Battle of the Atlantic Feb. 1 to Aug 1, 2006

Dave - nice job on the u-boat

Mike - well done on that engine

Plastic has finally met glue on the He-115.  This is going to be a straight OOB build.  The cockpit took about 17 seconds to build.... 1 floor and 3 seats.  the most Imay do to thi9s is rescribe the rasied panel line...maybe.

Nicely done Mike.  Looking good.

Regards,  Rick

OK-- finally some progress-- the painting took a while-- after I finished the white and let it cure, I decided to Future it so that the white wouldn't pull up when I masked and that seemed to work pretty well.

And a shot of the engine:

The other night, I masked off the dive flaps and sprayed them with Future-- then last night sprayed the insignia red-- having sprayed the Future first sealed off the edges of the holes in the flaps so I didn't get bleedthrough of red onto my white and gull gray outer surfaces-- so that worked well.  More to come soon...

looks awesome froggy  great detail and weathering job

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Well Froggy your U-Boat is safe from my catalina I'm after bigger fish my cat will be hunting for the Bismark! I have most of the cockpit built up but I feel the gunners station is rather lacking in detail with the large blisters to see through

TOM if you liked the first pic of the Wildcatfish here are most of the ones i have including a model one fellow built

PS Tom DROOL IS BAD FOR THE KEYBOARD! ! ! !

Thanks solid! nope never tried a paper model yet, might try one some day thanks for the link

Ok the U-Boat is very close to being done all that is left is to gloss coat, decal and then dull coat

Nice show David......really that U-boat will look great on the living room mantle.......Hey......Have you tried building some of the new Paper Model Subs, there are many and sure look nice.....a little hard but worth the time and cheap!!!

Check this site:

http://www.e-papermodels.com

thats my luck ready to attack and it gives up without a fight , damn the hms fitzroy stealing my moment in the sun oh well thats still one for the good guys anyway.

am looking forward to seeing the u-boat after its all weathered and finished as all i have left on my little raptor is paint the crew after i get some sleep first those allnighters are hell when you get old hopefuly i'll get my photos posted today so everybody can see my work on my first GB project

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well THE U-BOAT IS CAUGHT AT THE DOCK , AS OF DAWN TODAY AT 04:30 CST THE OS2U-3 KINGFISHER ROLLED OFF THE  PRODUCTION LINE AND DOWN THE RAMP AND INTO THE WATER  TO ADD ANOTHER U-BOAT TO DAVY JONES LOCKER SORRY FROG FOOT IT ALMOST SLIPPED AWAY INTO THE DEPTHS(AND YES I SAID WATER) SHE ACTUALLY FLOATS ON HER OWN ! ALOT OF SEALING THE PONTOONS WORKED AND HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW IT. HAD  SOME AIRBRUSH PROBLEMS DURNING THE APPLICATION OF THE WHITE UNDERCOAT SO I FINISHED WITH A OLD FASHIONED BRISTLE BRUSH AND THANKS TO MY DAUGHTER BREAKING HER E-STRING ON HER GUTAIR SHE PROVIDED ME WITH WIRE FOR MY FLOAT SUPPORT CABLES & RADIO ANTENNIA WHICH WORKED OUT QUITE WELL THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE THE BEST DETAILED KINGFISHER I'VE EVER BUILT TOTAL BUILD TIME OF 60 HRS 30 HRS OF IT WAS A ALL NIGHTER  I REALLY ED UP TO ACCOMPLISH MY LITTLE KILLER BIRD AS I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO OFFSHORE TODAY BUT A ACT OF GOD GAVE ME THE TIME TO FINISH HER !! LATER TODAY I'LL POST ALL THE PHOTOS I TOOK OF THE ALLNIGHTER . IT WAS VERY REWARDING AND RELAXING DOING THIS PROJECT. MY WIFE AND KIDS ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY AS THEY FINALLY CAN HAVE THE KICTHEN TABLE BACK THEY WERE UPSET THAT I COMINDERRED THE THE KITCHEN TABLE FOR 30 HRS BUT IT WAS A MODELING EMERGENCY AND THAT'S THAT I HAD TO PUT MY FOOT DOWN SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND I DID WELL IT'S 05:30 AND IT'S MILLER TIME OH YES FROGFOOT THE LITTLE KILLER BIRD JUST RADIOED IN THAT IT'S SPOTTED THAT PESKY U-BOAT AND IS GOING IN FOR THE KILL SO SORRY ...ENOUGH TIME ON THE thim to get some much deserved rest as i'm not as young as i used to be

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Well, I got myself sort of caught up in the BoG GB so it’s time to do the same thing here.

First… progress… none…BUT, I am almost done with my Jug for the P-47 GB so I may actually get to start this one before it’s over.

Mike – The SBD looks good, looking forward to more pics

Rex – Ouch on the finger but if that is the price for the work on the boat it may be worth it…looks great.

Solid – your wood models never cease to amaze.

Chris – Nice work on the twin Vickers… wow are they tiny.  The Wildcatfish is pretty cool… is that Tom I hear hyper-ventilating in the background?

David - nice work on the U-boat

David,  Nice work on the UBoat.  Looks great.

Regards,  Rick

Chris - that sure would look good sitting next to my Martlets!!  I saw a kit for one somewhere I believe, or maybe it was a conversion set... that is a possibility one day!  Thanks for the pic!!!  ::nervous twitch from fringe overdose lately::

David - looking good!  I might have to check out one of those kits one day... I'd like to do a sub but the 1/72 ones are a bit big for living quarters right now...

No progress here, got stumped on my Do335 for the BoG GB so slow going...

Looks very nice David

I better get working on my destroyers before your sub gets out of its base!

Thanks, U-Boat is about ready to leave port here are the pics

You can see in the first pic that I cut the paint some when I was masking, no big deal I will just give it some weathering would not stay clean for long anyway at sea. Weathering to start tomorrow.

Well IT'S TIME TO GET OFF MY BUTT AND FINISH MY OS2U-3 KINGFISHER WELL GUYS IT'S TIME TO PULL A ALL NIGHTER SO I CAN BAG THIS SUB ON THE DAWN PATROL BEFORE SHE'S CLEARED FOR SEA ON THE HIGH TIDE enough time on the soap box TIME TO UP......

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it is lookin good there frogfoot ."das boot" is one of my all time favorites i saw it on the big screen when it first came out and i was awestruck from the intensity of the battle scenes made you feel like you were their, Burrrr sends a chill down my spine thinkin of that movie the directors cut was the best!!  I have to go to walmart tomorrow and get another copy hurricainne rita got my last copy and that sucked..can't wait to see it with the top coat.....then i'll be able to get a target souloition heh heh heh for sure.

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Looking good David.  Nice painting.

Regards,  Rick

sorry guys i'm afraid your helldiver and hudsons will be to late as my OS2U-3

KINGFISHER will get him first and finish him "death from above" The Little Killer Birds!! will reign supreme on this day of days as all the surface and subsurface dwellers shall feel the wrath of these powerful little raptors and there name will ring out loud so sleep well as the wings of these little raptors cover and protect you and remember their name while you slumber

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That U Boat looks nice, can't wait to see it painted!  

Too bad my SB2C-4 Helldiver is going to have to send it to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean!  Better sink as many ships as you can with it while you have the chance, you have a head start on me!    

Chris,  Nice detail work.  Looking good.

Regards,  Rick

well it took me a while to get some profress pics but here is a shot of one of my twin vickers guns made from a twin browning mount

hopefully i can show more soon