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  • Member since
    July 2008
  • From: Vancouver, the "wet coast"
Posted by castelnuovo on Saturday, July 28, 2018 11:44 PM

Well, this is as far as I can take this one, given my skills (or lack of Smile ) and trembling hands.

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, July 29, 2018 2:56 AM

That looks good to me castel, thats for your second finish. Front page is updated.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    May 2018
  • From: 37.8136 S, 144.9631 E
Posted by DesTROYer on Sunday, July 29, 2018 4:44 AM

The finish line is in sight for these two Meteors.

  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Bronze Squadron - Battlestar Cerberus
Posted by Lodni Kranazon on Sunday, July 29, 2018 2:36 PM

Castle - that's a handsome Gladiator! Troy - good looking Meteors! - Congratulations to both of you!!

[Admiring Starbuck's space fighter] Cassiopeia: It's a perfect machine! Born to dance amongst the stars! Starbuck: Yeah, it's bumping into them that has me worried.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Sunday, July 29, 2018 5:39 PM

CN: She looks fantastic to me! The camo looks great and that's a way better job on the rigging than I'd have been able to pull off.

Troy: Really nice work on both of them, again the NM looks sharp!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Australia
Posted by taxtp on Sunday, July 29, 2018 7:43 PM

CN - really nice work on the Gladiator, you don't see that many of them built up so well.

Troy, the Meteors really caught my eye. I think I'm going to have to do one too soon.

Cheers

Tony

I'm just taking it one GB at a time.

  • Member since
    February 2010
  • From: Berkeley CA/St. Paul MN
Posted by EBergerud on Sunday, July 29, 2018 8:44 PM
As noted in a post from a couple of days ago, I have ceased receiving any posts from this GB nor the Commonwealth GB that I am also subscribed to. I've checked "Email Notifications" and it says I am not subscribed to any forums. However, under "Forum Topics" everything is listed. Toward the end of the Forum list there is a technical assistance forum. As I understand it, other modelers are having the same problem. I urge everyone that's having trouble to make a post there. As everything was going fine for me on this forum until about a week ago (and yes I subscribed) and then halted, it's got to be glitch on their end. For me the Group Build Forum is basically crippled. It's nuts to make people manually check all messages themselves. As I understand it, Facebook hosts a multitude of modeling sites. Although the idea is a bad one, if Finescale can't get their act together, I'll have to start using them. Eric

 

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    January 2017
Posted by damouav on Monday, July 30, 2018 3:58 PM

I just tried deleting this particular GB from my email notifications and then re-subscrib to it and..

That didnt work either!

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 1:54 AM

TROY, great looking pair there, i like how your displaying them, coming on really well.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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    May 2018
  • From: 37.8136 S, 144.9631 E
Posted by DesTROYer on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 4:39 AM

Thanks everyone. Both have now been clear coated and I should be good to go with a wash tomorrow night.

 

https://flic.kr/p/28fJvrH

 

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 4:34 PM

Troy: Both of those look fantastic!!!

 

Great to see you making good progress. Sorry to report I'm bogged down here- everyone went on vacation/holiday at the same time so I've been working a boatload of extra hours. Plus between my dad's health and the humidity I haven't felt like doing much of anything modeling wise lately...

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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    February 2007
  • From: Bronze Squadron - Battlestar Cerberus
Posted by Lodni Kranazon on Thursday, August 2, 2018 12:09 AM
I still have not found that Hawk kit but I am doing a 1/72 Frog Boston for the 'Bomber GB'. Can I cross-enter that in the meantime?

[Admiring Starbuck's space fighter] Cassiopeia: It's a perfect machine! Born to dance amongst the stars! Starbuck: Yeah, it's bumping into them that has me worried.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Thursday, August 2, 2018 1:59 AM

Lodni, ye that fine, will add it to the roster.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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    February 2007
  • From: Bronze Squadron - Battlestar Cerberus
Posted by Lodni Kranazon on Thursday, August 2, 2018 2:41 AM

Awesome! Her it is right now. Still working on cleaning up most of the parts. Headphones

I do hope it looks something like this when finished:

Of course, it will be dustier & dirtier!! Smile Burger

[Admiring Starbuck's space fighter] Cassiopeia: It's a perfect machine! Born to dance amongst the stars! Starbuck: Yeah, it's bumping into them that has me worried.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, August 2, 2018 6:49 PM

Lodni: You're off to a great start there!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Bronze Squadron - Battlestar Cerberus
Posted by Lodni Kranazon on Friday, August 3, 2018 1:56 AM
Thanks Gamera! I have several 'B' series RAF bombers in the stash too! ;-)

[Admiring Starbuck's space fighter] Cassiopeia: It's a perfect machine! Born to dance amongst the stars! Starbuck: Yeah, it's bumping into them that has me worried.

  • Member since
    May 2018
  • From: 37.8136 S, 144.9631 E
Posted by DesTROYer on Friday, August 3, 2018 11:28 PM

My two RAAF Meterors are done. A77-851 and A77-867.  Airfix 1/48 Gloster Meteor F.8.

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The build thread can be found here. http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/178847.aspx

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    February 2007
  • From: Bronze Squadron - Battlestar Cerberus
Posted by Lodni Kranazon on Sunday, August 5, 2018 4:54 AM
Great job Destroyer!

[Admiring Starbuck's space fighter] Cassiopeia: It's a perfect machine! Born to dance amongst the stars! Starbuck: Yeah, it's bumping into them that has me worried.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, August 5, 2018 1:46 PM

Troy, stunning job on both of those. Thank you, i will get the built list updated.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Sunday, August 5, 2018 4:38 PM

Yeah, sharp work there Troy!!! I always admire a well executed NM finish! Yes

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    April 2015
Posted by Mopar Madness on Sunday, August 5, 2018 6:34 PM

Both meteors look great!  I like the metal finish!

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

  • Member since
    October 2009
Posted by JacknewbIII on Sunday, August 5, 2018 8:50 PM

Agreed, both the meters and the biplane look very good. Very nice work on those kits guys!

  • Member since
    October 2009
Posted by JacknewbIII on Monday, August 6, 2018 8:50 PM

Here are a few progress pics of the Jaguar. I have a bit of touch up to do in a few spots but the painting is mostly done. I will check back in with decals. I am trying to decide if I should do mild panel line wash or just leave it pure white.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 1:51 AM

Nice work there jack, nice to see this in somthing a bit different.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 7:18 AM

Yeah, that's neat looking Jack! 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    January 2015
Posted by BrandonD on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 11:54 AM

Bish, can I add this dumb Impulse buy? It's the Minicraft 1/144 Tempest Mk.V.

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Fuselage went together...not so well. Took a fair amount of sanding to eradicagte the seam. And the cockpit is just a little box, but you'll never see any detail when the canopy s added, so...

Ran into huge issues with aligning the wings. Ended up just torquing the tail assembly to make the stabilizers, which are a singl epiece that passes through the fuselage, align with the wing.

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So now the question - do I do the 1944 bird with the invasion stripes, or do I just do the postwar bird with the standard camo scheme simple because it's less masking?

-BD-

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 2:39 PM

Will do BD, be interested to see what you do with it.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 6:15 PM

Oh wow, neat! No idea how you should paint her, but she'll look great either way.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    January 2015
Posted by BrandonD on Thursday, August 9, 2018 5:02 PM

Thanks, guys. I am thinking I'll go stripes. Because apparently I hate myself.

-BD-

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    January 2015
Posted by BrandonD on Thursday, August 9, 2018 5:03 PM

Bish!

I want to add another. I got a freebie, and it's 1/72 and British. No. 145 Squadron WWII from Hasegawa.

Let's just say it's a "British Airplane Mk.VIII."

-BD-

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