ALL SUBJECTS - Aussie Group build (ends 10/31/04)

J.S. I got my Pledge from Woolys at Robina Shopping Centre. If you like I will grab you a bottle and post it up for you. Let me know your address via e-mail. Rob, I have used Pledge on the few models I have made so far and it seems to do a pretty good job, even with Tamiya Acrylics. I know you said it can blister so I am being pretty careful.

The MkVI Mossie is coming along, I attached the landing gear and gave it two coats last night. The rate I am going I might have to pick another kit as well for this GB! Trouble is there is nothing I can use in my stash...looks like I will have to visit the LHS...bugger!!!

All the best,

Bob

Tweety, I thought I should mention that CAC Mustangs were fitted with the Aeroproducts prop which had no cuffs fitted. If you want to do an Aussie plane go for a Korean War era F-51D kit so that it includes this version prop. If you just get a normal P51 US kit (eg. 8th AF) it will have the wrong prop. You could alter it but personally I think it's just easier to get a kit with the Aeroproducts version included or if you want to spend more cash buy a cuffless prop from Ultracast. Tamiya's "Korean War" Mustang kit is an excellent choice for an Aussie plane as it has a choice of props and canopies, everything else in the kit is the same except the decals and weapons loadout. (You'll also get some rockets for the parts box)

Cheers....Snowy

Thanx Lobbie.

That information confermed what i thought i had derived from the decal sheet for these cars. I also have the RHD dash and the coirrect wheels for the DJR car. Thanx for the offer and i look forward to hopfully seeing some of those pix?

thanx for your help

TREV

Thanks for the info Snowy.

You mentioned weapons loadout, exactly what did the CAC Mustangs carry???

And was it in the same location as the normal P 51?

Snowy, exactly what is this cuff you are referring too?
I just had a look at the 2 kits you mentioned, and I can't see a differance between the 2 props.

Or maybe I'm going blind in my advanced years.

That is possible!

Tweety1,

Have a look back at the photo's of the 2 Mustangs I posted, there the props you need for your Mustang, the narrow one of the two in the Tamiya kit. The model with the red/white/blue spinner is a Korean War RAAF Mustang. The other is a short lived late WW II Mustang.
The weapons load, can be anything:- bombs, rockets, napalm, drop tanks.

Rob.

Trev,

Can I ask were you got the resin bits for the Sierra from.
To those who are doing the Group A's I contacted my friend, he will get back to me by the weekend, regarding the photo's. Any of you got the 90/91 year book with Bathurst in it, my mug appears in two of the photo's. One shot of a group pushing Crompton's VL and another with the Johnson #19 Sierra. All at BP cutting.

Rob.

Thanx Lobbie.

I got the conversion sets from Vic hobby center. I think they may have been made by GP??? produces. They retail for about $20. They also have recently got in some Group A decal sets.


trev

tweety, as Rob points out the weapons loadout can be anything, sorry if I confused you, I just mean't that the Tamiya "Korean war" version comes with optional rockets if you wanted to use them. The standard Tamiya P-51 kit doesn't have rockets included. As for the prop, try this link to see an Aeroproducts prop, www.ultracast.ca/products/48/138/default.htm and this link to see a standard cuffed prop, www.ultracast.ca/products/48/136/default.htm The area where the cuffs are fitted is right where the blades pass through the spinner, making the blades look much broader at this point. They were supposed to increase the effective area of each blade and therefore move more air although I don't know if anyone actually proved they actually did this,(makes sense though). Sometimes they would be left off after maintenance also. CAC Mustangs also had a lot of prop related vibration problems and this is all fairly well documented and makes for some interesting research and reading. Hope this is of some help.

Cheers....Snowy

Hey pingtang,
I just noticed Bud Mahurin's plane in your signature. What a fantastic pilot and great guy, a true inspiration. He was quite ill about six weeks ago and admitted to hospital but I don't know the outcome. Do you know if he is OK? and sorry for being off topic guys.

Cheers...Snowy

Snowy - I don't know how he is but I have his aircraft in my signature because thats what I am currently building. I usually have a small profile of the subject of my latest project in my signature.

Regarding the beaufighter I am building for the group build it is a Mk.VI Tamiya kit. The particular aircraft is A8-116 SK.N from 93 (attack) squadron posted in Morotai in 1945. It is an overall foliage green aircraft. I'll be starting it as soon as I finish my P-47D.

If anyone has any pictures of this aircraft it would be great to see them. I'd also like to see any interior shots. There are some at hyperscale but I would still like to see some more.

Bye for noww....

Pingtang,

With the Tamiya Beaufighter, the starboard wing has 4 gun ports, retain the inner 2 only for the Mk XXI. Also the hedgehogs in the kit are to shallow in profile, they need replacing. I have wartime photo's and scale drwaings on the Beau, email me your postal address and I send you the copies.

Rob.

Trev,

Vic Hobby Centre I used them to sell my resin stuff, [when I worked there].

Did the conversion come as a wheel set and dash, or not.

Rob.

Lobbie - Thanks for offering to send me the info, I just emailed you my postal adress. If you ever need help with reference material Give us a yell. I've got plenty of pics of F1 cars, moto GP bikes, and lots of Wildcats and Hellcats plus alot more.

One question, does anyone know of an aftermarket manufacturer who makes replacement hedgehog exhausts for Mk.21 beaufighters.

Thanks again

QUOTE: Originally posted by s3053396 Aussie CGB what a cool idea? What will i build i have so many aussie subjects in my to do pile?? Will probably build 1 or 2 group A Serrias Johnson/bowe bathurst 89 and a moffat one from the same year. Also deepeneding on time?? (always an enemy) may build 0nr or two of the R32 nissians diven to victory at bathurst in 91,92. If any one knows were i can get reference material for any of these would be a great help? nicaloma does 1/43 kits you have are cool??? I want one of each of them ? Trev I know this is a little late, so forgive me Trev to the Aussie Group build nice to have another one join us.

Guy's I do resin bits for several 48 scale aircraft, with one or two Aussie AFV's here is a list;
Avenger, Beaufighter, Boston, Catalina and Hurricane, these aircraft I only do the pilot seat Typhoon, Hornet, Skyhawk, Phantom II, Mustang,
The AFV'S are the Mk V Aussie Centurion and the "Saladin" turret M113A1 FSV
The Mini Lights for the Mini and the Sierra RHD and DJR wheels.


Rob

Resin, Cowling Flaps, Hedgehogs.

Resin, Pilot seat,

Resin, Tailplanes, with retracted Wing Flaps.

Pingtang,

These are a few of the pic's of the Aussie Mk XIc Beaufighter, note the raised spine forward of the rear capola, is not moulded into the kit fuselage halves, but needs to be included, the gun camera port is in the centre of the nose cone and there are no wing guns on this version of the Beaufighter.

Rob.

Thanks lobbie,

What kit was the beaufighter you made? I have the Tamiya Mk.VI kit. From my understanding I will have to delete two gun barrels from the starboard wing, which two do I remove? What differences are there between a Mk.XIc and a Mk.XXI?

Thanks

Lobbie - I just found something interesting, This is the aircraft I am building for the group build:

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/beaufighter21dc_1.htm

I have the same decal sheet as pictured on this site. I'll hopefully be starting work on it soon.

G'day all. Well....here are the pics I promised of my 1/48 MKV1 Mossie. This particular bird 'Chief Sitting Bull' was based with 1 Squadron RAAF, Labuan, Borneo in August 1945 and was mainly deployed in ground strafing operations. It is finished in Tamiya gloss aluminium and Aeromaster Decals set 48-553.

It was only after I completed the kit that I located a photo of this actual plane in Borneo but it shows the markings as BONA as opposed to the LONA decals that come with the Aeromaster set. Aeromaster quote their reference as RAAF Camouflage and Markings 1939-45, Vol 2 by Geoffrey Pentland, Kookaburra Technical Publications Pty Ltd. Anyway, the Aeromaster Decals are excellent again and I now have another 3 sets for British Mossies - might have to build a few more!

Overall, the Tamiya kit was excellent to build and I am pretty happy with the result bearing in mind that it is only my third model for about 20 odd years. I didn't attempt any weathering exercises on the Mossie - I would rather it look pristine than wreck it with a bodgy weathering job. Weathering will come as I get a few more kits under the belt. I have learnt that I need to pay more attention to seams and concentrate a bit more on filling and sanding.











Thanks for everyone's help with all my questions.

Regards,

Bob

PS. One more question...can somebody please tell me what I have to add to the URL to center my pics on the page? Thanks!

Pingtang,

My Beau is made from the Tamiya Mk VInf [the Night Fighter kit] that is moulded in black plastic, for the Mk XXI remove to two outer most gun ports on the starboard wing, the diference between the XIc and the XXI is the wing [and no auto pilot], the XIc did not have any wing guns, it had more hard points [weapon mountings] fuel tanks replaced the wing guns.

'Babs' or A8-116 is the subject of your choice, don't fit the blast plates to the lower wing, [as shown in David Charles's model], our XXI's had the zero length rocket rails [exactly as they are in the Typhoon kit's]. The crew of this aircraft were Mutton / Curthoys this aircraft was delivered to 93 Sqn on the 4th of Feb 1945, it was placed in storage in Feb 1946 and based mostly at Noemfoor.

I'll scan a few drawings and post on the forum

Rob.

This is my 3 SQN RAAF Mustang in Italy in WWII

I'm currently working on a RAAF Mosquito FB40 in the all Foilage Green scheme and have mostly Australian acft to build eg Meteor MK8, Hudson, Mosquito PR16. Here is my 452 SQN RAAF Spitfire MKVIII flown by F/L Ron Cundy (in progress at the time of the photo) I used the Hasegawa kit with the Loon models fueslage and Superscale decals..

Neet builds you've got there, is the Spit A58 516 or not, I like the Boston III you've got in the background.

Rob.

Bob, found this shot of a 1 Sqn Mossie, not the one you replicated, pitty the larger wing tanks don't come with the kit.

Rob.

Rob, the spitfire is A58-438, it looks better now I have finished it but it is currently sitting in the local model shop display cabinet so I can't take a photo. Just for you I have included the Boston. It is the AMT kit (of course) with Red Roo cowls and Aussie Decals markings.

Thanks harvs73

Nice build on the A20a, the following pic is why I asked about the Spit.

This is A58 - 516

My A20a converted from the AMT P-70 kit

My DAP Mk XXI Beaufighter, with a lot of resin bits fitted.

Both the Boston and the Beaufighter have been built for the RAAF OTS your Beau looks to have the old AeroMaster decals applied to it.

Rob.

Rob, I found photo of the Spitfire as portrayed on the decal sheet AFTER I had finished it. The letters QY T on the side are designed differently to both the decals as well as your photo. I will try to scan it and post it tommorow.

I'm not sure who did the decals for the A-20.

G'day hervs73,

If your Boston III has the 'Spirit of Sport' on the starboard side, [a blue shield outlined in white], then they are Aussie Decals, it not they are most likely the old AeroMaster sheet. Because the two Aussie Bostons sets AeroMaster did they got both wrong, DU-Q which is the A20a and DU-V which was an A20g [A28-76]. Just the same as the Beaufighter decals they bought out had two incorect subjects on them.

It's a pity that my requests to get decals for Aussie subjects reproduced or printed fall on deaf ears. I'll keep trying.

Rob.

Hey, I'm back guys. Been out of action with the 'dreaded dogs disease' for the past few days - even if I wanted to sniff the glue I couldn't!!!

Nice collection there Dave! Thanks for the pic of the Mossie, Rob. Nice clean looking unit...wonder if I should try some exhaust emission staining on mine? Probably stuff it up and hate myself for even attempting it!

Anyone here going in for the 'Reverse Build' with the Tankheads? I am going in with a 1/35 Academy M2A2 Bradley. Also just started on a MKII Merkava with mine rollers by Academy - will post a few pics soon.

Still haven't posted the Pledge to J.S. - sorry about that - will get cracking now that I can move again!

Have a great day all.

Bob