Congrats to Steve for being the first to 'get his yolk on the griddle...' (so to speak); that F-15 is a little beauty!

G, your growing squadron looks awesome. Love that Stuart, in particular: the real thing was so stubby, the 'egg' version doesn't look that different!

Last compulsive cockpit additions before 'buttoning up' my Hornet.

An F-18 just looks strange without that distinctive block of an ejection seat top visible behind the pilot. I managed to wedge one in...and added an old surplus etch HUD frame, just for good measure:

Had a productive afternoon of painting and decals. A few 'teaser' shots...with a few of the other CF-18 details I added, for fun:

Should have Capt. Speedy on the flight line in a day or two....

Greg: She looks awesome! Love the extra details of the ejection seat, LEX fences, etc!

And thanks! I did the colour modulation thing on the Staurt today. I'll try to get some photos up soon, going to make sure the paint is good and dry before I handle her much. Still not sure how I'm going to decal her, I think I'm going to raid the spares instead of using the kit ones.

Calling this one finished.

A few last-minute additions: no gear wells or doors on the kit...just holes for the struts to peg into...so I added some sheet-stock doors and painted gear wells to match the 'false canopy' marking the CAF use on the underside of their Hornets. Final addition was the Hornet's characteristic arrestor hook. ('Speedy' refers to indicated airspeed rather than the pilot's mental acuity; the 'Ol Speedster has been known to overlook his flaps now and then on final approach, so a 'hook in the tail' can't be a bad thing.)

got the engine nacelles glued on and Got some primer on my SR-71

John

Greg: She looks friggin' fantastic!!! Great job!!! Will get you posted ASAP, things are a bit crazy at work today, think I'm going to go home and collapse. Will get you posted by the end of the week though. 

John: Great job, she's looking at a SR-71 - well at small round SR-71 anyhow. 

Everybodys looks great. I had camera problems. I couldn't get mine to work so I bought a new one hope it works Its not an expensive one. anyhow I'll give it a go tonight.

Beautiful build Greg. It looks like you put as much in it as you would a serious build. I guess they're all serious builds to us though. 

modelcrazy

Beautiful build Greg. It looks like you put as much in it as you would a serious build. I guess they're all serious builds to us though. 

Thanks, Steve! To tell you the truth, with only a handful of pieces for the whole kit, adding a few details seemed more like fun than a serious project.

As the flip side of that, I just picked up a set of 'egg' F-5 Tiger IIs from Freedom Models...a company whose products I've never seen before...and those 'egg' kits look as complicated as any 'real' kit. (Not sure whether I'll get them into the GB; I'll have to see how the couple others I've already committed to go!)

Cheers

Put me down for a Meng Corsair.

Greg: Just put you up. Used your first photo. If you want it changed just lemme know. Great job!

Sailing Dutchman: Sure! Just put you down.

I did some colour modulation on the Staurt. I'm not sure how much shows up here, I should have took the photos earlier in better light.

I had a cartoony samurai 3D printed for my Ha-Go. Hated to cut the figure in half, it was really well detailed. I'm going to see about getting a cowboy to go with the Staurt.

The Stuart is looking eggcellent...like a tiny, scrappy terrier! And that Samurai figure is amazing. Was that a pre-produced item, or your own design?

Thanks Greg. The samurai is from a company called Hero Forge:

https://www.heroforge.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-Yyosorv1gIVRRiGCh3cjQzwEAEYASAAEgL4D_D_BwE

They have a program where you can design your own figure for tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons. I think they only print in 32mm gaming scale. They will sell you the pattern for the figure for ten bucks US though and you can print it yourself in whatever size you want. I don't have a 3D printer so I took it to our local library which does- they printed him up as a 100mm figure for five bucks to pay for the raw plastic their machine uses. So fifteen bucks in all, I can't complain! 

O.K., so I have seen these at shows and kinda dismissed them, but after checking out this post...I'll bite!  Is there room for one more entry Gamera?  And...uh....where is the best place to purchase these eggs?  I see Modelcrazy did one of the best planes ever!!!  And from one of my favorite places I was stationed at..EG!!!!  So I guess, I'd go for one that no one has done.  How many of these little beauties are there anyway?

Eagle90

  How many of these little beauties are there anyway?

Thank you.

Just about every popular subject can be found as an "egg"

Greg, Gamera - those look really good!

I've been working along on the Meng B-17. Overall I'm pretty impressed with the fit of this thing. It's better than a lot of "real" kits out there - just a little filler here and there. With that, it didn't take too long to get the paint to this point:

 All paints were Tamiya. Should be moving on to marking. I'll be using a combination of custom decals and the kit provided stickers.

Rooster, that B-17 is looking fine.

I like the muted tone of the red trim. Much more in 'scale'--whatever that is--for these dwarfed lovelies.

Eagle90

How many of these little beauties are there anyway?

As Steve indicated, almost every major type from WW2 to the present can be found, all or most (I believe) coming from Asian manufacturers. Hasegawa and Meng seem to be the major players, but there are some neat ones from companies like Tiger and Freedom as well. Google stuff like 'egg,' 'cute,' and 'kids,' and they should turn up.

It's intresting how the dorsal section is separate.

Some nice loking builds going on here. Greg, love the look of that F-18.

Planning on making a start on the U-Boat soon, still not sure how to paint and display it.

Bish

Some nice loking builds going on here. Greg, love the look of that F-18.

Planning on making a start on the U-Boat soon, still not sure how to paint and display it.

Thanks, Bish.

I've so-far managed to talk myself out of getting the Meng U-Boat--based on the sheer inertia of unbuilts I already have--but I know I'll probably cave, eventually. Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours.

No pressure.

rooster513

Greg, Gamera - those look really good!

I've been working along on the Meng B-17. Overall I'm pretty impressed with the fit of this thing. It's better than a lot of "real" kits out there - just a little filler here and there. With that, it didn't take too long to get the paint to this point:

 All paints were Tamiya. Should be moving on to marking. I'll be using a combination of custom decals and the kit provided stickers.

 

Andy, that's some sharp work there!!! 

I'm guessing the canopy etc is all one clear piece that plugs into the upper fusilage?

Eagle90

O.K., so I have seen these at shows and kinda dismissed them, but after checking out this post...I'll bite!  Is there room for one more entry Gamera?  And...uh....where is the best place to purchase these eggs?  I see Modelcrazy did one of the best planes ever!!!  And from one of my favorite places I was stationed at..EG!!!!  So I guess, I'd go for one that no one has done.  How many of these little beauties are there anyway?

 

 

Bobby, as Steve and Greg pointed out there's a pile of crazy stuff like this out there now. The two biggest are the Hasegawa egg planes and Meng's Toons lines but as they said a lot of other companies have jumped in. There are planes, tanks, ships, and some figures too. 

Bish: I kinda like that pop-eyed fish on the box cover, wonder if you could find one somewhere. 

Finally got the pics downloaded of my start on the three little eggs.  Omlete on order....

First up- the big cat....

Starting paint. MM camo gray.

On to to next step, a mix of MM international orange and amber yellow...might see where this one is headed out of my sense of humor.......

modelcrazy

 

 

Eagle90

  How many of these little beauties are there anyway?

 

 

Thank you.

Just about every popular subject can be found as an "egg"

 

I had only seen the aircraft at shows, but I noticed armor and ships mentioned here.  Very cool!

gregbale

 

 

Eagle90

How many of these little beauties are there anyway?

 

 

As Steve indicated, almost every major type from WW2 to the present can be found, all or most (I believe) coming from Asian manufacturers. Hasegawa and Meng seem to be the major players, but there are some neat ones from companies like Tiger and Freedom as well. Google stuff like 'egg,' 'cute,' and 'kids,' and they should turn up.

 

Thanks Greg!  I googled it and wow, there are a few out there huh?  I might have to look into getting one to try out.  

Gamera

 

 

Eagle90

O.K., so I have seen these at shows and kinda dismissed them, but after checking out this post...I'll bite!  Is there room for one more entry Gamera?  And...uh....where is the best place to purchase these eggs?  I see Modelcrazy did one of the best planes ever!!!  And from one of my favorite places I was stationed at..EG!!!!  So I guess, I'd go for one that no one has done.  How many of these little beauties are there anyway?

 

 

 

 

 

Bobby, as Steve and Greg pointed out there's a pile of crazy stuff like this out there now. The two biggest are the Hasegawa egg planes and Meng's Toons lines but as they said a lot of other companies have jumped in. There are planes, tanks, ships, and some figures too. 

 

Bish: I kinda like that pop-eyed fish on the box cover, wonder if you could find one somewhere. 

 

After more research I have seen so many cool looking ones......might have to hit Amazon and see what they have to offer.  

Go on Bobby, you know you want to

Bish

Go on Bobby, you know you want to

Yeah, come on over to the (oblately-shaped) dark side....