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

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:38 PM

Oh Yeh! I am thinking of having a "Pot Pie" build, You have to include a pot pie tin in your diorama somehow, I am not sure how i am going to implement the rules yet. Stay tuned... Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:38 PM

Hello everyone=) First I would like to say that I am sorry for not being around lately, I have been extremely busy, along with deaths in the family and a friend...
Currently, I have been working on my M-60 Blazer, The tracks are all seperate links, and are mind boggling a little bit, its been fun though, I have been using different methods, ie: rubberbands, angled pieces of wood, props, paper clips, and luck), on top of that I have been working on my M43 Bulldog diorama, and my Jeep, although its an old CJ7, I am trying to build it to as closely as possible to resemble my real life jeep, I even got the same color from the manufacturer. Big Smile [:D]

Either way, The group build is on for january first, please have your models submitted by then! Big Smile [:D]

I will be here!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 8:05 AM

GO the mighty 240Z!!!!!
Man, I loved that car!

Till we killed it Disapprove [V]

!
Funny story that one.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 6:27 AM

ok I have an update... the OS2U kit is dead in the water... well dead on the floor... my dog knocked it off with his tail when he walked by my bench and although fixable I will wait to repair it...

I'm gonna do a quicky just to finish in time.. and something way out of character for me...

I'm doing a 1974 Datsun 240Z... it was the second car I ever owned.. her name was Josephine ... It's an AMT cheapy kit from Hobby Lobby but when I was building it, under the roof it is stamped Revell Monogram.. at least they could have changed THAT when they remolded it Wink [;)]

This is the first car I have ever built and I figure it might be what I need to get me out of this modelling slump I am in... so far it's fun, easy to put together.. I just can't figure out where the joystick and rudder pedals would go Wink [;)]

It's kind of odd being an aircraft/ship guy starting off in a new direction like this...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, October 23, 2004 1:36 AM

Well, bit of a setback for the 109.
The colours I needed so I could paint the cockpit, aren't available at present.
So I'm waiting for them to show up.
In the mean time, I'm gonna make up the colour I need, just for this build, and seeing as I have 2 more 109's to build, I can wait for the other paints to arrive.

Tonight I'll be masking the outside AND inside of the canopy, al ready for painting, and some weathering.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:24 PM

I'm excited now, my F4U is almost to the put the wheels and doors on and weather stage...

I've also made an important decision... to slow down my pace and work on one model at a time until I get tired of it then I can switch... none of this rushing home, working till a finish point on one build then pick up the next until the first one is dry. The last few days I have gotten no modelling done and I think it is burn out... too much, too fast.... I have all of the time in the world for these builds so I don't know why I have been rushing!

Right now I have 3 in front of the Fulmar for the BoB build, the only one that is a MUST to build is the HH-65 for my dad by Xmas... (if I can get the scratches out of the canopy from a misapplied bit of sandpaper) the rest I have till Dec or Feb to finish... so I am going to take my time...I'll probably post some pics of my kit with wheels on soon and wait till I am finished to post the rest...

So I'll be in

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:34 AM

::best Monty Python voice:: And now, for something completely different!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 1:45 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by gringe88

WHOA!!! tho, exactly what do you read in your spare time?? and why do you also look at little naked children?? OK, now im really, really scared of you guys. now i know why you all started this old peoples GB, to hook up with us kids!!!
shocking, terrifying, disturbing

(seriously, this is getting too, too far man. this really is getting perverted...)

too far[#offtopic

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gringe88

Member since
July 2004
From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...

Posted by gringe88 on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:42 PM

WHOA!!! tho, exactly what do you read in your spare time?? Shock [:O]

and why do you also look at little naked children?? OK, now im really, really scared of you guys. now i know why you all started this old peoples GB, to hook up with us kids!!!
shocking, terrifying, disturbing Blindfold [X-)]

(seriously, this is getting too, too far man. this really is getting perverted...)

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-Matt

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:34 PM

what he meant Jules is he is really sore that you actually found some of his early "pinup" photos he posed for last yr... Wink [;)]

I think it was baby beef cake magazine...

Gringe... I don't worry about my wife... I know I have the secret weapon.. I am a 3rd degree black belt with purple flames in "Tickle-kwan-do" she forgets everyonce in a while and starts (playing) trying to spar me... I pull out my monkey-grip-captain-terrific tickling fingers and tickle her into submission... she hasn't learned to beat that one yet!!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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gringe88

Member since
July 2004
From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...

Posted by gringe88 on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 5:42 PM

QUOTE:
lol! no offense taken my good man... at least now I am done with two eyesores! (frantically looking behind me to make sure wife is not looking) haha kidding... my wife is nothing to sneeze at especially because she is less than a year away from her second black belt in karate... Let's just say I walk a thin line around here!

hahaha!!!

just keep that pole well balanced my friend, and dont drink and drive, and you should be able to follow that line quite well. ok so that sucked i know, couldnt think of NEthing. NEways.... dont get in too much trouble my friend, id hate to see what a model looks like when its launched across the room by a spinning kick![:0] Black Eye [B)]

jules- i was just kidding about that. the U.S. guys might wanna tip you off to what i meant if you dont know. its not a proper topic to discuss right here and now...

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-Matt

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:36 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by gringe88

hey tho, BTW, that stolen car you mentioned, that was yours. i took one look at it and figured that was what you meant when you said "trash." i was on my to the junkyard by the time you realized that your better half was missing. (no insult intended to the wife/wirlfriend if you have one)

lol! no offense taken my good man... at least now I am done with two eyesores! (frantically looking behind me to make sure wife is not looking) haha kidding... my wife is nothing to sneeze at Clown [:o)]

especially because she is less than a year away from her second black belt in karate... Let's just say I walk a thin line around here! Wink [;)]

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:22 PM

gringe88 i did a google images search for that pic, it was actually an advertisment for cowboy clothing i just cropped the pic to suit......J.S.....

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gringe88

Member since
July 2004
From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...

Posted by gringe88 on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:19 PM

very good jules, very good, that one 'll take a while to respond to, as i try to figure out why a grown man has pics of little naked children on his computer....

hey tho, BTW, that stolen car you mentioned, that was yours. i took one look at it and figured that was what you meant when you said "trash." i was on my to the junkyard by the time you realized that your better half was missing. (no insult intended to the wife/wirlfriend if you have one) NE way, the cops say me going by and pulled me over, said that whatever it was i was drivin, it was a menace to other drivers on the road, or NEone near it for that matter. so they took it away, aid somthin about waste dump when they dragged it off too. AAHHHH well, what the hey you know......

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-Matt

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Monday, October 18, 2004 9:04 PM

ok the OS2U is almost done... I procrastinated too long... it doesnt look that great and as a result I am going to enter the AV-8B I am building as well... thats what I get for building a 1960's kit...

But should be done by this weekend with both...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:19 AM

Oh yeah!!
They can take a while, but the end result, when done correctly, is definately worth every second.
I have a couple of referance books too look at while I'm going, just to make sure everything is spot on.
Besides, after spending 2 months building my last a/c, this already feels like a breeze!!!!!

Not to mention it proves to the 'toddlers', not all old people need glasses!!!!! Tongue [:P]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 17, 2004 9:37 AM

tweety, those pe cockpits make for some loooooong build but they sure look sweet once they start coming together huh?

---Tom---

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, October 17, 2004 9:32 AM

Well, sarted on the PE for the cockpit, and borrowed a camera to take some pics.

Kinda hard to make out any real detail, haven't primed anything yet, but looking closely, some bits can be seen.
Used a cotton bud for scale comparrison, didn't have a ruler that measured inches close by Tongue [:P]

Have added some more detail since these were taken, like trim wheels, oxygen piping etc.

Will post more after cockpit is done and primed.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, October 16, 2004 11:50 AM

Actually, finished the Sabre 1 hour ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah!! [yeah]

So did a quick clean up of the bench, and got out the G14 kit, and have already started on the PE cockpit.

As for the Sabre, will get some pics hopefully Sunday, and I'm Sad [:(]

to say, it is not my best build, not even close. Ashamed [*^_^*]

Had a look on the invoice when I got the kit, and realised I've been playing with that thing for 2 months!!! Disapprove [V]

Ah well, checked out the Hase fuselage fit on the G14, and smiled.
This is gonna go together SOOOOOOOOOO fast, and I'm gonna love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 16, 2004 9:10 AM

tho9900 i checked out your build to Digger, very nice Thumbs Up [tup]

now lets see if one of those whipper snappers can do that !!!!

Finally free of the sabre beast eh tweets, well at least for 3 or 4 months until we all get to do one, don't forget 76 SQD.....
at least you get a little time to do a nice Tamiya or Hasegawa kit, Like Tho9900 said you gotta love the parts fit...J.S...

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, October 16, 2004 8:08 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by diggeraone

To you all I post my Centurion on the armor forum.Digger

went and chacked it out Digger... that's a very sweet build as I said there... I'm not much of an armor man but it looks good!!!!!! Bow [bow]

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, October 16, 2004 8:07 AM

Jules: looking forward to it! I might have to check out that kit for a 'just for fun' build... I love these Tamiya kits for fit...

Tweety: you can't be too sure with the young crowd, gotta make it clear... You tell them take out the trash, next thing you know you see them on the TV news in a stolen car in a high speed chase with the police... and the garbage is still in the garage! Looking forward to your build also...

I think the aircraft you and Jules are building represent ETO WWII aviation as whole to me... those are the two aircraft that come to my mind when it is mentioned... maybe adding the stuka to that as well....

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:34 AM

Ok, first things first. Laugh [(-D]

j.s., love the pic!!!
tho9900, cacked myself at the explainations.
Bow [bow]

Now, as of Tuesday, I will finally be free of the beast that is the Avon Sabre I've been building (read-testing every skill I possess!) for the Aussie GB.

On Wednesday I shall start the Bf 109 G14 for this build, and hopefully my new digital camera will be here by then also, so I'll be posting pics like a madman.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 16, 2004 2:21 AM

danok2 thanks for getting us back on track Thumbs Up [tup]

I am actally doing a model for this GB a Spitfire MK 1 and it's coming along very nicely, no suprises for a Tamiya kit....
The pit is done and the main construction phase is also complete,sometime during the week i'll give it a coat of primer and then i'll preshade the panel lines ready for the exterior colours....
if all goes as planned i'll post up a pic shortly thereafter......Jules.......

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diggeraone

Member since
July 2003
From: Ozarks of Arkansas

Posted by diggeraone on Friday, October 15, 2004 7:36 PM

To you all I post my Centurion on the armor forum.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

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Friday, October 15, 2004 5:51 PM

hey danok,

I'm doing exact same build for the Naval Aviation GB and noticed the same thing when I put mine together... maybe it's one of those little idiosynchrosies ("wierd things", "unexplainable common occurrence" for you young guys) about a kit... mine wanted to align too low and would have impinged ("blocked", "hit up against", "otherwise prohibited the assembly of") against the lower inner wing surface...

I agree though it is a very sweet airplane to build... I am thinking of getting another and putting the Aires cockpit I bought for this one, but grew too impatient (no need to explain impatience to the little ones, it's in their nature) with fitting it in the fuselage, and built it without it.

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 15, 2004 5:32 PM

nice one jules, we will be back! i promise !

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danok2

Member since
December 2003
From: Waxhaw, NC

Posted by danok2 on Friday, October 15, 2004 3:46 PM

We interrupt this banter to bring back to modeling! Smile [:)]

Just an update on my progress so far (no pix yet; hopefully I'll be able to upload this weekend):

Tam F4U-1A -

Cockpit painted, washed, drybrushed. Instrument panel decal slapped on, thne the pit was assembled.

Engine painted gunmetal, then washed w/ black watercolor. Drybrushed aluminum. Whole thing then assembled and fit into cowl. (Impressed with the fit; felt like I didn't even need to use glue).

Landing gear bays painted and washed. Wing root assembled. Outer wing panels assembled.

Dryfitting the cockpit and fuselage revealed a misalignment with the cockpit. Musta screwed it up when I glued it, 'cause everything else on the kit has been smooth sailing.

That's it for now. Hope to get more done this weekend.

-Dan

"Ahh, the Luftwaffe. The Washington Generals of the History Channel."-Homer Simpson

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 15, 2004 7:13 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by gringe88

well, from your responses (or lack thereof ), i see that your still trying to disgest that last one, and looking at the time, its taking you just about as long as it did with the pork chops....

OH, that was a zi-zi-zi-ziiinger!!

Full credit given gringe88 that was a good one Black Eye [B)]

Fightnjoe and Tweety whilst i wholeheartedly agree with what you're saying it seems the next generation take it of a sign of defeat, and with that they appear to be getting a little cocky,or should i say perhaps a little..............................

Propeller [8-]

BIG FOR THEIR BOOTS Propeller [8-]

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:58 AM

You yunguns have to give us ol' people time to think up a comeback, after all, we use grown up words, and translating into goo goo takes some time.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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