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

hillbilly70631 wrote:

am new to arcrylics how much percent rubbing alcahol  works as paint thinner for arcylic paints so i can use them in my air brush as my local hobby shop doesnt carry any for arcylics and only has a limited selection of paints in arcylic thanks.

Well i dont normally measure my mix ratio cause i've mixed that much of it it's like second nature but you can't go wrong with a 60% paint to 40% thinner.......Hope this helps...

hillbilly the Atlantic scheme is very attractive.....

Good news fellas i've just spent an hour or so on the U-boats prop/rudder assembly....The missus is taking the kids over to a freinds place for a couple of hours so it's 88 deck gun time.....

Thanks Dave, and yeah it's a Wildcat, this one.........

I'm only building it as a precaution just to make sure i finish something for this gb....That said i'm gonna start putting together either the 88 deck gun or the conning tower tonight while i'm watching Las Vegas and Lost on tv.....

Tom Personal message sent

Good evening Gentlemen and fellow pilots:

I cut a small block and sanded to general shape the gun cage..

After a few minutes I had 90% of  the correct shape so I glued it to the main ring. There were different types of bubble tops some taller than others so I took this one from a pretty good photograph.

Almost done. I will put some putty around it tonight and tomorrow I'll sand to the final shape....This
Hudson is almost ready, will work on several details like the gear doors (card), struts (bamboo), antenna (bamboo), machineguns (bamboo), propellers Hubs (bamboo), propellers (card), Flaps (card).....and finally Paint it. That will wrap things up...........I will do two other things:
1) Flying Propellers (transparent plastic) and a base with a U-Boat maybe diving and bombs exploding on its sides or a level U-Boat surrendering to the "Hudson-Hunter".....If I do the last one I will have to place some crew with their hands up in the conning tower!!!!! (interesting).....
2) Take pictures of  Hudson at the airport at rest...........Take pictures of it attacking the sub...
and then put it in my collection, or give it away.

.....................Then continue with the Battle of the Mediterranean. or maybe do another here.....but what???......could it be the FW-200 Kondor???....Hummm Hummm Hummm.

Please note that the "decals" are rough demos printed with my PC on regular paper. Final ones will be quite different...

razordws wrote:

Sure can Jules... but... you did say Wildcat right? Not the M... word? Oh wait, Tom's the one with the Martlet fetish!! (lol)

Did someone say M... M...  M... Martlet???  ::perk:: haha... actually I thought about doing one as I still have decals left for two more, one of which was in the N. Atlantic.. but this S-boot is calling me..  especially since I found some more references and the challenging paint job!!!!

Actually I have been in the mood for a Tarpon lately.. something different once again...

Solid Very very cool, I've never seen a wooden model being built before this one.....

Dave, mate can you also put me down for a 1/48 Tam Wildcat as a just in case i dont finish the U-boat in time build......

Looking better every day Solid.

Regards,  Rick

Good evening Gentlemen............................

Did very little last night. But I set up the container for the Gun turret, its is finished so now I have to make the gun turret itself. I'll do it tomorrow.

As you can see I cut the hole for the turret then made the turret holder from "card". I made a ring and fitted it over the hole. Covered all seams with putty to make it become part on the fuselage.

After it dried up good I sanded everything to the correct size. What follows is the "Glass cage and machineguns".

Since I like to see how things are comming along, I roughly cut three propeller blades, not accurate, just for show, and proceeded to "eye" the model to get a general feeling of it....Hummmm Hummmm

Would love to sign up Solid, but I'm overcommitted to GB's as it is.  Maybe some other day.

Regards,  Rick

solid wrote:

Good Evening Everyone..................   .Being something of a copycat I desided we should have a parallel Battle, that is, " The Battle of the Mediterranean" , like in real WW2, many fronts at the same time. So I opened a Call to a group build with the same name......... You are cordially invited to do battle in the rough waters of the deep Mediterranean!!!!!!! if we survive the Atlantic Here it is: http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/586358/ShowPost.aspx   Thank you guys, really enjoying flying with you all....... Gera.   PS...Posting more pics of the Hudson tonight...

Awesome, I pulled my Beaufighter (going to do the Helldiver instead) out of this build because I wanted to do a Mediterranean scheme stationed at Malta.  Perfect timing amigo!

Well I'm afraid I'm in the same boat as a lot of other people at the moment in that I have too many builds going to start this one.  Fingers crossed I should be good to go in a couple of weeks.

Solid, that's some outstanding work there.  Being all thumbs myself when it comes to anything like carving; I am really impressed by your skills.

Cheers

razordws wrote:

Scott:  front page has been updated.  I can only make updates from work as my ancient Mac computer at home is still running OS9 and will not allow me to edit posts.  Need to do something about that one of these days.  Looking forward to seeing your Helldiver. Solid:  She's looking really good

No worries, was just a friendly reminder in case it had slipped through the cracks.  :)

I'm really stoked about this Helldiver, it's very different from the usual things I build.

Scott:  front page has been updated.  I can only make updates from work as my ancient Mac computer at home is still running OS9 and will not allow me to edit posts.  Need to do something about that one of these days.  Looking forward to seeing your Helldiver.

Solid:  She's looking really good

The more I look over this Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SB2C-4 Helldiver, the more I like it.  There are some nice photo etched pieces included in the kit.  This plane is pretty big, much bigger than I though it was.  I can see why many considered it a best.  It's one of those planes that looks ugly, but also looks great at the same time.

Just a friendly reminder to update my kit change on the first page.  :)

Good evening Gentlemen Pilots:....Target for Tonight!!!!!!!
Sean.............Compared to a plastic model it is heavy but its only about 1/4 pound. These things last a lifetime and more....I had one, a Pan Am Flying boat made in 1932 and it looked like it had been done yesterday ,some cracks in the paint and that was about it,, good old wood.

Happy to see everyone is working on their models and the chatter here is great, that Helldiver should be a nockout with thatt coloring!!!!!.I worked a little this afternoon , roughfly finishing #2 engine, stabilizer, rudders and testing how this guy looks with landing gear. Again, as the engine, the wheels are plaster of paris. I don't know, I like this plane in the flying attitude.......here are two pics....

Keep a steady hand on your projects, "go slow but surely goooo"
Have a good flight.

Gera

Solid  That's awsome work I'm truly looking forward to seeing the end product.

Cheers

Bear

wing_nut wrote:

I got that kit for Xmas and was thinking of doing the same thing… but you beat me to it… so I will stick with my 1st choice and build this one for fun... if I still remember how.  That’s if I can ever get to it.  I am 2 GB’s behind. Still working on the BoG… barely started the P-47.  So many GB’s so little time.

Solid that looks absolutely oustanding!!!

I'm curious, how much does something like that weight????

I got that kit for Xmas and was thinking of doing the same thing… but you beat me to it… so I will stick with my 1^st choice and build this one for fun... if I still remember how.  That’s if I can ever get to it.  I am 2 GB’s behind. Still working on the BoG… barely started the P-47.  So many GB’s so little time.

How is the quality of the canopy in your kit?  Mine is about the worst I have ever seen. An orange peel texture where clear glass should be and the windscreen is nearly devoid of detail.  Would like to be able to say to AM customer service that I know there are good ones out there and I should get a replacement.