Pearl Harbor 2016 No New Entries 11-10-2016

Congratulations, Joe.  That's a fine comment on your work.

I really wish I would get off my butt and do something like that John.  Not thrilled with many of the ip decals I have seen.

Now for an update for myself.

Not one that will be pleasing I am afraid.  

This past weekend was an interesting one.  I was put into contact with a magazine that is interested in my work.  This is not the same one as before.  Not going into the name to not disrespect FSM.  After two days of chatting they have requested and I will agree to not posting more updates on the Wildcat as it is now committed to them for publication.    I humbly ask you to bear with me as this looks to be more than what the other mag was looking for in my participation.  This appears to be a very exciting opportunity.  Following publication I will update my build in this thread and the other places I have posted.  

For me updates on any current project will only include those that are not committed.  I agreed to it as that is a small price to pay.

Joe

Been a long time since I did any plastic, most of this year has been spent building R/C models.  But I'm getting a start on the 1/32 Special Hobby P-36A, spent some time gluing a few cockpit pieces together.  When I got to the instrument panel I decided the best way to go was with a decal, which the kit does not provide.  I have a bunch of stock drawings of instruments I have worked up for other projects in the past in Corel Draw so I spent the afternoon drawing a few I needed for the P-36 and then sizing and moving stuff until I got this far.   There is probably a nice Eduard set for it but I'm just in the mood to go with what I got, since I just spent too much on a resin P-80 cockpit set yesterday.

Here's a jpeg of the decal artwork.  In 1/32 a lot should show up.  I hope!

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Joe - THis is the first time I've dropped in for a while. Your F4F is amazing, I love the detail work and the realism.

MC - Love your diorama, but your imagination is what  I find most impressive. Amazing.

Rigidrider - I'd never had thought of doing a nambulance. THat's a really nice job, as is the subtle weathering. Nice to see it completed

My SBD - no progress yet :(

Cheers

Tony

 

Many thanks Tony.  Appreciate it.

Joe

Joe - THis is the first time I've dropped in for a while. Your F4F is amazing, I love the detail work and the realism.

MC - Love your diorama, but your imagination is what  I find most impressive. Amazing.

Rigidrider - I'd never had thought of doing a nambulance. THat's a really nice job, as is the subtle weathering. Nice to see it completed

My SBD - no progress yet :(

Cheers

Tony

Scott no worries you are more than welcome to join in.

Ok, a redo of sorts.  

I was not happy at all with the previous pictures.  Part of this is I am working on my picture taking and trying to get good print level pictures.

To that end here are a couple of others.  These are marginally better.

I have started the seam work and will continue with that as well as working on the wings.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Hi Joe,

I will stick with the Enterprise and if I still have time, attempt to fit in the TBD.

Scott thank you I am humbled by your kind words.  

You are more than welcome to join in.  I look forward to what you choose.  I will update the roster when you are ready.

Joe

Hi Joe,

I love your work, so much detail and its been fun to see how you have been progressing in this type of modeling through all these builds. 

I've been wanting to join this GB, as I have every year since I joined FSM.  I am currently building the Enterprise as she appeared at Midway for the Carrier GB, so her planes will not represent as she appeared in December 41.  I also have an old MPC TBD Devestator kit I have been wanting a reason to build, but need references to a TBD that would have been around Pearl at the time of the attack.  I found references to the Enterprise Dauntless and F4F of Air Group 6 that came into Pearl during and after the attack, but nothing on the TBD of Torpedo 6 that were patrolling during the attack.  

Cheers, Scott

Just a quick update.

All the components have been installed into the fuselage.

And the fuselage has now been closed up.

There were some issues with the fuselage seam.  It was of my own making.  There is just a few small items to finish off for clean up but it looks pretty good to me.

Next up will be beginning on the wings.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Many many thanks.

Joe

Man, lookin good Joe! Always admire your " cut aways" they add another level to building the kits.

Back again and the interior is getting close.  

With a bit of fixing on the cockpit I was able to move on to working on the engine.  Once the parts were cleaned up a bit I used Alclad Polished Aluminium, Gloss Grey, Gloss Black, and a wash of Acrylic Black.

To this point other than a bit of wiring the forward sections are now done.  

There are just a couple of items left and then I can hook it all up and close her up.  

Oh so very very close.  

Next will be finishing up the little stuff and then installing into the fuselage and closing it up.  

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Of course you can Joe. They are for anybody. 

MC many thanks.  With your permission I want to save those for later.

An update.

The cockpit is finished off.  From the kit we have the floor, rear bulkhead, inner frame (where the seat rests), the control stick, and the instrument panel and frame.  The seat is a resin cast of the seat out of the Hasegawa P-40E.  All the detail work is scratchbuilt.

The firewall is almost complete.  I went with the molded in chains for the gear as I could not get my hands on decent replacements.  I also added a number of things that I had seen in pictures but were not represented in the kit.

Now next, logically, should be the engine.  I am going to detour just a bit and work on the landing gear as there are some hoses and fittings that will need to be constructed and they fit into the firewall.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

WOW... What great photos! The F4F was really a stout little aircraft, and packed a pretty powerful punch too. Thank goodness they were still there for the start of the war. They really helped to hold the line until more sutible and modern aircraft were released for action.

Hey buddy,

I'm not sure if these photos will help. I took them lastyear at our local museum.

Another really quick update.

The cockpit comes closer to being finished.

Some detail painting as well as a pretty heavy handed wash with Acrylics.

Other than the seat and headrest it is done.  I am a bit put off by the seat though and will be searching for a replacement.  Next up will be to finish it off and then set it aside.

I also did a bit more on the firewall and gave it color and an over all wash.

The color is Alclad Chrome over Testors Gloss Gray.  I still have to pick out some of the details.  And I will say this now.  The chain gear are going to stay.  I had zero luck trying to get my hands on replacements.  I know they are out there but I had no luck finding chain that looked anywhere near what the real chain looked like.  

Time to put color on the engine/landing gear mount and get it detailed.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Doug wow.  Honestly it is a pretty powerful build.  Thank you for joining.  I look forward to what you come up with next.

Joe

Thank you Model Crazy... your too kind... now, on to the Sub warfare  build... this might be interesting since I've never really built a boat before... 

That looks outstanding Doug . The weathering looks spot on!!

These pics will conclude the build on the Ambulance. The completion photo is your choise Joe. I've always felt that there were many unsung heros December 7th, not intentionally, just that there was so much to focus on that many just were looked over due to the immensity of the situation. This is my tribute to one of those unsung heros... Even tho they were directly targeted, and many were destroyed and their crews killed, they continued to make their often lifesaving runs over and over again. Being an old Marine, I can attest to the love and respect we have for our Navy Corpsmen, our "Devil Docs" and the great care the Navy Hospitals gave us in times of need.  Thanks... and hope you enjoy...

Doug

Thank you all for looking, Joe, I'll be back in a bit with another Pearl Harbor build, But have another GB or two to satisfy first. I know some can build several at a time, sorry, I just can't seem to do that, LOL... I get too confused! .Take care all, back soon...

Doug

Wow Doug, that paint and decal job look very clean. Looks great.

Well heres a bit more... starting to get the body and chassis together...

Coming along, Still waiting on the period lights and siren... should be here this week... I hope...

Doug

Wow.  Simply wow.  

The dio looks incredible.  I really need to try to do that someday.  The ambulance is coming along incredibly.  Very nice.

I have updated the list and it reflects the finished builds now as well.  

Joe

Alright, Time to start painting the body markings...

So far all the red and white are painted on, amd the lettering will all be dry transfer rub ons...

Just kind of piecing together to see what its going to look like... Thats all for now, As always, take care, and see you soon!

Doug

Pyro 1/1200 Japanese aircraft carrier.  Built OOB, w/no corrections (early 1960s mold).  Color scheme comes from internet search for IJN Shokaku.

Please stand by.  Technical difficulties.

Great info, thanks, I wasn,t sure how you got them to stay put without levering back out. Thanks again, and congrats on a fine looking dio!      Doug

Doug,

Your making me want to build an antique car. I built a Revell 34 Duesenberg way back in the 70's and loved every minute of that build, so much so I still remember it.

The ripples were made by using a heat gun set on cool and blowing the last very thin layer. This layer had quite a bit of hardener it so it would harden quickly.