CLOSED Cold War Group Build- All Groups-May 1st-Dec 31st CLOSED

Okay. Lets call this one to an end. Yall did really good and once again I didn't finish. I had a major disaster with my MiG this week and I've put it into deep storage. I'll try and finish something else for this but it will be awhile due to  other commitments. The MiG was found Tuesday morning under a stack of books that my cat had evidently didn't want on the book shelf with her. It's repairable (maybe) but it's going to take some major work to get respectable looking.

VooDoo update.  

The silver one is lacking about 1 hour of work and the blue one needs about 3 more hours of work.  All I know is I can see light at the end!!!

Zok, tremendous work!! In more ways than one!

What a build! I am still doing the gaps on the F-106! I got myself a big bottle of gap filling super glue. I am going to need it!

 

Yeowtch!!!

No wonder Vietnam pilots calleds those things "Telephone Poles".   I never really hada  sense of their scale unitl I saw your awesome kit zokissima.   What an awesome build!!!!

 

 

 

Skar....  Those Voodoos are coming out awesome as well.   And dont worry We'll keep the 'yellow stripes' just between us friends.  ;)

O.K. I'm done with the Yellow stripes...Let us never speek of them again.  I still have alot to do just wanted to give yall an update.

 

Skarpotchi wrote:

zokissima------------> I dont usually use this word but...You did an AWSOME  job on this group build.  Your weathering and the addition of the ground work are just great, thanks for the show.

 

I quite agree with this statement. If only my work would turn out half as good I'd be happy.

lol, thanks for the kind words.

zokissima------------> I dont usually use this word but...You did an AWSOME  job on this group build.  Your weathering and the addition of the ground work are just great, thanks for the show.

Well, I'm all done. This one took forever, and the pics just came out crappy, but oh well:
All comments welcome:

A minor update for you. I've managed to deal with the fit issues I had with the wings and now they fit perfectly. Just polishing a few seams on the engine pods right now and I've applied some Future to all of the "glass"

QUOTE: Originally posted by cj95 jcheung5150....nice T-72. I think the olive drab looks pretty good on her and the weathering is spot on. Nice one.

thanks but to be honest, I wish I had used a desert scheme, I think the details of the tank would stand out better that way than with a OD base. But it was a pleasure to build and I definately will be building more Soviet tanks in the future!

jcheung5150....nice T-72.

I think the olive drab looks pretty good on her and the weathering is spot on.

Nice one.

Hi Everyone,
Thought I'd drop by. I haven't really got much further with my Lightning, but I still plan to get it done. It's all a question of balance really, a bit of this build, a bit of that one.
Cheers
Tony

I have the main airframe together now and now I am in the process of filling those horrid gaps and seams! Strip stock and putty are being used in quantity! I do not have a digital camera right now but I will use my standard 35mm and scan some photos soon. Great builds so far everyone!!!

Me again....
Well I fixed the one landing gear, weeeeeey. Now I have a painting issue. I can not paint over the bare metal 101, the chrome silver paint will not allow it. The yellow paint cracks and peels.... So, I need to sand the yellow residue off,re-paint the chrome silver, and make a decal of the yellow strips. Both 101's are going to have three yellow strips trimmed in green to show it's the squadron leaders 101. Both 101 will represent two planes and two different time frames in the 333rd FIS life, but both 101's will be the lead plane.
Anyways, thats the update for now.

jcheung5150-------------------> One of my favorite Tanks. You have done her up GREAT, the painting and weathering are outstanding.

Looks good jcheung5150. I'll post it in the finished section on the main page. I should have pics of my MiG by next weekend.

okay, for better or for worse, I'm done with my T-72. I wish I would have done it in a desert scheme instead of following Tamiya's instructions of using olive drab, but oh well. maybe some day I'll build another one. I must say, it was pretty easy build, no fit problems at all. oh, on the left side of the tank I stuck a toothpick to hold the tracks to the front wheel while the glue dries because the track link came apart.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Skarpotchi [I also just found out that I had a weak main landing gear, it broke clean off. Gonna have to reattached that soon, nothing alittle super glue wont fix.

I had the same problem on mine... one of the main legs kept collapsing and the thing sat crooked. Still haven't fixed it...

MarianLH-----------> Sounds like you got the right idea for the cockpit. I temporarily glue my canopy down with white Elmors Glue, just a few dots to keep it from blowing off. For the landing gear bays you could try tissue paper or tolet paper, but on my last few trys it has blown out during airbrushing.

zokissima------------> Thanks for the pix, shes looking great. That baby is gonna take up some serious counter space.

I just found out that I need to add three yellow strips trimmed in green on the top, middle back of the 2 F-101's, great yellow over a darker color. I also just found out that I had a weak main landing gear, it broke clean off. Gonna have to reattached that soon, nothing alittle super glue wont fix. The plan is to start decaling this weekend but dont hold your breath.

Zokissima: Love the progress pics. That sucker is going to look downright deadly when its done. Rmeind me to stay out of your plastic No-Fly zone.


bstrump DOH!! indeed. If I had a nickle for everytime I forgot to add nose weight to a project.

Now th first thing I do is draw a big "W" on the nose of the kit with a pencil before I even clip it off the sprue. Just as a reminder.
That 'W' has saved me twice already from my own stupidity.

QUOTE: Originally posted by I-beam I like the Victor Cj95. Looks pretty big even for 1/700. What kit is that? I know what you mean about "not many pieces". My 1/400 kilo had a big 8

The Victor is from the old DRAGON " Adversary" series of kits that usually included one Eastern and one Western Sub with a few scattered ASW helicopters and such.
This kit was the HMS Revenge vs. VICTOR III kit. (I have ot built the revenge yet.)

I actually have about 7 or 8 little 1/700 subs I need to put together. not much detail, but they sure are fun to push around the carpet while making little 'sonar' noises.

(Did I say that out loud?)

Hi everyone! Sounds like everybody is making progress, slowly but surely.
Zokissima, that is looking fantastic!
I'm still hammering away at the B-36. The rear end is finally where I want it now as I had to make corrections to it to represent the early configuration. Seams are pretty much cleaned up and am presently installing the engine pods on the wings and dealing with the fit of the wings to fuselage. Somehow, I managed to install the carry through box upside down(!) and that is causing some fit issues. Insted of busting open the fuselage and yanking it out, I decided to perform surgery on the box to straighten things out. It was at this point that I realized that I hadn't put any weight up front to keep this thing sitting nose down. So now I have to fill the bomb bay and close the doors to hide it all. Another seam to clean up. DOH!!!

My Su-15 now has a finished nose gear well, engine air ducts and exhausts, and (as of tonight) wings. The nose gear well was a really poor fit. I suppose moulding it in four pieces let them put more detail on the sides, but it took filler to close the gaps. The wing halves, in contrast, fit together really nicely. The wingtips and trailing edges are very thin, and there were some reinforcing tabs that had to be sanded off, which was a challenge. The left wingtip didn't come out unscathed.

I've held off doing the cockpit so far because I'm trying to work up the nerve to do something ambitious. The instrument panel is a flat piece with a decal, and I've seen FSM articles about adding depth by sandwiching the decal between layers of acetate and thin styrene with holes for the instruments. The instructions include a picture of the decal I can use as a guide for punching the holes. It sounds simple, but I've never attempted this before.

For those who have built aircraft before, how can I protect the cockpit and gear well paint jobs when I airbrush the model? I figure I can put cotton balls in the engines and intakes, but I don't think that would work on the gear wells. For the cockpit, I suppose I can temporarily glue the canopy closed...

EDIT: one other qurstion: from the reviews I've read, the Trumpeter kit's decals are terrible, and the only aftermarket sheet I've been able to find so far (the Begemot one, #48001) is for aircraft from 1990 or later. Does anyone know of some aftermarket decals for the Su-15TM in 1/48 that fit in the group build's pre-1989 timeframe?


M.

Here it is with some paint. I haven't had much time to work on it...
Sorry for the bad image quality:

QUOTE: Originally posted by ipms33206 An update: I am still around. Work has been hecktic and all.

Ditto, on both counts. Look for an update on the Su-15 within the next week or so.


M.

I-beam-----------------> Thanks for the kind reply.

Progress halted thanks to Rita. I need to unpack all my models and supplies, I did not want all my stuff blowing around East Texas. Lucky for me only a few downed tree limbs. I hope everyone else was just as lucky as I was.

An update: I am still around. Work has been hecktic and all. I have the upper fuselage on the F-106 done. I am not looking forward to the top and bottom going together then all the filling and sanding that will require. I will post something photowise as soon as I can.