Gamera

These all look great guys!!! 

I'm just going to throw out a hearty 'great work everyone' instead of taking the chance of missing someone! 

 

I think thats the safest option how fast this is going.

These all look great guys!!! 

I'm just going to throw out a hearty 'great work everyone' instead of taking the chance of missing someone! 

Toshi, still with all those subassemblies interacting together, its amazing how well everything fits up.  

I got some more painting to simulate the wood interior last night. 

Thanks Bish!

Toshi

I never hide any issues from WIP.  I have the front end glued with extra thick CA as that's where some issues occurred.  It's definitely my fault.  The rest of the nose was taped with Tamiya tape as I'm not going to glue that area together.  

I will leave to area open as that's where I will display the 7.7mm Browning Machine Guns will be displayed.

Get a good idea of the size of that now, looks good.

Fueselsuge halves have been glued together utilizing Tamiya Extra Thin Cement.

Assembly #15 $ #16

Bish

 

 

Toshi

 

 

Bish

Looking really good Toshi, can't wait to see that together.

 

 

 

 

Thanks Bish!  I'm so excited I woke up early, it's 5:28 am EST.  I'm going to fuse the two sides together now.  

 

Toshi

 

 

 

 

Dedication, thats what we like to see.

 

Toshi

Eagle90

Masterfully detailed Toshi!  Again, truly an inspiration!  Great work!

 

 

Toshi

Toshi

 

 

Bish

Looking really good Toshi, can't wait to see that together.

 

 

 

 

Thanks Bish!  I'm so excited I woke up early, it's 5:28 am EST.  I'm going to fuse the two sides together now.  

 

Toshi

 

Dedication, thats what we like to see.

Masterfully detailed Toshi!  Again, truly an inspiration!  Great work!

Bish

Looking really good Toshi, can't wait to see that together.

 

Toshi

Looking really good Toshi, can't wait to see that together.

Both fueselage's completed.

Scottrc... lololol... great story.

Assembly #14

Greg, don't worry, i don't get offended.

I just get even

You will be more than welcome with a Spitfire or anything else you choose tojump in with.

Bish, I'm glad the Spitfire issue isn't anything too serious. I suppose I can see what you mean, and Doug your allusion to the Mustang makes sense.

Not being sure I'm up to the Bristol Beaufighter right now, I'm looking at single engine RAF WWII aircraft. I'm seeing mostly Spitfires, Spitfires, and more Spitfires (solidifying your point, Bish), along with a Hawker Tiffie (which look enticing, especially after seeing Doug's ) or Hurricane or two. I guess I'm surprised there aren't more out there.

At any rate, if I change course and pull my Eduard Spitfire off the shelf, I don't suppose I'll offend you too much, Bish.

Tony, good to see you moving right along. I thought your were building a 1:72 Chipmunk. This GB is a handfull to follow.

modelcrazy

 

 

Greg

Steve, I'm all confused about a RAF Zero. What were they doing with those?

 

 

Greg here is a definition from the ATAIU-SEA captured wings wikia site.

"ATAIU-SEA (Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit - South East Asia) was one of the Joint Allied Military Intelligence units formed during WW2 to recover Japanese aircraft."

This A6M5 Type 52 Zero was being tested and evaluated in Malaya by Japanese pilots under the supervision of RAF officers in 1946.

 

 

Well I'll be. Curiousity satisfied. Thanks, Steve! **

And your paint job is looking good. Too bad about the a/b woes.

** and thanks to Bish for the additional input on my question.

Bish

Chris, it was a 2 part Comedy drama miniseries called Over Here and was about some USAAF B-17 crews at an RAF base.

And it appears to have been directed by Tony Dow of "Leave it to Beaver" fame. That surprised me.

Rigidrider

 

 

Bish

 

 

Greg

Toshi, I really like that bundle of yellow cables on the fuselage right. Cool looking detail.

Bobby, 19.5". Wow, that thing is huge. Looking good too.

I've been kicking around going crazy and changing my entry to try one of the 1:24 Airfix kits. Looking at the size of your project, I wonder if I will come to my senses.

That Buccaneer is a very attractive aircraft that I'm not so sure I've seen before. Man, this GB is hard to keep up with and here you have 2 going at once.

Edit: and I got reading further down and now you've added a Vulcan. I bow to your, your, I can't think of the right word, but I bow to it Bobby.

Steve, I'm all confused about a RAF Zero. What were they doing with those?

And Bish, seeing as how CMK just posted post #600 here, it's an opportune time for me to ask you something I've wanted to know for a long time. What's up with you and Spitfires? I surely hope it isn't a sore subject, I've just been very curious.

 

 

 

 

LOL, no, not really. Over the years i have just gotten sick of how the Spit is rammed down our throats over here. Its pushed as almost a wounder weapon that won the war single handed. And when it comes to the BoB, all we get is Spitfire Spitfire. So its almost a counter reaction to go against it.

 

 

 

 

Kind of like the Mustang here... Beautiful aircraft, made a major contribution and was instrumental in the winning of the war, but not the only aircraft in the theater. I read in a book once that said if you wanted to impress your girlfriend, send a picture posing by a Mustang, if you want to make it home, make it a Thunderbolt. I have no issues with the Mustang, just like Bish said... Just like to see the others get they're dues too.

 

 

I think another story went about a pilot of a P-38 hears a frantic call over the radio that he's been hit in the engine and is loosing coolant, so the old pilot tells the frantic caller to shut off the pump to that engine and shut it down and fly back on one engine. But the caller replies, but I only have one engine, I'm part of the replacment escort of P-51s.

The P-38 pilots replies, oh well, I bet you wish you were in a 38 then eh?

Rigidrider

 

 

Bish

 

 

Greg

Toshi, I really like that bundle of yellow cables on the fuselage right. Cool looking detail.

Bobby, 19.5". Wow, that thing is huge. Looking good too.

I've been kicking around going crazy and changing my entry to try one of the 1:24 Airfix kits. Looking at the size of your project, I wonder if I will come to my senses.

That Buccaneer is a very attractive aircraft that I'm not so sure I've seen before. Man, this GB is hard to keep up with and here you have 2 going at once.

Edit: and I got reading further down and now you've added a Vulcan. I bow to your, your, I can't think of the right word, but I bow to it Bobby.

Steve, I'm all confused about a RAF Zero. What were they doing with those?

And Bish, seeing as how CMK just posted post #600 here, it's an opportune time for me to ask you something I've wanted to know for a long time. What's up with you and Spitfires? I surely hope it isn't a sore subject, I've just been very curious.

 

 

 

 

LOL, no, not really. Over the years i have just gotten sick of how the Spit is rammed down our throats over here. Its pushed as almost a wounder weapon that won the war single handed. And when it comes to the BoB, all we get is Spitfire Spitfire. So its almost a counter reaction to go against it.

 

 

 

 

Kind of like the Mustang here... Beautiful aircraft, made a major contribution and was instrumental in the winning of the war, but not the only aircraft in the theater. I read in a book once that said if you wanted to impress your girlfriend, send a picture posing by a Mustang, if you want to make it home, make it a Thunderbolt. I have no issues with the Mustang, just like Bish said... Just like to see the others get they're dues too.

 

 

I do have other issues with the way the whole war is seen in this country, but thats another matter entierly. The Spit is just pushed more than anything else.

modelcrazy

 

 

Greg

Steve, I'm all confused about a RAF Zero. What were they doing with those?

 

 

Greg here is a definition from the ATAIU-SEA captured wings wikia site.

"ATAIU-SEA (Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit - South East Asia) was one of the Joint Allied Military Intelligence units formed during WW2 to recover Japanese aircraft."

This A6M5 Type 52 Zero was being tested and evaluated in Malaya by Japanese pilots under the supervision of RAF officers in 1946.

 

 

There was a similar unit which operated from the UK from 1941 until the end of the war, 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) flight. They operated captured German and Italian aircraft. One of their roles was to tour USAAF bases to show the crews the sort of aircraft they would come up against.

I believe after the warcaptured aircraft were tested by the RAE at Farnbourgh.

Greg

Steve, I'm all confused about a RAF Zero. What were they doing with those?

Greg here is a definition from the ATAIU-SEA captured wings wikia site.

"ATAIU-SEA (Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit - South East Asia) was one of the Joint Allied Military Intelligence units formed during WW2 to recover Japanese aircraft."

This A6M5 Type 52 Zero was being tested and evaluated in Malaya by Japanese pilots under the supervision of RAF officers in 1946.