Rolling Shelf of Doom GB

Thanks GT!!  I'll have to get another one and build the pathfinder version!  Or jump in a cauldron of boiling oil. Haven't decided which to do yet..

Actually they don't go together too bad once you get around some of the ill fitting pieces on the nose.  Just got a thing for Monogram kits!

Nice job Chris, it's all about getting these kits completed.  With the 38J youll have a nice assortment of Lightnings on the shelf.

Monogram P-38 done as the F5 photo recon version. Used the Squadron vac form canopy which fit perfectly (the kit's interfered with the radio behind the seat).

decaled and striped

She's got legs!!!

And done.

Same kit-two versions, -38M and F5. *** Bong's -38J coming soon.

Tony, I just updated the roster to include the Italeri Crusader.

Hi Ed,

I've got two shelf queens that I plan to complete this year. They are the Italeri 1/35 Crusader Mk 1 and the Czech Model 1/32 T-33A Shooting Star that I've previously shown in this GB.

I'm just about to tidy up the wash. I started it  a while ago and I haven't touched it for about a year, before I picked it up a few days ago.

Here's that status of the T-33, I'm just going through rescribing and fixing all of the little things after completing the construction.

Cheers

Tony

P-3C is going back on the shelf.  The replacement decals I picked up are no bueno.  They wouldnt even separate from the paper.  If anyone has these that they are not going to use please let me know.

Going to put a fork in the Monogram F-5E

Was going to attach the frame to the canopy and go from there on the F-5E but it wasnt working.  Glued the frame in and gave it a gloss coat to protect the decals.  I'll glue in the canopy and windshield tomorrow.

Thanks, Ed. I've got to get my compressor up and running as the cans of air are getting way expensive for regular use. 

Mark,

Nice job on the Enterprise. Scottie would be proud!

Sounds good. Thanks 

How about the 3rd from the last so we get the base in there.

how about either the last one or the third from last (3/4 view)?

The Enterprise looks great Mark, do you have a preferance of which photo I post up front?

And the next on the "shelf", the Enterprise's nemisis (yes, pun intended)...A romulan Warbird with a Ferengi marauder...

Not too much work to do here. clean up a few seams, check the fit of major pieces. The real work will be in the painting, Trying to get a nicely detailed finish. Make it so.

The enterprise has left space dock and embarks on another 5 year mission...

Nice job on the 109E!  I'm going to have to try the Mission clears as I'm looking for an alternative to the Testors clears and Future.

While I didn't make the cutoff for 2019, the E-4 is my first one done for 2020.  Here are the finished pics. While I haven't tried P-mask's Kabuki tape masks, I will definitely stay away from their vinyl in the future. I lost one of the wing guns to the carpet monster. I wish Airfix had put some thought into their sprue layout so they could minimize the heavy and hard to clean up separation points on some of the smaller parts.  The Mission Models Gloss and Flat went on without a hitch, plus there is no smell to them. They will take some getting used to, but I can see me using more of them in the future as their line expands. Now, for the last installment of the E-4 build.

I'm kind of partial to the third pic, but use whichever one you like best. Now, on to the Me-110.

Nice time capsule find.  Reminded me that I have an E model I never finished.  Ran out of black and never completed the canopy and windshield.  Have to get the pitot back on also.

Did some sanding on the P-3C also.  Had a week and a half off from work and didnt really get on the bench much till today.  Going back to work tomorrow.

Well, since this is the eternal, Rolling Shelf of Doom, build, I'd like to enter another oldie that I found in my stash.  I had no idea I had ever even begun this, but apparently I had at one time started it by doing some exterior painting, and then that was it.  It's a 1/48 scale F-5F Tiger II from Monogram.  And I still had the receipt in the box from when I bought it, in 1987 for less than five bucks!  $4.92, $5.20 with tax!

The only work I'd done on it, some aggressor camouflage paint scheme:

And the receipt, bought in 1987 for five bucks:

Thanks Ed. The 109 is now shiny and ready for decals. Trying out Mission Models gloss and eventually flat on these two. First time to use this brand.  We'll see how it goes, looks promising so far.

Looking good lewbud keep it going!

Here's where the Airfix Me-110C-2 is. When I consigned her to the Shelf of Doom years ago, I had painted the splinter camoflage on the upper surfaces, but left the RLM 65 off the underside. Why did I do this? I have no idea as it would have been much easier to paint the underside first and mask it off, rather than having to mask almost the entire airplane. Here's where she was at a couple of days ago. 

The wings were masked so I could go back respray the landing gear bays RLM 02. Although it looks gray in the picture, the unmasked area is RLM 65. I painted the landing gear and wheels last night. I should have her on her gear tonight after I get home.

Here's the build thread for the 109.

Here's where I left off some five years ago.

After about an hour, I had something that looked like a plane.

Here is where she sits now.

Had I tried to emulate the mottle pattern as indicated on the instructions, it would have been several excrutiating hours with a piece of .5mm brass wire and RLM 71 to duplicate. I used a microbrush (actually, it was a teeny tiny sponge on a stick) that says it was for cleaning airbrushes. I think it took all of ten minutes to do both sides.

The Enterprise is looking great Mark!

Enterprise update. Most of the decals are on. I screwed up one decal (the only one of that particular decal I have), so I had to order a replacement. But here are a couple of pics...

Still need to add some panel shading to pick out some of the details.

So while waiting for the decals to show up, I am now working on the mounting base. 

Here is the base with some decals I had printed up.

Not sure which one to go with, but I am leaning toward the black background. I need to sand the base some more, then prime and paint. Hopefully the decals will arrive soon and I can finally cross this one off the list.

Updated Lewbud. 

Reminds me to start working on an idea for the 2020 badge.

Ed,

You can add a 1/72 Airfix Me-109E-4 and a Me-110C to my roster.  Probably won't get to the Mustang, but should have those two finished by the end of the year if I push it.

We'll be here so if you come up with something just jump right in.

The Marder III was a bad idea. It's missing too many parts and I don't want to buy another kit. I'll come up with something else. 

Mach I - funny how that happens sometimes.  I just uncovered a F-18B that I stopped just short of painting for some reason.

Mark - I cant see the pictures from here but I'm glad you got some more work done on the Enterprise.

Finally got the Enterprise detail paint work completed, now applying the gloss coat...

Here are aftermarket decals to be applied...

and the original kit decals, not in too bad a shape...

This is going to be interesting!