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                        Battle of Midway Aircraft Group Build

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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:22 AM
                        I thought the Mirror/mirror GB was a good idea too. I think there are just too many GB's on this forum now. I don't know about other people, but alot of the time I just look through the pages for the builds I'm interested in and don't even notice the rest. Makes it difficult for new builds to get going, but it doesn't mean it's a bad idea. Just keep bumping the build back up every now and then, and you might get a few more in.

                        Tom I thought this build was dead a while ago, but it just keeps coming back. Good thing too, I like the subject matter of this GB, and the company makes it even more enjoyable. By the time we're finished, I plan to have built every aircraft flown by the US for this GB. Wink [;)]
                        -Daniel
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:47 AM
                        Panzer - actually yours was original, I really thought of what would the Wildcat look like in IJN green with a blueblack cowl when I saw your GB, the Thunderbolt would be even better... it would remind me somewhat of a Frank or something I think...... I wouldn't give up... it took me about a month to get more than just the usual slobs suspects into this one.. I think all of us are getting into the hard parts of several GB's right now and don't have the energy to post much anywhere else...

                        That said, a build like this is unusual, most people want a firm end date for the build but this one seems to be flowing along and still attracting the occasional new person. I imagine at some point it will end... I just hate to because it seems like most of us here take a n inkling to the type of aircraft we are doing here.
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        PanzerWulff
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Saturday, August 27, 2005 10:34 PM
                        i like this gb the japanese aircraft and the A-10 build im in but i guess my mirror / mirror idea didn't go over well i only have 2 positive joins an 2 possibles so i guess it's one of the ones that should go to the wayside Sad [:(] I like the what if format but i guess it's not all that popular . on a higher note my buffalo is all buttoned up and it didn't take much cleanup on the seams i'll be going to paint soon once i have what i need masked ready
                        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
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:00 PM
                        I agree on the too many GB's thing lads. There are too many people out there just trying to start GB's for the sake of it. I reckon alot of them buy a kit and think "I'll start a GB for my kit". I like the builds like this one that centre around a particular battle or aircraft type. But the WW2 aircraft GB and WW2 armor GB are just silly IMO. Half of the GB ideas that are put up here don't even get any people in, they just push the "good" builds onto lower pages.My 2 cents [2c]

                        I'm just about finished my King Tiger (just have to find that part that I lost so I can finish it), so I might make a start on the Devastator soon. I've done a fair bit of the re-scribing on the right fuselage.
                        -Daniel
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                        razordws
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
                        Posted by razordws on Saturday, August 27, 2005 8:51 PM
                        Wot... This GB continuing on into 2006? Must have missed something? Confused [%-)]

                        I'll have to see if I can sneak another build in here somewhere but with the Canadian GB and three lined up for the Battle for Germany it'l be tough.

                        So... your batteries charged up yet Jules?

                        Dave

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 8:33 PM
                        Amen Tom, I'll be sticking with the "Usual Suspects" as well, I think the Battle of Germany GB and the Battle of the Atlantic GB as well as Grumman cats Gb and Midway will be it for me in 2006, the other Gb's seem a little Vague or just plain silly like The GB badge GB where you glue 2 pieces of plastic together and get a badge, to me that seems to defeat the purpose of actually being in a Gb because your not sharing a build with fellow members which IMHO is the reason for participating in a group build......I wonder what "Kremps" would think..........Anyway just myMy 2 cents [2c]
                        BTW seein as how Midway will be going on through 2006 and considering Pingy is starting another build i think i'll finish the AM Avenger for this build as well as the ZeroThumbs Up [tup]

                        Edit::::::::::::::::forgot forward slash in bold.............
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:38 PM
                        oh... and I agree on the amount of new GB's lately...... "WWII anything group build" or "Build an old aircraft GB" is kinda vague to me... I am about to drop a couple I got into as I am learning that building on my own is fun too.. I might just stick to building with the usual suspects...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:35 PM
                        Jules --- how long can you go on using the same tired excuse??? the batteries are charging???? Wink [;)] just kidding, I got caught in the same problem not too long ago...

                        I agree on the engines not being seen, but for me I continue to try to get the most out of them because like the cockpit, *I* know what they look like on the inside... Nevermind the exteriors of mine are only slowly getting better, the parts you can't see look fabulous!! Wink [;)]

                        I think I am going to scratch the Zero I started for this build and do another one... as this seems to be an endless GB we have plenty of time.. I might get the Hasegawa or the Tamiya 1/32 one for the next one... I saw one on sale in squadrons monthly sale paper today...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        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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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        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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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        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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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        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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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        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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                        PanzerWulff
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        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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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        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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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        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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                        PanzerWulff
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        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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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        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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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        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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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        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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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        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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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        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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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        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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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        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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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        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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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        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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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        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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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        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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                        PanzerWulff
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        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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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        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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