Aces GB - The roster has been updated. make sure I have everything right

Do you want us to post the ace/aircraft pictures and profile on this thread or the one that will be created on the December 7th?

aw nutz ... might have to scratch the idea about the home made decals because you need the specific boxing below for the 'Barraca' signature decal on the nose:

regards,

Jack

Mij

Do you want us to post the ace/aircraft pictures and profile on this thread or the one that will be created on the December 7th?

Post them here for now. Then if I think of something better or if someone don't like it. I'll let everyone know. I can change the title.

They just seem to take up a lot of room.

Jack,

I'll just go with my second choice, Annoni. The decal sheet from Stomo also has decals for Drago in his G-55. If I can find a good 1/48 G-55 that doesn't cost a mint (to me) I may build his as well.

OR, I may just forget the whole Italian idea and go Japanese. Zero kits are a dime a dozen and I have 5 in my stash, but I probably won't. I still have a long while before I start this build to decide.

Thanks for all you help.

Steve

Steve, no problem with the help.

Yea, I've been considering Japan as well, and found this lovely sculpt on ebay.  Can't believe it was designed for the cockpits of RC planes:

Also in the running is possibly Finland, and maybe something Russian.  Lots of time still to choose before bringing this one to the bench.

regards,

Jack

There is a store on eBay named Pete's Pilots that sells several RC pilots in different scales. May be worth a look:  Here is the link

I believe this is where jgeratic found the Japanese pilot.

RC pilots are usually made of that rubber/plastic stuff and look like action figures, however some of those busts on that site actually look pretty good.  

I've created a seperate page for the Information and the Aces page.

Here's a link to it

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/163093.aspx

Please keep your questions and general discussions here

Thanks everyone. I think our group build will be lots of fun

One entrant here posted a link to Pete's Pilots. I was just looking through his stock and noticed some of his pilots come already painted. Please don't used them for our GB. I know some of you have mentioned you aren't that good at painting figures. Well, I'm not very good either. It's all I can do to get a fair paint job on these little guys.

Thanks

Hey guys,

I need to know what you are doing. Here is what I need Thanks

Kit?

Plane?

Scale ?

Figure?

Scale'?

Ok, my 3 for sure planes and the one maybe are thus:

1/48 Airfix Spitfire

         1/48 pewter RAF "short sleeve" pilot standing

1/48 Airfix Bf109F-4

          1/48 Verlindin Luftwaffe Pilot-3 different poses, haven't decided which one yet.

1/48 ProModeler P-39Q

          1/48 ProModeler Kit pilot US - likely standing

1/48 Trumpeter Mig-3, big maybe on this kit and pilot

Pilot-TBD

1/48 Hasegawa Macchi C 202 Folgore (lightning).

Emanuele "Ele" Annoni.

Generic 1/48 Italian pilot.

1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Vb Trop 

George "Buzz" Beurling

1/9 scale custom made bust of Beurling

I am considering making a another one of Buerling's Spitfires for this GB, I will let you know.

Ideally, I'd like to display Beurling's bust with two of the planes he flew in the war.

1/32 Hasegawa Fw 190 D-9

Gerhard Barkhorn

54m (1/32) figure of Barkhorn

Here's my kit and figure. The figure is out of an F-86 kit, I will need to remove the backpack style parachute.

Mij

Do you want us to post the ace/aircraft pictures and profile on this thread or the one that will be created on the December 7th?

Post them here http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/163093.aspx

hogfanfs

1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Vb Trop 

George "Buzz" Beurling

1/9 scale custom made bust of Beurling

I am considering making a another one of Buerling's Spitfires for this GB, I will let you know.

Ideally, I'd like to display Beurling's bust with two of the planes he flew in the war.

You can do 2 planes for one pilot. someone else is doing that too

The Roster has been updated.

Guys we need some more information on your builds

Thanks

Ken

Ken, morning, Happy New Year and thanks for running the GB . I'm in with my Hasegawa 1/48 G-2.

Will be done as a crossover with the Me 109 build.

Lost Who is your Ace pilot?

Thanks

Sorry Ken. Ace is Bobby Gibbes.

Put me in for  1/48 Lindberg Republic P-47 Thunderbolt flown by Walter C. Beckham.

This is a real easy kit. I got it because it had two planes in it. Story in the other thread.

Doug

Hi  greentracker98. I would like to attend to this GB with 1:72 Fokker D XXI (made by Pioneer 2/Frogg) flown by Finnish ace Jorma "Zamba" Sarvanto. I just yesterday found this kit from my stash

Model:

And to what I´m aiming:

Hey Ken,

I bought a 1/28 Revell Fokker DR1 with a Manfred Von figure that I'll build at some point. We all know him....right?

Steve

Heres the kit for the P-47 Little Demon that was flew by Maj. Walter Beckham from the 351st Fighter Squadron.

Looks easy but fun.

Doug

My apologies, the plane is a P-47D Bubbletop not the Razorback. The plane I will be building is the same kit but "Miss Fire"

Doug

I don't mean to sound stupid Ken, but where IS the roster?

The title says it's updated, but I can't find it.

Steve

Steve,

It's buried a few pages in. Here is a direct link.

cs.finescale.com/.../163108.aspx

Thanks Ken,

I added The Red Barron to my builds.