80 Years of Airfix GB

I sure do like the interior on that Vampire! 

Twisting that black and gold tread is a great idea!!!  i'll be over at the sewing store later today.

John

Hey Bish,   I  hate to sound like a whiner but can you update my status, i finished my swift (page 34)  and I added a a6m2b zero to my list.

thanks

John (falconmod)

Not sounding like that at all John, thanks for the kick, will do that now.

Finished my A6M2b Zero

Very good kit, like the new tooling. Just wish it had a canopy you could pose open.

John

Really nice looking zero there John, came out well.

I do much prefer canopies that have the option of being posed open, really hate having to cut them.

I'll get the front page updated.

Very sharp looking Zero! I love that you made the wings folded on the finished build!

 I love it John. I’m wondering how much space on the carrier those folded wingtips really produced! 

Quick update on the Supermarine S6.B. The original kit was produced in 1957 so you can imagine there’s a little bit of work involved here. Panel lines have been sanded down and those details that were recessed have been filled in. This kit is going to be tiny and anything resembling a panel line would detract from the sleek aesthetic! Also exhausts have been bored out.

Nice Zero, John.  Looks like a fur hat with those wingtips.

Good effort on the S6B, Chad.  I wonder if those raised parts where the stacks are should be sanded flush, as they were on K5054.

Chad, the folding wingtips were to allow the the planes to fit on the elevators, not to save space. I just found this out from Gamera myself. 

Coming on nicely Chad.

modelcrazy

Chad, the folding wingtips were to allow the the planes to fit on the elevators, not to save space. I just found this out from Gamera myself. 

 

Now that makes more sense. So it makes that line in Tora Tora Tora complete rubbish. I didn't think that small amount of fold would make much differance.

thanks for the comments on my Zero.   It was a fun build.  Ya I  always thought "how could those tiny wing tip help anything"

John

jeaton01

Good effort on the S6B, Chad.  I wonder if those raised parts where the stacks are should be sanded flush, as they were on K5054.

 

 

Got the fuselage glued up on the Mustang, along with half of the wing.  Had to get a couple of clear colors for the recognition lights in the bottom of the port side.  After that dries will give them a coat of silver from the back and get the rest of the wing done.

Now that I have a new camera, progress pics next week.....After the forum gets back up.

I can envision it in my mind GH, and it looks great!

Bish, I have this 1/72 F-15E I was going to try and build as a F-15A.  Just looking for the clear parts.

Nice, i'll get the F-15 added 68.

Sorry about the S6-B, Mopar. Sometimes a build just doesn' work out and the remnants end up in the recycle bin. Hope you find something else. Me? After finishing the F-80, I just couldn't think of anything else for the group buiild. Just nothing inspired me. Our "build day" today was at a club member's office. He sells models online. Upstairs is his stockroom full of kits of all kinds and in all scales. I went upstairs before the build started and I was rummaging through a large box of unsorted 1/72 scale kits and this caught my eye:

The box is broken and the parts are loose in the box but I'm going to make it work. Before I went back downstairs I saw this:

So, I have two Devastator kits! Both kits are complete. Gonna build them both. One pre-war U.S. Navy and the other Torpedo 8 at Midway. So Bish, I'm back in the game.

That’s a couple nice additions Frank.  I think MPC was the US distributor of Airfix kits in the late 70’s early 80’s.

68, frank got you added.

frank, have i missed your P-51 build or are you still working on that?

Chad, real sorry to hear about the S.6, was looking forward to seeing that.

MPC did box Airfix kits and visa versa. I have the MPC boxing of the Airfix Ju 52 and over here the MPC speeder Bike was sold under the Airfix label. This was when Airfix was owned by General Mill's who also owned MPC.

Yeah, Bish, I finished the Mustang a month ago.

Yes, now i remember. Sorry frank, i'll get onto that. You guys don't make it easy to keep up when your finishing kits at this rate. Makes for a great GB though.

OK, done.

Just done a head count, we have 36 completions in less than 31 weeks. Good going guys.

Short update on the belfast. I got the construction done and ready for paint. Quite pleased with how its turning out. That PE is damned tricky though, and got to be very careful of those radars at the top of the masts, very fragile.

The rear upper decaks i was able to leave off.

Its since had a coat of primer and is now in the shed ready for painting. But i have changed my mind about that. Going to get the colorcoats paint, they have all the colours i need apart form the hull red, so just waiting for it to come into stock.

Did those antennas hold up well to the primer coat? 

Surprisingly they did. I was worried about that and i dialed the pressure down a bit and it turned out ok.

Bish, I know this isnt the most exciting entry but I need something shake and bake to get the juices flowing again. I’m entering the 1/72 Spitfire Mk Ia.