North African GB "All Subjects" (Start NOW - Finish 31st of Oct)

but that would look right nice if you could fix it up Tony!!! a nice addition!!!

Jules - I think it was Kremps who gave me this... but I won't kiss and tell

Tony, don't give up on it. Just wrestle it to the ground & come up with a show stopper.

Regards, Rick

Thanks guys, I think I'll either finish it or step on it !

ok.............................. the Stuka is no longer with us, it has ceased to be... it is an EX-Stuka....

I had less than half of the fuselage decaled when what happened? I carelessly knocked the bottle of MICROSOL I was using over on the sheet of decals... now you may thing no prob get more decals and finish it. But I think in my own best interest I will put it aside for now and go on with another build. I am wishing I had Vallejo Middlestone to do the Martlet but all I have is enamel and I don't feel like spraying it... so it will have to wait till Tues or Wed or so until some arrives.

The Ju87 may end up either a paint hulk or I may finish it later, regardless I am buying another one soon as it was a fun build and was shaping up nicely!

If I had British desert yellow I could do the Quad tractor... maybe I'll make the LOOOONG trip to the HS that carries Vallejo and see what I can cook up!

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I forgot to add the look of shame on my face right now... ---->

Sorry to hear that Tom. I had the same thing happen long ago & it does frustrate. I took a small piece of 2X4 & drilled 2 appropriate sized holes & use that as a holder for the Microl Sol & Set bottles. Otherwise, they are easily tipped.

Regards, Rick

That sux Tom. And what's wrong with spraying enamels? They're my favorite kind of paint. They go on soooo smooth and they are extremely durable.

nothing wrong with enamels... Thats all I used to use... I prefer the Vallejo line though, go on smooth, mo waste of paint and they smell a lot nicer too!

and yeah it does suck... I was finally getting motivated! I think I need to take tomorrow off and go to the model store... drown my sorrows in plastic and acrylics...

Oh, progress update. Most gaps filled with my newly discovered gap filling putty. (It's soooooo much better than squadron white.) Will be ready for apint by monday. At which point it gets put on the back burner while I finish up my SA-2. Plus school's always getting in the way.

Heehee I'll leave you in suspense as to what this new miracle putty stuff is.

QUOTE: Originally posted by rjkplasticmod Sorry to hear that Tom. I had the same thing happen long ago & it does frustrate. I took a small piece of 2X4 & drilled 2 appropriate sized holes & use that as a holder for the Microl Sol & Set bottles. Otherwise, they are easily tipped. Regards, Rick

Rick you get the gold star tonight!!! I am going to look into something similar! if not that then I will put velcro on the sides and velcro it to my chest so I know where they are at all times!

Tom, ixnay on the velcro on chest solution. Raises Heck with chest hair. Just ask Kremps.

Regards, Rick

Tom Bad luck with the Stuka, and you were so close to finishing it!

Tony Good work on the Daimler, don't let it get you down.

Progress Update

Still sorting out the panel under the cockpit where I've had to extend it over the fabric section. Must post some pics, as you'de be able to see what I meant then. Maybe tomorrow.

I'm hoping I'll get this sorted this weekend ready for at least a coat of primer, then probably back to the bench to sort out all those little niggles, which I know there will be.

Karl

QUOTE: Originally posted by rjkplasticmod Quinten, Very nice painting of the Foxy General. But where are the famous goggles .

Hey Rick.

I don't know what pics you've been looking at, but the goggles are there. Honestly

Cheers
Quintin

Yeah Quintin i saw the goggles in the pic
The old girl Kremps must be sitting on Ricks lap again obscuring his view.........
She throws one hell of a shadow ya know

Tom welcome to the vanquished Stuka club I couldn't face the canopy masking so mine that i was gonna do for the BoB GB is now a paint hack too, pity though yours was looking quite nice.........

OOPS . Now that Kremps is off my lap ( and I put on my reading glasses ), I can see the goggles. Great work on the figure & goggles .

Regards, Rick

Jules - yeah I will conquer the canopy!!! Even though there isn't a kit to put it on... actually I just bought another AM set of decals for the same ST.G craft I was modeling... so we will see if it gets the better of me...

somehow I forgot about the Martlet and decided I needed to get another build for this GB and got a Spit Mk V... this is one of the ones ferried aboard the USS Wasp in support of Operation Torch. They were painted an odd color blue (gonna have to work on that) some feel it was actually the deck blue paint for the ship... definitely an odd looking spit in those colors!!

Jules:
i was just looking over a kit of a Bf-109 which would work 4 this,
italeri's 1/72 kit can b done as a North African 'Trop'...
& w/ the end date not until late Sept., i think i can manage 2
get it built in time (no promises, tho'... i build really slow...)
so, if u'll have me, i'm in 4 this one !
maybe i'll even do some armor 4 this, too.
a nice DAK vehicle, Panther perhaps...also 1/72 most likely...
thanx,

frosty

Frosty - welcome aboard!!! just be careful of Nurse Kremps... she's very territorial here and won't have you talking nice to us... if you haven't seen a pic of her maybe Darren or Rick can provide one as they have posted them in the past

On another note here is the spit I am building... actually the kit is a USAAC Spit from North Africa which is unique unto itself, (me being Mr. fringe builder and all) but the blue RAF spit really caught my eye... it was an emergency resupply mission to Malta, the Germans were intent on destroying the air defenses there and prohibiting the resupply of N Africa through that route. Chruchill contacted Roosevelt and before you know it 50 Spitfire Mk.V's were on their way to Malta... along the way they were painted a similar to the deck to camo them. Perhaps the same paint as deck blue... here are the pics:

Tom, that would make an interesting build. Something quite different.

Regards, Rick

Tom & Jules, whats with the Stuka masking????????????
I haven't built one (yet), so is it heaps difficult or something??

They are just a bunch of whingers mate. Can't be any harder to mask than a Zero or SBD canopy......

Frosty to the GB i've added your name and build to page one

Tweets you can't use BMF on the Revell canopy cause the framing isn't raised, the only way is to either use Pre cut AM masks (which i couldn't find) or use tape, not heaps hard just far to lazy..........

Pingy, Whingers eh, we'll see who's whinging on wednesday night

BTW Frosty check your references cause i can't recall the DAK using the Panther in the North African theatre, they did use the Tiger 1 in Tunisia but

Frosty Welcome aboard.

I'm pretty much certain that the Panther wasn't used in N.Africa, as it didn't make it's debut until Kursk, which was after N.Africa I think.

Tom & Jules Can't you just use the Eduard masks for the Hasa kit? I know I would, being lazy and all.

Progress Update

Still sorting out the panel under the fuselage, should have that done by tomorrow.

Here are some pics though, starting with the horizontal stab.s:



The one on the right has been corrected in shape and rescribed.

Now for that wing seam:



As you can see I used a fair bit of putty, and you can also just about see the hollowed out front air scoops. The seam itself now has a section of styrene strip about 1mm in cross section over, replacing the one I ended up sanding off.

Next up is the underside:



The white panel toward the rear of the wing centre section is the bit I'm still working on. Just shows you mow much HC got it wrong. The black pencil marks on the right hand wing show all the additional scribing I had to do when compared to the left wing.

It's getting there slowly at the moment.

I think next month I'll pick up the 1/48 Semovente as a little light relief!

Karl

Tweets - yeah it is a bear mate.. the frame is not raised, it is represented by recessed lines in the plastic. So BMF just tears even with a sharp blade, and with tape no matter how much you burnish you can see the lines to cut it. The only option I see is to do it by hand, or like Jules said buy the masks...

Pingy - whingers? Wait till I tell Kremps about your potty mouth!!! I'll let HER deal with you!

Jules - I did see reference tot he PAnther being used at least once in NA as a too little too late thing... So I guess Frosty's build would fit...

interesting artice:

http://www.topedge.com/panels/ww2/na/weapons.html

another:

http://www.topedge.com/panels/ww2/na/panzers.html

Jules I already know who will be whinging on wednesday night. It'll be NSW, but they'll be whinging because they are sick of QLD not giving them a challenge again.

Tom Another way you can do a canopy is to mask each part of the frame seperately. Just mask a line, then brush paint it. That's how I do most of my canopies. Works well for me.

Pingy - thats an idea... I may just buy the masks Karl mentioned. LAziness being the key word...

Karl - I don't know how I missed it, but I must have rushed right ast your pics. Looking good! Again, you are more a man than me to go through all that! Right now I am in lazy mode and don't mess with those kind of kits! Looking forward to more....

Tom Don't worry about it,

I'm in the mood for something a little less taxing for the next build. Once the Hurri is complete, I'll make a start on my HC 109D.

I used Daniel's method to paint the glazing on a Revell Ar555, works very well, especially on complex canopies.

The new canopy for the BoB GB Hurri just arrived, along with a set of the new Eduard Kabuki tape masks, just to make it that bit easier .

In the same parcel was a set of AM decals for the 109D, as well as an Eduard zoom set for the cockpit, canopy masks and TD resin wheels.

All in all the 109 should prove a straightforward build, much needed after this one.

Since posting the pics of the Ms406 I've added the rear stabilisers, and given the airframe a good wash ready for a coat of primer tomorrow.

Karl

QUOTE: Karl - I don't know how I missed it, but I must have rushed right ast your pics. Looking good! Again, you are more a man than me to go through all that! Right now I am in lazy mode and don't mess with those kind of kits! Looking forward to more....

You deserve an easy one after going through this build mate. I'm going through the same thing with an Academy F-14A. They turn out being as much filler as plastic don't they? Keep plugging away.....

Ditto what Pingy said... something for a nice rest!

Karl, Sounds like good progress. Keep us posted.

Frosty, Welcome to the GB.

Regards, Rick