Secret Santa GB 22/23

The Falcon finally looks like a plane jet:

And it has it's color too:

It is now at the same place as the Phontom...I have a lot of decalling to do on these two birds now.

Bravo Chad!  Nice build you have there.

Mopar Madness

Here's last years SS gift complete and ready for the shelf!  Time to get cracking in this years gift!

 

BK

Edit, nope. It's a PM kit from 97. Great kit.

Here's last years SS gift complete and ready for the shelf!  Time to get cracking in this years gift!

Castel, looks like you can almost see the finish line for that 219!

Yeah that Ford GT looks like it has some of the cleanest molding I've seen on any car kit!

It'll be a fun one.  Already picking out some AM stuff while I wait for them to finish downstairs.

DiscoStu

Eduard P-51 early-version (Without the tail fillet)

BK

Gotta love those surprises in the mail.  My Santa delivered this week!  The wonderful Eduard P-51 early-version (Without the tail fillet)

I'll post some pics shortly when I can pry my phone away from my son.

The downside?  I'm still several weeks away from my workshop being completed as part of our basement reno.  While they're 3-weeks ahead of schedule, we're still waiting on flooring, paint and electrics.

castelnuovo

Always great to see WIP pix. Here is the latest from Hans and Fritz...

 

On the side of the pic and on the top of the paint jars are 2 of the 5 radar antens. They are thin and fragile and attached to the sprue at 5 places. So one has to do 25 very careful cuts in order not to break them and then 25 more careful trims. Phew, made it without breaking anything.

 

BK

TheMongoose

I had a chance to get started on the GT 40 this weekend! The Wright Field Scale Modelers have a build day at a local hobby shop and I thought it would be perfect to open the box there. This is a really superb kit. The body is so smooth that it is gonna paint up really nice. I think I'm gonna do Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi 1968 powder blue and orange scheme for it. I don't like any of the standard red blue white black that they do now.

Since we're working on a folding table i focused on subassemblies. Here's where i left off...

more to come. I've got some great MCW Enamels to use for the paint scheme!

 

 

 

 

BK

Always great to see WIP pix. Here is the latest from Hans and Fritz...

On the side of the pic and on the top of the paint jars are 2 of the 5 radar antens. They are thin and fragile and attached to the sprue at 5 places. So one has to do 25 very careful cuts in order not to break them and then 25 more careful trims. Phew, made it without breaking anything.

I had a chance to get started on the GT 40 this weekend! The Wright Field Scale Modelers have a build day at a local hobby shop and I thought it would be perfect to open the box there. This is a really superb kit. The body is so smooth that it is gonna paint up really nice. I think I'm gonna do Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi 1968 powder blue and orange scheme for it. I don't like any of the standard red blue white black that they do now.

Since we're working on a folding table i focused on subassemblies. Here's where i left off...

more to come. I've got some great MCW Enamels to use for the paint scheme!

This is a great little kit.  For the average builder, it would make a great weekend project....for me, count on a month.  

Robert, too bad about the pics but what you show looks pretty nice and I am looking forward to seeing this build up. I need more modern jets in my life. I should build some of my own. One day I suppose. Glad to see you enjoying your gift.

BK

BrandonK

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT !!

Just a quick announcement for all the wonderful peeps that join me every year in this super fun build. After this year wraps up I will no longer be doing the SSGB. If someone wants to take up the mantle and run it and do their own thing with it, they are more than welcome to do so. Sign ups are pretty steady over the years, but actual participation in GB's is at an all time low and I'm getting tired so I feel it's time to pass it on and move on. FSM seems to be dying, I don't know why, but it shows big time in the GB's over the past few years. This year is the worst I've ever seen. We will continue to have fun with this one and watch as everyone builds those super cool gifts.

BK

 

I feel like I am a part of the problem in that I am now seeing this this two weeks later when going to post an update...yikes.  Thanks for putting these together over the years BK.  It is a true story when I say that the SS GB was what drew me back to the FSM forums after a multi year hiatus.

The Phantom is on a break, and I was out of town for most of last week, so I decided to start the F16.  Unfortunately, it seems my camera corrupted some of my early WIP shots of the Falcon.    

Here is where I am at:

castelnuovo

The main landing gears were a nice little sub-project

 

I'm also a sucker for a really good 219, and those look fantastic! Really enjoying seeing this bird come together.

castelnuovo

The main landing gears were a nice little sub-project

 

BK, I agree. Of the few years I've participated, I've only seen a couple kits I bought actually built. Not really a GB meant for adding kits to someone's stash. 

Thanks Brandon. The springs are plastic, painted metalic gray.

castelnuovo

The main landing gears were a nice little sub-project

 

BK

The main landing gears were a nice little sub-project

I hear you and don't quite know what to say. There was that discussion about bleak GB scene. I sign up here and there but few topics get my attention, even if i really enjoy GBs. But I build what gets my attention, not just for the sake of building something. Danno re dying FSM...maybe. I don't have a subsription, there is nothing there that one can't get here for free. I checked other modeling forums but they all look somehow disjointed, way too many sub forums, sub-sub topics etc. Just can't be bothered to figure them out, FSM is very easy and well organized.

I don't mind hosting GBs but it is quite disheartening to have bunch of people sign up but only few finish.

Either way, thanks for hosting this one, it is much appreciated

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT !!

Just a quick announcement for all the wonderful peeps that join me every year in this super fun build. After this year wraps up I will no longer be doing the SSGB. If someone wants to take up the mantle and run it and do their own thing with it, they are more than welcome to do so. Sign ups are pretty steady over the years, but actual participation in GB's is at an all time low and I'm getting tired so I feel it's time to pass it on and move on. FSM seems to be dying, I don't know why, but it shows big time in the GB's over the past few years. This year is the worst I've ever seen. We will continue to have fun with this one and watch as everyone builds those super cool gifts.

BK

TheMongoose

Nice work on the office Castel.

Good luck Mopar!  LOL

The Phantom has the camo based in, still working on some clean up spots, and trying to figure out why the metallic has bits of the basecoat showing through that I can't see with the Mark 1 eyeball, but show up on the camera.  

Next up, detail painting, the external stores, and eventually the in flight display base when all those supplies arrive.

If you need any advice or help on the base drop me a line at cvandegr at icloud dot com be happy to help. Here's my last one with a simple acrylic rod in the exhaust. No holes needed lol

 

BK

castelnuovo

After few Pilseners in der Biergarten with few Frauleins, Hans and Fritz feel that some pieces are not quite where they should be

 

BK

Nice work on the office Castel.

Good luck Mopar!  LOL

The Phantom has the camo based in, still working on some clean up spots, and trying to figure out why the metallic has bits of the basecoat showing through that I can't see with the Mark 1 eyeball, but show up on the camera.  

Next up, detail painting, the external stores, and eventually the in flight display base when all those supplies arrive.

If you need any advice or help on the base drop me a line at cvandegr at icloud dot com be happy to help. Here's my last one with a simple acrylic rod in the exhaust. No holes needed lol

After few Pilseners in der Biergarten with few Frauleins, Hans and Fritz feel that some pieces are not quite where they should be

Glamdring

Nice work on the office Castel.

Good luck Mopar!  LOL

The Phantom has the camo based in, still working on some clean up spots, and trying to figure out why the metallic has bits of the basecoat showing through that I can't see with the Mark 1 eyeball, but show up on the camera.  

Next up, detail painting, the external stores, and eventually the in flight display base when all those supplies arrive.

 

BK

Mopar Madness

Just when I think I'm ready to glue the canopy on and call it done, I overthink the weathering and delve into a mess. This is controlled chaos I promise.

 

BK