Old Guns Build. 30+ an older.... Lets show these Young bucks a thing or two!

QUOTE: Originally posted by fightnjoe tweety, gringe, tho9900 thanks. and nice catch on the game leg. would you believe that one gear leg was shorter than the other. didnt catch it until i set it down to paint. figure now i can just blame it on the "old" guns build. ya know a personal touch. nah that wont fly. i am just too lazy to break the gear off and fix it. tweety and tho9900 the canopy was a royal pain. had to glue it down twice. broke it loose the first time when i tried to mask it. tho9900 as far as the b-36 man that was a long time ago. build one in the late '80s. horribly as i remember it. now gringe not going to go into the haircut thing. in my parents house it was always "off the ears, off the collar, and off the colarbone." i still sport that type of haircut. cant stand to have the hair over my ears. joe

QUOTE: Originally posted by gringe88 wow, hey joe i didnt know that when you get old your models need canes as well!?!!! hehehe......... sadly, the haircut thing does go for me. althooooo.........i wouldn't mind having a look at some of the cuts you geezrs wore, back when titanic sailed the seas, and the wright bothers helped you with your builds.........

QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 Hey Reggie.. how many times did you check the mail box today? the email box or the one downstairs that hold bills ?

QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 Hey Reggie.. how many times did you check the mail box today?

QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf i beg to differ! my haircut is excellent ! its just such alot of fun to see you seniors bounce us juniors around, its a pity we dont do the same over in the YG GB. yall are too busy talking about homework and such haha... us old timers gots all the time in the world... life moves at a slower pace whenyou're old (dont I wish) Hey Reggie.. how many times did you check the mail box today? ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:05 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by danok2 Dunno what you mean by a "group build badge". How 'bout a slogan: "Age and guile trumps youth and a bad haircut"? i beg to differ! my haircut is excellent ! its just such alot of fun to see you seniors bounce us juniors around, its a pity we dont do the same over in the YG GB. Reply Edit diggeraone Member since July 2003 From: Ozarks of Arkansas Posted by diggeraone on Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:29 AM I forgot about this group build,so am I in or out on this one.If in I posted the Bishop SP on the armor forum and I am currently working on a Centurion for the Great Britton gb. I will post this on here as well on the GB-gb.Digger Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton Reply tho9900 Member since July 2004 From: SETX. USA Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:08 PM tweety: thanks! in looking through and researching a little I was amazed at some of the feats these things pulled off... in the Pacific the B-17 that was carrying Eddie Rickenbacker (of WWI fame)went down... a lone Kingfisher rescued 4 of the crew, putting the wounded in the gunner position and strapping the rest to the wing.. (including Eddie Rickenbacker) of course it was too heavy to fly so the pilot taxi'd 40+ miles, stopping to cool down every so often... until they got back to the fleet! Another OS2U pilot rescued something like 17 men in one day from a ship sinking... it goes on and on and on... Joe: thanks! your build is progressing too! I guess we shoulda just sucked it up and kept modelling... I was seriously considering dropping this one and going for the AV-8B that is also in the build progress but decided I liked the OS2U so much I would stick with it... mainly because there are a few techniques I haven't tried yet and if I mess this one up int he progress no harm done! I can resort back to the AV-8B for this build... Anyway thanks! it has a long way to go but it's getting there! ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply fightnjoe Member since September 2011 Posted by fightnjoe on Saturday, September 25, 2004 7:59 PM tho9900 that looks great. for a kit you were going to pass by it is really looking like a winner. as for me i have but little to show for about five hours of building today. i have got the canopy attached and am waiting for it to dry. it is masked, that broke it loose the first time. i also have the prop and the wheels painted and ready to attach. i am going to use wire to replicate the guns. joe Veterans, Thank You For Your Sacrifices, Never To Be Forgotten Where you can find me: Workbench on FaceBook  Google Plus  YouTube Reply tweety1 Member since August 2003 From: Alice Springs Australia Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, September 25, 2004 7:57 PM Looking good so far, but your right, it is an awkward looking bird, still looks good though. --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens??? Reply tho9900 Member since July 2004 From: SETX. USA Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, September 25, 2004 7:35 PM ok here she goes... got a little more done today... put the first coat of paint down, I see a few areas that need touching up.... then when it cures I am going to hit is with a damp coat to ensure the color base is even and then finally seal it with Future.. I have a set of Super Scale decals for the Kingfisher I will use... of course I am going to use the 1944 set of the 4 for a plane with the tri-color scheme. After the decals set comes the floats, some miscellaneous hardware outside, a shot of dull... then the canopies! Not sure if I am going to hang this or assemble the beaching gear. I think (even tho it's kind of an ugly, awkward looking plane) it would look real graceful making a sweeping turn over my computer desk... it's gotta bit of work left still but it's taking shape! I was getting tired of working with this one due to a few problems due in part to the kits age so I decided to do with with a masking style I haven't done much of... taking the paper cutouts and sticking them on the body with Fun-Tak (blue tak) and brushing over that... I've only used that on splinter Luftwaffe camo before and it was taped almost flush to the surface... on this one I allowed a goo 1/4 or more gap to make the edges fade some... It faded a little too much on one or two spots but I can see I might start using it for the 3 color navy camo at least... on some of the smaller birds it's hard to hand do it (so far) and using tape makes it too sharp... anyway, hope to have more tomorrow! ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply tho9900 Member since July 2004 From: SETX. USA Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, September 25, 2004 6:51 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by RustyFord For some reason, the GB badge is not showing on my posts... I don't know if the server that I have been has taken down the pic or what.. did you have it on tinypic? I noticed qwhile back it did that so I copied it from someone else who hosted it elsewhere and put it on photobucket... it came back but maybe it did it again... ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply tho9900 Member since July 2004 From: SETX. USA Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, September 25, 2004 6:47 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison The pics look fine to me Joe.....nice pit mate,midget enamel never heard of that before.. Hey Tom just out of curiosity what carrier is that burning in your sig......... Tweety1 the Alice eh i think i can recall that show and i think your right....should take those city types to your local Croc hole for a swim.................... It's LPH-9 USS Guam it's an Amphibious assault ship... I was on her way back in1988 and it was the best deployment I have made... it was decommisioned about 1994 and in 1996 the 's did THIS to her!!! They used her to test some new anti ship weapon... ---Tom--- ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:44 AM For some reason, the GB badge is not showing on my posts... I don't know if the server that I have been has taken down the pic or what.. Reply Edit « First«891011121314 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login Register SEARCH FORUMS FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. 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