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Battle of Midway Aircraft Group Build

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Posted by pingtang on Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:13 PM
Looks good Bob. Looks like you did a good job of getting those decals to settle over all those rivets. Great work.
-Daniel
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Posted by PanzerWulff on Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:37 PM
hey guys how goes it? bob love how the wildcat is turning out my buff is doing pretty good i have the wing assembily and landing gear built and cleaned up,tomorrow i'll probably paint the landing gear. oh btw tom do you have a sample of what the japanese interior aotake looks like or where i could find a pic of it ? i need to know for my raiden im working on,i figured id ask if any of you guys know
ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:14 AM
Hey Tom Hows it goingQuestion [?]..............So what news of the Kremp.............
BTW i'm still going on the Zero but i did change from the Tamiya kit to the Hasegawa kit for toddler opening box reasons................Gimme Time and i'll get there in the endThumbs Up [tup]

Bob Your Wildcat looks greatThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]So how bad are those decalsQuestion [?] i'm planning to use the Tamiya decals for my Pearl harbour Wildcat which i started today...
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:34 AM
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is that who I think it is??? Hey Jules!!! good to see ya buddy... I haven't written ya off yet. Good to see ya again, hope ya get the computer fixed and back online sometime soon!!!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by pingtang on Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:13 AM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

What he said mate. Good to have ya back Jules.......How long you back for this time?

I'm gonna try to get my TBD-1 onto the bench soon. Haven't done any building for a "usual suspects" GB for a while. And it looks like this one is starting to take off again.

-Daniel
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:33 AM
oh yeah Panzer (got a first name you can share with us?) try www.j-aircraft.com , it should have everything you look for in a japanese craft andmore!!! Good luck!!!

Daniel, glad to get you back in the fold! I might even post the pics of my unfinished Zero today... I think I need to take a break from the P-26 I am doing as all I really have left is Alclad and rigging... need to get my second wind for it! It would be a perfect time to finish the Zero... and maybe I will go get another kit just because... this build does seem to be getting a new life...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:35 AM
Thanks for the welcome backs fellasThumbs Up [tup] My Pc is all fixed so i reckon i'm back for good or until the bloody computer breaks down again.......
Havn't done much building lately without you guys to share it with but i cut sprue on my Wildcat tonight and i'm looking forward to getting into it......
As far as this build goes i'm still sniffing at the parts and waiting for some Eduard masks for the Has Zero to show up but i'm happier with the look of the detail in the Has kit, much better than the 1970's tamiya molds..............
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Posted by pingtang on Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:09 AM
I might put a few other builds to one side for a few weeks so I can start this one. I'm getting bogged down on a few of these builds at the moment, so a new kit won't hurt. I can't remember the last time I finished something......
-Daniel
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:36 AM
Yeah Daniel i know what you mean, i have 3 kits that i should finish first all of them in the painting stage but after a 2 month break i feel like starting a fresh kit just to get my modeling "MOJO" back again, I'll give SMM a call tomorrow and see whats happening with my AM bits for this Zero if there's some sort of hold up i may have to mask the canopy with BMF just to get moving on it..............
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Posted by PanzerWulff on Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:21 AM
Sign - Oops [#oops] Heh heh um i forgot about my name lol just call me Chris. Hi jules nice meeting ya
ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:33 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by PanzerWulff

Sign - Oops [#oops] Heh heh um i forgot about my name lol just call me Chris. Hi jules nice meeting ya


hmmm sounds like he just made it up, what do yall think Jules and Daniel??? Wink [;)]

welcome Chris...!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by bobbaily on Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:22 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison
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Bob Your Wildcat looks greatThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]So how bad are those decalsQuestion [?] i'm planning to use the Tamiya decals for my Pearl harbour Wildcat which i started today...


Thanks and welcome back.

The Tamiya decals were difficult to position (for me). Some type of solvent or additive may have helped. Getting them to 'melt' was handled by the Solvaset, used very freely. Still ended up with a bubble or two on the side decals. The Tamiya decals were much thicker than any other that I have encountered before (Monogram & Accurate Min.)

Bob

 

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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:34 PM
Wow Bob! I guess when I commented on the Wildcat decals it was purely from line of sight... as you know mine have all been aftermarket Martlet decals but on the sheet they don't appear thick at all. The Zero I was doing for this build came with some decals rivaling vinyl sign lettering... seriously!

I stripped them off and used some decals I had laying around for a Pearl Harbor Zero...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by pingtang on Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:23 PM
Tamiya decals have always been a problem. Great kits, crap decals. And when they decide to get their decals printed by someone else (superscale for the beaufighter kit), they end up with in-accurate decals. The red RAF roundels were almost maroon .....Can't win.
-Daniel
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 1:44 AM
Thanks Bob the kit decals i have appaer to be a little thick on the paper but i'm pretty sure i can soften them into submissionThumbs Up [tup]

Here's a Question [?] about Zero's, or more to the point the seat, Was it perforated along the back rest cause the Hasegawa seat shows holes but i don't know whether or not to drill them out.........
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Posted by pingtang on Monday, August 22, 2005 3:26 AM
Yeah, those holes should be drilled out mate. The seats were perforated to make them lighter. Don't know how much weight it would have saved though......
-Daniel
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 6:29 PM
Thanks for that Daniel I'll drill em out today and then i'll paint on the interior colourThumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by tho9900 on Monday, August 22, 2005 8:18 PM
I had trouble finding a good ref on that too Jules... actually it was a dive company in New Guinea or somewhere like that, that had promotional pics for diving wrecks on their site, that I finally saw the entire seat!!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 9:04 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900

I had trouble finding a good ref on that too Jules...

I'm having a little trouble finding my pinvice and drill bitsAngry [:(!]Disapprove [V]Sad [:(] All the interior parts are ready for the interior green and i can't paint until i find my pinviceDead [xx(]
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Posted by tho9900 on Monday, August 22, 2005 9:11 PM
well..... if ya lived closer you could borrow that and my Trek hybrid bike... but... distance being distance...

Zero work done tonight on either this GB or the Pearl Harbor one... got home and was so tired I lay on the couch for an hour and suddenly realized it was 6:30 and I had done nothing... so I continued doing just that...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by pingtang on Monday, August 22, 2005 9:54 PM
Here's a good zero walkaround if anyone wants it. There's no pics of the seat, but there's good photos of the rest of the cockpit.

http://j-aircraft.com/walk/dave_pluth/blayd/blayd.htm

BTW, I'm getting close to finishing another build, so I could be starting my Devastator soon.
-Daniel
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Posted by PanzerWulff on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:14 PM
well my friend just isn't coming through so i probably wont be able to get pics of the cockpit before closing it up. everything else is done so unless i can get ahold of him this week no pics sorry maybe i can get a couple with the canopy off later guys
ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:45 AM
Thanks for the walkaround Daniel, that comes in very handyThumbs Up [tup]

Chris don't be to concerned about the cockpit pics mate there's no GB police around hereThumbs Up [tup]BTW where are you located in the worldQuestion [?]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:48 AM
Forgot to say that i found that little pinvice but i don't have the right sized drillbit, i'll go to the hardware and pick one up tommorow and then i can give the interior it's paintjob....
Oh and i cheated, express masks for the zero's canopy are on the way...........
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Posted by PanzerWulff on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:19 PM
I just updated my profile with my locale added. and i closed up the fuselage today gonna give it overnight to set before adding the wings tomorrow, not sure if i'm going to need much cleanup as the fit on this kit is beautiful. BTW i know there is no forum police but i really wanted to show you guys the cockpit it came out great and i am proud of the work. well i'm of to work on my Raiden and What if Corsair, Later All
ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:13 AM
Yeah Chris i know how you feel so much work goes into the Pit and it's a shame not to show it off, i'm kinda in the same boat my little 2 pix camera can't take a decent pic of cockpits and after some fool stole my work bike i can't afford to get another better camera at the moment............
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Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:23 PM
Well I closed the canopy on te Zero today... only to realize a scant moment later that I had forgotten to put on the antenna mast... so I pulled it back off....

back to the drawing board tomorrow...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:51 PM
Oh well Tom we all do these things from time to time, i guess it's just a part of the hobby ehThumbs Up [tup]

Progress.................
Well i spent a good 3 hours on the Zero last night, drilled out the holes in the seat and painted the interior colour, after that i painted and assembled the engine which came out real nice, then i test fitted it into the engine cowl and realised that after the prop is on i'm not going to see much of it at all........
Oh BTW i also painted and assembled the Wildcats engine at the same time seein as how i used pretty much the same colours, the Wildcat engine was a little more challenging but it came out just as nice and is just as hidden when in the cowl with the prop onThumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by pingtang on Friday, August 26, 2005 8:15 AM
Sounds like good progress lads, now lets see some pics......
-Daniel
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:05 PM
Yeah Yeah Daniel, hang on my batteries are chargingThumbs Up [tup]

So fellas what gives i found this GB on page 3Shock [:O] Is it me or are a lot of Gb's popping up all over the place and only getting a few posts before they whither away and dieQuestion [?]
I have to admit i look at a few of them and think What the Censored [censored]

EDIT::::::::::::My modelling gets better but my spelling gets worse.......
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