Shelf of Doom GB 2016-17 (now extended to 30th June !!!!!!!)

PANZERJAGER

I have over 100 of these projects sitting around, I'm sure I can come up with one...

I'm in!

Give me a day to figure out what one to finish...

PANZERJAGER

 

OK here is the model I will finish in this thread;

My Cologne Tank Duel T26E3

More pics to come...

Hi Tony,

I have been doggedly ploughing through all my builds and smugly thought I had no need for the SoD GB.  But as my son is starting his last year of high school and I have inherited a part done F-22 Raptor. So here I am, if you'll have me...

This is the kit after it was washed to get rid of a few years of dust

Lewbud, great colour scheme - the gloss colours (especially white and yellow) can be such a pain.

MC, as ever enjoying the treatment of a sea base. How would a treatment like this work with a waterline model? Or do I just go for a calm sea with minimal wake?

Mongoose, never had much success with bare metal, especially the foil, so I am impressed with the result.

68, looking forward to seeing the Phantom phinished

Tony, good to watch the figure work, lots of techniques there to borrow.

Enjoying the rest of the builds and those still to come.

Jimbot, hang in there pal.  We're here if you need us.

Theuns, looking forward to your build.

Finished the decals tonight.  Not much to them.  All that's left to paint is the canopy, prop, and gear doors.

Tony since there is some time left, put me down for a 1/32 Revell Spitfire Mk2 that has been boxed last year after givving me to much fit issues and a 1/48 Dragon Fokker D-7...much the same reason.

Maybe this GB will force me to complete them aswell :-)

Theuns

PANZERJAGER

I have over 100 of these projects sitting around, I'm sure I can come up with one...

I'm in!

Give me a day to figure out what one to finish...

PANZERJAGER

 

OK, I'm in with a 80% 1/35 Tamiya T26E3 Pershing.

I will post some pics ither tonight or in the morning.

PANZERJAGER

Mongoose, nice work on the BMF. I made one attempt with bare metal finish and was less than successful. I think my mistake was to attempt it on a 1/72 P-51 (yes, it resides on my 'shelf of doom' now) The Mustang was very tiny in my ham sized hands.

My attempt to get back in the sadle has had little success. Life caught up with me again as I learned late last week of the passing of an Aunt I cared for deeply. This has been followed by a dose of the flu. I am hopeful of being better by the weekend or perhaps out of my misery...

Only joking on that last part!

MC, I always enjoy your ship builds and look forward to watching this one come together.

Tony, I started the decals last night.  The markings are from Starfighter Decals, and depict an aircraft stationed at NAF Inyokern, China Lake, CA in 1952.  The Bearcat I'm building was used in developing the HVAR after the war.  The decals are thin and respond well to Microsol and Microset.  You better be sure they're where you want them when you put them on the model because they grab quickly and there's no sliding them around to adjust them. If you're careful, you can pick them up with tweezers and move them that way.  I had to stop handling the model because even after 13 hours of drying time, the blue was still a little tacky.  When I got up this morning, it was still tacky so I may have to wait a day or two for the paint to dry.

MC,  I think your water will be super. I use titanium white too, but I'll learn from yours.

Buddy, I love that scheme, looking forward to seeing it with markings.

Cheers

Tony

Tony, nice work on the infantryman.

Started back on the Bearcat.  It was originally supposed to have been finished as part of the Weekend GB, but didn't make it in time. The color scheme is Gloss Sea Blue with yellow wings.  Not a fan of the quality of the paint job, but it's good enough to go on the shelf when it's done.

Here's a pic of my work area.  One of my New Year's resolutions was to clean it up.  In the pic are seven candidates for this build.  Next up will be the Hobby Boss 1/72 F-5E in Patrouille Suisse markings.

I have over 100 of these projects sitting around, I'm sure I can come up with one...

I'm in!

Give me a day to figure out what one to finish...

PANZERJAGER

Thanks for the great explanation on how to make water MC, it looks great. Are you going to give it some white caps ?

What colour paint do you use for the blue. I always use Pthalocyanine Blue mixed with Pthalocyanine Green. More blue for the Pacific, more green for the Atlantic.

Cheers

Tony

68GT

Thats a nice looking engine!

 

Got a little done on the Phantom.

 

SteveCB

I'm a slow builder, and I actually went back and redid the engine.  Bear in mind I'm getting back into the hobby after a few years.  I did try a couple of new things, adding sparkplug wires and using bare metal foil to the air cleaner and valve covers.  Here's where I am now.

 

taxtp

It's good to see some progress 68GT.

I'm calling my 1/16 Tamiya German Infantry man with reversible winter uniform done. I hope you like it. That makes 8 models that have been rescued from the global Shelof of Doom by the participants of this GB. Here it is:

Cheers

Tony

 

I agree Mongoose, that's looking good.

Cheers

Tony

True progress has been made already this weekend! No more prep work. Here's my first attempt at BMF. I really like this so far And what an improvement over my old brush painting attempt. I've not tried anything too complicated yet in that I covered the wing all in 1 piece rather than try and do seperate panels. I'll post more as i make progress this weekend.

OK, let's do the extension. You can bring that Meng F-102 in Jim, because I have one in the stash and I want to see how it goes. I'm going to add an Airfix multi pose 1/32 British Infantryman, that I failed to complete for the FSM New Years Resolution GB.

Cheers

Tony

I would vote for an extension if I can bring Meng's 1/72 F-102 Delta Dagger:

Extensio is ok by me

Thanks guys, just need one more vote for an extension. Nice work on the Phantom 68GT.

Cheers

Tony

I'm good with an extension.

Thanks 68GT.

I'd be up for an extension.

Thats a nice looking engine!

Got a little done on the Phantom.

Hi All,

This GB was proposed to finish on 28th February, but I'd be ok to extend by a couple of months if it helps to get things done. If I get three people wanting it to continue, then I'll extend until 30th April.

Let me know.

Cheers

Tony