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

I'm studying the first one, but if I don't think I am up for that one, then I'll try this one:

or this one:

That second one looks like I could use a whole roll of drafting tape to mask it... it's a pretty large model.  (about 30 or so inches long)

But who knows... maybe I will throw caution to the wind and go for the first... a LOT of fine brush painting but it would be an awesome end result!!!

I just need to get this Tiger II off my desk and I can start!  Actually I might start with some of the subassemblies and work up from there.  It has like 5 main subassemblies I can do before putting the hull together.

Richard: Well done! You have to admit that the spitfire is a great looking bird no matter what its colours are.  I'll update the front page as soon as I can.  It would be great if you contributed again to the GB.

Tom:  I wouldn't care if it was in the Antartic Sea (is there such a thing?) as long as I get to see you do that camo job on it! .  Seriously though I don't have a problem with it and I'm sure no one else does either.  Go for it!

Nicely done Richard.  Nice display as well.

Regards,  Rick

Bear - Dave - Rick - Mike -- Thanks to all of you now here is the finished product.  Like I said before it seems good for a change to do something relatively easy.  Maybe I will look for something else for this GB but I have another one coming along next month and one in April.

Richard

Chris - thanks a million for those color plates!!!  they save me a lot of time waiting for a book to come from squadron.. Much obliged!

Dave - I know this is splitting hairs but would you consider the Baltic Sea as "kinda" part of the Atlantic?  The boats with the interesting camo schemes were all Baltic based and used off the Finland coast.  The Atlantic feeds into it but not sure if that is good enough for this GB.  I hope so because after seeing some of the camo jobs I'd hate to go back to Schnellbootweiss...  (hmmm even if I do I can always paint the camo aftwerwards and redecal...  I have a plan now!!)

Solid Wasn't the American version of the Hudson the Ventura I cant remember and does anyone have any pics of areial depth charges my Catalina came with a brace of 4 x 500lb GP bombs but I cant find anything on depth charges

JAY the twin Vickers K-guns were the very same moint as used on SAS desert recon jeeps and trucks as they pulled the mounts as is from aircraft and then rigged them on the jeeps

http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/lrdg/lrdg.html

this website has some good info on the gear and weapons and I believe it is where I got the above info

Some great progress so far-- kudos to you both Richard and Solid.

I sprayed the interior green on my Dauntless the other day and have started assembling the interior bits....hopefully I'll get some pics up soon.  It feels good to dive into another AM SBD kit....I have a hoard of them, but try to spread them out and savor them.  This is the Dash 5 version I am doing now and I plan on the Atlantic Dark Gull Gray over Insignia White scheme.

One question though-- my LHS only has MM semi-gloss white and flat white-- is there any real difference between these and the Insignia White??

Solid,  Looking good so far.  The last wood kit I built was around 1950 .

Richard,  Looking better all the time.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

Richard:  As usual you are the first one out of the gate and we are all eating your dust.  The build is looking great and I look forward to seeing it finished.

Solid:  Wow!  I would not have the patience to do that.  It is looking great!

Bear:  Looking forward to seeing some progress pics.

Hillbilly:  finally updated the front page with your build.

Progress update:  Painted the base coat on the main components of my two O-class destroyers.  Now to attempt the crazy camo!

Richard  That's great work looking forward to seeing the finished product. 

Solid Nice progress on your model.

I started working onthe crew compartement of the Lanc not much else done so far.

Cheers

Bear

Thanks Chris and Rick.  Solid - it has been many years since I saw a wooden model like that and it looks real good so far.  The Seafire is ready for decals and dullcoat.

Richard

Yes it is sad the passing of a fellow modeler Trowlfazz will be missed

KINGFISHERS: Little Killer Birds

Lookin good cant wait to see that wooden wonder when its finished

KINGFISHERS: Little Killer Birds

thanks am looking forward to this GB have all ready got started on my little killer bird and found out my version spotted and assissited in the sinking of U-176 along with the subchaser CS-13 from the cuban navy in the battle in nicolas channel the Bahamas on 15 MAY 1943 im looking forward to making this project totaly authentic as humanly possable for my first GB i think the greatest complament a modeler can receive about his work is how real and authentic are projects look!! my kids try to tell me that i have OCD Obsesive Compulseive Disorder because im such a profectionist when it comes to my kits i build i dont think so i think im a builder of true scale realistic repleicas of historic objects and that makes me very proud of the work i do!! were all saving history by the research we do on our projects and letting people see them as for what they are a view into the past and not to be forgotten!! thats just what i think and i say we are a special group of people to produce kits at this level of realism we are true artestins of our craft why is this true because it takes years of work and dedication to get to our level or everybody would be as good as us im glad the younger generations are grabing the torch that we are passing and running with it to help keep our hobby alive for the future generations of artestins to learn and enjoy as we do today its a great time to be in modeling

KINGFISHERS:  Little Killer Birds

Worked over the week end and this is as far as I got....

Solid Wood: Propeller Models "Lockheed Hudson"......beat the hell out of some Nazi subs in the Atlantic......

Nice progress Richard.  Looking forward to seeing her painted.

Regards,  Rick

looking good Richard esp the pit

no more work on the guns at the moment streched sprue is not going to cut it for the barrels.it's way too weak I'm going to pick up some fine brass wire and try that . I hope that works as I have already chopped off the barrels of the guns I'm converting lol

Thanks Rick and Marc I am enjoying a simple build for a change.  Jay it is the 1/48 Hobbycraft of Canada.  There isn't an aweful lot to it as far as detail and number of parts are concerned but it seems to be a nice kit with no fit problems to speak of.  I have now assembled it, primed and painted the upper and lower surfaces.  More to follow.

Richard

Richard, which kit tis that?  It seems to be lacking in detail. 

Tom, I had the same thing (comments from the peanut gallery) with me and my in-laws who came to help paint the baby's room. 

Imperator, if you have any pics showing the RAF Catalina's with the twin lewis guns in the blisters, email me, jay.boutin@amec.com.

Hillbilly - welcome to the GBs, hope you enjoy it here!

Richard Your cockpit looks great.

Cheers

Bear

heh the last time I built a Kingfisher was in 1979 it was the old lindberg kit 1/72 i thinkwhat did i care it was blue (my fave color) it had wings and floats thats all that mattered to my 9 year old exitement now I'm looking at the new 1/48 seamew from czech model i just love the lines of it

Tom that is one neat looking paintjob on that S-boat if you cant find the colors WING IT I'm sure it would look cool anyway call it "historical artistic licence"

well, for those of you not in the BoG GB... this weekend was spent in an eternal wince as the in-laws were staying the weekend.  More than once the time period it has taken me to do various repairs related to Hurricane Rita or just plain remodeling were mentioned, as was the time I must have spent modeling instead based on the number of kits I had displayed that were not there the last time they visited. 

Actually it was fun and beyond a few moments of biting my tongue I enjoyed it thoroughly...

Hillbilly - I'm from down in your neck of the woods originally... I grew up over in Groves, a couple of miles from Port Arthur and the bridge over to your side.  I moved up here a few yrs ago but still got hit by the hurricane!  (Up near Dayton and Liberty, TX)  I only got a 100 foot tree on the roof and it rolled of and squashed the AC... other than that we did ok...   ---I am also a huge Kingfisher fan and plan on hitting ebay soon to get another.  I wish they would come out with it again, it doesn't even have to be a retool... a rerelase would be fine so I don't have to pay ebay sized shipping costs!  Hmmm.. I wouldn't mind doing the one that rescued Ediie Rickenbacker when he was flying in a B-17 over the Pacific on some sort of publicity thing...

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I have been doing some Schnellboot research and plan to do one of three S-boats captured in 1944/45 and eventually brought to the US for testing.  There's an interesting history to each, especially post war... and from what I can tell from the research, one might even still exist as the Navy surreptitiously sold it to a private interest (re: a millionaire)

I did see one interesting camo scheme I am interested in.  Reminiscent of a cross between Luftwaffe mottle and Tiger Ambush Scheme.  If anyone has a ref with a color plate of this I would appreciate a shot of it... looks challenging!!!

Here's the pic: