2023 Git-R-Done Group Build

Roster:

bobbaily:

TBD

BrandonK:

1/35 Tamiya M4A3E8

cbaltrin: 

Monogram 1/48 B-17G

Monogram 1/72 F-4J Phantom

Hasegawa 1/72 A-1H Skyraider

Tamiya 1/48 A-1H Skyraider

Tamiya 1/48 P-51D

Monogram 1/48 F-14A Tomcat

cwalker3:

Meng Leopard 2A7, 1/35 - Completed 4/2/2023

Academy M1A2 V2, 1/35 - Completed 3/3/2023

fotofrank:

1/48 Tamiya P-51B

1/48 Hasegawa F-16C

1/72 Italeri A-10A/C Thunderbolt II

GreySnake:

1/35 Meng T-10M

Tamiya 1/35 SU-85

Tamiya 1/35 ISU-152

hogfanfs:

1/48 Hasegawa BF109G-2

oortiz10:

AMP 1/48 OH-6A X 2

OH-6A #1 Completed 2-20-2023

OH-6A #2 Completed 3-28-2023

Project510:

Aoshima 1/24 Silvia S13 '91  - Completed 2-24-2023

Fujimi 1/24 Honda Cyber Sports CR-X Si

Revell 1/144 Saturn V Rocket 

Revell '64 Chevy Pickup

Real G:

FineMolds 1/25 Medium Tank Type 3 Chi-Nu 

StevCB:

Hasegawa 1/72 A-7A

Revell 1/24 1999 Mustang

Tamiya 1/48 F4F Wildcat

Tcoat:

Lindberg 1/32 1940 Ford Convertible

tempestjohnny:

1/48 Hasegawa F-16C

68GT: 1/48 Monogram F-106

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I am SO in on this one! I have a couple of shelf queens that I need to finish up. I'll post an update later with my subject(s).

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I like this idea, I have a few waiting in the wings. Getting to them this next year is iffy at best right now. I would like to give it a go.

BK

I am the King of Unfinished Kits, so I'm in!

Great incentive to clean up some projects that are 'almost' complete-I'm in!

Now I have to decide which ones to commit to....will advise.

I'm in, I have serveral to finish, Make me TBD until I figure out which to start with.

Also, would you mind if kits are added to the list after others are finished? LOL, I'm making sound like I'll get a bunch complete!  

Thanks Gents. Roster Updated. 

Pencil me in. TBD at this time. I have so many half done and almost finished kits in the closet it will take me sometime to decide what comes first. I have already been pushing myself to finish some kits to get them off the bench and onto the shelf. The level of completion is not important, correct? Just git 'er done, right?

Hi  fotofrank, no , level of completion is not really important; as  long as you are not at the decaling stage I would say! .  I'll add you to the roster.

fotofrank

Pencil me in. TBD at this time. I have so many half done and almost finished kits in the closet it will take me sometime to decide what comes first. I have already been pushing myself to finish some kits to get them off the bench and onto the shelf. The level of completion is not important, correct? Just git 'er done, right?

Alright, can you chnage my TBD to a 1/48 Hasegawa BF109G-2, Please? 

Thanks!

Put me down for a Tamiya P-51B to complete. There is still some painting and assembly to do to finish this kit. BTW: There are no decals on this airplane. Everything is painted and will be painted.

Roster updated hogfanfs and fotofrank. Thanks

So, begin now?

Alright, gentlmen, I'm git-er-ing done! 

This is the Hasegawa kit I'm intending to finish:

It was started many moons ago for a Bf109 group build and I never finished. 

Here it is, in it's current state:

The Eduard interior and exterior photoetch parts:

And the cockpit as I had left it:

I have started adding a bit more photoetch to various pieces and will get more progress pics as I get further along.

I will say, I haven't opened a kit in a long time, and its been quite therapeutic looking through the directions and feeling all the creative juice flowing again. 

And I forgot, but, here are the aftermarket decals I'll be using:

Alfred Grislawski, Yellow 9

My Apologies! Yessir, This GB is officially started!  Don't know what happened. December snuck up on me!

fotofrank

So, begin now?

 

Nice markings hogfanfs. Who can resist a good 109 scheme!

fotofrank

Put me down for a Tamiya P-51B to complete. There is still some painting and assembly to do to finish this kit. BTW: There are no decals on this airplane. Everything is painted and will be painted.

 

Fotofrank,  kudos to you for painting the insignia and invasion stripes. This will be sweet when it's complete.

Another step closer to gittin-er done: I painted the nose and the spinner and then assembled the propeller yesterday. Next are the squadron/group/aircraft codes to be painted on the fuselage and vertical tail, probably tomorrow.

Looks good Frank. Did not know you were doing a blue noser.  Makes me think of the old blue nosed Testors electro-plated P-51D 'Moonbeam Mc Swine'. Man that was a pretty looking model on the box top... what markings are you doing?

cbaltrin

Looks good Frank. Did not know you were doing a blue noser.  Makes me think of the old blue nosed Testors electro-plated P-51D 'Moonbeam Mc Swine'. Man that was a pretty looking model on the box top... what markings are you doing?

 

I first saw this airplane at The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends back in 2007 and I've wanted to build a model of the airplane ever since. Finally started it several months ago, but then it ended up back in the closet where it sat until you started this group build. I live about 40 miles from where Stallion51 is based so I see a lot of blue nosed Mustangs. Kermit Weeks flies a blue nose too.

Will do  GreySnake,  Welcome to the GB. Happy to have you.

fotofrank

Another step closer to gittin-er done: I painted the nose and the spinner and then assembled the propeller yesterday. Next are the squadron/group/aircraft codes to be painted on the fuselage and vertical tail, probably tomorrow.

 

fotofrank

 

 

cbaltrin

Looks good Frank. Did not know you were doing a blue noser.  Makes me think of the old blue nosed Testors electro-plated P-51D 'Moonbeam Mc Swine'. Man that was a pretty looking model on the box top... what markings are you doing?

 

 

 

 

I first saw this airplane at The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends back in 2007 and I've wanted to build a model of the airplane ever since. Finally started it several months ago, but then it ended up back in the closet where it sat until you started this group build. I live about 40 miles from where Stallion51 is based so I see a lot of blue nosed Mustangs. Kermit Weeks flies a blue nose too.

 

Fotofrank,

That is an outstanding subject! And the model is coming along very well. I'm looking forward to seeing more progress. 

I did get a bit more done with the PE:

I wasn't getting a good vibe with the supplied nose mounted machine guns. So I splurged for an after market brass barrels:

And the kind of before and after photos:

Hope to get a bit more done through the weekend, will be posting again soon! 

Good looking wheel wells hogfanfs!

cbaltrin, could you change the name of the Tamiya Su-100 to Su-85? I realized my mistake after pulling it out of the closet.   

Here are pictures of the first two models I plan to start with.

The Su-85 is ready to be painted green. Once painted it should be finished pretty quickly. Although I am debating if I want to give it a winter white wash or not.

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Meng T-10. This is a model I really wanted to like but haven’t enjoyed building it at all. The plastic is like very soft making it annoying to work with all the little parts. The main thing I need to do on this model is finish adding the fuel tanks and building the workable tracks.  

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Sure GreySnake, you're all set.  Personally, I think a winter wash would look great on that big slab of steel.