Cliff,

No need to be sorry, my friend. No pressure. Take your time, this is a relaxing hobby! 

But, I am looking forward to seeing pictures of that big Zero! It will be a classic!

Hey guys - Gamera, i did not find the Nate i had hoped to find. So, i am going to take my 1:48 AMT P40E out of the stash and put it in a POW suit - just like your example in the intro you made for this GB. a captured P40 it shall be... i am not disappointed about the Nate. i will; build one of those someday. but i think everything happens for a reason and will be fun to dress up the warhawk in the other team's uniform... i will not be using any aftermarket parts or decal sets, so will make or paint my own livery and scratch up anything i want to add to this otherwise OOTB project.

Please update my entry details. Thanks brother - BTW really liked your Heroes and Villains GB entry. on my trip to China i took some FSM issues and noted you and Bish in the pages. Likewise, Bish' input to the 'your 10 essential tools' feature. it's cool to know celebrities! :-)

Sibbaroni

Hey guys,

Bruce: Thanks, I wasn't in any rush until Brian finished his entry! So now I really need to get the badge done for him!

Steve: Sounds cool, as said we have ten months yet to go. Looking forward to seeing that neat dio all finished up though. 

Sibbster: No problem, the P-40 sounds cool to me. And thanks, I've got another large scale Trek figure I'm hoping to finish up sometime next week. Check out some of Bish's stuff over on his Star Wars thread in the SF forum. 

Hello everyone - 

I hope all of you are well...I finally got home this morning and got straight to the bench to work on my build. So far this has been an excellent kit and has gone together nicely. I applied putty on the fuselage seams even though it wasn't needed. I just wanted to make sure you could not see the seams. Got the wings and tail section built today and placed them to the fuselage. I also got a lot of hand painting done on a handful of small pieces. I am letting them cure over night.

Sometime last week my wife ordered me this neat stand. It will be an helpful addition to my hobby tools.

Lookin' good! I don't even see much of a seam except where the rear of the wing joins the fusilage underside, some of the best fit and engineering I've ever seen in that kit. 

Gamera

Lookin' good! I don't even see much of a seam except where the rear of the wing joins the fusilage underside, some of the best fit and engineering I've ever seen in that kit. 

 

You are correct Gamera....I noticed it after I got the first base coat of the belly color sprayed on. I am going to fix that. And it has been an awesome kit to start on...so far not a single issue with this build. Great fit and instructions.

here is the Maneuver Combat Vehicle.,

. suspension isn't as complicated to build as it looks compared to a Revell OTS BdW FUCHS 6x6. the front wheels can steer but mine are locked. 3 piece tires were nice, just sand a bit on the middle and drop the treads in. i will probably do my blend the cam onto the hubs so some will be brown and others green. it's primed now too.

Hey, looks good Wayne!

Wayne - 

Looking great sir 

Hello All - 

Well, I'm inching closer to being done. I just finished painting the fusilage and all the remaining small parts. I deceided to that them dry over night so it has time to fully cure. This has been a great kit to build. If you have any suggestions please don't hesitate to share them. Thank you and have a good night.

Did my first attempt with putty to hide the fusilage seems.

Hey Hunter, she looks perfect to me! 

Again not to rush you, there are other techniques you can try later like pre-shading and hairspray chipping but you're doing fine as you are. Keep up the good work! 

Hunter,

Your Zero is looking very good! Great job!

Gamera

Hey Hunter, she looks perfect to me! 

Again not to rush you, there are other techniques you can try later like pre-shading and hairspray chipping but you're doing fine as you are. Keep up the good work! 

 

Will do Gamera, when the time comes you can educate me on how to do it. - Thank you

hogfanfs

Hunter,

Your Zero is looking very good! Great job!

 

Thank you very much Bruce

40.mm

Just wondering if you got room for one more ? The Original Mike Oscar Juliet Oscar Outcast !

 

Heck yeah, you're welcome to join us again. No cut-off date, you're kosher to sign up on Dec 30 if you can build the model in a day.

hi WayneC - i like this vehicle! very cool. Hunter, Brian Miller - awesome work on your JGB entries! It's a privilege to hang out with such dedicated artists (no BS). Also, Hunter - you have some sick model jigs dude! new modeler, yes - budget to do the shop right, hell yeah! :-) 

sibborelli

Wayne,

I apologize, I didn't see your progress on the MCV. Looking forward to seeing some paint! Great job!

Cool, put me down for a Nakajima KI84IA Frank by Tamiya kit #61013 dated 1987.

Itz an old kit and very simplictic not like the new Tamiya kits. Just the kind of build i need after that long battle with the dreaded C . Now to see if my skills are still up to par .

                                          The original Mike Oscar Juliet Oscar Outcast !

Welcome aboard 40.mm! Looking forward to seeing your progress! And congrats on giving the middle finger to the dreaded C!

40.mm

Cool, put me down for a Nakajima KI84IA Frank by Tamiya kit #61013 dated 1987.

Itz an old kit and very simplictic not like the new Tamiya kits. Just the kind of build i need after that long battle with the dreaded C . Now to see if my skills are still up to par .

 

 

 

                                          The original Mike Oscar Juliet Oscar Outcast !

 

40.mm - 

Welcome to the GB and it's great to have you here. It should be the best build ever for you since you won the battle against that ugly "C" word. I'm happy that are still with us.

lonemoose

hi WayneC - i like this vehicle! very cool. Hunter, Brian Miller - awesome work on your JGB entries! It's a privilege to hang out with such dedicated artists (no BS). Also, Hunter - you have some sick model jigs dude! new modeler, yes - budget to do the shop right, hell yeah! :-) 

sibborelli

 

Sibz - 

Thank you for the kind words on my build so far. Still have a long ways to go before I am decent at it. As for the hobby stuff....Should have never let the wife go alone to the LHS and Hobby Lobby(LOL). She tends to get a little carried away...but I'm grateful she wanted me to dive right into this hobby.

P.S. - I love all the nicknames you come up with for your last name.

40.MM: Looks good to me, I think I built one of those way, way, back... too old my memory is going...

Sorry, just recently saw your post above, glad to hear you made it though and hope your health continues to improve. I have a friend whose girlfriend went through radiation theropy and she's barely thirty...

Yup went thrue it all radiation chemo the hole 9 yards and then some but one thing i learnd is CHEMO SUCKS !!!!! (sorry ) but it really messes ya up...

                                       The Original Mike Oscar Juliet Oscar  Outcast !

40.mm - 

Very cool kit you chose to build. I will be watching you on this. Very curious to see this Japanese fighter. Enjoy the build

Nice lookin' seat belts. I've been using the pre-painted PE ones from Eduard but tape lie much more like real cloth.