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  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Monday, July 27, 2015 8:12 PM

Jelliott,

Yes, its the 1/200 Hasegawa kit.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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    March 2010
  • From: Boston
Posted by mach71 on Monday, July 27, 2015 8:38 PM

Real nice job on the landing lights allan!

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    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 4:08 AM

Thanks Mach!

Some more pics:

The engine brace assembly left a noticeable recess/step on the wing.

I added Tamiya PlaPaper to make it flush:

After filling and sanding:

Added the leading edges:

Drilled a hole on the tail section and lightly scribed details:

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Then it was off to the paint shop to check for imperfections. Here she is after wet sanding with 1200 grit sandpaper.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 4:14 AM

Worked on the landing gear assembly.  Heres one of the main landing gears from the box.  I found the gear doors too thick:

Sanded them down to more acceptable thickness:

Added some wires to make them look a tid bit busy:

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    April 2010
Posted by Theuns on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 5:14 AM

please put me down for a 1/144 Revell 737-800

I hope to get it with in the next month or so.

Thanx

Theuns

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    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 8:54 AM

Theuns
please put me down for a 1/144 Revell 737-800

I'lI'll put you down as soon as I get to my computer.  If I forget please remind me as I'm pretty busy this week. 

Steve

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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    April 2010
Posted by Theuns on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 10:12 AM

cool no worries

Theuns

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    June 2013
Posted by bvallot on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 12:53 PM

Great job Allan.  Love the scratch work.

On the bench:  

Tamiya F4U-1  Kenneth Walsh

 

  • Member since
    October 2009
  • From: Oil City, PA
Posted by greentracker98 on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:02 PM

the latest on the chopper

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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    April 2014
Posted by B_one fixer on Thursday, July 30, 2015 11:50 AM

Great progress on the 737 allan

Greentracker what scale is the helo ? Looks good !

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    October 2009
  • From: Oil City, PA
Posted by greentracker98 on Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:12 PM

B_one fixer

Greentracker what scale is the helo ? Looks good !

 
 
Thanks B_one It's 1:35
 
I also bought the Revell kit. But I'm not sure when that will get built

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Thursday, July 30, 2015 8:44 PM

Shaping up really well, Ken. Youre almost there.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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    April 2010
Posted by Theuns on Thursday, July 30, 2015 11:10 PM

I managed to locate a 1/144 Revell 737 -800. One of my clients who's airshow J-3 I am currently rebuilding is a senior capitan on them and I am having custom decals made to reprisent "his" plane.

Now I just need to actually pay for the model I found LOL

Theuns

  • Member since
    October 2009
  • From: Oil City, PA
Posted by greentracker98 on Friday, July 31, 2015 1:00 AM

allan

Shaping up really well, Ken. Youre almost there.

Thanks Allan, Yea I'm getting anxious

BTW - I have a couple of your big flies in my apartment. I'll send them home for you.

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Friday, July 31, 2015 5:00 AM

Ken,

Yeah, no thanks.  LOL.

Anyway, more progress pics:

Preshading:

Primer and wings painted up:

Painting the fuselage:

Ready for livery and data decals:

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Friday, July 31, 2015 6:36 AM

To Allan,

Your skills in modification is excellent not to mention in that your entire build is awesome.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Friday, July 31, 2015 6:38 AM

To greentracker,

The very fine detail that you do makes your chopper look real.  What a great job you've done so far.

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Friday, July 31, 2015 6:45 AM

To my fellow forum members,

I most recently ran out of MM zinc chromate yellow and a MM gloss coat.  I just received my paints late yesterday, hence I started my B-17 build once again.  This section is the radio compartment, it's designated as the middle.  How Hope you enjoy my photos.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Friday, July 31, 2015 7:55 AM

Fine work picking out the details, Allan. That'll sure stand out.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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    October 2009
  • From: Oil City, PA
Posted by greentracker98 on Saturday, August 1, 2015 5:59 AM

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Toshi

To greentracker,

The very fine detail that you do makes your chopper look real.  What a great job you've done so far.

Thanks Toshi. I can say the same about your B-17

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Saturday, August 1, 2015 7:33 AM

Stayed up till the wee hours of the morning, I didn't get much done dur to the intricate nature of PE, but what I did get done was a huge milestone for me at the very least.

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    April 2014
Posted by B_one fixer on Saturday, August 1, 2015 1:06 PM

Allan, the 737 is looking great, I don't think I have the skills yet to drop the flaps on this small a scale yet.

Tosh, Great work on the B-17

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    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Saturday, August 1, 2015 3:02 PM

To B_one fixer,

Thank you for the compliment, this is worth more than gold sir.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Saturday, August 1, 2015 4:16 PM

B_One,

Thanks so much. I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't intimidated by the small size at first (like, how do you even drill holes for pins in a space as small a size as that?). But as with my other projects, I basically forced myself to find a way to do it by just jumping ahead and cutting the flaps off. Cut now, worry later. LOL.

Allan,

You made headway there, my friend. I loved working on a kit until the wee hours before. That was my quiet time. But my recurring back injury has all but stopped me from doing that these days. I'm now mostly 1-2 hours a day. Sigh.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Saturday, August 1, 2015 10:22 PM

At 11:10pm, I'm on a roll.  This day was spent with Mrs. Toshi while we both enjoyed our breakfast together.  After breakfast, Mrs. Toshi goes to her iPad to do a digital puzzle while I work on my current project building the B-17G.  For a change, we went out for dinner had a great time and returned home to close out the rest of the evening.  Well, maybe for Mrs. Toshi but not for me!  LOL!

I finally completed the bombardier section as well as the cockpit, the mid-section was tended to as well.  I did a few dry test fits and at this time, I see no issues.  I still have the bombay and the tail section to complete.  Once that's done I'll methodically spray the B-17G in sections and put it together.  Thank you forum members for visiting my thread, it is greatly appreciated.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Saturday, August 1, 2015 10:33 PM

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    April 2015
  • From: Detroit, MURDER CITY
Posted by RudyOnWheels on Sunday, August 2, 2015 12:21 AM

Some very nice builds going on here!! Just a quick late night update on my B-29 Superfortress, I have the cockpit mostly done, just need to repaint the bombardier's chair, and detail paint some stuff, apply decals of controls. Kind of odd, the kit is revell #5711, which I got for Xmas 2013, it shows "cream of the crop" on the box, and the optional build Is "humpin honey" (like that is somehow more p.c. Lol) but it clearly includes both the "little boy" and "fat man" atomic bombs, and extra fuel tanks. None of these parts are mentioned in the directions,  but I'm glad they're there!! I'm going to build this plane as the Enola Gay. If we have a source for Enola gay decals you can recommend, that would be great!!! First, a pic of Col. Paul tibbets' autograph, which I plan to frame and hang this plane nearby, bomb bay open, landing gear up as if about to drop the bomb. I also will display the "fat man" nearby... A couple bad pics of my workspace to follow!!! Thank you, Rudy

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    April 2015
  • From: Detroit, MURDER CITY
Posted by RudyOnWheels on Sunday, August 2, 2015 12:41 AM

Wow thanks Toshi.... My model is having a SEVERE inferiority complex now!!! Wow great work guys!!

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Sunday, August 2, 2015 5:43 AM

Wow, Col. Paul Tibbets autograph on a first day cover.  That's a true collectible.  Awesome job sir!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Sunday, August 2, 2015 7:44 AM

So far here is what I have as a dress rehearsal or a dry run if you will.  

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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