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

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                        KJ200
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:31 AM
                        Joe Looks like you got some catching up to do!!! You'll still probably finish before me though!

                        Jay I just didn't know how else to mask the cockpit, this sounded about the easiest way.

                        Darren & Jules Thanks for the encouragement. Glad you both like it.

                        Well the 48 hours is up, so on went the Future.

                        Prop is also now painted, i knocked back the black for blades, as otherwise it would have looked too stark compared with the rest of the airframe.

                        Hopefully decals wiil go on Thursday night, so I'm finally getting somewhere.

                        Oh, and it's my birthday...........

                        ............and the Birthday Fairy brought the following, one apt;



                        ......the other just extremely welcome.



                        I won't start work on the 162 until after the NAGB, once all the resin has come out that is due for this kit.

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:11 PM
                        darren much appreciated. so off i go.



                        joe

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                        rjkplasticmod
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                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:59 PM
                        Daniel, Sounds good. Looking forward to seeing your build.

                        Karl, Happy Birthday

                        Joe, Shake a leg.Smile [:)]

                        Regards, Rick

                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        darson
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:29 PM
                        Karl, Happy BirthdayParty [party]

                        Well I was happily at the bench last night working away on my Spitfire when I knocked a couple of pieces on to the floor. No problems I'll just reach down and get them I thought when I heard that hideous CRUNCH sound that a canopy makes when you stand on it Banged Head [banghead]Banged Head [banghead]Banged Head [banghead]. To say that the language turned blue in my model room for a few minutes there is an understatement. The upshot is I snapped the front canopy down along the armoured frame. I glued it up last night and I'll see how it turns out when I can look at it in daylight when I get home.

                        Sad [:(] Darren Sad [:(]
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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
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                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:46 PM
                        Darren, Ouch. Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        tho9900
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                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:01 PM
                        you're a lucky man Darren... I always break mine diagonally.... the 2 or three that broke all broke like that...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        KJ200
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                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:33 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900

                        you're a lucky man Darren... I always break mine diagonally.... the 2 or three that broke all broke like that...


                        Same here.......managed to crack the canopy of my Huma Ju 287 diagonally right across the topBanged Head [banghead].

                        Guess it's time to brush up my German and write a begging letter to Huma!!!

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:17 AM
                        Hey all-I vaguely remember rumor of a new BoB GB starting up in the fall. Is this a possibility/probably? Going to Hobby Lobby on Friday for the 40% off sale and need a reason to pick up a bf109E......

                        Bob

                         

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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:56 PM
                        Hi Bob, we talked about this a while ago and I said that I would happily run it if we had enough interest from people. We also talked about returning builders from this GB doing a reverse build of what they did this time, but that part is optional and still up in the air.
                        At this stage I was going to post a thread in December 05 for a kick off in mid Jan 06.

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        tho9900
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                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:02 PM
                        Darren - Kremps and I will be there of course... Until then we'll sit back and chit chat with yall!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:55 PM
                        Darren, this has been a great GB & the BOB is one of my favorite modeling subjects, so I would certainly be interested. Still have a BP Defiant sitting on the shelf waiting in the que Smile [:)]

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:48 PM
                        ok. got a bit of a start. got the pit done and the pit in the fuse. unfortunately i only have the pics of the pit. so without further chit chat.







                        joe

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:00 AM
                        Hmmm Darren I've figured out your building method, A Make sure an Ultracast resin part goes in and B Make sure to break the canopyThumbs Up [tup]...........
                        Sorry buddy but i don't have a spare Spitfire MKI canopy.............If i did it would be on it's way down to Melbourne........

                        Karl Happy B-Day [bday]
                        Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]

                        Joe sorry mate but all i can see ar those darn red X'sSad [:(]
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                        tweety1
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                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:02 AM
                        If there is another BoB build, I'm in for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                        This time I'll lay my greedy lil' mits on the Defiant, hopefully by then there will be some PE out for it!

                        Karl Happy B-Day [bday] mate, even if it's a tad belated!!!
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:54 AM
                        Darren,

                        I'm definatly interested and the timeframe sounds good. Might have all the other committments built by then.....

                        Bob

                         

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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
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                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:36 AM
                        Joe, all I get is the dreaded red X. Something is wrong with your URL. I think you typed in fightnjoe twice.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        jboutin
                        • Member since
                          December 2004
                        • From: 288921 E, 5659868 N UTMz12, NAD83
                        Posted by jboutin on Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:11 AM
                        Another BoB GB! If it in the same time as this one, I'm in, Tongue [:P] this time maybe a Bf-110! I really don't know much about manufacturers for them, who makes a 1:48 kit?

                        Well, got the sky on my hurricane last night and maybe tonight or tomorrw will start the camo! I'm having a bit a trial with the squadron vacform canopy, its the first time using a vacform canopy, good thing they come in pairs!
                        I'm trying salt chipping and it looks a little funny as I'm painting but the most annoying thing is forgetting about the salt and grabbing the wing and knocking it off. I think it'll look really good.Big Smile [:D]
                        JAY - fighting evil since 2:15pm, July 8,1976 -
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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:56 AM
                        well doggone it. i moved them and forgot to change the url. but it is fixed now.



                        joe

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                        rjkplasticmod
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                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:00 PM
                        Ok Joe, now we can see your very good work Smile [:)].

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Tankmaster7
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                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:01 PM
                        not very colorful, is it? nice work joe!
                        -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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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:57 PM
                        well geez this one is going together really quick.







                        joe

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:06 PM
                        looking good Joe! You're going to set a speed record on this one if you don't watch out! Wink [;)]

                        Thanks for sharing... and again, good to have you here!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        darson
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                        Posted by darson on Thursday, March 31, 2005 7:22 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

                        Hmmm Darren I've figured out your building method, A Make sure an Ultracast resin part goes in and B Make sure to break the canopyThumbs Up [tup]...........
                        Sorry buddy but i don't have a spare Spitfire MKI canopy.............If i did it would be on it's way down to Melbourne........



                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]
                        Almost right Jules, it's actually find cool Ultracast part, then find kit to put it in and then break the canopy Cool [8D]
                        Thanks for the offer, but its OK Tamiya actually provides 2 front canopies for the Spit Mk.I, one with the armoured windscreen and one unarmoured. In any case I was able to repair the one I broke with it showing up to badly.

                        Joe, nice looking progress so far, BTW what kit and what scale is your 109?

                        JB If we did this build again I must admit I'd be pretty tempted to have a bash at the Fujimi 1/48 Bf-110 myself.

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:20 PM
                        Joe, looks like rapid progress. I can't tell if it's just the camera angle, but the tailplanes look like they have some dihedral. They should be 90 degrees to the fin.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:32 PM
                        JB If we did this build again I must admit I'd be pretty tempted to have a bash at the Fujimi 1/48 Bf-110 myself.

                        Darren - I think that would be a fine kit.. I was thinking on the same myself... I already havce one 1/3 built from the first of this build and if I wasnt swamped with builds I would finish it to give you a run down... I can just say so far it has built up similar to one of the Tamiya kits.. very smooth.. no gaps etc...

                        Although if someone came out with a modernized Do17 kit in between now and then......
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Friday, April 1, 2005 12:12 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by rjkplasticmod

                        Joe, looks like rapid progress. I can't tell if it's just the camera angle, but the tailplanes look like they have some dihedral. They should be 90 degrees to the fin.

                        Regards, Rick


                        rick it must be the camera angle. i didnt cut them at all on this one. much as i wanted too.

                        btw it is the 1/48 hasegawa bf109e-4/7.


                        joe

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 1, 2005 8:27 AM
                        Joe looking good mateThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Is the Hase 109 the one that comes with the North African markings of JG 27Question [?]
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                        jboutin
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                        Posted by jboutin on Friday, April 1, 2005 9:22 AM
                        Nice Joe, I've been at this since the middle of Jan and my Hurricane still doesn't have the dark earth on yet! Soon, very soon.
                        JAY - fighting evil since 2:15pm, July 8,1976 -
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                        KJ200
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                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Friday, April 1, 2005 11:06 AM
                        Joe At this rate you are going to finish before me.

                        Looking good.

                        Which however cannot now be said for my Hurricane.

                        See below:



                        I had a complete disaster with the Hasa decals. They were like leather, so I ended up applying liberal doses of Mr Mark decal softner. It did little to the decal, but did eat straight through the Future to the paint beneath.

                        I know what I'll be doing this weekend.........

                        .......the same as last weekend.

                        Replacement Error Master decals for this bird have been ordered, and should be here late next week.

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
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                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, April 1, 2005 11:24 AM
                        Karl, That's a shame. I've never seen decal solvent eat Future that way. I use Micro Scale products, but my guess is Mr. Mark Solvent must have a lot of alcohol.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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