Hi 68GT, great choice - never knew ICM had a VIII.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

And just in time for the starting day

Awesome!!! 

I may be a little slow out of the gate since I've working on my Bf-109 for Bish's GB but the Spit is already started, cockpit is mostly done but I haven't closed up the fusilage yet. 

Especially to mark the start of our GB, the RAAF held a Centenary flypast over Canberra today:

Awesome pics Piers

I started the Mk. VIII today. Did a bunch of fitting and gluing for the engine, cockpit and engine compartment.

Hi Lost,

Having said I'd be in with a 464 Squadron Mosquito, I then totally failed to spot the topic move (been a long year, already!). So if you're happy with a slightly embarrassed late arrival, I'm still in with the Mossie :)

Darren

Hey Darren, no problem at all, it is not a late start until 31st March next year.

68GT, thanks for starting us off!

I have kicked off the Vengeance, it's what you might expect from a 50 year old kit. I did start with the idea of just building it as it was, but I just couldn't let it go like that.

Started with the cockpit, and seeing if an Aires Twin Cyclone will fit in the cowling. The answer - not even close... So I will have to see what I can recover from the kit engine thing.

So after a bit playing around with styrene bits, got the cockpit looking a little better.

Some nice scratchbuilding there LA.

Piers & 68GT: Those look great guys!!! 

Darren: That's super cool!!! 

Sorry, again I'm off to a late start here. I've got a tank I really want to get done and the base seems to be taking forever plus the Bf-109 for Bish. I'm trying to concentrate on getting them done instead of spreading myself too thinly. 

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Some small work on ejector pin mark removals and prep on the engine which is a mix of resin and styrene.  Have drilled out the spark plug holes on the engine and (if I understand correctly) the bit on the second row one in from the prop needs eighteen lengths of wire adding :)

Patrick,

The Buffalo looks good Patrick, the level of detail on the engine looks great. Sounds like there is a still a bit of work there, looking forward to it.

I have put together the Vengeance's cockpit. It is acceptable but limited by its age. I have also scribed the panel lines into the fuselage.

Patrick and Piers: Those are coming along nicely guys!!! 

Respect the work, need to do some myself :)

Been a busy week but hoping for time this weekend.  Have ordered very small heat-shrink tubing to try for spark plugs - what could possibly go wrong? 

I started again on the Spit this week.

I'd finished up the cockpit:

I cemented the fusilege together but am still sanding and trying to get everything straight. Will post more photos when I have a little more to show.

Think I'm going to go with the grey nurse shark at the top of the decal sheet:

That is off to a good start Cliff.
Always like to see a sharkmouth on a plane

(Hmmmm, group build idea......)

Thanks Piers! 

I love sharkmouths. I'd thought about having one painted on my car... 

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That was initial tube spars to sort the butt joints for the Buffalo wings (which worried me.)

That looks good to me Patrick. I little extra support certainly helps. 

Patrick, that will be a solid pair of wings. Surprised special Hobby thought a butt joint would be sufficient.

Cliff, nice try with the car but that's a Flying Tiger on the side, so it won't fit this GB....

Maybe an Animal GB is an idea?

Okay, tiger mouth - my apologies

Gamera

Thanks Piers! 

I love sharkmouths. I'd thought about having one painted on my car... 

Wow, that car looks like it was made for a shark mouth 

Sadly no sharkmouth or tigermouth on this one...

The Vengeance has the wings and tail on and all the panel lines scribed. Still plenty of work to go on this old plastic.

Piers: She still looks good!!! Always great to see something come together ready for paint. 

The Spit is together and I'm priming and sanding trying to take care of various flaws. I ordered some motivation and it all came in Friday. I'm getting in an Aussie state of mind... 

Cliff that is hilarious mate, you really are getting into it!

Would like to know what you think of the Vegemite - it is an aquired taste.

As for priming, don't use the vegemite it will block the airbrush....

Well to be diplomatic I like 'The Road Warrior' movies better than the Vegemite.

I've tried it on a cracker and buttered toast so far. And it is tangy and salty as advertised. And just a little odd. I'm sure I could get used to it but yes it is an aquired taste. 

I took some evening courses years ago and a nice Korean/American lady brought some kimchee one evening. The smell of the stuff drove me away. But years later I tried some and I love the stuff now. I'm hoping the Vegemite will go the same way.

PS: Couple of years ago I read an article of a guy who used Vegemite as a masking medium. Think I'll still use what I've been using on the Spit though.

Sorry about that fella's, I stuffed up the photo loading process. (Bodes well for the actual model dosen't it???) Anyway, you blokes have been doing some good work and I'm way behind, but I thought I would share the complexities of this little beastie with you. This is my 1/32 vucuform Boomerang. Lots of resin extras with a number of them duplicated in white metal. The instructions are brief and lack much detail on actual location and the parts are not identified in any way. I have been doing loads of research and have located stacks of photos to help with the placement, but some parts will have to be scratchbuilt. It's a first class jigsaw!I will be starting with the re-scribing  of panel lines this weekend and then next week I'm taking a 4 hour trip to Melbourne to buy some plastic card and other essentials. So hopefully I will have some construction photos for you all in the comming weeks.

Incidentaly Gamera, did you put the Vegemite on thick, or did you use just a scrape? Most Aussies just scrape it on, but some put it on thick. Using it thickly is not too everbody's taste. But stick with it mate, it's good stuff!

Ferg

Ferg: Oh wow that's a pile o' parts! And I've never tried a vac-form model. I've fooled around a little with some parts on balsa and tissue flying models but that's it. Good luck, it looks really cool and I'm looking forward to seeing more.

I primed the Spit last weekend but haven't really had the time to get back to her. I did look at her the other night and there's a few rough spots that need to be sanded out, puttied, sanded again, and then re-primed.

I did put the Vegemite on pretty thin, I'm going to try it again. I'll give it a good spread. Is there anything else I should be trying other than crackers and toast?

Gamera

Ferg: Oh wow that's a pile o' parts! And I've never tried a vac-form model. I've fooled around a little with some parts on balsa and tissue flying models but that's it. Good luck, it looks really cool and I'm looking forward to seeing more.

I primed the Spit last weekend but haven't really had the time to get back to her. I did look at her the other night and there's a few rough spots that need to be sanded out, puttied, sanded again, and then re-primed.

 

I did put the Vegemite on pretty thin, I'm going to try it again. I'll give it a good spread. Is there anything else I should be trying other than crackers and toast?

 

Nah mate. Keep the vegemite thin, although it's good with cheese. Don't ya hate it when you've filled, sanded and sanded and then the primer says you have to do more??????