Interceptors GB 2018 - CLOSED

Count me in with a 1/72 Revell F-22 Raptor, please.  This will be my first model in about 15 years, not counting the kit I'm currently helping my son with.  This will be straight OOB to knock the dust off of my skills, and I could probably use some feedback.

Looks really great PJ 

PJ, yeah, 1979 mold date, Revell boxing,with 2017 decals.  Assemblies won't be perfect fit and flow, but in grays with the decals shouldn't be too bad.

Doing her in flight in a slight climbing left turn, mounted on clear acrylic rod in the exhaust..  Going to the local Vet's home here in Oregon.  Decals are for 75th anniversary Oregon ANG bird, so it should fit in with the overall scheme in the home.

GH

Is that the 1970's Eagle from Monogram? I built that many moons back and remember the seam issue.

I'm gonna add the fuel tank to my Dora and it's nice OOB but

I'm not happy how the plastic fuel lines look. First I drilled where the lines plug into the fuselage.

and bent my own out of soft wire. It needs some minor adjustments and will be glued after the paint goes on.

Looks like Miss Dora is ready for the paint shop. very soon

Have the fuselage together on the Eagle, just need to put the verticle fins on an do a couple of more seams and she'll be ready for primer.  This thing has more seams in it to fill than grandma's patchwork quilt.

Managed to break off one pitot tube (will have to stretch some sprue for a replacement) and one blade antenna, which the carpet monster missed eating, and got it back on.  Will put up a couple of pics next week after primer.

Every little bit helps.  I was going to post some progress photos myself but figured it would look the same as my last post.

Hi Guys,

I haven't done much with the 190 but I did work a little on the seams and canopy, which I need to attach and mask and get to painting this bad boy.

Detail work looks great as always PJ. 

The 106 is such a great looking aircraft, looking forward to seeing them come on 68GT.

Cheers

Tony

Looks like kaos but I'm getting a lot done on the 6s.

Hey GT that's quite an assembly line there.

This center part took lots of dry fitting and a couple of DeWalt clamps to get it to sit evenly then I hit it with Plast I Weld in a Touch N Flow applicator. The two sharp tips broke off and two tiny white plastic sheet triangles were fitted and melted in place by the glue. This is the only part so far that required some work for a god fit.

The wells were painted RLM02 and more lines were added along with a grime wash. Click on the image for an extreme closeup.

The cannon shell ejector locations were dressed up in the wing interior otherwise it's just dead space when viewed thru the ammo ejection slots. Pieces of plastic sheet were cut and placed where the cannon would be.

I feared that paint would give a poor bonding surface to these parts eventually becoming loose inside the wing so they will pe painted black after assembly. Now there's something there intead od dead space.

The tiny hood scoop was drilled open

And so were the wing cannons and nose guns

Beginning to look like a Dora

aeroplanegripper

When does the GB run to ?

aeroplanegripper, the GB is going to at least run till July but as long as there is still interest I'll keep it going till the end of the year.

That s to bad they were a pain but they look pretty good now.

I started out on 3 F-106s but I'm not sure I have the room to handle all of them at once.  These things are pretty big.

GH

Those are really cool looking markings.

Well I finally got the HGW belts and man they are a PITA to put together. As a matter of fact I wasn't impressed at all with them. You have to cut these things and the printed cut line is way off cause it's too wide for the pe buckles. I had to trim off more material so it would fit thru the pe buckle. By doing this, most of the printed stitching is lost. It took me 2 evenings to assemble these belts but the Eduard PE ones only takes me a few minites.

The package has another belt to be assembled and I will use it simply because I have it but I will not be getting this product again. I also had to paint the back side since it's just blank.

I drilled two holes with a #80 bit to attach the shoulder belts with very thin wire. I think the PE belts look better and have more detail than these but they will stay regardless.

I also used my mini drill bit to drill out the exhaust pipes and carefully cleaned them up with a blade.

I'm not really sure if the 56FG flew intercept missions or not but maybe someone else could chime in.  I know they did sweeps and escort but anything is possable.

Hello 68GT,

Would it be OK if I signed up to this GB? I have a Revell 1/72 P-47 that is well overdue to be built. I am thinking of doing one of Hub Zemkes 56FG Wolfpack.

When does the GB run to ?

I just wanted to update the Roster if I had to but I guess I don't

Revell's 1979 1/48 "C", with a new set ofdecals, box marked 2017.  Picked it up at HL to replace the other one.  Here's the box-

And the decal sheet, still in bag with protector sheet-

I was going to, and eventually will, make a stand for it but got caught up packing and never got back to it. It's in Boise right now so I get back to it in the future.

MC, I was wondering what happened to the F-5.  Nicely done!

Goldhammer, what kit do you have there?  I know its at least a F-15A or C

Finally got a start on the replacement kit.

Fuselage glued up, have to take it in stages, fit is no where near close. This will be an in-flight display, so gear doors are closed.  No detail in any of the bays anyway. Office done, and front half of fuselage glued up. In process of getting the intakes together.

Have to say, fits are not the best on this old bird. Starting to lose what hair is left fighting this thing. PPP is certainly your best friend on this one.

68,

I guess I forgot to put up the finished pic of the F-5. I never did make a base for it.

Time to start the next one.

The Hasegawa 1/72 Fw-190D9 from the JV44 Combo kit. I built the Me262 a few years back.

Here is the box art I was saving. The the 190s were used as CAP for the 262s during take off and landing. The undersides were painted red with white stripes to identify them to the AA gunners.

The 262 I built a few years ago. I need to try another one. I kbnow I could do a better job now.

The start of the Dora

Steve

PJ, Nice score on the Dora and excellent work.  I have a few of them I would love to get to.

Thanks Steve and Hunter!

Steve

I have heard great things about them and are supossed to behave MUCH better than pe ones. I have this set coming which has 2 of them. I was going to add the nice pilot figure but it blocks out some of the detail so I decided to save it for a future build.

Hunter

Those added hoses really busy up things in there. Once the wells are in place and painted, then I may add some lines there too. I'm also looking into doing something with the cannon shell chutes since it's just an open cavity in the wing. I need to add someting in there.

PJ,

Outstanding work there on the pit and engine! The immense detail in the engine is amazing. Sir you are sitting the bar high for 2018!

That looks outstanding PJ, I could jump in there and fly the thing. Great idea for the hose! I think you will really like the HGW belts.

Thanks Steve!

The first day of 2018 has been a very lazy and relaxed day.  It's been raining the entire day, very windy and cold in the 40's. The wife has been watching tv the whole day so it's been a perfect modeling day.

Got the IP done. Each instrument has a drop of Clear Parts Cement.

and the pit tub

I still have to do some more weathering and light griming. I thought I had PE belts but I don't have any so I ordered a set from HGW which are supossed to be fantastic and better than the PE ones.

I also added more lines. I also made my own braided line by wrapping thin copper wire around another wire then painted it grey.

looks great PJ

The plug bulkheads were painted RLM 02, and the engine parts got some Humbrol Metalkote Aluminum and flat  black. Working from photos, I grabbed my box full of electronic junk and located cables to be used for the engine plumbing. I cut some brass tube and used thin CA to secure them to the drilled holes. I then inserted the black wires as in the reference photos. It will mostly be hidden once it goes into the fuselage but the busy look is there.

I added several lines on the other side.

The plumbing fills the area and busies things up.

and the other side

and dry fitted in the fuselage to see how it looks

I still may add more lines to further make it look more busy. The real Dora had a ton of wires and lines in there. Once the part is secured to the fuselage it will receive some oil washes for weathering to dirty things up a bit. Still lots of small things to do.

RiK,

Wonderful, wonderful job sir! They look amazing.

PJ,

Great start...that kit has great details to it. I got the UMM scriber and wooden handle UMM razor saw for xmas and love them. I am looking forward to your next installment.