Animalistic GB-Official place

OK gents, lets call this GB officialy finished. Done. Zoo is closed.

Of 17 signed up we have 9 finishers with total of 14 models.

See you in the next GB and thanks for being here

Done

 Cheers...

castelnuovo

Well done JB . Which one would you like for the gallery?

 

I think the first one

Sorry for the delay in getting it posted.

Well done JB . Which one would you like for the gallery?

keavdog

Looks good JB.  Is that the Tamiya kit?  Glad to see you made it back here.

 

thanks, this is the Academy kit with Eduard PE and Kits World decals

Looks good JB.  Is that the Tamiya kit?  Glad to see you made it back here.

So my last post was in May of Last year, Between computer and Log-on issues i haven't been able to contribute for a while. 

I actually finished my 51 in June and never was able to post any completed pics so here they are now.

"Miss Dallas" piloted by Captain Victor France 334th FS 4th FG. Captain France had 8.66 victories. He was KIA on 4/18/44 when he chased a BF-109 into the ground

The wing light cover was devoured by the carpet monster, I am still hoping that it will eventually turn up.

Thanks guys. I hope to be posting the completed pictures soon.

No worries at all. The hours of the zoo are flexible . Take your time, finish your cat at your pace.

Cheers

No shame in it Mach1, this is only a hobby and life often happens. Your tiger is looking good -- keep going!

I know it's past the end date, but it seems a shame to set this aside at this point. All I really have left are the decals and tracks before I close the hull.

First run partially assembled. The two lower sections aren't glued up yet, I just needed to verify I got all the flash cleaned up.

Amazing work!! Page updated

OK FSM, as promised, here are the pictures of my completed F-14 and -16. These are my final "animals" for the GB and the year. castelnuovo, feel free to use the first photo from each batch as the photos for the main page.

First, the shaved kitty...

And now the two-seat F-16...

Thanks for the support along the way. These two fought me the whole time! Now that these are done, it's onward to a new year and new projects.

Have a safe, healthy and proserous New Year, all! 

Cheers,

-O

Thanks!  First one is fine with me.

Nice work Glamdring, glad you finished it. Which one would you like for the front page?

I just scrolled through this to see what I missed, and there have been some great builds in here!  After a long absence, I am calling the Tiger finished.

It has been quite a road in the interim for this: the tracks that refused to stay glued, a repaint of the camo (which still doen't please me!), and an air filter unit that somehow went MIA just while sitting on the shelf....but it reached the end line!

rooster513

Being this one is nearly a year old I'm guessing I'm way past the cutoff for joining?

 

Afraid so. The zoo is closing soon. Oh, never mind, just build something, the finish line is all about "about", we are not on any deadline or stuff.

Cool builds Omar. I'll wait for other pics to ad them to the gallery, unless you wont these two.

oortiz-great builds-seeing yours makes me want to add some modern jets to my stash/build schedule.  Can't wait to see more pics.

Opened up the Piranha last week, primed and then stopped.  Hoping to dive in tomorrow and finish before the 31st.  Kit is a simple build (built one in 1968/69?) but the tools are old and there is going to be a little clean-up.

Two real beauties you produced their oortiz! Those canopies look fabulous as does the rest of the paintwork...

Being this one is nearly a year old I'm guessing I'm way past the cutoff for joining?

OK FSM, my last two "animals" for the GB are done. I was able to get a Tigercat, Airacobra, and these two finished for this GB. The Fighting Falcon (Viper) was also built as a cross-over for the Lockheed GB. I'm headed out of town tomorrow, so my goals were to get these submitted before I left and before the year-end deadline. I just managed to do both.

Here are a couple of teaser shots. I'll shoot and post better photos after my trip.

I hope these are enough to whet your appetite and hold you over at the same time.

Thanks for looking and happy holidays!

Cheers!

-O

Wow, your builds are looking great oortiz!

Looks like there is a small glimmer of hope for me to get my Super Bee done about on time. I need to finish wiring the engine and get body painted... will try to post a pic or two later.

No rush. The finish time is all about "about" 

OK FSM, I have some progress to show on my remaining 2 animals. First, the Tomcat.

The primary painting and decaling are done, and she's up on her legs. 

I also have the primary painting done on my F-16, and I've started the decaling.

I'm headed out of town for the holidays on Christmas, so I need to get these suckers done in the next 14 days. I'll post some more progress as soon as there's a little more to share. Wish me luck!

Cheers,

-O

Tring to get the super bee done, but definitely not getting to the hornet. Need to switch to 48 hour days...

About a month to go. Finish your animals before the zoo closes. 

Looking good Mach1. Keep chipping at it

Sorry for going so long between updates. I've been slowly working on the King Tiger trimming, filing, and otherwise adjusting the PE zimmerit to fit. Here's where I'm at currently:

I just have a few small bits of PE left to attach before starting on the tracks.