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                        AIRCRAFT - Mustang Ranch... P-51 Group Build--ends 12/31/04

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:35 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by therriman

                        You guys have just given me the jolt to get over the "blues" over recent events here, and get downstairs and resume building on mine.

                        Away we go.

                        Tell me about it Blackwolf's packed up and moved onSad [:(]Kinda leaves a hole in this GB...
                        Anyway the GB is still going regardless and the bright side of it is i get to build MAH Stang with a great bunch of slightly mad modelersCool [8D]
                        Can't be fallin behind the Eight Ball [8]so's i'm ofto the LHS to get me some interior greenWink [;)]
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                        therriman
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Posted by therriman on Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:43 PM
                        You guys have just given me the jolt to get over the "blues" over recent events here, and get downstairs and resume building on mine.

                        Away we go.
                        Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:33 PM
                        Pix, that's gonna be an impressive steed indeed. I did this scheme on a 1/72 Hasegawa kit eons ago & it was a pain in the posterior. Looking forward to seeing your finished build.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:19 PM
                        Sorry, podners . . . Ah'm a-droppin' the aksent. Gettin' tew hard tah keap it goin' !

                        Got the yellow areas repainted & decalled. I had to add a couple of squares to the bottom af the tailplanes where they meet the fillets with black paint. The wingtips are decalled & masked. I applied Alcad's Gloss Black Primer to the masked wings, and painted them Alcad Aluminum. After the wing decals are applied, it will be dulled with either Metalizer Sealer or Testors Dullcoat to represent the aluminum lacquer painted wings of wartime birds. The fuselage, flaps, ailerons, and wheel covers will receive Alcad Chrome, as Aeromaster's instructions state that this was a highly polished aircraft. The nose and checks will remain gloss, and the wheelwells will be painted White Aluminum. The fuselage panels by the exhaust stacks will be Magnesium. The gun muzzle & ammo panels will be Duraluminum.



                        Still gots me a heap o' maskin', paintin' & decallin' to do on this here bird.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2004 8:00 PM
                        Thanks Richard. FOr some reason my original kit Canopy fogged after putting a spray of future on it and I have 2 vac conapies I been avoiding like the plague, but after chatting to Lobby last night he gave me a few tips on it and I cut it out and futured it last night. Glued it this morning. As soon as I get more bateries for the dig cam I'll post it. Putting on the last of the pe little bits and the black strip decals on the wings and shes done.
                        -Jeff
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, August 28, 2004 2:18 PM
                        Hey Jeff, looking great. A fine job on that Stang!!

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2004 1:55 PM
                        beautiful stangs man.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2004 11:59 AM
                        wow!! nice work everyone!! I'm sorry I missed out on this group build. Oh well maybe next time........ BTW I have a few mustangs in this album if you are interested.

                        http://forum.alanger.us/album_personal.php?user_id=11

                        Greg.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:56 PM
                        Mighty fine lookin builds there Pixilater and Woodbeck3.....
                        Be painting the interior colours tonight so's i should have the c/pit done in a few days...
                        Only thing is my US Pe seat belts won't be arriving for another 3 weeks so i may have to cheat a little and stick some Luftwaffe ones in...
                        BTW love the Tomcat pic woodbeck....J.S......
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:12 PM
                        Thanks thar Pard'ner Salty. You askin me who mades then wheels or ya asking what wheels are. Seein hows you bubild houses an such fer a livin I think I know.... Wheels be the round things on the bottom o that thar thoroughbred, the black things that be hanging there Wink [;)]
                        They are True Details resin weighted tyres, checkered pattern, which is a late war tyre. I like the thinner spoke look of them so I went with it. As to them being on that actual aircraft I dont know, I mighta took some artist liscense there Wink [;)]
                        -Jeff
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                        saltydog
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:31 PM
                        Jeff , she's really starting to look good bubba!! i love those wheels!! whose are they again? top notch masking job too, the blue looks excellent. you're about to cross the finish line it seems.Thumbs Up [tup]
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:12 PM
                        Well someone besides Pix has gotta post Wink [;)]...

                        My progress up til now...








                        Thanks for looking -Jeff
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                        saltydog
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:29 PM
                        WHEEEEE Doggie Pix!! heck of a hoss pardner!! later.
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:57 PM
                        Looking great Pix. Gonna be one impressive Hoss there Pardner!

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:31 PM
                        Well, podnas ! some mighty fine lookin' aero-planes thar ! Ah's been away fer a piece, a-workin' on otha thins. Mah kon-gad-e-a-shuns to use all ! We dun got 'urselves a whole STAMPEDE happin' haare !

                        Ah's been a-pluggin' 'way at mah mount. Finlee got them yeller areas fixed. I scant th' dee-cals tah make sum masks fer them thar yeller wing stripes. Gut the blades dun on 'th prop, tew !


                        Sure as shootin', them wheel doors wasn't a-gunna fit closed. Had tah make me sum from sheet. them dee-cals fer the bottom o' th' tailplanes ditn't a-wanna line up. Gots tah keep mah hand steady as I paints th' missun' parts o' th' black skwares ! Oil well. Mo' work.


                        Least them drop tanks came out awlreet ! Can't use no soo-lushun fer the dee-cals on that thar Polished 'luminum paint. Danged if'n th' carrier film ditn't disappear ! YAHOO ! Gettin' close tah round-up fer me !
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:08 PM
                        Howdy, pardners !
                        there r so many fantastic builds going that ah'm a-gittin'
                        jest a mite intimidated w/ my lil ol' airfix p51, but ah'll b
                        pluggin' away at 'er anyhow... Big Smile [:D]
                        put a touch of paint in the 'pit, basic interior green w/ black details
                        & a thin brown wash, added a sheet styrene back cushion 2 the seat
                        i'm adding detail 2 the wheel bays jest 2 b ornery, 'taint lak any of thet'll
                        b seen 'ceptin' if some durn fool takes a notion 2 pick up the hoss
                        & put thar fingerprints all over... tarnation !
                        i'd best b moseyin' off fer now !

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 1:25 PM
                        LOl well if I have to find something in there, lord help me. Search time can really grow as the part gets smaller, know what I mean LOL
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 3:26 AM
                        Woodbeck3 luv the messy workbench mate.....
                        i like your new friend too,i kinda have a love hate relationship going on with my Badger 175......Love using it Hate cleaning it.....
                        ....J.S....
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:35 AM
                        At last !! A workbench almost as messy as mine !! Looking good Jeff. I like the looks of your new freind. Might be the start of a serious relationship Smile [:)].

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:51 AM
                        Well I got the decals on... youll see in the first pic shes on the shelf drying up.....


                        there she is....Is there a model happening there or what!!

                        Got one of the legs ready to go, posing with my new friend....

                        Sorry for the blurry images... my last few have been pic taking challenged...

                        Thanks for looking -Jeff
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:25 AM
                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto]deacals are my least favourite part of modelling.But as Saltydog said they bring the models to life.....
                        I had a nightmare with the decals on this 109 they just kept falling apart,i ended up using 3 different decal sheets to finish this one,now i have to wait for flat clear to come in to the LHS,both shops i use on a regular basis have run outSad [:(]
                        so i had to order it from intersate....J.S

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                        saltydog
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 5:13 PM
                        me too Jeff, decaling is one of my least favorite parts of modelling, especially all of those stencils. but, it also makes the kit come alive too, and adds so much realism to what you have. now that i have a few builds under my belt, i'm really getting the concept of each extra step and what that step enhances, and some steps really don't make that much of a difference until you get other steps done to compliment them. decals take the eye off of mistakes!!LOL, thats what i like about them!! later.
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:21 AM
                        Heh Salty gotta finish the decals. This is actually the part I dislike the most about the building. Takes me all day to put 10 decals on.
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                        saltydog
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Monday, August 23, 2004 10:13 PM
                        that may be a good idea rick!! i may have to follow suite!! you might be old, but you have tacked on some wisdom along with your years!!LOL i'll be waiting on the edge o' my seat for your pics friend!!

                        Jeff man!! please wait til the future dries before you try to weather your nice build friend!!Wink [;)] no use in ruining a great finish!! later.
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, August 23, 2004 9:53 PM
                        nice progress jeff. looks good.

                        joe

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                        sanderson_91
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Charleston, SC
                        Posted by sanderson_91 on Monday, August 23, 2004 8:05 PM
                        Jeff - VERY NICE!!!!

                         

                         

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 23, 2004 7:52 PM
                        I future before and after the decals. Once the last coat of future dries I'll weather it, bring out the panel lines and mask off all the blue stuff and hit it with flat. Last thing I do is exhaust, gun and oil staining then shes done.
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                        gwaihir
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                          October 2003
                        • From: Everett, WA
                        Posted by gwaihir on Monday, August 23, 2004 7:35 PM
                        Looks good woodbeck. Did you put a clear coat on before the decals or do they go directly on the alcad?
                        Leon
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, August 23, 2004 7:11 PM
                        Chris, I been playin way to much golf lately. Been keepin me from the bench. Figure ah will kinda mosey in later when all the best builds are done, so's that mahn don look so bad.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        saltydog
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                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Monday, August 23, 2004 4:21 PM
                        Jeff, lookin' good bubba!! she's turning out for ya it looks like!!

                        Rick, where is your progress grandpa?!!! i'm ready to see what ya got!! later.Wink [;)]Big Smile [:D]
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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