AIRCRAFT - Battle of Britain Group Build (Jan 1st 2005 - May 31st 2005)

QUOTE: Originally posted by jboutin KJ200; I am just getting back into modeling so I I am not going with any AM (OOTB for this one) but man, I think maybe on my next kit look out! I was actually quite impressed with the level of detail in the stock cockpit and I am just adding a few little scratch things in the pit. I think if I ever build this kit again, I will have to go with some AM! So, what sqdn are you thinking of basing your hurricane on? Amazingly there seems to be a lot of interest in RCAF 1sqdn (Whytwolf, me and Aurora-7 are planning to make representative aircraft). With all the participating RAF sqdns out there, I was surprised three people were looking at a Canadian group (as far as I could tell in my research the only true RCAF group in the BoB, RAF 242 had moslty 'Canadians' but still part of the RAF)

JayB The thing with the Ultracast stuff, is that although it is AM, it generally just replaces a kit part, so no cutting, thinning or general faffing as you often have to do with oyher AM resin. The wheel bay is just a straight swap, and looks the same as the Hasa part, just without ejector pin marks and batter detail.

I building the same machine as Pix did for his recent Hurri, only mine will represent the machine slightly later in its life, when it was an all black nightfighter, still flown by Ian Gleed though.

Tom Strange how we've ended up with so many IT 'Professionals' in one GB! And I used to be a PC technician too!!!!!

Karl

Yeah, Tanky. If you're gonna post, you gotta build. One of the cherished Rules of GB's. And NO, there weren't any MIGS in the BOB .

Regards, Rick

hey Tanky, you building anything for this build? just curious... anxious to see more stuff from ya... that F-4 looked pretty good!

awwwww.... feel beter tho. hehehe. no seriously, i do hope you feel better...

ok... I am finally kind of back... been sick going on 4 days now... nothing real bad... but just the same felt too bad to model and too bad even to come here much!!! I *think* I am getting better... I figure if Sat I am ok I can switch between the SBD and Martlet and get a full day build in!

Rick - looking forward to the pics!!!

Fellow IT'ers ... kinda wierd we all ended up in the same build.. and cover almost every end of the spectrum from planning to maintaining.. now all we need is a PC Tech and we'd have a company!

Welp... Jules bad news for ya... well for Sean actually... Kremps got fired... ends up they caught her in the cookie jar so to speak... she was skimming off money from our ice cream allowance accounts... serves her right! I know Sean will miss her but good riddance all the same! Hmmm wonder if she is gonna take back his Xbox?

well this tired body is going to try to figure out what I want to do tonight.. roll over and die or just go back to sleep...

QUOTE: Originally posted by jboutin Thanks for the tips guys, Rick you should see this Hurricane made by a guy in Edmonton (Alberta). I've seen other aircraft of his and he really kicks a$$ http://www.ipmscanada.com/models/mcknight/mcknightmodel.html

Yep, that is a beautiful Hurricane. Also the same bird I'm planning on doing for this GB when the 109 is finished. Maybe mine will be half as good .

Regards, Rick

QUOTE: Originally posted by darson whytwolf and JayB, real nice looking work you've both done there and whytwolf as a fellow IT PM I hope you find something soon. I haven't seen Pix's hurricane yet so my next stop will be the aircraft forum to check it out, his work is awesome. Tom, how's the Martlet going any further progress? Jules, have you made a start on the stuka, because that is one I am hanging out to see. Darren

Darren not yet mateonly added some PE to the pit parts, I'll be sending you some pics via post in a couple of weeks so you'll be the first to see them

QUOTE: Originally posted by jboutin This question is to anybody Last night I was trying to paint the instrument panel and had to start over several times is there any easy method to do this? I kept screwing up in trying to paint the raised detail (white running all over the place - capillary action is good , sometimes!). I eventually want to try adding future to give the dials a glass look once they are painted. You guys have been great, thanks for letting me join this build!

Jay, I agree with Rick that drybushing the instrument panel followed by a drop of Future in each dial is probably the easiest way to go and achieves very nice results. If you find that you are actually starting to bleach the instrument panel itself with your drybrushing overflow, just touch it up when you're done.

Cheers
Darren

Thanks for the tips guys, Rick you should see this Hurricane made by a guy in Edmonton (Alberta). I've seen other aircraft of his and he really kicks a$$

http://www.ipmscanada.com/models/mcknight/mcknightmodel.html

Thanks for the encouragement on the job front my fellow ITers

Is it me, or do I sense a lot of interest in Canuck pilots? Guess it's just that when you grow up north of the 49th in all this ice and cold you end up with a decent stock of the 'right stuff'

Jay: I'm with Rick on this one, I usually drybrush my consoles and instruments to bring out the detail--after giving them a nice wash too. You're right on the money with Future though--I used it to give the right feel to a F-35 'glass' cockpit and it turned out to be the best looking part of the model! (Damn Italereri and their inacurate kits!)

HTH

Sean

Dry brushing the raised detail in the dials is easier for me than trying to actually paint the detail.

For my Hurricane, think I'll do the Hasegawa 1/48 Mk I in the markings of 242 Squadron, RAF, flown by the Canadian W. McKnight. One of the few RAF birds to actually have some nose art.

Regards, Rick

KJ200;
I am just getting back into modeling so I I am not going with any AM (OOTB for this one) but man, I think maybe on my next kit look out! I was actually quite impressed with the level of detail in the stock cockpit and I am just adding a few little scratch things in the pit. I think if I ever build this kit again, I will have to go with some AM!

So, what sqdn are you thinking of basing your hurricane on? Amazingly there seems to be a lot of interest in RCAF 1sqdn (Whytwolf, me and Aurora-7 are planning to make representative aircraft). With all the participating RAF sqdns out there, I was surprised three people were looking at a Canadian group (as far as I could tell in my research the only true RCAF group in the BoB, RAF 242 had moslty 'Canadians' but still part of the RAF)

This question is to anybody
Last night I was trying to paint the instrument panel and had to start over several times is there any easy method to do this? I kept screwing up in trying to paint the raised detail (white running all over the place - capillary action is good , sometimes!). I eventually want to try adding future to give the dials a glass look once they are painted.

You guys have been great, thanks for letting me join this build!

Glad you liked the Ultracast parts. Whenever I endorse something I'm always a little concerned that someone will get a bad piece & blame me .

With my 109E nearly done, I may start looking at the Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane. Think I have time to get it mostly done for this GB.

Regards, Rick

Whytwolf Hope the job situation improves quickly, I'm from the other side of the IT fence, Change Management, we love IT PMs

Jay B I'm building the same kit. I've only had a play with it, taping the fuselage and wings together, I can't see me needing much in the way of filler.

Are you going with the Ultracast wheel well and cockpit updates? Got mine last week, and am seriously impressed, especially at that price.

At this rate work on my Hurri should start about March!!!!!!!!

What can I say, too many builds and a slow builder to boot!

Karl

whytwolf and JayB, real nice looking work you've both done there and whytwolf as a fellow IT PM I hope you find something soon.

I haven't seen Pix's hurricane yet so my next stop will be the aircraft forum to check it out, his work is awesome.

Tom, how's the Martlet going any further progress?

Jules, have you made a start on the stuka, because that is one I am hanging out to see.

Darren

Jay, no question now that I'm picking up that Hasegawa kit--what a beauty! Add to that some Ultracast and Eduard parts....and I'm going to quickly spend my severance package!

As for the RMMC meeting, I'd like to go, but my daughter has some minor surgery on the 10th--and I'm not sure if she's staying with her mother afterwards or with me (depends on who she 'chooses' to go with according to my ex) and how she feels if she is with me. In either case, if I'm there I'll either be alone or with a small bandadged modeler

As for my personal progress, just puttering around with some details. I scratchbuilt a rough wheel well for the hurricane (no real detail as the wheels will be up) and cut out the spent casing ejector ports for the machine guns on the underside of the wings. I'm not really happy with the paint job on the underside of the bird, so I'm likely going to strip it and redo her--maybe even in that awful duck-egg blue (yech)

A pic:



Damn, I really need to learn how to take pictures.

Sean

Aurora, I did see the model of Pix's hurricane, very good!. I also have seen a review of the kit I am doing from one of the model clubs here in Calgary you can see it at:
http://www.rockymountainmodelclub.com/articles/a034.htm

I can only hope that some day I'll be able to do builds like that.
tonight: the rest of the cockpit!

Yeah, too bad Pix isn't in on this GB. He's one of the very best builders on the Forum. His Hurricane is Beautiful. I'll post some progress pics soon. I'm just letting everything cure real well before I handle the model & apply a Future topcoat for the decals.

Regards, Rick

QUOTE: Originally posted by jboutin Aurora, you have the Hasegawa or arifix hurricane? and in what scale? I was dry fitting mine (Hasegawa) and it didn't seem to be too bad at the wings roots.

jboutin,
I have the Airfiix in 1/48. I should have filed away from the fuselage assembly to seat in in the wing section better. Did you see the build of a Hasegawa Hurricane by Pixilater in the Aircraft forums? That's real nice.

Sorry to hear about the employment issues Sean (in Calgary). Been there done that wih the boss ego thing. Hang in there, something will come up.

Congrats on the posting milestones Rick and Tom, I can only dream of it at this point (less than 30 for me whoohoo! long way to go)

Sean, are you planning on attending the RMMC meeting Feb 13th, I would like to try and get out to see what they are like.

Aurora, you have the Hasegawa or arifix hurricane? and in what scale? I was dry fitting mine (Hasegawa) and it didn't seem to be too bad at the wings roots.

Oh wow, I lose my internet access for a few days and looks at the insanity that I missed!

Tweety, I hope that things sort out and you get back to modeling as much as you would wish. I know the pain of life's ups and downs bumping your modeling to 'last thing I have time for' status.

Congrats on the posting milestones Rick and Tom.

Aurora and Jay--great looking work so far. And Tom, I would love to see some more of that Martlett, not to mention some more pics from Rick's build.

As for me, I'm waiting for my aftermarket junk to arrive to finish the Hurricane, so I've moved onto completing a couple of scratchbuild projects (a 1/72 Iltis, and a 1/350 Victoria Class SSK), but I have LOTS of time to work on my modeling now that I'm unemployed (as of last Friday--an event perpetrating my lack of internet access). Guess that's what happens when you bump into an owner's ego.

Anyone know of any IT Project Management positions in the Calgary area?

Sean

Well I got my wings glued to my HE 111 fuse and I got gaps so big it would be hard to jump them on a bike. They are filled now and I have been sanding for the last two nights. I am taking the night off because my arm is sore, but other than the gaps she is coming along nicely. Yes Rick I am still whining(lol).

Thad

Hang in there Sean, want to see those finished builds!

Regards, Rick

Thats a pretty dramatic reduction in build time Sean

You don't know how hard it is not to say "Ok what the hell happened"But to say that seems a little "taboo" so i'm[#offtopic

BTW Don't be a stranger...........Jules......

Got a few more decals on today.
With some luck, will have all the decals laid on by Sunday, then start assy on the remainding parts.
Home front won't be right for a while, but hopefully my hobby time will remove alot of the stress.
Kinda bummed by how the building schedule has diminished so suddenly
Had the first 6 months banged up chockas with builds, now looks like I will have to drop out of some, just to finish the 2 I will enjoy most, this one and the Aussie GB.
AND I miss out on all of Toms intuitive humour (read-dribble), and Jules' witty rebutals (read-Just as bad as Tom!)

QUOTE: Originally posted by razordws WOW!!! One thousand posts for one thread. Course... most of them have been by a couple nutty Aussie's and a Texan but it has been fun none the less..

Hmmmm anyone i know

And yes 1000 posts.....pretty impressive, in fact if i don't go on the computer for a day or so there is a couple of whole pages to browse through[:0]

Tweets I hope you have sorted your problems out OK we were staring to think Old Kremps had made off with you
And i was ready for the 1000th post, i was watching it on 997 but i didn't wanna make 3 posts to get it oh well i'm gonna get 2000 though

Tom i congratulated you in the Aussie GB but Congrats again on your 5th Star

Rick Congrats on you big one Mate and keep the posts coming......

I'd like to comment on everyone's builds that i've seen on the last 2 or 3 pages..... Well done fellasThat includes you Tom even though Kremps has been helping

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1 Dave, I represent the nutty Aussie remark, you have to be a little crazy to live somewhere where 80% of the native flora and fauna can kill you!! The other 20% tastes real good with Tomato Sauce!!!!!!!

It's funny because it's true.

Darren

OOPS, Sorry Jules. I didn't realize I had the 1000th post on this thread. I don't pay much attention to post counts, cause it's whats in the posts that really counts .

Regards, Rick

QUOTE: Originally posted by razordws WOW!!! One thousand posts for one thread. Course... most of them have been by a couple nutty Aussie's and a Texan but it has been fun none the less.

I resemble that remark!!!

Wow, so much progress in just a few days!

Congrats Rick and Tom on your post counts.
Mind you, Rick earnt his through the sharing of knowledge and information, Tom dribbled alot (ALOT!)
Jules is gonna be p****d, Rick took the 1k post mark (GO RICKY, GO RICKY!!)

Dave, I represent the nutty Aussie remark, you have to be a little crazy to live somewhere where 80% of the native flora and fauna can kill you!!
The other 20% tastes real good with Tomato Sauce!!!!!!!