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

Jay - nice work onteh paint, looks great.

Rick -yes indeed that light is fairly bright at this poiint.  Very nice job.

Thanks Marc.

Regards,  Rick

Here's my progress to date-- I am hoping to get the prop done in the next day or two.  As far as the clear rod to attach it to for the dive, I can't find any-- I may just have to pose it on a wooden dowel like someone did here before.

Looking good Mike.  Hope you find the Acrylic rod.

Regards,  Rick

Hey guys how goes the build. mike that SBD looks awesome in the atlantic scheme

on to my info I haven't been able to do much as mentioned before but my follow up appointmrnt with the doc about the bruised ribs revealed that the X-rays did not catch the 2 I cracked so needless to say my recovery will be a tad longer than expected but I can sit up a little longer now so I can get some building done TTFN

Finished my Build this morning.  The model represents "Queenie" from the 825 Squadron aboard the carrier HMS Victorious.  This aircraft is believed to have hit the ill-fated German battleship Bismark with a torpedo on May 24, 1941.  She ended her sevice career with 833 Squadron in Jamacia.

Regards,  Rick

Bob,  Thanks for the comments.

Regards,  Rick

I made seatbelts for the Helldiver and I must say it's much easier than I expected (my first time).  I simply used some Tamiya masking tape, folded it in half, then used a credit card as a straight edge and a fresh #11 blade.  Worked great!  I painted them off white.  I was surprised that they were so easy to paint.  I stuck them all in a little pinching type clamp I have and painted them with Tamiya Acrylic white with a bit of buff mixed in to make them off white. 

Now.... a complaint about the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SB2C-4 Helldiver kit.  Why on earth would they provide a great PE set with all the seatbelt buckles and harnesses...... but then mold seatbelts onto the seat?!?  So in order to use them, I need to somehow scrape, cut and sand them off.  grrrrrrrrr 

Rick, Great build   The rigging looks like it turned out great.

Scott, moulded on seat belts are not my favorite either.

Progress report:  Finally got some more time in on the Ju 290.  I closed up most of the fuselage and I've got all the wings on.  It's a large model so the construction isn't your basic two fuse halfs and upper and lower wings.  It went together pretty good though except for the seam between the two fuse halves and the lower fuse/wing section. Sounds weird I know but I'll try and take some pics this weekend.

jboutin wrote:

Scott, I have found a motor tool (dremel) works great for taking off moulded on features!  If you don't have one I highly advise you make it a priority to obtain one.  Trust me, you'll thank me later.

Great advice, and my wife got me one a year ago as a present.  Guess what I'll be doing tonight? 

espins1 wrote:

[Great advice, and my wife got me one a year ago as a present.  Guess what I'll be doing tonight?

Uhh... would that be thanking your wife!?!?   Nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean Eh eh!!

Jeeves... nice work on the SBD.

Rick... well done.  Nice job on the rigging.

Thanks guys for your comments.  I appreciate them.

Regards,  Rick

razordws wrote:

espins1 wrote: [Great advice, and my wife got me one a year ago as a present.  Guess what I'll be doing tonight?  Uhh... would that be thanking your wife!?!?   Nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean Eh eh!!

I try to thank my wife every single day to show her how much I appreciate her. 

Scott, me too!

Gee... awfully quiet in here lately.  That can only mean that everyone is hard at work on their kits... right?  (wish I was )

I'll actually make some progress this weekend.  My wife agreed to babysit a 7 month old for the weekend, so I'll have lot's of time to work on my Helldiver.  I'm close to the point of being able to put in the cockpit and close up the fuselage.  I've been putting a dab of future on the instruments almost daily to build it up into a nice flat "lens".  Looks pretty good so far.  The seatbelts turned out pretty good.  I'm going to do a quick wash on the innards, but nothing too drastic as I want this one to be relatively "clean". 

I figure I'll probably have it done a week or two after the deadline, which I hope is ok. 

Greetings All,  back from vacation (I should take those more often) and a hairry week of catch up at work. Now for some fun catch up.

Jay a very, very, very, very belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY and great progress on your cat, how was it working with white???

Rick your Swordfish looks absolutly fantastik

Mike your Dauntles looks great I love the camo job you did.

Chris I hope your feeling better ribs and all

On a sadder note Dave I'm going to have to pull out of the GB There is no way I'm going to finish the Lanc in the next 5 day's or so (I have'nt even assembled the fuse halfs yet) and my research is'nt complet yet (A very bad case of procrastination).  To add to it my aunt has asked me if I'd give her the Lanc to  go with the Halifax I built for my uncle some 24 years ago so I'm going to take my time and build this one right no pressure.  However I'll be around cheering on the race to the finish.

Cheers

Bear

Yeah Jay it sucks I would'nt mind so much if I was able to finish by mid August however at the rate I'm  going it won't be till November/December (I hope ) that I'll finish. 

I'm looking forward to seeing your Cat.

Cheers

Marc

Dave  No problem will do once the beast is finished.

Cheers

Bear

Marc, it is not a "Cat" it's a Canso!

Anyway, I got more done this weekend on it than I thought I would.  I got the fuselage decaled and the engine nacelles put together.  I now just have to give it a shot of future to seal the decals then I can add a wash.  For the upper wing I still have to get some future on it so I can put the top roundels on.  Very close folks, very close...