Secret Santa 2020/2021 GB

Mr Color always clogs in my AB, but it does apply nice. The smell is powerfull. I like the looks of the MiG 21, looking forward to it.

Got the interior tourquise shot yesterday, to first time spraying Mr Color.  Happy with it so far.  Will let cure a little longer and start glueing it up and placing the pit PE panels.  Pics when I get that far.

Finally got the rest of the paints in last week, along with some for an F-105D in the near future.

TheDemiGod

Sounds liek a fun Group Build to participate in. Too bad I joined too late to join in. There's always next year.

 

BK

BBorBust

Thanks to COVID I received my SS gift a little late. But it finally came today and I am super excited! Cannot wait to start on this thing! Thanks SS!

 

 

BK

Mach1

Getting caught up from when I was last online ...

Bobby: Great job on the Babs!

Steve: That LCS has some impressive detail.

 

I've made a start on the F/A-18.

 

BK

Excellent gift BB, looking forward to your build 

Whoa BB, Santa must have liked your past builds! Extra good this year for sure. That's a killer gift. Looking forward to your take on it 

Great starts guys, your gifts are well thought out.

Still waiting on the last of the paint, at least it's now in country.

As an aside, both the vallejo and Mr Color cockpit colors are a good match for the colored eduard pit pe, the vallejo just a hair better to my eye.

Got most of the sprues primed with testors white laquer primer.

Have to hand it to the Germans, they built beautiful and effective ships in the mid to late '30's.  A little ahead of most other navies.

Thanks to COVID I received my SS gift a little late. But it finally came today and I am super excited! Cannot wait to start on this thing! Thanks SS!

Looks like a solid start their Mach1. Super fast progress, can't wait to see this come together

Getting caught up from when I was last online ...

Bobby: Great job on the Babs!

Steve: That LCS has some impressive detail.

I've made a start on the F/A-18.

Yeah, sorry DG, It's a fun one. BrandonK, who usually runs it, is going to be busy this year and won't be able to devote the time it takes to host a GB. Perhaps he'll run it next year.

Sounds liek a fun Group Build to participate in. Too bad I joined too late to join in. There's always next year.

Mopar Madness

My aftermarket tracks came in so it's time to pull this one back out. The links are molded in plastic and the rubber pad needs to be glued to each individual link. Sounds like a lot of work but it really didn't take too long. About two beers worth of work!

 

 

Those look like alot of work, but once they are done the kit seems to go quickly. I'm in love with this one.

BK

Wow, Bobby. Amazing work on the new kit. That will look good in any collection. Well done and so fast.

BK

@Modelcrazy,

Thank you sir! I always leave it up to the GB leader as to which pic goes up. Thank you for holding such a great and honored GB!

mawright20

What aircraft is this?

 

It is a Japanese Ki-15 Recon plane. 

Great kit!

keavdog

Nice job Bobby. Turned out really nice.  

 

Thank you sir!  It's a great kit and my first Finemolds kit.  Very nice!

Mopar Madness

Awesome Bobby! And the first one across the finish line too!

 

Thank you sir!  It was a great build and the GB is always a blast!

TheMongoose

That is SICK Eagle90!! What a great experience. All that glass really came out well. The overall color is pretty sweet to. Gonna look nice on the front page. 1st one done aren't you?

 

Thank you sir!  The canopy mask was a life saver with that one.  LOL!  Again, it was a great kit.  Highly reccommend it to anyone.  First one done?  Wow!  And I wanted it to go on!  It was that much fun to build!

Nice job Bobby. Turned out really nice.  

My aftermarket tracks came in so it's time to pull this one back out. The links are molded in plastic and the rubber pad needs to be glued to each individual link. Sounds like a lot of work but it really didn't take too long. About two beers worth of work!

Awesome Bobby! And the first one across the finish line too!

Oh WOW Bobby, excelent job!

And your the first to finish 

Which pic do you want on the wall?

That is SICK Eagle90!! What a great experience. All that glass really came out well. The overall color is pretty sweet to. Gonna look nice on the front page. 1st one done aren't you?

Well, she's finished!!!!!  What a great kit!  Thank you so much SS!!!!!  You rock!  A perfect gift!  My first Finemolds kit, first Japanese kit...What a wonderful GB!!! 

This was a fun kit to build and the fit was awesome!  The decals went on beautifully, and the detail is great!  Once I painted and sealed that, I gave the whole plane a coat of Flory Models weathering wash Dark Dirt (I love that stuff!).  When I wiped it down, it didn't really need any more weathering!  It looked great!  I added some Tamiya panel line wash for oily looks around the engine and extra fuel tank.  There are so many details in the cockpit you can't see, but that area is beautiful and full of detail!  Here are the pics from the final product.  Again, thanks everyone for the kind words and keep up the great work!  I'll be watching!  LOL!

TheMongoose

Eagle90 that's got some great color to it. Rising Sun looks super crisp. Definitely cool to hear how nice the kit is. Too many times the fun gets lost when they're not designed or injection molded well.

 

Thank you sir!  It is a great kit.  The first Finemolds I've built and I'm liking them.  The detail is really good!

Mopar Madness

That's a lot of masking right there!

 

LOL!  I bought the mask set for it.  I'm finding I'm buying a lot of mask sets lately.  Just a whole lot easier for me.  I usually end up leaving hobby knife marks all over the canopy when I do it myself. 

modelcrazy

Awesome Bobby.

Good job on that canopy masking. That's my only beef and deterrent against me building more Japanese planes. And I love Japanese planes

 

I hear ya about the canopy.  That's a lot of glass!   LOL!  I bought the canopy mask for it.  I'm finding I'm buying a lot of canopy masks and decals lately.  LOL!