Nightfighters

wow they sound great, cant wait to get started.

Kevin

So, I take it we have a GB here? The time frame sounds great and I have three possible choices for it. I have the Monogram 1/72 F-82F Twin Mustang w/ Superscale decals for the 52AWG at Mitchell AFB in 1948; the Hasegawa 1/48 F4U-5N w/ CAM decals for VMF(N)-513; and the Monogram 1/48 P-61.

found this build all the way on page 3. need to move it up.So if i coud get info from someone who has built a p61, what is the best kit out there and has the best detail.

Kevin

Hey stuka why a 1/72 insead of a 1/48 would it not be easyer to do the scratch built pit?
I am very much a rookie when it comes ti aircraft, and the p61 widow should be big and more fun to airbrush and get down and dirty by putting in hydraulic lines and wiring. sinse you are quite well versed on 1/72 scale I would like to hear from you. I always like to learn and sinse I am now hooked on aircraft, I can use all the help I can get.

Kevin

Yep sept 1st is a good start date for me, and just as a reminder to you all I'll be building Italeris 1/72 bf110G with probably a new scratchbuilt cockpit and some super detailing in the wheel wells etc!

Lets kick it up a lot. sept 1 is perfect Now the biggest question is what kit to build the p61. Who do you think has the best kit out there? and if there is an AM pit for it , or I might just go at a scratch built pit but that is why we all go into our planning stages.

Kevin

Hey all, this is a very interesting GB idea. I'm suprised that no-one has yet mentioned the F4U-5N Corsair nightfighter. I should have one coming in the mail today from spruebros. Man that thing just looks mean when it is wearing the USMC flat black paint job, red markings, and 5-inch rockets! I'd love to join you all in this, but I have way too much on my plate with already-started builds and college fall semester coming up. Good luck and post some pictures!

boogiebear and tho9900 I have found my kit It will be the famed P61 black widow. It will be an awsome build. Can't wait to get this started. let me know what you think.

Kevin

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/platinumhw/nfslogo.jpg this could be part of a cool badge for this GB. SOMETHING TO LOOK AT

Kevin - cool! I just saw the suggestion for that after you posted that... looking forward to seeing what you pick!

this GB interested me. but the rule i think stated that this build could be any night fighter that would not surpass the korean war so I will do a little research and see whats up.
tho9900 thanks for the info. it is much welcome.

I shall have a model in mind by tomorrow

Kevin

Kevin - yes they were used pre-Korea... in fact in researching a squadron that flew in the Battle of Britain, I found out they honed their night fighter tactics in WWI flying Sopwith Camels over enemy airfields at night waiting for one to take off... If I find the web page I will post it to you...

WWII was prolific with night fighters, hurricanes, spitfires, boulton-paul defiants, Bf110's, Ju88's, P-61's etc... etc.. etc.. if you want to know more or more modern aircraft let us know! We can list 100's I am sure, especially during and after WWII.

What era are YOU interested in modeling? that may help us list a few...

Hi I have been doing mostly auto for years. for some reason I find myself wanting to build airplanes. been working on my aircraft knowledge andhave started some spitfires and others. please if you could list some planes that are night fighters. And also I think it was stated before post korea, is this correct? sorry that I am not a aircraft junky yet but the way I am going it wont be long.

Kevin

Those dates are fine with me. I got a He 219 ready to be built.

Well if we can round up a few folks I guess we're a go. I guess we need to determine the ground rules and dates for the build. I'm thinking night fighters gave way to more modern all weather aircraft by the late 50's so maybe the end of the Korean War would be a good cutoff. Perhaps a 1 Sept. kickoff and a June '06 wrap up (in light of all the GB's in progress). What do you think?

Mike - sounds good! that would lend a bit if "permanency" to it.. here once the thread is off the first two pages it's as good as gone...

I would be interested in this build. I have some web space avialable where we could post pictures and comments on the completed models when we're finished and keep around for posterity. Having a site for the GB is the norm over at ARC and kind of sets it apart, especially when there are as many GB's going on as there are here. Any input?

-Mike

yeah I had forgotten about this one... Aug or so looks good for me still though.. I might be able to take the horns on this one if no one else does... I'll have to see how work shapes up before I commit though...

Time to bump it back up to the top again.

I would, but I'm running two builds already. Sorry.

A P-61 would be a good kit to do-from revell monogram

Well if it started late summer I would join if someone wanted to take this over! I just found a good paint combo for a night fighter color!

Nobody really knows whats going on as whoever started this group build hasn't been back since the first post!

I'm game on this build with a JU-88 and a Ta-154A.When will this build start and when will it end,this is the question.Digger

Is this GB idea still alive, and if so you guys need a GB Badge? I've got a Mosquito NF.II in the queue...


Fade to Black...

The thing about Airfix kits is that they need so much work and attention to turn them into a nice looking model.
I've got there Sunderland in my stash which Im getting ready to build , and that my freind is going to be a big project, I'm planning on sanding and rescribing all the panel lines which that alone will take several months of hard carefull labour to get done .
Then theres detailing the cockpit and bomb bay area (if you would call it that?) which will take months of precise building and large amounts of referance (if you were'nt using AM parts) , then you have to paint and weather the beast which would be another couple of weeks.
So all up a an airfix kit is a lot of work especially something of this caliber which is going to take me at least a year to build if not longer!

Are Airfix kits are really that bad? I built one kit, but, considering the fact that I'm really just a novice modeler, I thought I just messed it up.

stuka_69,

A few weeks ago my work table looked like a German a/c factory that was just bombed by the 8th AF, I had parts everywhere!
I could have had my Do 335B, Me 262, and Li P-13a finished last weekend but was busy working on the 1/32 Fw 190A.
The Do 335B just needs some light weathering and the landing gear added and a final flat clear coat and its done. I hope to have pics of it posted in the forum by next Sunday.
My other two models are also close to being finished and when they are my full attention will be on that big Fw 190, a fun kit with a few minor fit problems that I am not quite sure if they are my fault or the models.

If and when this GB gets going I decided my model will be the 1/72 scale Arado 240, it is a kit that I have had for years and this GB will be a good reason as any to get to work on it.

Matrixone

I know what you mean!
I've got three kits on my work bench at the moment which are all so close to finishing but I never quite have the time to do it , I've got Minicrafts 1/72 B24D which needs the landing gear , guns and clear parts glued on and she'll be finished , I also have a 1/72 typhoon which needs the same work done as my Liberator does , and I've got a Tiger 1 which needs it 's tracks and wheels and then it'll be finished.
You can see the pattern in all my models as I get closer to the end It starts to get tedious in away and I always get dragged into starting another model but hopefully I'll try to sit down and finish these all before I start another kit .......? I hope......?

tho9900,
I remember that Fujimi Bf 110 kit that I built years ago, it was painted and marked as a 3./ZG 26 aircraft with white painted spinners and nose.

I also am working on a number of models at the same time, the Tamiya Do 335B, Monogram Me 262, and Revell Li P-13a are nearly done the 1/32 scale Hasegawa Fw 190A-8 being built as an A-9 is about half finished. Also working on 1/48 scale kits of Verlinden Luftwaffe start carts and a Kettenkraftrad.
A few weeks ago I was also building the Tamiya Me 262, Hasegawa 1/32 scale Bf 109K, and 1/48 scale Bf 109G-14 but wisely put them aside when I realized I was not having fun, my modeling time was turning into a second full time job and little real progress was being on any of the models. From now on no more than two models at a time will be on the work bench.
That 1/32 scale Hasegawa Fw 190A-8 is so much fun to build that I only planned to dry fit a few parts when that kit arrived but one thing lead to another and I started building it. This is one of those kits that is you just can't put down after starting it.

Matrixone