I think I fixed my image posts...

damouav

I think I fixed my image posts...

 

Yep, that worked.

Great progress, Dan.  That looks like an enormous aircraft!

Outstanding cockpit and engine, Steve.  What sharp-looking little creations.

Gamera:  Nice start!  Looks like a winner!

Bish

 

 

checkmateking02

 

Bish

PJ, i hope you didn't get the bathroom and bedroom scheme mixed up with your Spit scheme.

 

 

 

 

I convinced my wife to paint the living room to match my reproduction US Army WWII (Parsons) "M-41" field jacket, maybe OD #3.  Took the jacket to the paint store for a custom mix, to make sure the color was right.  The room is still that way.

 

 

 

 

Nice, i guess just having the one colour is a bit easier to get through the wife approval system.

 

It's all in the training.  Before that, I got the living room painted in OD and Neutral Gray--just like a Flying Fortress!

damouav:  cute dog!  Looking forward to this, since I beginning to feel the need to do a biplane sometime in the near future.

Gamera

 

 

checkmateking02

 

 

Bish

PJ, i hope you didn't get the bathroom and bedroom scheme mixed up with your Spit scheme.

 

 

 

 

I convinced my wife to paint the living room to match my reproduction US Army WWII (Parsons) "M-41" field jacket, maybe OD #3.  Took the jacket to the paint store for a custom mix, to make sure the color was right.  The room is still that way.

 

 

 

 

Lol, AWESOME!!!

 

The joke was:  when I came home with the OD paint, she had a fit; took herself over to the hardware store to get something "better."  When she put it on the wall, it was so disgusting, she had to admit the OD was better.

"And they lived happily every after."

checkmateking02

 

Bish

 

 

checkmateking02

 

Bish

PJ, i hope you didn't get the bathroom and bedroom scheme mixed up with your Spit scheme.

 

 

 

 

I convinced my wife to paint the living room to match my reproduction US Army WWII (Parsons) "M-41" field jacket, maybe OD #3.  Took the jacket to the paint store for a custom mix, to make sure the color was right.  The room is still that way.

 

 

 

 

Nice, i guess just having the one colour is a bit easier to get through the wife approval system.

 

 

 

 

It's all in the training.  Before that, I got the living room painted in OD and Neutral Gray--just like a Flying Fortress!

 

lol, ye, but best not tell her that.

Bish

 

 

checkmateking02

 

Bish

 

 

checkmateking02

 

Bish

PJ, i hope you didn't get the bathroom and bedroom scheme mixed up with your Spit scheme.

 

 

 

 

I convinced my wife to paint the living room to match my reproduction US Army WWII (Parsons) "M-41" field jacket, maybe OD #3.  Took the jacket to the paint store for a custom mix, to make sure the color was right.  The room is still that way.

 

 

 

 

Nice, i guess just having the one colour is a bit easier to get through the wife approval system.

 

 

 

 

It's all in the training.  Before that, I got the living room painted in OD and Neutral Gray--just like a Flying Fortress!

 

 

 

 

lol, ye, but best not tell her that.

 

Yeah, you're right; and I've learned how to keep certain things "confidential."

I'm continuing to make progress with the Hampden, so some odds-and-ends photos of the smaller and "getting near the end" parts:

engine nacelles, props, etc

Pieces that needed to be painted black

Random fuselage parts

Two more bombs for the wing bomb racks; the earlier four bombs go in the bomb bay

Tonight I plan on messing around with some weather powder on the black undersides; see if I can create a little more visual interest.

sMEH Supermarine Walrus: WISP. Almost finished....Last night did the decals. The ones that came with the kit, for lack of a better word, exploded. Looked through old decals and ended up using mostly P40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk ones. They were just not the right size, but made do. I now wish I filled in the inexplicible roundel shaped grooves. I shouldn't have bet on the Smer decals to cover them up. I added the FTB letters in the plane ID as a personal touch to show what I really think of this model. 

It's really not that blue...Flourescent light bulb in my lamp. Sprayed a homemade white filter over it, though...not excatly thrilled with it. One stupid question...Walrus has a bunch of places to do washes on fuselage. Would a whitewash work to make it weatherbeaten more...or is that just crazy talk? Maybe a light brown?

Photobucket working yet?

EBergerud

Real world has messed things up for me and I've fallen behind the builds. Unless I've got it completely wrong, Photobucket is now charging $40 a month for photo sharing. That is crazy. I would greatly appreciate it if you folk could acquaint me with the alternatives. I know there was some comments a week ago, but it would certainly save me time. I don't mind a pay for service, but $40 a month is nuts. What's better? Thanks much Eric

 

Try $400 USD per year, not $40.

That's apparently to allow for the "3rd Party Hosting" cost, or more to the point, to kill your business over night!

Das, that coming along well. Good on ur for sticking with this, i am sure many would have just bnned it. Looking forward to seeing it done.

Lots of little odds and ends there check.

Eric, i opted out of PB last year and opted for Flickr, really pleased with it. But lost of guys have been dropped in it. Theres a couple of threads with ideas for new hosting sites, might be worth checking those out.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/175628.aspx

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/general_discussion/f/50/t/175605.aspx

Plenty of options out there.

REALLY great work everyone! If I tried to list them all I know I would miss one!

I've been plugging away on the Hurricane and got her mostly ready for paint. Hopefully will lay some primer tonight to check for seams. I'm going to attempt to paint the roundels but I need to do some research on a good Tamiya mix for the red, blue and yellow. Anyone have any experience with this?

Here is a quick pic...

Again thanks guys! 

CMK02: Looks like you've got a very effective way of dealing with small parts there. I might have to try something like that, I always lose something!

DasBeav: She looks pretty cool to me. I wouldn't feel comfortable offering any advice without seeing the model in person and I'm not sure then- sorry. 

Andy: Looking fine! 

Well now this is a problem. I glued the fuse half’s together and assembled the wing. As everything was drying I dry fit the wing to take a look at what I was facing for a gap.

Now to my recollection, isn't the leading edge of the wing supposed to fit behind the engine cowl? I thought there must be a piece that fits under the cowl. No. Do I have the wing on backwards? No. Looking through the instructions there isn't a hint of why this is happening.

I will be contacting Italeri and inquiring the possible reason. Is this wing going to be used on a Mk.2 etc.?

Stop the assembly line until a resolution is found. Back to the stash to look for something else while my AB and current build are down.

checkmateking02

 

 

Gamera

 

 

checkmateking02

 

 

Bish

PJ, i hope you didn't get the bathroom and bedroom scheme mixed up with your Spit scheme.

 

 

 

 

I convinced my wife to paint the living room to match my reproduction US Army WWII (Parsons) "M-41" field jacket, maybe OD #3.  Took the jacket to the paint store for a custom mix, to make sure the color was right.  The room is still that way.

 

 

 

 

Lol, AWESOME!!!

 

 

 

 

The joke was:  when I came home with the OD paint, she had a fit; took herself over to the hardware store to get something "better."  When she put it on the wall, it was so disgusting, she had to admit the OD was better.

"And they lived happily every after."

 

Ohhhh I love it!!!!!

Steve: Wow, that's what? About 3mm too long? At least that's better than too short. 

EBergerud

Real world has messed things up for me and I've fallen behind the builds. Unless I've got it completely wrong, Photobucket is now charging $40 a month for photo sharing. That is crazy. I would greatly appreciate it if you folk could acquaint me with the alternatives. I know there was some comments a week ago, but it would certainly save me time. I don't mind a pay for service, but $40 a month is nuts. What's better? Thanks much Eric

 

Eric, I went with ImageShack- forty dollars a year and I caught them on a half-price sale. I've heard good stuff about Flickr and Imgur too, you might want to shop around. 

Eric

Several here have Image Shack including myself. I was paying $18 a year for the last 2-3  of years but the renewal rate this time was $38 for the year. I believe Gamera just joined at 50% off under $20 for the year. It's a very simple and easy site to use. Even $38 for the year is a bargain.

I dumped PB about 3 years ago when it loaded junk into my PC. As a matter of fact, while deleting my pictures and account two nights ago, my Eset antivirus intercepted a Trojan from their site!

EDIT: LOL I just saw that Gamera responded to the same issue a couple of seconds before my post.

Andy, coming together really nicely.

Steve, o, now that don't look right. Have you been able to check any reviews on it.

I'm am writing a review. It just hit the market.

Steve, i see. Not sure if you have checked the history, but i looked on scalemates and about 4 years ago they did a Mk II that your kit is a follow on from.

The line started with a Mk I in 2011 and there is an in box review on a few sites which show that part of the sprue and it does look smaller than yours.