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                        Battle of Midway Aircraft Group Build

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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 7:31 PM
                        Looking good Chris! you're plugging along!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        PanzerWulff
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 10:49 AM
                        ok i finally have a couple of picsParty [party]Party [party]Party [party]


                        i do have pics of the overall aircraft but i need to resize them BTW this is before seam cleanup
                        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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                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Sunday, October 2, 2005 11:53 PM
                        hi all well photobucket let me down my comp wont upload more delay on my pics grrrrr will try again tomorrow
                        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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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 2, 2005 11:46 PM
                        Tom thanks for the heads upThumbs Up [tup]Hmmm ya'Know a "Usual Suspects" discussion may not be that bad of an ideaThumbs Up [tup]

                        Hey my Old Man went to the library sale to pick up some cheap books and he gave me one called the Octopus Encyclopdea of Aircraft which was printed in 1980 and it's all wrong, they have a Profile of a Do 217 and the captions says it's a JU88 also a profile of a Bristol fighter captioned as Airco DH 9 as well as a brewster Buffalo captioned as a CAC Boomerang it also says that it's an Australian Boomerang but it's clearly a RAF Buffalo........Who researches these books............
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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 2, 2005 7:50 PM
                        Bob - actually that is a great idea... it would be like a constant GB over the subjects we like at a leisurely pace.. let's face it, mostly we just talk in the usual subject GB's anyway!!! Wink [;)] hmmm... maybe instead of Pacific Modelers, just a Usual Subjects discussion? hahaha
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 2, 2005 7:45 PM
                        Jules - just remember the large end goes aft... (pointy bullet shaped piece) even though your mind wants to point it to the fore...



                        that's the piece that goes to the back... I think the instructions don't list it real clear...


                        ---edit---

                        ACK!!! with it that close up I just saw how much gap there is on the forward windscreen to the fuselage... gonna have to be more careful!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        bobbaily
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                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Sunday, October 2, 2005 7:45 PM
                        Tom & Jules-I concur with the thought of making it a GMD. I'm assuming that we would discuss, build (if we want) & display (if we do). Would allow a lot more flexibility as far as the topic of the builds and allow me to 'clean up' my stash. With the upcoming Battle for Germany, Atlantic & Carrier GB's in '06, I'm finding my self becoming overcommitted. All are interesting builds with good builders. Hard to say "no".

                        Bob

                         

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 2, 2005 7:06 PM
                        Well i'll learn from your mistakes with the udercarriage fellas, I'll double double check when i put it inThumbs Up [tup]

                        Tom I like the idea of moving it over to the GMD because it is going to be more of a discussion group rather than a GB............
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                        tho9900
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                        • 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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                        bobbaily
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                        • 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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                        • 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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                        Anonymous
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                        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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                        bobbaily
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                          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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                        PanzerWulff
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                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:39 AM
                        Panzer likes Panzer likes beauty of a badge julesThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]
                        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 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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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:34 AM
                        How about this for a TagQuestion [?]

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                        Anonymous
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                        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 armourThumbs 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 itEvil [}:)]Big Smile [:D]
                        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 PacificThumbs Up [tup]
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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 guessTongue [: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 Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:22 AM
                        Well i'm glad you fellas like my ideaThumbs 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 OkQuestion [?]

                        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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                        pingtang
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                          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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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          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
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                        • 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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                        PanzerWulff
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Monday, September 26, 2005 6:26 PM
                        sorry 1 Sign - With Stupid [#wstupid]Question [?] 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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                        PanzerWulff
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                          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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                        Jeeves
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                          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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                        pingtang
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                        • 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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                        darson
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                          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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                        bobbaily
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                          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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