Bamboozled by the Box Art GB 2023

BrandonK

This looks great. I think painting masks are the only way to go now. More work, but the look is far superior. BK

Thanks BK, the fuselage roundels are going to be a challenge -- yellow, blue white red  ... and much smaller...

Not much progress to report other than I was sanding some filler.

Slow and Steady wings the Race 68GT!  Your phantom look like it's gone in for some corrosion control

68GT

Not much progress to report other than I was sanding some filler.

 

BK

PhilliePhan, great patience with the canopy marking, well done. And the NMF is looking great.

68GT, I thought that looked familiar - I have the decal sheet at home - I must have made it and trashed it a few decades back - didn't even get to put the markings on. I know that you won't end up in the same place. It is off to a great start, and it is great to see the alternate legs worked so well.

Cbaltrin, the Spitfire is looking fantastic - and great work on the painting - including the markings. Are they commercial masks or home cut? The four colours on the fuselage will be interesting - I have often wondered about getting the different rings perfectly aligned - how does that work?

Jack, the B-17 is coming along well now you are past all the filling and sanding.

I have started with painting the Lola, mainly doing a whole lot of metallics. I am using the vallejo metal color series. 

I have started by putting the engine together and bringing out the detail with a black wash. Also put a few bits together on the monococque. Tamiya called oy metallic silver as the color, it is probably darker than it should be - too late.

The bigger question is whether I start doing wires and hoses - Tamiya have not supplied a distributor or anything so it would involve scratching etc and I wanted to do a straight through build...

lostagain

Cbaltrin, the Spitfire is looking fantastic - and great work on the painting - including the markings. Are they commercial masks or home cut? The four colours on the fuselage will be interesting - I have often wondered about getting the different rings perfectly aligned - how does that work?

Thanks lostagain, The masking are my own work, cut on Silhouette Portrait machine. Yea, the fuselage roundels will be fun. It kinda hard to explain  how I'm planning on doing it. Ive tried to type it out here three times and had to erase each one because I was getting confused myself. I'll try again after Ive actually done it 

cbaltrin

 

 

Thanks lostagain, The masking are my own work, cut on Silhouette Portrait machine. Yea, the fuselage roundels will be fun. It kinda hard to explain  how I'm planning on doing it. Ive tried to type it out here three times and had to erase each one because I was getting confused myself. I'll try again after Ive actually done it 

 

Hahaha sounds like a picture will be worth a thousand words

Hi Gents, everyone is doing great work, hope you don't slow down just because fishing season is here ...

As far as my builds go, I am still struggling with the canopy on my Fujimi -5 corsair.. on top of that my mkV spitfire slipped out of my butter fingers and I snapped off one of the cannon barrels so has slowed me down a bit..hope to get both back on track soon though!

OK, I am in with this one

Skyhawk was one of the first models I built without my dad's help. I totally ruind the decals so my friend drew the signs and an eagle on the fuselage and it looked quite good. The box art is, well, memories of my dad coming back from Gemany and bringing this kit.

Ok, castelnuovo, I have the roster updated with your Skyhawk. Welcome!

The fuselage went together fairly well.

That's looking fine castelnuovo. Love scooters. Hope to build a big scale jet myself one day. I remember having the old Hasegawa 1/32 F-5E once...

Hi! I would like to participate this gb if it´s still ok?

I bought this at begin of -90`s. Why? Look at that boxart! Something what was so hush hush and now there was a model of those! UUUU! Those colours and... and... aaa... soon to be mid air collision thinking now afterwards.

I used one missile from B-2 some twenty years ago and one part of F-117 is missing, but can be fixed. I propably have decals somewhere, but that can be solved.

Main thing why this kit was berried to closet is that, that quality atleast F-117 is something between funny and ridiculous.

Hi Trabi, glad to have you in the GB.  That is some nice box art I have to agree! I'll add you to the roster!

Trabi

Hi! I would like to participate this gb if it´s still ok?

I bought this at begin of -90`s. Why? Look at that boxart! Something what was so hush hush and now there was a model of those! UUUU! Those colours and... and... aaa... soon to be mid air collision thinking now afterwards.

I used one missile from B-2 some twenty years ago and one part of F-117 is missing, but can be fixed. I propably have decals somewhere, but that can be solved.

Main thing why this kit was berried to closet is that, that quality atleast F-117 is something between funny and ridiculous.

 

Skyhawk is coming together slowly

It's been a minute, but I'd like to offer an update on my B-36.  Not much bench time with the kids spring schedules.

Though slow, the progress has been satisfying.  2 shades of Alclad Aluminum and Vallejo Matte Aluminum to simulate the magnesium.  I have a little more metal detail to add to the wings and a couple spots to clean up, then it is on to decals.

I was extremely happy with the results of the greenhouse masking.  For all the frustration with that microscopic masking it turned out pretty clean!

6 turnin' done and awaiting a finished airframe.  No burnin' on the the B model 

Amazing work on the B-26 PhilliePhan. Your NMF looks just great. This is going to look wonderfule when done. Can't wait!

castelnuovo

Skyhawk is coming together slowly

 

Slowly? Looks like you are at warp speed to me!  Nice looking skyhawk!

Thanks cbaltrin!

And this is what´s in the box. All similarity with real ones is pure coincidence.

Looks like a fun and

Trabi

Thanks cbaltrin!

And this is what´s in the box. All similarity with real ones is pure coincidence.

 

A bit more work done

You are making good progress on that scooter  castelnuovo. nice work.

Well, this sucks. Either the canopy is too nerrow or the fuselage is too wide. It looks like this on both sides. Maybe I'll just built it with the canopy open...

Ya, thats the best option

Well, lets call this one done...

Few things and problems I ran into...

It would have looked very cool with dozzen of iron bombs but with my shaki hands it was imposible to attach the bombs to the racks with very small pieces.

So I put on 3 cluster bombs. The instructions said paint them green but later on I saw thet they are white. Oh, well.

The kit supplies many cluster bombs but only 2 yellow stripes and they are not long enough. A bit of a yellow paint fixes that.

At the begining, the instructions say to attach the small antenas/pittot tubes in front of the cockpit. So I dutifully glued them on. At the very end, the instructions say to put the black anti glare decal, drums rolling, in front of the cockpit. That is, right over those darn antenas. No kidding. And just how am I supposed to do that now?

Similar thing with US sign un the lower part of the wing. Attach the bomb hard point and later they tell you to put the decals right where those racks are. It is solvable by cutting the logo in part, but still...

Over all, a good kit.

Nice work on your A-4 castelnuovo.  Iron bombs would have been cool, but things under wings sure can be a pain... I'll get the roster updated.

that A-4 looks really sweet nce work!

After I primed the 17 I noticed there were some issues with the engine cowls so I had to do some more filling and sanding.. then another coat of primer. I used a rattle can I have that looks like a good bomber color for my base. I proceeded with pre- shading vallejo acrylic black and then finished with model master Olive drab and neutral grey. I wanted it to be subtle and feel like it looks decent. I need to add some black to the wings and then start with decals.

Your B-17 is looking very nice JacknewbIII.  Now just remember , those wing vents behind the engines are not exhaust ports 

I was just trying to add some depth (all over the place lol) but think I covered those up pretty well. I left more around the engines where I am trying to draw your eye. I will add some additional weathering here once I get her decals on. Sorry I was away for a while but I am back on it now.

I decided to use the kit canopy of the F4u-5N. Could not find a suitable replacement and decided I was taking this build way to seriously -- not the objective of this GB -- not for me anyway. Gona need to black out the windows though --nothing to see inside anyway.

cbaltrin

Ok, here is an update on the Fujimi -5 Corsair.  Major construction is done.  Has been  a pretty straight-forward build. Only real dissapointment with the kit is the canopy. Its' a one piece job , and like the Monogram F4U, the canopy frame is molded as part of the fuselage ...and the fit is pretty bad. I actually wrecked it and made it unusable while trying to fix the fit with some hot water. I am currently searching for a replacement.   The prop is also broken but that should be an easy fix..  I am toying with the idea of replacing the guns