WWII Carrier Aircraft Design GB (Starts Now -- Ends November 30, 2006)

Dave23

Member since
May 2006
From: Oklahoma

Posted by Dave23 on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 6:56 PM

Ouch!!! bet that rang your bell. Glad to hear you wern't hurt.

-dave

-d

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:01 PM

That's some pretty serious damage Sean. Fortunate you weren't injured.

Regards, Rick

RICK

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:14 PM

I got hit by a late model Ford Taurus Sedan going over 60mph and she never hit her breaks when she slam into my car. The high impact side door beams, standard on my 05 Toyota Corolla CE saved my life.

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:27 PM

Glad to hear you're okay, wooverstone.

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gwaihir

Member since
October 2003
From: Everett, WA

Posted by gwaihir on Monday, July 31, 2006 9:33 AM

Wow, Glad to hear you are ok Sean. Scary stuff.
Leon

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 7:58 PM

Progress - Filling and sanding on fuselage and wings is finished. I've built the PE dive brakes and flaps, and assembled the bombs, all for priming, which is the next step. Now the fun begins, painting!!

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 8:55 PM

Thanks guys for the looks and comments!!

Sean-- consider yourself lucky on that one brother-- glad to see you OK...

Mike

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 11:04 PM

Progress - Tricolor scheme is fully painted, and it's not too bad if I do say so myself. Next up is painting the interior of the dive flaps insignia red, and then paint touch-ups all around.

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:53 PM

The First page has been updated! I went ahead and put down the people that completed the GB and what page there model is displayed on. If I missed anyone or made an error, please let me know and well correct it. Cool [8D]

Thank you guys. I was really lucky to walk away from the MVA as you can see from the picture. I really don’t know what happen.

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Friday, August 18, 2006 11:46 PM

Progress: paint touch-ups are continuing, with landing gear, bombs, and dive brakes mostly installed. Getting close to Futuring for decals.

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:57 PM

Sounds good arki. Looking forward to some pics.

Regards, Rick

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:01 PM

Looks like it’s coming along pretty well arki30. Can’t wait too see some progress shots Wink [;)]

I assemble as much as I could with the GM Wildcat. At this time I’m still waiting for some items to come into the mail. I order a saw blade from micro mark so I could cut out the resin cockpit and I have paint coming in from great models that hasn’t been ship yet.

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:24 AM

wooverstone8 wrote:

Looks like it’s coming along pretty well arki30. Can’t wait too see some progress shots ...

Yeah, me too. Smile [:)] I've certainly hit the point in the build where I just want it done, fini. It's dragged on too long. Danged if I didn't hit another setback, too. Attached the propeller last night and the engine came loose. As it's nicely snug in the cowling (fully painted) I haven't quite figured out how to fix this one yet. If it's not one thing, it's six other.

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:06 PM

arki30 wrote:
wooverstone8 wrote:

Looks like it’s coming along pretty well arki30. Can’t wait too see some progress shots ...

It's dragged on too long. Danged if I didn't hit another setback, too.

LOL I know what you mean. Looks like I won’t get my order from Great Models until September. They have an item on back order. I have some gloss blue paint, but I don’t think I have enough to cover the entire model though. The saw from Micro Mark should be coming in sometime this week. I can finally finish the assembly, just have to wait for the paint now.

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:27 PM

I feel for you. I've had items backordered from Great Models before and it's just not pretty. I had a canopy mask order for a Kingfisher take 3 months to fill. I nearly gave up. But the prices are darn good. Well, good luck.

I fixed my engine problem, and she's now Futured! Decaling is next.

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 4:19 PM

I got my order from Great Models today. Now I can finally get some good progress done this week. I’ll post progress shots soon. Big Smile [:D]

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 7:03 PM

Looking forward to the pics Sean.

Regards, Rick

RICK

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Saturday, September 9, 2006 8:14 PM

Decals are finished, watercolor wash is finished, flat coat is shot. Next is to finish up some minor pieces in the cockpit and mask/paint the canopies.

Crikey, I want this thing done.

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Saturday, September 9, 2006 9:29 PM

Seems like you’re almost done their arki Wink [;)] .

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, September 10, 2006 3:47 PM

Hang in there arki, you're getting close Smile [:)] .

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:15 PM

Thanks for the words of encouragement, guys. Appreciate it! This weekend was productive, so given my work schedule I figure I'll be completely finished sometime mid-week.

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Friday, September 15, 2006 11:05 PM

FINI!!! Party [party]

Finally finished this build of the Accurate Miniatures Dauntless SBD-5 with Eduard PE set. Great kit, a little tricky in some places, darn canopy refused to cooperate, plus other irritants already documented previously, but I had a lot of fun getting this to the finish line. Couple of glaring goofs besides the canopy, but I'll let others find them.

I would recommend to anyone thinking of doing this kit to skip the PE set. Most of it is in the cockpit where it can't be seen, and really just adds time to the build. It is an Accurate Miniatures after all and so it's already well detailed.

Anyway, thanks to Wooverstone for hosting this and letting me be part of it. Look forward to all comments and pictures of everyone else's builds.

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:10 AM

Very nicely done Arki. Looks great.

Regards, Rick

RICK

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espins1

Member since
December 2002
From: Reno, NV

Posted by espins1 on Saturday, September 16, 2006 11:50 AM

Great job on the Dauntless Arki! Cool [8D]

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:20 PM

Beautiful Dauntless, very impressive build

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:49 PM

Thanks, guys! Appreciate the kind words.

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:32 AM

Finally got some progress…w00t! Big Smile [:D]

So far I got the cockpit finished and glued into model, it with the interior, undercarriage gear and the engine. The undercarriage was very tricky to install, it took me about half an hour to get it in correctly. The fuselage halves have been glued together.

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:37 AM

Looking good Sean.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Sunday, September 24, 2006 4:25 PM

Nice progress, Sean. Engine looks real good.

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:08 PM

Thanks for the comments. I’ll post more progress soon.

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