Old Guns Group Build #2 (35 and older) 11/1/05 - 5-1-06 - FineScale Modeler - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products

bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:02 PM

Paul-thanks for asking. little progress-primed and painted flat white. next step is to mask off and airbrush the flat black. the body is a Firebird. after that, Future & decals and then work on the chasis & engine. hope to make some progress this weekend & over Thanksgiving. busy schedule lately.

I must say I'm impressed with your skills with the small scale stuff. I've had to resort to very strong reading glasses with 1/48th scale aircraft. I would never have thought it was that small unless I saw the quarter in the corner. Wow!

Bob

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:55 PM

JoeRugby - Nice StuG. All it needs now is a wash and the tracks
RSaddlemire - Good work on that ancient avenger
Chaparral - I'm jealous of the gloss coat on that maseratti. You auto guys make that look so easy.
Bobbaily - Any progress on your funny car. It looks good is it a Mustang or Camaro?

Here is my hasegawa tiger I Early. FAIR WARNING: tiger snobs look away now. This isn't what we are used to seeing. hehe Wink [;)]

Despite all that is wrong with it I like it. Went together very well and in perfect alignment. I'm gonna build it as is. Will add some panel shading with the airbrush and it should look just fine. The only real drawback is no spare tracks and no cables. The cables will need to be made though or it really won't look right.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 11, 2005 2:26 PM

Here are the final photos. It was a fun build except it looks best when only the fixed portions of the canopy are used. The plastic canopy parts are so thick that when it is posed with them installed and open it looks strange. Also when posed closed they do not match up well.

Richard

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bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Friday, November 11, 2005 2:17 PM

Hi guys! Just checking in to say hello. There's some great work being shown here. Well done! I haven't yet started on the YB-49 and I probably won't for a while. I have a couple of other projects I'm tidying up. At the old age of 36, I just can't build as fast as I used to. Big Smile [:D]

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JoeRugby

Member since
November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Friday, November 11, 2005 7:46 AM

STUG61 wrote:
Great work all! I'm heading out to the woods tommorrow so I'll be starting my build when I get back..........Dec. 1.Have fun while I'm away!!!!

Same here man...does your avatar represent the typical buck in Meechagan? If it does I movin'!

Check out the WW I Special Interest Group @ http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=WW1SIG

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SeaBee

Member since
March 2004
From: Paarl, South Africa

Posted by SeaBee on Friday, November 11, 2005 7:06 AM

I agree - great work, guys! I will be out on the bike more than building this weekend - the weather looks gorgeous...

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STUG61

Member since
January 2005
From: Meeeechigan!!!

Posted by STUG61 on Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:14 PM

Great work all! I'm heading out to the woods tommorrow so I'll be starting my build when I get back..........Dec. 1.Have fun while I'm away!!!!

Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:25 AM

The painting and decaling is done now to the hard part - the canopy. Here are some of the latest photos.

Richard

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SeaBee

Member since
March 2004
From: Paarl, South Africa

Posted by SeaBee on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 12:40 AM

Okay, the Subaru is in this state: chassis bottom painted, front suspension completed. Hardly started on the rear suspension. I must admit, this kit is very much like the MotoGP kits I've built recently, it all goes together very well thusfar. Using Tamiya's own PE set and the only misfit I've seen thusfar (either platic or PE) was the front brake disk being ever-so-slightly too large and created an edge "outside" the plastic part. But as said, that is very slight and easy to rectify.

Now... how on earth do you post pics in these new forums?

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AllScalesModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Iowa

Posted by AllScalesModeler on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 9:07 PM

Question [?] Is it too late to join the build #2

If not, then I'd like to be in with a 1/35 Alan (ah-hum) Bison II or more specifically a:

15cm sIG33 Auf Pz.Kfwg. II

Incidently, I'm pretty darn close to twice the minimum age requirement for Le Group.

ciao

/h

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 2:30 PM

Thanks. The color is Tamiya acrylic FX-4 flat yellow-green.

I have the major assembly done so it is off to the paint shop then dull coat and decal.

Richard

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Monday, November 7, 2005 2:56 PM

Looking good Richard. Thumbs Up [tup]

What colour did you use for the interior?

Dave

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 7, 2005 2:37 PM

I have the fuselage halves closed up and am ready to attach the wings and horizontal stabilizer.

http://home.sc.rr.com/saddlemire/SBD%20Dauntless%20Build%20Photo%207.jpg" border="0" />

Richard

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 7, 2005 8:44 AM

Rene - nice start. Looking forward to more.

Joe - looking good for your first armor. Keep it up.

Here is the beginning of the SBD-5. So far the fit is not at all that bad for an ancient kit. I have the pit and the engine finished and now to close it up in the fuselage. The instrumen panel has raised lines for the instruments so I painted it flat black and used a white china marking pencil to highlight the gauges and then used Future to make the glas lenses. The seatbelts are from Eduard.

Richard

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JoeRugby

Member since
November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Sunday, November 6, 2005 6:56 PM

I have never built any armor at all and figured the Matchbox 1/72 STuG IV would be a good start...so here it is...tracks are being finished up and they should be done in about a week...

Check out the WW I Special Interest Group @ http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=WW1SIG

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yah4sure

Member since
March 2005
From: Albert Lea, MN

Posted by yah4sure on Sunday, November 6, 2005 9:58 AM

Nice looking Maserati Rene'. Darn, Now I've got that Ted Nugent song going in my
head. Thank god for short term memory loss. It won't be there long.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 4, 2005 11:02 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tankergeoff

man its been a while since i've been here.... guess i fell into a rip-van-winkle like sleep. hahaha. babbily and chaparral, i added you on. better late than never, eh?

wampr, just say what you want to build and as long as you are over 35, you are in!

count me in!!! don't know what i'll build yet, let you know on Sat. thanks! Approve [^]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Aurora 1963 Maserati 3500 G.T. for Old Group Build

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 4, 2005 9:14 PM

Here are a couple of pictures of my half way completed kit. Pretty nice kit actually. Rene'
http://www.planetkc.com/rkjweber/auroramaserati3500gta.jpg
http://www.planetkc.com/rkjweber/auroramaserati3500gtb.jpg
http://www.planetkc.com/rkjweber/auroramaserati3500gtc.jpg

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Friday, November 4, 2005 4:35 PM

Hey TankerGeoff, when you wake up from your current Zzz [zzz]

put your bi-focals on and add my Ar 234 to the list. It's a 1/72 Revell Monogram kit. Thanks Thumbs Up [tup]

Dave

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JoeRugby

Member since
November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Friday, November 4, 2005 7:56 AM

Almost finished with my STuG...will post progress photos tonight...

Check out the WW I Special Interest Group @ http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=WW1SIG

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dragonfly

Member since
September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Friday, November 4, 2005 7:47 AM

Old guns ehh? Well, I definitely fall into the old guys catagory. I'd like to jump in if I can. Put me down for a Hase. F104C.

Jerry

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 4, 2005 6:47 AM

man its been a while since i've been here.... guess i fell into a rip-van-winkle like sleep. hahaha. babbily and chaparral, i added you on. better late than never, eh?

wampr, just say what you want to build and as long as you are over 35, you are in!

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stipp

Member since
March 2004
From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!

Posted by stipp on Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:43 PM

What day is ti? When do we start this thing?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:55 AM

I am about 1/3 done with the Aurora Maserati, this is a pretty decent kit. It was a real shocker about how well everything has gone together. On the idea of being old I met some friends before our IPMS meeting last Thursday evening at Bob Evens resteraunt and at 41 was by far the youngest one there. I even was given a balloon by the waitress. Rene'

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STUG61

Member since
January 2005
From: Meeeechigan!!!

Posted by STUG61 on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 1:01 AM

I'll be startin' here pretty soon.Gotta get out in the woods to try to get me another deer so I'll be poppin' in and out to see how ya's doin'.I just got brush guards on my walker so I'm ready to go!!!!!!

Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 7:20 PM

I actually got started on a project on the first day! Interior has been painted black and the door/hood gaps have been puttied. Hopefully I can get some sanding done Thursday pm and then get the body primed on Friday. This weekend is a U-12 soccer tournment that is 2 hours away, so we are doing a 'week-ender', so progress after that may be slow.

Bob

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 6:52 AM

...and they're off!

Bob

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yah4sure

Member since
March 2005
From: Albert Lea, MN

Posted by yah4sure on Monday, October 31, 2005 5:05 PM

Gentlemen....
Start your engines!!!

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Friday, October 28, 2005 6:16 PM

Bob funny you should mention the old Spy vs Spy. My son rented an Xbox game of the said creatures last week and we had a blast (literaly) playing it. Sure brought back some memories.

Anyway, TankerGeoff sorry I didn't take note of this build earlier, must have been napping. You can put me down for an old 1/72 Revell Monogram Ar 234 with the buzz bomb. I think the kit is as old as I am, the decals are a total loss but I have the new set by I think Eagle Cal (memories gone). At least I think I have it... Confused [%-)]

I'll take a look when my nap is over.

and cool badge by the way! Cool [8D]

Dave

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bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Friday, October 28, 2005 5:38 PM

Guess I'll go ahead and commit (or be committed? Tongue [:P]

) to a build-1/24th scale Revell/Monogram Spy vs Spy Firebird Funny Car. Think I bought it last year 'cause of many fond memories of reading Mad Magazine as a kid back in the '60's. Trying to decide whether or not to putty in the door & hood outlines that are molded in. Looking at all the reference photos I can, I haven't seen any modern F/C's with said outline, so come Tuesday, it's putty time!

Bob

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