Pearl Harbor 2016 No New Entries 11-10-2016

And a bit more from me...

Well   Tis all for now.... Next I'll attempt to get the markings on straight, Still have'nt seen any thing of the era lights and siren... hope it gets here soon...

Doug

Well MC... You know I love it! How did you get the ripples in the resin? Looks very very realistic! Bravo!!!

MC that's one of the coolest dio's I've every seen! I swear some of those look like pics of a real plane!

Man, that is a great looking engine Doug.  Very detailed!!!

I’m finished with the Zeke. Because of the larger size of the base I used more resin than I wanted, but the smaller base wouldn’t have looked as good.

Comments and critiques welcome.

Well, a bit more done on mine.... Have been real busy with my daughters and the grand kids visiting. Always look forward to that. but time to post now...

Got the frame and the engine finished and mated, so far so good... I'll start on the interior next.

Thanks

Doug

MC I think you are right.  A firm wall and another pour should fix that with no one the wiser.

Just a brief update.

Attention is now turned to the cockpit fully.  With most of the parts fabricated I can throw a bit of paint on and then some detail painting.

Actually pretty happy with this but I do see some areas that will need a touch up.

I could not help myself and I jumped ahead a little and started working on the firewall as well.

Still a long way to go before I can turn my full attention to that.  Next up is to add some of the detail that I have not fabricated yet as well as working on the instrument panel.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

More awesome work Joe!

MC many thanks and no doubt.

Joe

Fantastic work as usual Joe!!. It must have just sucked to crank that landing gear up and down.

Well folks here I am again and after a couple of days of fighting with Photobucket I can post an update.

First up I began working on the cockpit.  Here is the bare bones and the kit pieces in place.

Using these photos out of Squadron Signal Walk Around for the Wildcat I began to fabricate the sides.  This is for discussion only.  

I went off of them and this is what I ended up with.

I was pleased.  Then I turned the page and found these.  Again for discussion only.

At that point I noticed several big issues that I just could not live with.  I scraped some of the detail off and redid it.  Here is the result.

And the cockpit floor.

And there you have it.  

I like it.  

Next up is color for the pit.  

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Very cool guys.  

MC that looks very real to me.  Someday I can see me trying to screw up something like that myself.  Doug that is awesome.  Something not seen nor thought of very often.  The engine looks very good.

Now if PhotoBucket would cooperate I could update my progress.  As it is I am stuck in their virtual limbo.

Joe

Thanks MC, man, that resin is looking better every time... how much will you wind up using? And the ripple effect... very cool, does that normally occur, or did you make it do that? Either way, very cool looking...

Doug

Very intresting subject Doug. Nice work on that engine 

Well Im going to attempt to show my wip now, if I can remember how to do it, I had several images of ambulances at Pearl Harbor at the wars begining, and did have a 1940 Ford panel van, but ran across a 1937 Ford panel van on Ebay and it more fit the vision I have and another picture I found showing one very similar to this one. Well here goes...So far just the engine done.

I'm trying to stay as authentic to the era as possible, and was surprized to find that Ford engines of this class were medium green per a color chart from the time period. Any way... Its started, more to follow.

Thanks

Doug

Very convincing!

Andy many thanks.

Joe

Another great start on the cutaway Joe!

MC, that is really really cool! This is shaping up to be something very special

MC beauty.  Absolute beauty.  

Many thanks for taking a look all.  For something that really has not progressed far I am recieving a great deal of kind comments.

Joe

Excellent work Joe! I am ALWAYS amazed by what you do . The cut aways I've seen you do in the past never cease to amaze....

Doug

Your work just gets better and better Joe.

Work continues.  Two updates in three days, wow.

Watching YouTube was good for me and I was able to make some decent progress.

The radio is 99% finished.

All that is left is the wiring after it is installed into the fuselage.

I was able to work a bit on the port side with the fabrication and addition of boxes and fittings.

I worked a bit on the rear of the cockpit bulkhead.

I then threw some paint.  On the interior of the fuselage I sprayed Gloss Gray and then Alclad Chrome.  

And then with the rear of the cockpit I sprayed Gloss Black and Alclad Chrome.  To show the comparison.

There we go.  i am thinking I can now move onto the cockpit.  

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Many many thanks.

List is updated folks and again I am humbled.  Thank you for joining me in this.

Joe

Doug, I'm using "Castin' Craft Polyester Casting Resin". I really like the stuff.

Here is where you have to be willing to screw up the entire project. The first layer turned out darker than I wanted, I'm thinking because I used too much dye and the dirt turned dark as soon as it was wet. I did notice though that everything seems to be settling down to the bottom which is good, though I doubt the bottom will get any lighter.  This may take quite a bit of resin which is one reason I started out with a smaller base at first. I need to shop around and see if I can get a large can of the stuff at a discount.

The subsequent layers will be lighter, and I think the reflection makes it look darker than it is.