Imageshack. PB was responsible for tons of adware in my PC. NEVER again!

Some of those older Revell's are certainly a challenge, eh?

Excellent detailing PJ ! Well I hope everyone had a great Christmas and will have a better New Year coming up... Having just returned home from a short and unplanned trip, having satisfied a few prior commitments and having caught up on several other household issues... Maybe its time to get started here. Please bear with me at first, I have switched from Photo Blunder to Flickr photo sharing, and will need a tad to adjust to there sharing process... So, lets give it a try..

OK, Finally figured out the process, (I hope) for down loading... Any way,  This will be a Bell UH-1-C "Hog" Gun Ship, but right away There is trouble, The kit I ordered from EBay was shown and listed as an RMX (Revell Germany) kit, what arrived was a Revell Chinese mfg kit. The seller cant be reached so to avoid any further delay, I am going to build this turd. I can see right now, there is going to be a lot of fit issues and a terrible amount of flash to be cleaned. Well I guess it will be a bit of a challenge, and if they all fit perfect with no problems... this would be a boring hobby, That being said, here we go...

Starting to clean and assy some of the sub assys. As I said, Lots of cleaning...

Getting the office put together. I have some left over Airscale Dials and Gauges decals and a placard sheet that come in very handy.

Got the typical interior Dark Gull Grey painted, and that's about all for now... As I said guys, this is not a well made kit, and I think it will come out ok, but I really did wrestle with the thoughts of just dropping in the S**t can and looking for another. More later... Happy New Year all! Take care...

Doug