Piers: Fantastic job!!! Esp considering the rough nature of the original kit. Love how she turned out!!!

Ferg: Great progress there too! Looking forward to paint.

Harold: Ohhhhh, the Lanc is gonna be awesome!!!

Either you guys did something to me or maybe it was the Vegemite but I pulled out an old AFV Club 1/35th Aussie Centurion Mk 5 and restarted her.

Piers, I don't believe I'm going to finish the Suderland. I ran into several issues so I have to put it away for a little while.

I ordered some Caracal decals for my 1/73 F-35 so.....

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I'm impressed by all the good work that's going on - some very nice planes there.

I'm still between houses and even though the time limit sounds a bit flexible (thanks Lost!) I'm not sure even if I get back onto the Mossie in the next couple of weeks it'll be done soon.

This is my excuse for investing in Plan B, a 1/72 Revell PBY-5A Catalina (spotted it in Hobbycraft as Mrs S was buying Christmas presents). Assume that this qualifies, with the addition of the DK decals for "PBY-5A, RAAF A24-104, Operation Sinbad, 1948"?

Piers. WELL done.. thats a neat little jet!!

Thanks Nick and everyone, I was happy to have it finished and happy with the result.

Darren, I can understand you wanting to take your time with a super kit like that. Happy to accept the Catalina into the build roster.

Steve, Hmmm, yes the Sunderland did look like a handful. Looking forward to the F35

Really nice Piers, but yours always are. Could I joing in please, I actually build a lot of RAAF aircraft. I have this thing, but the parts are off the sprue but unstarted. Would that be ok ? It would be my 11th RAAF 3 Sqn P-40. My plan is to convert it back to one of the very early P-40Ds, with only two guns per wing. The aircraft was flown by Nicky Barr, and the decals are from DK Decals.

Cheers

Tony

Steve & Darren: Hope things straighten out for you guys in the coming year.

Tony: Ohhhhhhhh, gotta love a P-40!!!

Tony, great to have you onboard mate. Love the Kittyhawk, very underrated compared to how important it was for the RAAF in both the Asian and African conflicts.

For my next build, it will be a Tamiya 1/48 Beaufighter with the Red Roo TT 21 conversion kit. Should be a bit of fun.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, very cool Piers!!! I'm assuming you're going with that awesome yellow and black target tug scheme?

Reminds me of a yellow jacket. I've heard they only live in North America, you guys have your own nasty critters but at least don't have to deal with these little SOBs.

I frigin hate those guys.

Gamera

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, very cool Piers!!! I'm assuming you're going with that awesome yellow and black target tug scheme?

Reminds me of a yellow jacket. I've heard they only live in North America, you guys have your own nasty critters but at least don't have to deal with these little SOBs.

 

Oh yes we do! We call them European Wasps. They started appearing in oz sometime in the 80's.

they do have a temper.. my latest pic, gave a light coat of tamiya clear flat and test fit glass.

Piers. the beaufighter will look impressive in black/yellow .

Nick: Whoa, that looks fantastic!!! 

Ferg: Ahhhh, someone mentioned yellow jackets a couple years ago and Bish wasn't sure what we were talking about. Wasn't sure if they don't live outside North America or maybe they were just known by another name.  

Nick, that is looking super! That is a really good paint job that has come together so well.

Wow, nice Spit!

Piers, I'm trying to get this done before the end of the year so I can have all my GB completed and off the bench.

Here is the F-35, the very one you have on the badge BTW. The Carcal Models decal sheet I have (and mose sources I saw) said to paint it FS36170 Have Glass Grey. It's a very odd grey, almost a metalic. Not sure I'm going to put the RAM tape decals on and looking at the actual squadron I'm portraying, it only shows the grey on the wings and tail. So, I guess that's what I'll, do even though the decal sheet doesn't show it.

Here it is with a black primer, The Have Glass Grey and then on the stand. I need to go back and add the FS36270 Neutral Grey to the wings and tail. I hope I dont peal any the the base grey off!

OK, Piers, I'm done!

Thanks for a cool GB. THis Hase kit was pretty good. One of there better 1/72 kits I'd say with nice decals and pretty decent detail.

Use whichever pic you want.

Oh wow that looks so cool Steve!!! 

The Have Glass Grey looks neat! 

Thanks Gam 

Great looking Spit crownr!

crown r n7

they do have a temper.. my latest pic, gave a light coat of tamiya clear flat and test fit glass.

Piers. the beaufighter will look impressive in black/yellow .

 

 

Steve,

Great work, the F-35 looks very cool and the stand makes it look fast too.

The grey paint is a wierd one in the real world with that metal look to it, like the F-22.

I will you get on the board

Steve. Great job on the camo that metalic grey sheen you nailed it. Takes a car guy to get that semi gloss right.

Cbaltrin. thank you. its my 1st Eduards kit, went together well but lots of tiny parts.

Piers. the spitfire is done, thats for hosting a fun GB.

Nick,

That is a very special result on the Spitfire, the paintwork is fantastic! Super shading and weathering, great rendition of Clive Caldwell's mount

Looks like the Eduard kits are pretty special, judging by the few I have seen come together, the level of detail is great.

Whoa Nick, she's friggin perfect!!!

Piers and gamera. Thank you my Friends for your comments, I do appreciate it.

Nick, your Spit looks fantastic. Great job mate.

Steve that F35 looks fantastic too. Also great work.

Getting into the Yellowjacket now

Started off with doing all the interior green everywhere.  After I read the Red Roo conversion instructions a bit better, worked out there is quite a bit of zinc chromate here and there.

I did read the bits about removing the doors behind the cockpit, the ammo buckets and the heating pipes. Painted the resin seats up, added some dials and placards around the cockpit from Mike Grant decals.

Next the floor was glued in. The target chute was cut to size and glued into the rear hatch, at the right angle. The hatch is no longer a hatch of course, it will be glued closed.

I have not scratchbuilt the winch motor etc inside as it will not be seen through the observer's blister.

I've got going on my P-40. The conversion basically involves changes to the wings so I've been able to do the fuselage without changing much. The cockpit is my version of Curtiss interior green, includes a resin seat.

Cheers

Tony

lostagain

Roster:

68GT ICM 1/48 Spitfire VIII 

Bish Airfix 1/72nd Bristol Beaufighter TF.X. complete

Bobbaily AMT 1/48 Kittyhawk

Crown r n7 Eduard 1/48 Spitfire VIII complete

Darrenshinn 1/72 Revell PBY-5A Catalina

Deeve Hasegawa 1/72 NA Mitchell III

Dodgy Otaki 1/48 Spitfire VIII

Gamera Hasegawa 1/48 Spitfire VIII

Lostagain ex-Frog 1/72 Vultee Vengeance complete

High Planes Models 1/48 Hawk 127 complete

Tamiya/Red Roo 1/48 Beaufighter TT

Modelcrazy Hasegawa1/72 F-35 complete

Patrick N Special Hobby 1/32 Brewster Buffalo

Sergeant MK 1/48 AVRO Lancaster B Mk. I

Taxtp Academy 1/72 P-40 E converted to D

Tomcat Monogram 1/48 OS2U Kingfisher

 

I have an Eduard 1/48 cockpit and 1/48 Spitfire with decals for P8038 flown by Flight Lieutenant Brendan E.F. Finucane DFC, No 425 Squadron RAAF Kenley, Great Britain, August 1941. I am ready to start on this project as soon as you give me the ok.

Harold

Nice work there Piers and Tony!

Harold: Looks cool to me. Hope Piers is kosher with it. 

Harold, geez, I dunno, after all you did promise me a Lancaster....

Just kidding, be really good to see the Spitfire!

Tony, the Kittyhawk is off to a racing start there, the resin seat looks good.