GROUP BUILD - Pacific 60th Annivesary [from Nov 1 2004 to Nov 1 2005]

Lobbie,

GREAT Cat!! Spectacular - even in the photos. At some stage, I would love to hear you expound on your weathering technique - VERY realistic.

I, too, have not yet started on my build - being a late entrant, and with heaps on at work leading up to the Xmas break.

Jason,

Your Avenger is looking good, so far.

Cruz,

Your P 38 is progressing well, nice work so far

Cruzr, your p-38 looks great,nice color too.keep up the good work.

gdarwin[roy

very nice looking bird. How much more do you have till she is ready to fly?

hello folk's, here's my weekly update. got alot of build time in this weekend so it now actually looks like a plane instead of a flying wing that it has for the last few weeks. here's the picks. by the way, you can probably see that corny orange paint holder ot Testor's fame. Well i finally have an airbrush and compressor (early X-mas gift). It's an Aztec A-370 and the kit came with that paint tray so i'm using it to keep the wife happy ( it was her gift to me) until i can think of another paint storage plan. anyway enough rambling. her she is now. the props were just placed there for the pic


here's what the open nose will look like. i just rested the other door on there. i didn't like the kit's hinge so i made my own using short pieces of small brass rod bent and super glued in place.

by the way whoever it was that said i'd have to weigh the nose down wasn't kidding. i had to put lead in both engine's and the nose to get here off her tail.
oh ya one more thing. i won't be building Maj. Bong's AC. It's instead going to be a regular P-38. Olive Drab and Net. Grey with the green molt camo, hey i want to try out my airbrush

later folks

Very nice looking birds Im really behind on mine I have'nt even started. Im trying to finish the Nav air build and it is taking longer than I thought it would.

hi guys,Lobbie i can see why the cat would blend in nicely from the air,great build.Jay,your avenger is looking real good,keep up the good work

gdarwin[roy]

very clean looking paint job Jason, can't wait to see her finished

Thad

jason looks good from my desk. thankyou for the kind words. ive done what i can until the paints arrive.


joe

QUOTE: Originally posted by razordws Particularily interested in the aircraft interior paint that you used.

sorry razordws I must have missed that when I replyed eariler. I used MM Zinc Chromate then washed it with brown oils Jason

Lobbie, That Cat looks awsome!
Here is some more progress on my Avenger, I also have the canopy masked and painted. Should have more latter this week.

Jason

Jason , Rob thanks for the words of encouragement.

Thad

Joe,

Progressing on this build well, your 'added' detail, makes a little difference and looks good so far, can't wait to see this one done.

Thad,

Excellent build, [I know the kit, have one 'somewhere'], what do you mean your not good at it, weathering on your model looks fine to me.

NOTE:
Here is something relating to weathering that was built for the RAAF's Officer Training School, the OTS Liason Officer convinced me to enter this in an open competition, it was never judged, in that competition. - it has been posted on the forum earlier this year.


This is the wartime photo that the RAAF gave me to build their 48 scale Catalina into


These two pix are my interpretation of the B+W photo into the replicatiom of the model

lookin good joe. Thad that looks good weathering nice.Jason

oh, veeery funny johnny reb, now would you like that in pennis or nickels, cu z thats what im willin to pay in?

QUOTE: Originally posted by gringe88 there we go! thanks a lot reb, i owe ya one!!

a couple hundred dollers should do it.

Joe, good looking build so far.

Thanks Roy, Joe. Hey Joe looks like you got some head way done on your bird, you got any more pics (lol)

Thad

thad that looks great to me. nice work.



joe

hi guys your planes are looking great keep up the good work


gdarwin[roy]

Here is my Tamiya 1/48 J2/M3 Interceptor Raiden (Jack) OOB. Not much detail in the pit area, decales were lame but other than that she was a easy build. I did some weathering but Im not that good at it so dont look close.

Thad

and even more pics







this is the result of four days of cutting sanding, filling, and forming over a candle.

one thing i am going to do that i dont normally. be brutally honest with me as to the progress. please.


joe

and more pics to share








joe

an update from my desk.
wanted to give you an overview of what the pit turned out like.
first this is what i started with on the pit.



this is what i ended up with














now the camera and i are getting to know each other so ...........................


joe

cossack,

You'd be welcome to join in this GB, your subject choice will add variety.

Guy's,

A mug shot of Rob [aka Lobbie] has been posted on the first page as a bet, if you think it should be removed let me know, the bet is with one of my Scale Magic co Founder's, not known to the forum. It's an Xmas thing.

Is it too late for a new joiner?? I have a Hasegawa 1/48 SBD-4 Dauntless to do in RNZAF colours ... and this gives me the perfect excuse

have fun Tank


gdarwin[roy]

well, i found out there were M18 hellcat TD's in the Pacific, so at this stage I'd like to switch to that........... thanks

there we go! thanks a lot reb, i owe ya one!!

Gringe here is the patch with a URL.



just right click and go to properties and coppy that URL

can anyone tell me if the M18 hellcat tank destroyers were used in the Pacific? I'm getting one for Christmas and if accurate i'd like to build a pacific hellcat. but i don't know if they were deployed in the pacific.