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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Friday, January 21, 2005 7:12 PM

my question as well...

And no I wasn't going to call you strange tweety! At least they still let you go on the Happy Acres field trips! I'm confined to the compound during those events... something about when we went to the county fair last year and I got in the wreck in the bumper cars and cursed out the teenager who was running the ride... He didn't know those things have a governer on em and when you take it off ....VROOOOM.... not my fault!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Friday, January 21, 2005 7:25 PM

I have both Future and Superstride at home. Superstride has a milky look to it but applies and dries clear. Having used both, I can certainly say that both Future and Super Stride are exactly the same once on the model. I fact of kind of prefer Super stride over Future.

I went and checked Pledge out once Swanny had done his research and a whiff of the stuff put me off for ever. Incidently, Steve Evans of Hawkeye has announced he is importing Future soon.

cheers

Mike

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 21, 2005 8:46 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bandha Boy

What's 'car bog'?

Car-Bog is Automotive Putty.

It can be either polyester putty (similar to Tamiya putty) which cures by a solvent reaction. Must build this up in layers with sufficient curing time. Can shrink slightly too when curing.
The second is my favourite, 2 Part Putty. That is a putty and catalyst. This cures by a chemical reaction induced by the catalyst. Curing is very rapid and the product is sandable in 10mins, and cured in 1/2 hr to an hour. If you look at the BA Falcon in thread in my signature, part of the rear end is sculpted with 2 Part Putty.

Cheers
Nenad

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:02 AM

This is probably too late for this round, but I see that Classic Airframes is releasing a 1/48 Vampire, which looks fairly tasty:
http://kits.kitreview.com/vampirefb5previewbg_1.htm

Not sure if the RAAF used the FB.5 but it's nice to have a decent kit when we have lots of real samples in museums around the country.

Carl

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South Aussie

Member since
August 2003
From: South Australia

Posted by South Aussie on Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:34 AM

Bandha Boy; the RAAF did use the FB.5.

For all those interested if you check the following website has information on all aircraft that were used by the RAAF, RAN and Australian Army.

http://www.adf-serials.com

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.

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cossack

Member since
April 2004
From: Sydney

Posted by cossack on Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:43 AM

Tweety - by "coaxing" I assume you mean almost brushing the wash into the lines?? Swanny's guide suggests with Future the wash will naturally just flow into the lines.

Mmmmm .... A Vampire??? One of my earliest memories as a kid was as the RNZAF did a flyover of NZ with their last Vampires. NObody had heard of noise pollution back then Big Smile [:D]

!! Might have to keep my eye open for that kit when its released. Maybe a candidate for the ANZAC builds??? Just have to find some RNZAF decals to make it truly complete.

Paul

http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af53/raiderpilot/smprop_gb.jpg

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:36 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

Jules
When I joined the fuse and other resin parts on the Sabre, after the CA had cured, I filled the join on the inside with a decent amount of car bog.
I always put a brace of some sort across any large join anyways, mostly fuselages, I just don't trust a join that goes the length of anything.
Call me strange (go on Tom, I know you want too!) but the Sabre really needed some bulk, which was good seeing as I dropped it once, and didn't damage it too much.

Thanks for the tip Tweets Big Smile [:D]

I think i'll add a couple of braces to the inner join in the fues to beef it up a little, and i might use the 2 part bog to fill the seams along the fues and wing joins Cool [8D]

For some reason i'm really looking forward to building this thing, i guess thats why i'm here at Happy Acre's Tongue [:P]

Tom the bumper car thing was only half of it.....................Remember what you put in the fairy floss machine Evil [}:)]

............Ya Know not everybody likes Bourben Flavoured fairy floss[:0]Thats why the Warden........Errr....... i mean Head Phychiatrist has confined you to the compound Wink [;)]

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:14 AM

Jules: the fairy floss thing was YOUR idea if you remember right... and so was the sausage on a stick idea you had... good thing we didn't go through with it! We'd have the health dept down on us in a snap!

For those asking about the nose art for the SBD I posted awhile back (RNZAF markings) here is a set from Aeromaster covering several plane types... it has 4 SBD markings in it, all with nose art but not the stomach with the liqour one...

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/amddecals.pl?scale=48&setid=10&dbs=aeromaster&pgs=7&currpg=1&dclimg=sp4810

It's a bit expensive ($18.50 US) but has markings for about 10 to 12 AC I am guessing... PBY's, P-40's, F4U's etc... I bet if several of you found things you wanted to build in there you could split the price on it...

I KNOW I saw the stomach one somewhere, let me go check Red Roo and a few others... it just slipped me where I saw it...

---edit---

Jules, we call it Cotton Candy here... I think I like Fairy Floss better! Would appeal to the kids imagination as their teeth are rotted out by it! Wink [;)]

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:29 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by cossack

Tweety - by "coaxing" I assume you mean almost brushing the wash into the lines?? Swanny's guide suggests with Future the wash will naturally just flow into the lines

For a wash that just zooms into panel lines, use lighter fluid as a thinner - it's magic. Artist oils will dry in no time with this stuff & you can go straight on to whatever's next.

Carl

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harvs73

Member since
March 2003
From: Melbourne, Victoria

Posted by harvs73 on Saturday, January 22, 2005 4:15 PM

Tom, I have been wanting that sheet myself so I can make a RNZAF Avenger. Unfortunately it is unavailable and those that do have them won't part with them. Sad [:(]

Dave Harvey

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, January 22, 2005 7:00 PM

harvs, yeah I noticed it was not available after I posted that... that's a real shame... maybe we need to all email eagle strike or aeromaster and tell them we want it back!!!! would have been nice to have around!

Well no modeling done today.... went and picked up a dog... it's a bassett hound and as of yet it has no name.. maybe yall could suggest something...

I was really stuck on it... my wife thought it horrible to suggest you all should name him... I think it a great idea! (as long as Sean doesn't poke his nose in here... who knows what he'd come up with???? Wink [;)]

)

Maybe Bassett Mk. III or something to go with the modeling thing.. ?? naww... the missus would beat me! Black Eye [B)]

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:14 PM

Bluey

(You have been declared an honourary Aussie so we'll make the dog an honourary Blue heeler)

Carl

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:05 PM

hmmm maybe Dingo??? I already have a half Blue Heeler... (half Blue Heeler, half "yellow dog the jumped over the fence so I couldnt identify him" haha..

he is a good one though.. definitely a Daddies boy....within 15 minutes of getting him home he was folowing me around like I was his lord and master.... of course this has the missus in a bit of a tiff....

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:26 PM

QUOTE: maybe we need to all email eagle strike or aeromaster and tell them we want it back!!!! would have been nice to have around!

I've already asked them the question when I ordered the 1/72 set , they advised me that they will redo them but not in that format ..

cheers mike

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South Aussie

Member since
August 2003
From: South Australia

Posted by South Aussie on Sunday, January 23, 2005 3:19 AM

3 Days to go

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:15 AM

This HiPlanes kit of mine has a stack of white metal, which I've never used before. Any tips on prepping or painting the stuff?

Carl

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nicholma

Member since
September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:57 AM

Much the same. I use a number of different shaped needle files then wet and dry to get a good finish. Any surface hollows or holes I fill with Tamiya putty or similar. I always prime with an automotive primer (Duplicolour) before adding the top coat.

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:51 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bandha Boy

This HiPlanes kit of mine has a stack of white metal, which I've never used before. Any tips on prepping or painting the stuff?

Sorry Carl Sad [:(]

I've never used it either, the Sabre from Highplanes is a blob of resin Smile [:)]

Tom call him Marty...........after Martlett Thumbs Up [tup]

and OK i admit it the Bourbrn in the Fairy Floss /Cotton candy was my idea, but don't try and blame me for hooking up the Happy Gas lines to the A/C system, cause that was your idea i just helped with the connections Thumbs Up [tup]

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:10 AM

Jules, too late I already came up with a name for him before I read this but that is a sharp one! In fact if I can convince the wife maybe it could be changed... I saw it in the BoB GB but after I've thought about it a bit it is kind of sticking!

Sean had the bright idea about the gas in the AC... he's always thinking of things to get us in trouble... I suppose maybe he was the one who put the foam bits in the popcorn bin as well...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 24, 2005 12:14 AM

Hey TOM 6 more posts and you'll be getting that 5th Star Thumbs Up [tup]

Tweety Mate, where do you get your BMF from, my Senile old man thought that my sheet was a scrap piece of Al Foil and chucked it out Banged Head [banghead]

Snowy Mtn Models don't have anymore and don't know when they will get some in so i'm gonna have to find another supplier............

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South Aussie

Member since
August 2003
From: South Australia

Posted by South Aussie on Monday, January 24, 2005 3:19 AM

Ready !!!!!
2 Days to Go

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.

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South Aussie

Member since
August 2003
From: South Australia

Posted by South Aussie on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:13 AM

Get Set !!!!

1 Day to Go.

Please check the list to ensure that details are correct. Let me know if any amendments or additions are required.

Group Build Members
Madmike - Spitfire
tho9000 - PV1-Venture
j.s.harrison - CAC Sabre 76 SQN
darson - 1/48 Metor F mk 8 early
nicholma - 43rd Scale Grice Commodore
................Morris L34
mgbriggs - 1/72 P-40N warhark
Bandha Boy - BAE Hawk 127
pingtang - Ran A4 Sky hawk
tweety 1 - Bell 47a Helicopter
Petbat - Aussie Artillery at El Alamein Dio
S3053396 -
Harvs 73 - Mk 1c Beaufighter & PR 16 Mosquito.
Michael100Baker - M113A1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
Nenad - BAe Hawk 100 Trainer & BA Falcon
South Aussie - 1/48 Hudson Mk IV

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:49 AM

Looks good south aussie .

cheers mike

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:10 AM

I still have to get a Spitfire MkVIII kit, I will keep you posted on the outcome!

cheers

Mike

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:53 AM

Mine's a BAE Hawk 127, which I just did a dry build on (hey, it's after midnight, ok!).

From that I can tell you that my schedule will be (sorry, but I'm a Project Manager by day, so I have to organise these things) Day1: clean up flash, day 2: clean up flash, day 3: clean up .... yes, more flash than a Marvel Comic. The Hiplanes kit is quite schizophrenic. The big plastic bits are very flashy & the fit quite poor. The small plastic bits & the resin seats are superb - different type & colour plastic from the structural items so I'm guessing that one or the other is outsourced. In fact there are 3 or 4 distinct types of plastic. The white metal is reasonable while the small amount of PE is without any detail (just the antennae's).

Carl

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 7:55 PM

GO!!!!

Happy Australia Day everybody!!!!

Darren

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:21 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bandha Boy

Mine's a BAE Hawk 127, which I just did a dry build on (hey, it's after midnight, ok!).

From that I can tell you that my schedule will be (sorry, but I'm a Project Manager by day, so I have to organise these things) Day1: clean up flash, day 2: clean up flash, day 3: clean up .... yes, more flash than a Marvel Comic. The Hiplanes kit is quite schizophrenic. The big plastic bits are very flashy & the fit quite poor. The small plastic bits & the resin seats are superb - different type & colour plastic from the structural items so I'm guessing that one or the other is outsourced. In fact there are 3 or 4 distinct types of plastic. The white metal is reasonable while the small amount of PE is without any detail (just the antennae's).

Hey Bandha, I just noticed in your post that you are a PM, me too. Are you in IT as well or some other industry?

I know what you mean about a build schedule, I have written down day one, day two etc, etc but I haven't come to the point of putting it in MS Project yet (yet), although I have thought about it once or twice (sad I know Big Smile [:D]

)

Also, I have that HIgh Planes kit as well and I know exactly what you mean, I think someone did a poll a while ago about their most intimidating kit in their stash, the High Planes Hawk tops my list easily.

Cheers
Darren

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:35 PM

hmmm learn something new every day... so Banda and Darson --- when's go live on this? Not a PM but a Team Lead in a past life.. (before going straight network admin) we did multi facility health care software upgrades and installs... been thinking of getting my IT Project + lately just to pad the resume a little bit... don't think the life of a PM is the life for me! I enjoy staying a bit more obscure and being the one in the back of the room with a good idea now and then...

I was puzzled by the "Go!" a minute ago then I remember it's already the 26th there... gonna wait to finish my martlet and my SBD (both anywhere from 50% to 80% done) should be able to start next weekend...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:53 PM

Darren, yep - I work for that big blue US company.m currently on the Qantas account.

The Hiplanes kit - I'm starting with those metal cockpit tubs - crikes! I figured there must have been some detailed plastic or decals to put over the side panels but nope, that's it. Pretty hard stuff to work up some instrumentation detail on & what's there is as rough as. Strange when the front instrument panels are so nicely done.

Oz Day today, of course, so I've had a trio of F/A-18's & then the Roulettes roaring past all day. Those Roulette birds have a very strange sound, kind of like a giant, high-revving harley, not at all like most small prop aircraft.

Carl

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nicholma

Member since
September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:16 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by darson

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bandha Boy

From that I can tell you that my schedule will be (sorry, but I'm a Project Manager by day, so I have to organise these things) Day1: clean up flash, day 2: clean up flash, day 3: clean up ....

Hey Bandha, I just noticed in your post that you are a PM, me too.

And me

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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