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

Well, absolutely zero progress for the laast month so I will not be finishing the canso this month.  I'll just plod along and post some pics once I eventually finish. 

Really, all I have left to do, if I can get around to doing it, is 1) finish the wash, I have half of one fuselage done! 2) spray on a dullcoat 3) attach the upper wing 4) Glue the clear bits on 5) weather it a bit, not too much as I want it fairly clean and then 6) add the fiddley attenae and such.  I still have to scratch some depth charges but if they don't get made for a while, I'm not too worried. 

As you can see I am a stone's throw from finishing, I just need to make the time!

Being a new dad is very time consuming!  The "me" time has almost totally disappeared! But I absolutely love it!  Matthew is growing so fast! Before I know it he'll be running around the house! 

Solid:  thanks for the invite.  I'll try to check it out.

Bear, Bob and Rick:  Thanks for the comments.  Not much has happened the last couple of nights as I'm trying to find enough of a balance between the reno's and the modelling to keep the missus' happy.   I still hope to finish it up this weekend though.

Looking better all the time Dave.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

-very nice job Dave.

Jay-sorry to hear that the vacation was less than perfect.  Vacations should be perfect....maybe the next one will make up for it..

Looking good Dave almost there.  Nice paint job.

Cheers

Bear

More progress.  Stayed up late last night to get all the decals on.  Lots of stencils on the kit sheet and I'm a sucker for a good sheet of stencils.  Some of them seem a little out of scale though and I will difinitely want to do some weathering to tone down the colour of some.

Hey Jay,

Sorry to hear you had to waste your last couple days of holidays in bed.  That sucks!  Hope you are feeling better and that we'll see some Canso pics soon

Thanks for the comments Ric & Bear.

Looking good Dave keep up the good work

Cheers

Bear

Looking real good Dave.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

Progress on my Canso for the last two weeks - ZERO

Progress on my Fence and Yard - LOTS

7 days traveling with wife and son to visit family/friends - Awesome!

Getting sick for the last few days of the holidays when I was planning on relaxing and winding down to do some modeling - Priceless! (and messy!)

For the most part it was a very good holiday.  I worked harder the first 5 days than I do sitting behind my desk!  It rained in the mountains which sucked but getting sick at the end of last week was the worst!  I'm back at work and hopefully will be able to get some modelling done in the next few nights.

Hey guys,

Finally got it painted and all sugar coated and she's ready for decals.  I debated on what paint scheme to use, the RLM 74/75 over 65 as shown in the kit instructions or to go with RLM 72/73 as some people have suggested these aircraft would have used the 72/73 when they first started doing the Atlantic patrols.  In the end the 74/75 won out because I had the paint on hand and didn't want to wait a couple of weeks for paint.

Hope to get it finished up this week.

Looking forward to some pics Dave.

Regards,  Rick

It has been awhile since I checked in here… even though I am sadly not in the build anymore… but since I have to reformat the hard drive on my laptop… for the 3^rd time… I have some time to kill.

Mike – Great job on the SBD

Dave - nice progress on the 290.  That will be nice when done.

Bob – Well done on the Avenger… I like the Atlantic scheme.   I can’t wait to start (HA HA yeah right) my Helldiver from AC, NJ.

Jay – I no longer like you… because you are on a vacation and I am not.  OK so I am kidding.  Have a good one.

Bob The Avenger looks great.

Cheers

Bear

Looks good from here Bob.

Regards,  Rick

It is finished!  The Accurate Miniatures Avenger is a much better kit than I produced.  I had major problems with cockpit fit, which lead to fuselage fit, which ended up with canopy fit issues.  The large insigna decals started cracking after application.  Also, I misread the instructions, installed the struts on the wrong side, tried to use CA debonder (which didn't work but melted the upper wing, which I discovered a week later).  Anyway, long story short, I hope to build another one in the future (not soon!) when I can spread the build out over a year or so.

Dave-thanks for hosting.  Interesting topic-maybe we can do it again sometime soon.

Ok here goes if you think it will work.

Mrs Jay STOP WORKING so hard take it easy don't burn yourself out let jay do all the work

 Enjoy your vacation

Cheers

Bear

Thanks Marc.  I'm so close to finishing that I think I'll wait and take final pics rather than another set of "in progress pics".  Sorry to keep y'all waiting.

About that "not working too hard" bit, tell that to my wife!  I keep telling her to take a nap when little Matthew is sleeping but she cleans, vacuums or folds laundry.  I'm afraid she'll burn out soon.

Jay Have a great vacation don't work to hard.  Looking forward to more pics.

Cheers

Bear

Thanks Dave, I plan on enjoying them to the fullest!  My Canso is moving slowly towards the finish line.  Well no one said the aircraft was fast anyway, what was their average cruising speed 175 mph compared to fighters at like 400mph?  Anyway it is now ready for a wash. 

Ugh I just forgot, I wanted to put on some depth charges and I have to scratch them from some other 1:72 bombs I have.  I am actually not looking forward that for some reason...

Enjoy your holidays Jay, mine seemed waaaay too short.

Rick, thanks! 

Very nice work Dave.  That's going to be an impressive model.

Regards,  Rick

Hmm renos... could be good, could be bad.

I am starting two weeks of holiday this weekend (whoohoo!) but I'll be starting to redo my fence... No sure how it is going to go as I need to fix my gates and replace some boards.  We're also doing a trip into the mountains for a few days so I don't think I'll get a whole lot done on my models but we'll see!

Looking good Dave keep up the good work.  How are the house reno's coming along?  I'm starting to see a light at the end of the saw dust tunnel

Cheers

Bear

Progress Report:  I'm waaaay behind but I am still plugging away.  Looks like I won't be done until the end of the month.

A couple more things to add and then it's time to start filling seams.  Hope to be able to start painting by the end of the weekend.