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Young Guns Group build Under 18 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (any subject)

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 31, 2004 1:38 AM
i'm done!!!! it's late now, so tomorrow i'll post some pics, just in time for the finish date.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 30, 2004 11:12 PM
then i guess i should take mine off Disapprove [V]
this may sound stupid, but i dont want to finish until i get an airbrush (i got a compressor for Christmas)
on the plus side i did get a compressor
hope u all had a wonderful holiday
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  • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
Posted by Tankmaster7 on Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:51 PM
hi guys. im in arizona currently. i'll be posting pics of the finished as soon as i possibly can. maybe not until janny though. sorry about that. i'll be staying up late finishing the decals, flat coating and doing final assembly and detail painting.
-Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International.
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:16 PM
well, one day to go! just remember, the badge is for member who complete their builds!
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 5:56 PM
Just one more coat of clear flat to go!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:02 PM
i'm so close to finishing my rafale. i've put decals on it - she looks soooo good in Canadian markings... come on Mr. Canadian Air Force: get yourself some Rafales!! lolBig Smile [:D] i'm confident that i'll be done by tomorrow,and then some serious PICS for y'all.Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

btw I got a couple of Dragon figure kits for christmas: the Delta Force Somalia '93, and the Modern US Marines set. very happy with both.Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 5:44 PM
KURDA!!! man thats a lot of kits!!! thats enough for the rest of the year!!! the top pic is a little blurry but with all those kits u can make a dio of KURSK!! where do u put it all....
ill take some off ur hands.......Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D] the only model related gift i got was supscription to FSM...
ill be done by 6!! i just finnished painting the canopy, its mounted, i just need to weather it and touch up on some paint..... but ill still stick around to encourage some ppl...Big Smile [:D]
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:24 PM
well, for those of you who havent finished yet, better hurry up, only 3 days left!!!!!
John
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Monday, December 27, 2004 2:06 AM
well, Here what I got!





I also got $50 from my grandma and aunt.
Guess my parents weren't kidding when they said i was spoiled this Christmas!
but spoiled is never bad!!!!Big Smile [:D]
John
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    July 2004
  • From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...
Posted by gringe88 on Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:58 PM
i got a new bike rack, dragon's 251 w/ PAK 40, CD's money, LHS gift certificate, clothes, clothes, more clothes... oh yeah and the mini motor tool ive been droolin aboutBig Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
====================================== -Matt
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:36 PM
well, im back from Christmas trip.....to delavan WI i didnt really do anything yesterday but todai i went skiing so im so tired i think ill get going on the wildcat which FINALLY has a canopy! i cut the faulty part out and replaced it, and it looks great! just need to paint it, weather and im DONE with this group build!!! only 5 days left!!
BTW i only got a guitar, call of duty, and a stereo...Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
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  • From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...
Posted by gringe88 on Friday, December 24, 2004 10:02 PM
awesome lookin rafale jay liang. the camo pattern looks great. how's everyone else doin?

reb- i didnt get the exact measurements of the turret my friend, its sitting in a huge tank of water + some kind of preservative. when i went, i could barely see the top of it, it was so clouded up with material from the growth on the turret itself. as for the kit, top surface to top surface, id say the turret was aroud 1/6 or so. im guessing here, but that's waht id say. ill have to check to be certain.
====================================== -Matt
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 24, 2004 6:41 PM
t34, the paints i used were Light Gray and Medium Gray, both from Gunze. Light Gray is FS#36375 (Gunze#H308), and the medium gray is FS#35237 (Gunze#H337).

For Christmas i'm not expecting any new kits, nor do i really want any more. I have a couple of unbuilt ones, and I'm not exactly the type that collects unbuilt kits..
  • Member since
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, December 24, 2004 5:08 PM
so are any of you expecting some good kits for Christmas?
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 24, 2004 12:46 PM
what paint colors did u use jay_liang? i want to paint my arrow like that.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 24, 2004 12:15 AM
yeah, Canadian Rafale. i'll have an Apache cruise missile under her belly, a couple of drop tanks, a pair of wing-tip MICA AA missiles, and a pair of dumb bombs and a HARM. it'll look awesome. thanks for the comments
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 24, 2004 12:09 AM
thats a "what if " bird right ? looking good :)
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, December 24, 2004 12:02 AM
Looks Great!!!
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:18 PM
progress report ===> with PAINT!!Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Big Smile [:D]

here we go:

painted and washed. decals tomorrow!!


the darker gray (i used the two standard Canadian grays used on CF-18's) was brush-painted on, cuz i wassn't doing well with the airbrushBanged Head [banghead]. ohwell, it still looks ok i think.


although it doesn't show well in the photo, the wash i used made the model look filthy. typical 'canadian aircraft weathering'. lol our fighters are sooo dirty. the wash was mineral spirits and artists' oils.


i painted the camo patter to resemble F-15's and F-22's. this is the nose pattern close-up


here's the landing gear struts painted aluminum and weathered on the sprue. Rafales have unpainted gear struts, which I likeBig Smile [:D]
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Thursday, December 23, 2004 3:48 PM
ok, How big was the turret to the moniter?
John
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    July 2004
  • From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...
Posted by gringe88 on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:35 PM
thnx reb. to answer no, its not the lindberg kit. its a metal set, from someone down in the hampton roads area called thoroughbred i think. i got the set back in april or may when i was down there last, at the mariners museum (awesome) where they have the monitor's turret and other artifacts from that famous vessel being preserved. its in 1/600 scale, all metal. i'll also start on what i had planned to do, but no way ill finish that in time.

hope you're all doing well!!
====================================== -Matt
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:54 PM
rebel, thanks. it took me a couple hours masking everything off. can't wait to get them all off!!
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:22 PM
Of course its ok. Especially if its the Civil War!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you get the lindenberg kit?
John
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...
Posted by gringe88 on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:51 PM
lookig at the time, I think Im gonna have to change my build to something a little less complicated than what I had planned if I'm gonna make under the deadline. that OK?
it'd be a small dio of the monitor and the virginia in battle in hampton roads, VA.
====================================== -Matt
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:40 AM
no, it went on awesome, crayon did not leave any kind of mark but penci crayon worked.
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:39 AM
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:12 PM
Hey congratulations on crossing the finishing line!!!Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]

M1, thats a good idea. Did you have to seal it, or did it stick pretty good?

t-34, welcome back. I know its hard when you miss a few days off the forum. Im on here everyday and there are usually 2 -3 pages of new post in the armor forum alone. Hope the computer doesnt crash again. Looking foreward to seeing some pics.
John
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:42 PM
i thought i just had a heart attack.....
im sick of doing this canopy, the old one was foggy with glue from a stupid mistake... it was only 1 frame, so i cut it out.......i cut myself.....30 mins l8r i get it loose, i thought i scratched the other panels, so i took my pliers, i tried to wiggle it off...(im impatient) it flies off and i thought i broke the whole thing......GOD!! i felt like i was on bombsquad and my finger slipped...... now im gonna put some clear plastic on it.... paint it, mount it, putty, weather, and ill be done!
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it is finnished!! i just finnished painting the feul tank! and the prop spinner!!! it is done!! finally somethings off this list!
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 6:56 AM
I thought the writing was going to be the hardest, but after trying a sharpened crayon, I settled on pencil crayon.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:23 AM
i'm back! my computer crashed and i just got it back. not fully working yet so i think it could die again any minute.....

i got off on friday, and i got all my christmas shopping done, so no worries until christmas at least. Smile [:)]
everyones builds look really good!
with all this free time without a computer i got some painting done on my unfinished projects, and i'll be posting pic in the armour forum soon (i hope). so many posts to go though....... 9 pages in the armour forum alone!
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