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

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                        jay12472
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Pennsylvania
                        Posted by jay12472 on Friday, April 29, 2005 5:31 AM
                        lookin good what kit is it?
                        Jason
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:48 PM
                        Big Smile [:D] looks good so for,Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the build,Big Smile [:D]
                        airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/
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                        gwaihir
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                          October 2003
                        • From: Everett, WA
                        Posted by gwaihir on Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:51 PM
                        Sweet, thanks.
                        I know this doesn't count since I am getting towards the finish on it, but if I can, I'll share the ending of the N1K1 I am working on right now (Sharing will help me be motivated to finally finish this thing, so that I can move onto the corsair and ?)

                        Anyway, here is where I at right now. I am thinking of adding a little yellow to the green mix and lightening some of the paint for a further fading effect. Usually I preshade, but this time I decided to post shade with a darker mix of the original color - I guess it had about the same effect as preshading does...)





                        Hope all is well, and again, thanks for letting me join at this late date.
                        Leon
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:27 PM
                        Jason,

                        Excellent progress on your birds to date.

                        Leon,

                        I don't mind you joining in on the GB.
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:55 AM
                        Big Smile [:D] Jay,some real nice birds there,great work.Big Smile [:D]
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                        gwaihir
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Everett, WA
                        Posted by gwaihir on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 7:31 PM
                        Geez, where have I been? How could I have missed this? Is it to late to get in? I love the pacific theater birds. The Nov end date is perfect and might motivate me to complete a couple kits. Right now in the absolute excitement of finding this, I could see doing a corsair, a hellcat, a thunderbolt, and/or a japanese plane or two. In reality, if I can still get in, I'll probably be able to get 2 done - let's say a corsair and ???
                        Let me know. Thanks!
                        Leon

                        BTW, I have been scanning the thread (mostly the pictures in all honesty) and there is some great stuff here!
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                        jay12472
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Pennsylvania
                        Posted by jay12472 on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 6:34 PM
                        hey guys I tought I'd share some of the planes I've been working on.






                        the Ki-84 and Ki-46 are 72nd Hasegawa kits. and the George is a 48th Arii kit
                        Jason
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:16 PM
                        Big Smile [:D] Lobbie,thanks for getting all the info for me,i think it will be interresting.Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:22 AM
                        G'day Folk's,

                        Thanks for the kind words on the progress so far guys, to answer your question Glen, Shadoworks resin is the casting arm of Scale Magic, we do mostly 48 aircraft stuff with a little AFV stuff which is mostly Australian Vietnam ["Saladin Turret M113 FSV and the Mk V Centurion, with or with the dozer blade], era along with a set of sand tyres for the old Tamiya LRDG 30 Cwt Chev.

                        Roy,
                        I'll get some info on resin casting and the addy of a site here in OZ for you and email it too you. Al Mc Divitt is the owner of this particular business is a friend of mine, he has a lot of interesting items apart from resin casing materials for the modeller.

                        Glenn,
                        The seats are cast as you see them, they are plain white, but when painted and detailed they look good, they are actualy some spares I had for the P 51 Mustang,

                        As an added note, we get people ask us the cast small resin items to repair models not just from here in Australia but from around the world.
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                        mississippivol
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                          November 2003
                        • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
                        Posted by mississippivol on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:14 PM
                        Sweet! Did you create the belts/buckles too?

                        Glenn
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:08 PM
                        Big Smile [:D] looking good Lobbie,those seats look good.Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 3:14 AM
                        G'day Folks,

                        I've started on the RAAF OTS B24j as based on the Monogram 48 kit, all I've done so far is replace the kit seats with a pair of my own resin ones, I know they are not the same, but when this gets to the shut stage of assembly there is not much to see anyway. I've only painted the seats, I'll spend some time with a little weathering later their is a lot of flash on this bird to clean up.


                        The resin seats as painted.
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Monday, April 25, 2005 1:16 AM
                        Big Smile [:D] great work Lobbie,can you send some info about resin casting?i would like to try it out,thanks.Big Smile [:D]
                        airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 24, 2005 9:01 PM
                        Bob,
                        Nice progress so far.

                        Glen,
                        Excellent build, I agree Tamiya kits fall together most times.

                        On another note, I need to find the 48 AMT A20b/c Havoc or the P 70 version kit, for another reasignment to build another BD-7a Boston III similar in context to this model pictured: incidently this pictured model was built by me, as part of the RAAF contract and has a lot of resin parts fitted to it to convert the A20 b/c to a DB-7a.
                        The model I have been asked to build [provided I can locate a kit], is to be replicated on a similar line to the PBY 5 Catalina, faded and chipped paintwork.



                        This is the resin conversion done by us to convert the A20 Havoc b/c into a DB-7a model


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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Saturday, April 23, 2005 2:31 PM
                        Glenn-Great job on the Wildcat. That's one I need to add to my 'to-do' list.

                        Bob

                         

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                        mississippivol
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
                        Posted by mississippivol on Saturday, April 23, 2005 10:21 AM
                        Hi Jason,

                        Yes, I did have a problem with the gear lining up. The instructions (yep, I read the directionsBlush [:I]) confused me and I put one of the cross pieces on too high up on the main gear which made the gear not want to go up far enough into the bay. I went back to the instructions and finally saw what happened, and when I fixed it, it slid right in. I think it was the piece that had the four beams on it that attached to the main gear.

                        Glenn F
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                        jay12472
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Pennsylvania
                        Posted by jay12472 on Saturday, April 23, 2005 5:19 AM
                        nice looking birds
                        Mississippivol did you have any problems getiing the landing gear to line up?
                        Jason
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:23 AM
                        Big Smile [:D] great looking bird,nice work.Big Smile [:D]
                        airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/
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                        mississippivol
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
                        Posted by mississippivol on Friday, April 22, 2005 11:20 PM
                        Whew! Finally got her done, almost. It's a Tamiya F4F in VMF-223 garb. I found a couple of pictures of this aircraft on a website showing 19 kills painted on the side. I don't have the kill markings yet, and will have to add some later when I come across some or make them myself. These Tamiya kits just fall together; it's unreal. I painted the wings, fuselage and tailplane before gluing them together the fit was so good.

                        Glenn F in Mississippi


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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Friday, April 22, 2005 8:42 PM
                        Hey all. Finally got started on the Monogram 1/48 Zero for this GB. This kit is circa 1962. Interior detail is nil. My goal is to use it for air brush practice (Paasche H on order-my first AB). So until it gets here and I've practiced on some paper first, this is 'bout as far as I'm going to get!

                        Bob

                         

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:51 AM
                        G'day Folk's,

                        Another of these totaly of subject builds, this is not the progress to date on the 32 scale Tamiya F-15c, I've only done the the intake and after burner ducts and painted so far the fuselage is a nut and bolt, for those interested their are 31 parts to assemble the afterburner. I've assembled to this stage to check allignment of parts, before dismantling and restatring the assembly sequence.
                        This build is for a Doctor, I just hope he does not get the F-16 in the same scale.


                        The paints used on this for the cockpit and the speed brake well, are from the Xtra Colour range, as Model Master Metalizers are used on the afterburner.
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:50 AM
                        Big Smile [:D] thanks Tanker,i agare the hands and faces should have a wash,but how do i make the wash ?,i dont want it to be to dark,any ideas guys?Big Smile [:D]
                        airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:28 PM
                        Okay finished the Corsair, now onto the undersea base. I try to post pics the Corsair, but I make no garuntees
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:57 PM
                        roy, the build is great in my opinion. you did a good job. i would agree with rebel on the face wash, though but that's about it.
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 11:00 PM
                        Big Smile [:D] Reb,thanks for the idea about the wash,i cant quite get the wash the way i want,.Lobbie thanks for your input,i will sure use your ideas on things,and jrs too,thanks guys.Big Smile [:D]
                        airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:43 PM
                        Roy,

                        Apart from myself I'm sure many would pass modelling tips or techniques, to help you, as I build mostly 'wingy thingy's' email mail me your questions and I'll pass on my hints to you. I'll get Junior [aka 150 man], to add his part to this also.

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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:43 PM
                        Looks good roy! One thing I want to suggest, give the figures a wash on their faces and hands.
                        John
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:58 PM
                        Big Smile [:D] Lobbie,thanks for the kind words,does anyone have ideas to make my modeling better?.i would to hear them,thanks.Big Smile [:D]
                        airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:09 AM
                        Roy,

                        Excellent work on the DUKW / 105.

                        Jason,

                        The 48 Tamiya P 51b Mustang, is the base kit with the Scale Magic resin seat fitted and alluminium screens for the intake and main radiator.

                        ddayomaha,

                        No problem with me on the 'Downed Corsair dio',
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Monday, April 18, 2005 10:57 PM
                        Big Smile [:D]thanks Jay.Big Smile [:D]
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