U.S. Naval Aviation GB!

lookin' good so far Jules!! i broke out my SBD and Corsair yesturday from storage, the Corsair is all but complete, and the SBD is ready for paint. i checked on the price of a CO2 bottle and about fainted!! it may be a couple of more days before i get the airbrush goin'. later.

I can't help but to love a bird from the "iron works"!
So very nice, can't wait to see it all dressed up.

Ray

Thanks DanielI used the paints that you advised me to use a while back, Gunze colours top to bottom, I think there the same colours you used on your F6......

The cats looking great Jules. What paints did you use on it? Great work.

Cheers Tom I have stuck all the rest of the decals on now so i'll have her fifnished soon
BTW i think i've mentioned it before but i kinda always repeat myself anyways............Very cool Martlett your doing for the BoB GB I'm thinking of doing one for the Pearl harbour GB as well as the Zero, probably from the same SQD that yours will be from, most definatly the same Carrier.........Oh yeah don't tell Kremps but i think this whole Hellcat Wildcat Martlett thing is ropeing me in......

looking good Jules! I guess I'll have to take a pic of mine in it's sort of middle of the road state right now.. gonna get some building done today... if the new puppy allows!

Ok here's that pic of the F6 i was going to take a pic without any decals but one thing led to another while i was waiting for the Batts to chargeand i stuck a couple on........

back Chris, Good to see you back and posting again

Ok so i've just given the Hellcat it's final coat of pledge one go before the decals go on so i'll take a pic of the camo job before i decal and post it up tommorrow......

Thanks Chris. Glad to see ya back!

Ray

hello fellows!!! haven't been to the old NA GB in a while, been getting moved. ray, SWEET lookin' corsair my friend!! i got my computer set up, now i'm just brainstorming on how to get my hobby up and running again. good to "see" you fellas again!! later.

ain't it a shame scott? Mines over on the hobby desk lying on it's back like yesterdays roadkill. looks like the minor surgery I had to do on it worked... should be able to finish a lot tonight then be ready for the finishing touches and pics at least by the weekend...

My SBD had an accident. My wife was dusting the shelf it was on and...........................

Well, you get the picture.

At least I got some pics of it that I'll show once they get back from the processor.

Scott

Cheers ReggieThanks for the congrats........

congratulations on the 1000th post, jules ! proudly made in the Nav Av GB thread

Jules, I might start doing that... I don't think it moved during drying... I dunno what happened... I'll blame it on gremlins for now! (It was fine the last 3 days then today it was off!)

Tom the cut off date is the end of JanWith the bulged tyres i normally use super glue and stick both wheels on, then before the glue dries i'll stick it on the bench and make sure the flat spot is in the correct position, you have about 10 sec to get em right before the glue dries.......Even with OOB wheels i sand a flat spot in the tyres

BTW my Hellcat will be finished by the end of the Week.............

when is the cut off date for this build now? I knew there was an extension just didn't know till when...

The Story of Why I Ask:

Yesterday and today I was in rare form... blazing away putting decals on, the AM set even came with decals for the bombs and arrestor hook! They were all getting snugged down fine, no probs whatsoever... till today I noticed one of my wheels turned ever so slightly (bulged tires so it was an obvious thing) so I had to cut it off, drill a new hole and it is drying as I speak. Everything else is going hunky dory though! I should have it done by weeks end at latest... need to put on the bombs, the flaps (a chore in itself) and dull coat it and put the canopy on... not a lot!

Just after today's setback I feel kinda down about it... it all went together so good... so many new things I tried and liked on it... but oh well all's well that ends well... the wheel is back on and only a few things left to do!

I need to remember to go order me a dash-3 kit off squadron... the AM SBD-3 kit is discontinued now... just found it out... the dash-2 and dash-5 are all that is left!

QUOTE: Originally posted by grenadierII Thanks Jules. That f-6 is coming right along. Do you find that preshading works better for you than a wash? Ray

Ray, mate yeah i do find it easier to add a preshade i don't seem to have any problem with A/B control so i can get the preshade fairly even from colour to colour but i still add a wash to the panel lines after the decals go on

Great looking Corsair mate. I've always liked the one's with the red insignia surrounds and tri-colour scheme. The finish is very smooth too. Did you use Tamiya's decals?

Just a quick tip on your photography. The photos are great, but it looks like the camera moved while you were taking the pics. Try holding it steady on the desk or something, it'll fix up some of the blur issues.

Thanks for the pics.

wierd... I thought I had commented on this...

nice looking build Ray! Real sharp paint job on her! Hopefully I will have my decals on before Sat... life has a way of getting in the path of my modeling...

Thanks Jules. That f-6 is coming right along. Do you find that preshading works better for you than a wash?

Ray

Thanks for the comments Boys

Tom the kit is the Hasegawa Hellcat 1/48 and it's a real beutifull kit to build

Grenadier, Sweet looking corsair Mate

My first build in the new house after nearly 3 months of idleness.
This is the ever popular 1/48th Tamiya F4U-1A with kit markings for U.S.N. VF-17, operating out of Ondonga in Nov. 1943 which I did for the U.S.N. Group Build. She was a breeze to build and was a much needed break from the modern builds I usually do ( of course I did not realize this until I started). I added PE belts and cockpit details from eduard and bulged tires from true details. It was painted with a combination of Testors enamel and arcrylic sprayed through my new Badger 100-LGF. What a tremendous difference between my earlier efforts using the problematic Aztec!





There are more pics on the aircraft forum.
And now for my Viking....honest, I really mean it this time!

Ray

looks good Jules! which kit is this? (who makes it)

Looking great Jules. The pre-shading turned out great. Can't wait to see it finished.

Been in the painting mood for the last couple of days and i figured i'd show you guys what i've been up to

I gave the Hellcat it's preshade and then covered it in white, followed by a coat of Pledge and then a wash, after that i decided it looked a little grey and the wash was to standoutish so i misted another coat of white over the top to tone it down a little......
I just gave it another coat of pledge before i took the pics so you might see a couple of still wet patches






Now i can start the upper colours

Lodni... the only thing I could find were perhaps those rubber bands aren't to scale looking good and looking forward to when ya get some paint on it!!!

A pic after re-buttoning up.



Yes, that is a (basically) empty P.E. fret you see! Should be painted before the weekend. Mad Komet Day coming up!! - Calvin

BTW, uploaded some more Bearcat pics to the rongeorge site. My starting photos with MY camera, that's broken now Enjoy & Critique away!

Jules, on my corsair, I used some Gunze H-54 Sea blue for the upper surfaces and Tamiya AS-8 intermediate blue for the side surfaces. But on my hellcat I used H-54 and H-56 intermediate blue with some Tamiya sky blue added to make it a bit brighter.

And mate, you can keep those canetoads. I'm not really into golf.

Thanks for tha Advice DanielI'll check it out later on tonight.....
BTW what Gunze colours did you use for the 2 blue colours on the upper surface

Canetoads, mate we Queenslanders are quite happy to let a few migrate into NSW, just so you fellas have something fun to play golf with, have you noticed they have a tendency to pop