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Old Guns Group Build #2 (35 and older) 11/1/05 - 5-1-06

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  • From: Albert Lea, MN
Posted by yah4sure on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 2:35 PM
Keep the pictures coming Richard(RSaddlemire)!!! I don't
care what GB it's from that Stuka was nice.

To post pictures do you have to have a web site or do you
upload them to FSM.com somewhere. I'll have a couple of
pics of my CV-9 Essex tomorrow.

Chris
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 2:39 PM
Hey Chris, Get yourself a photobucket account.  Thats what you need and they are free.  www.photobucket.com  There are other options too check the help & assistance forum if you want to.  Look forward to seeing some shots of your Essex.
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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:20 PM

Richard:  Nice work on the dauntless and that Stuka does look impressive.  I will have to stop in that other GB now and then and check up on it.

Chris:  Can't wait to see those pics.  What kit/scale are you doing?

Dave

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  • From: Albert Lea, MN
Posted by yah4sure on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:21 PM
Thanks I beam!

Razordws
It's big honkin' 1:350 scale at about 37" long! I've got most
of the hull, hanger deck and hangar bulkheads done. I've been
stalled with Trumpeter issues...They basically put CV-10
Yorktown into the CV-9 Essex box. It shouldn't have hanger
deck cats or a catapult on the starboard bow. Either way I
have to buy either new forward deck section or more 40mm
Bofors. Chah-Ching!
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  • From: Paarl, South Africa
Posted by SeaBee on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:32 AM
Thanks I-Beam! Yep, I am fully aware of the errors, that's why I said "with all the errors".

I did the weathering after completing the model. I learned that was not the way to do it. Of course, most obviously, I forgot the masking of the wiper tracks. Stupid, but true. Doing it afterwards, I did not weather behind the wheels properly, as well. So the brakes and the wheel wells are rather spotless! Blush [:I] But I did the whole thing as a learning exercise, to do it better, first you must try it for a first time. Taken a lot from the experience and the next one will be done slightly differently.
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  • From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!
Posted by stipp on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 5:11 AM
Great job though.
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  • From: Nashville, TN area
Posted by bobbaily on Friday, November 25, 2005 2:34 PM

Sigh.....things are not looking good for the Spy vs Spy Funny Car.  The kit had been on the shelf of my LHS for a couple of years before I bought it two years ago.  The decals are very large, to cover massive parts of the body.  Worse fears came true-a great deal of slivering, splitting and general mismatch.  Going to finish the build-just not the quality I was looking for.  However, my 12 yr. old son wanted to know if he could keep it in his room if I wasn't going to put it with the rest of my models. Ya' gotta love kids.

Bob

 

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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Friday, November 25, 2005 3:53 PM

 bobbaily wrote:

However, my 12 yr. old son wanted to know if he could keep it in his room if I wasn't going to put it with the rest of my models. Ya' gotta love kids.

Too bad about the Spy vs. Spy Bob but I know what you mean about the kids.  It's a great way to expand your available display area.  Wink [;)] 

Dave

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 25, 2005 5:49 PM
SeeBee it does look great though I would have never known about the wheel wells and behind unless you told.  That's the way building models is though all that matters is WE (the builder) know about it and thats enough to make us nuts Big Smile [:D]

Bob, thats a bummer about the decals.  Been der done dat uugggh (on an airliner not a car though)

Here's a little progress from me.  Primered and pre-shaded. Looks messy right now. Homemade tow cables, a little oversized but wont look too bad after painted.  I replaced the sight glasses/shields with strip brass.



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  • From: Albert Lea, MN
Posted by yah4sure on Monday, November 28, 2005 10:39 AM

Hey All,

Here's the progress on the hanger deck of my 1:350 Essex that came out the box as the Yorktown CV-10. I added styrene sheet and sprue to hide the molding marks on the inside of the bulkheads. A little artistic license, but it breaks up the empty spaces.

Let me know if this link works...I'm new to photobucket.

http://photobucket.com/albums/c118/yah4sure/
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  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Monday, November 28, 2005 1:59 PM
Yep the link works except its not really linked I had to copy and past the address.  Anyway, it looks great so far!  Thumbs Up [tup]  Keep the pics coming.

Dave

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  • From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway
Posted by yardbird78 on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:38 PM

I finally decided what I want to build for this group build.  It is the AMT, 1/72 scale, B-52G, early version in NMF over white with GAM-77/AGM-28 Hound Dogs.  It is for my soon to be grandson, (due Dec 08).  It will hang over his bed so that he can go to sleep while being protected from the bad guys by a BUFF .  His mother had a B-52D over her crib and flat refused to go to sleep if it wasn't there.  The photo is the #4 engine pod.  You have to start somewhere.

The big question is, "Can I get it done before he makes his grand debut?"  If not, I guess he will just have to "tough it out" without the protection of SAC for a few days.  It will also serve as a practice run for the "HEAVIES" group build which is due to start in the spring over on ARC.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

 

 ,,

The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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  • From: Paarl, South Africa
Posted by SeaBee on Thursday, December 1, 2005 12:22 AM
Now there's a good idea! Thumbs Up [tup]

 I guess I'll have to hang a 1:12 F1 over my soon due firstborn's crib (due end Jan)! That will make him/her grow up a solid supporter! Wink [;)]

Go for it! Who needs sleep?!

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Posted by fightnjoe on Friday, December 2, 2005 9:06 PM

ok just a bit of an update from me.

 

not much at all. 

 

 

joe

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  • From: Paarl, South Africa
Posted by SeaBee on Monday, December 5, 2005 1:40 AM
Awesome cockpit detail Joe! Thumbs Up [tup]
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  • From: Meeeechigan!!!
Posted by STUG61 on Monday, December 5, 2005 9:36 PM
Great work on the cockpit Joe!!!! Just touching base.Still going to do the Pz IV L/70. It may be abit yet till I dig into it.I have a couple of dio's in the works for Christmas gifts. I should be able to start the glueing about that time.So I'm not abandoning the build, just hanging about for now.I'm just too old to have too many projects at one time.I might glue Pz IV parts to my GMC 2 1/2 ton!!!!
Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy
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  • From: Paarl, South Africa
Posted by SeaBee on Thursday, December 8, 2005 3:07 AM
Quick update: The interior is coming along. Started on the seats... then saw that the detail set includes some material seatbelts. This is going to be taxing...Wink [;)] So I will try getting going with that from tonight and over the weekend... If you see decal seatbelts, you'll know I managed to screw it up! The illustrations make it seem soooo easy!
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Posted by fightnjoe on Thursday, December 8, 2005 5:38 PM

many thanks for the kind words.

 

this bird is done.  a teaser.


 

see the rest in the a/c forum

 


joe

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  • From: Albert Lea, MN
Posted by yah4sure on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:35 AM
Hi all!
What have I gotten myself into...In trying to be true to the
accuracy of the 1943 Essex, I bought a correct deck configuration (I think). Yikes, it's WOOD. It's cool, but more
work to do. Here's a photobucket URL if you want to check
it out.

Cheers!

Chris

http://photobucket.com/albums/c118/yah4sure/
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  • From: Virginia
Posted by JoeRugby on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:57 AM
Hey guys...I think I am changing builds...it has been rough getting the tracks finished on my STuG IV.  I should be posting a YAK3 VK107A shortly...
Check out the WW I Special Interest Group @ http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=WW1SIG
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 19, 2005 9:41 AM

Joe- That is one nice litt p-40.  I like it even if it is a teaser.

For thos interested I will continue to post the Stuka here also.  I am now ready to take it to the paint shop.

I am also adding another aircraft to this group build.  It is the Trumpeter 1/24 Spitfire Mk5b.  Here is the pit.

Richard

 

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  • From: Paarl, South Africa
Posted by SeaBee on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:36 AM
Looking very good, Richard. Very nice cockpit... You guys are tempting me to pull out unfinished plane (hopefully not damaged too badly in my last move) and get it done!
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Posted by STUG61 on Sunday, January 8, 2006 6:39 PM
Wow, great work all.No I haven't disappeared, just busy.Should be able to start on my L/70 sometime this week.Hang in there all!!!
Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy
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  • From: Virginia
Posted by JoeRugby on Friday, January 13, 2006 10:39 PM

Finished...old Heller Yak3. You know I think this kit represents a very late model YAK.  In doing some for fun research I found the YAK3 VK107A.  It's wings were all metal.  It scaled out closer to the VK107 then a war time model and there are also some other differences...shape of canopy as well as the surface detail...it matches very closely to the line drawings of the VK107A...

 

Not the best photo around and there are a couple of panel lines that got out of control...all in all though I had fun...or at least I think I did...

 

Check out the WW I Special Interest Group @ http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=WW1SIG
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Posted by STUG61 on Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:27 PM
Hey, having fun is what it's all about!!! Looks good from here.Makes me want to build some of those Soviet A/C!!!
Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy
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Posted by STUG61 on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:44 PM
Well, not much going on here but I got to building the L/70 and started putting the Zim on.Will post picts soon.Have fun all!!!
Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy
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  • From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway
Posted by yardbird78 on Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:15 PM
I recently started construction of the AMT B-52G, early version, for this Group Build. I will not have the EVS turrets under the nose, the Phase VI tail extension nor all the ECM bumps and antennas.   I plan to finish it in the natural metal over white with the AGM-28 Hound Dog missiles.  This is the configuration of the aircraft of the 456th BombWing at Beale AFB, California, when I was first assigned there in 1965.  The flight deck will not have ejection seats for the EWO and the Gunner as I cannibalized these two seats for a B-52D I am also building.  You can't see that area anyway once the fuselage is put together.  I drilled out several vent holes on the engine pods, but forgot to turn one over for the picture.  Comments welcome.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

 

 

 ,,

The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 3, 2006 6:25 PM

I Think i qualifiy i watched armstrong walk on the moon in black & white on a philco t.v. what time frame is being built??

 

 

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  • From: Paarl, South Africa
Posted by SeaBee on Monday, February 6, 2006 2:34 AM
Qualifying is not a problem! Wink [;)] Think we're building till beginning of May...

Had a bit of progress on the Subaru. Finished the interior, started on the body, which went quite well. Then managed to get the most gunk attracted to clear on the windshield I have EVER seen! Bit of fine sanding and rubbing compound got it to be better, if not perfect (by any stretch of the imagination).

Now for light and other bits and pieces to be added...
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  • From: Paarl, South Africa
Posted by SeaBee on Friday, February 17, 2006 1:32 AM
Lights in! CF'ed the side mirrors, which took me about 4 days over 3 session of decalling! Still need to smoke it, then insert the mirror itself. And knowing myself, that is exactly where I'll ruin the CF decals! Wink [;)]

Apart from that, next up will be the front aero intakes and radiators, rear wing allready prepared for assembly, roof camera, decals and arials.

"Almost" done...
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