Weekend GB 2019-See you in November!

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According to the rules "1. All models must be 100% unstarted."

Does this mean that all the sprues must be intact? If so then I may not be able to take part in this build as all the kits that could be built in time have the sprues dismantled so that I could bring them with me overseas.

 

SD,

Parts can be off the sprue, but no assembly. Have a good trip.

This thing really was mayhem, I don't recall any previous one being this mad. I didn't know if I would make it or not, but I've just scraped in, and I've ended up taking the photo eight minutes late because I was stuck on a conference call and couldn't use the camera. Here are the rest of my WIP shots and the completion photo.

Cheers

Tony

That looks pretty awesome Tony!

Congrats to everyone who has finished so far!

I have finished my Hetzer and will post some pics as soon as I can.  As I did not make the deadline with that one so I will start another one as soon as I have a couple of days to spare again.  Maybe this Thursday or Friday.

Mawright,

Need a good pic for the front page.

Tony,

That little Me-163 is the bee's knees. Congratulations on getting her done! Get me a good pic for the front page.

Dave,

Looking forward to pics of the Hetzer and your next build.

Now for my latest adventure in poor time management skills. I set out to build Fujimi's 1/72 EA-6A. The plan was start at 2000 hours on Sunday, which meant I would finish her as I had to leave for work on Tuesday evening. Unfortunately, I got started a couple of hours late, and my lollygagging got worse from there.

Proof of unstartedness.

First pieces glued together.

There were several of these to contend with.

The wings.  There is a wing fence missing that you have to add in construction. Don't know why they didn't include it in the mold.

The beginning of the second day. This is when things started to go off the rails time managementwise as I had the day off, I figured I had plenty of time. I was wrong.

I forgot how complex a shape the A-6 airframe is. The fuselage consists of five pieces for the basic airframe, two halves, and three pieces to complete the underside. Fortunately the fit was very good and ran along existing panel lines. The top of the fuselage, not so good.

Here's where I called it a day, roughly 27 hours into the build. I forgot to take pictures of the completed cockpit and the intake and exhaust trunks that are hidden by the closed fuselage. I had to take the seats and control stick out so I could get the instrument panel in. At least it was looking like an airplane.

And this where I called quits after getting ready to come into work. I reinstalled the seats (I think I forgot the control stick) masked and installed the canopy and primered it. To be honest, I was quite apathetic towards this build at this point and was planning on writing it off, but I thought I would at least try to get the underside white painted before going to work. Unfortunately, I rushed the job and ended up with some paint runs, which means having to wait a couple of days until they dry and I can sand them off.  Here is where she sits now.

I'll try again, just don't know with what yet. I had plenty of time, I just didn't utilize it correctly.

Yeah Buddy, the time can get away fast. I forgot to add the stick to the Zero as well but the canopy attached so nicely, I didn'y want to mess it up to put it in.

lewbud

 

 

Have a good trip.

 

Not quite sure it counts as a trip as I have intention of returning, but thank you for the intention.

Hey Lewbud,

Here's a photo for the front page. Thank you so much for hosting this GB each year, I look forward to it every time.

Cheers

Tony

Thanks Michael. I got it and have updated the front page with yours and Tony's builds.

Hey Tony, the Me-163 came out great!  I really like Hobby Boss's Easy Assemly kits, especially for quick builds like this!  Detail isn't bad for something you can put together in a couple of days!

And we're off!

Tamiya 1/35 Su-85 on the assembly line, start time/day = 6:00 PM PST, Dec. 13, 2019!

Proof of unassembledness:

Looking forward to 48 hrs of modeling mayhem!!

Well its almost 1 AM on Sat morning and I'm calling it quits for the evening.  5 hrs of work (dinner and The Mandalorian took a couple of hours! ) and the upper hull is almost done except for some fiddly bits that I'll install right before painting.

I'm feeling pretty good so far....my goal is to have it all painted up and ready for tracks on Sunday!

Looking good Ernest!

Good Star Bufflehead! 

First up is my finished pics of the Hetzer.  Did not make the deadline on this one but I did finish it eventually.

For my next attempt I pulled out something a little easier so that I can get a win.  If this goes well I may attempt a third build for this.

After 2 and a half hours at the bench the assembly is almost complete.  The wheels are not glued or cleaned up yet.  I might get to the paint today but have some commitments tonight so we will see.

dwsrazor - the Hetzer came out great, luv the camo job!  Too bad it didn't make the deadline....been there, done that!!   I really like that tiny braille scale Humber...got a thing for armored cars!  A couple more hours of assembly and it will be ready for paint - plenty of time!

Su-85 update:

Almost 16 hrs in and she's out of the paint booth.  Spent most of the day just getting all the little fiddly bits installed and, of course, a couple of wee parts sailed off into oblivion.  Wasted at least an hour searching.   Fortunately I found some extras from an old Tamiya T-34 sprue...yay!

I used the "Black & White" technique for painting.  Primed with Stynelrez Black, highlighted with Tamiya White and the base color was mixed from Mission Models Modern Russan Green and British Bronze Green, roughly 50/50.  Gotta finish assembling the wheels before bed and tomorrow its decal time!!

Looking good Ernest!   Paint job came out great!

Managed to get the paints and decals on tonight so I am in good shape.  A wash and some weathering tomorrow, install the wheels and should be done with time to spare.

Ernest,

The SU-85 looks fantastic!

Dave,

The Humber is looking good! I was thinking a couple of days ago what to try next and one thought was to dig out the set of Dragon Psy-Ops Humvees and build one or maybe both. I can have one together and ready for paint in about an hour.

Thanks Lew!

Well here it is!  Just took 47.75 hrs to complete and I am dead beat! Started at 6:00 PM Friday, finished at 5:45 Sunday.  Had to clean up the bench enough to take a pic of completion:

I need to grab a bite to eat and then set up the photo booth to take some worthy pics!  Be back in a few!

Well after a bit of a rest and some food (finally!) I set up the photo booth and took some pics of the Su-85.  Lewbud, pick your favorite for the front page! 

For an old kit it actually went together well.  Most of the parts were suprisingly free of flash, mold lines were minimal and most of the parts fit very well, especially the upper hull. The weak points were the wheels and fuel tanks, holdovers from the ancient T-34 molds.  Both took an exceedingly long time to clean up.  Of course the sponsons were missing so I had to scratch a pair from styrene sheet.  Built mostly OOB except for the ice cleats which were way overscale.  Found some better ones in the spares box.  I added a resin tarp and sack, just to add some color variations to the monotone paint scheme.  Also I decided not to use the kit decals instead opting for dry transfers for the unit #s and I hand painted the recognition stripes on the sides, hence the messy paint job.  In retrospect I should have painted one on top of the hull!  Ooops!

To celebrate each successful Weekend Madness build I take a pic of my current favorite libation next to the model!  Cheers all!

Lewbud, thanks for another great GB!  If I have time before the end I'll try one more...

Nice work there. I have a five day weekend next week so I will be doing my builds then.

Well I am not very happy with the final result. The paint crazed when I applied the wash so I was not able to blend in the wash very much.  I skipped the primer coat which and I have done that before and gotten away with it but I guess the paint was too fresh or the bottle was too old and it did not adhere to the plastic very well.  I will let it sit for a week or two to let the paint harden and then attempt some touch ups and further weathering to cover it up.  For now though here is my finished build.

Lewbud you can use that last photo for the front page

Sorry to hear about the paint problem dwsrazor.  It still looks pretty good to me though!  Wouldn't it be cool to drive one of those around town!?!

Dave,

Way to go on the Humber! Can't tell that you had a paint problem.

Gentlemen,

I've updated the front page and I must say that there are some fine looking builds on it.

I've got Saturday off, so I might try for one of the 1/72 Dragon Humvees. Anybody else building this weekend?

I get most of the week off for Kerst, so I will be building this weekend. If I am feeling up to it I may even do two this week.

First off, excellent work being performed here-everyone should be proud of their work.

Lewbud-I'm hoping to get started tomorrow after work-right now I'm thinking about building the MPC Soapy Sales Challenger Funny Car-I always gravitated to drag racers in my youth so this will be a bit of nostaliga...less the finger prints in the paint....I hope....

Jonathan and Bob,

Looking forward to your builds!

Morning all-throwing in the towel for this weekend-stomach bug hit yesterday morning-not bad but bad enough for me to crawl in bed at noon and spend the rest of the day/evening there-did have some good ginger ale & oyster crackers for dinner though!  Needed an early evening start time to let the primer gas off and paint today so that went out the window.

I should.... will be able to carve out 48 hrs for a build before the first of the year though.

Bob,

Totally understand. Hope you're feeling better soon.

I have not done any painting in my new house yet so I decided to build this first as a trial to figure out what my problems are and how I should set things up.

The kit is a Dragon 7.5cm PaK 97/38 and the start time is 23/12 09:23.

Looking forward to it SD!

I'll give this a shot with a 1/72 Hasegawa F-20 Tigershark. I'll be looking to start New Year's Eve when I get home from work.