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Battle of Midway Aircraft Group Build

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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:25 PM
Darren, actually where I got the name from was in "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" with Jack Nicholson.. although she was not unattractive... the name conjures up images of the overweight, old style nursing hat... bulges peaking out of her uniform type nurse though... having worked as a Respiratory Therapist for many years I ran into many of these dinosaurs.... hence the name stuck in real life (we called them that behind their backs)

but your analogy is good too... really fits! I had almost forgot about that movie!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by darson on Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:09 PM
Daniel,

I don't know about anybody else, but when I think of Kremps I think of the character of Head Nurse Charlotte Diesel that Cloris Leachman played in the Mel Brooks movie High Anxiety.

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Hey Tom, you'd better not say nasty things about Charlie, bad things happen when people aren't nice to him Evil [}:)]Tongue [:P]

Cheers
Darren
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:04 PM
LOL!!! see? obviously you missed the Battle of Britain GB... Nurse Kremps **WAS** the lead nurse at Happy Acres Rest Facility where Jules, Sean and myself reside... (Darren sometimes visits with his sock puppet "Charles the Neurotic")

haha you would have to read the posts to understand... But Kremps holds a special place in our heart.. all 300 pounds of her! she was fired when she was caught skimming money from the recreation fund and is now working the street and doing what she can to earn money....

Jules.... Sean.... I think this is a perfect introduction to her for this GB.. we may have to resume!!! hahah Clown [:o)]


Don't worry Daniel.. she is a product of our demented minds... (which is how we ended up at Happy Acres to begin with!!!) Well.. Tweety had his little "Future" monkey on his back but I heard he is clean now!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by pingtang on Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:06 PM
Who is this Kremps character anyway? I've heard Tom talking about Kremps for a while and need filling in on this character.

From what I've picked up so far, she is a 300 pound East german ex-wrestler who likes to build some very obscure aircraft. She is currently in rehab to get off windex (?!!), and is a bit of a bear.

Am I close?
-Daniel
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:29 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900

Gotcha Thad... I think I lost my memory sometimes... then other times I know I did...


Awww Tom you can blame your memory but we all know that your a little preoccupied with that 300 pound East German ex wrestler Madam KrempTongue [:P]Big Smile [:D]Wink [;)]
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:53 AM
Gotcha Thad... I think I lost my memory sometimes... then other times I know I did...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by darson on Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:49 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang

Darren Sorry I couldn't help with those decals mate. I did find some old Tamiya decals that could be made into a midway wildcat, but they are typical Tamiya quality (ie. absolute shite). I could maybe put something together for you if you hadn't already ordered your decals.


Daniel thanks for the offer but I've already placed the order. I'm in the same boat as you with the Tamiya kit decals Dead [xx(]. Oh and BTW I'll post off those Spitfire decals on Monday.

Cheers
Darren
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Posted by KINGTHAD on Saturday, February 19, 2005 9:35 PM
Tom I dont seem to be on the list . I think I will do a SBD-2
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Posted by pingtang on Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:46 PM
Darren Sorry I couldn't help with those decals mate. I did find some old Tamiya decals that could be made into a midway wildcat, but they are typical Tamiya quality (ie. absolute shite). I could maybe put something together for you if you hadn't already ordered your decals.
-Daniel
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Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:57 PM
Ask Foster7155 to take a pic of his collection and send it to your mom... mine is only about 30 or so, so it would not have the desired effect! Blackwolf is another one to compare what a "lot" of kits really looks like! haha

kidding... oh well hope you peek in from time to time and chat with us... Nurse Kremps was asking about you again last night at the Bingo Hall... says she might join the build with a FG46-9U Grumman Gnu Confused [%-)] she swears it flew then... got to take her word for it I guess...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Tankmaster7 on Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:37 PM
Tom, I'd love to join, but I am WAY overcommitted to GB's right now. Not to mention the other kits in my stash. My mom has put a buying embargo on me because I have so many (in her opinion anyway- I really only have 7).
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Posted by darson on Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:33 PM
Well I went on the Great Models this morning and placed my order for the GB Big Smile [:D]
I'm picking up the Aeromaster Wildcat Collection Pt2 which features an aircraft from VF-8 on the Hornet, which is the one I'll do. I really didn't want to buy decals for this build as these birds have fairly generic schemes. But I couldn't make up an accurate set from spares so oh well. I'm also grabbing the Ultracast Wildcat seat (with shoulder harness) and some Testors Blue Grey.

Jules, as usual the badge looks just fine, nice work.

Cheers
Darren
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Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:06 AM
that's my dyslexic fingers again Daniel! Wink [;)]
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by pingtang on Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:46 AM
I'll start using the badge then aswell.

Tom You've got my info right, except I'm building an SBD-3 not and SDB-3.Smile [:)]
-Daniel
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Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:28 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Ok so if everyone likes the badge i'm gonna go ahead and stick it in my sigThumbs Up [tup]


you didn't say pretty please first... I am the GROUP MASTER... and you must respect my authority!!!

errr.... sorry old Kremps was on the keyboard again Jules.... finally wrestled it away... she's doing outpatient rehab to get off the windex but she's a bear when she comes home!!!

that'd be fine... really an impressive looking badge and that windows paint program!!! wow!

If everyone could check the list on the first page for me... wanna make sure I have everyone down and the right aircraft beside their name...

gonna start another group build today so once I get done with that I should have what I am going to build and get to it!!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:29 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang

That badge looks good Jules. I think that would be fine, but we'll wait for official acceptance from Tom. Great work.

Question..... What programs do you use to do your badges? They always look great.

Daniel, Mate i use the paint program which is a part of windows XP for the borders and i use Photo Impressions 3 which i downloaded from the web for text and graphics.....
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:20 AM
Ok so if everyone likes the badge i'm gonna go ahead and stick it in my sigThumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by bobbaily on Friday, February 18, 2005 9:29 AM
Jules-love the badge.

Mike-very nice plane. Given the fact that it is a Monogram kit, makes it evident that you''re doing a great job.

Bob

 

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Posted by KINGTHAD on Friday, February 18, 2005 8:40 AM
Tom, Thanks for the heads up. I have put together a couple of the AM mustangs before and they were great.

Mike, your bird is looking great

Jules, I like the look of the badge

Thad


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Posted by pmm736 on Friday, February 18, 2005 7:38 AM
The badge looks good to me.
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Posted by tho9900 on Friday, February 18, 2005 7:06 AM
Looks good Jeeves! I guess I didn't read far enough up when I was posting this morning.. somehow I love those two toned USN schemes better than late war schemes.. looks real good!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Jeeves on Friday, February 18, 2005 6:57 AM
Thanks guys! It is the Monogram Devastator- 1:48 scale....I had some major gaps in the wing roots that required some styrene-- but with my fix and the wing walks you can't tell they were there. My official build for this GB is still the SBD-3 but I will keep you updated on this one!

Oh- and j.s.-- love the badge! Gotta have the Dauntless in there Wink [;)]
Mike
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Posted by tho9900 on Friday, February 18, 2005 6:46 AM
Well Jules, I hate to say it... but it looks wondeful like always! I was thinking more on the lines of a picture of Kremps all laced up in flight gear (she flew in the PTO as well) but this will do! Wink [;)]

Well gotta run.... time to go to work!!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by pingtang on Friday, February 18, 2005 4:38 AM
That badge looks good Jules. I think that would be fine, but we'll wait for official acceptance from Tom. Great work.

Question..... What programs do you use to do your badges? They always look great.
-Daniel
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 18, 2005 3:51 AM
Thad Sweet kit, from what i hear he A M kits are an awesome builing experience, can't wait to get my hands on that AvengerThumbs Up [tup]
BTW the price tag for the AM Avenger in Aussie dollars is $69:95......

Jeeves I like the look of that Devastator mate,keep us posted on that one will yaThumbs Up [tup]...............

OK Fellas i've been busy badge building "Again" and here is what i've come up for so far..............

Comments please.........................Do i have to continue making badges or is this one OKQuestion [?]

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Posted by pingtang on Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:16 PM
Looks good mate. It is very fitting for this group build. What kit is that? Thanks for sharing.
-Daniel
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Posted by Jeeves on Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:07 PM
While not my official plane for this build, it does fit in so I'd like to post my progress pics-- I am building George Gay's TBD-1 for the Pacific Build...and have just gotten to the decal stage-- I have still a ways to go- but here it is:




Thanks for looking!
Mike
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Posted by pingtang on Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:00 PM
Sounds good mate. As soon as I finish my Tomahawk for the Aussie GB, I'll be into my SBD. Can't wait.
-Daniel
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Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, February 17, 2005 7:36 PM
Daniel... actually it fit together pretty good. The only areas I had problems is the wing assembly didn't want to mate up tightly at the trailing edge when I attached it to the fuselage, had to fiddle a bit to get it in.

That and it's a bit tricky on the dash-2 getting the landing gear to sit right. a little trimming and the sort gets it right in the spot though. I didn't have that problem with the gear on either of my dash-5's, so I am thinking they changed something on it by time they got to that mold?

other than that the body fits together great... if you use Ambroids or Tenax and the link you can get the fuselage where you'll have very minimal sanding... (going an inch at a time and aligning the sides as you go)

The only other part is my problem as I have rather large hands... it was a bit hard to get the gunners seat in, took me about 3 or 4 tries till I got close enough to the slots to nudge it in with a toothpick...

but the fact that the entire rest of the kit goes together so well is good enough to make you forget all the rest!!!!!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by pingtang on Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:32 PM
For all you fellas that have built a few of these Dauntlesses, is there any fit problems with the kit at all? I'd be surprised if there wasn't (no kit fits perfectly). I'm certainly looking forward to building mine (plus the other ones I'll buy later onWink [;)].
-Daniel
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