Battle of Midway Aircraft Group Build

bobbaily

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November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 8:06 PM

Chris-congrats on the contest win! Look forward to seeing you over in the Battle for Germany GB. I would like to do a piece of armor for that one also. Will need to do some research/get some help on which of the Tiger/Panther kits will fit the 1945 time constraint OOB. Of course, theres always the Tamiya Marder III.

Tom-what part of South East Texas do you hail from and is Hurricane Rita going to be a threat? Hope you are far enough inland for it not to be.

Bob

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:08 AM

hmm basically in the last months of the war the germans threw in everything they had but king tigers ,assault guns ( late jagdpanthers and yup marders&what stug's were left) halftracks like what im doing and im not sure if they had many panzer IV's left but they were scraping the bottom of the barrel at the time and i'm not too sure what panthers were around let me hit the books and see if i can help out Wink [;)]

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 4:55 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by bobbaily

Tom-what part of South East Texas do you hail from and is Hurricane Rita going to be a threat? Hope you are far enough inland for it not to be.

Yeah Tom do you live anywhere near Big Bend National Park Question [?]

Chris I'm sorry to hear of your loss, Your Great Uncle sounds like he had one hell of an interesting life......

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:19 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang

It took me all day, but I finally got around to posting some pics. Paint is mostly Gunze, the top-side colour is a custom mix (or home brew if you like ). I built the thing pretty much out of the box except the engine wiring and the little PE gun sight on top of the MG. The decals were the ones that came with the kit, I just deleted the red dots and rudder stripes. I figured there had to be a S-12 that fought at midway (either from VS-5, VS-6 or VS-3). Most of the weathering was done with pastels, the salt effect didn't really turn out too visible. The only place it can still be seen is on the upper flaps and elevators. Enough talking, here's the pics:

Hope you like it. I'll have to build another one of these kits one day, they are very nice.
I'm gonna enter it in a comp tomorrow, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes. Might pick up a cheap kit or two as well.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:30 PM

Yeah Mvricci, Daniel did one hell of a job with that SBD eh Thumbs Up [tup]

Tamiya Decals Evil [}:)]

I hate them, i should have known better than to use them, for the life of me i can't get the buggers to settle into the panel lines, honestly they are like vinyl, I hit them with solvent until they started to go funny and i've cut them with the knife down the panel lines but they still look a little crappy and its too late to change them cause the future is on, The wash just doesn't want to stay in the lines, Hmmm maybe i'll start painting national markings on in future, eduard do masks for Japanese and US markings.....

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:58 PM

Almost finished Just a couple more days.....
I'm a little dissapointed with the red spot decals on the wings but the rest of the build has been excellent, all i need to do now is flat clear add some pastel weathering, not much cause i kinda like the clean look on it and then add the undercarriage and a final coat of flat to finish..........
I don't know when i'll have some pics cause my camera is stuffed but i'll organise some pics with my sister and her 5 pix camera this week...........

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pingtang

Member since
April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:59 PM

Thanks for dragging that back again mvricci. Don't know what you meant by it, but I hope you liked my build.

Jules - Sounds like you're having fun mate. I too am a hater of Tamiya decals. They are usually way too thick and are impossible to hide the clear film under a flat coat. Looking forward to seeing your build.
BTW, thanks for those kind words on my SBD. Thumbs Up [tup]

-Daniel

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 26, 2005 2:47 AM

Yeah Pingy I think thats the last time i use Tamiya decals, Eagle strike and aeromaster are gonna be the norm from now on i think............
IYHO what Gunze colours do you reckon would be the best for a Wildcat from the Pearl harbour era Question [?]

Tom, I had an Epiphany today at work, Why don't we(after all the Midway builds are done) rename this thread into something like the Pacific Model builders and keep it going, it will be kinda like the League of extraordinary modelers but we concentrate on Pacific builds, anything we build whether for another GB or not we talk about here......
I can come up with another Badge which can include a link to a photobucket album that shows all our pacific builds.....
I personally have about 2 years of pacific builds in the stash such as Raaf Spits and P-40's Hellcats and an Avenger the list just goes on........
What say you Gentlemen Question [?]

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Monday, September 26, 2005 7:11 AM

Jules-will your Pacific build include the China-Burma-India theater? I have two builds awaiting in the stash for that one....

Bob

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Monday, September 26, 2005 7:25 AM

Jules that is a superb idea I've got a whole bunch of RAAF, US & Japanese aircraft that would suit the bill.

Oh yeah I would vote for a yes on Bob's idea to include the China-Burma-India theater, lots of good possibilities there.

Darren

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pingtang

Member since
April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Monday, September 26, 2005 7:30 AM

You are a genius Jules. The other day, I was thinking about the same sort of thing. I build alot of aircraft from the PTO, so it would work nicely. It would be good to open this thread up for more than midway stuff. Good idea. Thumbs Up [tup]

-Daniel

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Monday, September 26, 2005 11:24 AM

Guess I am with you Jules Wink [;)]

I am in the same boat-- a pair of Avengers, 3-4 more Dauntlesses, a Hellcat and Wildcat, Corsair...

I have actually just started a Helldiver for a colleague of mine who's grandfather was a rear gunner on one in the war.

Mike

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PanzerWulff

Member since
November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Monday, September 26, 2005 6:22 PM

ahhhh the Curtiss SB2C Hlldiver or the Sonova Censored [censored]

2nd Class as my uncle kickie called it he said the guys he knew when they got them the first thing they wanted was THEIR DAUNTLES'S BACK lol but i like them i like big BEEFY mean lookin aircraft

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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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Monday, September 26, 2005 6:26 PM

sorry 1

anyone know which carrier was known as the Big E? was it the essex or the enterprise??? Dunce [D)]

i should know this but i dont

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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pingtang

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April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Monday, September 26, 2005 7:22 PM

That would be the Enterprise my good man. Thumbs Up [tup]

-Daniel

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tho9900

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July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Monday, September 26, 2005 7:52 PM

Sorry I've been absent guys... had a date with a real @#$ named Rita and just got myself all dusted off here... (kinda) still too hot in the modeling room to work, but I am thinking of buying another small AC just for that...

Jules... Sounds good to me... kinda like a never ending GB of sorts... I just imagine how many posts we'd make in a year!!!

Well all gonna go because I am tired... will fill you in on the details of what a hurricane sounds like on the inside in the morning... (kinda like Kremps when she lets out a belch after supper but worse)

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

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pingtang

Member since
April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Monday, September 26, 2005 9:32 PM

Good to here everythings alright Tom. Hope you can get back to modelling soon. Thumbs Up [tup]

-Daniel

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:22 AM

Well i'm glad you fellas like my idea Thumbs Up [tup]

So anything Pacific theater Burma and all that on a neverending type of thread...........
So What are we gonna call ourselves, Pacific Model Builders Sound Ok Question [?]

BTW I'll try to organise a photobucket account that we all have access to and i think every build we do Pacific including the Midway builds should go in it, we should also have a link in our sigs to the account kinda like Joe's Pearl Harbour Models...

I'll be finishing a Zero for Midway a Wildcat for Pearl and an Aussie Spit VIII before the end of the year and next year i'll be doing another Hellcat and a P-40 a Claude and whatever else pops up....................

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:52 PM

I usually model ETO stuff ( mostly german armor as if ya couldn't guess Tongue [:P]

) but have been doing a lot of PTO stuff lately hmmmm i'll have to look at japanese armor hmm anyone of you guys down under know what the aussies had for armor?

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:07 AM

Jeez Chris now your pushing it, I'm not much of an armour buff but i do know that the Aussies used The British Matilda II in the Pacific but i think they had different tracks....
Darren will probably know more about Aussie armour in the Pacific Thumbs Up [tup]

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:26 AM

HEH HEH i LOVE the obscure the weird and unusual I've mentioned some things at my LHS that the owner who is a major guy in the local modeling club asks me "What the HE double hockeysticks is THAT?????" such as the M51 Ontos or the XP-67, AH-56 Cheyanne. hmmm matildas huh i'll have to look into it Evil [}:)]

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:22 AM

Here Chris i found this pic lurking around of an Aussie Matilda II operating in Borneo...........Hope you like dirty armour Thumbs Up [tup]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:34 AM

How about this for a Tag Question [?]

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pingtang

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April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:10 AM

I likes it mate. When are we gonna make the change from midway to pacific groups? And, are we gonna keep using the same thread?

-Daniel

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:39 AM

Panzer likes Panzer likes beauty of a badge jules Thumbs Up [tup]

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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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:29 PM

Jules-the badge looks GREAT! Looking forward to adding one (if not two) CBI planes to the collection.

btw-as far as a 'official' start date, the Pacific 60th Anniversery GB finishes up on Nov. 1, so anytime after that would/should be a good starting time. Or now....whatever.....

Bob

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:19 PM

The start dates are in Toms capable hands cause i think he has agreed to change this thread to Pacific Model Builders when he feels that Midway has run it's course......
I've almost finished my Zero just one more coat of flat to go so after that i'll be finishing my RAAF Spitfire MK VIII that operated out of Morotai and then my Wildcat.....

As far as the Tag goes i'm not going to resize it much when it eventually goes into my sig, i think i'd like it to be a large one thats why i have had my other Tags put into one gif image..............

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tho9900

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July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Friday, September 30, 2005 8:32 PM

well well well... what the Kremps has been going on here in my absence???? Wink [;)]

you fella's plotting behind my back again ::paranoid look::

I think out of deference to the Pacific Group Build we should hold off until it is over... and I was thinking if this is going to be more of a discussion thing and not an actual GB do yall think we should move it over to General Modeling Discussion? Just a thought... I'll go with group consensus though...

Gonna go, I am tired but plan to get some modeling in tomorrow... it's been over a week since I held styrene in my hands... Disapprove [V]

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

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Saturday, October 1, 2005 6:41 PM

Managed to 'gently' remove the landing gear assembly and turn it around as it should have been. Not the best of fits after all is said and done, however, I remember the experience for the next Wildcat.

Tried the BMF method for the canopy & it turned out quiet well. The raised ridges on the canopy helped though. Actually, did both last weekend, just can't seem to get motived to finish up. Tomorrow is out of the question also (a one day trip planned) and the rest of the week is full, so maybe next weekend. After that, going over to the F1 GB-build something shiney & not weather it!

Bob

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tho9900

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July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 2, 2005 8:17 AM

Bob - I share the pain... I did the same thing on my first Martlet... believe me... it won't happen again! haha

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

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