GROUP BUILD - Pacific 60th Annivesary [from Nov 1 2004 to Nov 1 2005] - FineScale Modeler - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products

bobbaily

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November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Friday, August 12, 2005 8:48 PM

Made some progress on the Wildcat-interior is done. With a little luck, should have the fuselage & wings attached tomorrow and maybe start painting.

Bob

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jay12472

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July 2003
From: Pennsylvania

Posted by jay12472 on Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:31 AM

Hey guys alot has happened since I went on Vacation!
Great work on all the stuff. I"ve got the Ki-84 finshed and should get some pics soon.
Jason

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 13, 2005 11:10 AM

Bob,

Good progress and nice cockpit detail on your Wildcat.

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jay12472

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July 2003
From: Pennsylvania

Posted by jay12472 on Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:35 PM

here are the pics of my frank.

Jason

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gdarwin

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January 2004
From: bc,canada

Posted by gdarwin on Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:58 PM

Jason,your Frank looks great nice work. Big Smile [:D]

airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/

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bobbaily

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November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:52 PM

Jason-Great job on the Frank!

Bob

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razordws

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September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Sunday, August 14, 2005 12:16 AM

Nice work on your Frank Jason! Thumbs Up [tup]

Dave

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:54 AM

Jason,

Nice looking 'Frank' , which kit did you use ?.

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jay12472

Member since
July 2003
From: Pennsylvania

Posted by jay12472 on Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:55 AM

Thanks It is hasegawa.
Jason

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Sunday, August 14, 2005 3:51 PM

Made some more progress on the Wildcat. Engine done, paint applied. Not brave enough let to add white/blue-grey mix to 'fade' the finish-will do that with chalk pastels later. Lost the radio antenna somewhere.....such is life....

Bob

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gdarwin

Member since
January 2004
From: bc,canada

Posted by gdarwin on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:03 AM

hi,i posted a couple of pics of my lvt-4,now its finished,so take a look and tell me what you think. have a good day. Big Smile [:D]

airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/

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gwaihir

Member since
October 2003
From: Everett, WA

Posted by gwaihir on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:11 AM

Bob, The wildcat looks good. I really like the lego base :-)

Jason, I like the frank. Is it the 1/48 scale. I just picked that one up a week or so ago. Any words of caution / advice on it?

Leon

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jay12472

Member since
July 2003
From: Pennsylvania

Posted by jay12472 on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 5:36 PM

Bobbaily The wildcat looks great the color came out nice. I love your paint stand.
Leon the kit is 48th it went together great the only word of caution is that on the real ones the flaps where in the closed postion while they were parked, but it looks neater in the opened. Here is a pic of a real one sitting on the ground from my book.

Jason

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:51 AM

Bob,

Very nice Wildcat, I like the scheme you painted [did a similar scheme to a Kingfisher], nice detail you added.

Jason,

Thanks for the info on the 'Frank' I have the Tamiya kit of this bird in the stash.

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jay12472

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July 2003
From: Pennsylvania

Posted by jay12472 on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 4:45 AM

Rob your welcome. Its funny to think that I can help someone with the skills you have. The book is called Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific war. and it covers all planes with lots of photos. It is really amazing how few are chipped in the way people like to model them.
Jason

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:40 AM

Jason,

Thanks, I'd been getting most of my Axis birds info especialy on IJA/IJN from the website, on these types.

I have this idea of another Mk XXI Beaufighter, to put into model form shortly, pending some help:

Some months back I was approached by a decal company asking me for help in extending their decal range to include almost all RAAF W.W. II birds, the idea is to include my resin components to their decals.

This is something I painted while waiting for something else to dry and the sideviews of the aircraft I am basing my model on.

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bobbaily

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November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:20 PM

Thanks all. With a little luck, I'll get the Wildcat Future'd this weekend and maybe an oil wash next week...if I get brave enough. I've always used either acrylic wash or pastel chalks before.

Bob

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:10 PM

Wildcat has been Future'd, decaled & Futured again. Tamiya decals were a handful to work with-had to use enough Solvaset to melt duct tape....

Ended up going with a F4F off the carrier Enterprise for the Battle of Midway.
Also, found a different antenna in the kit-doesn't appear to be as long as the one I lost, but it will have to do for now. Still need to work on the landing gear, wheels/tires & mask/paint the canopy, along with an oil wash...maybe...

Bob

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jay12472

Member since
July 2003
From: Pennsylvania

Posted by jay12472 on Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:38 PM

bobbaily
The decals came out very nice. I had a little problem getting the landing gear to fit rite on mine, just a heads up
Jason

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bobbaily

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November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Saturday, August 20, 2005 7:28 PM

Jason-thanks for the heads-up.

Bob

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:02 AM

Bob,

Nice progress on the Wildcat so far, I also had encounted a fit problem with the undercarriage legs on my Martlet

Here are a few pix of the RAAF's 3 OTU Kingfisher.

I have yet too put the yellow bands on the black underwing band.

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bobbaily

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November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:27 PM

Thanks for the heads-up Lobbie on the landing gear. Will definatly tackle it after a 'good' day at work.

The Kingfisher is looking good. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Bob

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 10:33 AM

Bob,

I did my F4f-4 as a RNFAA Martlet V a sub patrol aircraft in the Bay of Biscay [Royal Navy] Gibraltar Convoy prtection, as the undercarriage is assembled prior to it being fitted to the fuselage, the lower bracing was the fit problem on mine.

I've added some pix of what mine turned out like.

I read you used a lot of decal solvent on your bird. Did you use the Tamiya kit decals ?.

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bobbaily

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November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Monday, August 22, 2005 10:59 AM

Lobbie-nice Martlet. I have two Ultracast seats (order was late so I used PE belts) for the F4F, so I might just have to build a Martlet in the future. Actually, no doubt about- I'll have to commit to one here in the near future.

Yes, I used the Tamiya decals. I will order aftermarket decals for the next Tamiya kit. Based on comments thruout the GB forum, mine was not an isolated case. However, the quality & detail of the kit impressed me.

Bob

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gwaihir

Member since
October 2003
From: Everett, WA

Posted by gwaihir on Monday, August 22, 2005 1:59 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by bobbaily

Yes, I used the Tamiya decals. I will order aftermarket decals for the next Tamiya kit. Based on comments thruout the GB forum, mine was not an isolated case. However, the quality & detail of the kit impressed me.

I have often wondered about this. Ever since my first Tamiya kit (corsair) and incredible difficulty with the decals, I have gone with aftermarket. It is too bad that such amazing kits can't have great decals too. Your wildcat looks great, though, and it seems that your extra work with the decal solution worked.

Lobbie, love the martlet. They look very cool and I too want to do one after seeing yours and some others posted on the site. The kingfisher looks great too!

Leon

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:32 AM

Bob,

The Tamiya re-issued kits and in some cases their newer kits have decals that are thicker [almost as thick as the backing paper], I tend to susitute them whenever posible, it's just the minor hickup that Tamiya's printing system for decals leaves us with countless applications of decal solution to make them sit properly.

On another note I've been approached by a Decal Manufacturer [the new owner of Hawkeye Decals], here who plans to expand his decal range into RAAF W.W. II subjects, this particular decal company produce their decals so thin they seldom need decals solutions applied to them.

Thanks guy's for the kind words on the Martlet, I plan to build a couple more in the near future.